32 Gbs of pure love

Consider a situation when you are broke !!!! literally you don’t have any thing for survival…only bits and pieces . and then there comes a deal like never before , actually a much awaited bargain you have been looking for.

An electronics item .

Looking at it from a man's perspective… " would you go for the kill ???? "

What the heck . I did buy it and I have absolutely no qualms about it .

Its a 32 Gb pen drive from kingston and It Is beautiful. trust me (when U have lost your old 1GB usb drive and you get a brand new one for less than half the price{1000 bucks} , it is the most beautiful thing in the world )

I tried it , tested it to my satisfaction and then said the 3 words " yes I do " to the salesman.

I casually called up my friends to know if they are interested so that I could get mass discount,and BINGO , I saw myself buying 3 of 'em.

No hassles about squeezing in a few more bits and bytes . Its like carrying your world with you.hahaha

Why a woman would scream at a new gadget is hard to say but i felt the heat !!!! probably an old theory of man's love for gadgets and woman's ignorance or is it diffidence??!!

revitalising .. refurbished .. BACK ~!!

guys , its been ages we did some serious blogging .
we have a lot of stuff broiling inside . and its goin to come out now.
so just keep hanging and beer the patience .ha

Best Guitar lesson sites

Those who love thy Guitar...

Music is a force which unites people across the world. It is something which touches the heart of everyone irrespective of their country, religion, race or faith. Everyone loves listening to music, some love making music.

Over the centuries, many musical instruments have been designed in the quest to create great music. But none has been as scintillating and as popular as a Guitar. For years now some of the best music that the world has heard, has been created by the use of one Guitar or several.

Now-a-days a number of websites are available which assists beginners as well as pros with everything there is to know about a guitar.

Buying a Guitar

The hardest thing when it comes to guitar is not playing it but on deciding which one to purchase.

The website http://guitar.about.com will not only give you information about the different types of guitars but also helps you in choosing the right kind of guitar. It offers various pros and cons and recommendations which help new users to decide on their first six strings.

Once purchased, the next important thing is knowing your guitar.

The link- http://guitar.about.com/library/weekly/aa071200b.htm Gives in-depth detail about various parts of the guitar and its purpose.

Tuning

The first and foremost thing to do once you buy a guitar is tuning your guitar.

Tuning guitar simply means bring the strings in sync. It is quite a complex thing and takes a lot of effort, time and patience because if your guitar is not tuned properly you will not get the right sounds. It can be a Herculean task and sometimes takes months to master.

However with some assistance from http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/ you can be assured that tuning your guitar won’t be as pain staking as it would have otherwise.

One of the very few websites which offers the guitar lovers a dedicated online guitar tuner is truly a boon for starters.

Its ‘tune-o-matic is comprehensive virtual tuner which educates you how each and every string of your guitar should sound. It offers amazing functionalities which lets you tune your guitar for different chords at the same time thus proving useful for amateurs also. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, the tuner is absolutely free and you can upload it on your website/blog also by opening the link-

http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/mini-tuner

Beginning

Several websites offer guitar lessons for beginners and one such site is

http://www.onlineguitarlessons.co.uk/

Once you start playing guitar you come across a lot of guitar tabs or music words which sometimes can be pretty hard to comprehend. However the link- http://www.onlineguitarlessons.co.uk/how_to_read_tab.htm provides detailed texts explaining how to read the tabs and chords in way that even if you are a newbie, you’ll find it easy to understand.

With detailed diagrams and pictures, it helps you in understanding chords better.

Learning by watching

If you think that learning to play a guitar by reading is hard or boring then this one will definitely excite you.

http://www.jamplay.com/

With a collection of 10,672 minutes of guitar lessons from 19 instructors and that too in High Definition with multiple camera angles it is the best way to learn about those complex finger placements that gives even pros a tough time. Although the website offers free lessons in various genres like Jazz, Rock, Metal and Blues. Everything is not free. Other than the free lessons, if you are interested in more advanced and dedicated learning you will have to pay for it. The site offer monthly, quarterly and yearly packages starting from as low as $19.95 or $0.67 per day. For that all you need to do is get registered with them and start jamming.

And just for you check out the online Guitar Tuner. Tune-o-matic.

easy guitar chords

My trip the holy Land

A couple of days back i took a small trip to Vrindavan. The holy land of Lord Krishna.

