Tanya Markova - PICTURE PICTURE

True Faith - Yun Lang Music Video

LINER NOTES: Yun Lang from Love Parade (Viva Records 2010) / Directed by Quark Henares / Featuring Armi Millare of UpDharma Down.

Techy Romantics - Out Of My Mind

LINER NOTES: Official Video by 2720 Design Boutique! / Directed by Nico Puertollano

OUR WEEKENDS DISSOLVE

This video was launched last February and it was great to see US-2, EVIL-0 perform live (even though they were not wearing their cheerdancer outfits). Thank you very much Mr. Quark for putting the rest of the band on the spot and making them play "Nice Apocalypse" even though you guys haven't practiced or played it for months. Hoping that your next video will be MIXTAPE!

LINER NOTES FROM QUARK'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL : second video off of the album Dirty Debutantes. directed by first time wunderkind Ramon Martin R de Veyra Jr!


directed by Ramon de Veyra
lensed by Dan Gil
cut and colored by Sven de Leon
produced by Adi Lopez and Dan Gil
housed by Watusi
much love to Nokia

US - 2, EVIL - 0 "Dirty Debutantes"

Sing while you're winning with Us-2 Evil-0
By Paolo Lorenzana (The Philippine Star) Updated November 28, 2009 12:00 AM
http://www.philstar.com/ArticlePrinterFriendly.aspx?articleId=527423

MANILA, Philippines - There’s a lot of bad in the world — celebrity home-wreckers and election violence included. But while diabolical gold diggers and douche-y politicians are a tad difficult to defeat, at least the score against bad music is up thanks to Us-2 Evil-0. More than just the dynamic duo of Mich Dulce and Quark Henares at the vocal frontlines, there’s Nix Puno on bass, Bogs Jugo on beats, and Wincy Ong wielding keys and guitars; ex-men from bands like Twisted Halo, Narda and Pupil having formed a supergroup that gives good aural — and for the greater good at that.

With Quark and Mich’s campy choreography, the band’s winning boy-meets-girl-on-TV-who’s-bad-for-the-heart single This Mighty Heart Attack, and their “Dirty Debutantes” debut album launch today at Mag:Net High Street, evil doesn’t seem to stand a chance where our ears are concerned. Supreme gets into a huddle with these heroes and drums up team spirit.

What is this “Evil” we are fighting against?

WINCY ONG: The inherent evils of everyday life: traffic, taxes and terrible music. And of course, the evil that is unrequited love.

MICH DULCE: Paying for parking is the biggest evil in the world!

QUARK HENARES: Actually, paying for parking really is evil. I mean, we’re going to a mall to give you money already, why the hell are we being charged for space? Will put that on the evil list, along with the National Artist Award and the Teletubbies.

MD: And I quote RA Rivera when I say, “Tumblr is evil.” Tumblarity is even more evil.

How did the battle of good and evil that is your band name come about? Did that “one drunken Rockeoke night” in 2007 have anything to do with it?

WO: Our lyrics are subliminally about our battles against evil. We even have a political song called WTF, which is about our country and what we’re up against. I didn’t sing any particular song that night in 2007, but I really hope against hope that our songs could be karaoke-friendly in the future. It’s not evil to dream, right?

MD: Wincy wasn’t even there that fateful night. Or was he? Ako, crush ko lang si Boga eh. I just wanted to be in a band with such a hot man and apparently so did Quark. But he’s not gay; it’s just a straight man crush. I didn’t care what we would sound like. I just liked Boga. (laughs).

QH: Yeah, that kind of sums it up. Bogs and I had been talking about having a band for a while, then during one of the early Rockeokes, Mich goes up to me and says, “I’m forming a band with Boga,” to which I go, “No, you can’t. I‘m forming a band with Boga.” So she says, “Eh ‘di let’s both have a band with Boga.” Mich, Nix and I are batchmates, so we all started making plans. “Kulang nalang ng gitarista,” we decide and look to the far right and see Wincy sitting there alone. We all got really excited and kept repeating the line, “Uy, hindi usapang lasing ‘to ha.” It was, though. But it was the best usapang lasing ever.

Let’s talk strengths, superpowers, and what Us-2’s members each contribute…

WO: Quark is our fearless leader. He gives us courage and tells us what we ought to do when the going gets tough. Mich is our mother superior and queen bitch. She completes us the way Renee Zellweger did Tom Cruise. Nix is the quiet Beatle. Bogs is the kuya who guides us and supports us; he’s the beacon of light that shines throughout the stygian depths. His catchphrase after every gig is: “There’s only one thing that I’m going to say, guys: Good job!” I’m the eccentric love child of all four.

MD: I contribute drama, tears, and PMS-induced rage. Quark contributes added drama by embellishing my drama and telling it with far too much enthusiasm. Nix is our disciplinarian and the most reliable out of all of us. Bogs contributes groupies with his dashing good looks and alpha male one liners a.k.a. “Rock!” Wincy is the tie that binds us — he is our entertainment and daily amusement, not to mention our band genius. Plus, Wincy gives the best hugs ever. The kind na may paa. Favorite ko yun!

