What’s up right.. well for one, I m not ! and the way things are giong around, I m suspecting I won’t be properly up either

Zair has recently become ‘The Incredible Hulk‘ in case you didn’t know. and I’ve become I don’t know maybe the military that runs from him, but I ain’t running from Zair.. he’s a darling.. Muah muah… haha !

I’ve started using the Wacom tablet we have at our office for the design team, but not really properly, and honestly it’s so much fun to use it, rediscovery of talents haha.

I missed today’s Gunaah’s concert, coz yes, I m not really well.. I m pretty weak and ill for now, thats why the folks around my office don’t get to see a lot of jumpy me

And boy oh boy, add to that, I donated blood, for a good casue, incase you have some extra blood too, go donate them to thalessimia patients, I swear it’s worth it, thats why I did it.

I actually saw them in person, and also saw another good number of folks from other disorders realted to blood… Blood is so important, I just found out the importance, and I feel like thanking the All mighty for giving me a healthy supplu of blood in my veins..

On the other hand when I went for the donation with my office staff, we had a surprizing incident, which I m not going to write here to save someone from some embarassment.. yes I care

Then we even discovered a BLOODY MUFTA, ok for those who didn’t get it, it’s an internal office joke, posted here for no reason

Love all the rest..

Teabreak’s rocking btw

Tags: blood, concert, donation, farhan, furqan, gunaah, hulk, illness, random, rashid, thalessimia, weak, Zair

I know there are some people that might be angry, that I m not blogging much..well, here’s a hug, and an apology.

The internet at my place is down, why..? Because my phone is dead, and since I have DSL, it wont work without a phone line, some cables got damaged, and that resulted in my dead phone line !

Any how, Gunaah, recently had a great last gig, I really, and I really mean, really enjoyed it.. I also pulled a work gig around that same time, which got some extra cool bucks

I m also having some kind of a rough work week.. it’s a busy week so far, just like the previous one.. LEt’s hope things calm down a bit.

Then ya know what.. I had my birthday on the 22nd.. yaay.. Love and thanks to all those who cared and wished, and also to those who didn’t.. I know, how time can make you forget things you otherwise donot want to forget

Oh and my love also had  minor surgery lately, fortunately she’s good now.. Love you lady May Allah bless you always !

Any how, Love you all..

Tags: angry, birthday, blogging, dsl, gunaah, internet, love, m lady, mb, work, yaay

The song remains the same take II (Saturday, December 15th, 2007. 8:15pm to 11:15 pm), an event which gave a little fresh air to my a bit of rusty life. Why did I go there, cause H-N’s band was performing, and what did I see and hear was more than just awesome.

Gunaah

The show starts off late, which is not something new for most Karachites, and then the stage is taken by Gunaah (H-N’s band). They do a fair amount of playing and rocking, making an impression with ‘Keep on rocking in the Free world‘ the G3 version. Even though they started with ‘Nagin‘, an instrumental, from 1950’s, but I honestly thought this would’ve been left for the last. Then they had a cover of Noori ‘Saari Raat Jaga‘ which had noticible mistakes, and hence leaves a big room of improvement. The last track they did was also a cover ‘Psycho‘ by System of a Down, which was loud and rocking, seriously !

Bottom line, I loved Keep on rocking in the free world, and Psycho.

Imran Lodhi

We then had Imran Lodhi take the stage and perform one of his originals, which was nice, turns out Imran is one friendly person himself… Rock on rock on..

Spoonful

Spoonful had then taken the stage with a rather long guy as the vocalist, and I mean seriously tall.. These folks did ‘Born to be Wild‘ by Stephen Wolf, which is one of the songs I really love to hear, and boy they did an awesome job with it ! They even did awesome job with ACDC’s ‘Highway to Hell‘, which is another one of my favourites. Cheers boys.

7 on 3rd

Seven on Third took the light of the stage, starting out with ‘Bleed it out‘ by Linkin Park, which showed lack of skills, but as soon as they hit Metallica, I was stunned and impressed, they sounded almost like original Metallica. I m their new fan, their performance was followed by a small fight between the organizers and the fans of 7 on 3rd, since the band performed an extra song which wasn’t quite as planned due to the lack of time.