Now people know that am not much of a lord worshiper. But my mom is a big devotee of The Lord. And this time I just couldn't say no to mom, to go to a place i was not too keen on going in the begining. As she'd been wanting to go to vrindavan since the day i was born. So we woke up at 2.30AM and by 4.00AM we were on our way.
I am not gonna write about the journey now but am gonna post some pictures of the place.

Idols behind door number 2 in Iskcon Vrindavan

A picture with better resolution

Iskcon Delhi(Marvellous)

Delhi again, it was beautiful

His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(The founder of Iskcon)

It was the 3oth disappearence anniversery of the Guru.

Now i have a small video I somehow made inside the temple.

Some of you might be amazed by my choice of post but, thats the way it is...!

Enjoy...

Friendship Vs Love Vs Marriage

Alright, So after a lot of thinking and a lot of research i am finally begining to post this article about those 3 wonderful words

FRIENDSHIP,LOVE,MARRIAGE.

These 3 words have been the integral part of Indian culture and Bollywood movies(hate those movies) and for the last few weeks they been bugging me. I have been thinking, discussing, argueing, listening to people around me in order to get an insight on these topics trying to find out what they think about these unavoidable subjects.

Over the weeks i have asked lots of questions, spend a lot of time, money, brain and energy in gathering info. about this topic and i think its about time i posted MY THOUGHTS and the inputs i got from some wonderful friends who volunteered to share their opinions and were kind enough to open up and talk about this topic. Now many of you might not agree with what i am writing but then again when did i ever cared about that.

So let's start.


FRIENDSHIP

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. It is I
believe the stongest bond known to mankind.
Now I consider my self to be good when it comes to friendship. I love my friends, I take care of'em,I am there for them when they need help, I lend them support(and Money, lots of Money). In one line I am the kind of guy who has been around whenever any of my friends needed me.(And guys if by any chance i wasn't there, trust me i must have tried.)
Bottom line i am sort of person whom you can call THE FRIEND.


Love

Love on the other hand is a commitment, not that friendship isn't but love i think is an out of the world experience. Now i know people who know me think that i am not a follower of the "Love Theory" or i am against it. So just for the record, I am not against Love. I Love....Love, just that I am not too keen on being bitten by the love bug.
Having been in love and having seen people fall and rise in love, I think Love is truly the most beautiful feeling one can experience.
It is amazing, IF it works for you.


Marriage
Coming to marriage now. Well thats easy, when you are mature enough and you earn enough, your parents get you married. Or in a more romantic way i can say, that people get married to solemonize their love. Marriage is what i call taking love to the next and the pen-ultimate level. Or as very bluntly and very rightly put by one of my new friend, Marriage is Legal Sex.


Now with the definitions and meanings all cleared out, lets move further.

As you know I think friendship is the most important relation in life, because i think that Friends are the siblings, God forgot to gave you. And not many of you know but i would rather prefer friendship over love and marriage.

Now i say so because of a reason. You might not agree with it but here it is.

If life is a guitar, friendship is the strongest string. In friendship one can be completely free, honest, far yet close.

Case Study 1:
I have not met one of my friends for over an year now.(Work takes people to different place). I miss him and i know he does too. But even then whenever we talk, its the same way we used to do when we were together. There is no loss of love. Our friendship is strong as ever. I might have not partied with him when he got a promotion or he might not have hugged me on my birthday as he loved to do, but even then i feel the same way about him as i would feel, back when we used to have a senti conversation after getting drunk together.

Now consider a couple in a the same position who haven't met for over an year. Do you think that their relationship would remain the same over a period of time? Would they still be madly in love after not having met each other all this time?
Well Yes if this was a Karan Johar movie. But news flash, Life isn't a movie.

Practically its not possible. And the reason is that in case of Love or Marriage, there is an aspect called Physical Closeness and SEX. Now keep in mind these are two different things.
And when you don't get that from the person you like/love, you wander. And if any of you do not agree with this, please explain to me, why the word INFIDELITY is always in news.
And this results in break-ups, heart-aches resulting in Sorrow that means lots of crying, Pain and misery.

And this brings me to the real reason i started writing this post.

If Love and Marriage really are the most beautiful relation in the world.If they truly are that amazing, fulfilling and if Love truly makes your life joyful and complete,

Then why does love hurt? Yes i ask why something so tender, so comforting and so beautiful gives you pain.......?






to be continued....!

