Week 29, 2009

1) I got a Man - Positive K Another Old School classic. Songs like this always brings out a smile in anyone's face.

2) The Beat Goes On - Casino Music A really funky version of the Sonny & Cher classic.

3)Yes Ma'am(All night Long) - Visti & Meyland

4) More Than This - Roxy Music

5) Madh Assalian(Makyo's Zen Breaks Remix) - Cheb I Sabbah

Week 28, 2009

The Band that I discovered this week is Fat Freddys Drop. A Reggae/Dub group from New Zealand. Can't stop singing their song ROADY.

1) The Camel - Fat Freddys Drop featuring Alice Russell

2) ROADY - Fat Freddys Drop

3) Shakara - Feti Kuti The one and only Feti Kuti. Garth Trinidad played a 15 min version on Friday night. And its been playing in loop since then.

4) Battle Flag - Lo Fidelity Allstars

5) ) Perhaps? - Benji Boko

6) The Beckoning Bell - Little Death Orchestra Love this video. This and the Camel video have really inspired me.

Week 27, 2009

This week I discovered this new band THE DEAD WEATHER. The vocalist is the super hot Alisson Mosshart of The Kills & Jack White is on the Drums. Its more like a side project for 4 talented & successful musicians. I doubt this will last.

1) Hang You From The Heavens - The Dead Weather

2) Tape Song - The Kills

3) Riminini - Diskokaine I love the name Diskokaine.

4) Spanish Death Song - The Builders & The Butchers This Portland Band was my other discovery this week. So instead of a link to this song I have linked their myspace page where they have quite a few songs. all very good.

5) In Between Days - Mystery Jets & Esser(The Cure cover)

6) Ich Fumbus Grossen- The Chicago Afro Beat Project. Couldn't find this song on Youtube.

Fleas Not Bed Bugs

Last one week was hell. Almost 11 days back I woke up with lot of scratching my legs & arms. For few days I thought it was a allergic reaction. After Benedryl didn't cure it away I suddenly figured its some kind of bug infestation. Since it always happened when i was in bed I assumed it was bed bugs. And then the nightmare began. I spoke to people who have dealt with bed bugs & heard their horror stories. I called our Slumlord Rick Chua to get it fixed. The Asshole refused. I filed an online complaint with Health Dept. But i started thinking maybe its not bed bugs. It could be something else. Like Fleas. They are always fucking with Pizza. So I trapped one of the tiny motherfuckers in a box & showed it to Jenna who had just had her house cleared of fleas 2 weeks back. She confirmed that it really was fleas. What a relief.
Got Flea Bombs from Home Depot & Bombed on Sunday. Then I mixed Baking Soda with Iodized salt & sprayed in all over my floor. Its Tuesday morning & I am still working on putting back the house in order. I have already washed the clothes 3 times in last one week. Last night was the 1st time I slept more than 4 hrs in 10 days.

Week 26, 2009

1) She Spoke to Me - PRINCE

2) Awesome - The Bloody Beetroots feat. Cool Kids This is the second song featuring Cool Kids.

3) NYC Crack - Wu-Tang Clan (Feat. RZA) This is from the new Wu Tang Clan album. Awesome song.

4) Everybody in the Club Gettin' Tipsy - Chingy

5) All the Way Down - Slow & Local Album 10" Jazid Collective

July 4 Weekend

Had a fantastic Week. Oregon is really beautiful.
Spent the July 4 Weekend @ Black Butte Ranch. It has supposedly one of the best Golf Courses in the West Coast. I practiced in the driving Range on Saturday & finally played Golf for the first time in my life with my In-laws. I have to say Golf is exactly what i always thought it would be like- Boring. In a way I'm relieved. I was worried that I might just love Golf & what a waste of many long hours it would be. Also I played very well for a first timer.
I was on a bicycle(Bike in US) after 15 years & absolutely loved it. Need to get one asap.
Here are some pictures from the weekend