tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post112318568917309649..comments2024-03-24T15:11:59.233+05:30Comments on A simple desultory Philippic: On the outside, looking in ...J. Alfred Prufrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123662967610757782005-08-10T14:06:00.000+05:302005-08-10T14:06:00.000+05:30so we have to hear baout the mysterious 1999 incid...so we have to hear baout the mysterious 1999 incident now....thik hai, sir?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123606843498407582005-08-09T22:30:00.000+05:302005-08-09T22:30:00.000+05:30no wait... you posted on friday. so you couldn't h...no wait... you posted on friday. so you couldn't have been there on friday. then i wasn't there.<BR/>lol!Teleutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00583628336404295422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123606743498385352005-08-09T22:29:00.000+05:302005-08-09T22:29:00.000+05:30sheesha bar on friday? i was there :Dsheesha bar on friday? i was there :DTeleutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00583628336404295422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123369779471223762005-08-07T04:39:00.000+05:302005-08-07T04:39:00.000+05:30Uh-huh...I was being sarcastic-funny, JAPda. John ...Uh-huh...I was being sarcastic-funny, JAPda. John Cage's (in)famous 4:33 is 4 minutes 33 seconds of silence and is followed by the conductor turning over the page. You can download it off thin air, if you wanted to :) And yes, we do want to know about your last fight in public.<BR/><BR/>krishnakmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123349641451244602005-08-06T23:04:00.000+05:302005-08-06T23:04:00.000+05:30Krishna, shall try to get it off Win MX. But pleas...Krishna, shall try to get it off Win MX. But please - I am NOT a <I>babu</I>. (May Macaulay rot in a dry place with not a drop of Guiness for his raging thirst!)<BR/><BR/>Fingeek, some day I shall tell you about that. The sad part is that after about two good punches, I start feeling sorry for the other guy.<BR/><BR/>Falstaff, nothing is a waste of time if you make money out of it.<BR/><BR/>J.A.P.J. Alfred Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123341739081994802005-08-06T20:52:00.000+05:302005-08-06T20:52:00.000+05:30HWSNBF: Yes, but at least they're cause for sound ...HWSNBF: Yes, but at least they're cause for sound and fury. <BR/><BR/>And they do signify something - the stuff that we do PhDs in may be pointless, but it's LEGITIMATELY pointless. It's the (critical) difference between something being a complete waste of time and something being a waste of time you get paid a stipend for.Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791162324919462038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123307182798825822005-08-06T11:16:00.000+05:302005-08-06T11:16:00.000+05:30falstaff: you, of all people, should know that PhD...falstaff: you, of all people, should know that PhD's don't signify anything :)<BR/><BR/>JAP: "no fight in a public place since 1999". i am impressed. (that you actually fought in a public place in 1999)Heh Hehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221367276532123230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123268106666224842005-08-06T00:25:00.000+05:302005-08-06T00:25:00.000+05:30JAPbabu, try air-whatevering to John Cage's 4:33. ...JAPbabu, try air-whatevering to John Cage's 4:33. It is a most sublime experience, and is the only possible answer to the zen koan of one hand clapping.<BR/><BR/>krishnakmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123261543698150532005-08-05T22:35:00.000+05:302005-08-05T22:35:00.000+05:30Priya, it was tolerable because it had been taken ...Priya, it was tolerable because it had been taken over for a corp party. Some nouveau, few riche.<BR/><BR/>Jay, not only air-drums but also (Bollywood-ishtyle) air-sax. (Sometimes, in Bollywood style, air-sex?)<BR/><BR/>Blah-nik, Srin, for a clearer idea you should check the graphic for the feed on GreatBong's page.<BR/><BR/>Falstaff, when you have time off from your real-estate-psychometry, try air guitaring to "After Midnight".<BR/><BR/>Spliff, EVERYbody knows how to play air-guitar. Now air-double-bass, I can teach.<BR/><BR/>J.A.P.J. Alfred Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123256581021799162005-08-05T21:13:00.000+05:302005-08-05T21:13:00.000+05:30it must be as kosher as milk and lamb in one go, b...it must be as kosher as milk and lamb in one go, but you sound like your rockin it... nice!! Q: Is actually knowing how to play the darn thing a prerequisite to <BR/>air guitar play, or do i go back to guitar tags and then pull out my invisible harpie. :)0https://www.blogger.com/profile/09878039128854732932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123255965796096092005-08-05T21:02:00.001+05:302005-08-05T21:02:00.001+05:30Nice. Though maybe you should wear the bottoms of ...Nice. <BR/><BR/>Though maybe you should wear the bottoms of your trousers rolled.<BR/><BR/>And please, the true test of the air guitarist is that magnetic opening of 'Money for nothing'.