the moron from coron

actually, there isn't one. or there is one but i've never actually met him/her/it.

went out with the gatula boys last saturday night to celebrate J's first prize palanca for poetry in english over warm beer at this dive called purple haze somewhere in marikina. (past the bridge from riverbanks and right at the intersection, if i'm not mistaken.) E's and J's and C's band (actually they're all in it together, haha) has a regular gig there two saturdays a month. they were going to call themselves The Forces of Evil but apparently some ska band in the UK or the US had first dibs to the name. so now they're thinking of calling themselves Bayaw. as in, "Dude, mukha ka namang bayaw ngayon." as in, mukhang tricycle driver with greasy sando, good morning towel and those chinelas things na suot ng mga lola. good luck to them.

E opened the set with a cover of Here's Where the Story Ends by the sundays, except it sounded like harriet wheeler was tripping on barbiturates and/or had a case of demonic possession. it was sooooperrrrssssslooooowed dooooooowwwwwwnnnnn the way morissey sings then E jacked things up a bit by screeching during the refrain. it was hilarous. they played the usual bastos songs like Caloocan, Ambing, Vibrator, Satan Rules, Maling, Buko Juice and some sweet little power ballads like Shiela Doesn't Live Here Anymore and Rockets (whose refrain still sounded semi-bastos). there's one that really bothers me because it seems to mask a misogynistic streak behind creepy surreal images (Patay na Babae sa Loob ng Bahay). they also did a cover of weezer's Say It Ain't So that had me singing and growling the guitar riffs in my head all day yesterday. mighty distracting, especially while trying to teach grammar at 8 in the morning.

so who is the moron from coron? some idiot british guy that friend L used to rave about a while back. some dive master yata sa coron who seemed like the hottest thing ever, if you went by L's descriptions. anyway, when I & E finally saw him, they were like, "Yan lang?" enough said, mwahahaha. at least when i go all googly-eyed over someone, he's usually smart or cute/drool-worthy or both.

this is all just to say that i'm leaving for the beaches of northern palawan tomorrow with B and supercrush R and a couple of other people. hope the weather down there's better as i intend to be toasty brown when i get back.