Reagan's apology, Eisha's laughter, TidyBytes' logo and Page 3 parties

TidyBytes completed a month and on the auspicious occasion, Reagan and Eisha fought, again. This episode has it all. Reagan apologises and then analyses Eisha's laughter before they discuss TidyBytes logo and minimalism in design and then get nostalgic about Page 3 parties.

#marypoppins #ilovetolaugh #julieandrews #music #beatles #whitealbum #bauhaus #design #font #powerpoint #adobe #NID #ahmedabad #designers #designthinking #art #artists #laughter #alligatorsmile #emoji #crocodileemoji #alligatorsmile #page3 #celebrities #celebs #bombaytimes #southbombay #parties #logo #tidybytes #tidybyteswithreaganandeisha

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Friends Reunion: The sitcom that gave us Coffee Clubs, hangouts and Central Perk!

Eisha Sarkar

Published in Free Press Journal on May 27, 2021

At the very outset, I must confess I haven’t watched all episodes of all the seasons of Friends. It appealed to me somewhere in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when I started catching up on the re-runs on television. There was this one that I remember till this day. The episode that aired on November 18, 1999, shows Ross over-whitening his teeth to impress his date. I had watched it on television in the waiting room of my dentist’s clinic. Thankfully, my appointment wasn’t about teeth-whitening.

For many Indian teenagers of the 1990s generation like myself, Friends was the sitcom that introduced us to the coffee club culture of the West. Till then, the idea of coffee in an Indian household was a brew of Nescafe in the morning or a filter coffee to wash down the dosa and idlis for breakfast at the neighbourhood Udipi restaurant. That coffee could mean conversation and a coffee shop could just be a place to hang out with friends was an idea that came home in the form of Central Perk in Friends. Then came the Baristas and Café Coffee Days and mixed-gender groups of friends hanging out after college or sometimes, even during college hours. I knew a group of six in college who had nicknamed themselves Ross, Rachel, Joey, Chandler, Phoebe and Monica. They even behaved liked the characters on-screen, sometimes.

The character in Friends, I most identify with is Monica Geller played brilliantly by Courtney Cox. I know her OCD about cleanliness and orderliness. I understand her lack of self-esteem and the need to be over-competitive and like her, I am a carer and nurturer. Her relationship with her older brother Ross on screen was very similar to my relationship with my brother off-screen. Sometimes, I felt she was playing me and that gave my gawky teenage self a lot of comfort, to think that there was someone out there who thought like me. It’s strange Cox never got nominated for an Emmy in spite of playing such an iconic role.

I recently watched the trailer of the Friends Reunion episode and I think it was very heart-warming to see them walk around the sets again and go through some of their rehearsal lines. I don’t know whether I want to watch the full episode. They’re all old now and some of them, like Mathew Perry and Matt Le Blanc, look haggard after years of drug and alcohol abuse. I’d like to remember them as I first saw them in my teens, beautiful young people with their eccentricities and shortcomings sustaining each other with their love and friendship. 

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TidyBytes: Reagan's interview with Rudolf Schenker, guitarist and founder of hard-rock band, Scorpions

Few bands in the history of music have celebrated 50 years. In this episode of TidyBytes, Reagan replays an interview he recorded with Rudolf Schenker, the German guitarist and founder of the hard-rock band, Scorpions, after they turned 50. Schenker talks about his childhood, guitars, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Facebook fans, rock and roll music, Cream, Greenday, butter chicken, Ravi Shankar and yoga, among other things. You may or may not be a fan of rock music, but what touches you is Schenker's humility.

#scorpionsband #scorpions #klausmeine #rudolfschenker #scorpionslive #hardrock #mathiasjabs #rock #reagangavinrasquinha #tidybyteswithreaganandeisha #tidybytes #scorpionsfans #heavymetal #german #mikkeydee #francisbuchholz #music #pawelmaciwoda #hermanrarebell #sweden #rodolfschenkerscorpions #metal #klausmeinescorpions #rockmusic #srock #scorpionsofinstagram #ulijonroth #scorpionsforever #classicrock #scorpionsseason #michaelschenker #scorpionshot #vinyl #fiftyyears #bhfyp #yoga #ravishankar #india #germany #jimmypage

Cover picture: Reagan with Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions

https://open.spotify.com/episode/02LtTXMDAi7Vm1jclosvPN?si=YgyD8zesTEynXBSE92GTEg&utm_source=copy-link

TidyBytes: Coffee-snobs, Chicory and Civets

Reagan loves chai. Eisha cannot do without her coffee. Then one day, she finds that Reagan's searching for Indonesian civet coffee and Columbian coffee online. When he cannot get any, she gifts him Hathmic Gold Freeze-dried coffee from Erode in Tamil Nadu, which she loves but before he tells her whether he likes it or not, he goes out to prove how much of a coffee-snob she is. Packed with humour and nostalgia, listen to this episode of TidyBytes with a cuppa for company.

