Repeat While Fading

This is a piece written by Luis Katigbak from our Jan – Feb issue. Writer and musician Aldus Santos celebrates and autopsies Pinoy Rock in his new book, Repeat While Fading.

Some wit once said that “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” I suppose the implication there is that both are fairly pointless activities that fail to capture the essence of — well, anything, really. But you know what? Hell, I’d rather watch someone try to dance about architecture than dance about dying swans or the indomitable spirit of simple country folk or something like that. Dancing about architecture sounds pretty damn interesting.
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