Posted By
Subhayu Mazumder
05 September 2010, 12:58 PM IST
Take Five Controversy, thy name is lists. You can't love them, and you can't live without them. But lists also have a way of making us see familiar things in a new light (this one did — to me, at least). What follows is my take on the five most influential...
Posted By
Subhayu Mazumder
08 July 2010, 12:42 PM IST
There was a time not too long ago (back in the sepia-tinted 80s and 90s, in fact) when the music I owned used to take up all the shelves of a huge wall-almirah. Now, I own several times that amount of music, but it fits into a hard drive that, in turn, fits...
When not editing copy or making pages for TOI Kolkata, where he works as chief copy editor, Subhayu Mazumder is usually to be found in the dusty bylanes of central Kolkata, haunting old record shops, haggling over the price of LPs. At other times he�s at home, curled up in a bean bag with a graphic novel, occasionally purring with pleasure. But mostly, he just mopes about, wishing he could sell his soul to the devil in exchange for learning to play the blues and annoying neighbours with his screeching harmonica in the early hours of the morning.
Sex, drugs and rock’n’roll? Nah. It’s just rock’n’roll, unfortunately. Rock of Ages took root in the blogger’s mind when he saw no reason to bore only his newsroom colleagues with discussions on obscure 1960s jam bands or a spirited qualitative analysis of Bob Dylan’s best albums. It’s time to unleash all that — and much more — on the web. If it’s rock, it’ll find a place on this blog. Watch out!
The views expressed in Rock of Ages are the author´s own.