The Great Drama Queen Conundrum

The Last performance was of The Great Drama Queen Conundrum, I had lost interest in the show a bit, due to the fight, but these guys were good none the less, ‘Foxy Lady’ by Jimmy Hendrix was an awesome work with music, but Vocals, I’d say need work. The vocalist may have made a presentable performance, but since the vocals need a bit of work, things can be daunting to handle.

None the less the show was a run away hit, which rocked the night for any Rock loving bum.

Cheers.

Tags: 7on3rd, bang bang, fight, fun, gig, gunaah, Imran Lodhi, music, night, rock, songs, Spoonful, The Great Drama Queen Conundrum, underground

18th November, 2007. The evening in Khayaban-e-Itehad would have been the normal life for everyone else ! But those who dropped by The Second Floor - Karachi, had the treat of the day. Gunaah’s birthday bash was all that we gathered for and got the joy of listening to three bands, one of those for whom we have special respect as being of the best underground acts in Pakistan.

The show starts with Achanak (the band), performing their orignals and covers from Aerosmith and Aaroh, honestly the covers were far better than the original, though they raped one of the cover too. Surprizingly they got to do more socializing with modern chicks than the other bands

We then had Gravity get the spirits of the audience high and rocking with an awesome start of a classical ‘Tarana‘, they even performed covers from Junoon and Sajjad Ali, but the most rocking acts were their originals. From the covers they did, both sounded awesome, much better than what Achanak could’ve done. They were actually to do all this unplugged, but on the last moment decided to do it plugged and rocking ! And they did good !

Then we had the final act of the day, Gunaah took the center stage ! Started off with Nishaan from Noori and then moved to Bolo bolo and other tracks, but, yes, but the most rocking performance came from their cover of Psycho of System of a Down, and also their original ‘Talaah -e- Noor’, which also has a very special place for me ! I really love that song !

Even with major sound problems and Gunaah managed to pull out a great show, for musicians and the audience alike, and there’s no doubting that Gunaah is here to stay, for a very very long while !

For those who donot know, here’s the current line up of Gunaah :
Hassaan Sarwar - Vocals/Screams, Qumber Kazmi - Drums, Yasir Siddiqui - Bass, Zain Kazmi - Guitars.

 

Tags: act, bass, concert, drums, floor, fun, gig, guitar, gunaah, hassaan, live, music, performance, qumber, review, second, vocals, yasir, zain

Yes, Yes, the jam session has been postponed !

It’s now on the 27th of his month, which is this coming Saturday !

Lately I had been pretty sick, yes sick, so I had people coming in, checking on how I was doing, now I m pretty good, Alhamdolillah !

And yesterday, as I was out for getting myself another pair of spectacles (yes the old ones broke, don’t ask me how), Asim said he’s come back home with me, I said sure, and we watched all night, one of the movies I loved is ‘1408′ definite watch I’d say !

any how, for those wondering why the G’Jam Session is delayed, thanks to Benazir Bhutto’s arrival and thanks to those bloody suckers who blew up themselves in bits along with many others..

My sincere condolences goes out to all the innocent people who lost their lives in such a tragic manner !

Also, one of my friend, Raheel Lakhani, has written a little post on BB, should check it out.

Thats all for now.

(MB, there, thats another post ! )

Tags: art, bomb, curse, damn, good, gunaah, hate, health, heavens, hell, how, ill, jam, music, politics, session, sick, torcher, well, why

We have a little Jam session of Gunaah, at my house.

Since my house is a little far off, we’re going to be gathering at Millennium Mall, Gulistan-e-Jauhar at about 7 pm !
We’ll head off from there at about 7:30 pm, so if you’re coming do let us know !

Food stuff is welcome.
No dope, no drugs, no alcohol !

Date: Saturday, October 20, 2007
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Street: 16, Pink Residency, Block 8 A, Gulistan-e-Jauhar

The so so days of eid…

I didn’t damn enjoy myself much, I don’t really know but I think we’re all losing the spirit of Eid, the fun we all use to have, isn’t there any more

This Jam session is also a way to freshen up the minds of everyone, it’s going to be a treat for most people, hopefully !

Facebook’s page for this event. - Orkut’s page for the event.

Tags: band, gunaah, live, music, performance, yaay