Universe is a Funny Plasticine Onion

Universe


We are so full of ourselves
That in our quest to find life elsewhere
We never stopped and pondered
That perhaps for the universe
We might be an aberration to get rid of.




Funny


Funny is often scary;
Clowns are one,
And so are idiots.




Plasticine


How happy was I
Being myself, just a blob.
Now I have been squeezed.
Moulded. Shaped. Reshaped.
Into an ugly dog
That neither wags tails
Nor barks nor fetches.




Onion


Onions have to be
The most blessed critters here.
'Coz even in a brutal death
Its killer sheds tears.

Speaker Sauce - 1

Listening to songs all the time makes you wanna listen to newer songs. So my collection keeps expanding every now and then. And every time it makes a considerable growth I thought maybe I shall post a few tunes out here.


This is the first in the series. It is a very personal list of music. You can always suggest, but let's not criticise.


Sauce #1
Kode9 and the Spaceapes - 9 Samurai

A minimal dubstep-ish track. It doesn't have all the commercial wobble and filth that dubsteps has come to be associated with. What it does have is a very haunting vocal and a trumpet (horn? correct if I am wrong) bit that's sweet ear candy. Oops I am salivating.




Sauce #2
Justice - Helix

In the whole list, this would probably be the most personal selection. I've loved Justice. And the new album's just come out. It's the same 80s-synth-with-a-solid-bassline sound. But this particular track is very headbop-worthy. Don't you think so? Was that a nod?




Sauce #3
The Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop

The Glitch Mob has to be like the find of the month for me. Their glitchy, boppy sound is gives a brilliant rush of adrenaline. And their tracks have enough variations in it to make it a very engaging listen.


(Thanks to GoPro HD Hero 2's video for introducing me to The Glitch Mob)




Sauce #4
The Dewarists (feat. Shri, Monica Dogra, Rajasthan Roots) - Changing Worlds

The Dewarists has been a breath of fresh air in Indian television. I don't think any original Indian TV show after Surabhi has been so entertaining and enlightening at the same time. This is the kinda show the current crop of kids can feel nostalgic about when they grow up.


About the song I have chosen from The Dewarists, I think this best represents a collaboration. Shri hasn't done anything with such vivacious vocals that Monica Dogra offers. Rajasthan Roots haven't done a DnB track. And Monica, well she's very func-ish. My personal favourite song though is Vishal + Imogen Heap's Minds Without Fear. And my favourite episode is the one with Zeb + Haniya + Shantanu + Swanand.




Sauce #5
Sigur Ros - Lúppulagið

After all the electronic tracks, this one's a bit sleepy. And it never fails to move me. If I am not wrong, this is the only unreleased track from their new live performance film Inni. The Sigur Ros page on facebook has the opening 10 mins of Inni.




Just as Saucy:
Raghu Dixit - The Dewarists Theme

Amidst such stellar names collaborating and producing marvellous tune, this piece of gem from Raghu Dixit holds the whole show together. And majestically at that.

Idle

Is there a place
So far away
Where neither a gaze
Nor thoughts come to play.


Where the wind blows
To its own fancy
And the world moves
Like it is no one's to see.


Is there a place
Where I can go to
To find solace
With nay a thing to do.