After knowing about Smart Bro a few days ago, I finally got one for Php4,500 (preloaded with Php 30 worth of one and a half hours of internet connection) this morning. Read the Full Entry…

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On May 3, 2008, the retarded boys of The Man Blog finally held its highly-anticipated concert, the first-ever Banana Gangbang Rock Festival at Bela Bar in Greenhills. Featuring bands from the members of TMB, it was an awesome night full of face-melting rock and golden beer. Lots of it.

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On May 3, 2008, The Banana Gangbang Rock Festival finally happened. For the first time, I got to hear Mike Villar sing with his band Tempestuous and, for the record, he sounds less annoying when heard and seen live. Better than “not annoying,” even! Marco Palinar, who was supposed to play with his band Sanity Kit, pulled off a one-man, one-song show that’s made of pure, unadulterated awesomeness. Ade Magnaye’s band Lose Your Beer Belly capped the night doing their originals and an encore cover of Dishwalla’s Counting Blue Cars. Also, Lauren Dado played for two bands, Zoo and Lose Your Beer Belly, for the price of one. Mannequin, a non-TMB band, also performed making the night a quintuple WIN extravaganza.

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This post is way late. Late like the time I got to the iBlog4 venue together with Comicology author slash fellow Man-Blog editor Bim and the dashing Liz Lanuzo (darnit, we missed Brian Gorrell!).

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Philippines’ weekly music charts / countdown — Myx International Top 20, Myx Hit Chart, 103.5 Max FM Final countdown, RX 93.1 countdown, Magic 89.9’s Magic 30 Countdown, and 99.5 Campus FM’s Top 20 @ 12.

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In 1967, Jacqueline Kennedy went on a whirlwind tour of Cambodia, hosted by no less than King Norodom Sihanouk himself. She spent three days strolling through the ruins of ancient Angkorian temples and she also went to Sihanoukville to name a street after President John F. Kennedy. See this vintage Time article for more details about her trip.

In Sihanoukville, locals claim that she stayed in the chicest hotel in the country, the Independence Hotel. At that time, it was the tallest (seven storeys) and most modern structure in Cambodia built to accommodate the burgeoning tourist influx, especially in the country’s beach town. It was built by Leroy and Mondet, French architects who were in vogue in the sixties and who built several important buildings in Phnom Penh. The interiors were designed by King Sihanouk.

Read more in Toe’s Kurokuroatbp.

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More eNGy toons here

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