I am not a Giants fan, on account of my status as an Oakland resident. And on account of Barry Bonds. Didn’t expect to go see Barry and his buddies in my first week in the Bay area.
But I love Baseball and when friends tempted me with tickets to see the picturesque AT&T Park on the Bay, I just couldn’t resist. The ball park is spectacular and Giants were playing the Dodgers. I don’t root for either team although Greg Maddux, my all time favorite baseball player, now plays for the Dodgers. He wasn’t pitching and me nor my friends cared who won. we were there just to enjoy baseball. It was a chilly night. Still some very good defensive plays, couple of home runs and Jason Schimdt’s solid pitching made it a fun game to watch.
Travel and very limited access to the Internet have prevented me from blogging for the past week or so. There are some very interesting travel related stories to report and hopefully, I will find the time to write them up in the next few days. In the meanwhile, it has been a pleasure to watch a number of very good Kannada movies, such as Kakanakote, Matadana, Kanuru Heggadati, Parasangada Gendetimma and Mysoru Mallige.
Lokesh offers one of the finest acting performances I have ever seen in Kakanakote. will post some notes on these movies soon.
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Dear Prithvi, Sorry to comment off the topic.
The great shehnai maestro USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN IS NO MORE. He breathed his last in the wee hours this morning. The Bharatha Rathna awardee was 91.
I remember his soulful music in Dr. Rajkumar’s film “Sanaadi Appanna”. Yeshtu adbhutavaagi nudisidaare.
It seems he used to play everyday at the Kashi Vishwanatha temple in Benares every morning since ages.
Despite his fame, Khan’s lifestyle retained its old world charm and he continued to use the cycle rickshaw as his chief mode of transport till his death.
Music world has lost a noble soul indeed. RIP, Bismillah ji.
and i have this piece in my blog as a tribute to the ustad. i have shared the story behind sanaadhi appanna and bismillah khan that i had read in an old rajkumar interview. you can read it here:
http://bellurramki18.wordpress.com/2006/08/21/ustad-bismillah-khan-was-a-gentle-genius/#comments
sad day for music lovers.
Indeed Bismillah Khan led a very simple and an honorable life ! May his soul rest in peace.
Now that KP is busy with VT and PDCS is back here, I guess churumuri is poretty much dead.
Welcome to California PDCS.
Baseball huh ? Wouldn’t mind watching once in a while, but I still can’t get rid of my typical Indian “Cricket is a better game” syndrome, sorry !!!
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