Be my friend, be my friend tonight

This week has been particularly exhausting - notwithstanding the usual stresses of work, we have the Madam's sister and niece staying, and have been out drinking with them in the evenings as well. However, one last push and we'll be partying again to mark the end of another week!

Here in the UK we've just had National Curry Week, and Diwali is less than a fortnight away, so I thought a little "exotic" dance music might be in order - a song I adored when it first hit the charts forty years ago (gulp!)...

Monsoon - Ever So Lonely

Disco ka shukr hai ki shukravar hai! *

Have a good weekend, my dears!

[* "Thank Disco It's Friday" in Hindi (I hope)]

Curry and snow

Moi, Hils, The Madam and John-John with diamonds

Despite the blizzard, and the (very real) threat they might be snowed in here at Dolores Delargo Towers (the last taxi only got here at 2.30am after struggling through the frozen streets), we and our guests had a ball at our "Curry Night" for Madam Arcati's birthday!

With five types of curry dish, naan, pakora, bhaji and pickles to get through, we were all full to bursting but still managed to get some "Bollywood" moves in! Among the songs we played...

The very jaunty Helen (Helen Jairag Richardson) - star of several hit Indian films of the 70s, and dubbed as always by the marvellous voice of Asha Bhosle:

Helen - Naach e Dil

From the 2008 gay-themed crossover movie (set in America) Dostana, the energetic Master Saleem and Sunidhi Chauhan:

Maa Da Ladla (Mummy Mix)

Tha fabulous Ever so Lonely by Monsoon (Sheila Chandra), a song I have always loved since it hit the upper reaches of the UK charts (the first Indian song to do so) way back in 1982:

Monsoon - Ever So Lonely

And, of course, a party would not be a party without Usha Uthup and a bit of Disco Bollywood:

Usha Uthup - Disco Bollywood

A fab night - and we had six inches (of snow) to enjoy, too!


Cronain in his element