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Ali Agbar Disbromi:
Thank you! Thank you very much! Thank you very much! Thank you.
My name is Ali Ahgbar Disbromi, I am here for you tonight to play the Sitar.
The 'Raga Ja' the Classic Eric Movement.
Now you must be quiet and listen, while my friend Ravioli Lumbladi comes to play Tablas's (thank you) and Tamboras for you tonight.
Ravioli Lumbladi:
Thank you!
Please be thanking you very much.
Ali Ahgbar Disbromi:
Did you know.... thank you.
Did you know that nothing was something only when nothing was talked about and something was said? Thank you!
Did you know that it took me many years to learn to play like this for you.
And still, like when I was a little boy, I sit like this too long, and my penis falls asleep!
Thank you!
Ravioli Lumbladi:
(laughs) That's a joke in our country!
Ali Ahgbar Disbromi:
Thank you!
The first song we will be playing tonight, and again, is the Raga Ja the Classic Eric Movement
Ravioli Lumbladi:
Thank you
Ali Agbar Disbromi:
Thank you!
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Shoe Repair Raga
03:19
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Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
The next song is called the 'Shoe Repair Raga'.
Anyone that's not from India, who has ever worn shoes must know that to walk across a stage, you must wear shoes. (applause)
Thank you very much!
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
Thank you!
It's an old joke in our country.
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
It's very hard to repair shoes in India.
Because in India we wear no shoes!
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
Because in our country, many people cannot afford shoes.
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
No, and we do not kill cows in our country to make leather for shoes.
Thank you!
Ravioli Lumbladi Khon:
And the cobra is sacred.
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
…Yes, thank you! Thank you!
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
Thank you! Thank you!
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
…So anyway, this is the 'Shoe Repair Raga', sponsored by Marlboro.
Ow. My feet hurt. Where can I go to fix my sole?
Now you say you have fixed my sole for five dollars and twenty five cents?
Oh, how can I thank you?
For fixing my sole for only five dollars and twenty five cents?
Ah, yes.
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
Is there any chance they could fix my Sitar, too?
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
…unless that's cute.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
Thank you very much!
Thank you.
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Sooo Deep
02:11
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Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan: I am watching... I am wanting that you should know...
that the symbolism behind this song is sooo deep.
So deep..
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan: very deep
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan: … that it goes, deep it goes, deep it goes, beyond...
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan: Deep it goes.
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan: … beyond. Because in our country when your oil pressure is low,
Ravioli Lumbladi Khon: Yes.
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan: … it symbolizes, not the engine ragas... but that the cow has not been fed.
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Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
The next section of the cud, is the raga VanGenderen Martin Overfire.
May I tell you something?
Many years ago... that's my friend Ravioli Lumbladi
Thank you! Thank you very much!
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
Yes.
Ali Ahgbar Disbromi Ghan:
Thank you! He's very good. Keep that in tune, please.
Now I must have silence, I must have silence.
In the front row, we must have silence.
Ravioli Lumbladi on the tablas! Thank you!
I just need silence now.
Thank you, we're going to be tuning the Tambora's. (applause)
No, thank you... tuning... we need no clapping for tuning.
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
These Indian instruments are not used to your climate.
Ali Ahgbar Disbromi Ghan:
Thank you!
The first song we will be playing tonight, and again, is the Raga Ja the Classic Eric Movement
Ravioli Lumbladi Khon:
Thank you
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
Thank you! In the front row we need some quiet please.
Thank you. In the front row. In the front row, the one with the cold, you need to leave!
In the front row, thank you. We need quiet in the front row.
In the front row, the one with the coughing.... you need to leave!
Thank you.
In the front row. Yeah, that one. Take her out.
Take her out, thank you very much.
Imagine if you will, now that...
Imagine if you will, our friend, Mr. VanGenderen.
One day he took... think about it....
we're on the Ganges river, we're sitting around the campfire and then Mr. Lumbladi has his Martin guitar.
He holds it over the fire, and say's “No problem. It would not be a problem”
You tell them, Mr. Lumbladi...
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
(laughs) and then I said, “No, Craig! It is not meant to be, you don't understand!”
And then he understood. Suddenly, at that VERY MOMENT, he understood everything!
Ali Ahgbar Disbromi Ghan:
It was connected, it was connected.
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Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
Thank you! Please, you in the front row. Please can you make the baby quiet? Thank you! Thank you!
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
The world is just a baby, and yet it is silent.
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
Very Good! Yes, very good!
Now the next one, the next one we will be playing tonight is the 'Anna Raga'
It is nicknamed the 'screaming sailing raga'
Keep the baby quiet, thank you.
For the moment when Anna's husband was riding in his sailboat, heading towards another boat
only because he turned the RPM engine down, and the swift current
made him move towards the other boats
My name, thank you. My name is Ali Agbar Disbromi, I want to remind you...
that Ravioli Lumbladi is playing the tablas and tambura
Tonight in our contry we meditate frequently to achieve the highest state of nothingness, because we understand the reason for everything.
You must know nothing, but speak before you think is just nonsense.
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
We have smoked.
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
Do you understand this point?
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
We have smoked, and we have thought... about many things. Many things we have smoked and we have thought about.
Ali Agbar Disbromi Ghan:
Yes.
Thank you and goodnight. Shut that baby up! Thank you!
Ravioli Lumbladi Khan:
Thank you!
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Everybody Must Move Raga
02:00
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Ali Agbar Disbromi:
And then when we think about leaving, leaving you for the night.
Thank you very much.
We will be playing the ever popular...
Thank you very much!
Ravioli Lumbladi:
How did you guess? (laughs)
Ali Agbar Disbromi:
'Everybody Must Move' Raga.
Ravioli Lumbladi:
It is everyone's favorite!
Ali Agbar Disbromi:
Have a good night!
Ravioli Lumbladi:
Thank you and good night!
Ali Agbar Disbromi:
Thank you, good night!
I'm sorry, I must say one more thing.
I'm so glad you came tonight!
Ravioli Lumbladi:
We have very sadly had a dream that you came.
Ali Agbar Disbromi:
Yes we did.
It is now 1995 and we will be slowly coming into the new year of '96, starting from now, which is the new year!
So thank you very much for coming tonight!
We appreciate your business.
Give us more money next time.
'96.
Ravioli Lumbladi:
Thank you.
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Rich Reardin Bloomington, Indiana
Rich Reardin is a musician from Bloomington, Indiana.
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