http://youtube.com/watch?v=4iaM3WX4DaQ

Jai, I’ve heard about the Waris Shah movie but I haven’t seen it. I think it played very briefly in 1 or 2 theatres around here for like a week or something. I’ll probably try to get it on DVD eventually. That song you linked to (Allah Hoo) is a classic. As for Dr. Zeus, that whole cd which includes ‘Kangna’ is awesome; so much so that some people say he didn’t really produce it, Kam Frantic did. But who knows. Dr. Zeus is part of a new generation of producer DJs who apparently barely know the language and literally can’t understand most of the lyrics of the songs they release. That doesn’t seem to have hurt the final product though.

How cool! Definitely post about it .. sounds great.

sorry.

It won’t be put on until February or so, but I’ll def. post it under the events tab when I get final dates!

QUALITY SONG about Mirza Sahiban.

Have you seen Gurdas Mann’s new film Waris Shah* (or the trailers for it — clip from one song here.) ? Personally I really prefer his traditional songs in that style rather than the more “modern” pop-bhangra he’s been doing during the past couple of years.

Incidentally, he turns out to have quite a slick website too.

I don’t know if you’ve seen footage of Manmohan Waris & Kamal Heer’s recent concerts in the UK & US (some clips are available on Youtube, short examples here and here) but they’re excellent at the traditional stuff too.

However, regarding modern UK bhangra, here’s a brilliant example: Dr Zeus & “Kangna”. Very catchy song and cool video.

*For people on SM who don’t know, Waris Shah was an 18th-century poet who wrote the most famous version of Heer-Ranjha (there are several others), based on the traditional folk tale. Gurdas Mann is starring in the lead role in a film about Waris Shah’s life.

Hmmm… it wasn’t like that at all, for me. I barely noticed it when I turned 30. I think 21 and 25 were of some importance. Man, I felt like something really important happened when I hit 25. Not sure why.

Otherwise, eagerness for the future and hunger for life is the same now as it was at 21. Big differences – learned the importance of being kind to others and to care a LOT less about how I’m judged by others, a better understanding of what success is (it’s falsely attributed to Emerson).

What I do use it for – to joke with younger people because the number 30 seems to have magical power when it hits the ears of people 10 years younger or teens. Also for added gravitas while conversing with the ‘rents. They think I’m wiser or something now because some number changed in the tens place, haha.

sure.. parents age.. we age.. children age.. (Buddha, 500+ bc). But one remarkable aspect is that at least for some folks their voices (and I mean the vocal chords)remain pretty much the same over decades. my parents sound pretty much the same they did 30 years back. wonder why so? any biological explanations? I also vaguely recall that birds dont age.. do they drop dead young then?