Taste The Heaven (book launch)

without the lead head

Okay. **sigh** i don't know how to start my story. Actually, now that i've thought of it -- there's not much a story in here. only emotions. only reasons for these emotions. i've loved the E-heads almost all my life. I was one of the youth whose lives were greatly influenced by the music they shared (and milked from). when the band broke up -- I've only known of a few people who has the same opinion about it as i am. that it's bound to happen and there's just nothing we can do about it. i just didn't expect it to be this sad that on the day the devoted fans get a moment to express their love for the them one has to be somewhere else. i mean, come on. although i understaND THAT he have these grudges, i totally understand him. feeling betrayed by your best friends is totally devastating. but still -- i am saddened by his absence.

however, the show went on without the lead head, anyway.

the Markusian Delight
the fans were delighted. i was delighted to see Markus. y'know what i bought the American Gurl cd with Markus' signature on it. a friend of Schizo who went here just for vacation sold it to me. apparently he was the official distributor of the CD in the states. really now? i totally think it was a rip-off. but i bought it anyway for 200P. he initially said 250P, the hell? there were only 6 songs! but at the back of my head i was thinking: i'll sell my blood for it. hehehehe. well what i'm driving here at is this - in the book launch Markus played second to Lei of Prettier than Pink, he sang all of the songs in that EP. he also played a couple of Eheads ditties. he have this flamboyant guitar skill, he was so freakin' good. it's as natural writing on a paper. it looked that easy for him. and it sounded so good. i think i'm repeating myself. :x

here comes the cosmic gUrl
after Markus' last song, he commented he has to stop because Raymund had finally arrived and he's late; Cambio is ready to play. so this cosmic gUrl -- dressed in something that looks like a shirt and a skirt in one went up . i'm confusing you. i'm not so good at describing things y'know. bear with it. anyway, she was also sporting a curly hair with a bang plus a big yellow-rimmed sun glasses. her red doll shoes were worn out and dirty but it looked quite good on her. of course i couldn't NOT recognize her, she was the gUrl that replaced ely when he left the band. i remember during an interview before, when the three heads were asked WHY her? they say because she's COSMIC... that's Kris Gorra-Dancel. She sang songs off their new album that's coming up --- very easy to listen to. then they played Magasin. that was when this Comic gUrl summoned Markus to come up on stage. she said she's not worthy to be at the stage and she should be right with us, watching the 'heads play because she's apparently a fan as well.. she ended that monologue with an "oh well, here i am now..." hehe. whatever. anyway, when Markus came up, the only lyrics he let out was "hindi ko na alam ang susunod.." or something like that. it was funny. i found what a happy quirky person Markus was. When Robbie (their former manager prior to Ann Angala) was talking in front he was like making ZZzzzZZzz noises with a mic. but he's nice. he must have missed those golden days. people were mobbing them after the set. but Markus was so game to be mobbed. i think he enjoyed it. hehe. when Bernz came up to him to have his book signed he wrote Buddy instead of his name, hehehe.. that was because he was answering some interview for INQ7 at the same time. he was being interviewed by that chic on the picture above. she's from Inq7 i presume because she posted that picture in this article (<--click here for link).

the Book
i've read the book page by page. personally, i think i could have done something better. that's just my opinion --- being a total heads fanatic myself. i mean, they should have solicited articles from Jim Ayson, Schizo, Jeng Tan of the former Kelt's Kross(raims's ex-gf), Ann Angala (former manager), and some more people who were once a part of the heads' world during their glory days. but then again, that would be too much for media to feed on. he he he.