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and for people who are horrified by air guitars, check out:<BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4737829.stm<BR/><BR/>If people will do PhDs in it, it must be kosher.Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791162324919462038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123255961610893302005-08-05T21:02:00.000+05:302005-08-05T21:02:00.000+05:30Hahaha...tun tun doing the air guitar.ROFL.Hahaha...tun tun doing the air guitar.ROFL.La Figlia Che Piangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054189552538980599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123240635159729512005-08-05T16:47:00.000+05:302005-08-05T16:47:00.000+05:30tun tun doing air guitar is an image that refuses ...tun tun doing air guitar is an image that refuses to leave my brain. THANKSThe ramblings of a shoe fiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193183543700543479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123238371812028932005-08-05T16:09:00.000+05:302005-08-05T16:09:00.000+05:30I can't believe you did the air guitar. I am horri...I can't believe you did the air guitar. I am <I>horrified</I>. Do you also do -shudder- air drums?Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299949444657013533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123237056899809812005-08-05T15:47:00.000+05:302005-08-05T15:47:00.000+05:30Just dropped by again, to tell u chech this out. h...Just dropped by again, to tell u chech this out. http://youthcurry.blogspot.comPriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914154556408007204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123233596093425472005-08-05T14:49:00.000+05:302005-08-05T14:49:00.000+05:30Nice post as usual. Hmmm Sheesha Bar...fond memori...Nice post as usual. Hmmm Sheesha Bar...fond memories...Tho' I don't remember listening to such evolved music as Knopfler and Floyd. Thought the place ran more for its hookah, kababs and as a watering hole for the nouveau riche.Priyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914154556408007204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123223399170584912005-08-05T11:59:00.000+05:302005-08-05T11:59:00.000+05:30Parna, Hip Pocket are good, but I prefer to sit in...Parna, Hip Pocket are good, but I prefer to sit in my study with a few good friends. That way, no issues about accepting requests.<BR/><BR/>M, I don't fret about going old. I muse.<BR/><BR/>Krishna, another "rum-bhakt"? And half-mumble half-whisper is so right, but he takes me back to Mussoorie in 1989 and I actually feel young again, not old.<BR/><BR/>Quizman, that was the controversy over Gulzar's Filmfare award for <I>Dil dhoondta hai</I>. The first two lines are the same, there's a couple more borrowed phrases, but it was Sampuran Saab who came up with <I>Jaarhon ki naram dhoop aur aangan mein let kar</I> and the stream of memory that follows. (One of the few songs about which I don't half-suspect that Kishore would have sung it better; Bhupinder's voice is like Talisker on a stormy night!)<BR/><BR/>J.A.P.J. Alfred Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123194835265829242005-08-05T04:03:00.000+05:302005-08-05T04:03:00.000+05:30Excellent post. Loved it. Prufock sagely observed ...Excellent post. Loved it. <BR/><BR/>Prufock sagely observed that "I reminded him that Messrs. Sampuran Singh and Madan Mohan had set nostalgia to music far more concisely in Dil dhoondta hai, " and then an ancient sepoy pointed out that it should read <A HREF="http://www.urdupoetry.com/ghalib43.html" REL="nofollow">"a century ago"</A> by Asad chacha. See the last but one shair. <BR/><BR/>But then Asad chacha has also <A HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ghalib/066/66_09.html?unicode" REL="nofollow">written</A>:<I><BR/><BR/>गुज़री न ब हर हाल यह मुददत ख़वुश-ओ-ना-ख़वुश<BR/>करना था जवां-मरग गुज़ारा कोई दिन और<BR/><BR/>Didn't this time-interval pass in any case, happily and unhappily?<BR/>you who died young should have {gotten through / passed} a few days more</I>Quizmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954917456386552531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123191484596961482005-08-05T03:08:00.000+05:302005-08-05T03:08:00.000+05:30The "white-man's overbite" is one for keeps, JAP. ...The "white-man's overbite" is one for keeps, JAP. <BR/><BR/>I knew I had aged - perhaps too much - when I found myself agreeing whole-heartedly with Mr. Knopfler and his half-mumbled, half-whispered "It takes love over gold, and mind over matter..." Or maybe it was the cheap rum.<BR/><BR/>Krishnakmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-1123190198248913512005-08-05T02:46:00.000+05:302005-08-05T02:46:00.000+05:30growing old (er) is sometimes considered as turnin...growing old (er) is sometimes considered as turning mature, like wine. I wouldn't fret too much, even if the Sean Connery look evades and Tun Tun prevails. What the hell I know people to be crazy about Tun Tun too!<BR/>Thanks for stopping by...M (tread softly upon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17663502888158468025noreply@blogger.com