
Just got back from a band tour of 10 days. It was an amazing experience. my first tour with a band for which i will be paid. Apart from that three star hotel stay was awesome and more awesome was we got 3 complimentary bowling games everyday. The crowd response was dull and we had lost out hope. But on the last day. These four guys came and trust me, it was an amazing night. we gave such a performance that surprised us as well. lack of sleep, hunger, tired-ness, everything just vanished.
This is what music can do.
Later
My original work.
at four thirty in the morning
bright moon shines so dull
with two spotlights playing
around the the signboard
on which there is a skull
fluorescent tube lights blinking in the doorway
turbulence of the engines of the milk wagons and
newspaper distributors slurping the tea of the day
tempting the sun to wake this once-a-holy-land
roads and pavements grown wider
underneath glowing lamps on divider
only if their hearts were simple
i wouldn’t hesitate to call them people
nights have never been this colder
until this small city had grown older
(c) Prayag Thakkar, 2010





