A one track mind

Ditching the ubiquitous Mumbai local has unexpected advantages.

Have been commuting to work as long as I can remember by train, probably because Office has always been on the other side of town. Moved recently to a workplace that turned out to be closer to home, and so naturally expected to reach there a lot sooner, knowing, as any Mumbaikar does, that the shortest distance between any two points in Mumbai is a train ride.

Was confused when getting there by train (by this I mean getting to the station and from there to work) took anything between 45 minutes to an hour. Even more so when getting there by auto takes 25 minutes flat. So have abandoned the local for a bus/auto to work.

Which is great. And that’s not just because I was tired of arriving at office after a train ride with my shirt looking like it’s never been near a laundry.

I have started listening to music while on the move again. Something that I couldn’t do when I traveled by train for just two stations. Also, wasn’t generally in the mood for music in the auto later to work after all that jostling during the train ride. Had forgotten how much better the day starts off this way.

Listen to a lot of assorted stuff on my way to work now, but have lately been listening to a lot of strange tracks that I’ve discovered (or re-discovered in some cases) through Worldspace. Have been tracking down the relevant album on the internet and checking out if the album’s available locally, else persuading a friend to try and download the track.

Have been listening to these songs for a number of times in a row, spaced throughout the day or the week And am surprised that they manage to stay stuck in my head for so long. Have included a list of some of these tracks below-

‘The blower’s daughter‘by Damien Rice (with a particularly haunting vocal section by Lisa Hannigan.)
‘One headlight’ by the Wallflowers.
‘Blood of Eden’ by Peter Gabriel and Sinead O’ Connor,
’ All for you’ by Sister Hazel,
‘You get what you give’ by the New Radicals,
’Hate Me’ by Blue October.

All good, if somewhat unconventional tracks.

See if you like any of them.

Cheers!!