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		<title>Can I change my ABDC endorsement?</title>
		<link>http://blog.dinoray.com/2009/02/16/can-i-change-my-abdc-endorsement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dino-ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I know I endorsed both Quest Crew and Beat Freaks on America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew, but after seeing those hot B-girls tear up that stage, I might be leanin&#8217; towards them&#8230;check them out on last week&#8217;s episode: America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew (Season 3) &#8211; MTV Shows &#8230;but keep in mind, this all might change next week. But for now, I love these break dancin&#8217; divas.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, I know I endorsed both <strong>Quest Crew</strong> and <strong>Beat Freaks</strong> on <strong><em>America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew</em></strong>, but after seeing those hot B-girls tear up that stage, I might be leanin&#8217; towards them&#8230;check them out on last week&#8217;s episode:</p>
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<p>&#8230;but keep in mind, this all might change next week. But for now, I love these break dancin&#8217; divas.</p>
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		<title>My ABDC endorsement</title>
		<link>http://blog.dinoray.com/2009/02/09/my-abdc-endorsement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dino-ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been keeping up with America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew and after watching last week&#8217;s episode and sitting through Lil Mama&#8217;s bedazzled Southwest Airline stewardess outfit, I have chosen to endorse a crew. Okay, I am actually endorsing two crews because I am indecisive. Beat Freaks &#8230;because B-girls are hot. And that &#8220;Womanizer&#8221; routine was even hotter. Quest Crew How could I not support this crew? Plus, three of them were on SYTYCD, so it&#8217;s a given. It&#8217;s like a law. If you supported them on SYTYCD, then you have to support them on ABDC&#8230;and Hok&#8217;s hair alone is reason enough for me to give them half of my endorsement. Oh yeah, and they have the most awesomest B-boy skillz. (you notice how I spelled &#8220;skillz&#8221;"? The &#8220;z&#8221; makes me feel more street).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been keeping up with <strong><a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/dance_crew/series.jhtml" target="blank">America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew</a></strong> and after watching last week&#8217;s episode and sitting through Lil Mama&#8217;s bedazzled Southwest Airline stewardess outfit, I have chosen to endorse a crew. Okay, I am actually endorsing two crews because I am indecisive. </p>
<p><center><strong>Beat Freaks</strong></center></p>
<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3434/3268206573_ef9042481d.jpg"></p>
<p>&#8230;because B-girls are hot. And that &#8220;Womanizer&#8221; routine was even hotter.</p>
<p><center><strong>Quest Crew</strong></center></p>
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<p>How could I <em>not</em> support this crew? Plus, three of them were on SYTYCD, so it&#8217;s a given. It&#8217;s like a law. If you supported them on SYTYCD, then you <em>have</em> to support them on ABDC&#8230;and Hok&#8217;s hair alone is reason enough for me to give them half of my endorsement. Oh yeah, and they have the most awesomest B-boy skillz. (you notice how I spelled &#8220;skillz&#8221;"? The &#8220;z&#8221; makes me feel more street).</p>
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		<title>Is &#8216;The Real World: Brooklyn&#8217; necessary?</title>
		<link>http://blog.dinoray.com/2009/01/07/is-the-real-world-brooklyn-necessary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dino-ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Real World&#8221; is in it&#8217;s 21st season. Yes, you heard that right 21st. That means &#8220;The Real World&#8221; is old enough to drink. I remember when I liked this show. When it first came out, I loved me some Heather B. and Julie. I was there when Tami said &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t not funny!&#8221; And I endured the drama and harships of San Francisco. I even sat through the entire London season&#8230;but now the show is pure exploitation with a capital XXX. The Real Worlders are now in Brooklyn. I like Brooklyn, but why here? They&#8217;ve been to New York TWICE already! Looks like MTV is running out of ideas. And just by watching this video, I know my interest in this show is still dead.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8220;The Real World&#8221;</strong> is in it&#8217;s 21st season. Yes, you heard that right <strong><em>21st</strong></em>. That means &#8220;The Real World&#8221; is old enough to drink. </p>
