I passed by last night, with Namee and Justin to catch what will be one of the last music nights in Mag:Net. I caught Angulo, Us-Evil, and Ciudad (Justin plays guitar).
Mag:net always seemed to be a busy place, and I had simply presumed that the place was making money. My suspicion is that their rent was raised.
Though this site was a venue to many fun evenings, good musical performances and bonding moments, I am not sad about the closing of Mag:net. It is not because I don't think it was a good place. It is because this is in line with the creative destruction that moves the 'gimmick economy' of Manila. This place will close, but I am sure that something else will come up. The people who go these places are linked more than a physical site of congregation. I fully expect a yet another new way for all of us to be together.
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I never paid much attention to Ciudad's music till last night.
