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For old times’ sake
Feb 16th
Have you ever wondered how much you’ve changed over the years? Ever realized how much your tastes, likes, dislikes and preferences have matured (or in some cases, become more childish) since the time you were in your early teens?
While aspects such as your choice of apparel, cuisine etc can be attributed to the maturity you gain over the years, I don’t think any such explanation exists for a person’s musical taste. Or at least, there is none that I know of.
Since the time I first gained exposure to music, I’ve listened to numerous artistes. Some of them became instant favourites while the others faded away from my memory instantly. Today, I find that my choice in music has evolved (or devolved, depending on your point of view) to such an extent that I can hardly imagine myself listening to artistes that used to be my idols only a few years ago.
I’m not ashamed to admit that I used to be a huge fan of boy-bands such as Boyzone, Backstreet Boys, Blue and Westlife, back when they were all the rage. That was largely due to the airtime provided to these bands by the music channels on TV. Owning a cassette (yup, CDs were way too expensive then) of these bands used to be a sort of status symbol and ensured that you were always in demand. Those were the days…
Then, I moved on to Linkin Park, whose mania lasted for a little over 3 years. After that, came the lostprophets, Green Day, Franz Ferdinand et al. The next phase in my musical journey saw A Static Lullaby, As I Lay Dying and Finch take over my headphones. And right now, I’m mostly listening to Daughtry and Fightstar.
So what makes me reminisce over these things now?
The reason is, the Backstreet Boys are gonna be performing live in Bangalore on the 21st of this month. This could be my only opportunity to see my one-time favourite band in person, on stage. So now I’m mulling over whether to attend the gig or not, considering that I’ll probably have to go alone since most of us have spunked our cash on our weekend trip to Coorg. The tickets are not exactly dirt-cheap at Rs.1000 apiece, but that is a fair price to pay to see your boyhood favourites, right?
I’ll see if I can entice someone to part with his dough, and if I can’t get someone to take along, I’ll probably go solo (or not go at all, depending on what my mind tells me then).
So if you’re in Bangalore/Delhi and have fond memories of the band, do go and watch them live. It’ll surely be ‘larger then life’. 
Happy Birthday!
Jan 29th
It’s been one whole year since I got hold of this domain name – on the 29th of January, 2009. Since then, it’s been a rather subdued affair, with the occasional flurry of posts. On its birthday, I’d like to thank all of you who visited this site over the past one year, inspite of the utterly useless stuff I have over here.
Here’s hoping things only get better this year! 
Catch me on Twitter!
Jan 16th
I created my Twitter account ages ago but I never felt any need to use it, with most of my time being spent in front of the computer at home. While on the road, I didn’t have an Internet connection on my cellphone, rendering the entire concept of Twitter useless for me. But a couple of days ago I finally activated my mobile Internet package and to tell you the truth, I’m finally starting to warm up to this whole Twitter thing. Okay, so maybe I’m a few centuries too late but hey, I’m finally here, aren’t I?
So now you can catch me on Twitter by clicking the shiny little button the right side of this page. And if you find anything interesting, insightful, informative or amusing, do start following me! 
Also check out my profile on Last.fm, Orkut and Flickr. My Flickr account has not been updated in quite a while, but it’s worth a dekko, methinks. I’ll try to add some more stuff pretty soon. Till then, don’t forget to follow me on Twitter. I swear, it will be updated a LOT more frequently than this blog. 
2010 Is Here – And Nothing’s Changed!
Jan 16th
First of all, a very happy new year to all you folks out there! Yeah, I know I’m awfully late and I haven’t updated this blog in almost a hundred years. But what can a man do when the 24 hours that he gets in a day, just don’t seem to be enough?
Okay, enough excuses. It’s been a long time since I even logged into the control panel. So it wasn’t a surprise when I found that my blog and loads of plugins had been rendered obsolete by the fine folks at WordPress. “Ah well, might as well start the updating”, I thought. A few minutes later, it was all was up to speed.
I proceeded to check the comments section and all I could see were spam comments caught by the trusty Akismet. I wasted no time in deleting them and promptly moved on. Now all that’s left is to cook up something worthy of being published. And that shall come soon, some day in the near future.
That’s it for now, coz I’m off to bed!
Busy Me…
Dec 2nd
I’m a little busy these days, with so many presentations and assignments piling up on my table. As such, my blog won’t be getting as much attention as it needs, although just for a few days. I’ll be back soon; probably this weekend, with my rants and raves.
Till then, you might want to browse through some of my older posts in the Archived section of the site (clicketh on the top-right button, please). Or you might want to do something useful, for a change.