<p>I remember when I liked this show. When it first came out, I loved me some Heather B. and Julie. I was there when Tami said &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t not funny!&#8221; And I endured the drama and harships of San Francisco. I even sat through the entire London season&#8230;but now the show is pure exploitation with a capital XXX.</p>
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<p>The Real Worlders are now in Brooklyn. I like Brooklyn, but why here? They&#8217;ve been to New York TWICE already! Looks like MTV is running out of ideas. And just by <a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid6556734001?bclid=6520526001&#038;bctid=6560191001"><strong>watching this video</strong></a>, I know my interest in this show is still dead.</p>
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		<title>ABDC results are in!!!</title>
		<link>http://blog.dinoray.com/2008/08/21/abdc-results-are-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dino-ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I know I haven&#8217;t been keeping up with the show lately, but whatever. I am too busy trying to handle my business. I actually read the results beforehand via blogs that are based in different time zones, but alas, the winner of this season is&#8230; SASS TIMES SEVEN!!! Okay, just joking. The crew that won this season was the one that deserved to win &#8211; the best crew. And that best crew is&#8230; SUPER CR3W! I am so happy! Thank God they won it. I would like to think I had a lot to do with it. I was voting last night and I think it was my votes that put them over the top. And to make things even better &#8211; they represented Filipinos with so much PI Sun paraphernalia! Way to go guys! I am so happy I made you win. It was all me.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I know I haven&#8217;t been keeping up with the show lately, but whatever. I am too busy trying to handle my business. </p>
<p>I actually read the results beforehand via blogs that are based in different time zones, but alas, the winner of this season is&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>SASS TIMES SEVEN!!!</strong></p>
<p>Okay, just joking. The crew that won this season was the one that deserved to win &#8211; the best crew. And that best crew is&#8230;</p>
<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/2786422756_eb2398a19b.jpg"></p>
<p><strong>SUPER CR3W!</strong></p>
<p>I am so happy! Thank God they won it. I would like to think I had a lot to do with it. I was voting last night and I think it was my votes that put them over the top. And to make things even better &#8211; they represented Filipinos with so much PI Sun paraphernalia! Way to go guys! I am so happy I made you win. It was all me. </p>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew ON TOUR!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dino-ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who haven&#8217;t heard, those kiddos on America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew are going on tour this fall. Here are the dates: Sep 18 Miami, FL: Waterfront Theatre at the American Airlines Arena Sep 19 Tampa, FL: Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Sep 20 Atlanta, GA: Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center Sep 21 Clemson, SC: Littlejohn Coliseum Sep 23 New York, NY: WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden Sep 25 Boston, MA: Citi Performing Arts Center Sep 26 Atlantic City, NJ: Adrian Phillips Ballroom Sep 27 Sewell, NJ: Commerce Bank Arts Centre Sep 29 Washington, DC: DAR Constitution Hall Sep 30 Newark, NJ: New Jersey Performing Arts Center Oct 1 Albany, NY: The Palace Theater Oct 3 Detroit, MI: Masonic Temple Theatre Oct 4 Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Theatre Oct 5 Rosemont, IL: Rosemont Theatre Oct 6 Kansas City, MO: Midland Theatre Oct 8 Denver, CO: Wells Fargo Theatre Oct 11 Oakland, CA: Paramount Theatre of the Arts Oct 12 Los Angeles, CA: Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE Oct 14 Portland, OR: Rose Quarter &#8211; Theater Of The Clouds Oct 15 Everett, WA: Comcast Arena at Everett Events Center Hmmmm&#8230;I may just go to the one in Oakland.