So I was at 7-11, and the counter guy asked, "ang haba na ng buhok nyo ah," with a sense of familiarity.
I smiled, a bit embarassed and surprised coz I don't know the guy.
"Tumutugtog ba kayo, sir?"
"Hindi," sagot ko.
When I saw the disappointment on his face, I almost wanted to cut my hair. Almost. The reason why my hair is now longer is because I am lazy. And haircuts have gotten expensive since my barber shop closed. Also, I started to like my long hair.
Someone told me that the longer the hair, the higher the expectation is to be in a band. I would not say I did not have fantasies at some point to be in a band, but I did not and I am too old to be in a band. And it's just not me, or that is what Kevin Arnold said before he bought his electric guitar in The Wonder Years.
Too bad they disbanded a week after their first gig. It's funny.
There is this guy at work who has hair that goes down to his waist, no one will be disappointed in him coz he has a band.
Well, I listen to rock songs almost as much as I listen to alternative, but I won't claim I play in a band. Or I could tell them I could play a triangle, to save face, but alas, I don't know how to play even that. My promising musical career ended when I was around twelve when my singing duo crashed. I would like to say creative differences, but we were young and we had to do things on our own. We could have been like big, you know like the Dresden Dolls, Belle and Sebastian, Bono and Cher.... uhh.... Hahaha!
So going back to the hair topic, I just like my long hair that I intend to cut in 2012. Why 2012? I just feel like 2012 is the right time coz the world might end.
I don't want people to think I am a poser or anything, but I think people are narrow-minded if they think only people in a band or artists can have long hair. While I am guilty of calling people posers, more on that later, I have long hair only to please myself. I think to judge people and what they do on the basis of their hair is wrong. Like people with clean cut hair can not join a rock band? Of course, they can. I don't think we or them are like Samson who gets something from their hair other than basic protection for the head.
Going on to the matter of posers. I was on my way to work, it was on the same day as the 7-11 incident, and saw this dude with the uncanniest resemblance to Justin Bieber ride the jeep wearing an Our Lady of Peace shirt (the band), and I wonder if he really knows them. Now I am not telling you he does not listen to Our Lady of Peace, coz I don't know if he does. All I know is I don't listen to Our Lady of Peace, even though it is in my iPod, because it brings memories of my high school, more like the name of the band sends me back to high school.
But there are people who wear Iron Maiden or Metallica or Angry Samoans and, in some cases, obscure bands, then listen to Lady Gaga. So I wonder why they are wearing those shirts, as if rock band shirts now beats buying signature clothes. Maybe because it's cheaper than wearing whatever brand you can buy at so much more in Shangri-la or at Powerplant mall.
I don't get it. I know that these people don't appreciate the album art or anything. Or maybe, simply, they hope that the coolness of the bands rubs off on them some way.
Maybe I just think ill of people. I don't know.
I smiled, a bit embarassed and surprised coz I don't know the guy.
"Tumutugtog ba kayo, sir?"
"Hindi," sagot ko.
When I saw the disappointment on his face, I almost wanted to cut my hair. Almost. The reason why my hair is now longer is because I am lazy. And haircuts have gotten expensive since my barber shop closed. Also, I started to like my long hair.
Someone told me that the longer the hair, the higher the expectation is to be in a band. I would not say I did not have fantasies at some point to be in a band, but I did not and I am too old to be in a band. And it's just not me, or that is what Kevin Arnold said before he bought his electric guitar in The Wonder Years.
Too bad they disbanded a week after their first gig. It's funny.
There is this guy at work who has hair that goes down to his waist, no one will be disappointed in him coz he has a band.
Well, I listen to rock songs almost as much as I listen to alternative, but I won't claim I play in a band. Or I could tell them I could play a triangle, to save face, but alas, I don't know how to play even that. My promising musical career ended when I was around twelve when my singing duo crashed. I would like to say creative differences, but we were young and we had to do things on our own. We could have been like big, you know like the Dresden Dolls, Belle and Sebastian, Bono and Cher.... uhh.... Hahaha!
So going back to the hair topic, I just like my long hair that I intend to cut in 2012. Why 2012? I just feel like 2012 is the right time coz the world might end.
I don't want people to think I am a poser or anything, but I think people are narrow-minded if they think only people in a band or artists can have long hair. While I am guilty of calling people posers, more on that later, I have long hair only to please myself. I think to judge people and what they do on the basis of their hair is wrong. Like people with clean cut hair can not join a rock band? Of course, they can. I don't think we or them are like Samson who gets something from their hair other than basic protection for the head.
Going on to the matter of posers. I was on my way to work, it was on the same day as the 7-11 incident, and saw this dude with the uncanniest resemblance to Justin Bieber ride the jeep wearing an Our Lady of Peace shirt (the band), and I wonder if he really knows them. Now I am not telling you he does not listen to Our Lady of Peace, coz I don't know if he does. All I know is I don't listen to Our Lady of Peace, even though it is in my iPod, because it brings memories of my high school, more like the name of the band sends me back to high school.
But there are people who wear Iron Maiden or Metallica or Angry Samoans and, in some cases, obscure bands, then listen to Lady Gaga. So I wonder why they are wearing those shirts, as if rock band shirts now beats buying signature clothes. Maybe because it's cheaper than wearing whatever brand you can buy at so much more in Shangri-la or at Powerplant mall.
I don't get it. I know that these people don't appreciate the album art or anything. Or maybe, simply, they hope that the coolness of the bands rubs off on them some way.
Maybe I just think ill of people. I don't know.
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