Posts tagged ‘Bangalore’

So the “news” finally appeared in all the local news papers today. The allegations were approximately as follows – (Please check each newspaper for exact stories)
1. Kannada Prabha – which alleged that there was a “Live Band” playing in there. That was their Headline!
2. Prajavani – The article that mentioned the incident stated that the [...]

So what was the issue again?

December 28th, 2008

Last night, I went out with a bunch of my friends to Fuga for a simple night out. It was infact a very good friend’s bachelorette party and I was among the few guys invited Everything was going as expected until about 9.30 PM when the first batch of cops arrived on the [...]

You don’t work!

December 15th, 2008

I just got into the Bangalore airport and was subject to “random checking”. The security at the airport has increased considerably! there are actual guards with actual guns and its a sure sign of precautions being taken because of the recent attacks!
So coming back to the story, the guard who stopped me, took my ticket [...]

[Update]
The show has been postponed to the 24th of December, 2008.
[End of Update]
After a LONG LONG hiatus, The Raghu Dixit Project is all set to play in Bangalore later this month. We are playing at Opus on the 24th of December 2008. There are other shows that might happen which are not confirmed yet!

I will [...]

Dance to my tunes

August 13th, 2008

Sign the Pledge – http://bengalurubleeding.com/petition/
I have been an amateur musician for about 8 years now and a large part of my education as a musician happened playing in the various venues in and around Bangalore. These were either college fests where my band Phenom competed or pub gigs where we played for measly sums of [...]

I got it from my mamma!

March 8th, 2008

“There was no Bass guitar!!!!” …. that was my first reaction when I walked into the ‘Black Eyed Peas’ concert yesterday. The place was filled with kids 3/4th my age and all of them ready and eager to watch the Peas “rock the party”!
How I got in there is a big round about scam .. [...]

Octoberfest Bangalore

March 8th, 2008

I just got back from the 2007 October fest (thankfully held in October itself this time round) and I must say I am quite happy!
I came back from watching MotherJane taking stage in Bangalore after a long long hiatus! The band seemed to be undergoing the standard ‘Indian Rock Band Mid Life Crisis” where the [...]