Pain in asss=mathsss

After the college a never ending year without job, seemed like hell broke loose, especially when I was adamant at not becoming a run of the mill software engineer. I never accepted changes so easily , have always fought for things, mending them my way. Always taken life by its horns and twisted it to my will. And now what was happening was precisely the other way round. Life had become a full circle. This was the price I had to pay, probably or probably not. Sitting idle was not something I had imagined ever. A small period as it looks like was eating like a bug inside.

No doubt, I got the best support from everyone. But I could not confront myself. Not that I could show it, but mere understanding of people around was what was hitting me the most .I was working at that time. To take my mind off from all of this, pretending that nothing had happened.

Every time this topic came, unabashedly I opened up, trying to make myself feel a little guilty. In the eyes of those who pretended to ‘understand’. Time passed by, each day making its presence felt! Always waited for that next chance, swearing will not let it go. Severing strings with people knowingly. Every time an old friend gatecrashed , there was inevitably the one thing to talk about. I knew I was not the only one in the crisis; somebody close to me was also in the same boat. But it kind of gave me weird pleasure . At least I had lived on my terms. I was prepared for the result. But it was no more about me; it was about family, tradition, expectations, and hopes.

Inspite of being a swimmer I drowned with all these.

.

I had had enough of hiding, planning, promising....

I HATED it. It was time for a rollover.

I studied like a devil. Doing the same things over and over until even the pages carried my smell, were familiar with my touch .the pages 414-415 had grape juice spilt. It remained, n haunted me, as if watching me from a corner, making me conscious every time I let my hair loose (ha I like to say it though) .By the time the exam neared, my patience was in shreds. Those 3 hours of my life were, like having sex.(I think I would something like this) .I wanted to give everything , (every math equation that i have ever learned..!) did'nt know whether i was right or wrong ,but desperately trying to strike gold with each passing moment.,,, still at some points was completely blank . There was no fear of loosing, only excitement, how could i fool the damn paper checker!!!! As always paper was over before time, n i sat for a messiah to complete the rest of the questions, which were Greek to me.

The thing about maths is either you know all or you dead, there is no middle way.

How much I bang my head split wide open , dung is what I see , is what I do !!!

Bell rang and gates were open, to go where ever , where ever your destiny or your paper would take you.

I couldn’t react for a while. no face expressions. Void. Stood there still. Waiting for someone to grab and make me come back to life. After almost every paper i was absolutely dumbfounded ,whether i would pass or fail or what on earth had I shitted back there.But this time i felt so strongly about a few things that only 2 people knew till now, and now you would also know.

First >> I never wanted to run away from maths like a coward mice, but i hated it to the core of my heart. Writing the paper for 6th time i wanted to score more than ramanujan ever did. I had made a pact to myself that if i would ever give the exam, it would be a landmark, else I would leave it , let the whole world think I was a fool.

Second >> I was challenged by an old pig of a professor that if I could get more than 60% in maths he would accept me as an engineer.

Seeing my record it was difficult to believe that i could, but that S.O.B threatened my existence , my repute in front of college .Bullshit , I instantly imagined of the day when my results would be out and I would put a bullet inside his knowledge filled sloppy meat. And with pleasure, too.

And if you were wondering how what happened next.

I found the most beautiful thing in the world .Love.

It was so powerful that it just could not let me loose, just could not!!!!

Dreams started materializing and joined me with my journey towards LOVE.

And off the record is you wondering what the f *** was this post about , well it was about me giving my engg. maths paper for the nth^nth time .

As Suggested by the author- SONG OF LIFE

"For the first time since i created this blog, i am posting something which is not written by me.
This blog has been about writing anything and everything that comes to your mind and what's written below is exactly that. And i would like to THANK the person responsible for this truly amazing post Kuruyama, a very good friend of mine for writing something so deep and thoughtful. With these words i urge you to read on. "


(This one is inspired by the post "my first six strings"…I don't really have a title for the post but maybe "Song of Life" suits fine, huh?)

Music is everywhere from the sound of your alarm to the word goodnight. (Stephen Conlan)
Most people have music in the center of their lives…somewhere deep within us is a song that plays softly, always! No matter what surrounding or circumstance. A song you can hear only if you are very quiet, very still…It's a song of life, a song of dreams and wisdom, it's a song that leads you to follow yourself, it's a call to adventure, and it's a destiny that's uniquely yours.
It's the song of your soul…!!

