Chuck De Inhibitions! ... it's time to bring it onnn!!! :)

from the chickie's (anoopa anand) pen

Week 4: Books in running brooks, sermons in stones and a Mark in every season

Life at Opus, although very far from being exempt from public haunt, teaches us a lot of things. Why, after being a part of three KroaKing seasons, I feel positively wise. One can only imagine the effect all this has on Carlton, especially in light of the fact that he’s just had another birthday. Giggle. Anyway, the point I’m trying to make rather inarticulately, is about one of the biggest Kroak lessons we’ve learnt: There can be no contest if there isn’t a Mark to spice things up considerably. go here for complete story

The past couple of weeks have seen a very some remarakable performances. the ones who have gotten in are
1. sharon chang 2. alexis d'souza 3. aditya menon 4. nevil de nazareth 5. mark rego 6. roohshad 7. shilpa 8. meghana 9. arti desikan 10. venkat subramanyam 11. anaitha nair (for the really slow ones who didnt make the chak de connection) 12. mark rahmi

4 weeks more to go. 12 places to be filled. when we reach 24 people we'll have a semifinal to pick 12 .. and then a finale (block your dates for the 16th of may) at an auditorium wherein one would be crowned Opus KroaKING...
videos of last year's finale night at the chowdiah are put up. click here for entire bunch of them
and .. the top 12 get to record the season 3 CD ... best of the first 2 seasons click here and play

aaah, and one more thing ... the judges decisions are final and binding

PRIZES come in so far

A Lennovo Laptop for the Winner ( G series)
Cash Prizes for the top 3
Personlaised Opus Zippo lighters for the top 12 (with their names on it)
Holidays from ZEST
... more still coming in...

and of course free entry to wed and sun kroaknights at opus :)

SANDEEP CHOWTA HAS COME ON BOARD AS PART OF KROAKING SEASON 3.

and catch our kroaking jingle (todays timings 12:13 am, 12:37 am, 12:53 am, 9:16 pm, 10:18 pm, 10:57 pm and 11:37 pm) and all the on air hype, the crazy chammy charles and rajni saar on Radio One (94.3 FM) .

3 wild card singers get to make it directly into the semifinal. (tune to anjaan's show every night)

one performer (irrespective of whether he/she can sing or not) gets to be the Radio One Fataafat Entertainer of the night (complete with Radio One goody bag)

tune in to radio one for more

click here to listen to jingle or

watch promo video

WANNABE SPONSORS, PARTICIPANTS CALL SHONALI 98452 44610 FOR MORE DETAILS
spread the musical word around .... if you want a printable version of the poster to put up at an office / college click here

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THURSDAY Signature BOOZE & BRAINS ...
Hosted by Mark Rego & DJ Vinay, this a a popular quiz night where winners get all their booze free for the night. Rated by the BBC as indias best pub quiz... No entry charges.

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER a dance night of great retro, disco and rock-n-roll favorites

SUNDAY LUNCH with SHYAM

if you like the music of tom jones, neil diamond, cliff richards, elvis presley and a lazy sunday afternoon to unwind this is really it.
.. with a buffet of khao suey, dosas and pastas, and some some bacardi mojitos and Kingfisher to add to the 'good times' .. and if u are an artist or a band that wants to be featured .. pls call shonali on 9845244610.

SUNDAY KROAKNIGHT WITH CARLTON

ok and fyi this is the best way to get to Opus. click to enlarge.

traffic woes have been surprising non existent ever since work started on this project. find your way to windsor manor. and from there traffic moves in the direction of opus.

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for all the opus video updates go www.youtube.com/opusbangalore

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For Reservations Call 080-23442580.
go here for more details about OPUS ... and if u are on Orkut or Facebook there's an opus and a kroaknight and a booze and brains community ...

if u don't wish to be on this mail list pls click on UNSUBSCRIBE and send us a :( in the subject line

8 days make holi weak :)

ABANDONFRIDAY: 21st March: Karthik Mani group with Sarah Buechi
a night of fusion, funk & experimental music.

karthik mani: ghatam and drums, kn prakash: bass, prakash sontakke: slide guitar, sarah buechi: vocals & piano.

Karthik Mani – Son of the illustrious T.A.S Mani & Rama Mani, Karthik is evolving as a drummer and percussionist in his own right.

Karthik has played and performed with International artists like Charlie Mariano besides accompanying senior carnatic musicians on the ghatam and mridangam.

