Got a little spare time after many days, so decided to really experiment with my new electric guitar - a Fender Squire Strat. Surprisingly, I tried many things that I never wanted to try on an accoustic and realized that it's not really difficult - I just need time, a lot of patience, and a whole lot of practice to do crazy stuff.

Thanks Geoff for lending me your pedal.

Monster Monster Monster Monster Pawn..Pawn..Pawn..

Paid a visit to Monster Pawn a couple of days back (the one in Normal, not Bloomington), and found out that it is a small store full of priceless items. Found a couple of CDs that I could never find when I was in India.

If your eyes are dying on you, and you cannot read the titles of the CDs that I bought, then read on (do you have a screen magnifier installed on your computer?):

Stone Temple Pilots - Core

Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music..Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop

R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? Single

Presidents of the United States of America - Self titled album

Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe...Eddie!!

R.E.M. was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame on March 12 this year. As Stipe's grandma says - R.E.M. is about remembering every moment, and this is what I have been doing, and would continue to do. I have been listening to R.E.M. since I was 14. I have always been motivated by these guys, and don't exactly know how or why. But they deserved it, and they got it.

R.E.M. performed during the induction ceremony on March 12, and guess who joined them...Eddie Vedder!! Yes - and he was the one who inducted them, thanks to the "strange" power invested in him for a few minutes. Watching two of my childhood (and adulthood) heroes perform live was a dream come true. I only wish I could see them perform right in front of me. Life is a bitch, however, youtube would not let you die!

Bill Berry also joined Buck/Mills/Stipe to perform four songs.

iWish iBought aBot

Have been planning to buy the Lego MindstormsNXT for quite some time now. You can make so many things out of the basic building blocks, and with little more intellect and money, you can actually make a pretty useful robot. But the only thing that stops me from buying it, the ONLY thing, is the amount of money involved.