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What a fairy tale trip it was to new York. From the day I have landed in US I have longed to visit NY. Somehow it never happened. The closest I came was when I was in JFK Airport for few hours on my transit from London to LA. But the wait was finally over last week. How it happened is an amazing story in itself. So last week I had an enormous Cummunication Breakdown. My Macbook Graphics card died

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1) Yegelle Tezeta - Mulatu Astatke2) I am not a Robot - Marina & The Diamonds 3) Run Into Flowers - M83 ( Abstract Keal Agram Remix) A great song taken to another world by a great remix...4) Driver's Seat - Sniff' n The Tears5) Skye - Whats Wrong With Me

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Finally I bought a car. The 1st car I paid for since I moved to USA. Its a 2001 Hyundai Accent. I bought it from a really nice gal ZOE. Its manual, so I won't be driving it too much because of my sprained Thumb.This week I discovered a really good blog - Audio Drums for my kinda music.Since I discoevered them just 2 days back. My songs of this week will be from that blog.1) Bye Bye Bayou - LCD

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1) Green Eyed Love - Mayer Hawthorne A regular song elevated by CLASSIXX. They are master of that.2) Luv Deluxe - Cinnamon Chasers A great video hooked me to this solo project of Russ Davies, nephew and son of Ray Davies and Dave Davies respectively, two founding members of The Kinks. I love almost all their songs so far.3) Hugh Masekela with Paul Simon Thanks to Jaideep my other big

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What a world we live-in when winning the Nobel Peace Prize will harm the recipient. When we are discussing if winning the biggest prize of the world is good or bad for the President.I think the Nobel Peace Prize is undeserving for Obama. I wish he had refused to accept it. But I'm very happy they gave it to him. It will give him so much advantage in his fight against the establishment. Esp in his

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This week just flew by. I don't even know if I managed to do anything at all. Not a good thing to think of in the midst of a major depression. Anyways Music to our rescue. I could not find links to 2 of the songs this week.1) Green Onions - Booker T & the MGs Not a bad masterpiece to begin this list eh?2) Threat - Jay Z This is my fav song of the Black Album this week.3) Midnight in a Perfect

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1) Astral Weeks - Van Morrison What a beautiful song.2) The Way Young Lovers Do - Van Morrison3) A Mountain of One - Bones Mario Cotto opened his set this saturday with this song.4) You'll See It - Washed Out Discovered them @Hypem.5) Threat - Jay-Z My love for the Black Album continues.6) Faxing Berlin - Dead Mau5 A nice Sunrise song for an outdoor party.7) Safari - Andre Kraml8) After the Dawn

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1) My 1st Song - Jay-Z So far I think this is my favorite Jay-Z song. I finally checked out the Black Album last night & now i know why it is considered his masterpiece.2) The Numbers Song - Acid Girls Fantastic Electro/Techno song with blazing hot chics walking around half-naked. Sounds like just another music video, but this one is unlike any of them. It fits the music perfectly & creeps the

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I discovered some really cool tools last night at 4am trying to go to sleep. Thanks to Farhad Manjoo @ SLATE. I never miss his articles.I discovered the Prototypes on Facebook. I liked the Desktop Notification add-on for Mac OS. Now I need to sync it with Safari instead of Firefox. I also opened a much needed account on MINT. Its a really fantastic tool to keep track of all your finances. Now

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A Flaming Lips Week. Esp their best album Yoshimi.1) Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt.12) Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt.2 - My fav track of the Album.3) Fight Test4) She Don't Use Jelly5) Die Slowly( Tobacco Mix) - Health A really cool song I heard on the first Hypem Radio Countdown.

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A Car Accident.Car Totalled.Thumb Sprained & Immobile.A very very bad week.A new low in depression.Things can only get better.

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After being a super satisfied customer in LA of T Mobile for 4 years, the have finally screwed me last month. One sunday night I was suddenly disconnected without any warning. When I called then I was informed that my bill had crossed the limit of 150$. Which surprised the hell out of me since my automatic payment to them had just gone through a week back. Apparently I exceeded my 1000 text

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After 2 weeks of absence due to a dear friends wedding & doing sound on a short made by Sarah I will present 10 songs this week. Also I will end the list for next few weeks with Miles Davis songs.1) Eclipse Broadcast - Empire of the Sun There seems to be two songs in this. I love the second one that starts at 3:35.2) Heaven - Nas & Jully Black3) Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground & Nico4)

