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Four-time Palanca awardee playwright and television director Floy Quntos shares a couple of laughs with Miles as he talks about his groundbreaking Reality TV show in a Reality TV show in a play, SHOCK VALUE.

A sudden but intentional deviation from his historical and critically acclaimed St. Louis Loves Dem Filipinos, Shock Value tells of a TV host named Matt (Andoy Ranay and John Cruz, alernate), whose life turns into a psychedelic rollercoaster ride after a highly publicized rendezvous with a supposedly underaged street hustler.

Watch as Matt negotiates the monstrosity he has unwillingly concocted from the flashy ingredients of TV glamour and personal manipulation. The colors are tremendous, the energy inviting, and the actors almost allow you to jump onstage and indulge in the madness. It's like watching your typical Filipino lunch time variety show--only with x-ray vision and three shots of runaway steriods.

Shock Value is directed by the formidable Alex Cortez and features Frances Makil-Ignacio, Stella Canete, Missy Maramara, Dexter Santos, Jomari Jose, Justin de Leon, Mario Magallona and Edwin Serrano, along with a powerhouse cast of young theater actors, singers and dancers. It's amazing how you can cram in so many people in such a compact theater.

The play runs August 30th til September 17th at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater, in UP Diliman. Tickets and inquiries at 926-1349 or 981-8500 extension 2449 and 2450.

Music in this episode is called "Carousel" by Miles Sanchez.

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Indie film director Emman dela Cruz takes time to chat with Miles and Margaret as he waits to go onstage to receive yet another award for his critically acclaimed film, "Sarong Banggi," under UFO Films. The three lose track of time, Emman almost is not able to receive his Best Director award.

Literally "One Night" in Bicolano, Sarong Banggi is a story of two people whose lives change after a chance encounter. Newcomer Angelo Ilagan plays a teen-coming-of-ager who meets and connects with a washed up but ephemeral prostitute played by Jaclyn Jose--who won an Urian (an Oscar equivalent) for this role. If we tell you any more, we'd be doing a great disservice to the independent film industry by composing a blog-level review of an otherwise excellent, excellent film.

Jessie Lazaten's take on the folk song of the same name is also featured in this podcast. Watch the trailer (which you could also download into your iPod Movie) by clicking on the PLAY button above. Listen to the podcast by clicking on the PLAY button below. Above...trailer; below...podcast. Got it?

Find a much better way to spend a hundred and fifty pesos by watching Sarong Banggi which opens on September 6th and runs for a week at all SM Cinemas across the galaxyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Fred Savage, perhaps? Walk down memory lane by recalling the TV shows that helped shape so much of what we are now. From the violent and totally macho Transformers and Thundercats, to the candy-cane Care Bears and Shirt Tails.

Bon suggests Miles write a theme song for the podcast with the following criteria: silly, technological and rhyming; and wonders why palindrome is such a useless coinage for a useless concept.

"On the Phone" is an original by Miles Sanchez and The Soopertrump. Like it? Download it at http://www.myspace.com/milessanchez

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Because you've made us the most downloaded gay podcast from the Philippines, we offer you a series of clips called Hot Guy by Gumamela. For what ultimate purspose, we still don't know.

Guy No. 1 is a random person we saw at Morato who had nothing better to do that night. It took a little bit of convincing to get him aboard. See, for some people, "podcasting" is still a made up word, and anything dealing with a video camera means the movies or the boob tube. It was hard to explain how he would be seen by the entire terrestrial world and yet would not be seen in the big screen.

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And watch out very soon for our take on the Gay Games in Chicago--The Great Make-up Challenge. Very, very soon!

When foiled hopes & dreams equal wasted youth, Cara, Bon & Miles typify the failure. Cara wanted to become a ninja/assassin who drives a porsche but pays her taxes, Miles an airline pilot, and Bon, well, a dolphin.

Cara can still be an assassin with further training and weight loss, Miles can still be a pilot if he has his eyes lasiked, but Bon can never become a dolphin. Something about evolution.

Our friends theorize that Hong Kong used to be part of Bangaea and make dolphin-monkey sounds, but the coffee shop security guard chases them away. Because in Manila security guards carry pre-WW2 rifles, they run for their lives.

"Drifting" is a song from Miles' first record "Eclectic Sanchez" released last year. Maybe the record bars still have it, maybe they don't. We can't put it up for download on Myspace though, because of label contracts and selfish things like those.