Sarah Buchi – Sarah is from Switzerland, a singer, songwriter, jazz performer working on a variety of projects

studied vocal jazz at the Jazz School of Lucerne with lauren newton & sasanne abbuehl. she won the friedel-wald-Foundation prize in 2005.

she words & performs in different projects like-Singersongwriter-Project with Ricardo Regidor, In-Dia“ with Lucas Niggli, Philipp Schauffelberger and Nils Wogram. Performed in different places - the KKL Lucerne with "SWEG" of Peter Sigrist, Festival Ettiswil with the group Salesha four, Jazzfestival in Willisau with Kenny Wollesen and his "Streetband–Projekt“, Festival "Jazzkantine Luzern".

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from mama's (anoopa anand) pages

Week 3 :I see dead people. Walking around like regular people. And they all sound like Jim Morrison.

I’m really tired of gushing every week. See, in real life, I’m not so nice. Ask anyone. But this competition is bringing out a really irksome pleasant mushy side of me. I don’t even know myself anymore. But I sure as hell know a lot of people with a lot of talent.

The past couple of weeks have seen a very remarkable Jim Morrison revival and I can’t ignore it anymorethe 3 that made it through
1. sharon chang 2. alexis d'souza 3. aditya menon 4. nevil de nazareth 5. mark rego 6. roohshad 7. shilpa 8. meghana 9. arti desikan

5 weeks more to go. 15 places to be filled. when we reach 24 people we'll have a semifinal to pick 12 .. and then a final (block your dates for the 17th of may) at an auditorium wherein one would be crowned Opus KroaKING...
videos of last year's finale night at the chowdiah are put up. click here for entire bunch of them
and .. the top 12 get to record the season 3 CD ... best of the first 2 seasons click here and play

aaah, and one more thing ... the judges decisions are final and binding

PRIZES so far
A Lennovo Laptop for the Winner ( G series)
Cash Prizes for the top 3
Personlaised OPUS ZIPPO lighters for the top 12 (with their names on it)
Holidays from ZEST
... lots more coming in...

SANDEEP CHOWTA HAS COME ON BOARD AS PART OF KROAKING SEASON 3.

and catch the jingle and the on air hype on radio one (94.3 FM) .

a chance for 3 singers to make it directly into the semifinal








WANNABE SPONSORS, PERFORMERS CALL SHONALI 9845244610 FOR MORE DETAILS
spread the musical word around .... if you want a printable version of the poster to put up at an office / college click here

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Thursday Signature BOOZE & BRAINS ...
Hosted by Mark Rego & DJ Vinay, this a a popular quiz night where winners get all their booze free for the night. Rated by the BBC as indias best pub quiz... No entry charges.

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9.00pm, SATURDAY NIGHT FRENZY : with DJ Gladwin

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special mega easter lunch with SHYAM

with vodka infused easter eggs and a hugeee spread, 1pm, sunday afternoon
if you like the music of tom jones, neil diamond, cliff richards, elvis presley and a lazy sunday afternoon to unwind this is really it.
.. with a buffet of khao suey, dosas and pastas, and some some bacardi mojitos and Kingfisher to add to the 'good times' .. and if u are an artist or a band that wants to be featured .. pls call shonali on 9845244610.

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ok and fyi this is the best way to get to Opus. click to enlarge.

traffic woes have been surprising non existent ever since work started on this project. find your way to windsor manor. and from there traffic moves in the direction of opus.

---

for all the opus video updates go www.youtube.com/opusbangalore

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For Reservations Call 080-23442580.
go here for more details about OPUS ... and if u are on Orkut or Facebook there's an opus and a kroaknight and a booze and brains community ...

if u don't wish to be on this mail list pls click on UNSUBSCRIBE and send us a :( in the subject line

genitalmen :)

after the insanity of womens day (pics here)

the men have got one back

ABANDONFRIDAY: 14th March: " Gentlemen"
A hilarious look at the male view point. Men learn to laugh at themselves. Finally!

