When I Write The Book
Well, actually I didn’t. But this is the second time I wrote part of an entire book. The first time was for the Encyclea Guide To Restaurants in Manila (now on its second edition) where I wrote mini-reviews of four restos.
This time, well, I’ll just let my colleague Jim Ayson say it in a news item that was recently posted in his PhilMusic.com website.
Excerpts:
Hey, didn’t we recently declare a moratorium on Eraserheads coverage? Well something new has come in, so we’ll need to dispense with that for the moment.
Whether we like it or not, the Eraserheads juggernaut rolls on and on - almost six years after the band’s official demise.
This time it’s in the form of collection of essays in book form. Entitled "Tikman ang Langit: An Anthology on the Eraserheads" (after the chorus of a commercial performed by the band for Burger Machine), the book features pieces written mostly by a group of young technology journalists (banded together as the group known as Cyberpress), who’ve taken a brief sidetrip from their usual beats to pay homage to the band that performed the soundtrack of their generation.
Edwin Sallan, a Manila Bulletin contributor, also contributes to the project. Edwin used to write for the legendary Jingle Magazine. Completing the circle is editor Ces Rodriguez, who acted as Jingle’s editor-in-chief around the time the Eraserheads was first starting to take off.
The book is now available at Powerbooks and National Book Store branches. Go get your copy.
