Men are separated from boys in an acoustic setup...in this case the boy outshone the man though (no offence to the master though)
This is recognition enough for the guitar-sage of this era to have accompanied Clapton on guitar rather than vocals who has redefined guitar playing when I had given up on any new kind of sound in these times.
Many mistake Mayer for a choclate pop star, and I don't care for the rest, but true music lovers must listen to his live solo acoustic or even electric blues performances (check out crossroads with Clapton again on youtube)
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Down the road (less travelled)
Well, ahem...had my first quasi-professional performance at Goa, "Down The Road", Pub & Bistro!!!!!!
Given my hectic schedule, had to restrict the song-list to only three songs
- Evenflow (Pearl Jam), with a little niggle that I completely forgot the song & lyrics after the first two lines, old age you see
- Knockin' on heavens door (G'n'R version), yeah 'coz it still is a coupla years before I become old enough for the Dylan version :)
- Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd) - Well, this was on popular demand (within my soul i.e.), messed a little bit on the high-pitch part, but in all the Van Morrison style suited the song better than I had thought
Crowd response stopped just short of a mass hysteria, especially amongst the ladies, they controlled themselves by only clapping i.e. and also the fact that about 20% of the population in the pub comprised of friends (Refer pic on top: The PAL, The ANT, The PUNK!!)
And as much as the monetary bit is concerned, it was that I paid for my drinks....
IT WAS A KAROKE NIGHT, hehehhehe
But it was fun nonetheless, as it always has been performing on stage in college days, hmmmm...Life keeps on calling (in short bursts), where the fcuk am I???
P.S : The date in the snaps are backdated for some reason
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Thif fuckf, ferioufly!
"Past performance may not indicate future performance" I thought this was only applicable to mutual fund industry. It breaks my heart to apply the same to my current favourite director Vishal Bharadwaj. Can't imagine the same guy who made the wonderfully refreshing & innocent "Blue Umbrella", the dark siblings "Maqbool" & "Omkara" each one of which left me mentally heavy coming out of theatre, makes a loosely put together "Kaminey".
Till the first half, this seemed like an attempt to make a run-movie where random plots come together ending in a chase, something like a "Lock, stock & two smoking barrels". But the next half reveals the story seems to revolve around the redemption of "Charlie". It surely would have been better if the director would have stuck to either of these themes.
Apart from "bhope bhau", none of the actors did anything outstanding, mostly average performances. Marketing the movie about lisping and stammering of the two lead characters seemed interesting in the promos but in the end was just plain tacky piece of generating a buzz.
Mr VB, I still haven't given up on ye', get back to doing what you do the best, which is focusing on making movies seriously than marketing them.
Till the first half, this seemed like an attempt to make a run-movie where random plots come together ending in a chase, something like a "Lock, stock & two smoking barrels". But the next half reveals the story seems to revolve around the redemption of "Charlie". It surely would have been better if the director would have stuck to either of these themes.
Apart from "bhope bhau", none of the actors did anything outstanding, mostly average performances. Marketing the movie about lisping and stammering of the two lead characters seemed interesting in the promos but in the end was just plain tacky piece of generating a buzz.
Mr VB, I still haven't given up on ye', get back to doing what you do the best, which is focusing on making movies seriously than marketing them.
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Face the book
I have this uncanny knack of being like a fresher. And one day, I will get a hike!!!
Currently trying to gather my feet on this nu-age thingy called facebook.
Till I conquer this beast...
Currently trying to gather my feet on this nu-age thingy called facebook.
Till I conquer this beast...
Sunday, August 02, 2009
"Arranged Marriage" ends with an "Affair"
Well, that's the last story in my maiden (read) novel, and maybe my own affair with books has just begun!!!
This was a collection of stories by Chitra Banerjee, all revolving around diasporic sensibilites. Though my understanding of literature is quite amateurish as of now , the stories score very well in building up emotions in a very sensitive manner. One cannot but admire the capacity of a writer to understand human sensitivity, put it in the context of a cultural sensibility and then create an imagery to which the reader can visualize and relate to.
An interesting point is how writers create the imagery; it is the seemingly unimportant detail e.g. "the waitress was wearing a light-blue dress..."; now, this helps a reader create the whole plot in his mind while she reads on, and the story is so much easier to hold on to.