#coffee #indonesiancivet #columbian #espresso #cappuccino #hathmicgold #freezedriedcoffee #chicory #coffeesnobs #podcast #anchorapp #spotify #brew #tamilnadu #erode #mysore #coorg #guntur #andhrapradesh #indiancoffee #australia #mumbaimirror #bombaytimes #thetimesofindia #toi #nescafe #vendingmachines #instantcoffee #chai #udupi #mangalorean #cuppa #africa #travel #tanzania #sustainablysourced #vegan #drinks #indonesian

https://open.spotify.com/episode/671GuRXggI2wKUh7u6JWlu?si=JCoKfuQbSVeEvdonmekkqQ&utm_source=copy-link

TidyBytes: Fifty Shades of Risque and Rapture

Eisha tells Reagan that she has finally watched Fifty Shades of Grey on Netflix. They start discussing the movie, the scenes, nudity and move on to the subject of identity, of how actresses who have played certain roles have not managed to have long careers. This episode of TidyBytes is full of laughs, as they talk about sex in Hollywood movies and romance in the real lives of Hollywood stars. 

#fiftyshadesofgrey #dakotajohnson #jamiedornan #bdsm #submissive #dominant #control #sex #nudity #identity #Hollywood #movies #film #filmanalysis #netflix #sharonstone #basicinstinct #bradpitt #onceuponatimeinhollywood #hollywood #ladychatterleyslover #dhlawrence #books #literature #erotica #macaulayculkin #homealone #risque #raptures #eljames #bookstomovies #jennifergarner #jenniferlopez #jlo #benaffleck #leonardodicaprio #leo #thebeach #stanleykubrick #eyeswideshut #fullmetaljacket #angelinajolie #billybobthornton #unitedcolorsofbenetton #sideways #nymphomaniac #titillation #lingerie #anchorapp #podcast #tidybyteswithreaganandeisha #tidybytes #spotify #shialabeouf 

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TidyBytes: Aborigines, Songlines and Germs

We're all missing our travels because of the pandemic but what we can do now is share our travel stories. Eisha tells Reagan about how the ancient aborigines in Australia use songlines for their walkabouts, how the first white settlers used these to map minerals. In their quest for gold, the Europeans brought with them horses and other domestic animals to these newly-discovered lands and with them, came germs that destroyed the native peoples. Eisha finds linkages between ancient civilizations across the globe, though they developed independent to each other, in the form of their dwellings, tools, implements, community structures and even dreams.

Suggested reading: Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines

#aborigines #songlines #australia #queensland #walkabout #cairns #victoria #maps #gold #mines #civilizations #incas #aztecs #peru #africa #animals #horses #germs #quarantine #micropod #anchorapp #spotify #anchorbyspotify #podcast

Cover art: Uluru and Kata Tjuta

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https://anchor.fm/tidybytes/episodes/Aborigines--songlines-and-germs-e1105o4

TidyBytes: The first rains of this year brings to Reagan a memory he wishes to wash away

The petrichor after the first rains in Mumbai brings back to Reagan the memories of 2016, an ICU room, a square window and his mother lying on the bed. 

#petrichor #memory #death #mother #mothersonbond #lingspavilion #colaba

Cover photography courtesy: Reagan Gavin 

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TidyBytes: Here we go 'round the mulberry tree

 

In this micropod, Eisha talks about a new skill she has learned during this pandemic, that is, mulberry-picking. The tree in her society bears fruit in spring and she picks the sour red and white berries and the sweet black ones to eat and she has also tried to make them into a squash. The leaves are also edible and packed with vitamin C and iron. She has has used them in tea, sandwiches and burgers. This pandemic story is filled with sweetness.

#mulberries #shahtoot #fruit #pandemicdiaries #Covid19 #lockdown #marketclosures #forager #mulberrytea #simplerecipesforcomplicatedtimes #facebook #squash #iranian #gujarat #lettuce #burgers #micropod

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TidyBytes' First Film Review: Reagan analyses The Courier starring Benedict Cumberbatch

Few big films have released because of the pandemic, so when Reagan gets to watch the spy thriller The Courier (2020) starring Benedict Cumberbatch he's excited. He tells Eisha about the movie and she starts recording their conversation which lasted almost an hour. The edited version here is TidyBytes' first film review and analysis. Hope you enjoy it!

