And another thing...

I'm sick of spammer comments a la 'I LOVE your blog, visit this website to make extra cash' yadda yadda yadda. Word verification is now enabled. Hope it helps. If not, I'm still deleting every spammer comment. Anybody who's not here to promote their website is welcome to comment, of course. :)

Something very rare

We all know ALF; the alien life form that totally messed up the life of the Tanners. Both the real life sitcom and the cartoon were a huge success. And I suppose everybody knows the theme tune.
In some countries, however, other ALF songs were released. In 1989, the German voice of ALF (Tommy Piper) and some German singer (will add her name as soon as I find out) released the song 'Hallo Alf, hier ist Rhonda' (Hello Alf, this is Rhonda). This song was in the German charts for 12 weeks. When I was young, it was one of my favourite songs because I loved the tune and the voice of the singer. I'm way past that, but listening to this song after such a long time put a smile upon my face, so I'm sharing this with whoever is reading this. :P

And as I said, this song is very rare. But listen to it yourself. It's very 80s...


ALF - Hallo Alf, hier ist Rhonda

Lea Salonga pregnant!

Lea Salonga is seven weeks pregnant
By Dennis Ladaw , Entertainment Writer

THE award-winning actress Lea Salonga is seven weeks pregnant, her publicist announced Friday.

Salonga, who is married to Robert Charles Chein, a Singaporean, was told by her obstetrician of her condition last week but he had advised her not to make any official announcement and wait for further confirmation.

“It was during her last consultation with the OB this week when they heard the heartbeat of the baby for the first time,” the publicist Shirley Pizarro told The Times.

Pizzaro said Salonga would continue her professional commitments for the remainder of the year. She and her husband had just left for New York, where Salonga is set to headline a concert at the Carnegie Hall. The couple will return to Manila in November. She’s scheduled to star in a major concert in December.

Salonga, 34, married Chein in January 2004. This will be the couple’s first child. She first gained national prominence when she starred in a local production of the musical Annie in the early eighties. A decade later, she gained international stardom when she was chosen to play the title role in the blockbuster musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Laurence Olivier and Antoinette Perry (Tony) awards for Best Actress in a Musical.

Her most recent stage musical in Manila was Baby, in which played a college student who gets pregnant.

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/oct/15/yehey/top_stories/20051015top7.html

We Are Heroes! 2.0

It seems, my Wir Sind Helden post was convincing, so here's an interesting link for Wir Sind Helden fans.

http://www.wirsindhelden.com/engl/worte.html#

Here, you can listen to each Wir Sind Helden track from both Die Reklamation and Von Hier An Blind. Enjoy!

Also, in case you would like to buy one of their albums, check these links.

Die Reklamation as import on amazon.com (free shipping, but a bit dear):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009WW5B/qid=1129224923/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5906326-4683226?v=glance&s=music

Die Reklamation used & new on amazon UK (less expensive, no free shipping):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009WW5B/qid=1129225082/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl/026-6386388-0489265

Von Hier An Blind on amazon UK (dear, but free shipping within the UK):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007Q6Q0U/qid=1129225082/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-6386388-0489265

And for those who are interested in a translation of all the WSH lyrics, somebody's already done the job. :)

http://earthlingsoft.net/ssp/blog/2005/07/wir_sind_helden_in_english#5882