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This week I made a CD for our trip to Big Bear.It had 4 songs from AIR, 2 french songs from Iggy Pop's new album, 2 songs from the collaboration album of DangerMouse, SparkleHorse & David Lynch plus a few other songs. Everyone loved that CD so much. It played non stop for the whole time we were there. The 2nd evening when I tried to change the music by playing my songs from Hypem.com people

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We reached Big Bear around 6. Cooked Pasta in 45minutes. Dropped A sid & ate our dinner. During the dinner it hit Kunal 1st. He could not stop laughing. Neither could he stand straight. After a while Pablo & Mauricio jumped in the Jacuzzi. It hit Mauricio there. He was uneasy & dizzy. He got out of the tub. Pablo was tripping hard & happy & giving the best vibes. I was peaking too & joined him

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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 & Meyland4) More Than This - Roxy Music5) Madh Assalian(Makyo's Zen Breaks Remix) - Cheb I Sabbah

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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 Russell2) 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

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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 Weather2) Tape Song - The Kills3) Riminini - Diskokaine I love the name Diskokaine.4) Spanish Death Song - The Builders &

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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

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1) She Spoke to Me - PRINCE2) 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 - Chingy5) All the Way Down - Slow & Local Album 10" Jazid Collective

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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

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Its been 3 weeks since i last posted my weekly 5 songs. Its been quite an exciting 3 weeks. For 2 weeks I was glued to what was happening in Iran. There was hardly any time for music. Looks like Ahmedinejad will rule for another 4 years. But it will not be easy for him. The people of Iran have made a serious dent on the Islamic Republic Regime & the "Holiness" of their Supreme Leader. Iran had

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The biggest Popstar, the King of Pop died at 50. I'm happy for him. His life had become a living hell. Most people felt sorry for him. I hope he finds peace in the next world. He gave us so much great music. His music is the most universal in its appeal. From Tokyo to Lagos to Bombay to London to Brazil to LA. There will never be a star more universally loved & admired than him.When I was growing

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I just found a paper while clearing out junk from my workspace. Its almost an year old. I had made a list of books to read while at work. Before I lose it again, I decided to put it online so that i can come to it anytime anywhere.1) Richard Price - Freedomland, Clockers, Ladies Man2) Reynolds Price - Kate Vaiden3) Philip Roth - Portnoy's Comlaint, The Counterlife, Everyman4) Elmore Leonard -

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A historic speech by Obama to Muslim world is what this week will be remembered for. Mystery behind the disappearance of the French plane from Brazil.1) Heroes - TV On The RADIO . A great cover of David Bowie song.2) We Run LA - Ya Boy ft. Dr Hollywood 3) Wolf Like Me - TV On The Radio 4) Dolly Dagger - Jimi Hendrix 5) Cajun Moon - Herbie Mann. Could not find the original. Youtube is filled with

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This week I spent all my music time on Talking Heads & the Love Like A Sunset by Phoenix. In between these songs slipped by.1) Hits from the Bong - Cypress Hill2) I Got You Dancing - Lady Sovereign3) Lushlife Project - Wurlitzer4) Take Me To The River - Talking Heads5) The Captive Mind - The Helio Sequence

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I am contemplating going to the Gym.1) Jesus, Etc - Wilco I'm listening to Wilco Station on my Pandora. Its turning out to be just the right music for a lazy sunday afternoon.2) Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun 3) New Bell - Manu Dibango Its gonna take me hours to dig into this music. Its fantastic.4) This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads A classic. I also found a live MGMT version on

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CONGRESS WINS. Jai Ho!Its time for BJP to leave Hindutva. I worry about West Bengal being in the hands of Mamata Didi. But it will be a good & much needed change from Communists for a while.1) Sound of Kuduro - Buraka Som Sistema These guys were all over LA airwaves last month.2) Hood Pass Intact - Dam-Funk 3) KODO" 吉田兄弟「鼓動 - Yoshida Brothers This is the theme song of some wii Game. Its

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A really hectic weekend. Had to drive to San Jose on Thursday for the Funeral of my sister-in-law Pone's Grand Father. They are from Laos & I really dig their funeral style. Relatives fly from all over America to spend 4 days drinking & gambling while prayers & other stuff is going on. I made a note for myself about my own funeral. I want to make a playlist for that party. Maybe the songs from

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This week I have not listened to Radio at all. So all my music will be the songs I liked from Navneet's recommendations on Facebook.1) Get Money - Junior M.A.F.I.A. feat. Notorious B.I.G. - This was my song of the week. I discovered it in the Pc Desktop that Robin gave us.2) Mylo - Destroy Rock n Roll Very interesting project. Will check out more this week.3) Told You So - Freestylers Another