#benedictcumberbatch #thecourier #filmreview #film #english #cubanmissilecrisis #russia #moscow #london #spymovies #espionage #thriller #TidyBytes  #TidyBytesWithReaganAndEisha #Reagan #Eisha #CIA #MI6 #KGB #agent #mole #doubleagent #1962 #ironcurtain #USA #USSR #SovietUnion #coldwar

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UEAKxuL8jbymIteIx7owO?si=oPjhshPyR2muTs1RlKk6Uw&utm_source=copy-link

TidyBytes: Reagan saves a spot for an old lady in a queue at the store and she offers him her bottle of tomato sauce

In the midst of the raging Covid19 pandemic in Mumbai, the shops close at 11 am. A few young men make a mad dash to the grocery outrunning an elderly woman. Reagan saves her a spot and she returns his helpful gesture by offering him the last bottle of tomato chilli sauce the store had that she had bought. A sweet memory!

#micropod #shops #groceryshopping #pandemicdiaries #maggihotandsweetchillisauce #tomatochillisauce #TidyBytes #TidyBytesWithReaganAndEisha #maggihotandsweet #tomatosauce #covid19 #mumbai

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2eaAz6pCVnDvIXqH4JvJJg?si=goGgMtr8RI-2LOi7baCKrQ&utm_source=copy-link

TidyBytes: During a midnight rendezvous, Reagan and Eisha discuss their favourite biryanis

A very sleepy Eisha gets her energy back as Reagan and she discuss the origins and varieties of biryani around the world during their meeting at midnight. For these two carnivores, the biryani is both feast and comfort food. This Tidy-licious episode of TidyBytes will make you want to get some biryani on your plate!

#bendysbiryani #vadodara #behrozbiryani #jafferbhais #delhidarbar #mumbai #britannia  #berrypulao #hyderabadi #dumpukht #afghan #iranian #iran #persia #food #india #pakistani #pilaf #turkish #muttonbiryani #chickenbiryani #bombay #brisbane #australia #karachidarbar #dubai #middleeast #america #awadhi #murshidabadi #bengali #lucknowi #carnivore #vegpulao #vegbiryani #nonveg #srilankan #buriyani

Cover cartoon art by Eisha Sarkar

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#TidyBytes: Reagan turns down a slice of French Toast to get to the shops on time

Reagan has to run to the grocery before it closes at 11am but on his way out the smell of fresh French toast makes him stop in his tracks. His mother used to make them exactly the way his elderly neighbour is cooking them. She offers him some but he needs to head out before the shops close. There's little traffic on the streets of Mumbai, signs of life, in a city destroyed by the Covid19 pandemic. 

#micropod #mumbai #pandemicdiaries #TidyBytes #TidyBytesWithReaganAndEisha #Covid19 #pandemic #FrenchToast #nostalgia #food

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TidyBytes: Reagan wants mangoes. Eisha gifts him New Tree Aam Papad. What follows is a review between laughs

Reagan asks Eisha to send him some Badam and Kesar mangoes from Gujarat to Mumbai. She realizes the delivery will take over a week and the mangoes might become over-ripe. Instead, she sends him New Tree Aam Papad. Reagan has never tasted this mango treat before. This review is sprinkled with nostalgia and loaded with laughter. Enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0szqmDe2vL7IerLmG1TuAc?si=WZn-G861R6C5JC2WkxGXeA&utm_source=copy-link

TidyBytes: Margie Sastry gets nostalgic about scripting Tantri the Mantri in Tinkle and Amar Chitra Katha comics

Both Reagan and Eisha love their comics. While discussing Tinkle one day, Eisha mentioned that she has met Margie Sastry, who wrote the very popular Tantri the Mantri and Reagan wanted to meet her too. In this episode, Margie takes a walk down memory lane and talks about how she got the job of a scriptwriter at Amar Chitra Katha and what really went into making the comics that have introduced mythology, folklore, biographies, morals and characters like Shikari Shambhu, Kaalia the Crow and Tantri the Mantri to generations of Indians all over the world.

#tinkle #books #booktalks #comics #Indiancomics #AmarChitraKatha #ack #tantrithemantri #cartoons #mythology #biography #morals #characters #folklore #Indians #nostalgia #podcast #AnchorApp #AnchorBySpotify #googlepodcasts

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TidyBytes: Reagan talks about how to write a film review and the star-ratings

In the last episode of TidyBytes, Reagan Gavin  talked about his career as  a film critic and what a critic has to do before he writes a review. In this episode, he elaborates about what a review is, why it needs to be simple and that the star-ratings a film earns have more to do with mathematics than guess-work.

