Blowers Daughter : Damien Rice

Once an amazing movie indeed and equally amazing were its songs. But the moment I heard them I was reminded of the song Blowers Daughter by Damien Rice. Got introduced to this song via the movie Closer and the video link given over here is also from the same movie. Listen to them, I bet you will find them quite similar yet different.

You Tube Link

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

Quote : George Bernard Shaw

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.": George Bernard Shaw

The choice is open to all which side you are inclining. Being reasonable or unreasonable [:)]

Rainy Days in Bangalore - in my Pocket

Yeah hah hah...The ever unpredictable weather of Bangalore. I have a new weapon against your wits and that is the power of information in my mobile at any random time I want ....How you ask then my answer is by subscribing to the alert provided in the below mentioned link :D

Bangalore Weather Alerts

JosePhine - The Wallflowers

I have never heard such a beautiful rendition of the words Josephine and Tangerine.

You Tube Link

I feel pretty good
I feel all right
And I've been thinkin' maybe
I could spend the night

I know you've been sad
I know I've been bad
But if you'd let me
Make you ribbons from a paper bag

[Chorus:]
Josephine
You're so good to me
And I know
It ain't easy
Josephine
You're so sweet
You must taste just like sugar & tangerines

I won't make a sound
Sleep on the ground
When you wake I will
Drive you into town
I missed your smile
Your schoolgirl style
But I never had much fun
Maybe the very first mile

[chorus]

Don't you know
I watched you walkin' home from school
Your friends on the old playgrounds
You never looked so down
Won't you come and help me with these cuts of mine?
I've disconnected my heart
And cut myself on the wires
Josephine

I know I was wrong
I knew all along
But I got so far from my home
I never thought I'd be so lonesome

[chorus]

Quote: Jack Kerouac

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes ‘Awww!’” -- Jack Kerouac

“Maybe that's what life is...a wink of the eye and winking stars.”

“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”

“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.”

“Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.

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Quote: Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman

"Most of you have been where I am tonight. The crash site of unrequited love. You ask yourself, How did I get here? What was it about? Was it her smile? Was it the way she crossed her legs, the turn of her ankle, the poignant vulnerability of her slender wrists? What are these elusive and ephemeral things that ignite passion in the human heart? That's an age-old question. It's perfect food for thought on a bright midsummer's night." : Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman

Am I left with anything else to say.

Randy Pausch

Haven't heard of this guy. I tell you in this world us being constantly browsing through the net, if we have somehow managed to miss this guy then we need to change our browsing style.

What a man...What a man this guy is. He is so much inspiring and praiseworthy that I fear that if I start telling about him I may not be able to say a trifle of things than what he deserves.

He was a professor, an academician and a person suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer. He died on July 25th 2008.

No don't feel sorry for him. He was a man who influenced so many lives before he died. He is different, something of a crusader in this world of plastic emotions, just a common man who knew how to approach his inevitable end. A man whose words are so simple but so real that it will render a shudder down your spines. His last lecture series is the lecture he gave before his death. If you haven't seen it then you are missing a kind of purifier, stainer of your life.

I cant say much but some journeys are meant to be taken to be able to understand how did the person who had already undertaken it feels. So i leave you with some links which will be help you in understanding why am I praising this guy so much (Of which I feel I haven't done enough).

You Tube Link. An hour long lecture and please don't give me this crap that I don't have time cause I know and you also know you have plenty and how much time you could waste otherwise.

An Article on Him

His Blog

Once

If you want a review of this movie then visiting this person's blog is a better option. My post is just express a feeling which I cannot even understand.

A beautiful movie especially for someone having musical ears. At the end of which you will be left with hordes of emotion each having equal significance. This is a movie which makes you feel happy, makes you feel sad, makes you feel dejected, makes you feel elated - all at the same time. Generally any movie can evoke emotions which are biased towards making you feel happy, sad, pumped up, exasperated or something else. This movie would leave you confused and when an emotion starts taking precedence over others you will hear yourself speaking "Hey, how can I feel that alone. The other things are also very significant".

With variant feeling its hard to categorize "Once" but one can be sure of that you will end up adoring and loving it. I am sure that the likeness would be compelling enough to recommend it to your friends.

"A must see" is all I can utter in the end.

Quote: Abraham Lincoln

'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.:Abraham Lincoln

Now you got the reason why I prefer silence.

Pub Event on Mobile for Free (Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai)

Since my other cities friends were feeling neglected so adding the links for other cities

Pune Pub event alerts

Kolkata Pub event alerts

Bangalore Pub event alerts

Hyderabad Pub event alerts

Mumbai Pub event alerts

Chennai Pub event alerts

New Delhi Pub event alerts

HIC !!!! HIC !!!! HURRAY !!!!!!!!!!!!

Pub Event on my Mobile for Free

Now I can have Bangalore pub events in my mobile for free. :)

Bangalore Pub events alerts

HIC !!!!! HIC !!!!! HURRAY !!!!!!!!!!

I needed this :D. What about You :P

Dash

Sometimes something is always there. One may never realize its presence but because of one's ignorance it does not mean it does not exist.

