tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257299962011-04-21T14:39:55.159-07:00duendenoreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144607030321211232006-04-09T11:21:00.000-07:002006-04-09T11:23:50.323-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/veenalionhead.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/veenalionhead.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />on a balmy night we tucked in with the mosquitoes into firefly's ashram, cow's paradise off kanakpura road. nothing overly dramatic happened. (the last time around at the jhatre a scorpion made an appearance and a lot of brouhaha ensued). memorable all the same. look forward to another year now.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460703032121123?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144606832054928952006-04-09T11:18:00.000-07:002006-04-09T11:20:32.056-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/bigband2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/bigband2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />uncle satchmo in a red hawaii shirt with bausch & laumb for a crown. what a wunnerful world.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460683205492895?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144606537341788562006-04-09T11:14:00.000-07:002006-04-09T11:15:37.343-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/bigband1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/bigband1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />this man is bonafide legend. only, i'm a little bad with horn blowers' names as a rule. could barely stand, see and i suspect hear also. but blew the sax like a dream. sax only.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460653734178856?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144606391262615342006-04-09T11:11:00.000-07:002006-04-09T11:13:11.263-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/oikyotaan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/oikyotaan.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />when in danger or in doubt, run in circles scream and shout. this chap made all of that look awfully good.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460639126261534?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144606244787305192006-04-09T11:09:00.000-07:002006-04-09T11:10:44.786-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/veenanavale1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/veenanavale1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />esperanto were surprisingly impressive. robin, why do i get the feeling my computer is burning?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460624478730519?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144606101889344092006-04-09T11:06:00.000-07:002006-04-09T11:17:18.886-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/kartik_baul_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/kartik_baul_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />karthik das baul was a show stealer alright. samurai jack from shonar bangla in a patchwork quilt kimono. we'll let that one pass. ki?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460610188934409?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144605913304185712006-04-09T11:03:00.001-07:002006-04-09T11:05:13.306-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/oikyotaan3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/oikyotaan3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />oikyotaan got everything right for most part. for one fleeting moment i came close to forgiving em bongs.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460591330418571?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144605718713265222006-04-09T10:58:00.000-07:002006-04-09T11:01:58.713-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/kartik_baul_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/kartik_baul_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />strange hairdo. strange outfit. strange intense look. strange calm. oh gawd! i went a little happy on the shutter.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460571871326522?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144605378711123932006-04-09T10:53:00.000-07:002006-04-09T10:56:18.713-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/kartik_baul_plec.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/kartik_baul_plec.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />baul's have strange points to make (about being unable to perform namaaz from the toilet according to one version). and stranger ways of making them.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460537871112393?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144605167058351412006-04-09T10:49:00.000-07:002006-04-09T10:58:14.710-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/bassie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/bassie.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />the israelis are everywhere. a far flung friend recently walked up to a bunch and asked them to return to their promised land. you can empathize with the chap. this particular specimen now twiddles at a bass guitar with esperanto. or has he been there forever?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460516705835141?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144604960922083142006-04-09T10:46:00.000-07:002006-04-09T10:49:20.923-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/oikyotaan2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/oikyotaan2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />i think it's called a kamuk. not certain at all. two strings pulled taut in a drum. and the baul goes at it with a strange leaf shaped plastic plectrum.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460496092208314?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25729996.post-1144604649509785182006-04-09T10:40:00.000-07:002006-04-09T10:44:09.516-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/1600/qawwali.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7319/2302/320/qawwali.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />they seated themselves, two mute assistants, smelly feet, funny gadgets et al. and it was 'bombs away' as they let loose every overkilled qawwali piece on the planet.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25729996-114460464950978518?l=bhoomijhatre.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>duendenoreply@blogger.com0