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Coooooooooooooooooooooool.....
After 2 something years at Chennai. Am now on becoming a Begaluru vaasi.

yesterday... My luggage was worth 1 suitcase and a lot of handbags. So I had to leave some of my handbags. Had booked my tickets in a volvo a/c bus and while taking of the bus was not even half full. Bus reached bangalore by early morning 5 am when the whether was chilling and the cold wind piercing my skin.

Now having had a great breakfast... becoming a bengalore vaasi... And Chennai always has a special place in my heart. Madras nalla Madras

After New Year, Pongal....Now its writing time

Writing is not my usual hobby. So I write only if there is a real drive in me. Now the drive is back. Coz I hate my lovely blog :-) to be unattended for so many months.

Banging for the first time in this new year. Thai piranthaal vazhi pirakkum really worked with me on several occasions and now it happened again. IT brought me back to my blog.

First of all... A happy happy pongal. Though celebrated for Kathiravan, this time it happened to be for the clouds and rain as the whole Pongal week was rain week. What to do, cooked Pongal under an umbrella.

Ganguly as kaipulla (vs) Grep Chappel as KattaDurai

This comedy is moving around through forwards and its so hilarious that I cant stop posting it here.

Ganguly as kaipulla (vs) Grep Chappel as KattaDurai (Winner Film Style )

Participants:
1) Thala GANUGLY --> Head of " Dont care cricketers Association "
2) Ganguly's manager
3) Grep chappel
4) Board memebers.
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Manager : " Thala, thala, test match'layum ungalukku idam illannusollittaru antha chappel ... "
Gang : " Yenakku rivitu adikkirathey chappel'ukku velaya poyiduchu...Innaikku board meetingla mudivu panrenda ... Intha ganuly'a antha chappela'nu... Yeduda bat'a, maattuda helmet'a "
[ Gang and his troup is on the way to ! board meeting ]

Public : " Ayyayo... ganguly bat'a yeduthutu kelambi tarey.. Innaikkuyethana six adika poraro theriyalaye !!!!!!! "

[ Before entering into the meeting hall, he put the bat horizontaly on thefloor and starts to speak ]
Gang : " Intha bat'a thaandi neengalum vara kodaathu... naanum varamatten... paetchu.. paetcha than irukkanum... Yenakku test match'la kalthakoduthavan yevan ? "
Chap : " Come here and plz speak louder "
Gang : " Naan anga vara maten.. yennoda mgr varuvan .. avan kitta sollividu.... "
Mgr : " sari.. thala... Yaarudaa yenga thalaya oram kattinathu "
Gang : " Hai, greg, nee oru nalla cricketera iruntha, yenakku oru BOUNCERpodu parpom"
[ Chappel bowled at gang @ 200km per hour... Gang's fore finger was woundedand bat handle was broken ]
Gang : " Naan accept panren.. nee oru nalla coach'nu naan accept panren..next meet panren..

[ Now gang is surronded by the board members ]
Gang : " Ungala yellam partha yenakku paavama irukku .. ithu varaikkumyentha matchlayum naan duck adichathu illa ..."
Chap : " Pona seriesla thane yella matchlayum nee duck adicha ..."
Gang : " Athu pona seriesla... naan solrathu intha seriesla... Ippo netpractice panna poren.. aanaa team'uku thirumbi ............"Chap : " thirumbi ......... ?????? "
Gang : " vara mattenu solla vanthen...... "
Chap : " Listen ... 2007la nadaka pora yentha matchlayum un katchi kaa..thaan.. "
Gang : " Venaaam... "
Chap : " Bangalesh kooda nadakura matchla kooda nee 13th man thaan "
Gang : " Venaaam...."
Chap : " Local county matchla kooda nee.. super sub'ku yedu pudi thaan "
Gang : " valikkuthu..... "
Chap : " avalavu yen... street cricketla vilayada kooda unakku aappu thaan..."
Gang : " Aluthuduven.... aluthuduven...."
[ Eventually gang returned to home... on the way.... ]

Public : " adengappa... ganulyoda bat handley udanchi poiduchina !!!!!!!...bowling panninavan ini teamla iruppangra... ???? "
Gang : " innumum intha ooru namala na! mbikittu irukaadaa .... ???? "
Mgr : " Athu avanga thala vithi... thala..."

***All characters and situations described here are purely fictional. Reference to anyone living/dead or any situation is purely coincidental**** :-)

Yesterday I had my first Classical Guitar class

I got a contact with a young musician who devotes full time to music. And I joined weekend Classical Guitar classes from last Sunday under his mentorship along with a couple of friends from our Tekmusic group.

It was a great experience to learn Classical Guitar as it reveals a true musician feeling. The glad part is that my teacher admits that Maestro is his Maanaseega guru and only because of Him he started pursuing music as career. He gave lot of explanations about how Maestro uses Jazz in his songs and BGMs.

He says that Jazz is a 'alwa' for Maestro but He used only a few Classical guitar numbers in songs. The saddest reason being there were/are few Jazz guitar musicians in India who could play his scores. One of His signature Jazz Guitar style is the famous "Ilaiyanilaa Pozhihirathu'. Guitar pieces in this song are simple and to be frank, in the past, I wondered if was there anything amazing in this song as everything is simple. But the real reason for the mega hit of the song is classical guitaring and amazing Jazz&blues chords progression. Also I came to know that, in His music, if every track(instruments&vocals) is played alone separately it would make no sense at all. Only if they are combined in the form of an orchestration, it would be grand.

Behind 'The Wall'

Read an intersting article on how Pink Floyd came up with the most famous song by them 'Another Brick in the Wall'. Both David Gilmore (Guitars) and Roger Waters (Bass Guitar) take turns to lead as front man and that too in a same song. I had a lot of confusions earlier about 'who sang what line' kinda thing and got it cleared after going through this site.

Pink Floyd being one of the most successful fan following base throughout the world, started resenting fame and success. What they wanted to give was 'Only Pure Music'.

Rest explained in this article.

Pillows - a hot bed of fungal spores???

Pillows - a hot bed of fungal spores: reports The University of Manchester

Maestro again scores!!!

Another great news!!!

Maestro Ilaiyaraaja scores anthem for Mega Show to be held at Hyderabad (Andhra's Capital) ; a star-studded event involving film personalities from the four southern states Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Kerala, and karnataka.

This show is for creating awareness in HIV/AIDS.

Guns N' Roses for Da Vinci Code: The film

Stumbled upon the page which says the Guns gonna contribute music to the much awaited film based upon the controversial novel 'The Da Vinci Code'

Maestro Live in Concert

Am writing this after managing only 5 hours of sleep last night. Yes! Maestro Live in Concert lasted till 11:45 pm Indian Standard time from 6:30 pm- nearly 5 hours of Musical Extravaganza held at Chennai Nehru Indoor stadium on 16/10/2005.

Message from the Maestro for the fans: This one for my fans: Ilayaraja

Though astonishing is that all the tickets got sold in all pockets of the city 2 days before the show, more astonishing was that a lot of people who dint book tickets thronged near the gates and tirelessly asking every concert goer whether they had any extra tickets with them.

I managed to get only Rs 250/- ticket 2 days before the program after searching all over the city from Odessey to Adayar Ananda Bavan, from Landmak to Jaya TV office. Every where tickets sold like hot cakes mostly due to Maestro's huge billboards put up through out the city and its lifeline - MTC busses.

Will post a detailed description sometime later after assorting the eye and ear catching details of the concert from my mind.