QH: I just gotta say my superpower is building Wincy Ong up, because as someone once said, he is my muse.

In 140 characters or less, can you tell us what kind of music we’ll be hearing on “Dirty Debutantes”?

WO: Boy-girl harmonies, strange lyrics and lots of man-to-man dancing. Plus, the inimitable Bogs Jugo saying, “Check this out! Here we go!” That completes me all the time.

QH: Happy music, I think. Something you can program your alarm clock to or put in a mix CD to the girl you’re in love with. It’s pretty harmless stuff. We didn’t set out to make a classic or anything. We just wanted to translate the fun we have onstage to the album.

Who are the “Dirty Debutantes” that inspired your album title and where do they dwell?

WO: As members of the human race, we’re all dirty debutantes. We broke out from the chrysalis all filthy and dirty, yet despite our not-so-immaculate state, we thrive to clean up the world of evil. We are the dirty debutantes. You, me, us.

MD: Diego Mapa thought of “Dirty Debutantes.” We just stole it.

QH: Yeah, it was a bit of a trade. Diego wanted to call his band Monsterbot’s debut album “Dirty Debutantes,” and I couldn’t stop laughing because it reminded me of the Ed Powers porn series. He instead used the title of an article I wrote about his band, “Destroy! Destroy!” So we ended up stealing the “Dirty Debutantes” title nine years later.

Who/what/where/when as to the cardiac arrest sung about in This Mighty Heart Attack?

WO: It’s one of the many songs about unrequited love and that feeling you have when you’re clenching your vitals for that one iota of reciprocation. Alas, you cannot command love, for it is love that commands. But hell, yeah, let’s all dance to unrequited love. Unrequited love is disco.

QH: I love how Wincy just seems to have his own world here. It’s about someone Wincy loves, and that’s the honest truth. She’s a TV star and all that.

MD: I love how a number of girls can think that they are that TV star. Yet only we know which TV star that really is (laughs).

And then there’s Mikey is the new Mong, which has the line “To all you hipsters in Saguijo.” Has a Saguijo hipster ever come up to the band feeling a bit mocked?



WO: Everyone has a little hipster in their souls. Even nuns, and strangers to Belle & Sebastian. So, I guess being a hipster is a universal thing. That includes us. But yeah, being clever has its dangers. Thankfully, Saguijo hipsters don’t hear 100 percent of our lyrics when we play.

QH: Funnily enough, I rarely see hipsters in Saguijo. I see a lot in Cubao X, though. Maybe we should change the lyrics.

Cecile Zamora has compared Mich and Quark to Chuck and Blair. Do you think you’re as cute and creatively conniving?

MD: I love the Blair and Chuck reference as people who know me know that I have a need to be Queen B and am quite the serial plotter and conniver. What can I say, I’m a mean girl at heart. Quark is a secret Chuck but is always polite and non-confrontational. But together we are probably the most evil people you can ever imagine, though Quark will never seem like it. I must say, though, that unlike Blair and Chuck, I don’t think Quark and I will be having sex in the backseat of a limo any time soon. Maybe me and Quark are more of a Blair and Serena rather than a Blair and Chuck. I need him like Blair needs Serena, because Serena always gives Blair a million chances even if B screws up, and B can’t live without S anyway, no matter how strong B pretends to be. Oh my God, Gossip Girl fan, much?

WO: Mich and Quark are the best when they’re performing. It’s so hard to play onstage sometimes when I see them do their funky dance moves. They are really cute. Like a latter-day version of Simon and Garfunkel, minus the pretentious lyrics, plus more onstage fighting.

QH: Alas, I only watch Lipgloss. No Gossip Girl for me.

What wins in life for Us-2 Evil-0? Which teams are you rooting for? Jinkee or Krista; Alfred Vargas or Ara Mina as QC councilor; Taylor Lautner or RPattz?

MD: Wincy’s love life. I don’t think there has ever been a day we got together where Wincy’s love interests were not mentioned. Ever. Xiao Long Bao. Silly dance moves. NFC. Momol pacts. Band loyalty!

QH: Win si Ong, that’s what I always say. I’m actually so behind on tsismis because I just got back from the States. I’d vote for Ara, though. And I’m Team Ashley Greene, doesn’t matter if Edward or Jacob wins.

WO: In the great scoreboard in the sky, I really do hope happiness trumps whichever.

Sandwich "Manila"

Directed by : TEAM MANILA

Edited by : DENISE CASTILLO

BAMBOO - Muli

LINER NOTES: (from http://www.youtube.com/user/mariejambotz)

Official music video for Bamboo's "Muli."
This is off the "Tomorrow Becomes Yesterday" album, Polyeast Records.

