something i like on sunday: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
May 17, 2009
I know I just said I was not really interested in this blog. That was a few days ago, this is now. Maybe each Sunday I will share something I really like. I kind of like that idea. I like to like.
I like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
I probably first heard his voice while watching Bandit Queen in the mid-nineties. It caught my attention immediately- I don’t have to say much about it, actually— it is Sunday and I have not slept in a few days so just check out my clips:)
I love Taa Deem. I love, love, love the album Star Rise and the ADF remix of ‘Taa Deem’. Before I moved all of my music to mp3 format I went through two copies of that album. Here is some guy playing his bass to it. It was the best sounding clip of the song I could get on YouTube.
Here are two clips with songs from Night Song. I listen to this album often around the house. Something about it always alters my mood:
Here is an interesting music video I found:
and another:
Here is a link to the first part of a documentary (in English):
sad that he passed on so young- here is a clip from his final concert:
There you have it: something I like very, very, very much.
Now sleep.
u p d a t i n g
May 15, 2009
I don’t feel like updating a blog these days! I used to like to do it!
I am still alive, though. I am sure I will enjoy writing stuff here again.
a list:
1. Right now I am ripping stuff from old cds to Itunes. I like my old stuff. I knew something was missing- like 3/4ths of my music collection that never made it to my itunes. Sadness!
2. Ask me about #2 later. Nothing too important just GAaaaaah.
3. My child (or ‘kid’- he informed me that would be his label now) is losing a fingernail after placing his finger in a hinge of a closing door for no logical reason whatsoever.
4. My husband is a non-smoker! It is official! Monday we celebrate his second milestone in the process!
5. We are going on vacation in a few weeks… woo!
That is all I have right now. It is 7:15 a.m. I have been up since 5. Blah.
