IT'S LIVE 1O1 AND IT'S SPECIAL!

'A good art form speaks for itself'.  Last Friday, one such art form came from Andrea.  As a modern dancer who's lately been into a lot of contemporary dancing, she exhibited such vivacity and versatility that had the audience on the edge of their seats, trying to catch her every graceful move. Her performance went full throttle right from the start with a rock song, followed by a jazz ballet with David Pascal's live version of 'Amazing Grace', which was just heavenly!  Following which, John Anthony joined her for Queen's 'Is this the world we created', to which Andrea moved in perfect harmony.  Then there was an upbeat dance to Janet Jackson's 'If', a flamenco to Donnan Murray's version of 'Have you ever really loved a woman', followed by a sensational 'samba' with Keith Peters on the bass and Paul Jacobs on the drums.  There were also a couple of hip-hop performances by her students. 

In the midst came the band The Banned, giving an excellent rendition of Queen's 'Too much love will kill you', where for the first time, Timmy, was on the keys as well as the vocals.

And guess what? Soapbox's back!  Last Friday we featured the topic 'The Indian Film Industry - More Skin, Less Skill', to which we had a gentleman from the film industry make his point that we definitely do have talent in Indian cinema.  To prove his point he reeled out names like Satyajit Ray, K Balachander and so on and mentioned even 'Lagaan' to make his point.  But there arose a question, whether 'it was demand that had created the 'more skin' concept.

After the break came Orion's Dream to gear up the crowd with some solid rock, followed by some jamming first with Donnan Murray, Ranjith and Mario doing a funky blues song which was on the spot with lyrics like 'It's time to go home' and 'I might be back.. if you want me back'.  The final performance for the evening was a 'stand up heavy metal comedy' with members of the band Bonesaw - Eddie, Conrad and Mark coupled with Ameet and a friend.

It just couldn't get better.  Or could it?  Just wait and see what happens next week when Thermal and Quarter with Wood hit the stage.

LIVE 1o1 next week...

As a tribute to June Rock Out 2001, the Vineyard Center has dedicated this month's Live 1o1 Special Nite to Rock Music.  And guess who's coming down to do the honours?  Yes!  They opened up for Deep Purple in Bangalore this April and in case you missed them; catch Thermal and Quarter right here in Chennai!

October 1996 saw their birth.  In January 1998, they went professional with a performance at Madras Christian College. The band with Bruce Lee Mani on the vocals and guitar, Rhzude David on the bass and Rajeev Rajagopal on the drums have been on MTV-U, TV-18, All India Radio and even on Star TV in a recent appearance. 

Opening for Thermal and Quarter is a band that has hogged the limelight of late - Wood.  Progressive Rock being their domain, Wood with Sunder on the vocals, Arjun on the bass and Rehan and Viswanath on the guitars, took the stage by storm at the June Rock Out fest last month. 

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