The Collected Works Of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash
Have you ever wondered if it would be possible to write something funny without delving into the realms of satirical social commentaries, absurdist views of cultural flaws, vitriolic trashing of populist beliefs and just plain mean criticism of art? Is it just possible to say something [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Return of Das Das Nee Ippo Pass Pass
Posted in Books, tagged jg ballard, crash, Wasp Factory, Iain Banks, brad dourif, Ogden Nash, Collected Works Of Ogden Nash, Patrick McCabe, Butcher Boy, Irish literature, Neil Jordan, The Crystal World, Jim Morrison, The Atrocity Exhibition, The Drowned World, Mary Werbelo, Ken Kesey, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Chief Bromden on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sounds from a galaxy very, very friggin far away
Posted in sound, tagged Black Thought, Come On Over, Danger Mouse, Dark Night Of The Soul, David Lynch, Dengue Fever, Ethan Holtzman, Ethanopium, Farfisa organ, greatest James Bond theme, indie rock bands, Isobel Campbell, Jack Davey, Khmer folk, mark lanegan, Mulatu Astatke, Sparklehorse, The Decemberists, The Roots, The Wanting Comes In Waves, Zac Holtzman on June 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A lot of great music has come and gone recently. In between writing those darn movie reviews and dealing with my Attention Deficit Disorder kicking into top gear, I have been finding it hard to pick out one track or one artist to showcase. So, here goes…a medley of tunes that I have accidentally stumbled [...]
The collected works of Jim Jarmusch
Posted in film, tagged Bill Murray, Broken Flowers, Coffee And Cigarettes, Down By Law, Elvis Presley, Ethiopian jazz, Gena Rowlands, Jarmusch’s debut, Jeffrey Wright, jim jarmusch, Jim Jarmusch collection, Joe Strummer, John Lurie, Lounge Lizards, Matti Pellonpää, Mystery Train, Neil Young and the Crazy Horse Band, Night On Earth, Permanent Vacation, Rain Dogs, Richard Edson, Roberto Benigni, Rufus Thomas, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Sonic Youth, steve buscemi, Stranger Than Paradise, Tom Waits, wes anderson, Woody Allen, Year Of The Horse on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To be honest, never once have I wondered how awesome it would be to stumble upon a Jim Jarmusch collection. You see, a blinding light shone through the weirdly well-lit corridors of Parsons Complex when my eyes caught sight of the Herzog collection. There were fairies and elves prancing everywhere, tossing chocolate-flavoured gummy bears and [...]
When Christopher Cornell could make pretty things explode
Posted in sound, tagged alice in chains, alice in chains new album, badmotorfinger, ben shepherd, beyond the wheel, cantrell, greatest grunge vocalist, inez, kim thayil, kinney, layne, lost grunge tracks, matt cameron, scream 2009, superunknown on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If I could pick one band that had the most impact on my post-college motley crew of friends and fiends, it would have to be Alice In Chains. We have all been willfully crushed under the alluring mass of white-hot pain that was the music given to us by Layne, Cantrell, Inez and Kinney. Too [...]
The collected works of Werner Herzog, part 3
Posted in film, tagged werner herzog, Lessons Of Darkness, Herzog and Kinski, Where the Green Ants Dream, Wo Die Grünen Ameisen Träumen, Cobra Verde, Klaus Kinski, Bruce Chatwin novel, The Viceroy of Ouidah, Francisco Felix de Sousa, Lektionen in Finsternis, Schrei Aus Stein, Scream Of Stone, Dark Glow of the Mountains, Cerra Torre, Tod Für Fünf Stimmen, Death Of Five Voices, Carlo Gesualdo, ZDF, Renaissance music, My Best Fiend, Sturz In Den Dschungel, Wings Of Hope, Juliane Köpcke, Ten Minutes Older The Trumpet, LANSA Flight 508 on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wo Die Grünen Ameisen Träumen (Where the Green Ants Dream): Sounds like a Philip Dick novel doesn’t it? (self high-five for 3,456th pop culture reference). Anyway, Wo Die Grünen Ameisen Träumen gives us the impression that it is based on an ancient, deep-rooted local folklore. The film takes us through an age-old confrontation between Australian [...]
