Da Comeback!

Last night was a stupendous comeback, if i do say so myself hehehe...

Never mind that little beat flub in the middle of "An Empty You". The rest of it rocked, i assure you.

Friday night, Allan and I passed by the Cheese Millennia gig because he had to talk business with Roel. Just as we are about to say goodbye, Roel hugs me and says, "Bandmate ko 'to eh..."

"Huh? Allan, narinig mo ba yung sinabi niya??? BANDMATE daw niya ako?" Allan laughs. Roel hugs him, too, and says, "Bandmate ko din 'to eh!"

"What??? Am I hearing things? He called us bandmates!" I laugh in disbelief.

"Wala ka nang karapatang sabihin yun, gagu," teases Allan.

"Kayo naman... hindi naman eh..." Roel coos.

And that was that. Practice was set for Sunday night.

Practice was great, which kind of worried us for the next night because that usually spells a bad performance. I got to play more guitar... they were planning to let me play for the Backbeat Christmas Party. It was the 5 of us again, cheesy as it sounds, reunited. After practice, we did our Pares tradition. We were all excited about the following gig because it would be our first in a month.

Popular Days were first up and they were amazing, as usual. Ayn really likes their new song because of the New Order undertones. It was our turn and we realized I couldn't play after all because their weren't enough amps to go around. Boo. But we delivered a great set. Some Backbeat people who had only heard us play last night complimented Allan. It was great.

Other performers were Stonefree, Moonstar 88, Kamikazee and Parokya ni Edgar (sans Gab who is on his honeymoon with his new wife-- congratulations, Gab!). Sorry to everyone who expected Cheese to play because of my announcements. We all thought they would be there, but Robert turned out to have a Skychurch gig. Anyway, for those fans who came, sulit pa rin naman because you got to see all those other great bands. In fact, after Parokya, Buwi jammed with Popo and Robert Javier... and also Ian of Cheese joined for a song. It was pretty cool... but we were kind of tired and hungry (we couldn't order the whole night because there was nowhere to sit-- full house!). Finally, at around 3 am, we headed on to Kebab: Allan, Ralph, Ayn, Gilbert and I. No ox-brain. No shawarma. But the stuff we ordered was still very comforting. Mmmm.

Tonight, we have an early gig at Eastwood, Libis... around 7:30 pm... Moonstar 88 will be playing, too. Be there!

To end this on a funny note, Charles, Allan, Kaye and I were talking on the phone earlier this afternoon. Charles said he talked to Roel:

"Balik Candy na tayo, ah..."

"Pare... I love musikh eh."

P*tang*nang banda 'to, oh...