CAMBIOmatic

i'm still in awe after seeing cambio perform last night at the capitol.

blushes and i came all the way from preschool training and a not-so-good-but-i-was-full merienda at paulo's, not to mention that we have one nasty hangover from a drinking spree at citywalk the night before, we braved through heavy (re: frustrating) traffic at the nlex just to attend SINGKABAN. come to think of it, ever since that festival came to our awareness, we have been showing up every year.

dylan was a bit under the weather that night, but still managed to show up (kudos, mother!). we then loitered around, ate provent & fishballs at the police-infested grounds of crossing, and even made room for a bottle of beer at starmart with the sugarfriends. although all we heard were substandard covers of hale, sponge cola, and "recycled" mind: there were the chikiting patrolers of chicken pox & the bulutong boys shocking the audience with their version of the wuds' original "inosente lang ang nagtataka"; the kiko-machinesque antics of salabat (salamat naman at pinagpahinga n'yo na ang tsinelas); and the flailing screams of kilometer 54 doing the hagibis' "katawan" with kuya borta on the helm after an eight-minute serenade that was "in keeping secrets of silent earth: 3".

it was a long and dragging wait for cambio (we don't give a shit about join the club), and our bodies were ready to shut down, but we were entertained by ate jubiz's short E & long E blunders. mockery was our most favorite past time. har har har.

then finally, cambio came on. diego "poging-pogi" mapa got thinner. ebe dancel, surprisingly, was a little sober. buddy zabala just stayed in one corner (as always), and flicked his bass with those oh-so-smooth fingers. kris gorra-dancel looked refreshed despite the long drive from makati to malolos wearing her 80s montage outfit. and raimund marasigan (but he'll always be "lemon" to me) is still one hell of a drummer despite all the hoo ha's. they started the set with "DV", followed by new tracks "shopaholica" and "call center", then climaxed with "patlang". too bad my arms weren't that long to grab hold of those posters.

dylan, blushes, and i would like to believe we had a moment there with kris, but our request for "ledgeboy" was too late. tsk tsk. but she acknowledged our presence, and that's good enough for me. anyway, it was good to have another "alone time" with the charmed ones. as blushes would say: "ayus naman tayo nung tayo-tayo lang e. nagkagulo lang nung nagkaroon ng additional characters". true.