The collected works of Werner Herzog, part 2
Posted in film, tagged Bruno Schleinstein, Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald, Fitzcarraldo, Friedrich Murnau, Georg Büchner, Glaube Und Währung, God’s Angry Man, Herzog and Kinski, ian Curtis, Max Schreck, Nosferatu, Stroszek, televangelist Gene Scott, werner herzog, Woyzeck on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stroszek: In 1977, Werner Herzog wrote Stroszek in four days just to accommodate the maniacal talent of German actor Bruno Schleinstein (who, by the way, had no training in acting whatsoever). The brevity is quite startling considering how brilliantly Herzog has structured the story. Talk all you want about artistic impulse, but it takes more [...]
The collected works of Werner Herzog, part 1
Posted in film, tagged Aguirre, Andromeda Nebula, Auch Zwerge Haben Klein Angefangen, Bruno Schleinstein, Cannes Film Festival, der Zorn Gottes Aguire, Even Dwarves Started Small, Heart Of Glass, Herz aus Glas, Jeder Für Sich Und Gott Gegen Alle, Kaspar Hauser, Kaspar myth, Last Words, Lebenszeichen, Leonard Cohen’s ballads, Letzte Worte, Mayan creation myth, Mit Mir Will Keiner Spielen, No One Will Play With Me, Peter Brogle, Popol Vuh, Signs Of Life, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Walter Steiner, werner herzog, Werner Herzog’s filmography, Wrath Of God on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It has been quite the pleasure devouring Werner Herzog’s filmography in high-definition. Unlike most other DVD box sets, never once did this collection seem even a trifle overwhelming in content. Whilst it would have made me a happier person if the TV specials – Herdsmen Of The Sun, The Transformation Of The World Into Music [...]
R.I.P Misawa
Posted in personal, tagged Japanse wrestler, Misawa dead, Mitsuharu Misawa passes away on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Legendary Japanse wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa passes away
Enthusiasts never debate on the seriousness of pro-wrestling as a legitimate display of athleticism. There’s just too much fun to be had for us to bother about such frivilities. Of course, there is a lot of legitimacy in death and it is with an overbearing sense of attachment that [...]
The Godfather of punk, garage and all that jazz
Posted in sound, tagged American Caesar, Blah Blah Blah, Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop, Jim Morrison’s at the University of Michigan, King Of The Dogs, Les Feuilles Mortes, Michel Houellebecq, Naughty Little Doggie, Party, Préliminaires, The Idiot, The Possibility Of An Island, the stooges, Zombie Birdhouse on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Legend has it that Jim Morrison’s performance in 1967 at the University of Michigan made one hell of an impression on a young-ish Iggy Pop. Fittingly, he looked more like a Lizard King than Morrison at his most malnourished ever did. While he reinvented punk rock with The Stooges, I am of the opinion that [...]
Say it with me…Orphans and Vandals
Posted in sound, tagged Al Joshua, american pie, Franchesca, Gabi Woo, Lou Reed, Metropes, Orphans and Vandals, Velvet Underground on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I was driving to work a few hours ago, I heard this song called Metropes by London-based indie hipsters Orphans and Vandals, which sort of blew me away. It’s been quite a while since Indie music has drawn me with such allure. Imagine a more explosive American Pie written by Liam Gallagher in a [...]
Alice never more
Posted in news, sound, tagged alice in chains, save layne staley, we hate iron maiden on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
News: Alice In Chains sign new deal with Iron Maiden’s label
My Reaction:
They are not The Plastic Fantastic Congregation Of Zombies
Posted in sound, tagged chennai music scene, local musicians, Plastic Fantastic Congregation Of Zombies, support local rock bands on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I like it when friends make music. Especially when they are insane. Jay (vocalist) is one heck of a reason to lock up your pet cats. He smells fear on them and makes music when he feels it too. Arun (guitarist) pretends to be an engineering student from Sri Venkateswara College during the day. He [...]
Everything you thought you knew about Chennai
Posted in personal, tagged Chennai, citizen services in chennai on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Albinator, a marketing colleague of mine, has stumbled upon an Excel file that does not make you want to grievously injure the person sitting next to you.
It lists out all phone numbers through which you can avail of citizen services (and a few luxurious necessities, as well) in Chennai.
Pretty fly for an Excel file, [...]
Sound waves from the womb
Posted in sound, tagged 0 danzig, Dusty Foot Philosopher, Illaiyaraja, K’naan, My Mother’s Pearls, Pink Floyd, Sade, Somalia rapper, songs about mother, Tracy Bonham, Troubadour, Tupac Shakur on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I dig songs about mothers. It is a topic that tugs at your heartstrings, no matter what mood you are in…unless your mother overprotected you as a child and drove away all your girlfriends, in which case, you either need therapy or worse, the nu-metal styling of Papa Roach. From Dazing, Pink Floyd and Illaiyaraja [...]
