It's Probably This video of a live performance we did on the Dance Tent at the Legendary Big Chill Festival.
I sometimes hate the sound of my speaking voice. So feel free to ignore that rubbish...however true it is.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Politics of Humanity
It's an extremely fragmented world of politics within this complex and beautiful country. The more knowledge we try to obtain, the more lack of cohesion and obstruction of information is faced. What's more are the layers and layers of corruption that one must sift through in order to uncover some semblance of truth.
All that being said, what's happening politically world over is this exciting feeling of an uprising. The battle is near, or are we in it? Who is real? Who is not? What is fictional - what is just a marketing campaign? Who are the old politicians flexing their tattered muscles, paan stained teeth, basking in the glory of a sea of manipulated innocent minds. Too innocent to think, perhaps? Too innocent to confront? Or is it too afraid? We've all witnessed innocents getting beaten by laathis for wearing the wrong cap, or maybe they had features of a UP'ite? Who knows? But I know that I felt pretty powerless. I know I felt scared. And who is responsible? In such a fragmented democracy such chaos is inevitable...and within such chaos is opportunity...a smell...a different kind of "V for Vendetta" freedom. You can always throw your shoe at someone who pisses you off?
Today, the rallies look different. At least to me they do. More T-shirts and jeans. More notebooks and DV cameras. More college education and correct syntax. More questions. More thought. More action.
I recommend this website for really interesting and informative blogs about what's happening politically right now in India.
www.IndiPepal.com
Also, an FYI, video interviews of the candidates are said to be posted on the site...
www.mumbaivotes.com
Although it looks like a lot of videos so far are missing or haven't been posted yet.
I just want to feel informed...and my tendency is to ignore mass media - which is what the news feels like. What turns me off the most is how I've noticed people watching/discussing news as if it's gossip - with the same fervor and removal from reality as Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
And I feel like throwing up.
All that being said, what's happening politically world over is this exciting feeling of an uprising. The battle is near, or are we in it? Who is real? Who is not? What is fictional - what is just a marketing campaign? Who are the old politicians flexing their tattered muscles, paan stained teeth, basking in the glory of a sea of manipulated innocent minds. Too innocent to think, perhaps? Too innocent to confront? Or is it too afraid? We've all witnessed innocents getting beaten by laathis for wearing the wrong cap, or maybe they had features of a UP'ite? Who knows? But I know that I felt pretty powerless. I know I felt scared. And who is responsible? In such a fragmented democracy such chaos is inevitable...and within such chaos is opportunity...a smell...a different kind of "V for Vendetta" freedom. You can always throw your shoe at someone who pisses you off?
Today, the rallies look different. At least to me they do. More T-shirts and jeans. More notebooks and DV cameras. More college education and correct syntax. More questions. More thought. More action.
I recommend this website for really interesting and informative blogs about what's happening politically right now in India.
www.IndiPepal.com
Also, an FYI, video interviews of the candidates are said to be posted on the site...
www.mumbaivotes.com
Although it looks like a lot of videos so far are missing or haven't been posted yet.
I just want to feel informed...and my tendency is to ignore mass media - which is what the news feels like. What turns me off the most is how I've noticed people watching/discussing news as if it's gossip - with the same fervor and removal from reality as Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
And I feel like throwing up.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
AWARDS! - what do they even mean?
Been thinking a lot about this in recent months. Interestingly enough, I'm on the favorable side of "awards" - something I always wanted, always dreamed to have-and i am very grateful for what i have received...and don't get me wrong, I still dream the grammy dream (ex through the impossible word-that shit belongs in cheesy broadway numbers...)so it's not as if the dream is over, but every time another award label comes my way "most blah blah blah band...top 10 emerging artist...India's favorite so and so" I just wonder what it actually means.
It feels good. Most definitely. And it's nice to be acknowledged. Because sometimes ego rubbing feels like chocolate on a sugar deprived tongue. You get me?
Like recently, for the AVIMA awards, Shaa'ir + func won the title of "Most mind-boggling, genre-bending track" - and I have to give these guys props for coming up with a category called "most mind-boggling". What fun. But I'm biased, I love the word boggle. Just say it. Felt good, didn't it? Don't lie. Boggleboggleboggle.
I really want to know what you think.
What do awards even mean. Do you give a second glance to artists just because they are "award-winning"...do you think I should start my own awards? Shall I write a list of superlatives right now...
1. Band/Artist most likely to break shit on stage
2. Band/Artist most likely to get the audience naked
3. Band/Artist most likely to have Mallika Sherawat guest on the flute for their next tour
4. Most under-produced but still effing awesome TRACK
5. Band/Artist most likely to succeed in Antarctica
6. Most Prolific Band/Artist
7. Best song that mimics the human condition
8. Band/Artist most likely to give up music and become a Jew for Jesus uniting the ongoing disparity between catholics and jesuits in India.
what? i know. i don't get it either.
okay, done for now. anxiously awaiting your response.
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