Boboy garovillo biography books
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Danny Javier: Conjurer of Everyday Tales and Good Vibes
Pop music can be generally shallow, bordering on nonsense. But with Danny Javier, observant pop swerved in the other direction, playfully dangerous or dangerously playful
By Joey Salgado
If you were a teenager in the 70s, it would have been hard to escape from the Apo Hiking Society. They were on your transistor radio, the neighbor’s, in your ears and head. They were on the cover of magazines, on print ads, and on your black and white television. Radyo, TV, at mga bagong magasin. You would go to school with your cheap Lumanog guitar and Jingle chordbook, plop yourself down on a bench surrounded by your barkada and sing an APO song. Some other barkada would be doing that too. And the cool thing was you can dig the Apo Hiking Society and still not lose your cred as a rocker, which was a “thing” in those days (the whole “disco sucks” brouhaha).
Danny Javier, Jim Paredes, and Buboy Garovillo were the first crossover group, a pop act beloved by rockers. Before Ramon Jacinto turned DZRJ into his personal jukebox (alas, rock radio was one of the casualties of the 1986 Edsa Revolution), DZRJ was an all-rock AM station. They sponsored rock concerts and gave airtime to emerging rock acts. The APO, they were stil
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Maalaala Mo Kaya season 25
Blessed with beauty and brains and spoiled by her parents growing up, Lyka seems to have everything. However, Lyka still feels restricted in her actions, especially by her strict father. She finally experiences the freedom she has always wished for when she enters college. Influenced by her friends, she goes clubbing every night and enjoys hanging out with different rich guys who spoil her with extravagant things. She eventually begins to neglect her studies and learns to tell lies to her parents, and in the process loses their trust. One day, she meets Mike, a policeman, who makes her realize the meaning of life and love. Will Mike efforts be enough to make a change in Lyka's life? Will she be able to regain her parents' trust?
Cast:Jessy Mendiola, Carlo Aquino, James Blanco, Christian Vasquez, Kim Molina, Shy Carlos, Myrtle Sarrosa, Ronalisa Cheng, Michelle Ortega, Minco Fabregas, Simon Ibarra, Menggie Cobarrubias, RJ Ledesma•