That picture is of Sean doing a radio interview for a Christian radio station broadcasting out of Kathmandu. We were actually supposed to be heading to Darjeeling the day of that interview, but we got word that Darjeeling was closed to foreigners right now. There are many factions and political/religious groups that use mob force to impose their will and they basically shut down roads and businesses just to make their point. The only thing you can do is wait it out, as the government is too weak or disinterested to do anything about it. What makes the Darjeeling situation interesting is that it is actually in India, but is pretty much inhabited completely by Nepali’s. So it probably has something to do with wanting to make Darjeeling a part of Nepal. Anyway, what it means for us is that we’re staying in Nepal an extra week than planned. So one thing we got to do was this interview.
Another thing we got to do was play at a bar called Moksh. This bar is owned by a guy who plays bass for probably the most famous band in the country. We also heard Sting played here when he was in town. They have a house band, and they ended up playing a couple jams before Sean did his thing, and then they came back up and backed Sean for the second half of his set. It was a packed dive-bar crowd, and they were totally into the tunes, clapping and singing along. The guitar player and drummer in the house band are both believers, and told us later they were inspired to see the crowd so into songs about Jesus. They said they are going to change their approach and be more proactive with sharing the gospel with their music. There were two other comments we heard that are worth noting. There was one lady who told us she was embarrassed and scared when she first realized the songs were Gospel songs. She is a Christian, but her many Hindu friends were there and she didn’t know how they’d take it. But she said as the set continued, she just didn’t care that her friends saw her and she just let go and was worshipping, clapping and singing along – publicly declaring to her friends who she belongs to. Also, the guitar player, Viku, told us that he spoke with some people after the show who were scared the Hindu gods would be angry at them for singing along and clapping to songs about Jesus. Viku was able to speak boldly and told them to not worry because Jesus is more powerful than those gods.
Here is a brief clip of Sean playing at Moksh with the house band. Its a cover of Bob Seger’s “Kathmandu”.
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