However, sometimes the melody of that song is blurred by the frustration, the misery that comes with what is called 'life'. We try to put up a brave face, a smiling face but deep down we know it is not working. You tell yourself soon everythins gonna be alright, soon everythins gonna be alright…and that's the hope that drives you on…but no matter what, there will always be a speck of doubt that will always bind you, always hold you from…whatever! And that is a hard fact.

(To that William Goldman wud have said "Life isn't fair. It is just fairer than death, that's all". Now don't ask me who William Goldman is?)

When grumbling and unloading frustrations make you go deaf to the music…hum along even if you can't sing, jus hum along until the crisis pass and you can hear clearly again!

(Now isn't that a better way to deal with crisis n disappointments?!)

~Y~

For the love of the Drink

The past few entries of mine have been on subjects in which i have vested intrests, the finer things that i like doing in my life.

So i sat down and wrote about it. Then again one afternoon i was sitting on my soon-to-be ex-couch,yup we're giving it away. Lot's of fond memories. Anyways i was watching tv and i thought that i should write again about one more thing that i like.

After writing the above lines i thought something and my inner voice said "WAKE UP DUDE, YOU DON'T LIKE THE THINGS YOU HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT. YOU FREAKING ADORE THEM. YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEM. BE IT ELVIS, BE IT NORAH(my norah), OR BE IT YOUR GUITAR. YOU ARE FUCKING CRAZY ABOUT THEM".

So tonite i write about a thing that really makes you crazy. Tonight is TEQUILA night.

If you have tasted it you know its a crazy drink, which makes you do crazy stuff. And if you haven't, well then


SHUT UP and read on.


Tequila is a spirit made primarily in the area surrounding Tequila, a town in the highlands of the western Mexican state of Jalisco. Made from blue agave, Tequila is the national beverage of Mexico, and usually consumed for celebrations. The tequila that is popular today was first mass-produced in the early 1800s in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Types of tequila

Tequila is usually bottled in one of five categories

blanco ("white") or plata ("silver") – white spirit, un-aged and bottled or stored immediately after distillation, or aged less than two months in oak barrels.

oro ("gold") – un-aged "blanco" tequila, blended with rested or aged tequilas, and often with caramel coloring, sugar-based syrup, glycerin, and/or oak extract added so as to resemble aged tequila.

reposado ("rested") – aged a minimum of two months, but less than a year in oak barrels.

añejo ("aged" or "vintage") – aged a minimum of one year, but less than 3 years in oak barrels.

extra añejo ("extra aged" or "ultra aged") – aged a minimum of three years in oak barrels. This category was established in March 2006.


Misconception

It is a common misconception that some tequilas contain a 'worm' in the bottle. It was a marketing gimmick started in 1940's which still continues. So relax and sip up.

There are two basic categories of tequila: mixtos and 100% Agave. Mixtos use up to 49% of other sugars in the fermentation process and Agave taking up the remainder. Agave sugar is glucose-based, and is easier for the human body to break down. Mixtos use both glucose and fructose sugars.


Ah! enough of information, let's drink up

In Mexico, contrary to popular belief, tequila is drunk straight without salt and lemon.(I definately belong in mexico).

It is always popular to drink fine tequila with a side of sangrita—a sweet, sour and spicy drink typically made from orange juice, grenadine (or tomato juice) and hot chilies. Equal-sized shots of tequila and sangrita are sipped alternately, without salt or lemon.

Outside Mexico, a single shot of tequila is often served with salt and a slice of lemon. This is called "tequila cruda" and is sometimes referred to as "training wheels," "lick-sip-suck," or "lick-shoot-suck"

Just writing all this is making me really thirsty. Sometimes i ask GOD why was i not born in MEXICO.

Ok now for the beginners. This is how you shoot.

1. Slice a regularly sized lemon or lime into eight small pieces.
2. Fill a shot glass with tequila.
3. Briefly lick the skin between your thumb and forefinger, then sprinkle 1 small pinch of salt (kosher salt melts quickly) onto the area. The lick makes it stick.
4. Using the same hand that contains the salt, you must hold one slice of the lemon (or lime) with your thumb and index finger.
5. Quickly lick the salt, down the tequila, and bite the lemon (or lime). Swish it around in your mouth for a couple of seconds and then swallow.
And Enjoy!

