Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

Bob Dylan turns 67 on May 2008, and Lou Majaw from Shillong, has been celebrating Dylan’s birthday for the past 37 years. Catch The New York Times coverage of the man, the land and the music.

…he laughed aloud at how Mr. Dylan might react to the news. “Who this Lou Majaw is? What’s wrong with him? He doesn’t have better things to do in life than celebrate my birthday?”

An Outpost of Rock - narrative audio-visual photo story supporting the article. Photos & audio recording by Ruth Fremson from The New York Times and narrated by Prabhat Sawyan, prominent industrialist and architect of the Ri Kynjai resort.

“God has given us a special gift — the gift of singing” - Rev. J. Fortis Jyrwa of the Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Assembly

Photo: Arvind Shenoy

This Sunday Jam, we decided to go ahead without the rhythm guitar, my cousin Bankim. My second outing with Heavy Water, we covered Judas Priest’s ‘Living After Midnight’, Led Zep’s ‘Immigrant Song’ and the classic Quiet Riot’s ‘Come on feel the noise’. I guess we pulled it off pretty fine, though it sometime sounded little empty without the 2nd guitar. But Meg’s amazing filler riffs was cool to make it sound full. Bolin, on drums, was amazing especially on Immigrant song. Anyway, Bankim, you’re missed. Hope to rock again once you back from the US.

And thanks Arvind Shenoy for all the beautiful photos.

Camcorder video from the gig, covering Led Zep ‘Immigrant Song’:

Coldplay is giving away their new single “Violet Hill”. It’ll be available for free donwload for one week effective today, Tuesday 29 April 2008, 12:15pm UK time.

Back from the Sunday Jam, 11pm on the clock, what better than to unwind with friends & beer. Watch this space for the video. Catch the Sunday Jam Orkut Community for discussion & audience review. I feel we did a decent job on Led Zep’s Stairway to Heaven. We nailed Deep Purple’s Wasted Sunset but I guess Stairway took all the limelight :)

Of some of the freebies music albums out recently. I quite like Radiohead Inrainbows. Yorke described the album as Radiohead’s attempt to “describe…as coherently and conclusively as possible, what moves us. In Rainbows is…our classic album – our Transformer, our Revolver, our Hunky Dory”

Sonic Flare playing at Tavern, Church Street, Blore - 13 Sept & 11 Oct 2007
Info & audio sample of the band, pls visit - http://www.sonicflare.in/

My last performance was at Melbourne with my colleagues. I’m really looking forward to this gig. If you guys around in Bangalore. Catch you around. A good break from normal office routine.

And don’t forget to visit our band site and drop a few line ;)

Our band Sonic Flare performing live one of our original “Still”. I wrote the lyrics based on a riff composed by Neeraj.