Now for some Bonography… you too?

From a former TAAQ member:
Bono at U2 concert in Glasgow when he asks the audience for some quiet.
Then in the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands.
Holding the audience in total silence, he says into the microphone…
“Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies.”
A voice from near the front pierces the [...]

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Sorry, the Stephen’s gig is off

Or rather, the gig is on, but we’re not playing. Some things didn’t work out at the last minute.
But catch us soon in Dilli… some well-deserved capital punishment is due.

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Hate us please

Spotted on an RSJonline forum:
these days, it’s supposedly cool to be a Thermal hater.
Try a little tenderness, metal brethren. Shed some tears of steel… hahahahaha!

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Too far away, too close

Here’s a mail that just came in:
I find my shit luck getting worse by the day, first of all i am an old time taaqian, taaqist ,taaqer.. yadayada!! i saw you guys first when i was 14 (i am twenty four now) i actually came to MCC to see you open for a lousy [...]

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Anybody seen this?

http://community.livejournal.com/taaqback/

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Three gigs coming up

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Pics from Team TAAQ’s road trip to Chennai

Team TAAQ had what Rajeev described as an ‘offsite’. For the uninitiated, that’s Silicon Bengaluru jargon for working on vacation – the kind of stuff that corporates do to bond teams together. We needed that, anyway.Apart from the band – Bruce, Rajeev, Rzhude and Tony – there was Nsyng (our tech man), Umesh (our mentally [...]

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Floyd ‘aint all Roses

Recent post exchange on Guitar Dr. Might help other folks planning similar things…
Your Strat copy Tansen’s nut should be able to accommodate the Floyd Top Lock Nut, but if you’ve seen a Floyd TopLock before, you’ll know that it needs expert woodwork to fit in. For prices and models, I suggest you look up these [...]

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A workout at the Gymkhana

The Madras Gymkhana Club is probably the sole islet of Madras-ness in what has already turned irrevocably Chennai.
Or that’s what we thought.
The brief: it’s a long time since the stentorian gents and the dainty dames had enjoyed a rock show (the last one had been an exhibition of the igneous, sedimentary and amorphous variety), and [...]

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Jupiter Cafe and PLAN B – buy them online

For all of you who have ranted, cursed, cajoled, coaxed, goaded, prodded, pestered, urged, seduced and deceived us into selling our CDs online in India, we have succumbed to your ranting, cursing, cajoling, coaxing, goading, prodding, pestering, urging, seducing and deceiving ways.

Plan B and Jupiter Cafe are now available online for all of you on [...]

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