OHMIGOSH.

Dame Shirley Bassey, she of the epic Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever songs from the James Bond movies, has done the unimaginable: she’s revived a dance song and made it cooler than the original! Stamping her classy high heels all over the original Get This Party Started by Pink, Dame Shirley injects sexiness and camp into this Linda Perry-written club chestnut.

Dame Shirley Bassey’s Get This Party Started single dropped July 16 in the UK, and should make its chart appearance by next week. Hope the Brits liked it - this revival of Get This Party Started deserves to go gold! Platinum! Wouldn’t it be awesome if the nine-week run of Rihanna’s Umbrella were ended by a woman twice her age?

Christian rock group David Crowder*Band’s “Foreverandever Etc.” was released last year, but is only starting to sizzle at modern rock radio. This inventive, highly amusing video accompanies this radio-friendly single involving animated versions of each band member up against angry squirrels.

Isn’t it fun?

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I saw Pastor Blake’s slip-up a long time ago, but this is just too funny to pass up passing to you guys. Talk about unfortunate spoonerisms.

As if that weren’t enough, the pranksters at Prank 3:16 played a horrific practical joke on Blake. Oi vey.

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This is so wrong. I’ll bet Benj would LOVE it.

Mars is amazing! HA!

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The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A Veggietales Movie hits theaters February 2008! Please, God, send a distributor to bring it to the Philippines!

Woohoo! Nathan will have a blast!

By the way, swing by Cathy’s new Multiply page and add her as your latest contact, okay? My baby’s now a techie.

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As Chris Rock’s momma puts it, Oh Laaaaaaawwwwwd!

I don’t care what you people say. The 80s rocked our socks. Here’s a video of 1987 #1 hit Lost in Emotion by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. The hair! The costumes! Gasp! The earrings!

They would return years later with Let the Beat Hit ‘Em, off their last album together, Straight Outta Hell’s Kitchen, but the best track was Let the Music Play, criminally ignored at radio. Try to get a copy on my recommendation - dated or not, it’s fantastic.

My good friend Che is leaving for Singapore on the 10th, and she apparently will not be returning.

I’ve known Che for quite some time, and she has been one of my closer friends, especially when we were churchmates. Well, time has passed, and even if we lost touch, I am still grateful for her friendship and her love, and I pray only the best for her.

Che, if you’re reading this (and I know you will because I’m going to tell Abby to tell you to swing by here), this is my special message for you (that I want the entire world to know): you are a talented, kind, wonderful, generous human being, and the Kingdom of God is blessed to have you in its ranks. I pray for you blessings in abundance, and I pray that we will meet again someday.

As a special goodbye treat for you, here is something we did together, in our mutual praise for Jesus. Enjoy, sis!

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MAGPASALAMAT (Purihin Ang Panginoon)
Lyrics, Music, Keyboards: Ganns Deen
Guitars: Bong Borbe & Gene Bagano
Bongo: Stephen
Video & Editing: Jojo Gonzales & Anthony Ngo

In Video (in order of appearance): Ganns, Abby, Che, John, Juliet, Anthony

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Bananarama’s Love in the First Degree! CLASSIC!

The big hair! The cheesy prisoners! The ridiculous dancers! The weird dance moves!

Sure, they’re big in the UK again, but Bananarama was the most fun when they worked with Stock, Aitkin, and Waterman. Venus may have been their biggest pop hit in the USA and elsewhere, but this little synthesizer-driven bangle (Whoops! That’s another band, for another Guilty Please VOTW) was my favorite Bananarama track.

Enjoy!

Back in 1981, an obscure singer named Joey Scarbury had a #2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with a song titled Believe It or Not, which was the theme to a mildly successful television show titled Greatest American Hero.

Here, for your viewing pleasure - or horror, depending on how you look at it - is the original video! I hope y’all can keep a straight face while looking at the girls with their 80s makeup and bored expressions, the godawful fashions, and the grainy video. *sigh* It brings me back to the day! Enjoy!

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Thanks to Toni, who led me to this adorable baby who can’t stop laughing. Go ahead, watch it; it’s totally worth it.