Posts Tagged ‘music’
My Last RSJ Column
This is the last column piece I wrote for Rock Street Journal before saying goodbye. It is long - 2000 words or so. You have been warned. ----------------------------------------------- Dear Reader, this column is twice its usual size because it will be my last one for the magazine that I have been writing in for the past four and a half [...]
Blank Slate
An eventful weekend saw the as-yet-unnamed band in Gurgaon that I am part of, along with two other classmates from B-school and a super tech-savvy doctor getting together on sunday evening to sit and work on songs. We've got material that is interesting and we're trying both approaches - make words and put in music and make music with an idea for [...]
Settling in Blues
Its been a while since I have blogged. After the funny incident involving the cops at the Jor Bagh metro station, things have been busy and hectic. With trips to Kerala, Mysore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and then to Israel, interspersed in between with work, I've not really had much time to do anything of note. In addition, I was asked to shift out of [...]
Its all Relative
I now realize, after many years, that the definition of a relative is that of a person that you meet, greet and exchange small talk with during an important family occasion. It is only a handful of relatives that you actually intend on keeping in touch with and are able to reconnect with in a jiffy even eons after having met last. Relatives do [...]
My Dream Job!
I have finally been able to zero in on what I think is my dream job. Notice I said 'Dream' and this probably means that there isn't a job out there which fits this description in any case. It is probably something I'd like to do to pay the bills and keep some money stashed aside for post-retirement. I can't believe I am thinking that far ahead [...]
Gorillaz and FIFA 2002
On a decent tuesday afternoon, when boredom has not yet reached life-threatening proportions at the office, I have put my itunes on shuffle, and had been listening to music randomly. On the playlist was this song titled 19-2000, by Gorrilaz, the world's most successful virtual band, and as soon as it started playing, my face lit up and I [...]
Raghu Dixit Unplugged @ Swagath Garuda Landmarks (16th November 08)
It was quite a while since I'd seen Raghu Dixit perform live, even though I'd had a chance to pick his album up (and have him open the cover and autograph it thereafter, heh) and listen to it. The autographing was around the time I interviewed him for a cover story for RSJ, in April this year, which finally didn't happen for reasons I'm not [...]
Mysore Rock Fest Day 2
After my previous post on the fact that every band needs a sound engineer, I decided to check out the second day of the Mysore Rock fest which was being held at Purple Haze here. Firstly, hats off to Anbumani Ramadoss for his smoking rule. The two pubs I've been to since the ban came into effect at the start of this month have provided good [...]
