with the amount of soul searching going on nowadays I might as well bleach my hair blond, start using emami fair and handsome, purchase radha krishna attire and join ISKON. I feel stragely like Harun from Rushdie's Harun and the Sea of Stories, the boy who couldn't keep his mind on anything for more than 10 min.
so anyway I rediscovered Van Morrison driving to work this morning. I think once you get passed the have I told you latelies the music really is delicious. (incidentally the reason I had first purchased this album was because I was convinced that Van Morrison was Jim Morrison's sister.) Now this would obviously be my cue to launch into an esoteric profound thesis on the beauty of the blues and their role in the political life of black America but again in my Harunesque way i think i'll just pass.............................basically all I want to say on this count is that Dominos, Warm love and here comes the night and one song that goes something like" stone me to my soul stone me just like jelly roles and stooooooaaaaaaaned me.............................. " are definitely worth a listen.
moving on i spent Saturday evening at the executive council meeting of the Miranda House alumni association. i went with stars in my eyes about how we would change the face of the world as we know it. nothing would be the same, the name Miranda House would be mentioned only in soft worshipy tones. Basically i got a slap and was told to go stand in the corner with my head to wall and wonder why i thought the alumni association would have anything to do with the college................................ooooooofffffff. Those who know me will understand the depth of feeling in that ooooofffffff...................................
i think this could qualify for the most boring thing ever written i must stop now..........
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Good thing I'm not in Delhi - I might be tempted to get involved in Alumni activity.
So you're one of those enthu types eh?
what can i say i was. Am so disillusioned just now i cant tell you..............
by the way i checked out Quither stories. When is the next installment?
yes i can see you how you might turn out to be one of those senti-stephanians.....
Yeah...luckily even sentimentality fades.
Next Quither chapter? Dunno. Maybe this week. Maybe next month. I have no writer's schedule or anything. And no plan for this "book" either. Quither shall evolve as I go along.
The only Van Morrison songs I've heard are "Have I told you..." and "brown Eyed Girl". Perhaps I shall try out some more.
if you appreciate the Rolling Stones sort of sound i would encourage you to explore VM a bit more. I think its a happy middle path betweeen poppity poppity popp and death dance music. like a bluesy poppity pop.
Sentimentality has a lot to do with the weather i think......
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