I knew “Tabi Po” already and was familiar with Mervin Malonzo’s Award Winning Work. When he told me it was “Tabi Po”, it was a no brainer for me. Naturally, as a local comic enthusiast myself, I kinda liked the idea. Back then, roughly two and a half years ago, I was working on a re-imagined Pedro Penduko Comic book when Boss Vic Del Rosario of Viva asked me if I was interested to direct a series. As someone with no experience of long-form film, Basinillo showed visual prowess at his first film project.Īdobo magazine caught up with Direk Paul to pick his brains (not innards) on the creative process behind “Tabi Po”.Īdobo magazine: How did the project come about? How were you approached by Sari Sari/Cignal TV?ĭirek Paul: Aside from being a director, I also work as an author for Graphic Novels under Epik Studios Inc. The task of bringing the Aswangs of “Tabi Po” to life rests on commercial and concert director Paul Basinillo. The pilot episode also features Tasyo and Sabel, played by Luis Alandy and Phoebe Walker respectively, taking off their clothes when they crouch down to eat an unfortunate victim.Įlias screams in pain and hunger after being “born” from the trunk of a balete tree “Tabi Po” immediately starts with a battered man shot at the neck after which, Elias, played by AJ Muhlach comes into the scene and starts tearing the flesh and feasting on the innards. Yet, Cignal TV and Sari Sari Channel went on to break the norms of Pinoy TV entertainment.
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Terry collaborated with the producers Christopher Grabowski and Mark Hardy on the remaining other songs on the album. The combination of Robert Del NajaÂ’s haunting production and TerryÂ’s captivating, emotive vocals fused beautifully. Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja co-wrote ‘WingsÂ’, ‘John Lee Hooker', and ‘Live With MeÂ’. After coming out of musical semi-retirement and returning to the stage in the 90s, Terry's light continued to shine, wowing both old and new audiences with the exquisite beauty his music and voice channelled.įollowing his stunning performance at the 2008 Meltdown Festival, curated by Massive Attack, Terry teamed up with the legendary British trio, which resulted in ‘Hidden Conversations'. The late, great Terry Callier was an icon and inspiration to many his work on Cadet Records with Charles Stepney and Elektra in the 70s made him a cult artist. The fourth book in the series, THE BOOK OF KILLOWEN, received wide critical acclaim when it was released in 2013, and is a Minnesota Book Award finalist.Īrchaeology is an apt metaphor for how Erin unearths her novels The third in the series, FALSE MERMAID, was named by ALA/Booklist as one of the best crime novels of 2010. The second novel in the series, LAKE OF SORROWS, was shortlisted for a Minnesota Book Award. Erin's debut, HAUNTED GROUND, was nominated for mystery's prestigious Anthony and Agatha awards, and won Romantic Times Best First Mystery, and the Friends of American Writers award. And to the official website of Erin Hart, author of the Nora Gavin/Cormac Maguire crime novels. Welcome to the bogs, the pubs, the music, the landscape, the archaeology, the poetry, the mystery that is Ireland. An ancient volume of philosophical heresy provides a motive for murder in this haunting, lyrical novel of forensics, archeology, and history-the fourth in an acclaimed suspense series.ĪVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK, AUDIOBOOK, AND eBOOK! Is there more to Madison Montgomery than even she knows? Secrets are overflowing and family lies are about to be exposed. A whole world that starts and ends with The Elite Kings Club and these boys, are about to flip her world upside down. When Madison gains the attention of their leader, Bishop Vincent Hayes, a whole new world that she didn’t think existed is exposed to her. What she wasn’t hoping for was the pack of bad boys who run the school ten, to be exact. When she begins Riverside Preparatory Academy, the private school her father has swept her into in The Hamptons, she hopes for a fresh start. 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So, the aim of Special Forces is to deliver high precision at lower risks and costs than might otherwise be possible specialists they are, but ‘elite’, not.ĭespite their potential significance for policy makers, Special Forces are largely overlooked by academia. Special Forces are no exception, being military assets designed and trained to conduct tactical actions delivering strategic outcome that is out of proportion with their size and that if conducted by conventional units, may have a disproportionate negative impact on policy. All military units are specialists in their own specific role, requiring personnel of particular aptitudes differing from those required in other units, and specialised organisation, training and equipment. Special Forces are vital strategic asset performing functions others cannot. What are some of your current and future projects that you can share with us? My baguettes are coming along nicely, too. But then I baked a few quite good challahs and some tasty garlic-rosemary focaccia. So far I've made a few terrible loaves, having defeated the 'idiot-proof' no-knead method with my idiocy. I know that isn't extremely publishing-related, but I'm having such a great time. Tell us your most rewarding experience since being published. Or at least to spur output, which is the moldering earth from which creativity sprouts. There's nothing like pressing need to spur creativity. I realize this anew every month when the mortgage is due. When/how did you realize you had a creative dream or calling to fulfill? Also, back in the days when I typed 100+ words per minute, it helped me get temp jobs. Patrick and Honor liked each other, but there was always a little extra bit of friction that wasn't there with Diana, and Linda and Joanna were so much younger than Patrick, it made it hard to bridge the gap. They really are hard to beat in the onscreen chemistry department (I think Gareth and Joanna were the only other pair to spark quite as well). Patrick and Diana's friendship no doubt informed their relationship onscreen. They worked extremely well together, and the fact that they liked each other and were good friends off-screen really showed. There was definitely a spark between Patrick and Honor, and not so much with Patrick and Linda or Joanna, but nothing could top Patrick and Diana. Philippa wrote:Oh yes the chemistry between Patrick and Diana was magical. Rooney’s work - its Hemingway simplicity cut with jabbering “ Gilmore Girls” erudition - has become, for no reason I can ascertain beyond that random spark that sets some literature aflame while so much else molders, an unofficial barometer of taste. She twisted me up.Īll of which is to say that the critic brings her own baggage, and that she doesn’t travel light. I’d either been wrong before, or I was wrong now, or there was no such thing as wrong. I didn’t merely enjoy floating through the worlds Rooney had conjured - I was enveloped by them. And restarted “ Conversations With Friends.” All in about 72 hours. Then, last year, I watched some advance episodes of the “Normal People” TV series. I skipped her second novel, “ Normal People.” Here was a 24-year-old scrapper sucking up all the oxygen with a simplistic riff on an age-old plot. What didn’t I - a millennial woman and member of the chattering literary class - see in this vibey, au courant ménage à trois plus un?įor a few years, while watching critics race to come up with clever new thoughts on Rooney to borrow some of her shine, I seethed. Recommended by a high-ranking editor with impeccable taste, the galley had been worked over by several others before me they’d all, she said, adored it. I quit “Conversations With Friends,” Sally Rooney’s first novel, after 50 pages. 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