'And the genius behind it all is the prison boss, Byron Garcia, the Cebu provincial security consultant who came up with the idea in an attempt to improve and discipline and morale. The son of Congressman Pablo Garcia and sister of Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, Byron Garcia faced a difficult challenge when he took over the prison three years ago. Gangs and corrupt guards ruled the prison where serious violence broke out at least once a week. He dismissed most of the guards and ordered the prisoners first to march and then to exercise. … [Garcia] chose Vince Rosales, a city engineer, to choreograph the dances and teach the moves to the inmates. "When you are dancing, you would not even think of committing a crime. Most of them love to dance. For those who don’t want to, it’s a carrotand-stick process, we take away some privileges. But we don’t use sticks any more," Garcia said.'

"Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center is a maximum security prison in Cebu, the Philippines. Prisoners at Cebu are considered the most dangerous offenders in the Philippines awaiting trial. But thanks to four hours of dance lessons a day, their behaviour has been transformed." :: o rly?

sensationalist / contentious article on prisons in the philippines, incl the institution made famous by youtubed vids of hundreds of inmates dancing in unison

collection of videos from those wacky inmates at CPDRC in the philippines — i'm pretty floored by how many of these there are, how many take (af-)am music(videos) as their model, and the fact that these are on youtube at all & apparently uploaded by the warden himself?!

'randy barracuda' is an awesome name, esp at this moment in time what with VP candidate, 'sarah barracuda,' going "heels on, gloves off"

skweee clearing house

skeletal wiki page for skweee — "Skweee is a musical style, with origin in Nordic countries Sweden and Finland. Skweee combines simple synth leads and basslines with funk, r'n'b or soul-like rhythms, overall rendering a stripped-down funky sound. The tracks are mostly entirely instrumental, though there are exceptions."

label devoted to skweee, incl streaming audio & links to various artists working in this newfangled electro-ish genre (h/t ronaldo)

i guess soulja boy wasn't kidding when he came fwd with the "shocking" news that youtube is paying him per views/comments :: great development for tech savvy creators