Some time back Virgin Digital had launched a campaign "Exercise Your Music Muscle"
The contest ended on 31st Dec 2005.
Basically its an illustration with 74 band names hidden somewhere in it. Some examples are a guy with a sledgehammer smashing pumpkins, or 20 matchboxes on the ground (matchbox 20The official game over at Heavy.com also has a little digital magnifying glass tool to help you out.
LJ blogger shruthi-dipali blogged about it, But ive got the image with the answers :-)
I found the concept rather neat, one brilliant campaign !
See the original high res picture here:
http://virgindigital.com/wallpapers/virgindigital1280x960.jpg
And now the image with answers ...
Cool ! ain't it !!!
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night shots
Night shots are always so intriguing ...
some shots taken with my Nokia 6630 last week :-d
nothing great about them ...but i like it :-)
Best RockToon ever!
This is by far one of the best ive seen !
Thats Dimebag, lead guitarist of my all time favorite band Pantera ( kick ass!)
Great background of their popular song "Cemetary Gates" and of course symbolic to the sad demise of Dimebag Diamond Darell Abbott in Dec 2004.
Its my wallpaper now .
Sadly Pantera split into Damageplan and Superjoint Ritual Damageplan were formed in 2003 by guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and drummer brother Vinnie Paul .
Lead singer Philip Anselmo formed Superjoint Ritual and side project Down.
RIP @ Dimebag ... your music lives ...
I wear the same Converse "Chuck Taylor " All Stars canvas Dimebag wears :-)
For more rock toons visit RockToons
Musicians who wore Converse Chucks include:
-Alien Ant Farm
-Backyard Babies: modified black high-tops
-Blink 182: black low-tops, blue low-tops, also occasionally in One Star sneakers
-Clem Snide/Eef Barzelay
-Creedence Clearwater Revival: cover of "Willie and the Poor Boys"
-Cyndi Lauper: "Time After Time" music video
-Darren Hayes: from Australia
-Faith No More/Mike Bordin: "Ashes to Ashes" music video
-Fiona Apple: "Across the Universe" music video
-Good Charlotte/Benji, Joel: black low-tops, also monochrome black
-Graham Nash: tie-dye Chucks
-Green Day: unique "Green Day" Chucks
-Guided by Voices: "My Valuable Hunting Knife" music video (Stars and Bars)
-Guns 'n Roses: Axl Rose (custom white high-tops)
-Guns 'n Roses: "Slash" (high-tops: black, blue, or occasionally white)
-Incubus/Brandon Boyd: black low-tops
-Kid Rock
-KISS/Ace Frehley
-Korn: historically (their latest tour is being sponsored by Pony -- Chucks are now probably NOT allowed!)
-Less than Jake/Roger
-Lifehouse/Jason Wade
-Los Straitjackets
-Michelle Branch: black low-tops
-Michelle Shocked
-Mudhoney/Mark Arm
-Mudhoney/Steve Turner
-Ned's Atomic Dustbin/Alex Griffin: (light blue high-tops)
-New Found Glory
-Nirvana/Krist Novoselic
-Nirvana/Kurt Cobain (Kurt was a real Converse fan while he was with us and died wearing One Star sneakers)
-Pantera/Dimebag Darrell
-Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder
-Phantom Planet
-Puddle of Mudd
-Queen/Freddie Mercury: Unbleached white high-tops on the cover of "The Great Pretender"
-Rush/Geddy Lee
-Screeching Weasel
-Simple Plan
-Snoop Dawg: blue
-The Ataris
-The Beatles/George Harrison
-The Cure
-The Get Up Kids
-The Mr. T Experience
-The Offspring
-The Ramones
-The Strokes: "all different colors, high-tops and low-tops"
-Bruce Springsteen
-The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: plaids
-They Might Be Giants: on stage; also the "Birdhouse In Your Soul" music video
-Eddie Van Halen: red high-tops
-Weezer
-"Weird Al" Yankovic: "I Love Rocky Road" music video
Mumbai Rocks!
...and how
...and i miss it :-(
With a string of music concerts all lined up ... im stuck in Pune :-(
If anyone mutters that any other city rocks more im gonna kick his/her ***
I can only make it for Republic Rock on Saturday 28th Jan 06 .... Alms for Shanti is playin !!! friggin awesome
damn .. i should move back to where i belong ... im feeling so left out !