Featuring Ashvin Matthew, Ajith Hande ,Anil Abraham & Vivek Madan
Music shamelessly plagiarized from Bollywood
Script shamelessly inspired by Vagina Monologues

9.00pm sharp:
Entry Rs. 500 ( includes entry + dinner)
*Mature content. Please exert discretion if under 15 years or easily offended.

from mama's (anoopa anand) pages

Week 2: In which the writer's maternal instincts surface, and a new Venky is born
Remember I said something seemingly premature and presumptuous about how this competition isn’t going to be pretty? You thought I was kidding, didn’t you? If you weren’t there, you should’ve been.

the 3 that made it through
1. sharon chang 2. alexis d'souza 3. aditya menon 4. nevil de nazareth 5. mark rego 6. roohshad.

6 weeks more to go. 18 places to be filled. when we reach 24 people we'll have a semifinal to pick 12 .. and then a final at an auditorium wherein one would be crowned Opus KroaKING...
videos of last year's finale night at the chowdiah are put up. click on the one you want to watch
ROOPIKA, ANDY, MARK or here for entire bunch of them
and .. the top 12 get to record the season 3 CD ... best of the first 2 seasons click here to autoplay
aaah, and one more thing ... the judges decisions are final and binding

PRIZES so far
A Lennovo Laptop for the Winner ( G series)
Cash Prizes for the top 3
Personlaised OPUS ZIPPO lighters for the top 12 (with their names on it)
Holidays from ZEST
... lots more coming in...

AND LATEST AND MOST THRILLING NEWS
SANDEEP CHOWTA HAS COME ON BOARD AS PART OF KROAKING SEASON 3. STAY TUNED FOR MORE

WANNABE SPONSORS, PERFORMERS CALL SHONALI 9845244610 FOR MORE DETAILS
spread the musical word around .... if you want a printable version of the poster to put up at an office / college click here

Thursday Signature BOOZE & BRAINS ...
Hosted by Mark Rego & DJ Vinay, this a a popular quiz night where winners get all their booze free for the night. Rated by the BBC as indias best pub quiz... No entry charges.

9.00pm, SATURDAY NIGHT FRENZY : performance by "Vyali"
a folk artistes' group from Kerala, consisting of lower caste traditional drummers who chose not to give up this traditional art form and continued practicing it to support their livelihood. They are percussion artists who play with traditional folk instruments and have recently experimented with Bamboo instruments made in waynanad.
They were recently covered by The Guardian, when the famous writer, Kevin Rushby was on a tour organised by The Blue Yonder. A small video podcast of the folk expression in Kerala. click here to view the video. Facilitated by Maraa, a media collective. info@maraa.in
We will pass a hat around at the end of their 1 hour performance & collections will go to vyali which is a non profit organisation.

17th March: STORMY MONDAYS with BARRACUDA BLUES

in a send off gig to greg hamra .. will miss you greg!!
stormy mondays are back with a live blues band, not too much crowd, great food, chilled beer and lounging on the mattresses ... super way to start your week

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For Reservations Call 080-23442580.
go here for more details about OPUS ... and if u are on Orkut or Facebook there's an opus and a kroaknight and a booze and brains community ...

Love is, exactly, three many-splendoured things

Love is, exactly, three many-splendoured things

Here is a fact to humble every writer: not everything can be expressed in words in a manner that will do complete justice. The pen might be mightier than certain sharp implements, and equal to the wrath of some acerbic tongues I know. But what happens when the pen encounters voices such as those of Andy Vanlalremtluanga, Carlton Braganza and Mark Lazaro

I’d promised Carlton almost a month back that I would write about the 3 Tenors Valentines Show, and this is the only reason I haven’t pulled it off till now. The pen is sometimes forced to whimper and accept defeat.

A table full of women at a Valentine’s show, featuring some of the best voices around, is a circus full of emotions and exclamations and sighs. And I am proud that I remember that evening through the eyes of that table full. The high-decibel screaming that accompanied Mark on Too Much Love Will Kill You, Bed Of Roses and I Will Do Anything For Love. How his voice soared and dipped and emoted on Nessun Doma, a superlative superlative duet that he performed with Carlton. How even poetry and emotion paled before that last crescendo. I wonder how it feels to have a gift like Mark’s; to be able to share the euphoria of it every time he sings.

I claimed I was only present that night to listen to Andy sing Oh Darling. Even if that was true, I would not have been disappointed. Andy has this ability that many small-built people have. The ability to tear the voice from inside and fling it out through fingers and fists and eyes, projected from what have got to be springs on the soles of the feet. Andy showed off this capacity beautifully with Love Hurts and, especially, Maybe This Time.

