My Metallica concert!

This is for all of us who could not make it to the concert. I have collected pictures posted, videos and all sorts of links which I could find and wanted to sequence them so I could have a Metallica experience...trying to recreate the concert for myself.

Why I could not go?

Culprit #1

Culprit # 2

Long story short - I have 2 adorable dogs and noone to take care of them, one is a little sick too..so well, had to stay back!
We are starting off with pictures, moving on to videos and then to the news articles and the rest!

I really really hope Metallica comes back soon ~ waiting eagerly!!

The set list -

MAIN SET
1.	Creeping Death
2.	For Whom the Bell Tolls
3.	Fuel
4.	Ride the Lightning
5.	Fade to Black
6.	Cyanide
7.	The Memory Remains
8.	Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
9.	Sad But True
10.	All Nightmare Long
11.	One
12.	Master of Puppets
13.	Blackened
14.	Nothing Else Matters
15.	Enter Sandman
ENCORE
16.	Am I Evil?
17.	Battery
18.	Seek & Destroy

For more details click on Set List

The entry point I think!

Long long lines and all the pushing and pulling!

Anticipation - hoping it doesn't go the Gurgaon way!

We are being civilised, breaking no barricades!

Some of us had VIP passes and well we had to take this picture! :)

Some more of us - we are all very happy that we made it!

Some of us are still waiting outside I think, waiting to enter! 

The Stage!

Waiting for the opening bands to start performing! Patience is a virtue...

Hoping for the sky to stay as clear!

And the rain started!

We are still waiting in the rain!

Pandu Stunt!

But it rained...

Guillotine

Delhi based band - Guillotine drummer

Fair to expect some Boos and FUs

Biffy Clyro opening

Waiting patiently

Well everybody doesnt have to stand for Biffy Clyro, they aren't Metallica you know!

And then it all began!!!!!

METALLICAAAAAA...Muahahahaha 

Metallica!!!

And we cheered!!!

O yeah!!!

Lights and Sounds..

They are here and they are for real!

We are ecstatic!

Stage on Fire!!

Patriotism and worship, all together

Up Close and Personal! On screen!!

The Roaring lights and crowd!

Happiness :)

On top of the world!

I was here pic!

Exhausted and tired after the concert..

The price I paid for the concert! Not much... :)

Shame on us..after everything, this is what we leave behind!

Now for some Videos. In order of clarity and hopefully the order -








Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman!






















Some links with videos and news over the internet -

Movook Video

Blabber Mouth

Rock Confidential

nerve.in News

Daily Bhaskar

Ticket Genie Facebook Pictures

Nothing else Matters Link

One Video

For whom the bell tolls

Link to a Picassa album


That is my tribute to Metallica and a way of making myself feel better about not having been at Bangalore.

Sources -
The twitter feed with the 'Metallica' keyword has been the main source of all the pictures, videos, news articles, etc.
Some of the users are -
@nichtEinheit (twitter)
darkchild82 (youtube)

Thank you Steve!

A kind of pain knowing that a creative and intelligent, a visionary is no more.
Why am I sad?
He gave me some of the best moments of my life. He helped me redefine and discover new music, so very simply and so very beautifully. I had never experienced anything like the iPod ever before. The sound, the touch, the look, an experience in itself.
I remember the day I bought the iPod, it was a birthday gift to myself. I had been searching the whole of Mumbai and Pune to get the best price and this one shop in Pune finally had it! Then one night, I went to buy it with a friend of mine. I was short of money, so he pitched in and we got my first ever iPod, Jackie.
Jackie has been the reason many a times for that smile on my face, for lifting my spirits and many a times keeping me happy and busy the whole day.
The best time I spent at Infosys was when I was updating Jackie with  lyrics and making the little spelling corrections to all the song names on iTunes.
All the long long bus rides across the country would have been really bad had it not been for Jackie. She was the only one who stayed with me throughout and made sure I got some sleep. She watched over me, kept me safe during all those times I traveled alone.
I would like to think that it was a part of Steve Jobs in Jackie that did all of that and made my music special and  gave me an experience of a lifetime.
Thank you Steve!

Life, friends, relationships and in general!

It is not everyday that you find a good friend or a person you can count on. People around you change everyday and react differently to different situations. But it is those few who actually stick around you, no matter what who qualify as your friends.
The thing about the relationships with these friends is that as the people change, their purpose in life change, the relationship by itself is prone to change. What can you do to prevent this?
I think the only solution to a situation like this would be to maintain transparency where you are open about why you feel a particular way. Sometimes there is an ego play which does not allow you to do this.
Indeed, there is a chance that you might mess with the relationship you have going.
Do you really want that?
I think the answer to a question like that is very person specific. But most people are actually happy when they do not really have to worry about anything.
Hence, happiness reduces in the world!