There are things known..and there are things unknown ...and in between..are THE DOORS

There are things known..and there are things unknown ...and in between..are THE DOORS

Ever considered the possibility ....that you might never find what ur looking for

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There is an idea of existence,some kind of abstraction,but there is no real me.Only an entity,something illusory. N though I can hide my cold gaze,and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable,I simply am not there. There are no more barriers to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the mayhem I have caused and my utter indifference toward it, I have now surpassed. My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a better world for anyone. In fact I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape. How I wish to pretend. How I want people to see me .Its nice to put appearances sometimes, isn’t it? Dress me up and see. I'm a tightrope walker, an auctioneer, a downtown performance artist.Sometimes in the midst of the normal routine of life, I suddenly remember that I'v got Tourette's. That’s when it comes, the urge to shout in the church, the nursery, the crowded movie house. It's an itch at first. Inconsequential. But that itch is soon a torrent behind a straining dam. Noah's flood. That itch is my whole life. Here it comes now.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Mini Music review- Colonial Cousins Once More


Colonial Cousins have come up with a new album...'Once More'..a versatile mix of jazz, traditional and indi-pop notes...a commendable  yet a bit watered down effort after a decade long hiatus. Go check it out

http://www.in.com/music/album/colonial-cousins-once-more-95158.html

p.s- most of the songs feature these amazing nylon guitar riffs...so i guess the cousins have just earned my biased brownie points for bringing that in :)

Good Enough: 

  • The soul soothing nylon strings from Sajna Ve
  • The magic of flute and guitar in the very north india influenced Aaiyo Re ( not to mention the 'misthi' assamese backing vocals)
  • Janabe Ali: Umm..reminded me a lot of the indi-pop scene from late 90s ( incidentally the time when the cousins make their mark)..in between the mix of various instruments used to create that pop-sickle-candy-happy-floss feeling...the song sits okay on the years...happy feet fab, lyrically drab
  • Kaise Samjhayein: With its cymbals and loud guitar riff..it sounds like almost reaching its hand out to touch that genre..but something just slips away in the nick of time..its a okay song to JUST listen to though.
  • Tak Dhina Dhin: The start will inevitably remind you of the famed indi-pop sumber Leslie made with Suneeta Rao ( Pari Hoon Main)...but as a romantic melodic number..it does justice..the nylon string and sound of the rattle creates a soothing air.


Flip- Flop: 

  • Radhe Govind:  a bit of misfit in the album and seems like the cousins were just trying to recreate the Krishna ni begane baro
  • Ma Ma Re- The beats, leslies indi-pop rap and hariharan's classical alaaps just DONT gel in.

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