#filmcritic #TidyBytes #TidyBytesWithReaganAndEisha #filmreview #tenet #christophernolen #titanic #leokate #mrsdoubtfire #jurassicpark #kingkong #citizenkane #benhur #robertpattinson #toi #thetimesofindia #stars #starratings #hollywood #india #movies #film #cinema #businessofmovies #maidinmanhattan #jlo #lotr #lordoftherings #imdb #rottentomatoes #robinwilliams

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mRPg2qatVXS5MdIxIApM3?si=eDEsPB1-T-WsRCvnasrboA&utm_source=copy-link

When Fiction turns real

Friend (about TidyBytes #podcast): This is a cool venture! Good luck!

Eisha: Thank you

She: You guys seem like fast friends - I often read your banter and think how awesome it is to have a friend like that

Eisha: We haven't met in person. Ever!

She: Whattttt? No Way! Really?

Eisha: Yup

She: How do you know Reagan then?

Eisha: I told you I wrote fiction last year and then coincidentally after I sent them to the publisher, I met a guy who was exactly like the characters. Well, the fiction has played out in real life 😀

She: This is amazing. Like something out of a movie

Eisha: 😎😎

#HimAndHer #TidyBytes #TidyBytesWithReaganAndEisha

TidyBytes: Reagan talks about his career as a film critic and the work that goes into a film review (Part 1)

Eisha loves films and reading reviews. Reagan Gavin has been reviewing and critiquing Hollywood films and world cinema for The Times of India for years. In this episode, he talks about how he became a film critic and talks about how much work goes into the process of reviewing a film. It's not just sitting on a sofa in an auditorium and eating samosas!

#films #TidyBytes #filmreviews #filmcritics #whatmakesareview #thebusinessofcinema #hollywoodmovies #hollywoodmoviesinIndia #India #timesofindia #batmanvsuperman #tidybyteswithreaganandeisha #benaffleck #robertpattinson #horrormovies #studios #nfdc #mumbai #filmcircuit #refreshments #vfm #multiplexes #podcast #podcasting #anchorapp #spotify #googlepodcasts

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FEqKEFOysDst85VyxWBk2?si=tjaLNmNySkitX0WS2cEEEg&utm_source=copy-link

TidyBytes: Reagan runs an errand for an elderly neighbour and she gives him imli

Pandemic Diary: Reagan goes to the bank to withdraw cash for an elderly neighbour and she, in turn, just before the 8 pm curfew in Mumbai, offers him tamarind or imli and pickle to go with his dinner. Reagan's touched by her generosity in this day and age of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies and where we're all so isolated because of Covid.

#micropod #pandemicdiaries #mumbai #errands #Covid19 #cryptocurrencies #barter

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5VlB9gLgSDyG0lz5jjFPAB?si=hxZgt1BHSOWk8oMqI7jvsw&utm_source=copy-link

TidyBytes micropod: Can we have busking in India?

We have been looking forward to this, and both Reagan Gavin and I are so thankful for each and every person who follows our work. With #TidyBytes, infused with the sum of our experiences - past, present and ongoing - you can look forward to more candid conversations about life, the universe, and everything (thanks, Douglas Adams, for that phrase !)

Eisha recalls a time when she was in Australia and her former student asked her if he could try busking in Baroda, India. With Reagan, she talks about why busking is popular abroad but not so much in India. 

#micropod #streetmusic #India #Australia #busking #streetmusicians #EdSheeran #RanuMondal #LuckyAli #music #performances #streetperformers #RanuMondal #Paris #Baroda #IndiePop #hoobastank #thereason #switzerland #singapore #newyork #income #buskingisnotbegging #bombay #delhi #travel #anecdotes #anchorapp #anchorbyspotify #podcast #podcasting #spotify 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ES8YPF23xlEa1UEpQkZME?si=LiJG5aUtRviJNlA1vMp0CA&utm_source=copy-link

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Chocoholic Nostalgia and Prebiotic Chocolate from Lil Goodness Episode from TidyBytes by Reagan and Eisha

Eisha is a self-confessed chocoholic so Reagan Gavin sends her Prebiotic Lil Goodness 56 % Dark Chocolate. She eats a bar and takes a trip down memory lane and tells Reagan about the good ol' days when she had chocolates for lunch. They start discussing Lil Goodness' dark chocolate and delve deeper into the meaning of prebiotics. This chocolate review will give you a few laughs. Enjoy!

#foodreview #chocolatereview #productreview #Amazon #LilGoodness #bangalore #madeinIndia #vocalforlocal #chocolates #chocoholic #nostalgia #michaeljackson #collegelunch #mocha #baroda #australia #cadburys #amul #darkchocolate #darkchocolatefans #TidyBytes #AnchorApp #podcast #podcastinglife #reviews #food #prebiotic #spotify #lindt #godiva

Here’s an episode for you… Chocoholic Nostalgia and A Review of Prebiotic Dark chocolate from Lil Goodness episode of TidyBytes by Reagan and Eisha

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