Tips

Remember, Lick-it, Slam-it, Suck-it! (Salt first, tequila second, lemon/lime last).


Having a 'lil fun...

For a fun variation, ask a gentleman- or lady-friend to lend his or her hand (or other part) for the salt.


If you purchase good tequila such as Patron, Sauza Tres Generaciones Plata, Chimayo, or Don Julio Anejo, salt and lime are not needed(my kinda of stuf) and tequila experts may become upset at these ingredients being added.

Quality Tequilas are like quality Scotch. They aren't meant to be gulped, but rather sipped and savored.


As said above, this way of drinking tequila is meant for low quality brands, in order to mask the horrible taste and the funny aftertaste. Also it is meant to create a trend, as it has a lot of bells and whistles. If you have in front of you a good bottle of tequila, take your time to appreciate it.



Mexicans and experienced tequila drinkers often refer to the lime and salt combination as "training wheels". One may wish to attempt the "Tequila Ironman." This involves snorting the salt, taking the shot, and squirting the lime in your eye,(not sure i am doing that) followed by a smack in the face from the friend with whom you are taking the shot. Shirt must be taken off for the Tequila Ironman to count(hmm... intresting).


Another way to take a tequila shot involves putting a dash of tobasco sauce into the tequila shot. This sinus-clearing shot is referred to as "The Prarie Fire."

And this is why I absolutely LOVE TEQUILA...

It is also possible to attempt the "Tequila Strong Love". One person takes the salt in his/her mouth, and then makes out with the drinker. After that the person takes the lime in his/her mouth, a bit stuck out, so the drinker can easily bite it. Take it easy, as it is easy to miss the lime and bite the tongue instead.

No wonder the "Eagles loved a Teqila Sunrise".

My First Six String

"I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime.
Played it till my fingers bled, was the summer of '69."

Well that was Bryan Adams who probably learned to play guitar even before he was born, only that would explain the amazing music he has made over the years and mesmerized the world.

But this post is not about him or any other great music legends. This is about ME.


Its about the day when i bought MY first six string.

Yes, after wasting years of thinking about it, I finally bought a Givson.
I still remember holding it for the first time. God it was amazing.
And the invigorating smell of the timber made me feel powerful. I was elated and overjoyed.

Just the thought of me playing a guitar brought a smile on my lips.
It was like i falling in love, again.

The raw sound that came out as my fingers unknowingly reached the strings was melody to my ears and at that very point standing in that shop where 3 was crowd, literally, i promised my self that i would not stop till i can actually make music from my guitar which my trainer refers to as a

"ONE MAN ARMY".


Its been 6 weeks that i have been regularly taking guitar lessons and all i can say is that i am loving it.

Another rock star in the making? Well we'll have wait and see about that.

Till then Keep Rocking....

My Love

I remember sitting on a couch half asleep when i first heard that MAGICAL VOICE. In a flash i sat up and turned up the volume of my T.V.

And what i saw and what i heard, bewitched me. For the first time in my life i saw such a beautiful girl, singing an amazing song and that too in such a melodious voice.

That was the day i heard NORAH JONES for the first time. That was the day when SUN RISED. Its been years that i have been listening to her music and i just can't get enough of her.

Norah Jones is a Multi Grammy Award winner which she won for her debut album "Come Away With Me".

So its a small little tribute of mine to the lady who I love.

People say to me why do u like her and all i say to them is....

Don;t Know Why......???

Come Away With Me.....

Sunrise...

I LOVE HER.......

Serendipity Sans Love...!!!!!

love breed poems , all i can say ...
i wrote this poem wn i used to travel , to meet someone for few hours , wanted to go every weekend, could manage few of them..
ill cut the long story short.. njoi the poem..

Serendipity Sans Love...!!!!!

I am glad to have you as a companion in my life, Bcoz love cant be conditional, and I can sense that when you fight for me..

No one knows you more than me,
And if it has to be someone, let it be me...

Through the smoke, you saw me falling,
Just to catch me, with the warmth of your love...

I might be a kid, and this is how I am,
Rusty, naughty , pensive...all yours to handle....

My songs, my melodies, my thoughts all come alive Bcoz i am wearing a new perfume "YOU".

i say this to the person i love ..