Anyways, am just hoping that this habit which I had been trying to inculcate for a long time lasts for as long as possible, and I can do justice to being the son of a literature professor!!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Comfortably dumb
Do I need to have point of views on life? Am I allowed to be self-centred all my life, interacting with the world through the windows on my floating cocoon-ed life, and being well ensconced in there, without caring to come out, Do I need to know what am I looking for, and the best part, is it ok if I still don't care much :) ?
Hello, hello.........is anybody in there........
....you may feel a little sick.......I do believe its working.....a distant ship's smoke.....
.......when I was a child.......okay...just a little pin-prick....aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............
"Ze kya bakwaas hai, bhai?"
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Jashn - The music within
Okay, this was audacious. I took the risk of going to watch the "typical" movie. Apart from an uncanny desire to do some cliched stuff, I went in primarily to see Shahana Goswami's performance. Had really liked her in Rock On. Also, as per some review, this could be an old Mahesh bhatt style movie exploring the intricacies of human relationships.
Hedged my risk to an extent by watching the movie at Gaiety theatre (75/- only), the now-old but once-upon-a-time revolutionary multitheatre concept. Deja-vu was in the air, with touts psssst'ing around for selling black tickets, something we have forgotten in the multiplex era.
The 'crowd' too was from pretty much from all walks of life, unlike the middle/upper middle clas which we find in multiplexes.
I knew I was in for some entertainment, if not from the movie, then at least from the crowd, as slogans of "vande mataram" and "bharat mata ki jai" took over just as the mandatory national anthem got over.
The movie, though fairly predictable in its plot, is an earnest effort. Over-acting has been avoided, no songs running around the trees, a trend catching up these days.
Shahana Goswami has again delivered a natural performance, though in the end you wonder, what was the emotional-pana all about. Adhyayan Suman has a long way to go to become a complete actor, but I do admire his honest effort, and probably the character he plays, that of a young & wayward artist, who is still trying to figure out what he wants to do in life, may not be too far from his real life persona, hence the fairly natural performance.
The stand-out part of this movie for me was the new age realistic portrayal of a brother-sister relationship, who are the closest buddies, instead of the tiring "mere bhaiya, meri behna" types portrayal, which has been beaten to death in Hindi movies.
Overall, I give it a 3/5, for the honest effort by actors who are more or less newcomers.
and things, they-are-a-lookin' up!!!
Stock market is doing okay, I have survived the humid Mumbai summers without an AC, mosquitos haven't paid much of a visit this monsoon, me finally did some meaningful work this year (repositioning pitch for a business line, ok it was just a ppt, so what :) ), probability horizon of keeping a job has gone up to over 6 months, looks like I may be able to afford a house in Mumbai (at least the loan-wallas think so) , AND I HAVE LOST 3 kgs of weight, yippeeee!!!!!!!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Sri Jimi
Managed to attend a concert I had been waiting forever, the Jimi hendrix of Carnatic Rock, Prasanna. From Carnatic Fusion to Rock to Pure Jazz, this guy is master. And the rhythmized version of Thriller/Bad as a tribute to Michael Jackson was outlandish but brilliant.
And could finally add company to my gifted lone Prasanna CD, including an instructional DVD which hopefuly will be useful to the 'forever' beginers like me.
P.S: This guy left a cushy job post his B.Tech from IIT-Madras to pursue Music from the Berklee college of Music, he is my personal Hero.
And could finally add company to my gifted lone Prasanna CD, including an instructional DVD which hopefuly will be useful to the 'forever' beginers like me.
P.S: This guy left a cushy job post his B.Tech from IIT-Madras to pursue Music from the Berklee college of Music, he is my personal Hero.
Monday, July 13, 2009
गुलाल
How I wish I could command myself to write & update my blog!! But as with most things with life, I am a true 'naturalist', can't force nothin' on myself.
Having grown up in the environs of BHU (Banaras Hindu University, for the uninitiated), films related to student politics instantly strike a chord with me. Apart from the numerous कॉलेज-ishtudent kinda movies with an opening song like"ख़ुद को क्या समझती है, कॉलेज में नई-नई आई एक लड़की है"..., Gulaal & Haasil stand out in their realistic representation of the north-Indian neta-infested university campuses.
