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Matty, are The Beatles still your #1 band?

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matty, thoughts on justin timberlake? a guy at another forum said the music industry was laughable when a guy like jt was at the top of the food chain ... ill give my opinion shortly (and by opinion, i mean the facts :lol: )
 
RayRay
matty, thoughts on justin timberlake? a guy at another forum said the music industry was laughable when a guy like jt was at the top of the food chain
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I like the guy himself. I don't think I can name one of his songs, but there are thousands of people more despicable than him.

The talent tends to be all behind the scenes these days. At least JT is a proper entertainer.
 
Matty, did I mention that I snuck into the abandoned ashram in Rishikesh where the Beatles spent their time in India? Interesting place. It's fucking huge and being overgrown by the jungle. You can easily spend a day wandering around in there.

There are at least 50 of these meditation pods scattered throughout the jungle. Every one has an echoey meditation chamber on top, a spiral staircase, and a toilet and tiny bedroom below.

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If you go to the fourth floor of this dormitory building you can find the rooms where the Beatles stayed. Lots of graffiti:

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The 'Cathedral':

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Here's a cow drinking from a water fountain:

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Chillest bulls in the world:

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Matty
Woah, cool! Is acid easy to procure in India? Imagine tripping in the Beatles' fun room(s). :pope:
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Yeah, acid is around in India, although Rishikesh might be one of the harder places to find it. Better off bringing your own, probably.

Um, but, yeah. That would be an amazing place to trip. I'd probably end up stuck in one of those mediation pods listening to my voice echo for hours. Somehow I didn't take a picture of it, but the Maharishi's house has an amazing view of the Ganges from the roof. Damn, now that you mention it, I have to go back there with acid.
 
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Wow MrX how did you ever go about finding or connecting those? I spent a lot of time in Bangaluru.
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The Beatles ashram is pretty well known in Rishikesh. There are babas who will take you in there and show you around for a buck or two. We found it alone, since we didn't really want to hang around with a baba all day. It wasn't too hard to find, though we did run into people who couldn't find it.

If you ever go back to India, and you have an android phone, I highly recommend the free GPS app MapFactor Navigator. It uses Openstreet maps that you download to your SD card, so no phone connection is needed, and the India maps were spot on. In the smaller villages, it even had all the crazy foot trails that go from mountain village to mountain village. I had some amazing, epic hikes using it, and ended up in some places I never would have seen.

The Beatles ashram wasn't labeled, but once we were in there, I noticed a bunch of unlabeled landmarks, and they all turned out to be really cool buildings within the ashram.

How was Bangaluru? What were you up to there? I didn't spend any time in big cities, other than passing through Delhi and an airport day in Mumbai. I was also never south of Goa. It was way too hot down south when I was there. The mountains were perfect.

I've got a ten year visa. Next time I'm buying a Royal Enfield and motorcycling around the country. I'm really looking forward to that. I loved India, but traveling around it was brutal.
 
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