VH1 JAZZ MASTERS - MUMBAI - 25/01/06
Date: 25th January 2006
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Gateway of India, Mumbai
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR - MUMBAI - 25/01/06
Date: 25th January 2006
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Tata Theatre, NCPA, Mumbai
METAL MESSIAH - MUMBAI - 25/01/06
Expect some old school rock covers of Guns N' Roses, Metallica, U2, Pearl Jam, Cranberries, and more.. providing you the widest range of flavor!
Venue: Not Just Jazz By The Bay, Churchgate
Time: 9PM
INDIAN OCEAN - MUMBAI - 26/01/06
Venue: Bandra Reclamation Gr. No. 1, Bandra (W)
Time: 8 PM
SILENT LUCIDITY - MUMBAI - 26/01/06
Expect some originals with a few Pearl Jam, U2, Creed and RHCP covers thrown in.
Venue: Not Just Jazz By The Bay, Churchgate
Time: 9PM
UK Percussionist - SRIKANTH SRIRAM - LIVE AT BRITISH COUNCIL - MUMBAI - 27/01/06
Date: 27th January 2006
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: British Council Auditorium (British Council, C Wing, 2nd Floor, Mittal Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021)
HAMMER - RIZVI COLLEGE - MUMBAI - 27-28/01/06
HAMMER is one of the highlights of the festival Just|Ice at Rizvi Law College. The competition will be held on 28th Jan, with eliminations on the 27th. So far the bands that have confirmed participation are:
Amidst The Chaos
Silent Lucidity
Resonance
Black
Metal Messiah
Spitfire
Eggless Lovecake
OSD
Date:
Eliminations: 27th January 2006 (5 PM)
Finals: 28th January 2006
Venue: Auditorium of Rizvi Law College
REPUBLIC ROCK - MUMBAI - 28/01/06
Bands: ZERO, PRESTORIKA, HELGA'S FUN CASTLE, ALMS FOR SHANTI
Date: 28th January 2006
Time: 6 PM
Venue: Khar Gymkhana, Khar
TARASH 2006 - MUMBAI - 29/01/06
Bands Competing:
Bitchslap
Skincold
Metal Messiah
Infernal wrath
Avengers
Eggless Lovecake
Headlining Band: Bhayanak Maut
Date: 29th January 2006
Venue: Late Bhausaheb Hiray S.S. Trust College
(S.N.341, Next to New English School, Govt. Colony, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 051)
JETHRO TULL and Alms For Shanti LIVE IN INDIA - MUMBAI - 31/01/06 & 01/02/06
A Free AQUALUNG - LIVE CD given to all those who purchase tickets for the Mumbai show. This CD is not available in stores.
Alms for Shanti (ex-members of Indus Creed) will be opening for Tull. The 2 bands will also have a 20-min jam at the end of their set. www.almsforshanti.com
Date:31st January / 1st February 2006 - Mumbai
Venue: Shanmukhananda Hall
VAYU / WITH RAVI IYER SOLO ALBUM LAUNCH - LIVE AT FURTADOS - MUMBAI - 03/02/06
ROCKTAVARIUM - NIFT - MUMBAI - 03/02/06
METAL WRATH - MUMBAI - 04/02/06
Bands Competing:
Zephyr
Amidst The Chaos
Aftertaste
Nemesis
Skincold
Revolution
Redemption
Frozen Abyss
Sounds Of Silence
Headlining Band: Something Relevant
Date: 4th February 2006
Time: Soundcheck: 1pm-3pm, Competition: 4pm onwards
Venue: DY Patil, Nerul
BRYAN ADAMS LIVE IN INDIA - MUMBAI - 04/02/06
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER - MUMBAI - 05/02/06
ZERO - MUMBAI - 08/02/06
Part of the Kala Ghoda Festival
Date: 8th February 2006
Venue: Azad Maidan, Mumbai
ZERO, PDV, XENON - MUMBAI - 09/02/06
Date: 9th February 2006
Venue: St Francis Institute of Technology, Borivali, Mumbai
ROCK BANDS COMPETITION - VARTAK COLLEGE, VASAI - MUMBAI - 10/02/06
ONE TREE MUSIC FESTIVAL - MUMBAI - 10-12/02/06
February 10:
Uriah Heep & Indus Creed (who disbanded 10 years ago, will be re-uniting with the original line-up for this gig).