While Haasil stood out primarily because of an outstanding performance by Irfan Khan, Gulaal is remarkable because of a multitude of characters, and all of which look very real. The confused-yet-resolute Dileep, Mahi Gill in a cameo, Deepak Dobriyal as the confident sidekick, all did justice to their characters. KK Menon probably for the first time gets a very meaty role in the movie, and though a bit repetitive in terms of the characters he plays, delivers a very strong performance.
For me, the standout part of the movie was the treatment of "Prithvi Bana", played wonderfully well by the ever-reliable Piyush Mishra. It is not easy to put a theatre-like character in a movie and still pull it off. His cynicism expressed in a deranged manner through weird lyrics and hindi poetry-sque dialogues was timed very well through out the movie.
Abhimanyu Singh as "Ransa" too put in a brilliant cameo.
On the minor negatives, I still can't quite figure out what was Jessy Randhawa doing in the movie, plus Ayesha Mohn didn't do enough for Kiran's character.
All in all, a brilliant movie by Anurag Kashyap, and a much better product than "No Smoking" & "Dev-D"
Am waiting for the next.
Having grown up in the environs of BHU (Banaras Hindu University, for the uninitiated), films related to student politics instantly strike a chord with me. Apart from the numerous कॉलेज-ishtudent kinda movies with an opening song like"ख़ुद को क्या समझती है, कॉलेज में नई-नई आई एक लड़की है"..., Gulaal & Haasil stand out in their realistic representation of the north-Indian neta-infested university campuses.
While Haasil stood out primarily because of an outstanding performance by Irfan Khan, Gulaal is remarkable because of a multitude of characters, and all of which look very real. The confused-yet-resolute Dileep, Mahi Gill in a cameo, Deepak Dobriyal as the confident sidekick, all did justice to their characters. KK Menon probably for the first time gets a very meaty role in the movie, and though a bit repetitive in terms of the characters he plays, delivers a very strong performance.
For me, the standout part of the movie was the treatment of "Prithvi Bana", played wonderfully well by the ever-reliable Piyush Mishra. It is not easy to put a theatre-like character in a movie and still pull it off. His cynicism expressed in a deranged manner through weird lyrics and hindi poetry-sque dialogues was timed very well through out the movie.
Abhimanyu Singh as "Ransa" too put in a brilliant cameo.
On the minor negatives, I still can't quite figure out what was Jessy Randhawa doing in the movie, plus Ayesha Mohn didn't do enough for Kiran's character.
All in all, a brilliant movie by Anurag Kashyap, and a much better product than "No Smoking" & "Dev-D"
Am waiting for the next.
Monday, June 29, 2009
The weak-end gone past
Yippy!!!!! Hurray!!!!!! After a horrendous run in with bollywood, (आ देखें ज़रा, तस्वीर, ....), I finally got a hat-trick of good movies and plays. First it was the rebellious गुलाल, then New york, and finally the play I was waiting to watch for a long time - Wedding Album.
गुलाल & देव-डी
छात्र राजनीति पर आधारित यह फ़िल्म मुझे अनुराग कश्यप की पिछली फ़िल्म देव-डी से कही बेहतर लगी। देव-डी एक stylized फ़िल्म थी जिसके पात्र more or less fixed थे। It could also be attributed to the fact की यह फ़िल्म एक चर्चित उपन्यास पर आधारित थी जिसके कारण characters को हद से हद एक अलग treatment दिया जा सकता था और जो की दिया भी गया पर उससे ज़्यादा कुछ नही। एक और बात देव-डी में थी की असल में ये एक Musical थी। अमित त्रिवेदी के अभूतपूर्व संगीत निर्देशन ने हर plot को एक परिभाषा दी। इस फ़िल्म में अभिनय से ज़्यादा महत्वपूर्ण इसका plot था। इसमे अगर किसी भी अभिनेता को fit किया जा सकता था बशर्ते की वो इस plot से बड़ा न लगे, और शायद यही कारण भी था की अपेक्षाकृत नए कलाकार इस मूवी में बखूबी जंचे। अभय देओल हालांकि अपनी पिछली फिल्मों में एक अलग पहचान बना चुके है, लेकिन उनकी understated स्टाइल ने देवदास के पात्र को एक नया आयाम दिया। चंदा के पात्र में Kalki ने अच्छी कोशिश की लेकिन कमज़ोर dialogues ने मज़ा किरकिरा कर दिया। माही गिल का screen presence काफ़ी अच्छा है और इस रोल के साथ उन्होंने पूरा न्याय भी किया। कुल मिला के देव-डी को एक path-breaking movie का खिताब दिया जा सकता है पर ये ज़रूर कहना है की जितनी Dark यह फ़िल्म इसके promos में लग रही थी, theatre में वो प्रभाव उतना उभर के नही आया।
खैर, हम बात कर रहे थे गुलाल की। इंतज़ार करे मेरी अगली post की.