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those of you who haven&#8217;t heard, those kiddos on <strong><a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/dance_crew/series.jhtml" target="blank">America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew</a></strong> are going on tour this fall. Here are the dates:</p>
<p>Sep 18 Miami, FL:  Waterfront Theatre at the American Airlines Arena<br />
Sep 19 Tampa, FL:  Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center<br />
Sep 20 Atlanta, GA:  Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center<br />
Sep 21 Clemson, SC:  Littlejohn Coliseum<br />
Sep 23 New York, NY:  WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden<br />
Sep 25 Boston, MA:  Citi Performing Arts Center<br />
Sep 26 Atlantic City, NJ: Adrian Phillips Ballroom<br />
Sep 27 Sewell, NJ:  Commerce Bank Arts Centre<br />
Sep 29 Washington, DC:  DAR Constitution Hall<br />
Sep 30 Newark, NJ:  New Jersey Performing Arts Center<br />
Oct 1 Albany, NY: The Palace Theater<br />
Oct 3 Detroit, MI:  Masonic Temple Theatre<br />
Oct 4 Milwaukee, WI:  Milwaukee Theatre<br />
Oct 5 Rosemont, IL:  Rosemont Theatre<br />
Oct 6 Kansas City, MO:  Midland Theatre<br />
Oct 8 Denver, CO:  Wells Fargo Theatre<br />
Oct 11 Oakland, CA:  Paramount Theatre of the Arts<br />
Oct 12 Los Angeles, CA:  Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE<br />
Oct 14 Portland, OR:  Rose Quarter &#8211; Theater Of The Clouds<br />
Oct 15 Everett, WA:  Comcast Arena at Everett Events Center</p>
<p>Hmmmm&#8230;I may just go to the one in Oakland.</p>
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		<title>A late ABDC recap!</title>
		<link>http://blog.dinoray.com/2008/07/18/a-late-abdc-recap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dino-ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is one good thing and one bad thing about this season of America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew. The good thing: There is no clear winner. The bad thing: There is no clear winner. Each show has been inconsistent who is good or bad. One week someone &#8220;smashes&#8221; it, the next week they flounder. Although this show interesting week after week, it makes me impatient because I just want to be a fan of one crew &#8211; but unfortunately, the world doesn&#8217;t work out that way &#8211; that&#8217;s why I am a fan of three crews as of now. I am saying &#8220;as of now&#8221; because that might change next week. I am compartmentalizing the episodes, basing my &#8220;favorite&#8221; on the most recent show. That said, as of now, my three fave crews are: Supreme Soul, Super Cr3w and Fanny Pak. Here&#8217;s how they faired this week with the &#8220;Dance like a Janet Jackson video&#8221; challenge&#8230; Well before all the groups did their thang, they all formed one Ultimate Crew and danced to the classic &#8220;Rhythm Nation&#8221; All photos by Mark Davis/Polk Imaging I like how the show is doing this group routine thing. I hope it becomes a regular thing. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is one good thing and one bad thing about this season of <strong>America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew</strong>. The good thing: There is no clear winner. The bad thing: There is no clear winner.</p>
<p>Each show has been inconsistent who is good or bad. One week someone &#8220;smashes&#8221; it, the next week they flounder. Although this show interesting week after week, it makes me impatient because I just want to be a fan of one crew &#8211; but unfortunately, the world doesn&#8217;t work out that way &#8211; that&#8217;s why I am a fan of three crews as of now. I am saying &#8220;as of now&#8221; because that might change next week. I am compartmentalizing the episodes, basing my &#8220;favorite&#8221; on the most recent show.</p>
<p>That said, as of now, my three fave crews are: <strong>Supreme Soul, Super Cr3w</strong> and <strong>Fanny Pak</strong>.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how they faired this week with the &#8220;Dance like a Janet Jackson video&#8221; challenge&#8230;</p>
