Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Missed My IRock Today

Going through RSJ forums today and the thread of Rang Bhavan no longer associated with the event 
& for the fact the tradition of Independence Rock being celebrated much  later on again this year is kind of dampening to the whole event & its message but still the event happening is a big deal in itself

Anyways , here are the details

INDEPENDENCE ROCK XXI

Date: 25th & 26th August 2006 (New Dates)
Time: 6 PM
Venue: Chitrakut Grounds, Near Fun Republic, Andheri, Mumbai

Day 1: Contest
1. Brute Force (Pune)
2. Split (Mumbai)
3. Evergreen (Chennai)
4. Faith (Guwahati)
5. IIIrd Sovereign (Delhi)
6. Nemesis (Pune)
Headlining Band - Pentagram

Day 1 should be awesome for everything excepting Pentagram. I dont want to hear electronic shit from a "rock" band. I cant wait for what the people of Mumbai has instored for them cause it will not be pretty, MC - BC galore :D

Day 2:
1. Demonic Resurrection
2. Sceptre
3. Them Clones
4. Dinosaurs Of Rock Feat. Gary Lawyer, Shazneen, Suraj, Farhad and Pervez.

Ill go just to see Dinosaurs of Rock \m/ ... , Cmon , i want to hear Deep Purple , Doors , every year these guys rock & troo music right there :D


Sunday, August 13, 2006

Get your Eyes Off Me

Well travelling around the city , and its evident security is tightened in malls & other public places . From large banners of important tips of do's / dont's to private security guards searching every bag you are carrying to police hawaldars roaming everywhere with one eye on me ( odd looking bloke )& the other one on the girl next to me ( usual guy thingie ) , its like your actions are being monitered to the levels of uncomfortability. All these measure put in place after US issues a notice to its citizens of travelling carefully in India and nothing in particular. Its all important & stuff but dont make people uncomfortable & aware of the already programmed
function to be careful of uncertainty around .Today was probably the 2nd time my parents told me to be safe ( 1st being travelling again in the trains after coming back from my trip ).
 I can sense the fear in people eyes and minds even though they wont speak or show it evidently.

Well after somedays , when things will return to " normal " , the train victims forgotten and then when you would least expect it , it happens ... isnt that the way how the terrorists do their jobs ? So how can we stop that ... Prevention is better than Cure , we all know that but never follow , arent we the most intelligent organisms on earth ?