गुलाल & देव-डी
छात्र राजनीति पर आधारित यह फ़िल्म मुझे अनुराग कश्यप की पिछली फ़िल्म देव-डी से कही बेहतर लगी। देव-डी एक stylized फ़िल्म थी जिसके पात्र more or less fixed थे। It could also be attributed to the fact की यह फ़िल्म एक चर्चित उपन्यास पर आधारित थी जिसके कारण characters को हद से हद एक अलग treatment दिया जा सकता था और जो की दिया भी गया पर उससे ज़्यादा कुछ नही। एक और बात देव-डी में थी की असल में ये एक Musical थी। अमित त्रिवेदी के अभूतपूर्व संगीत निर्देशन ने हर plot को एक परिभाषा दी। इस फ़िल्म में अभिनय से ज़्यादा महत्वपूर्ण इसका plot था। इसमे अगर किसी भी अभिनेता को fit किया जा सकता था बशर्ते की वो इस plot से बड़ा न लगे, और शायद यही कारण भी था की अपेक्षाकृत नए कलाकार इस मूवी में बखूबी जंचे। अभय देओल हालांकि अपनी पिछली फिल्मों में एक अलग पहचान बना चुके है, लेकिन उनकी understated स्टाइल ने देवदास के पात्र को एक नया आयाम दिया। चंदा के पात्र में Kalki ने अच्छी कोशिश की लेकिन कमज़ोर dialogues ने मज़ा किरकिरा कर दिया। माही गिल का screen presence काफ़ी अच्छा है और इस रोल के साथ उन्होंने पूरा न्याय भी किया। कुल मिला के देव-डी को एक path-breaking movie का खिताब दिया जा सकता है पर ये ज़रूर कहना है की जितनी Dark यह फ़िल्म इसके promos में लग रही थी, theatre में वो प्रभाव उतना उभर के नही आया।
खैर, हम बात कर रहे थे गुलाल की। इंतज़ार करे मेरी अगली post की.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Plastic Straitjacket
Got looks, got attitude, got some good PR buzz around you, can avoid being a disaster on the screen, well then you are fairly eligible to act in movies I have seen of late "Dev D", "No smoking" etc. No these ain't bad movies at all, but I am trying to focus on this new genre of movies where the skill of acting has taken a backseat, and the plot, background score have taken over.
You could more or less put anyone in that character and would have got similar output as the movie.
Purely from an acting skill view, this is analogous to the Backstreet boys kinda pop music culture, too plastic but sells nonetheless.
You could more or less put anyone in that character and would have got similar output as the movie.
Purely from an acting skill view, this is analogous to the Backstreet boys kinda pop music culture, too plastic but sells nonetheless.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Easy fun
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?- Emosanal Atyaachar – rock version
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?- Fried rice
LAST PERSON YOU HUGGED?- My Sister
How is the weather right now?- AC
Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?- Mom
The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?- Elegance (or its lack)
Favorite type of Food?- Desi primarily north-indian
Do you want children?- No idea
Ever get so drunk you don't remember the entire night?- No
Hair color?- Black
Favorite holiday?- Diwali
Favorite Season?- Winter
Have you ever cried over a boy/girl?- Yes
Last Movie you Watched?- Elegy
What books are you reading?- Some discourse on game theory – that was 2 months back
What were you doing before filling this out?- Filling out another questionnaire
Any pets?- No
Msn or facebook?- No idea
Dogs or cats- Dogs
Favorite Flower?- Cauli (gobhi)
Have you ever loved someone?- Yes
Who would you like to see right now?- A slimmer me
Have you ever fired a gun?- No
Do you like to travel by plane?- Yes
Right-handed or Left-handed?- Right handed
If you could go to any place right now where would you go?- Monaco
Are you missing someone?- Yes
Do you have a tattoo?- No, have been thinking about one for a while
Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings?- No, but I can watch them anytime
ARE YOU 18?- No, its been 12 years
WHAT IS THE WALLPAPER ON YOUR CELLPHONE?- Carol – my niece
DID YOU GET ENOUGH SLEEP LAST NIGHT?- No, though it is less worse than previous day
FIRST THING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MORNING?- An unmentionable dream
WHAT DO YOU HAVE HANDY AT YOUR BEDSIDE?- Cellphone
GRILLED OR FRIED?- Grilled, though it depends
WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE?- height, width, coiffure
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?- No
FAVORITE HANGOUT?- Café mondegaar
3 THINGS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT?- Music, salary, family
FIRST THING YOU WILL BUY IF GIVEN 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS?- A fender stratocaster or Ibanez guitar
FAVORITE SONG?- Impossible to say
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?- Aimlessness
ARE YOU A GIVER OR TAKER?- Taker
WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?- d’costa, building
WHAT IS YOUR DAD'S MIDDLE NAME?- Kirti
