follow the moon

the thing about jobs is that it interferes with the rest of your life too much.

suddenly everyone i know is talking about one thing - the moondust festival (and the only reason i’m not is because i’m not going). you bump into somebody at a bar and the conversation is eventually going to turn to, tra la “the md festival”. you get a phone call from a friend you haven’t heard from for a bit, and he’s calling to ask if you’re going for the festival. your sister elaborately juggles her schedule which involves missing her classes, convincing her parents to pay for the tickets, and wriggling out of the iron grip of family affection so that she can be there for the festival. if someone i know doesn’t mention it within 30 mins of our meeting, i’m like “what rock have you been under?” it’s gotten so that i’m thinking of dispensing with the regular formalities like hello and replacing it with ‘moondust’. using it like budweiser did ‘wassup’ and the romans ‘ave’.

anyway, for those who genuinely have a life/those who really have none and haven’t heard about it, the festival is being held at a location 35 kms from jaipur from november 3-7, 2006. moondust is being held to bring together some of india’s finest psytrance talent alongside some of the world’s most respected and sought-after artists. a range of styles of music will be represented, from pounding, darker psytrance to emotionally charged morning music, right up to deep progressive and chill (that’s what they say). they do have a huge lineup of artists from pretty much everywhere, though. you can find out more about the festival at www.moondust.in or on the other hand, just drive down to jaipur and follow the moon.