हाथी नदी में बह नही सकता
और अपुन तेरे बिना रह नहीं सकता ..!!

and it alwayz brings a smile, might work for your somebody special as well..

The King Himself

Continuing from my last post, here is yet another effort to share my thoughts about some of the greatest musicians of all time.


And this time it is my fav. singer...


THE KING HIMSELF ELVIS PRESLEY


Born on January 8,1935 Elvis is arguably the best singer and musician world has ever seen.

Elvis Aaron Presley was a singer, musician and an actor. A culutural icon was often as


"The king of Rock n Roll" or simply "The king."

Elvis began his career as one of the first performers of rockabilly, an uptempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues with a strong back beat. Throughout his career, he set records for concert attendance, television ratings and recordings sales. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in the history of popular music
Elvis had a huge fan following throughout the world and people especially girls would go mad during his live concerts.

Elvis had a distuinguished dancing style and his wobbling legs used to make women crazy.

In most of his live performances, one could see Elvis wearing long white king like veil along with matching pants and why wouldn't he wear that after all he was the king.

Elvis produced a large no. of hits like HeartBreak Hotel which sold one milion copies in U.S in just 3months. His other hits include "Little less conversation, Hound Dog, Jail House Rock, Can't help falling in love and Viva Las Vegas(both were musical films which grossed $280million)

Now below are a collection of some of the Kings's greatest songs. Now being an Elvis fan all i can say is....

You'll be mesmerized...........

Let's Rock with Hound Dog....

Heartbreak Hotel

Rocking the Jail...

Vegas Rulezzz..........

Come Fall In Love...

Thats all for now but come back soon as much more is in the pipeline.

When u were gone

you dont want some moments to last long and for me , this was probably one of those.
it seems funny to me sometimes that i have poem for my every expression.
but somebody understands me perfectly and for that person is this poem written...
so go ahead and feast your eyes.

When u were gone

I knew it wasn’t for long ,
But the thought haunted me that
U were gone…

I missed the touch , the words, the messages ,
every moment Watching u in pain , I felt helpless,
good that U were gone…

First thing in the morning I looked out for u ,
Just to check on your health Only to realize that you’re in safe hands
Something I couldn’t heal…

Everything that happened ,
my joys and sorrows
When I was idle , when I was bad
When I lied , when I was mad
My feelings, wanted to share with u every day ,
I picked up the phone,
then realized that U were gone…

I missed you’re varied moods,
you’re ups and downs
Your worries, your sorries
you dropping of phone, your dozing off
Faintly smiling in middle of the crowd
when U were gone…

Most of all I missed the love ,
the urge to hold u tight
To not let u go anywhere,
to keep coming back to you,
To tell you that ‘I love you’ all this and much more I felt this
when U were gone…

I did count the days back,
waited for the phone to ring
Knowing that u cud not speak ,
probably just to hear the assuring silence
closed my eyes, to find u near
when u were gone..

there was always a sudden restlessness ,
spark In my eyes ,
that u would return healthy
that everything will be ok
that I can hear u scream in excitement and
cuddle with love calling me what u like
I felt this when U were gone…

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" Action speaks louderthan words " i beleive in this and if you also do u might want to rate this blog !!!!

Time To Rock...

There have been number of musical minded men who have been making good music for men like me. There are 'N' of genres of music and ROCK MUSIC is one of'em.

Rock music is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody, accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Rock music has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll and rockabilly, which evolved from blues, country music and other influences.


Rock music had evolved and changed a lot over decades. There has been numerous ages of Rock Music. Let's have a little peak into the Rock history...



The mid-1950s-early 1960s

Early British rock-- Popularised by "John Lennon(Beatles), Rolling Stones"
Garage rock-- Bands like The Sonics, Question Mark & the Mysterians
Surf music-- The rockabilly sound influenced a wild, mostly instrumental sound.
Bands like The Shadows and The Beach Boys.

Folk rock-- made up of folk music lovers who liked acoustic instruments, traditional
songs, and blues music with a socially progressive message.
Popularized by BOB DYLAN, JONI MITCHELL, JOAN BAEZ.

Psychedelic rock--Psychedelia began in the folk scene, with the Holy Modal Rounders
introducing the term in 1964.
The creators-- Pink Floyd(The piper at the gates of down), The cream(eric clapton),
The Doors and Jefferson Airplane's surrealistic Pillow became really popular.
And my favourite Jimi Hendrix announced his arrival to the mainstream.