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I went to a audition this week. This time I was the one giving an audtition. Sarah was going for the Wendy's Commerical auditions this Tuesday & wanted me to come with her. Being the camera shy dog that i am, I didn't wanna go with her. We ended up at the building next to the Hollywood Library on Ivar. They were sending people in groups of 5.the side had 5 characters. 4 are customers asking

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Week of IFFLA. This was the first IFFLA I skipped. Well almost. I went to see Indian Ocean documentary, mainly to support Jaideep. I used to really respect Indian Ocean for being who they are. I never thought their music was very mindblowing to me or very original. I felt the same thing after watching the film. But Indian Ocean Live is a different beast altogether. I love their song Bandeh. Also

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This week I played Stevie Wonder a a lot. And my Verve Remixed CDs are still playing on loop. But the song i really discovered is the Method Man Mary J Blige one.1) Love Having You Around - Stevie Wonder2) You're All I Need - Method Man f/ Mary J. Blige3) Keep On Running - Stevie Wonder4)California Soul(Diplo/Mad Decent Remix) - Marlena Shaw5) Take Care Of Business (Pilooski Edit) - Nina Simone

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This week was mostly spent listening to Sebastien Tellier & Verve Remixed CDs.1) Divine - Sebastien Tellier 2) Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles This song played a lot last week, mainly because I read Jaideep Verma's excellent book about Bombay - LOCAL. Read the book to find out. Its availabl on Amazon.3) Something About Us - Daft Punk - I'm hooked to this track. Thanks to Michel Gondry. He was

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This week I discovered this a French Du0 ROUGE ROUGE & a LA based Electro Pop band FOL CHEN.1) Cable TV - Fol Chen - Another LA based group.2) C'est presque ça - Rouge Rouge French group from their Album Ce Soir, Apres Diner on Wagwam label.3) Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake - Sufjan Stevens I love the video.4) La Ritournelle - Sebastien Tellier So Sebastian is not a one hit wonder. I'm

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A classic case of Real Life following Reel life.Vice President Joe Biden's Daughter Ashley has been captured doing cocaine in a video tape. Apparently some asshole planned the whole operation to make a quick buck. He is even a friend of Ashley. Its a very interesting story to me. Joe Biden has been a very vocal crusader in the fight against drugs. Like Michal Douglas's character in the film

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This week I was literally haunted by Etta James's beautiful beautiful song - AT LAST. Everywhere I was if my mind stopped thinking, I would start hearing this song in my head. As if its being played at 2 houses down the street from mine. And I really enjoyed this feeling. It all is happening thanks to the President's Neighborhood Inaugural Ball where Beyonce sang At Last. It was a beautiful

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I'm finding it hard to believe that we have to pay the guys who are responsible for this economic mess needs to be paid billions of dollars with our tax money to fix it. So they make twice the money. First they make all this money & tank the economy. Economy down. Govt comes running with its money bags to these white collar criminals to fix the very problem they created. REALLY?Are there no

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Not much new music happened this last week. I spent most of my time listening to audio books about America.1) Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction2) I Am America (And So Can You!) - Stephen Colbert3) Nothing's Sacred - Lewis BlackJon Stewart's America is a really funny history lesson of America.I'm halfway into the other 2 books.I was listening to some of my older

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This week I discovered this really cool Mexican band Plastinina Mosh on NPR's Latino USA. The guys sounded smart & creative. And through them I discovered another Mexican Band MOLOTOV. My love for Latino music keeps growing.1) Phoenix - Love Like a Sunset - Jason Eldridge opened his Saturday night set @ KCRW with this song. And I was immediately Hooked. The Album is "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix".

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I just finished listening to the Audio Book of The Black Hand: The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer this afternoon. After I finished listening to the last CD, I turned on the car radio & 5 minutes later Pat Morrison started talking about Mexican Mafia on NPR. I thought - "Ah, what a strange co-incidence it was." I realised within seconds that it was not just

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In a time when Pakistan is becoming the heart of the problems of the world & not just India's, today was a good day for them in a long long time. Finally the Judiciary has emerged victorious. The reinstatement of deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry comes as a light of hope in the midst of one bad news after another. I heard a brief story about Chaudhary on NPR today &

