YES!!!! The Force has just grown stronger with George Lucas!!!!

Just when I thought that 'Revenge of the Sith' was going to be my only Star Wars 1st-day 1st-show movie,George Lucas has lived up to his statement of Star Wars never dying!!!!!!!! August this year will see 'Star Wars:The Clone Wars' , the animated movie based on the clone wars!!!!!!Again,Lucas' production team has ensured that 'ground-breaking' continues to be synonymous with Star Wars.And this time its with animation.Don't get put-off by the slightly comical look to Yoda and co, just LOOK at the lighting,texturing and overall detailing man!!!!!!!!

Anakin Skywalker has an apprentice in this movie by the name of Ahsoka Taanu(whats with George and all the Indian inspiration for names? Depa Billaba, Yoda and now Ahsoka).Interestingly ,Ahsoka is a FEMALE Togruta(the same species as Jedi 'Mistress' Shaak Ti...another 'Indian' in the Star Wars galaxy).

All right, I'll shut up already and leave you guys to check it for yourself (if anyone has dared to set foot on this desolate web space in the 1st place):

http://www.starwars.com/video/view/623.html

Enjoy Star Wars fans.May the Force be with you,always.

For those of you who DON'T like Star Wars: "You underestimate the power of the dark side".

Anterior & Detonation live at NSIT,Eastwind

Ever since Iron Maiden performed at Bangalore last year,India has officially become recognized as a nation with great potential for metal.After them we have had Sepultura as well as another appearance by Maiden and later this March,Megadeth and Machine Head will also perform.But people were then scared that it would be just bands that are seasoned and have more than 10 years experience making their presence felt,and not lesser known bands that could even be bursting with more talent than the likes of Machine Head and Sepultura.But all that fear can easily be flushed down the toilet now that Anterior from Wales(UK) and Detonation from The Netherlands have made a mark as difficult to erase as that on a branded cow.Impeccable songwriting,crafty solos and great stage presence have now had hundreds of metal fans wanting to hear more and more from them.I'm one of them.

Though I had heard Detonation before they came,I had never cared to hear more by them.Now I realize what a mistake that was.Their music can be described as a bit of an extreme form of Melodic-death Metal(Check out the radio on my page,maybe you end up hearing them).Their knowledge of time signatures is amazing,and they have an amazing lead guitarist who could easily be classified as above average(what with all the sweep-tapping and shredding he can do).They are pretty adept at jumping moods in their music.Their bass player is the only OTHER bass player I have heard of who plays a 6-string bass(the other is John Myung of Dream Theater of course).AND he plays it well.I had the good fortune of talking to him(pretty chilled out and friendly guy).Overall,great band!!!!Would love to see them play live again.

Hmmmm.Anterior.Sorry,wrong reaction.......ANTERIOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Amazing band!!!!!A crafty fusion of melodic-death metal and metalcore, they create an aura of total brotherhood with their music and stage presence.Epic rhythms,fast-as-hell drumming,a thundering bass foundation and cathartic vocals,Anterior is every mosher's dream(not mine though.I don't like moshing).They combine solos played with finesse and classic metalcore breakdowns without overdoing either.Great guys to know as well.I spoke with the drummer and bass player.Thats the best thing about metal artistes.They don't have this "I am legend" aura around them.They know that while they make great music when they are on stage and in the studio,outside of those 2 environments,they are just one of us.They don't have their noses high in the air and max-security around them,and basically an overall '' i am out of bounds to you,commoner" vibe to them.


Even though Anterior are relatively much newer than Detonation,I preferred them to the latter.Still,I'm glad I could see both of them live and hang out with them as well.Hopefully,I get to meet Children of Bodom and Mercenary in the same way as well.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH THEM.

The Times of India's competence with abbreviations

If I was working with TOI,I would have written Toi instead.Seriously,don't tell me no one has noticed this. Every time there is an abbreviation in their report,they always end up capitalizing just the 1st letter.Ever known anybody who works at Unicef or Unesco?Or maybe you've heard how those 6 Lashkar terrorists were planning to blow up the Sensex and the Isro? I mean how difficult is it to just NOT PRESS THAT CAPS LOCK KEY AGAIN!!!!!!!!!??!!?One would think that they get a raise in salary for each time they press the caps lock key.

'Socialising'

As Dr Bhataudekar says:'Man eez also A social enimal'.We all find the need for company. Someone to talk all those random thoughts in your head to. All those things that your family would dismiss as 'pointless'. Yeah,friends basically. And we keep making new ones. Friends are supposed to be those with whom you can be yourself. But is that the only time we can be ourselves? Why do I get the feeling that thats the case with most people in this world.

When we are at a social gathering,we inevitably end up meeting new people. But why is it that we have to pretend to be someone else?The same kind of personality EVERYONE else chooses to be?Why do we all greet that new person in the same way?Pretend to like all those same things that the world likes?Pretend to be polite when you may not really be?And,possibly the most potent, pretend to have a good sense of humour? And when somebody with a different approach,different tastes, different mindset, DOES come by, why is he touted as WEIRD?

Hmmmm. Do we then start showing our true colours when we get on more familiar terms with that someone new?Colours that may seem a bit TOO bright or dull?Why can't we just BE and not PRETEND?