Soft rock-- Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton-John, Elton John, Billy Joel.



The mid to late 70s

Hard rock and heavy metal
A second wave of British and American rock bands became popular during the early 1970s the largest being Led Zeppelin. Bands such as Grand Funk Railroad, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Queen, Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Status Quo, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, The Who, and Uriah Hee played highly amplified, guitar-driven hard rock.

Punk rock
Early punk borrowed heavily from the garage band ethic: played by bands for which expert musicianship was not a requirement, punk was stripped-down, three-chord music that could be played easily.
Artists-- Tommy Ramone(Ramones), British Band Sex Pistols(songs-Anarchy in the U.K, God Save the Queen).


Rock diversifies in the 1980s

In the 1980s, popular rock diversified. This period also saw the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with bands such as Iron Maiden and Def Leppard gaining popularity.


One of my personal favourite AC/DC a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Although the band are considered pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal its members have always classified their music as "rock 'n' roll".

American heartland rock gained a strong following, exemplified by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger, Donnie Iris, John (Cougar) Mellencamp and others.


Thrash Metal attracted large underground audiences and a few bands, including Metallica and Megadeth, went on for mainstream success.


Glam metal
Widely popular in the 1980s Mötley Crüe, W.A.S.P., Ratt and Quiet Riot were the notable names in glam metal. Their songs were bombastic and often defiantly macho, with lyrics focused on sex, drinking, drugs, and the occult.
In 1987 a second wave of glam metal acts emerged including Bon Jovi, L.A. Guns and Faster Pussycat.



Alternative goes mainstream (Early-mid 1990s)

Grunge
By the 1990s, rock was dominated by slick and commercial glam metal, hair metal and arena rock artists. MTV had arrived and promoted this excessive focus on image and style.

Bands such as Green River, Soundgarden, the Melvins and Skin Yard pioneered the genre, with Mudhoney becoming the most successful by the end of the decade.

In 1991 Nirvana broke into the mainstream with album NEVERMIND. Pearljam came out with their album TEN. In early April 1994, grunge took a sudden shift in popularity with the death of Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain.




Post-grunge
In the wake of Cobain's death a new style of music called post-grunge evolved.
Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl's new band the Foo Fighters helped further popularize the genre, and other bands such as Bush, Seether, Creed, Collective Soul, Everclear and Live helped cement post-grunge as one of the most commercially viable sub-genres of the late nineties.

Nu metal and Rap Rock

Bands-- Faith No More, Linkin Park, P.O.D

With all this info. at your hand about Rock Music you might be feeling like listening to some good Rock and if your like me you'd do something about it.

But being a new and true rock lover i have made some arrangements for you.
So sit back and relax and enjoy some good Rock Music.

Starting with ACDC

The man himself.... Kurt Cobain

Smoke it up....with Deep Purple

Last but definitely not the least, Bon Jovi...

I hope you enjoyed this small and personal collection and would appreciate your valuble comments.

And yeah be back soon as there is much more to come.

Till then Keep Rockin......!

Just Music

They say music has no boundaries.
Music has been the food of soul since civilizations came into existence.

And every human being who has walked the face of earth has been touched by music in some way or the other.

Now i like listening to good and quality music though i wish i could make music but anyways, this endevour of mine is dedicated to some of the greatest musicians of all time and some great songs they made.

Now some of you might not find what you looking for in here but what your gonna see here is something i like listening to.

So Get ready to Rock'N'Roll.

Love is an adult Emotion!!!

Well the topic would definitely arouse some feelings , in which ever way u want to take it. (ur call)
and i think i can justify the topic in many ways.

We all fall in love knowingly , forcefully , accidently, genetically and gradually. un-requittted or reciprocated ,its an emotion no other can beat.!!!

For me love always smells 1 word ' commitment '.

I don’t know how it got into me, or did i developed it, but its there , and i know it very well.

yes its difficult to find a person to love , and more , to realize who loves you, but after this stage is cleared,, its an out of world feeling..
something’s start making sense , rest becomes oblivious.

I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person,

as she always sez" in love too much is never enough "

love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, your deep dark secrets , including the things you might be ashamed of, love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone , but still getting weak knees .

