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Tribes of Babel is Released

evadowd — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:33:39 +0000

Motherjane’s 1st song since the release of Maktub was released on March 1st. The song Tribes of Babel was written for Amnesty International’s PEACE and is streaming on the our main site, the download was delayed to April12th by the PEACE organizers , see our press release for details.

I encourage you to check Suraj’s lyrics and comments on the song and in the blog below watch him discuss Tribes of Babel in the Rosebowl Interview. We love reading the feedback we are receiving on all the sites, if you haven’t left a comment on the song yet please post a scrap .

More News

Recently announced Motherjane will be performing at Jadavpur University Kolkata on March 12th, please help spread the word.

Baiju’s Birthday is this Sunday March 7th would love you to stop by and Sign the Birthday Card. There is also now an Official Baiju Official Fan Page on facebook managed by Abhijit the band’s tour manager and former student of Baiju’s.

Thank you to all the Janiacs that support us facebook, we soon will be at 6,000 members , loving the power of Janaics united in sharing the band with their friends!

Motherjane is Mobile .

That is all for moment

Love All…Rock All…

Eva

Two Upcoming Shows in Delhi and Banaglore and all the rest….

evadowd — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:00:18 +0000

Hello it is just me once again trying to capture all the recent updates in one place …I been reading the reviews from last night’s show at Opus on facebook , click just fans link also , it was quite a surprise to be tweeted and emailed the band mentioned me and dedicated a song to me at the show such sweethearts they are

*** Update ****Delhi has Two Shows the 1st is Sept 20th at 9 PM at Turquoise Cottage at Gurgaon which is open to the public the also playing will be Undying Inc. and The Circus this show is FREE , the show on Sept 22nd Pulse 2009 (AIIMS) is open to Students Only with valid ID, word, the link to the Event page for both on Facebook. Promo Video from Pulse 09, do join the event page on facebook so I can connect with both before and after the show, I want to post the pictures and reviews

Then motherjane will be back in Bangalore at the Hard Rock on Sept. 24th and everyone that saw last night show at the Opus , said they would definatly will come again, please dont’ take for granted people just know about the show, help spread the word not only about the event but about the band, each one of you just telling one person about the band makes an incredible difference !!!

There are many more shows upcoming and I know many of you hear news of upcoming shows and ask why they are not posted , it is because they are not 100% confirmed and would hate to pull events down , trust me as soon as the are official they will posted , no promises all the places requested will get shows but that is up to the fans and venues keep requesting motherjane at your colleges and venues , only together we can create this buzz about the band not only in India but the world ,… it is already happening …I see it everyday …Remember…

Motherjane’s Success is India’s Success !

News

Motherjane is the Featured Artist at Opus Radio for next month , mark Calendar Wednesday Sept. 23 from 3 PM to 6 PM India Std. Time , exclusive interview with the band, will try to see if Opus will post the audio files for those around the globe who can’t tune in at that time, will send reminders on twitter and facebook too .

Interviews

Something very different an Interview done with John and Clyde for Myband , check it out. This interview was done for Jade Magazine right before Indonesia Show.

Behind the Song

I like to Post the behind the song blogs every now , I know I really enjoy them so hope you enjoy reading Suraj thoughts too , this was a recent blog about the song Maya.

New Motherjane goodies for sale on the main site , working on ways to make main site more interactive soon so you can upload your pixs in motherjane t-shirts , fan artwork and pixs with you and the band and more have patience but it is coming

Lots of news and updates I know and yes lots of smiley faces because I am just really happy today No promises about Monday Morning though

Lots of Love and Laughter,

Eva

Karmic steps – “Maktub”

Suraj Mani — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:39:02 +0000

Swept by throngs swelling around me
Peopled with king and commoner
Reined in by invisible yokes of reason
and the warm tyranny of the familiar

Opened my eyes again
To hear a man call my name
As I reached for him I found a prayer
Seems to me we walked on water

Did I dream up the stranger?
I’m no longer sure I understand
The crossing deepens with every truth I discover
Sometimes I need a helping hand

I’ve stood outside the banks of heaven
Wondering if I’ll ever want to belong
Too inured by what sometimes surrounded me
To reach for that which, lay beyond

I’ve seen faith and action shorn of each other
Watched whole armies pick either bow or arrow
I’ve mocked warriors like that, been one myself
For thus I was led, but I no longer follow

I hold the thought and walk off my pier
with hands outstretched to grasp the other
and I’m on feet that are yearning to rediscover
The feel of karmic steps carved on water

Before one million comes one – “Maktub”

Suraj Mani — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:33:28 +0000

There was one
who gave dignity to the dying
who brought hope to the living

There was one
who gave to a different degree
who proved with certainty
That before one million comes one.

