Wow flickr widget

क्या आइटम है भीडू !!

I came across this cool widget which literally makes your flickr photostream images fly out.
Check it out, (try doing a mouse over... awsome!)!

There are more cool widget here which I'm still exploring.
Get your custom flickr widget here.

Ek baar muskura do

Song for myself and for everybody else who get the blues.
This is one real gem from Md. Rafi/O. P. Naiyaar which somehow didn't get the love and respect it deserves.

नफ़रत से जिन्हें तुम देखते हो ,
तुम मारते हो जिनको ठोकर ,
क्या उनपे गुज़रती है देखो,
इक बार कभी घायल होकर

ज़माने की आंखों ने देखा है यारों , सदा अपनी दुनिया में ऐसा नज़ारा, कभी उनको फूलों से पूजा है सब ने, कभी जिनको लोगों ने पत्थर से मारा ज़माने की आंखों ने देखा है यारों

पिसे न जहाँ तक, पत्थर पे मेंहदी,
किसी भी तरह रंग, लाती नहीं है,
हजारों जगह ठोकरे खा ने ले जब,
कोई ज़िन्दगी मुस्कुराती नहीं है,

बिना ख़ुद मरे, किसको जन्नत मिली है,
बिना दुःख सहे किसने, जीवन सवार
ज़माने की आंखों ने देखा है यारों

भावर से जो घबराके पीछे हटें हैं,
डुबोदी है मौजों ने, उनकी ही नैय्या ,
जो तूफ़ान से टकरा के आगे बड़े हैं,
बिना कोई मांझी, बिना ही खिवैया

कभी न कभी तो, कहीं ना कहीं पर
हमेशा ही उनको, मिला है किनारा
ज़माने की आंखों ने देखा है यारों

यहाँ आदमी को सबक दोस्ती का,
सिखाते हुए जो, लहू में नहाया,
मसीहा बना और गाँधी बना वो,
हजारों दिलों में, यहाँ घर बनाया,

उन्ही की बनी है, यहाँ यादगारें,
उन्ही के जहाँ में, चम्पका सितारा
ज़माने की आंखों ने देखा है यारों


Happy Weekend!!

CV Tagcloud

While looking for new data visualization tools on internet, I came across wordle which essentially is an online tag cloud creator.
Using wordle one can create tagclouds from any blog, web site or any chunk of text supplied by user.
Moreover, it is possible to fine tune the way tag cloud is displayed using various options like:

• Tag orientations.
• Tag Fonts.
• Color schemes
• Number of tags etc.

To see it action, I created a tag cloud based on my current Resume. Wordle generated tag cloud from this, shown below:

I think it's pretty cool application and is quite usefule with Tag Clouds gaining more and more popularity as an alternate way to quickly visualize information loaded in large chunks of texts.
I wish it offered a tighter control over the tags words which appear in the clouds. This way more the conveyed information can be more precise and relevant.



I think it's

Keep talking

For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals

Then something happenend which unleashed the power of our imagination

We learned to talk

There's a silence surrounding me

I can't seem to think straight

I'll sit in the corner

No one can bother me

I think I should speak now ___________ Why won't you talk to me

I can't seem to speak now ____________ You never talk to me

My words won't come out right ________ What are you thinking

I feel like I'm drowning _____________ What are you feeling

I'm feeling weak now _________________ Why won't you talk to me

But I can't show my weakness _________ You never talk to me

I sometimes wonder ___________________ What are you thinking

Where do we go from here _____________ What are you feeling

It doesn't have to be like this

All we need to do is make sure we keep talking

Why won't you talk to me _____________ I feel like I'm drowning

You never talk to me _________________ You know I can't breathe now

What are you thinking ________________ We're going nowhere

What are you feeling _________________ We're going nowhere

Why won't you talk to me

You never talk to me

What are you thinking

Where do we go from here

It doesn't have to be like this

Kabhi Tanhaiyon mein

Larry and Lee

I discovered this awsome music shop in Camp Pune which features eclectic and rare CD which the owner prodly says "You will not find this kind of stuff in crosswords and planetM" . The best part is that he himself is a music freak and loves to talk about it.
Really its a pleasre dropping in there whenever I'm in the area.
On his recommendation I got myself this CD: Larry and Lee
Who Larry and Lee?
You may not have heard of them, but you have heard them for sure. Think The Wall (Floyd) and think Steely Dan. They are everywhere, being on top of list of hottest sessions guitarists.
This album is surely on top of my charts these days.
Check them out, this one's called Remembering JP
let me know what you think of them.

Happy Holi

I pity the poor immigrant
Who wishes he would've stayed home,
Who uses all his power to do evil
But in the end is always left so alone.
That man whom with his fingers cheats
And who lies with ev'ry breath,
Who passionately hates his life
And likewise, fears his death.