Todays discovery of mine was about a simple, harmless and friendly dash. Yes dash (-) is what I am talking about. Never thought this particular dash has a whole set of lineage and variety. Dash with a certain length means something, some other length dash denotes something else altogether. Hyphen, figure dash, em dash, en dash, horizontal bar, swung dash. Confused what am I talking about. My friends these all are form of dash

Was going through this post which is a degree above my discovery. My discovery is even more basic. Thanks to sids I have been enlightened.

Quote: Dave Matthews Band

“A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other...Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever” : Dave Matthew s Band

So true, very true. This guy is really becoming the source of content of my blog by being an introducer to several new stuffs of late. May be He is becoming more a managerial types now [;)]....Well the one give speeches...inspires...manager...got the point ....[:D]

Coke Studio

Recently this guy introduced me to some videos on you tube. They were from Coke Studio.

I was stunned by the performances and the voice quality. Anyhow I revere Pakistani Singer. Their voice is different- pure, fresh with a soofiyana touch. Simply and truly amazing. A simple example would be I'm in Love by Saba/Seline. Pretty unknown to me at least. Nevertheless once you listen to them it is worth visiting the 40-50 odd songs available on youtube/coke studio.

The music, the voices and everything in between is mesmerizing and heavenly. So browse and enjoy.

Old Skool, Pre Historic Skool or No Skool

Money, Recognition, Promotion a part and parcel of professional life. Whoooaaahhh I know I have made half of the readers nervous and half of you excited with anticipation. To the former I say well a taboo topic should get you edgy whereas to the later I apologize cause this post is going to be as boring as any other post of mine.

There was a discussion I had with one of my friends recently. The discussion was more so on the line over the seduction of higher pay package and disgruntlement an employee towards his/her employer. More so on the line when an employee is working his/her ass off to do various things in his/her work and the package does not correspond to current industry standards. Shouldn't him/her think about switching. Shouldn't he/her be disappointed with people putting lesser working time and getting equal or better packages. What is right thought process. What is the wrong thought process then. Is he/she wrong in thinking that he/she is worth more the value. More so is he/she wrong in thinking that his/her employer is being unfair in renumeration and recognition and question his/her treatment.

But as the way I am I had to have some crazy thought up my sleeves.There was a story which I had in mind and I reproduced in that discussion. The story goes like this."There was owner of a vineyard who needed people to work on his fields. He hired a few people in his vineyard on X amount of money daily. So there were workers in his vineyard toiling hard since morning in his fields. Some other needy workers also came to him to requested him for some kind of job. He being kind hearted also gave these new workers work and they started to work only after the afternoon. When the sun went down and time of payment came. He gave all his workers the same amount of money irrespective of the time they joined. This action of his resulted in resentment among the workers who worked very very hard for the whole day and got the same pay as the one who had worked only for a few and questioned their masters wisdom. To this the master replied that "Why do they question his wisdom. Haven't they been given what had been decided upon. If the goodness inside of me allows me to give from my own wealth the same to the ones who worked less then why should anyone grumble. What is yours will be yours but if I being the owner decide to give anything to other should not be a matter of jealousy for you. Its I who give""

Hmmmmmm...gulp gulp....I know a hard story to relate to....Or even digest...But within the small professional life, I have realized that its futile comparing and seeking what others are getting...How many times we may have done great job in our work but not received the same amount of recognition...How many times we may start believing that our work is niched and creative and thus deserves more credit...How many times we may think that working earnestly is not worth it at all...
To all these doubts I have only a thing to say. Is it not true that whatever position we are in we should do it to the best of our abilities irrespective of the working style of people around, irrespective of praising methodology of ones employer. Shouldn't doing the work in the BEST possible way be our aim always, irrespective of number of hours we may have to toil. I think not that grudgingly working is the right way, but earnestness is of utmost importance, its another thing that tomorrow we may go to some other place for the right reason but not grudgingly but willingly and happily that the time spend was worth it, after all. HAHAHAH as the title suggest this thought process does not belong to any school :)

Rock On !!!!

Couldn't agree more or couldn't disagree less with what has already written by this guy

But what to do as what I am and who I am, have to put in my own crappy take. And my take is more so dependent upon the ever random thoughts originating from planet Mars.

Go to a pub which plays rock, leave out the alcohol and ciggies and force people to sit in the chair, and thats "rock on" to me. No not in a bad way, but absolutely and whole heartedly along enjoyable line. Amazing movie with no great stand out performance as such, but how many Indian movies have rocking tune and songs and music because it should be there. Not many and I thoroughly enjoyed the music.

One tune which probably is not so famous or infamous among the multitudes of amazing songs in this movie is "Zehriley Saap". But I tell you after attending so many rock gigs and competitions its not so bad after all. Although lyrics may be a little on the funnier side but hey can you tell me does lyrics of System of Down has any meaning.

Not much to say which has already been said in millions of reviews already except that this movie did encourage some of friends to revive their forgotten love for strumming. So "ROCK ON" :)

Quote: Lynn Johnston

“Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.”: Lynn Johnston

In a way yes. Of course yes.

Quote: Einstein & Goethe

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” - Albert Einstein

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. - Goethe

Two very different but inspiring messages by two very different people. But they seem to be continuation of each other. Its worth keeping them together and enjoy the influence they might create in the life.

Quote: Marty Indik

Confusion is always the most honest response: Marty Indik

Rightfully So ...Rightfully So...