Tribute is a series of artworks designed in honor of people, websites, interesting things, etc. For our Volume 3, it is about the Eraserheads. This band’s music made such a big impact in the Philippine music industry. It is wrong to say that they were just a band. It is unfair to say that their songs were merely, just songs. The Eraserheads, although they disbanded years ago, still affects people with their timeless music.

From tasteful renditions of songs, a pink Hello Kitty guitar to sneakers, guitar picks, drumsticks thrown about, and personal pictures and videos taken, we all went home swelling with pride. I wished the people sang more and jumped more, but I guess at this day and age of blogs and Youtube, people are so into recording moments. My brother, who is the biggest Eraserheads fan I know, beamed like a kid on Christmas day. I’m actually thankful he was that addicted to the band because I didn’t have to review the songs since Eraserheads music was like air in our house. I really believe in the importance of doing your homework in knowing at least most of the songs, that way you’ll notice the slightest changes and the real effort of such geniuses in putting on an epic show. Actually, even noticing the inevitable disorientation and forgetting lyrics, it is all part of the show. The band is composed of humans after all. It adds to fun and makes you chuckle. To me, this is one of the best concerts I have been to.

More than just a concert, it was a celebration of great Filipino music. We also paid tribute to our master rapper, Francis M. who died days before the event. At one part of the concert, we shouted his name and sang the chorus of his extraordinary song Kaleidoscope World while waving our hands in the air. Hence, Tribute 3.0’s kaleidoscope design. Here’s to genuinely passionate artists. Thanks for giving us walang humpay na Ligaya (never-ending happiness) through your music.

All photos courtesy of Dino Lara and Madge Lejano.

Tribute is a series of artworks designed in honor of people, websites, interesting things, etc. For our Volume 2, since it is Valentine’s Day, it will be about love.

Tribute is a series of artworks designed in honor of people, websites, interesting things, etc. For our Volume 1, I’m dedicating it to the unofficial pets.

Sadly, one December afternoon, Combo came home sick and died. One orange cat followed and then Fat Face also got afflicted. They suffered from a mysterious epidemic and soon all of kittens died except for Baaku. In just one week, 7 kittens were wiped out. It was hard seeing them suffer, and it was even harder to accept that we will not see Combo and Fat Face ever again.

Baaku was quite sick for a while but she is slowly recuperating. We could tell she’s depressed but I guess all we could do now is to take care of her as much as we can. Hopefully, her playful nature will come back. I also hope that she lives long so I could take some more pictures of her since she is clearly destined to be a model.

I will always be thankful for the memories we shared with these kitties. And Reject, we’re sorry for calling you that name just because you were very anti-social and dark and thin. :P Thanks for making us smile in watching you toy around cockroaches, ew I know, but still fun to watch. And that time when dad found you guys huddled together sleeping with one an extra tail.. only to realize that it belonged to a poor mouse you played with. I think Booni also appreciates that you didn’t bug him much when he hung out in the garden.