It's a Shame but it's the Last || Into the last release of Pink Floyd

The final tunes of this great artwork were given the final shape in The Royal Albert Hall where Gilmour and Mason returned to series of ambient, lyricless recordings from the same period as Pink Floyd's last album, 1994's 'The Division Bell,' to complete 'The Endless River.'Pink Floyd has confirmed the release of its 15th studio album, ‘The Endless River,’ due on November 10. The project, which finds David Gilmour and Nick Mason completing work on previously unreleased sessions with the late Rick Wright, will be co-produced by Phil Manzanera, Youth and Andy Jackson. 

The Endless River was first mentioned in High Hopes of The Division bell "The dawn mist glowing/The water flowing/The endless river/Forever and ever" AS David Gilmour says"The Endless River is a continuous flow of music that builds gradually over four separate pieces over the 55-odd minutes. There’s a sort of continuum from the Division Bell album to this, and the last phrase but one on The Division Bell is 'the endless river' "

The only concept of The endless river according to Gilmoour is, He playing together with Rick Wrights and Nick Mason, the same way that things worked in past, and the way that is familiar to us.The band being covered with redundant hassle for long, couldnot part themselves from releasing The Endless river, which may be the last works of Rick Wrights, before his demice. there was a bond that connected them which is above all the hysteria revolving with Pink floyed post Division Bell. 

It is very evedient form the fact that The absence of Rick is always mentioned by all the band players, including former band member, Roger waters. 

Mason on an interview with says, "I think Rick would be thrilled actually. I think this record is rather a good way of recognizing a lot of what he does. I think the most significant element was really actually hearing what Rick did, because, having lost Rick, it was that thing of… it really brought home what a special player he was."

The title of the album is also intended to partly represent Pink Floyd’s enduring creativity.

The way in which the band take an idea, before “extending it, exploring it and doing something that’s slightly outside the normal pop song, pop industry length of song piece or whatever,” says Nick Mason.

Polly Samson, spouse of the Band lead Gutarist David Gilmour gave the lyrics of The most celebrated song from the new Album "Louder Than Words" premiered on U.K. radio Thursday.  

The opening notes goes  – ringing church bells – recall the closing sounds from The Division Bell's "High Hopes." "We bitch and we fight / Diss each other on sight / But this thing we do," Gilmour sings over a rhythm reminiscent of a more upbeat "Hey You," his voice seemingly unchanged from 1994."With world weary grace / We’ve taken our places / We could curse it or nurse it or give it a name / Louder than words/ this thing that we do," sings the group. Around the 3:30 mark, we will have Gilmour launches into one of his trademark Pink Floyd guitar solos, possibly for the last time.

"This is one of the pieces of music that seemed fairly complete as an idea for a song, and Polly came up with the idea for 'Louder Than Words' as something that describes what we achieve when we make the music that we make," Gilmour continued in interview with RS. 

"Neither Rick nor I are the most verbal people and so Polly was thinking it was very appropriate for us to express what we do through the music, but she’s helping us describe it in words as well."The Endless River also features contributions from physicist Stephen Hawking, whose "voice" appears on the track "Talkin' Hawkin'" two decades after he graced Division Bell's "Keep Talkin'," as well as songwriters Anthony Moore and Samson. 

David Gilmour on a final statement conveys that: 'It's a Shame, but This Is the End'"I think we have successfully commandeered the best of what there is," says longtime member. "I suspect this is it". On other occasion The singer-songwriter has issued a note on Facebook to remind his fans 

that, while Pink Floyd are indeed issuing their first record in 20 years – the instrumental record The Endless River – he had no role in making it. 

Being the greatest musical author of Humankind, the narrative of Pink Floyd didn't deserve its closure in such a poignant way. I feel pain to see it all end.

Reference: The Rolling Stone, The Ultimate Classic Rock

What made Candy Crush addictive!!

Ask Candy Crush Saga critics why the game is so popular and makes so much money, and you'll get a range of answers. At the more thoughtful end of the spectrum, they'll admit that the game is very polished and accessible, while pointing to its sophisticated psychological string-tugging to get people hooked, and paying.The more splenetic critics focus in on the latter point, often boiling it down to the suggestion that people who play Candy Crush Saga are stupid, easily-manipulated sheep who wouldn't know a proper game if it bit them on the nose.

I've had this conversation a lot over the last year, often with otherwise-reasonable people who are usually more than capable of accepting that not everyone likes the same games as them. There's something about Candy Crush Saga's success that is rubbing away at a raw nerve for many gamers. Really, though, if you want to find out why Candy Crush Saga is so popular and makes so much money, you should ask the other people: the ones actually playing it. Mums and dads, aunts and uncles. Grandparents, even. Housewives and househusbands. Commuters from office juniors through to CEOs.

Your non-gamer friends, especially. Even if you're not quite as aware of how much they're playing Candy Crush Saga and similar games since you figured out how to turn off their Facebook alerts begging for help. Candy Crush Saga's audience isn't just huge: it's hugely mainstream.

