Definition of Music...

Of all the emotions which human beings feel, elation and the feeling of flying high in the clouds is one which is very strong. Have you ever felt truly happy and free when you do something? I have...for me its listening to the masters of the strings weave their magic into wonderfully heavenly pieces of a phenomenon that we call music.

Mummies in fashion...my opinion...i think...

Is it really required to form opinions on stuff?
Cant we just get along with removing our thoughts about things that dont exactly concern us...?? errr...ok, then you might ask whats the difference between you and one of those undead egyptian mummies protecting the tomb of amun-ra?
Well...we are certainly more fashionable...the torn plaster look is so BC! eugh...
But seriously, if you form an opinion of this, where does that place you? 2 choices...
1) No sir, i dont wanna form opinions and lead a "come as it may" life...well my friend, you just blew it by forming an opinion...
2) Hmmm...ok...i will have strong opinions on anything related from world peace to my toilet paper...well my friend, welcome to stressomania!

Sigh...those mummies are much better off...who knows the way things are going, they might just get fashionable again...

Of the future generations...

During our parents's time, the in thing was banking, govt jobs etc...during our time its electronics, software etc...just imagine what our kids will be doing...genetics? quantum computing? bla bla..yadda yadda...whatever...

My guess is...atleast in urban india...parents will be very forthcoming and will encourage their kids to do whatever stuff they like...so, we might just see a new revolution in art, theatre, entrapreneurship...it might just be the most exciting time ever...but then, the now familiar record breaking phenomenon or rather ex-revolution looms dark over the horizon...population and peer pressure! it boggles my mind to think of the pressure the future generations might be facing to excel...to perform...they would need steriods for the mind atleast...poor things.
Thats where good parenting comes in...if the kids are just encouraged to follow their dreams everything might just be ok...makes me wonder...

Flying in a Blue Dream...May 17th Bangalore!

Who else but Joe Satriani!

Magic is one word which came to mind...the speed...the skill...the inextinguisable energy of the man...he just kept going on and on and on...he sipped some water just twice...and thats the maximum break he took. Amazing...one cant help but admire him for his sheer dedication and enthu! :)
He thrived on the crowd...and the crowd thrived on him...it was a mutually beneficial relationship. :) whenever he went pretty high with his notes he let go of the guitar for a moment and egged the crowd on...the left, the right, the center...totally inspired crowdmanship! :) And unlike other concerts, it was all him...and only him...there was a bassist, a rhythm guitarist and of course the drummer...but satriani could have still done it all solo without any accompaniments! Infact, he did play a solo...
He sang twice...and spoke a lot...he mentioned about how cool this country is and how he would love to come back again... :) He was smiling much and one could see that he was enjoying every bit of it.
The crowd surprised some pros like Vijay (the biggest fan of joe sat)...with their knowledge and subsequent enthu...of course, the crowd had to be "niche". It was quite obvious when we entered palace grounds that this was no ordinarycrowd... :) Everyone had a good time except probably Brahma...who got majorly boo'ed of the stage with the sounds screwups...poor dudes were bad losers as well...they just played 4 of their own songs and stalkedoff...atleast they could have played some metallica to pacify the crowd...but no! Who cares about them anyway...when the legend walked on the stage, the electricity was amazing...applause resounding...most of the junta shouted their throat hoarse. and amazingly, many could follow him note by note throught the 3 hours he played...not easy folks!
The money was worth it! :)

Unfortunately the 1000 and 500 guys would have got screwed...cos the big screens were put up only midway through the concert...too bad. The organisers decided to have a kit-kat and take a break...the idiots. It was not professional at all! haphazard....untimely....techinically random...and not a pleasant experience for the crowd. i hope they treated Joe better...cos we would wanna see him again, dont we? ;)

Anyways, inspite of all this, Joe was a huge success.
Cos it was Joe Satch...and thats his name!

Of Love...

What is love? Is it a feeling? Is it a state of mind?
Is it the heart that dominates? Or does the mind take over?

Complicated stuff eh...depends on each individual as well...

But one thing that I have observed in my time is that girls tend to let the mind get involved...guys are more foolish...heart and all heart. of course, am not stating this in an absolute fashion...just a mere observation...i maybe wrong here.

According to me, it should be a bit of both the heart and the mind...after the initial fizz dies down, its the person within who matters...then the heart will just be merely content with involuntarily pumping blood and thus performing its inevitable duty...traitor!

The mind is screwed out of its peace and quiet that way...poor thing...it has to rationalize every wrong turn, stupid decision and doofus screw-up that one might have had the bad luck to stumble upon...not so different in love. Better get the grey matter involved to some extent in the decision making...cos its better not to hear someone say "seeeee....I TOLD you that it wont workout!!"

Love is finally a state of mind which might make or break ones life...sometimes it is very inviting to sit this one out...but damn those hormones!

...sigh...

Random Thought...

Have you ever felt confounded when everything falls in place after total mayhem...just when you thought things cant get any worse, your life falls victim to serendipity and ends up in this amazing place...of possibilities...of hope...of gloriously randomly glorious uncertainities...it tickles!! :)
maybe its all in the mind...and yet...maybe not...

What you can expect...

Well...lemme make it perfectly clear that whatever goes into this blog will be right off the top of my mind...i might not even review what i typed, so please do excuse me for any typos and all that jazz...
i will specifically concentrate on nothing in particular...if my mood is just right, i might write about some obscure philosophy that i might have read...or if my mood takes a left turn at timbuktoo, i might type something like what you are reading now (totally useless recursive information leading to nothing or no one...maybe a cracked keyboard or two...)

douglas adams should have blogged...since he didnt, lemme try to make up for it shall i? ;)

To blog or not to blog...

that is no more the question and thus begins my blogging journey...
i dont know why i took so long...well...laziness does come to mind...and also a strangling absence of the internet for more than a year (yes folks...i know...i got a lot of those open mouthed disbeleiving stares for quite some time now...)

aaaanywayyy....here i am now...lets see how the saga unfolds...but first, a cup of tea.
excuse me people while i refresh my batteries...