Jabbawockeez and Kaba Modern at the Asian Excellence Awards...

Okay, not the greatest quality and I missed this last week, but the Asian Excellence Awards had the Jabbawockeez, winners of America's Best Dance Crew on MTV, and Kaba Modern (Shout out to Irvine!!!), who were 3rd on the show, perform their dance numbers. These performances are quite similar if u followed the first season of the show (second season begins next month) with Jabba doing their "Pill" routine while Kaba did their thing if they were in the top 2 even though it was a mix mash of old and new moves they did throughout the show. Jabba actually won an award that night for Best Reality Stars and that's cool. At least these two crews are still getting recognized for their greatness after the show and hopefully more big things are yet to come for them.

Rolling Stone selling out??

The latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine is now out at newsstands and bookstores, but is this cover an indication of them selling out? As you see, the cover story is about the popular MTV show, The Hills, featuring the main girls Lauren, Heidi, Audrina, and Whitney. Honestly, it is a guilty pleasure show I watch every Monday night to see some reality drama (Yes, I admit it). I took a look at it today at a Target and this cover article is surprisingly a good read if you follow the show (Of course, this show is just an example of MTV being crap now). From what I read, it focuses on the high and low points of the show, the beef between Lauren and Heidi (I'm on Lauren's side for this fight). Heidi and her douche boyfriend, Spencer, how Los Angeles is beautifully portrayed with those crazy camera shots thanks to the crew, Lauren defending the show, how Audrina at first wasn't in the show in the first place, and the big question of whether or not the show is scripted and fake. Sure, some of the stuff seem real, but maybe some of it is not. I'm pretty sure the creators do a good job (or not) of dividing the fine line to develop the storylines. Even Lauren herself admits that Justin Timberlake was right at last year's MTV Video Music Awards of MTV needing to be a music channel again showing more videos, but at the same time was blasted since Justin kind of targeted them when he said that infamous quote (Lauren wants none of those crappy dating shows like Next anymore). Anyway, some of the cover story is here if you're curious and especially read the comments because most of the Rolling Stone fans sure hate this issue being a departure from the music direction they are always known for that they desperately need a reality show to be on their cover to sell some copies. Personally, I don't read Rolling Stone regularly, but this is just another example of the magazine focusing more on what's hot in general pop culture today than the music.

Clip of the Day (5/6/08) Mirror's Edge

Mirror's Edge is DICE's next game after Battlefield: Bad Company which is an original first-person action-adventure starring some chick. From this new footage that was released today during Sony's European Gamer's Day, it definitely looks promising so far for a 2009 release date (maybe late this year). The visual style is pretty slick and it is rare these days to find a first-person game that crazy. (Too many FPS I would say) This could be something special if DICE nails the concept they're approaching from what we seen of this trailer.