That, to me, is hardcore gaming. It's also a sign of the new audience that games like Candy Crush Saga have created on smartphones and tablets. They're not stupid: they just want to play games that are accessible, very polished, playable in short sessions, and which make their friends a factor without it being real-time multiplayer. 

These are the reasons why Candy Crush Saga is so popular, along with some bold marketing tactics that saw King early into Facebook's mobile app ads, while also taking a high-profile punt on TV advertising.

Candy Crush Saga will continue to be a divisive game – and it's a fact that discussion of the game and its publisher online tends to be dominated by the haters – but it's not those people who King will be worrying about following its lucrative IPO.

The key to the company's future will be understanding what its current and future players want from games, including responding quickly if they start to show ennui with candies and Sagas.

King will have a lot of money to throw at that problem, but in the fast-evolving world of mobile social gaming, that won't be the only thing determining the company's future success.

NaMo's Diwali greetings will surely prove he is our most innovative PM

The Creative Krantikari Wishes You a happy Diwali, Glowing with Peace and Prosperity.


Relationships are built by greetings. So, I was online searching for Diwali E-Greetings which can be forwarded to my self-evident and obvious kins.

My exploration landed me to a very interesting Link:: Narendra Modiji's Online Diwali Greetings. I was simply amazed of the way our PM designed this.

So here I am wishing all my viewers, in very MoDified way.

On another occasion our President convey's his wish to the countrymen, Saying "Diwali is a harbinger of joy and happiness. It celebrates the victory of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance and light over darkness. It is also an occasion for strengthening bonds of friendship and goodwill between people of all communities and religions. 

May this years celebrations dispel the darkness of ignorance and bring the light of happiness for those who are less privileged. 

Let us celebrate this festival by reaffirming faith in all that is good, noble and virtuous and instilling in ourselves pride in the composite culture of India. Let us do everything possible to make this years Diwali celebrations pollution free and environmentally safe.

India's First Rock Act :: Mohiner Ghoraguli

I just spent the entire week of my Mid Term in effort to apprentice several Topsy-turvy equations of motions, ten hours a day while listening in loop to the Unsung Horses of Indian Rock scene — Mohiner Ghoraguli. Yes, the famous "Bheegi Bheegi" from Gangstar was originally composed by the Ghoras in 1980s, 20 years before its latest version.
The essence of counter culture revolution mixed with the Indian folk acts, made me operative in the openness of the life. While all of us go gaga over international musical artists and groups, we tend to forget the immensely talented ones closer 

to our soil.Mohiner Ghoraguli (translated as Mohin's Horses) is surely one of those musical groups that had heralded a new beginning in Bengali music by breaking all established musical themes. For ardent music lovers, this name would definitely not be a new one. Mohiner Ghoraguli was an independent( in fact the fist) rock music group of Calcutta that was established in the 1970s.

During a period of stagnation in Bangla music, when commercial film songs were the dominant market force, the lyrics (and to some extent the compositions) of leader Gautam Chattopadhyay were radically new. The personal yet social nature of their act, were a reminiscence to the urban folk movement led by Bob Dylan, John Denver in the 60s. Though they were almost unknown in their time, in recent years they have undergone a critical re-evaluation much like the Velvet Underground. Without any exaggeration it can be said that the Group was decades ahead of its times. The then milieu could not grasp the mettle of Mohiner Ghoraguli. 

In such a conservative climate, Moheener Ghoraguli, with its unorthodox musical compositions and strange choice of song themes, failed to gain much of a fan base. Its songs dealt with everyday topics -politics, poverty, injustice, revolution, love, loneliness, even begging and prostitution, unlike the mainstream romantic theme. Gautam Chattopadhyay had strong political beliefs; in common with many intelligent and idealistic young men of his generation, he was involved in socialist/communist politics during the 1960s and 1970s. According to former bandmate Abraham Mazumdar, Gautam may have been involved in the Naxalite movement as well (Citation Needed). This political outlook was reflected in the musical output of the band.

The 1970s were the heydays of classic Bengali singers like Shyamal Mitra and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. At that time the Group could not achieve what it deserved. The maverick Group did not get much prominence as the songs were not only about love; the songs dealt with mundane topics such as politics, poverty, technology and even prostitution. Many say that the Group's songs had the elements of Jibonmukhi Gaan (songs of ordinary life) that became famous two decades later thanks to the likes of Kabir Suman. In recognition of this renewed interest, Gautam released a compilation of Mohiner Ghoraguli covers by contemporary artists, Aabaar Bochhor Kuri Pore in 1995. They have since come to be considered an unrecognized pioneers of the jibonmukhi style and ethics, decades ahead of their times.

The Horses of Mohin have stood the test of time and galloped across the hearts of millions, symbolising to be forefront of Bangla political and social dynamics of that era. The present must recall the temperament of the chords which were played to define a new revolution, a new Jibon. In times when technology exemplify our music needs, where people are plugged in ears and get aloof from each other and cut off from music. We should try and look towards the Horses and learn the  gallop towards the estuaries of life. 