I pity the poor immigrant
Whose strength is spent in vain,
Whose heaven is like Ironsides,
Whose tears are like rain,
Who eats but is not satisfied,
Who hears but does not see,
Who falls in love with wealth itself
And turns his back on me.

I pity the poor immigrant
Who tramples through the mud,
Who fills his mouth with laughing
And who builds his town with blood,
Whose visions in the final end
Must shatter like the glass.
I pity the poor immigrant
When his gladness comes to pass.

Piano Men

Shammi Kapoor


Shashi Kapoor


Raj Kapoor


Rajkumar


Manoj Kumar


Shashi again

LoveBirds

The mania goes on ..

Thakur ka jawaab

:) I like this one

Flashback

Yea, I featured this song for strictly sentimental reasons. It takes me back to the twilight zone, rock and roll, twist and Isis.
I've had a huge crush on Mumtaz since long.

Thanks a lot to Hema for uploading this video at youTube. I must say her choice of hindi oldies closely matches with mine. If you are into this kind of music I'd recommend subscribing to this channel. It is updated regularly with quality content

Kabhi Hum Khoobsoorat they

I came across this gem by chance and connected to it instantly.
It features Pakistani singer Nayyara Noor, who apparently became singer by chance :)

Confessions

Theres a moon over bourbon street tonight
I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight
Ive no choice but to follow that call
The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all
I pray everyday to be strong
For I know what I do must be wrong
Oh youll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While theres a moon over bourbon street

It was many years ago that I became what I am
I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb
Now I can only show my face at noon
And youll only see me walking by the light of the moon
The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast
Ive the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest
Oh youll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While theres a moon over bourbon street

She walks everyday through the streets of new orleans
Shes innocent and young from a family of means
I have stood many times outside her window at night
To struggle with my instinct in the pale moon light
How could I be this way when I pray to God above
I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love
Oh youll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While theres a moon over bourbon street

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ps: While you'll never see my shade or the sound of feet, you can enjoy the walking basslines all through the song

I'll remember

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One more ..

BloggerToon

I recently came across this awsome tech humour site:
http://blaugh.com/

Viva la YouTube !!!

In the space of just 6 months YouTube has not only overtaken Yahoo Video as the most popular Web video-sharing service on the planet, but it's now approx 3 times as big as Yahoo's product!
In the following graph clearly demonstrates YouTube's spectacular growth trends compared with those of Yahoo! and Google services.

As a matter of fact my past few postings have been making extensive use of videos provided by YouTube.
YouTube presents videos from a wide range of subjects, from popular music to personal cam captures. You can even find a good collection of hindi movie related stuff too.

The growing popularty of YouTube has led to its banning from certain corporate network, a final clinching proof of its popularity. :)

Tags:

• web2.0
• community
• video
• news
• YouTube

.. And when will I ever learn??

Featured here is Eric Clapton's Old Love from his MTv unplugged session.
Apart from great lyrics and singing, I really loved his Piano man's solo.

This song appeared first in his Journeyman album with Robert Cray.



But the question still remains .. When will i ever learn?

Yeh Hai Meri Kahani : Zinda

The Pakistani band Strings are the slickest Hindi singing Indi Pop band in the current times.

They are hugely successful as well with one after another singles hitting the charts with a bang. Their track : Naa Jaane Kyon from Spiderman 2 OST was a huge hit.

I had a chance to see them perform live in Bangalore where they performed with Indian Ocean as part of the Unity Concert. They performed very well and have a very polished sound and look which contrasted sharply with Indian Ocean which has more earthy and punchy sound.

Strings is unusual too becaues they only have two members with no drums and bass. They used drum machine and I think Midi sequences to get the full band sound.

I like The Strings for:

1. Perfect marrige of Hindi lyrics with screaming guitar sounds and steady rock beats.
2. Nice vocals.
3. Very slick videos

Recently they were featured in the Soundtrack of the movie Zinda in this punchy song : Yeh Meri Kahani. The song has actors Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham helping out on vocals. I love the song and the video.

Learning to walk : Lessons in Walking Bass

Answers.com defines  'Walking Bass' as :

In jazz, blues, ragtime, ska, rock, Baroque music, and other musical genres, a walking bass is a bass accompaniment generally consisting of unsyncopated notes of equal value, usually quarter notes (known in jazz as a "four feel").



This surely does sound a lot boring than the real sound of walking bass.



I have long been fascinated by it but without any understanding of the how's and why's involved, it always seemed rocket science to me.



Kevin Van Sant  explains the concept  involved  in a  video  lesson. I 'll try to  add notes  to  it  as  i  understand  more of it  in following  blogs.