<p>Well before all the groups did their thang, they all formed one Ultimate Crew and danced to the classic &#8220;Rhythm Nation&#8221;</p>
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<em>All photos by Mark Davis/Polk Imaging</em></p>
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<p>I like how the show is doing this group routine thing. I hope it becomes a regular thing. This first one was pretty damn fun.</p>
<p>As for the individual performances, let&#8217;s start with <strong>Fanny Pak</strong></p>
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<p>I&#8217;m proud of Fanny Pak, they were at the top of the heap this week. What can I say? Sex sells. Licking sells. Mounting sells. Girl-on-girl action sells. The routine was hot, but not their strongest. As for Shane&#8217;s comment about the guys dancing more like guys, I see the credit in his critique and I also see how it could be taken as an insult. Most of all, I like how as soon as he said it, he tried to get the crowd to back him up. Good damage control Shane.</p>
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<p>Supreme Soul&#8217;s luck turned around this week as they were in the top. Way to represent the Yay Area guys! The performance &#8211; it was good. It was that whole &#8220;reeling in&#8221; thing that did it for me. Everything else was pretty much expected. I&#8217;m rootin&#8217; for ya guys! Don&#8217;t let me down!</p>
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<p><strong>So Real</strong> faced the bottom for the first time this week. And it was an &#8220;okay&#8221; performance to JJ&#8217;s &#8220;I Get So Lonely.&#8221; It seems like they plateaued and they need something to amp things up more than whip cream and body rolls.</p>
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<p>The lovable <strong>Boogie Bots</strong> ended up at the top and one of their crew members was about to go ballistic because of last week&#8217;s lukewarm performance. This week wasn&#8217;t lukewarm, but if it wasn&#8217;t for that evolution thang they did at the end, it would&#8217;ve been. The Bots have some sick tricks, but they are missing a third dimension that will blow the competition out of the water.</p>
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<p>Eek! <strong>Super Cr3w</strong> was in the bottom two this week! What are we to do? Okay, well&#8230;I think they, like So Real have plateaued. They need something that will boost them up there. Their b-boy skills are top-notch &#8211; no one else on this show can hold a watch to their flaring skills &#8211; but something is missing. I bet you if you gave them a dose of Fanny Pak&#8217;s creativity, a dash of Supreme Soul&#8217;s confidence and a twist of So Real&#8217;s choreography style, you would truly have a real Super Crew.<br />
But I&#8217;m still supporting you guys! REPRESENT FOR B-BOYS (and wannabe B-boys like me) ALL AROUND THE WORLD!</p>
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<p><strong>A.S.I.I.D&#8217;s</strong> &#8220;If&#8221; routine was good but it seemed a bit desperate. And considering they were in the bottom two, it was even more so. I wasn&#8217;t really entertained. Let this be a testimony and a warning to those groups that have plateaued. Because the kids from A.S.I.I.D. had to hit the road this week&#8230;</p>
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<p>I think the word of the week is &#8220;PLATEAU.&#8221;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank God America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew is back. Now I can sit in front of the TV more than usual. Yes it&#8217;s all back &#8211; J.C. Chasez and his surprisingly urban dandy outfits, Shane Sparks and his low-brim baseball caps, bling and knack for criticism, Mr. Mario &#8220;Chorus Line&#8221; Lopez and Lil Mama along with her arsenal of ponytail-through-the-top-rhinstone-encrusted baseball caps. And might I add, I have noticed that Lil Mama, in her critiques, says &#8220;I appreciate that,&#8221; as opposed to her template quote from last season, &#8220;I respect that.&#8221; My, how she has grown. Last year, Jabbawockeez (my sister and my cousin vow to be co-presidents of their fan club along with every other girl in the world) took the prize and this year there is some stiff competition (that&#8217;s what she said). I&#8217;m really enjoyin&#8217; A.S.I.I.D. (And So It Is Done), not just because they have a deaf member (yes you heard that right), but because they turned that stage out &#8211; and I loved the color combo they picked for their outfits. Good story. Good dancing. Sounds like a good combo for longevity on the show. Then there is another girl group called Sass times 7. Ummm. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank God <strong><a href="http://dancecrew.mtv.com" target="blank">America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew</a></strong> is back. Now I can sit in front of the TV more than usual.</p>