STUCK ON A DESERTED ISLAND & COULD BRING ONE THING?- Food
FAVORITE T.V. COMMERCIAL?- can’t remember the name but it features a cute baby girl saying ‘sone ka daant’
WHO'S YOUR CELL PHONE PROVIDER?- Airtel
FIRST THING YOU'LL SAVE IN A FIRE?- Degree certificates
Favorite color?- Black, though it again depends
WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU ALWAYS BRING WITH YOU?- Clothes, shoes, phone
WHAT DID YOU WANNA BE WHEN YOU WERE A KID?- Fighter pilot
WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO WHEN THE CLOCK READS 7AM?- Snoring, I guess
THE COLOR OF YOUR BEDSHEET?- Blue
WHO DO U WANT TO MEET?- No one in particular
WHAT DO U THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED?- happenings of that day
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?- Fried rice
LAST PERSON YOU HUGGED?- My Sister
How is the weather right now?- AC
Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?- Mom
The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?- Elegance (or its lack)
Favorite type of Food?- Desi primarily north-indian
Do you want children?- No idea
Ever get so drunk you don't remember the entire night?- No
Hair color?- Black
Favorite holiday?- Diwali
Favorite Season?- Winter
Have you ever cried over a boy/girl?- Yes
Last Movie you Watched?- Elegy
What books are you reading?- Some discourse on game theory – that was 2 months back
What were you doing before filling this out?- Filling out another questionnaire
Any pets?- No
Msn or facebook?- No idea
Dogs or cats- Dogs
Favorite Flower?- Cauli (gobhi)
Have you ever loved someone?- Yes
Who would you like to see right now?- A slimmer me
Have you ever fired a gun?- No
Do you like to travel by plane?- Yes
Right-handed or Left-handed?- Right handed
If you could go to any place right now where would you go?- Monaco
Are you missing someone?- Yes
Do you have a tattoo?- No, have been thinking about one for a while
Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings?- No, but I can watch them anytime
ARE YOU 18?- No, its been 12 years
WHAT IS THE WALLPAPER ON YOUR CELLPHONE?- Carol – my niece
DID YOU GET ENOUGH SLEEP LAST NIGHT?- No, though it is less worse than previous day
FIRST THING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MORNING?- An unmentionable dream
WHAT DO YOU HAVE HANDY AT YOUR BEDSIDE?- Cellphone
GRILLED OR FRIED?- Grilled, though it depends
WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE?- height, width, coiffure
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?- No
FAVORITE HANGOUT?- Café mondegaar
3 THINGS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT?- Music, salary, family
FIRST THING YOU WILL BUY IF GIVEN 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS?- A fender stratocaster or Ibanez guitar
FAVORITE SONG?- Impossible to say
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?- Aimlessness
ARE YOU A GIVER OR TAKER?- Taker
WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?- d’costa, building
WHAT IS YOUR DAD'S MIDDLE NAME?- Kirti
STUCK ON A DESERTED ISLAND & COULD BRING ONE THING?- Food
FAVORITE T.V. COMMERCIAL?- can’t remember the name but it features a cute baby girl saying ‘sone ka daant’
WHO'S YOUR CELL PHONE PROVIDER?- Airtel
FIRST THING YOU'LL SAVE IN A FIRE?- Degree certificates
Favorite color?- Black, though it again depends
WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU ALWAYS BRING WITH YOU?- Clothes, shoes, phone
WHAT DID YOU WANNA BE WHEN YOU WERE A KID?- Fighter pilot
WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO WHEN THE CLOCK READS 7AM?- Snoring, I guess
THE COLOR OF YOUR BEDSHEET?- Blue
WHO DO U WANT TO MEET?- No one in particular
WHAT DO U THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED?- happenings of that day
Thank you John Mayer
I am yet to explore Mayer's music fully but it has shown a new light to my dwindling interest in music. His wrinkled vocals and a very personal style of guitar chord progressions make him stand out from everyone else. I can't remember too many people accompanying Eric Clapton on lead guitar (check out "crossroads" and "broken hearted" on youtube), tells you something about the respect Mayer has been getting so early in his career. Anyways, will come back with a detailed review in some time, till such time, WHY GEORGIA
am driving up 85 in the
kind of morning that
lasts all afternoon
just stuck inside the gloom
Four more exits to my apartment but
I am tempted to
keep the car in drive
and leave it all behind
Cause I wonder sometimes
about the outcome
of a still verdictless life
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why, why Georgia, why?
