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20Apr/107

More Aural pleasure

I am seriously, very seriously considering changing my long-held agnostic belief. Music wise, that is. At-least, Madras/Tamil film music wise. The whole of last evening and the last 2 hours was spent tracking down and listening to IR stuff, and in the process listened to all the tracks from his 1988 album ‘How to name it’ repeatedly. Bravo.

As an aside, I am not sure how to interpret recent stats for my blog. 67 uniques a day on average. But almost entirely search results and the occasional link from posts long lost in the archives of others’ blogs. I am no longer the relevant or popular blogger I (never?) was. Oh well.

Posted by Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan

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neha
April 20th, 2010 - 14:52

IR is absolutely fantastic in How to Name It, and Nothing But Wind..

On that note will mail you about a gig in London..

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neha
April 20th, 2010 - 14:53

Oh also – I barely have any visitors to my blog anymore either. Except for some who continue to google for sex and maami.

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Achala
April 24th, 2010 - 20:43

“67 uniques a day on average.”

Could that be because you seem more active on Flickr these days?

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Navneeth
May 3rd, 2010 - 02:17

It’s not surprising, considering that his primary inspirations for that album was Bach (and Thyagaraaja). You can do one better and listen to Bach.

e.g., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YNBC4CDZ2I (something I’ve been listening to a lot lately)

If you’d prefer something purely instrumental, I’d recommend his violin concerti and the brandenburg concerti. Most of Illayaraja’s music which sound “western” sound to me like Bach- and Vivaldi-lite.

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Navneeth
May 3rd, 2010 - 02:19

Akshully, this is the one I’ve been listening to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM4EDkkUWGg

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Navneeth
May 3rd, 2010 - 02:21

I need to go to sleep.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AbnE7j8958

This is the one (really!).

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Ashwin
June 4th, 2010 - 16:02

I am 1/67 and bumped in through neha’s blog. Heck I have been writing for 5 years now and was never popular though my circle says I should consider publishing a humor book..I’ve learnt to write for myself

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Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan is a copywriter, photographer and goofball from Chennai. He is also an archaeologist, historian and a city lover. He is currently a documentary film-maker and desk-monkey for a film production house.