You probably have never heard of Kobashi, Akiyama, Misawa, Ikeda, Milano Collection, or Kota Ibushi. In fact, you might even think that these are delicate body parts of little aquatic creatures found on sushi plates.
These men are Japanese Puro wrestlers. Warriors who have chosen a way of life, during the course of which getting dropped [...]
Archive for July, 2008
All we are saying…is give headbutts a chance
Posted in sports, tagged akiyama, Japanese, kobashi, milano, misawa, puro on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chennai’s Cornucopia
Posted in Photos, tagged bangalore restaurant, Chennai, chennai restaurant, coffee roasted, cornucopia, lamb, mohan, red snapper on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have very few hunting grounds in Chennai. During my stay in Bangalore, eating had its sweet little pleasures. From the devilishly addictive ice creams of Corner House to the steaks of Millers 46 and right through the English breakfast at Koshys, I had an envious choice to make whenever hunger beckoned. In Chennai, now [...]
Getting away with murder, masala fish
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged f, Mahabalipuram, masala fish, moon rakers, violence on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More than a decade ago, the good people of Venugopal Avenue in Chetpet witnessed a Tamil Tiger rebel craft a dramatic escape from a few rotund policemen. I was one of them. During one of my trips to Pondicherry, I watched a bunch of auto drivers beat the skin out of an alleged child molester. [...]
High noon at Casa Piccolo
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I enjoy a hearty meal. Not a big eater by any stretch of the imagination, but still a very content one. Jerome, on the other hand, lusts after food. I know this because he is a companion in occasional gluttony.
Sometimes I wonder if he is liable to be arrested when kids watch him eat. [...]
Jukeboxed
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged download, glory jukebox, portishead on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes a song comes along that makes you want to toss chestnuts into the fire. Maybe even a few goosebumps.
Glory Juke Box (Live in Roseland NYC) – Portishead
No cats, only clouds and cradles
Posted in Photos, personal on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Greg’s daughter is an angel. She’s just over two years old and is as cherubic as a sleepy pixie. Fittingly so, she goes to sleep in a cradle that looks as though it has been carved out of soft clouds.
My camera agrees…
Snapshots of ECR
Posted in travel, tagged East Coast Road, ECR on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A bunch of us caught the East Coast Road being vulnerable.
Greg’s pet raven
Posted in meet the people, personal, tagged bullet, Chennai, greg, raven on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
People create things all the time. Tall tales, cocktail drinks, promises, problems, cellphones. There is no dearth of the urge to create. But seldom are these creations worthy of a second look, touch, listen, experience, whatever. The creators themselves lose track of what they wanted and often create paler versions of what was intended.
Not this [...]
Serial killer bugs bunnies
Posted in news, tagged bunnies, google earth, serial killers on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Google Earth Doesn’t Kill Rabbits; Rabbit Serial Killers Do”
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Is Hip Hop worth vying for?
Posted in sound, tagged common, downtown, jill scot, lupe fiasco, MOP, mos def, pharaoh, talib on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hip Hop and R&B are largely misinterpreted and misrepresented. But these people do neither.
Love Rain by Jill Scott and Mos Def
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Soul Music by Hezekiah
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Downtown Swinga by MOP
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Daydreamin’ by Lupe Fiasco
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The Truth by Pharaoh Monch, Talib [...]
Radiohead, Rajinikanth and stuff
Posted in sound, tagged faith no more, floodwatchmusic, radiohead, rajinikanth on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You know how in the modern epic Baasha, Rajinikanth had this cool piece of music playing in the background as he did his freestyling, patented walk. Well, that was quite something. Ridiculous and overtly dramatic, but quite capable of making you understand why this man epitomizes local pop culture.
I have background [...]
A dark, dark knight
Posted in film, tagged dark knight, heath ledger, joker, maggie, sathyam on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Proof there’s God: I got a pass to watch the premiere of Batman: The Dark Knight. Proof he’s evil: I had to attend the premiere show at Sathyam Theatre.
Despite being subject to the annoying clamour of socialites and film actors at the theatre, I experienced pure bliss at the end of the film. Suffice to [...]
Chennai’s zeitgeist
Posted in personal, tagged Metro Plus, New Indian Express, Zeitgeist on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever since I have started writing columns for Zeitgeist, New Indian Express’ stepchild on Saturdays, an uneasy calm has descended upon the way I write. For brevity’s sake, let me argue that this is indeed a good thing.
Some sort of kudos is due to the good folks of Zeitgeist. Breaking the norm is frowned upon [...]
Hatchooo
Posted in personal, tagged Hindu, June 2008, Narayanan on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Style, substance and serious slips by K Narayanan
From The Hindu – Chennai,
Menon’s reproaches are always gently worded. Not so the one from Christy Bharath (Chennai) and he seems to have reasons for “lashing out against such humiliation of the English language.”
Bharath proceeds to make a line-by-line dissection of a Chennai report in the [...]
Purple night
Posted in sound, tagged bangalore, cathedral ground, deep purple, ian gillan, IIT, steve morse on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When Roger Waters came to Bangalore, I had semester exams. When Rolling Stones performed here, I had my internal reviews at college. Just before Sting graced this city, I discovered Sixties garage rock and free downloads through Kazaa to give him a second thought.
Hard rock dinosaurs Deep Purple put on a [...]
Aero-fucking-Smith
Posted in sound, tagged aerosmith, bangalore, cathedral grounds, concert, dream on, joe perry on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Upon hearing the acoustic chords sounding the intro of ‘that syrupy ballad, which sucked in apocalyptic proportions and consequently deposited a shitload of money in Aerosmith’s bank account, we stubbed the cigarettes on the moist ground beneath our feet and scurried past the exit sign. I guess it was predictable. They [...]
Travel morgue
Posted in travel, tagged kodaikanal, Kottayam, Pondicherry, singapore, travel on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have always professed a great love for traveling with a cultivated fascination for visiting places seldom explored by archetypal tourists. I am rather predictable in my vociferous dislike for visiting national monuments or botanical gardens tucked away a little too neatly under the foul armpits of polluted hill stations. Having been a land scout [...]
Plead the fifth amendment…please
Posted in personal, tagged no comments on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t allow people to post comments on this blog. It’s nothing personal; I just prefer canvases to be devoid of human contact, that’s all.
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