He's been like that ever since our Kalayaan days, so I don't think his recent activities and state of being has anything to do with age. He is a good friend and an great musician (mind you, he's good at most instruments, not only the drums).
This is how we met Raymund.
Sometime during my first week at Kalayaan, Buddy, Marcus and I were headed for the Kalayaan Residence Hall cafeteria for lunch, when we saw this guy leaning on a post along that corridor that separates the dorm area from the cafeteria. He was frantically strumming a guitar and singing "My Sharona", and was really very expressive about it, to the point that a small crowd had already formed around him. When we passed by, we didn't stop, but I did recall Buddy say,
"Did you hear that? He's playing My Sharona!" Marcus and I just chuckled. I guess Buddy mentioned that, as a form of delight, in the sense that there was a certain contrast to the type of music being played in the late 80's (the year was 198

, so I guess he thought it was refreshing to hear someone play something from the early part of the decade.
A few days, later, na-shock nalang ko kay it turned out Buddy met Raymund because it turn out they were going to be roommates in the basement floor of the boy's wing. Buddy then introduced Raymund to Marcus, and then later to me. And that's how we met Raymund Marasigan.
I really should write my memoirs soon, about the year 1988, when I met and befriended 3/4 th's of the future Eraserheads
-RODION