Description: Gossip, Sex, and the End of the World: Collected Works of tongue in A mood features the Filipino American troupe's three popular and critically-acclaimed works, "Tsismis," "Bomba," and "Damo." Featuring: sketches written by A. Samson Manalo, Patty Cachapero, Kevin Camia, and Kennedy Kabasares; diagrams of the original Bindlestiff Studio layout by Ramon Abad; sheet music composed by Theodore S. Gonzalves; an afterword with the founding mother of Bindlestiff Studio, Chrystene Ells; a glossary of terms; and full color photographs.
Brief description: Co-editor Theodore S. Gonzalves is a musician, educator, scholar, and curator. He served as tongue in A mood's musical director, keyboard player for Bobby Banduria, and co-founder of Jeepney Dash Records. His published work includes Stage Presence: Conversations With Filipino American Performing Artists, The Day the Dancers Stayed: Performing in the Filipino American Diaspora, Carlos Villa and the Integrity of Spaces, and Filipinos in Hawai'i (co-authored with Roderick N. Labrador). Theo taught for several years in the United States, Spain, and the Philippines. His creative and scholarly work has been generously supported as a Fulbright Scholar and as a fellow at the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress. He served as the twenty-first president of the Association for Asian American Studies. Theo lives and works in Washington, D.C. Co-editor A. (Allan) Samson Manalo is a Filipino American writer, director, producer, and stand-up comic who has performed in over 400 colleges and comedy clubs in 47 states and three countries. Manalo is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the Filipino American experimental comedy troupe, tongue in A mood. After producing several sold-out performances at Bindlestiff Studio, Manalo along with his wife Joyce took over operations of the theater in 1998 establishing the Filipino American performing arts epicenter it is today. As a writer, Manalo was a regular contributor to Filipinas magazine, Manila Times, Manual magazine and has written works published in Stage Presence: Conversations With Filipino American Performing Artists, Liwanag II, and ZYZZYVA Literary Journal. Manalo lives with his wife in San Francisco where they both continue to produce, direct, and perform.