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Archive for July, 2009
Protected: Just like that Enigma song
Posted in Ma Familia, personal on July 31, 2009 | Enter your password to view comments
Movie review: Cold shit, linear titillations and lots of turntables
Posted in film, tagged Afrika Bambaataa, Bill Sage, Brady Cobert, Diego, DJ Krush, DJ Qubert. DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Shadow, Doomed Generation, Doug Pray, Gregg Araki, harmony korine, Ice Age I, Ice Age III, James Duval, Joseph Gordon Lewitt, Leprechaun III, Leprechaun IV, Mysterious Skin, Nowhere, Rachel True, Robocop, Scratch, Scratch documentary, Small Wonder, Totally Fucked Up, Transformers II review, Transformers sucks, turntablism on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ice Age III: Ice Age III is the Leprechaun III and IV of its generation. Unnecessary, irritating and damming proof that kicking a dead horse is funny only when it is not used as a metaphor. I can think of only two genuinely funny moments…a prehistoric ostrich chick getting knocked out trying to bury its [...]
The slithery sweetness of the Hooverphonics
Posted in sound, tagged A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular, Alex Callier, Blue Wonder Power Milk, Geike Arnaert, Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane, Hooverphonics, Mad About You, massive attack, Morcheeba, portishead, Raymond Geerts, Sit Down and Listen, Sneaker Pimps, The Magnificent Tree, The President of the LSD Golf Club, Third, trip hop on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Belgian trip poppers Hooverphoncs led by bassist Alex Callier and guitarist Raymond Geerts (vocalist Geike Arnaert left the band in 2008) are a fascinating lot. They make pop music that could drive dance floors insane with equal proportions of curiosity and confusion. Play any track of their magnificently conceptual Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane or Blue [...]
Sing along… Windows Vista sucks
Posted in personal, tagged windows vista sucks on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I really hate Windows Vista. I really do. One of its minions – Microsoft Word 2007 – has decided to gloriously fuck itself up beyond redemption and the brain cells of the geekiest of my friends.
Until Point Dexter picks up my phone calls, all those sad little written posts on Hooverphonics, Banhart, Harmony Koraine, Transformers, [...]
The inevitable liberation of Saul Williams into our consciousness
Posted in sound, tagged Amethyst Rock Star, Black Stacey, Coded Language, Convict Colony, Not In My Name, Pedagogue of Young Gods, saul williams, Saul Williams album review, T Rajendar, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, Twice Upon A Time on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saul Williams is a poet, writer, actor, critic, music producer, vocalist and MC extraordinaire. You just have to imagine our comical neighbourhood bear – T Rajendar – but without the exaggeration of talent or opposable thumbs. As a musician, he has been known to breathe heavily into the microphone and spit fiery words against oppression, [...]
Movie reviews: Global hangovers, rising flames and remakes that don’t suck
Posted in film, tagged actor Murali, bus-burning incident of Coimbatore, Cinematographer Chezhiyan, Dhanush, Director Balaji Shakthivel, director Venkat Prabhu, Director Vetri Maaran, Hangover, Jeremy Piven, Judgment Night, Kalloori, Kalloori movie review, Knowing, movie reviews, Nicholas Cage, Polladhavan movie review, Pollathavan, R ose Byrne, recent Tamil cinema, Roger Ebert’s four stars, Rosemary’s Baby, Saroja, Saroja vs Judgment Night, Vittorio De Sica’s The Bicycle Thieves on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hangover: The cinematic equivalent of taking a huge hit of LSD and watching a fat dude slip and fall on a banana peel. Ironically, Mike Tyson knocking the fuck out of the tubby Zach Galifianakis qualifies as the only funny moment in the film.
Knowing: Despite Nicholas Cage’s presence, the film is bearable for about an [...]
Ashes to the Aussies, England to dust
Posted in sports, tagged 2009 Ashes series, Ashes urn, Freddie Flintoff, Mark Ramprakash, Nasser Hussain, Paul Reifel, Ponting and Katich, Richie Benaud, S Ramesh’s career, Simon Katich, Twenty 20 nonsense, your favourite Indian cricketer on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finally, some cricket that I can sink my teeth into. After months and months of tolerating the Twenty 20 nonsense and a few jarringly bad ODI matches, I got a chance to watch the ongoing 2009 Ashes series. I must say, so far it has been a real treat. On Day One, when Freddie Flintoff [...]
When the King of pain went pop, crackle and expode
Posted in sound on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The title ‘The King Of Pop’ gets tossed around with little to almost zilch commitment to lending itself to introspection; mostly by those who have this weird fondness for associating aesthetic superiority with familiarity. Apparently, these good people also think acceptance is a pre-requisite for greatness. Ahem…you know what, let’s not talk about such people [...]
Soup Dragons lead India out of homophobia
Posted in news, personal, sound, tagged Brian Wilson, decriminalization of homosexuality, I’m Free by The Soup Dragons, judgment on Section 377, Michelle Shocked, My Nutmeg Fantasy, Phranc, Ray Charles, Sly Stone, Soup Dragons¸ Say What U Want: Artists for Rock the Vote, The Wonder Stuff, Zhongwei Goats on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Even homophobia has no business clouding one’s mind when it comes to decriminalization of homosexuality. It doesn’t even qualify itself for a debate. It should have been the norm considering that Hindus, Jews, the Japanese, Albinos, Dyslexic people, frock-wearing chihuahuas, plump activists, Zhongwei Goats, French mimes, grumpy painters, short human resources managers, tapeworms, jazz musicians, [...]
Oopsy
Posted in film on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All the broken Roger Ebert links will be fixed very soon.
