Bisrock In The Time of Vispop

Problem: 


This is the generation of pop and not of rock. The Outpost Bar in Lahug, the place of rockers, has now been turned into a Monastery, a place of hipsters who use prayers as a form of rock music. It's all about pop now. Some say it's because some global marketer is pushing for pop music, and now everyone else is following, and not because pop is where the money is now, but because there's more security in joining in with the numbers. Only the geniuses and intelligent artists are unfollowers of the mainstream, says someone who hasn't sold a painting.

So in this context, you organize a Cebuano rock festival featuring Razorback and Junior Kilat, even after you heard the news that Missing Filemon, Kamikazee, Sugarfree, Eraserheads and Cueshe are no longer rock bands. You believed that Cueshe was never a rock band, but that's beside the point. What will be the result of your concert?

Answer:

It will be a success. It will be the kind of success that resonates in people who are not even listeners of rock music because some guy might videotape the concert and insert a propaganda for the passing of the Anti-Discrimination Bill. Exhibit A is the one below:



Speaking of rock, there's this movie called School of Rock starring Jack Black, and you should remember this movie after attending the Cafe Racer event because it's about how appreciation of rock can sometimes save you from suicide. Therefore, the next time you attend a rock festival, you will remember that all the rockers whom you shamefully discriminated were once kids. Or still are.

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