Topdogs in Manila

DJ Bukopie

raffyts — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:43:00 +0800

An adventurous fellow, "Buko Pie" lives life on the edge. He is a
mountaineer, rock climber, scuba diver/instructor, skydiver and a
posuer triathlete/adventure racer who aims to become the first
Filipino BASE jumper.

Deep inside though, what he really wants is to be a Top Dog and get
all the chicks on to his best side, his bedside .

Dj Bukopie, who virtually no one knows as Randell Raymundo, is the
founder of PIEWORKS Productions. An independent adventure sports video producer featuring the extreme playground sites in the Philippines.

"Mr. Francisco"

raffyts — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:53:00 +0800

Mr. Francisco lives and breathes the Topdog life. He is the most prolific Music Video Director in the Philippines (I guess that sentence encompasses all three dogmas altogether). He also directs special interest videos e.g. Erotic Dancing by the Viva Hot Babes. Yes, Mr. Francisco gets paid to shoot women take their clothes off. However he says "these are necessary evils to further one's craft." We say "bullshit." At the end of the day, he doesn't care. He'll do what he wants and he gets his way. That's why he enjoys the freedom of the Internet.

Aside from his day-job as filmmaker, Mr. Francisco is also an accomplished Alto Saxophonist. He has jammed in clubs in New York City (where he took up film), Los Angeles CA and in Manila. He pioneered the fusion of live instruments with DJ music in Manila when he played the sax side-by-side top DJs. This is where he also realized that nobody gets laid to house music.

Mr. Francisco's wisdom is rooted in reality and he shares them with you only here on Topdogs in Manila.

"Nick"

raffyts — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:37:00 +0800

Nick is a nice guy in real life. He grew up in the ghettos of New Jersey for the majority of his life and moved to the Philippines three years ago and has since moved up the food chain. He's not really a director, but he is a writer. Not in that 7th grade writing poems sense, but he actually gets paid good money to write content for people to read, say, and act. He's also the lead singer and guitar player of the pretty boy punk rock band, The Ferdie 2000.

Some people say he's funny. But he's not. He's just talks a lot and occassionaly speaks so fast that people laugh in order to guise their lack of coherence. Throw a handful of sand in the air and a grain is bound to land on your head. Or in this case, the funny bone.

And contrary to on-air speculation, Nick does not man-to-man dance. Unless Brad Pitt is on the floor.

Nick is also the brother of Hall of Fame Top Dog, Direk Luigi. Nick dedicates everything he does to his memory.