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Below is the email I posted today on the Eraserheads mailing list:
Guys,
I feel a bit like Daniel right now. But I feel I have to do this.
When I blogged about the Eraserheads reunion concert, I wasn’t out looking for a fight. The rumors of the concert bothered me, so, like many bloggers, I blogged about it.
In hindsight, I admit that the tone of my post was judgmental on the Eraserheads. Although I have nothing but admiration for the band and, in fact, made clear in my original post that they deserve whatever money they can get from their sponsors, I judged them rather swiftly. For this, I apologize to the members of the Eraserheads.
I apologize, too, to the fans that were offended by my posts and my comments. I had no intention of ridiculing you or of condescending toward you. A lot of this animosity ( all the “gago,” “ejerks” terms and other offensive language) sprung from the reactions to my post. I felt that I was just responding in kind. In hindsight, of course, I should have known better.
I also didn’t set out to propagate my anti-smoking advocacy. Truth be told, I didn’t have such an advocacy prior to this. (Four or five years ago, I tried smoking (Marlboro). Thankfully, the habit didn’t stick.) I thought I was just blogging. I expected reactions, of course, but was befuddled by the level of vitriol that I got through the comments section of gmanews.tv and pinoypress.net.
In any case, because of this issue, I got interested even more in the behavior of tobacco companies. So now, I sound like an anti-tobacco advocate. Not that I’m apologizing for this position. I’m not. I still believe that Philip Morris is manipulating the public and I wish that the Eheads were in a position to ignore the company’s offer.
I intend to continue blogging about the involvement of Philip Morris in all this and I’m certain that many of you will not share my position. But that’s just the way it works, right?
Again, my sincerest apologies to those who were offended by the tone and language in my posts and comments.
Caloy Conde
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August 8th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Dear Caloy,
I’m sorry if people, particularly Eheads fans (or so they say), are quick to dispute the points you raised on your post.
Of course, they are also right. It’s all about the music. Who cares about Philip Morris right?
But I want you to know that I also see where your coming from. Capitalists are inclined to do just about anything and stoop to the lowest of lows just to SELL. I totally agree with that.
My major concern about this though, and many people I know share this sentiment, is whether is it also “all about the music” for the great Eraserheads?
It could be for some of them, maybe the answer is even yes. That’s a good thing if it were true.
But as someone I know asked in his own blog entry: Will they really do it for the fans? Will Ely and Raymond even look at each other if the concert pushes through?
Because that’s the best part about the Eheads being the legends that they are. They had fun and they were good friends during the time that they were together. They are geniuses, yes, we all know that.
But I believed the reason why they produced great music was because they had great chemistry, they enjoyed what they were doing, and they had a relationship that could not be matched.
Mag-eenjoy lang ako kung mag-eenjoy din sila.
And with that, I leave you this excerpt from my favorite Eheads song:
“At kung sakaling gipitin
ay laging iisipin
na minsan tayo ay naging
tunay na magkaibigan…”
August 8th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
I agree wholeheartedly moolah. Amidst all this crap going on, it’s the one question that’s in my mind: “Is it all about the music for the Eraserheads too, like it is for us fans?” Sana nga, sana nga. I’d hate to see 4 stoic musicians playing those classic Eraserheads songs with technical precision, but not enjoying the moment and having fun playing, for themselves as much as for us. I’d want to see 4 guys genuinely happy to be playing together again, kahit pa sabit-sabit yung tugtugan nila. Mas gusto ko pa nga na ganun eh, yung sablay ang tugtugan pero kita mo na masaya sila.
August 9th, 2008 at 11:23 am
with the buzz about the amount the eheads would be recieving, i am in doubt about the “for the love of music” thing being popped in this reunion concert.
if its really for the music, then they can dump PM. Liban na lang kung its just for money. seven digits at that.
im a huge eheads fan, now im not. eheads songs na lang ang gusto ko ngayon.
August 10th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Caloy,
I know that your previous blog was not against the eheads, but you were misunderstood by some “fans”. You were just trying to express the legalities of the sponsoring co., but to others, it looks like u are against the reunion gig. I first saw eheads performing at sang lingo na po sila back in 93, and after hearing their first song (ligaya) I have followed them, but im not really a big fan, i just love pinoy music. About 8/30? I really don’t think if Raims and Ely will forgive each other.