February 11:
Kool & The Gang; and Earth, Wind, & Fire Experience feat. Al Mckay All Stars
February 12:
Walter Trout & The Radicals, The Original Blues Brothers Band
Venue: MMRDA, Bandra-Kurla Complex
Time: 7PM-10PM
LEVI'S GREAT INDIAN ROCK X - MUMBAI - 25/02/06
The only thing which makes me happy is that BHAYANAK MAUT WINS IIT MUMBAI LIVEWIRE 2005 yaay ! my fav mumbai band !
Best Band - Bhayanak Maut
Best Vocalist - Sohail, Skincold
Best Guitarist - Ashish, Access Denied
Best Bassist - Vinit, Bhayanak Maut
Best Drummer - Rahul, Bhayanak Maut
If your not the one ...
There was a time when i could relate to every word of this song ...
Not any more ... its out of my playlist from now on ... was a beautiful song to hear, it gived me hope ...
If Your Not The One - Daniel Bedingfield
If youre not the one then why does my soul feel glad today?
If youre not the one then why does my hand fit yours this way?
If you are not mine then why does your heart return my call
If you are not mine would I have the strength to stand at all
I never know what the future brings
But I know you are here with me now
Well make it through
And I hope you are the one I share my life with
I dont want to run away but I cant take it, I dont understand
If Im not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am?
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?
If I dont need you then why am I crying on my bed?
If I dont need you then why does your name resound in my head?
If youre not for me then why does this distance maim my life?
If youre not for me then why do I dream of you as my wife?
I dont know why youre so far away
But I know that this much is true
Well make it through
And I hope you are the one I share my life with
And I wish that you could be the one I die with
And I pray in youre the one I build my home with
I hope I love you all my life
I dont want to run away but I cant take it, I dont understand
If Im not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?
cause I miss you, body and soul so strong that it takes my breath away
And I breathe you into my heart and pray for the strength to stand today
cause I love you, whether its wrong or right
And though I cant be with you tonight
And know my heart is by your side
I dont want to run away but I cant take it, I dont understand
If Im not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?
This blog is getting way too personal .... it will be "friends only " soon ...
Last Weekend @ Beijing
The last weekend (14th,15th Jan) in Beijing was the besssssssst
Went shopping with "Harvey" and "Maggi"
Maggi works in PR for Intel, i have never seen an awesome bargainer like her ever !
Thankfully her english was good since she had worked for 2 years in Singapore, i could finally have a decent conversation in English!
She saved me sooooo much money :-)
First stop was Zhong Guan Cun (often "Zhongguancun") known as the Silicon Valley of China.
Our office is close to this place.
Shopped for some electronics here , it has huge elecronic malls .
Next we headed straight to the Xiu Shui Market also popularly known as the "Silk Street"
Its a tourist paradise,very good quality "export" goods here .
Shopped and bargained like crazy!
After having spicy ( hottttt) dinner at a Sichuan Chinese Restaurant (Sichuan is China's spiciest province :-) ), I decided to treat "Harvey" and "Maggi" at the Hard Rock Cafe especially since she was such a sweetheart and had saved me a lot of moolah :-d and also because both of them were rockers !
So we headed to the Hard Rock Cafe .
It was a relief to see 90% foreigners in the Hard Rock Cafe .:-)
I immediately liked the place ...the ambience ... got a hard rock tee from the Rock Shop there.
Some Filipino band was playin there ... all english songs but the music was kinda poppish for my taste ... but since i was seated just next to the stage ,i was concentrating on the guitarist :-d
Here's the guitarist giving a super pose for me :-d
It was fun :-)
On Sunday "Jane" took me out to the Tiananmen Square
The square is 880 metres south to north and 500 metres east to west, making it the largest open-urban square in the world.
It is very symbolic for China , known for the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Student protestors claim that over 7,000 were killed during that protests in 1989 .
Thats me at the square , behind me is the Great Hall of the People, seen on Chinese currency ,Renminbi notes.
We also visited the Forbidden City, close to the square.
Went to the local market , the chinese eat scorpions and sea horses too , they claim it makes a man stronger :-P
and those were alive!
It finally snowed all day today.
It was beautiful :-) , i even ate some .
some authentic chinese food ...
It only gets better ...
I thought saturday was the best , but sunday was better :-d
At 8.30 in the morning "Miles" picked me up from the hotel to go to the Great Wall Of China.
It was freezing up there .
