lsr reunion. stevie wonder

ashish from my lsr batch was instrumental in getting a net conversation going in between all of us from the class at lsr. it is amazing just how far and wide the class has spread. the usa is of course the most sought after destination, but there are also people in new zealand and canada. very few of these people are even remotely connected with architecture today. i wonder then why we focus so much on teaching building making skills in class.

car music: 39 albums by stevie wonder arranged chronologically. it is amazing how an off-key child prodigy with a thing for ray charles grew up into such a genius. it is an long way from the shrill early work to the absolutely stunning set of seventies classic albums- from music of my mind to songs in the key of life, to innervisions, to hotter than july, i don’t think there was a single misstep in the entire seventies catalogue (except perhaps that double album – journey into the secret life of plants). his voice can do anything – it ranges from the soulful to the sharp, the beats are sure fire, the politics up front and the singing – oh.. the singing.. just got into the eighties set with ‘the woman in red’ still not too bad though i could do without the schmaltz of some of the ballads.. ‘i just called to say i love you’ is still a classic though. for now i am skipping the live albums and the obligatory christmas collection- i cant relate to the emotion at all- shall maybe get back to them later.