New development: have joined a band called ‘Tequila’.
Jammed with them once at Not Just Jazz By The Bay, a cool little joint along Marine drive. It was a nice feeling, singing live before an audience once again.
Also, caught up with an old friend Jagganathan who popped down from film school in Calcutta. We drifted apart at some point of time due to this and that. He’s one of the funniest people I know — one can laugh at him and with him, so that’s like having a double expresso coffee. And both these veins are equally important; I know tons of people who can be witty, but can’t take it when the jokes on them, so there.
The first 10 minutes were kind of odd, as post work I sounded like an ‘automated machine’, in Jaggi’s own words. When that happens, I interject conversation with words like ‘interesting’, ‘totally’, ‘of course’. In his usual blatant style, he told me to knock it off. I did and then we started have ‘real’ conversation.
Anyways, he has a girlfriend and that’s weird cause Jaggi never had one, ever.
I think it’s because he isn’t conventional ‘boyfriend material’. He looks and is slightly odd — rake thin, wisps of grey hair, black lips (lots of smoking), cluttered mind etc.
I think his mind is less cluttered now. We shared a lot of laughs like old times, compared notes on disastrous blind/regular dates ( read woes), current crushes etc. It was refreshing.
Dropped into Soul Fry for Karaoke night. The place was like a hen coop, with lots of cackling hens showcasing their voices. Great fun. Was supposed to meet a buddy of mine there. But when I got there, a little birdie told me he was furiously making out with his GF, somewhere. Lots of retro and rock favourites did the rounds, with interludes of kajrare and other filmy/Indo-pop music. It didn’t seem to matter; people seemed ready to gyrate to just about anything.
Do I sense a lil disappointment in your tone when you say Jaggi has a girlfriend? And hey be fair there a Becky for every Tommy out there. Why do you reckon poor Jaggi would be singular?
Anon