There was one
who gave a handful and a smile
who brought rest for just a while

There was one
who did what was possible
who took small sacrifices & built a miracle

There was one,
now there are a million
There was one,
now there are a million

Coz when the horizon of a desert speaks of an ocean
A rain cloud is god sent, a raindrop is ecstasy
before one million comes one,
each similar to a different degree.

Mindstreet – “Maktub”

Suraj Mani — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:31:04 +0000

Mmm ..I take a step, in my sleep
The id lies bleeding in mindstreet
My angels shot full of holes
But now I know how to get him home

Cos in this world, made of myth
The rules change with every beat
There’s magic in the air
Cos here the gods hear your prayer

Come act your dream in mindstreet
Do what you want, go where you please
Kick the devil in his B’s
Stop living on your bleeding knees

Will not give up, they say
This is the way to serendip
Close your eyes, learn to breathe
The oceans are just a few thoughts deep

Believe me, not in me
The messenger is rarely worth it

If you wanna trip, go inside
Where the secrets of the universe hide
And this is how it’s meant to be
The journey is the way you pay the fee

Come act your dream in mindstreet
Do what you want, go where you please
Kick the devil in his B’s
You don’t have to live on your knees

Keep coming back, oh yeah
Human kind has always sensed this track
Feels better every time,
to know that we are all divine

Come act your dream in mindstreet
Do what you want, go where you please
Kick the devil in his B’s
Stop living on your bleeding knees

In mindstreet, in mindstreet

Maktub – “Maktub”

Suraj Mani — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:30:41 +0000

You ain’t dead yet
You’ve just stopped living
You ain’t alive yet
Just b’cos you’re breathing

There’s really more than you can take
between the shadows and the sun
But which part of you will hear what I must say,
the creator or just the creation?

You ain’t dead yet
Go on, take your next step
For if you cannot see beyond today’s inheritance
Then the god in you is dead

There’s really no feeling that our souls can’t taste
between the shadows and the sun
But which part of you will hear what I must say,
the creator or just the creation?

Coz half empty, half full
It’s all inside your head
& sometimes what we think is the truth,
is just a matter of context.

You see, we’re blessed with choices.
we fear what we don’t understand.
Life ends, that makes it beautiful.
God knows , so he lives in the mortal man..

I say to you, it is written
And by your hands it is rewritten
In those sacred moments,
when the creator walks through the creation

An ode to life – “Maktub”

Suraj Mani — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:26:21 +0000

I’ve seen new life
And there’s new life in me
I wonder how you feel
When you see all that you see

Blood in the apple – “Maktub”

Suraj Mani — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:22:03 +0000

I look into the dark pool of suffering
And I’m transfixed in its stare
Like a moth lured into a universe screaming
As death comes alive in its godless air

Watched it steal succor from my sleep
With dreams conceived in a poisoned womb
Suffer me tears of anger to weep
And eyes that feel like open wounds.

They say home’s a place that ends a journey
Mine’s just a picture gone up in flames
Burning in homage to another mans memory
A guiltless being, who once held my name

And now you see me, cos you’re me
Today’s victim of yesterdays ‘war.
I heeded not your cries for mercy
Every gatekeeper of hell , is sometimes the door.

Fed on fruit from the desert, a bush laden with hate
crazed by a sorrow that like poison, cuts thru my veins.
I swung my sword, glimpsed his forked tongue too late
There’s blood in the apple & nothing to gain

except…
maybe…

one more ripple in the circle of pain
one more cripple in the circle of pain

again.

Broken – “Maktub”

Suraj Mani — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:19:24 +0000

We’ve all , we all been broken
Shattered, left mute with regrets unspoken
We’ve all loved and lost
Been forsaken, repented our deepest trust

We’ve all wondered why
Destiny picked us to cry
Why faith has to be tested,
& life doesn’t turn out the way intended.

We’re mended to be broken
yet human clay believes itself golden
Stunning in its courage to be happy
As wild elations tempered with black melancholy

Fields of sound – “Maktub”

Suraj Mani — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:12:39 +0000

Amidst rituals of living
We surrender to the beyond
Crossover worshipper swaying
to the hypnotic colors of sound

You’re not here in body
Yet your songs with us remain
Like waves that will not weary
To claim these shores again

Blessed travelers from the fields of sound
You’ve roamed the paradise of the musical legion
Pushing boundaries from the eye of the storm
Baptizing with melody, the sweetest religion

You’re the beautiful notes in a symphony of spirits
the threads in our tapestry of dreams
Where every color blends together
Like the droplets, the oceans, the rivers and streams

We hunger with an appetite whetted
By the fires of your heart
On your wings, soar unfettered
feeling whole, just a part