The Chinese have a saying "bú dào Chángchéng f¨¥i h¨£o h¨¤n"
roughly meaning "You're not a real man if you haven't climbed the Great Wall"
I am and I'm certified :-d
The view on the other side of the wall was beautiful
I also visited the Mings Tombs nearby.
At night the some colleagues took us out for some "relaxation".
Little did i know that we were going to a massage place :-d
Some place called "Tong Li " a 6 storey building, supposedly THE place in Beijing and expensive.
Its got jacuzzi,sauna,all kinds of massages, a pub , KTV ( karoke bar),a pub , restaurants, swimming pool , and ahem "other services"
Inside we were led to these lockers for guys where i was told to take off my clothes ! lol
I looked around and i saw nude ppl walking around .... i have never been to such open jacuzzi's before :-d
Maybe the eragataur ( local chinese alcohol ) i had earlier made me shed any inhibitions I had lol
That alcohol had 60% content ...unbelievably strong !
Its difficult to make conversation with naked people and they actually starting talking business in the jacuzzi lol
What a major turn off !
Then we were given some gowns and led to a Buffet .
After dinner was massage time :-d
It was crazier ... foot massage, leg massage , back massage by 3 girls lol
My colleague translated to me "the girls find you handsome ,you indian ,you have big eyes"
wow... at least someone thought i was handsome,even if it was business as usual for them ! lol
strange but even the taxi driver who took us to the great wall said the same thing ..hmmm interesting.
After 2 hours or so my colleague translated "She is asking if you need any other services"
lol i know what that meant ..its common in Bejing i heard .
Anyways i just said " i want to go back and sleep alone " lol
Jokes apart , the massage really relaxed me:-)
But i so want to forget the jacuzzi scene ..its still haunting me,never seen so many dicks in my life ... literally
Beijing update !
Today i spent one of my best days here till now.
Had to go to office today (a saturday! ) for some urgent and was bored coz i wanted to do some shopping on the weekend.
But im glad i went because i got introduced to a developer there called "Harvey" who is a guitarist !
Its true they say ...Music has no barriers ..we bonded instantly :-)
Though he could'nt understand most of my english and vice versa but we still understood.
He asked : you listen "Steve Vai"
I said : ya ! you "Joe Satriani " ( my grammar has gone for a toss here lol)
Well after that we just talked and talked about music ... Chinese ,Indian,Metal,Rock ,Blues, guitars, drums ,instruments ...
Then i made him listen to "Bhaynak Maut" :-d he totally freaked out !
He just said "Very Heavy" lol
He just loved Indian Ocean and Alms for Shanti.
So we decided to go shopping together for some music and a distortion pedal for myself!
He took me to this amazing guitar shop in a basement downtown ...ive never seen so many guitars and instruments in one place!
Thats Harvey gleaming with the guitars
Then we went to this music store and i got music video DVD's ,well since it was so bloody cheap .. 7 yuan for each i.e just @ 40 INR !!!
I got 20 :-d
Had a early chinese dinner at 5.30 pm !
Hey i can eat with chopsticks too,most restuarants out there dont have forks :-d
Tomorrow another office colleague " Miles " is taking me to the Great Wall .yaay!!
p.s: i just love dumplings , chinese have em for breakfast ...lucky guys!
The Great Wall beckons ...
After a rockin New Years celebrated in Mahableshwar with friends, Im in Beijing (China) now.
Reason?
Worksoft wins TIBCO China Development Center contract
I immediately liked the place the moment i landed.
Its just like Bombay , the crowd ... the buzz but its better much much better in everyway.
Just back from a total chinese dinner with 2 VP's of Worksoft ,eating unmentionable items :-) ,heck its China and I want to try out everything !.
The vice president did ask me if i was anyway related to PETA before ordering dinner lol
Had a hilarious time in a chinese shop where i went to buy a calling card , since they did not understand english i tried my best using sign language ... finally the girl got me a face cream :-d
Im put up in the Tian Hong Plaza Hotel
Its nice with nicer broadband in every room.
It snowed a little when i was coming back from dinner ... lil snow flakes that just melt on your skin , loved it !
I waited outside the hotel for 10 mins till i went numb in all the possible places :-).
I hope to see more snow ,finally a wish will be partially complete, i wanted to see snow with someone special ... i dont mind it alone now :-)
The first day was fun .. i suspect im going to have a ball for the 2 weeks Im here :-)
The Great Wall Of China is just a 2 hour drive from here !