Acknowledgements:

Mr. Tameem Salman Choudhury, to introducing me to the Ghoras.
To wikipedia, for making , facts easily available, so that wannabes like me can write.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Legends narrate that, lysergic prophet Timothy Leary used to dose the drinks at parties with LSD, but it might not have been necessary. The radical cultural shift of 1960s already made recreational Drugs a symbol of Taboo. By 1967, year of the Summer of Love, the free spirited bohemians made their a valiant bid to supplant the dominant culture, and in retrospect a strong case can be made that the counter-culture won. Like  enclave of San Fransisco , the whole USA, Canada and Europe became even more of a melting pot of politics, drugs, music, creativity, and the total lack of sexual and social inhibition than it already was.

The symbolic forefront of the insurrection in Britain were acts like Pink Floyd, till the the paraphernalia of the Under Ground music. Their musical  psychedelic drugs was a toast to Paul McCartney's journey to the zenith, but they never claimed to be recognised as the harbinger of the revolution. The cornered psychotropic musicians,   became the leaders to their fellow traveler with their ravishing debut  The Pipers at the gates of dawn. The world got a sonic, kaleidoscopic sound that echoed through the brain and heart of silence society. 

Piper was recorded at Abbey Road at the same time the Beatles were there recording Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, but the results couldn't have been more at odds with one another. Where the Beatles exerted complete control over the tools of the studio, Pink Floyd used the studio to lose control. It didn't hurt that the band's primary songwriter and visionary Syd Barrett was on the verge of permanently losing control himself. Less than a year after the release of Piper, in 1967, Barrett was out of the band, one of the most prominent and tragic casualties of the rock era. Of course, while Barrett lived out the remainder of his life as one of the psychedelic age's walking wounded, Pink Floyd went on to much bigger (if not necessarily) better things.

The first side opens with the outer space chatter of a thousand space missions intoning the names of the stars and we’re plunged in to a prime slice of mid-sixties freak-out territory. Syd’s guitar is fabulously lithe. There follows a series of tales of cats, silver shoes, unicorns, mice called Gerald, bikes, gnomes, scarecows and the I Ching. Sounds horrible, doesn’t it? But in 1967 this was fresh and new, and what’s more it’s delivered utterly charmingly and with no hint of received American pronunciation merely to be cool. It’s been said before, but this is Edward Lear for the acid generation.

Then in the black hole between these tracks we get Syd’s other side, the shining, blasted sci fi tones of his guitar rumbling through the extended work out of “Interstellar Overdrive”. 

This is the paradox with Barrett. He could seemingly write material that was both poppy and deeply out there with ease. Who knows how the Floyd would have sounded had he held on. Definitely different that’s for sure. But Piper remains a testament to a mind that, for a brief spell, saw no boundaries…

Dreams have meaning

When they were recalled after awakening they were regarded as either the friendly or hostile manifestation of some higher powers, demoniacal and Divine. With the rise of scientific thought the whole of this expressive mythology was transferred to psychology; to-day there is but a small minority among educated persons who doubt that the dream is the dreamer's own psychical
act.

But since the downfall of the mythological hypothesis an interpretation of the dream has been wanting. The conditions of its origin; its relationship to our psychical life when we are awake; its independence of disturbances which, during the state of sleep, seem to compel notice; its many peculiarities repugnant to our waking thought; the incongruence between its images and the feelings they engender; then the dream's evanescence, the way in which, on awakening, our thoughts thrust it
aside as something bizarre, and our reminiscences mutilating or rejecting it—all these and many other problems have for many hundred years demanded answers which up till now could never have been satisfactory.

In striking contradiction with this the majority of medical writers hardly admit that the dream is a psychical phenomenon at all. According to them dreams are provoked and initiated exclusively by stimuli proceeding from the senses or the body, which either reach the sleeper from without or are accidental disturbances of his internal organs. The dream has no greater claim to meaning and importance than the sound called forth by the ten fingers of a person quite unacquainted with music running his fingers over the keys of an instrument. The dream is to be regarded, says Binz, "as a physical process always useless, frequently morbid." All the peculiarities of dream life are explicable as the incoherent effort, due to some physiological stimulus, of certain organs, or of the cortical
elements of a brain otherwise asleep.

The conclusion which is now forced upon me is that the dream is a sort of substitution for those emotional and intellectual trains of thought which I attained after complete analysis. I do not yet know the process by which the dream arose from those thoughts, but I perceive that it is wrong to regard the dream as psychically unimportant, a purely physical process which has arisen from the activity of isolated cortical elements awakened out of sleep.

I must further remark that the dream is far shorter than the thoughts which I hold it replaces; whilst analysis discovered that the dream was provoked by an unimportant occurrence the evening before the dream.




Source:: Psychology Today. Dream Psychology- Sigmund Freud.