But my beloved memory of that evening is Carlton Braganza. On an ordinary evening, Carlton spends too much time on stage jumping and screaming and egging on crows, for any of us to know what he’s capable of. But the jester is always the most intelligent and accomplished man, as Shakespeare showed us time and again. The things Carlton can do with his voice are, unfortunately, not things a plebian like me can talk about. Suffice to say, Carlton is a different man when he sings opera. With Mark by his side, aiding and abetting the tears in my eyes, I will probably never forget O Sole Mio.

However, the high point of the evening was Carlton’s La Donna Mobile, which I shamelessly refer to as The Mobile Song, every time I gush. All I can say, is woman may be flighty and fickle, Mr. Braganza, but one song out of you and she’ll come crashing down to swear her allegiance.

Here is a fact to annoy every reader: a writer may claim to have nothing to say, but will go ahead and writer volumes anyway. I hope I have done some marginal justice to the delayed promise of this piece. And, for the benefit of those who missed the show, I hope you guys do it again.

This time, hats off!

Anoopa Anand

Click here http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=opusbangalore to check out the videos taken that night

and here for pictures:http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=40751&id=671540659&op=6

Queens .. and harbhajan sings "weed champions" :)

9.00pm, Saturday, 8th March Womens Day Special

BARRY and his band of merry men in an utterly butterly ridickulous night.

if you don't know who Barry is (not many people don't) watch this

featuring vivek madan, karn malhotra, shyju varkey, hottie & shorty (martin & mayank), mark swaroop, amongst others

from mama's pages (ANOOPA ANAND IS BACK EVERY WEEK WITH HER UPDATES)

Week One: Love us two times, Venky

I’m not terribly good with first impressions and even less adept at predictions, but this has to be said. I’m all for believing that Week 1 is going to prove to be very accurately indicative of what we’re in for, throughout Season 3. On stage there was character, freshness, a sign or two of great performances, the whiff of originality, and more than a smattering of some truly stunning vocal ability. more

the 3 that made it through

1. sharon chang 2. alexis d'souza 3. aditya menon

7 weeks more to go. 21 places to be filled. when we reach 24 people we'll have a semifinal to pick 12 .. and then a final at an auditorium wherein one would be crowned Opus KroaKING...

videos of last year's finale night at the chowdiah are put up. click on the one you want to watch

ROOPIKA, ANDY, MARK or here for entire bunch of them

and .. the top 12 get to record the season 3 CD ... best of the first 2 seasons click here to autoplay

aaah, and one more thing ... the judges decisions are final and binding

PRIZES so far

A Lennovo Laptop for the Winner

Cash Prizes for the top 3

Personlaised OPUS ZIPPO lighters for the top 12 (with their names on it)

Holidays from Club Mahindra ( ZEST)

... lots more coming in...

AND LATEST AND MOST THRILLING NEWS

SANDEEP CHOWTA HAS COME ON BOARD AS PART OF KROAKING SEASON 3. STAY TUNED FOR ALL UPDATES

WANNABE SPONSORS, PERFORMERS CALL SHONALI 9845244610 FOR MORE DETAILS

spread the musical word around .... if you want a printable version of the poster to put up at an office / college click here

GANT welcome you to an exclusive preview sale

venue: opus, march 6th - 9th 2008, 11am- 11pm.

a special offer on the entire colection

american casualness & european elegances

rsvp: radhaarora@arvindbrands.com

Thursday Signature BOOZE & BRAINS ...

Hosted by Mark Rego & DJ Vinay, this a a popular quiz night where winners get all their booze free for the night. Rated by the BBC as indias best pub quiz... No entry charges.

ABANDONFRIDAY: 9.00pm GREAT RETRO with DJ Vinay

a night of friends, great food, drink and music and NO DANCING :)

1pm, every sunday afternoon with the legendary SHYAM

if you like the music of tom jones, neil diamond, cliff richards, elvis presley and a lazy sunday afternoon to unwind this is really it.

.. with a buffet of khao suey, dosas and pastas, and some some bacardi mojitos and Kingfisher to add to the 'good times' .. and if u are an artist or a band that wants to be featured .. pls call shonali on 9845244610.

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ok and fyi this is the best way to get to Opus. for the next 45 days (fingers and toes crossed) this is your treasure map

For Reservations Call 080-23442580.
go here for more details about OPUS ... and if u are on Orkut or Facebook there's an opus and a kroaknight and a booze and brains community