I'm not sure if it was the same cognitive dissonance Maria77 was referring to, but it certainly was dissonant with the Hendrix, Who, Stones, Beatles, etc. world I was immersed in. Oh, Frampton and that "comfortably numb" band, too. And after the Anand Band, along came One Foundation and Daya. I pictured my retirement in a rocking chair with my guitar plucking away at Drifting, All Roads Have an Ending and a few bhajans.

That's a pretty good analogy for everything else I suddenly adopted in my total makover those first few years - completely at odds with how I viewed myself. I suppose... That is why I particularly enjoy the mocking and irreverent humor often posted on this forum. It's that lingering resentment of just how far off the rails I got. Of course it can be criticized as juvenile, but then again, what would those critics have to say about the thumb sucking Anand Band?