Filed under: USA

Coldplay Conundrum

So I'm mostly going to be in the US of A around late July; will be there for some time, and that's left me in an irritatingly difficult position. You see, right about that time, my current favourite band, and one of my top 3 of all time, is gonna be touring there. Now, the issue is this - should I go ahead and indulge myself in something I've always wanted to do, at a time when the focus is on saving whatever little money I can? Or should I be all 'sensible' about it, skip it 'this one time' since "they'll always come back again"? And then there's the other issue - who do I go with? Company matters, man, and I'm flying alone. Well, that actually depends on where I attend the concert. Looking at the dates, it seems like I can only go for one of the shows in California. That's possible without going out of the way because I can just fly Pacific and land at SF.

You see, I'm not really a concert guy. As in I haven't been to too many (though I would've liked to). The only 2 concerts I've been for were both Bryan Adams in Mumbai (Bryan Adams = God, remember?). And I want to go for this one only because it's Coldplay. In fact, I still think I'm just rambling on and dreaming about this coz it'll never really work out. I don't think I'll be able to take a decision on it very soon. And when I do, even if I decide to go, my luck tells me it'll be all sold out by then.

Oh, bummer.

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Slumdog Americans

Strange, then, that India still seeks vindication in the West. An Indian who makes it big in America makes it Very Big Indeed, but saying that an American rock band is big in Japan is a joke at their expense.

Interesting take on the bigger picture, which the world is now showing more interest, in post the hoopla over the show-stealer at this year's Oscars.