One look of that person and you know their state of mind. What is wonderful in this relationship is the there is someone who knows you better than anyone else in the world. And the feeling of being right next to the person you love makes you forget your pain, your sleep, your fatigue.!!!(ask me)

When I say, "I love you, it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are.

Once you realize all this you would scream at top of your voice >>

you’re a hell of a woman.

And then comes the big word:: decision . Decision at every step, of our lives , of our choices. Every decision that you make somehow affects her. Love becomes so strong that your amazed how trivial steps of your life determine your destiny. There is a fear, a constant fear of losing someone so close that you cannot imagine 1 day without hearing her voice. Never taken life so seriously, here you vouch for your words, for dress you wear, for your habits...

and this is not from me but felt like sharing it with the world

"Here is the deepest secret nobody knows. Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud And the sky of the sky of a tree called life; Which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide. And this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart. I carry your heart. I carry it in my heart."

Living A Smoke Free Life

I started smokin when i was in college. I remember going to a paanwaala half a km from our room to get my first cigarette. I smoked a "menthol".
My friend accompanied me to my first ever FAG rendezvous.

Over the period of time i hav smoked a lot. I have tried the worst and the best of it, but my all time favourite was MARLBORO. They say its a man's brand and frankly i cannot disagree with that.

Over the course of time i have come to understand that people smoke coz of following reasons
--> Addiction
--> Style Statement
--> Got nothing else to do

For me it was the third reason. Everytime i puffed away a Marlboro was when i had plenty of time to kill and nothing to do.

But something that i stayed away from, was getting addicted.

Recently The friend quit smoking b'coz of a reason i never thought he'd give into.
Anyways... he tried to persuade me also to give up but i knew i'd quit only when i feel like givin up.
And one night i just didn;t felt like smoking. People told me that me that if I can keep away from it for 2 weeks it'll be big deal and it will be an achievement. But i didn't pay much heed to my well wishers coz i knew i have a strong will power.

And its been over a month now.

I don;t feel proud or sad. And its not like that my lungs crave for nicotine(like one of my friend's)
but there is one thing i cannot deny,

I Miss Marlboro

But i don't regret leavin it..... (atleast for the time being)

When Life Takes an Ugly Turn

" Life is like driving a car".
I have been saying that for a long time now.

Sometimes its a smooth ride and many a times its bumpy. Its all about finding the smooth roads and avoiding the ditches.
But in reality it ain't that simple. At times you would have a flat tyre or a breakdown, which can be mended. But imagine a day when your car(life) just refuses to move on. When you are stuck on a long, empty
God-forsaken highway unable to move.
The cold wind on the gloomy night sending a chill up your spine not just because your scared but because you don;t know what to do. It becomes even more scary when you know that there's no one around to help you.
It is one of those situations when you'r stuck alone all by yourself when you can't do anything but just wait, wait for the end...

You feel helpless, frustrated, angry and unworthy. In a quick flash of time your hunky dory ride has come to a standstill and you know that you can't do anything about it.

I know that " Life is a box of chocolate and you never know what you gonna get" but what if you take out a chocolate, you open the wraper and you find nothing. Its Hollow.

I love to drive and I love life and i also understand that an occasional bump must not be allowed to end your journey. But what if your car has outrun its life. What if life itself has outrun its life.
What can you do, when you know that you have arrived on a dead end.

What can you do???

The Addiction called Tattoo

Tattoos and People bearing Tattoos have existed for decade.

Tattoos can be seen on arms, fore arms, back, neck and where not.

Some say its a sign of rebellion, some say its a con's way to get a tattoo. I have even had people telling me that it is a painful way of wasting money.

I feel that getting a Tattoo is a great way of expressing yourself. In fact I think its a harmless way to opine.

They say people who get tattoos represent a cult. To that I say whatever...

Now a days many people get tattoos and I think its a nice way to increase the level of bonding. Because people who have tattoos generally have the same kind of thinking (should come in handy while looking for a date).

What I feel that going through the pain of getting a tattoo indicates the mental toughness of a person and sometimes gives an insight to his/her mind and sometimes even past.

It also represents that the one is ready to take on the world.

But the lust of getting a tattoo and then admiring it everyday in front of a mirror makes the pain a bit superfluous.

And as "SILAS" said
"Pain is Good".

On a personal note, I feel that tattooing is an art and in the words of 'John Lennon'

"I am an artist and I like to collect art."

So what if its on my own body.