confessions of a live band abettor ...

for those who missed my reflections in the Bangalore Mirror, it's been posted here

thankfully the live music and the kroaknights are back (for how long though, is anyone's guess)

ABANDONFRIDAY

9.00pm, 1st Feb: "Haven"

the boys from st joseph's commerce college, haven started playing from july 2006, since then they have won a bagful of awards.
including runners up in the campus rock idol, pune 2007.
neville: vocals, elvis: drums, hemanth: guitar, aditi: keys, venkat: bass & vocals.

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Nokia KroaKnight (in association with Bacardi)
Wed: with mark
Sun: with carlton

KROAKING SEASON 3 WILL GET UNDERWAY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR DETAILS.

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Thursday Signature BOOZE & BRAINS (starts at 9pm sharp)
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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1pm, every sunday afternoon we have the legendary SHYAM

it's a BYOI (bring your own instruments) afternoon .. 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.

for jampot pics go here

4th Feb: STORMY MONDAYS with BARRACUDA BLUES BAND

apparently kroaknights are no longer illegal ...

Saturday 19th Jan:8.00pm "Pub Crawl"

ART presents Darius Sunawalla and Arati Punwani in Gautam Raja's Pub Crawl

Directed by Arundhati Raja

Fast paced, hilarious dialogue from two "Yuppies" - telling it like it is!

Rs 500/- (350/- supper + 150/- theatre)

Synopsis : Written in 1999 this play caught the imagination of the young people of Bangalore. Pubs were blossoming all over the city; the IT boom had begun; the city was beginning to fill with the young and upwardly mobile; brands were suddenly important, relationships were beginning to bloom, fade, bloom... Set in a pub, this play is perhaps even more topical today, eight years down the line.

Press quotes:
In an appealingly blunt, no-frills tone, the play perceptively looks at the often directionless yuppy. Given the subject, the play [Pub Crawl] comes across as surprisingly unstilted and non-simplistic.' - The Times of India
'Hard-hitting stuff.... He takes a knife and cuts the cake of life. Day-to-day life. Depending on how you have understood the cuts, or how close to you he has cut, you react.' - Ponappa, The Ponappa Missive (The Bangalore Monthly)

Nokia KroaKnight (in association with Bacardi)
Wed (tonight): with mark
Sun: with carlton

Thursday Signature BOOZE & BRAINS (starts at 9pm sharp)

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.

1pm, every sunday afternoon we have the legendary SHYAM followed by JAMPOT

it's a BYOI (bring your own instruments) afternoon .. 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.

for updated jampot pics go here

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magic 8 balls to you!

it's that time of the year that i get all senti (and mental) so i thought i'd share with you a little story
about 4 years ago a young, shy boy used to drag his father along and come to opus at every little opportunity he got.
when everyone had left (which was all of 3 and a half people at the time) he would open up the lid of the piano and have a go.
word spread and people started staying back (those were the good old days when driving was not a bad word, and nights stretched elastically way beyond 11.30) to watch this boy wonder.
every night became a singalong (we had even printed songbooks), a jam, with more and more musicians and people coming in, singing and playing along.
every saturday night the 2 of us did a set (those were the days we couldn't afford fancy musicians and bands .... who am i trying to fool?? we still can't!) and he developed quite a following.
from opus he moved on to bigger, better and more voluptuous things.
to cut a long story short, mr. karan joseph, very soon became bangalore's most wanted keyboardist. he applied (and got in, obviously) to THE college music and leaves for berklee in a couple of days.
in what will probably be his last opus gig for a while (that's if he decides to come back ... i don't think he would, considering his affinity for blondes) we bid farewell to him tonight.
few tickets i think are still available (not at the same rates though .. 'u snooze u lose' kinda thingee)
For details call: 9845244610/ 9844030198
and here's wishing u a very special and magical 2008!!
few copies of the opus christmas CD are still available.
for pics of the 8 days of christmas go here

2008
9.00pm,4th jan: ABANDONFRIDAY: "karthik mani group"
a night of jazz , funk and lounge music

9.00pm,5th jan: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER with DJ Gladwin
put on your dancing shoes & get ready to party

Thursday Signature BOOZE & BRAINS (starts at 9pm sharp)
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.

1pm, every sunday afternoon we have the legendary SHYAM
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.
for updated jampot pics go here

14th jan: STORMY MONDAYS with Barracuda Blues
greg hamra: drums, dev: harp, vinod d'sa: guitar & vocals, raveen: vocals & keyboard, ninja: guitar
more about the band go here
a night thats already becoming very popular, a night that features a blues band live every monday night.

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 community ...

this email was sent to you by OPUS. Please add opus@trumpit.com to your address book. This will ensure delivery into your Inbox (not your bulk or junk folders).
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