<p>Yes it&#8217;s all back &#8211; <strong>J.C. Chasez</strong> and his surprisingly urban dandy outfits, <strong>Shane Sparks</strong> and his low-brim baseball caps, bling and  knack for criticism, <strong>Mr. Mario &#8220;Chorus Line&#8221; Lopez</strong> and <strong>Lil Mama</strong> along with her arsenal of ponytail-through-the-top-rhinstone-encrusted baseball caps. And might I add, I have noticed that Lil Mama, in her critiques, says &#8220;I appreciate that,&#8221; as opposed to her template quote from last season, &#8220;I respect that.&#8221; My, how she has grown.</p>
<p>Last year, <strong><a href="http://jabbawockeez.com/" target="blank">Jabbawockeez</a></strong> (my sister and my cousin vow to be co-presidents of their fan club along with every other girl in the world) took the prize and this year there is some stiff competition (that&#8217;s what she said).</p>
<p>I&#8217;m really enjoyin&#8217; <strong>A.S.I.I.D.</strong> (And So It Is Done), not just because they have a deaf member (yes you heard that right), but because they turned that stage out &#8211; and I loved the color combo they picked for their outfits. Good story. Good dancing. Sounds like a good combo for longevity on the show.</p>
<p>Then there is another girl group called <strong>Sass times 7</strong>. Ummm. Okay. The whole cheerleading act is fun and cute &#8211; but I don&#8217;t see them lasting very long &#8211; especially with a group name like that.</p>
<p><strong>Boogie Bots:</strong> I just like the name for the breakin&#8217; crew, but I am feelin&#8217; <strong>Super Cr3w</strong> a little bit more when it comes to tearin&#8217; up the floor with six-step tricks. Even so, their talent is not up to par as of yet. They need to STEP IT UP!</p>
<p>As for Philly-based <strong>Phresh Select</strong>, I didn&#8217;t catch their performance, but the name reminds me of a Fresh-Mex fast food joint. Word says that they are kind of cocky. </p>
<p>I was actually impressed by the boys from suburbia, <strong>Xtreme Dance Force</strong> and the LA-based jazz-pop group <strong>Fanny Pack</strong> is this year&#8217;s BreakSk8, only because it&#8217;s giving us something different to look at other than hip-hop. It&#8217;s a gimmick that beat out one of my fave dance crews from California: <strong>Team Millenia.</strong> Man &#8211; I wish they stayed on the show.</p>
<p>Then there is <strong>Distorted X</strong> a majority girl group (with two guys) who were pretty decent &#8211; and okay, okay, I have to mention <strong>So Real</strong> because I am from Texas and I know of the crew from my days of college, but I am more familiar with the &#8220;first generation&#8221; of the crew. But I must give them a friendly nod for their growth.</p>
<p>Even so, I have to back San Francisco&#8217;s own <strong>Soul Supreme</strong> they threw down on that stage &#8211; and I loved their choice of letterman&#8217;s jackets for their costuming &#8211; it&#8217;s very throwback Michael Jackson meets Rydell High.</p>
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<p>Hmmmm&#8230;can they take the top prize? I guess we&#8217;ll just see! </p>
<p>I can&#8217;t WAIT for this season to start! (June 19 &#8211; MARK YOUR CALENDARS!)</p>
<p>You can watch all of their live auditions and vote for who you want to go through to the next round at <a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/dance_crew/voting.jhtml?episodeId=1657" target="blank">dancecrew.mtv.com</a>.</p>
<p>And mind you &#8211; this is one of the <em>only</em> shows I watch on MTV since they decided to put on vomit-inducing shows like <em>The Hills</em>. Ugh. Just thinking about that show makes me have violently splattering diarrhea.</p>
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