-- Paraluman's legendary status in Philippine showbusiness merited her an inclusion in the lyrics of Ang Huling El Bimbo, one of the most popular songs of Filipino rock band Eraserheads. -- __ Patay sa kembot ng bewang mo At pungay ng 'yong mga mata ---- Ang Huling El Bimbo, Eraserheads Paraluman was born in Tayabas, Quezon, of a German father ...

I was cleaning the toilet bowls of the San Carlos Seminary College in Mabolo, Cebu City in 1993 when I heard a song by the Eraserheads for the first time. The music came from a house just outside the seminary’s west wall, from a room where the owner’s daughter would sometimes treat us seminarians to ...