Wolfman and me
Wolfman and the Yuletide spirit.
Wolfman and the Yuletide spirit.
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The wife and I were catching up with some unseen flicks from earlier in the year and decided to watch “Inside Man”. The movie begins (and ends) with the audio track of the popular hindi song “Chaiya Chaiya“. It turns out that it was the 2nd time I recognized the song being used in a sound track. Earlier in the week, I was watching an episode of CSI and I recognized the notes of this song used in the background. Later I was told by friends yesterday that the same song was used in another TV show named “Smith”.
Methinks maybe they should buy a few more bollywood CDs - I would recommend Shobha Mudugal next. I love the following quote from her “…I regret the fact that classical music is turning into a museum art, to be pulled out when you want to boast about the glory of an antique old tradition…”
So I was reading some past posts that talked about baseball and cricket in the same breath. Didn’t get a chance to get on that tar baby,but instead I figured I might as well start another one. So I decided that I would instigate a debate between the purists on what would happen if we assembled a group of cricketers and baseball players and asked to play a game of cricket first and then baseball. What would happen?
We are at the Oakland Arena. I am on stage with a bright red Gibson Les Paul slung low over my shoulders. The crowd is warming up. On my right, Ozzy Osbourne starts the count… 1-2-3-4… and off we go. I start shredding the opening riffs of “Iron Man” – a Black Sabbath anthem. Ozzy starts wailing into the microphone. There is no sign of Tony Iommi, the legendary lead guitarist of Sabbath. With each ensuing note, the crowd gets wilder and by the end of the song, I have achieved guitar hero status. I wrap it up by setting my Gibson on fire à la Hendrix. I hit 98% of the notes right and the morning newspaper gives me and the band a four star rating. My dream of becoming a rock star has finally come to fruition.
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Shane Warne, that Aussie magician with the cricket ball, announced his retirement from the game yesterday. With impeccable timing as usual, he leaves at the top of his game; with the Ashes safely back in Australia and 700 wickets just around the corner. He’s been one of cricket’s greatest showmen, and he will be missed. So enjoy the remaining two tests, and here are some highlights of his career (including that magic ball to Mike Gatting.)
Joseph Rago, an assistant editorial features editor at The Wall Street Journal today writes an entertaining editorial on blogging and how it has supplanted mainstream media (MSM) albeit in a bad way. He makes the point for the relevancy of MSMs even though he concedes that it collapsed itself “by playing on its reputed accuracy and disinterest to pursue adversarial agendas.”
Most memorably, Rago quotes Joseph Conrad’s famous take on newspapering, “written by fools to be read by imbeciles,” while saying that bloggers are filling out this role themselves. The article is a scathing rebuttal on behalf of a dying breed: journalists of the MSM. Rago signs off with this:
Of course, once a technosocial force like the blog is loosed on the world, it does not go away because some find it undesirable. So grieving over the lost establishment is pointless, and kind of sad. But democracy does not work well, so to speak, without checks and balances. And in acceding so easily to the imperatives of the Internet, we’ve allowed decay to pass for progress.
This is one of the best editorials I have read on the blogging phenomenon. You can read the whole piece here.
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We haven’t had one of these “Study says” posts in a while
As a child’s IQ rises, his taste for meat in adulthood declines, a new study suggests. ..So bite me, anupcs 
Here’s a holiday shopping tip for you. Don’t get that extended warranty. Here’s why:
If you still haven’t made up your mind what to get the gadget-freak in your life, here’s a suggestion - the amazing embracing garment. Check out the other links for more wonderful inventions.
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