The Eraserheads Reunion Concert conspiracy churee

I'M GOING TO THE E-HEADS CONCERT!

Haha. Wala lang. Nagyayabang lang. :P

Natuwa naman ako at makaka-experience na ako ng BIG concert in front of the stage for the FIRST time! Haha. I LOVE YOU MEL! As IN. Mahal na kita foreveeeeer. <3

I actually still don't feel as giddy and/or excited as I should be, just... mayabang. Haha. At least aminado. XD Seriously though, maybe it's 'coz I'm groggy pa/na, or simply because my anti-uso blood has kicked in a few days back despite the sheer kaastigan of the event.

Or maybe I just got carried away with Raymond (Marasigan)'s words from when the whole hullabaloo started. The Eraserheads was just a college band for him; it wasn't their 'true' music. They were a college band who just couldn't stop rising to fame. Napa-"Ay." naman ako dun. Na-sad na din kase hindi na talaga sila nagkaayos-ayos even after aallll this time. (Apektado?! Haha.) Sayang naman din kase. Kahit na ba 'college band' lang sila noon, I think they made better songs and music than the so-called hardcore rock bands of today. Tsaka 'yung samahan nilang yun noon, tapos the fact na they won't even be jamming like old times (on their own accord) anytime soon.

I guess being in the company of Flicker Fusion has made me a lot more sympathetic to a few more band-related stuff than just music and, well, lyrics.

Anyway, while on the topic of eHeads. The conspiracy bug bit me yesterday, and seeing as I was still recovering from the last bug that bit me (the lazy bug), I'm posting this now.

Kase di ba, Sony-BMG took over the concert stuff after Philip Morris (PM) dropped their sponsorship? I was thinking, what if that was the plan from the very beginning? As in:

Philip/Marlboro came out and announced to the world that they're getting the boys together again for one BIG concert in the name of fandom. They say it's free, but it's by invitation so head over to the red nation site to sign-up.

Now, while they're collecting hits at the Marlboro site, the anti-smoking peeps start throwing stones at them and causing their own ruckus. PM denies allegations that they're advertising against the law, because, really. They're just sponsoring an event. I mean, they're right. Where's the advertising there?

*rolleyes*

Anyway. Should we seriously believe that the PM people didn't know the law, and the semantics thereof? They couldn't have been *that* stupid, could they? Unless they really had balls the size of China, they should've known (and cared) that there was no way in hell they would be cut slack for what they were planning to accomplish.

My personal conspiracy theory is that: PM had struck a deal with Sony-BMG from the very beginning. PM came out first so everyone would look at them and recognize them as an almost-Messiah for being able to bridge humongous gaps in the much-revered disbanded quartet. While Sony-BMG waited in the shadows for the signal to come out and save the day.

What's in it for them?

Publicity. For both parties.

I mean, bad publicity *is* still publicity. And PM's got a LOT of that now, yes? Even The Savior, Sony-BMG.

The cost of that rumored 10M/band member talent fee (amounting to a whooping 40M?!) could've been split between the two parties, and their plan of action to recover the lost gold would have been what's happening now.

Charge 1-2K for every hungry fan who wants a piece of their idol.

(Coz seriously. Kung gusto nyo magpasaya lang talaga ng fans, kelangan ba talagang ganun kamahal? Eh ni hindi nga din yan fundraiser eh, di ba?)

HOWEVER.

One reason why this churee CAN'T work is in one person. Rayms Marasigan.

Based on the emails he sent to the Sandwich mailing list, he seems too transparent a person, and too respectful of his fans to be engaged in deceptive activities as this.

BUT

What if the band wasn't in on it either?

What do you think?

Might it be plausible? Or have I just been reading too many Ninoy Aquino conspiracy featurettes from INQ.net? *snickers* Lemme know.

Also, for more eHeads-related snippets, head on over to The Merryland. Kasama 'ko sa list na yan! Ahaha. Thanks ulet, Mel~

In the meantime, I shall go back dealing with my own two-faced Hydra here at the office. I promise to write about the concert (and whatever bonding that may happen with officemates) when I get back from THE event.

Haha.