I don’t listen to death/black metal anymore. That sort of sucked away the enthusiasm I normally would have had for a concert at IIT; more so for an Opeth concert. It’s nice and all that a prominent Swedish heavy metal band agreed to perform in our city and it’s swell that Opeth plays a pretty [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Please sir, can I have some more?
Posted in sound, tagged album credits, artwork, Dancing Days, download, Encomium, Grunge remixes, hidden track, Internet, Led Zeppelin tribute, linear notes, Maus, Sandman, Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I become really obtuse and I refuse to download music albums. Hence the paranoia about the World Wide Web taking away the intricacies of appreciating music. Saving money for over a month, just to buy one friggin’ CD. The almost caveman-like rage, which takes over the mind the moment it fathoms that the difficulty [...]
Three things more ironic than that stupid Alanis Morisette song
Posted in news, personal, tagged bill clinton, crack, government’s decision, greg chappell, Indian cricketers, Obama, xanax on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Central government’s decision to “look into archaic portrayal of girls, women on TV” while out here in the real world (Villipuram, to be specific), an eight-year-old girl is forced to marry a fucking frog
The Indian cricketers whining like Oliver Twist on crack and Xanax about how Greg Chappell used to “shout” at them; considering the [...]
Movie review: 7 pounds, crooked cops and accidents
Posted in film, tagged accidental tourist, angelina jolie, best supporting actor, changeling, clint eastwood, crash, death proof, gabriele muccino, green card, history of violence, independence day, jg ballard, quentin tarentino, reservoir dogs, seven pounds, will smith, william hurt, zoe bell on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven Pounds: I detested The Air I Breathe for its feeble attempts at feigning intelligence. A lot of film directors feel the need to infuse some sort of pretentious intellectualism or quasi-theatrical drama into their films to give them credibility. But I ask you, since when did we, neanderthals, NOT enjoy stupid films? Remember Independence [...]
Electric soup for the tortured soul
Posted in sound, tagged big time sensuality, Bjork, DJ Shadow, Gill Scott Heron, Kid A, Kobayashi, People Under The Stairs, PUTS, radiohead, Strange Lights and Resolutions, Talvin Singh on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Apart from being the title of a really cool Wes Craven flick, People Under The Stairs (PUTS) is also what a bunch of jazzy hip-hoppers form LA are calling themselves. Having released over six albums, four EPs, a couple of mixtapes to their credit and having fashioned a laidback vibe that even the late Miles [...]
All his bags are packed and he’s moved to wordpress
Posted in meet the people, personal, tagged papa bear, papa bear blog, wordpress on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Papa Bear lives here
The Wrestler: Wait and bleed
Posted in film, sports, tagged AJPW, BattlARTS, bret hart, cartwheels, film of the year, gimmicks, hart, Japanese wrestling, K1, Max Moon, mickey rourke, mixed martial arts, MMA, pro wrestling, Ric video, ROH, somersaults, submission, the wrestler, World Wrestling Federation on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been a fan of pro wrestling for as long as 15 years. It started off innocently enough with this character on World Wrestling Federation called Max Moon -supposedly a warrior from the future who wore this spiffy spaceman suit and made it clear that he really liked doing cartwheels and somersaults. It was [...]
Porn for music enthusiasts
Posted in sound, tagged aurgasm, downloads, flea market funk, music, People Are MP3 Blogs, souled on on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…these websites are so good that you could have sex with their URLs. Or at least fantasize about sharing wine, cheese and chocolates with them.
But seriously, some of the prettiest music living and breathing online.
http://aurgasm.us - ’the finest music you’ve never heard’
http://souledonmusic.blogspot.com - best collection of soul music I’ve ever stumbled upon
http://fleamarketfunk.wordpress.com - good enoough for me to [...]
Slumdog Millionaire: An overrated French poodle
Posted in film, tagged AR Rahman, danny boyle, dev patel, electric kool-aid acid test, friedo pinto, golden globe, golden globe awards, Indian writers, irfan khan, james thuber, Q&A, slumdog millionaire, underdog, vernon god little, vikas swarup on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I read Vikas Swarup’s Q&A sometime in 2006 and found it to be wildly refreshing. A rare phenomenon considering that the author was an Indian. Say what you will, but I am of the opinion that most Indian writers are unoriginal; the ones who make a living out of it only seem to possess the [...]
11 heinous crimes against humanity, cinema and civil decency
Posted in film, tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger. Predator, ben affleck, chuck norris, dogma, dolp lundgren, elliot gould, even cowgirls get the blues, films, Godzilla, gus van sant, highlander, lambert, matt damon, Movies, ocean’s eleven, steve buscemi, tom robbins, worst films ever on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The worst films I have seen from 1988-2009
Twins: This was my introduction to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Predator and Terminator II came into my life many years later. I remember clutching my mom’s hands and gaping in horror, as Arnold gave birth to a child in one of the film’s many unfunny, painful moments. I even [...]
Protected: Chennai’s new brand identity…Enga Area Ullai Vango
Posted in personal, tagged Chennai, chennai brand, chennai identity, flash floods, flight tickets, hurricanes, indiscriminate bombings, terrorists on January 8, 2009 | Enter your password to view comments
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The difference between Charles Manson and Marilyn Manson
Posted in film, tagged alan parsons project, ameer, Audition, cache, Charles manson, cronicas, Eden lake, jaws, kamal hassan, mahanadhi, mariyln manson, orphanage, paruthiveeran, spielberg, tales of mystery and imagination, tamil MA, violence in art on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The difference between Charles Manson and Marilyn Manson is that one of them sells violence while the other propagates it. Granted, Charlie is probably the more despicable of the two but one could argue that at least he meant it. Marilyn is a marketing guru, a half-baked vocalist who knew how to market anger and [...]
And then there were those who did not suck
Posted in sound, tagged chumbawamba, duncan sheik, jimmy ray, len, lotus, new radicals, REM, savage garden sucks, steal my subshine on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometime around 1995-99, music-related channels in India were taken hostage by one trick ponies wielding prepubescent facial hair, guitars and seriously questionable melodies. Some of the perpetrators were Len, Chumbawamba, Savage Garden, Smash Mouth, Third Eye Blind, and Vertical Horizon. Most of them claimed to be rock bands, and the one who didn’t wore baggy [...]
Top 10 reasons why you should make a “Top 10 actresses” list
Posted in film, tagged angelica Houston, Angelina bassett, choke, crimes and misdemeanors, favourite actresses, gael garcia, halle berry, ingrid bergman, julianne moore, maggie gyllenhaal, naomi watts, saritha, sreedevi kapoor, tilda swinton, top 10 actors, Top 10 actresses on January 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Click on the first link after searching for “Top 10 Actresses” on Google and you’ll find Jenifer Lopez looking back at you. Apparently she’s on Forbes’ list. The second URL (www.top-tens.com) has listed Gillian Anderson (X-Files) as the greatest actress ever with the website’s readers giving their expert opinion on the selection. “Her all acting [...]
