Never bothered...

..to listen to Coldplay and Maroon 5, until now that is. Love the sound.

Like Maroon 5 a little bit more though. Coldplay sounds too much like U2 at their melodic best (e.g. Angel of Harlem) - in terms of vocals, lead guitar, drums and overall song structure.

Benefits of a vacation, slow internet and being forced to listen to the hard disk music collection.

2 weeks off

In Chennai, away from the warkpalce for doo weaks. Wayy too much Counterstrike. I mentally note down vantage points as I walk down a street, and stay away from open places.

Saarang. Shobana in a creative rendition of the Ramayana entitled Maya Ravana. Opeth, the Swedish death metal band rocked us into Republic Day. A good way to save costs in this tight economy would be to purchase a pig, tie to a board, stick in front of a mike, and then torture assortedly, to obtain the music generated by the aforementioned human forms.

Knock knock who is there?
Me.
You who?
DMV the Death Metal Virtuoso.
Who?
Bahhhrrgggwwwwaaarrgghhhhharrghhhhaarr
Ahh, DMV. Do come in.
Thanks.

American Dad

Has anyone seen that show? Seth McFarlane has it nailed down. The main protagonist Stan Smith is the extreme right wing alter-ego of Peter Griffin in Family Guy. Many of the characters are also similarly set up - hyper dad, relatively passive and sane wife, talking animals and 2 kids (one guy one girl). All in all, they form a vehicle for some extremely witty social commentary.

Guess the book!

Nous acheterons de bien belles choses
En nous promenant le long des faubourgs

Les bleuets sont bleus, les roses sont roses,
Les bleuets sont bleus, j'aime mes amours.

We'll buy some lovely things
Walking down the avenue.

Violets are blue, and roses are red,
Violets are blue, and my love is true.

Hint : Eugene Delacroix meets Liberty in a book.