George Carlin & Bangalore Traffic

One good way to beat the Bangalore traffic or at least forget it for a while - is to listen to standup. I have my car stereo  rigged up to my ipod and  my ipod rigged up with about 40 hours of the best ... Bill Cosby, Eddie Izzard and George Carlin.

George Carlin : May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008

Carlin was  diabolically funny and probably best heard when you are alone... because most of  his  jokes you wouldn't want to  be caught laughing in public. His delivery stye ... almost like a rap, meant you had to pay attention to keep up.  Not your canned half hour of laughs for sure. Here's to his immortal body of work. 

Rest In peace George 

Also check out Jerry Sienfeld's tribute to George Carlin on New York Times  -   Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder

Béla Fleck - Live at the Quick

I'm not a big fan of bluegrass, and while I think the Banjo is a great instrument I never did consider including it in my playlist. So when my buddy Eric told me to watch this video, I was curious, and by the end of the DVD, I was on musical high

Béla Fleck and his virtuoso friends from around the world make this a special treat.

To say that Victor Wooten can play the bass guitar is like saying the whale is a mammal.

Amazing "Amazing Grace"

Jeff Coffin is versatile and powerful. Roy Wilfred Wooten, Victor's brother who goes by the fancy name of Futureman is interesting in a geeky sort of way, but is inhibited by his Drumitar, The music could have reached another level with a real drummer.

The supporting cast make the experince wonderful. Sandip Burman does his little at cameo on the tabala, Andy Narell is heavenly on the steel drums, Paul McCandless & Paul Hanson add depth and variation to the wind section but for sheer charisma Kongar-ol Ondar the Tuvan throat singer is delightful.

Ondar

A must have in your collection !

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More Victor Wooten.
A master class in technique. Here playing Norwegian Wood with a good dollop of harmonics and double handed tapping.