Starring:
Teresa Herrera
Nick Padilla

Also Starring:
James Stacey
Isobel Jamora-Garceau

Directed by Marie Jamora
Produced by Brainchild Creatives
Directors of Photography: Lyle Sacris & Pong Ignacio
Assistant Director: Earl Ignacio
Production Design: Trinka Lat
Styling: Mara Reyes
Make-up: Xeng Zulueta
Production Manager: Erik Malaya
Assistant Producer: Harold Soon

Art by Andrew Drilon
Edited by Chuck Gutierrez & Marie Jamora
Color Correction & After Effects: Bernard Dacanay

You can also read ANDREW DRILON's blog entry about this music video at:
http://andrewdrilon.livejournal.com/90822.html

the TAKEN BY CARS roadtrip

Shapeshifter


LINER NOTES: directed by quark henares / produced by mike shih and partybear productions / lensed by pong ignacio / cut by maui mauricio / line produced by chang ignacio / production designed by vicky velasco / production designed by red banque / styled by suyen / makeup by pia reyes and grace deang / hair by dave lopez / housed by furball


NEON BRIGHTS


LINER NOTES: Directed by: Wincy Ong


UH OH

LINER NOTES" Directed by nico puertollano, 2720


DECEMBER 2 CH VII

LINER NOTES: Director Pancho Esguerra / DOP Rommel Sales / VFX/Color Grading Blue Rain Multimedia

Motomashup TVC

PUPIL: Disconnection Notice

LINER NOTES:
directed by quark henares
photographed by dix buhay
edited and colored by jason tan
produced by chang ignacio
designed by marco ortiga
art directed by gino nacianceno
styled by sharon see
housed by furball
starring glaiza de castro
featuring alchris galura

Archipelago - May 1

LINER NOTES: part two of the dancing in schools trilogy :p

directed by quark henares
lensed by pong ignacio
line produced and assistant directed by adi lopez
designed by vicky velasco
cut by maui mauricio
with help from paolo, gio, china, nicole, gracie, dom, karen and jan
a Loyola Film Circle production

nakaka-adik na video

DUSTER DEK A DOODLE DANDY v2


DUSTER DEK A DOODLE DANDY v1


See more of DUSTER at:
http://dusterlab.multiply.com/

Hear more of DUSTER at:
http://www.myspace.com/dusterchicks

Gusto Ko Lamang Sa Buhay

WHO NEEDS A HUG?!!!




My favorite song from the Itchyworms' SELF-TITLED album.
Hope they make a video for "Steady Lang" next time.

Pedicab takes you on a skytour of Manila

FX


LAWAY

LINER NOTE: Our B-side video to FX. One take, two cam strategy. Strange but fun. Tribute to old school "promo films".

new Rico Blanco music videos

Two of my favorite songs from the YOUR UNIVERSE album.
I just wish the videos were as good as the songs.
Oh well...
Enjoy the songs!!!

ANTUKIN


YOUR UNIVERSE

Bring out the disco ball, baby!!!

From the Itchyworm's SELF-TITLED album...

FREAK OUT


PENGE

SINOSIKAT?

The first time I heard them on the radio, I thought they were a new foreign artist. And I don't know why I should be surprised that they weren't. It's very strange of us to first think that a band that sounds so good can't be a local artist. So, it was great to find out that they are a local band and that they sound so great. (Why am I babbling?)

Just sit back, grab a beer, and enjoy the music of SINOSIKAT? and we really don't need to answer that question.

TURNING MY SAFETY OFF


MAGIC


SO BLUE

YUGTO (director's cut)

This version of the music video was directed by Quark Henares, but did not air in the music channels.

NOTE ON THE YOUTUBE POST OF THIS VIDEO: Video shot to script and proposed storyboard. After complete shoot and edit, Rico Blanco had asked Warner Music to commission a new director because he basically didn't like how he looked and performed and wasn't allowed to edit the video and take directorial credits.

Here's the video that did air:


I still liked Quark's version better. I liked the freaky, little aswang factoids that he slipped in, as well as the strange ghost-like figures (inspired by THE SHINING?) that were seen singing in the house.

Up Dharma Down

This music video was put together by the super marvelous team-up of Acidhouse Post, the illustrations and designs of Inksurge, plus the photos of Everywhere We Shoot!. Hope they continue to make more collaborations like this!

PAG-AGOS


Oo


"Oo" is the song that made me take notice and fall in love with the band.

How to Ride d' PEDICAB

Turns off the light.

Crank up the volume.

Hit the play button.

Now dance.

DANCE!!!

DANCE, BABY! DANCE!!!

Cosplay babes + kick-ass DJs + S&M + the lyrics
"pwede bang hawakan ang balahibog ng pusa mo?" = ANG PUSA MO




DITO TAYO SA DILIM


KONTI NA LANG


DIZZY BOY

itchyworms

It was 1995 when I met Jugs at the Alamat Comic book event in Robinsons Galleria. He and his classmates at the time had a comic book called SHADOW COMICS. He eventually let go of his plans of being a comic book star and decided to pick up the guitar instead. I'd like to think that was a great career move for him. (Maybe he and the worms can someday do a comic book themed album.)

PENGE NAMAN AKO YAN


LOVE TEAM


AKIN KA NA LANG


BUWAN