I rent a room and I
fill the spaces with
wood in places to
make it feel like home
but all I feel's alone
It might be a quarter life crisis
or just the stirring in my soul
Either way, I wonder sometimes
about the outcome
of a still verdictless life
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why, why Georgia, why?
So what, so I've got a smile on me
but it's hiding the quiet superstitions in my head
Don't believe me , Don't believe me
When I say I've got it down
Everybody is just a stranger
but that's the danger in going my own way
I guess it's the price I have to pay
still "Everything happens for a reason"
is no reason not to ask myself
If I'm living it right
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why, tell me why?
Why, why Georgia why?
am driving up 85 in the
kind of morning that
lasts all afternoon
just stuck inside the gloom
Four more exits to my apartment but
I am tempted to
keep the car in drive
and leave it all behind
Cause I wonder sometimes
about the outcome
of a still verdictless life
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why, why Georgia, why?
I rent a room and I
fill the spaces with
wood in places to
make it feel like home
but all I feel's alone
It might be a quarter life crisis
or just the stirring in my soul
Either way, I wonder sometimes
about the outcome
of a still verdictless life
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why, why Georgia, why?
So what, so I've got a smile on me
but it's hiding the quiet superstitions in my head
Don't believe me , Don't believe me
When I say I've got it down
Everybody is just a stranger
but that's the danger in going my own way
I guess it's the price I have to pay
still "Everything happens for a reason"
is no reason not to ask myself
If I'm living it right
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why, tell me why?
Why, why Georgia why?
Saturday, January 17, 2009
A retrospective - The spent decade(nce?)
Well ensconced in the fourth decade of my life, am just trying to recollect the things which stand out in the whole of my 20's.
In decreasing order of influence (positive as well as negative)
- Music - primarily rock
- Cigarettes (and the binges in early 20's)- Ughhhhhh and bye bye too
- Absolute lack of any sense of purpose
I still remember me the 1st year student at IT-BHU entering a noisy auditorium, where 3 different guitars were being used and I couldn't quite figure out why, and that why was somebody writing "Deep Purple" on the blackboard!!!
Still remember asking Alok for some tapes for that kind of music and then listening to the liberating sound of "highway star" on my 10w mono player. Next was "Disciplined breakdown" by the then unheard Collective Soul. And then Mr. Fool-phil called me once to his room to make me listen to this 'weird' music. Now coming to think of it, it would indeed be difficult to comprehend, if you heard God play music for the first time. That was LED-ZEP, and the rest as they say, is history!!!
From Zep to John Mayer now, its been a long journey, and its been worthwhile. Thank you Alok (and also for asking me to buy a guitar and never teaching me :).
Cigarettes, hmmm, the less said the better, though its been a companion in so many moments of solitude, daze, boredom, excitement.....and so on. But I guess, me dear friend, its time for us to move on, and you find someone else to poison, though you should feel proud to have had such a long association with me given my reputation of getting bored with things fairly quickly!!
Lack of sense of purpose - well, that is almost an underlying theme of my life in general, so probably its not just a highlight of my 20s.
Oh, and how could I forget - Piling on 2 kgs/year (backcalculated average). I have managed to look 'healthy' instead of मोटू thanks to my vertical affiliation with the sky.
And one day, I will be able to write like a pro and not write some junk just to update my blog. Yukk!!!
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