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Last night was probably one of the best nights of American Television. Jon Stewart creamed Cramer of MAD MONEY like nothing ever seen on TV. Jon has been lashing out on CNBC for past one week & this interview was hyped as the ultimate fight. But what we saw was unprecedented. One almost felt sorry for Cramer. But my salute to Jon. Its a pity that a comedy show is the only TV program that is

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Before you start reading this post I must declare that this post is not a critique of DevD. Its my thoughts about its success. I watched Dev D quite late compared to most people here at PFC. So by the time I walked inside the theater, the film was already declared a hit, after a very hard battle over the weekend. It was also a very interesting weekend, as news from Box Offices around the

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This week I'm blogging from Las Vegas. I will finally watched a cirque du soleil show last night. It was the LOVE Show at The MIRAGE. So my list this week is full of Beatles. :)Songs from last week would be -1)Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell - I love the line sang by Michael Jackson.2) Here COmes the Sun - Beatles3) Lady Madonna - Beatles4) Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd5) Eple -

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This week was mainly spent being Haunted by the 1st 2 songs in my list.1) Beggin' (Pilooski re-edit) by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons- Man. I must have heard this song 3 months back on kcrw. Then it played on a few more times. But I never found out the artist untill one hour back.2) Beggin - MADCON This is a Hip Hop version of the same song. They are ripping off the melody of Beggin in

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After weeks of listening to this song on Radio & not knowing what song is it, this morning I woke up with a headache to finally put an end to this. So the song is a Re-edit by Pilooski of an old Frankie Valli song called Begging You. There is a hip hop version of the same song by MADCON which is getting played on radio a lot.I just found this Addidas Film shot on this song. Its a great video.

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So AR Rahman is a Oscar winner. So is Resul Kutty. Its amazing. Last night was like Bollywood took over Hollywood. I'm pissed that Penelope Cruz won the best supporting actress. JAI HO!1) Kid Cudi - Day 'N' Nite - I love thios song. And again Kanye is the producer here. I love the video. And guess what it fetaures my neighborhood Dive Bar SMOG CUTTER in the video. Its shot all around my old

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This week I was still listening to songs from past weeks listed here. Esp BLOW THE WHISTLE & LITTLE THINGS. But this was a week of Aeroplane. This Begian DJ duo have taken the Dance World by storm. Their remix of the Friendly Fires song PARIS is I think the best remix of 2008. And one of those rare occasions when a remix makes the Band that did the original a success. Nothing that Friendly Fires

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MIAShe is probably the most famous South Asian in the world right now. And she rocked Grammy with the most pregnant Live performance ever. My fav is still Amy Poehler's rap about Sarah Palin on SNL.I also watched MIA on Tavis Smiley show a week back & I was floored by her. She is what they say "Keeping it Real".

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This has been a week of Hip hop for me. I was listening to Power 106 a lot in my rental car over the weekend. This weekend also happened to be Grammy Night. And M.I.A just blew everyone away with her pregnant performance.1) Swagga Like This - M.I.A, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Li'l Wayne & T.I2) Blow the Whistle - Too Short. This song has one of the best Hip Hop beats I have ever heard in my life.3)

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Forty activists from the right-wing Sri Ram Sena barged into a bar in the city of Mangalore and attacked the women 2 days before we celebrated our Republic Day. And they were released yesterday. While we are criticizing Taliban for its medival rules & slamming Danny Boyle for potraying poverty, who is going to deal with the Hindu Moral Monster?This stuff makes me so angry.What kind of morals

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Its really amazing how Ego can make someone lose it. Barkha Dutt is a pioneer in many ways & a role model for many girls in India. She had started out so well.But for past 2 years whatever little glimpses I've seen of her, if doesnt doesn't make me laugh it certainly annoys the hell out of me. She has this air of superiority about her that is really Irritating. Her coverage of the Mumbai Terror

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This week I was bombarded with Kanye's new song on the radio. They literally played that song every 15 minutes on 3 different stations. I loved that song. I wonder if I can deal with it if they keep doing this.1) Sapno Se Bhare Naina - Luck By Chance - What a video. This song's video was the best i have seen in a bollywood film.2) Heartless - Kanye West - Another great video.3)Love Lockdown -

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I'm a few days late. Been very busy working on SWAT with my PFC peeps. Meanwhile my car brakes failed completely. It was like in movies. I was lucky not to have crashed into 3-4 cars. Finally got everything fixed. Only to have a flat tire just 2 hours back. Talk about Flat luck.Anyways lets get to music.This was the week when I discovered the Band 2 Bit Pie. Right now I'm totally in love with

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Last Night Raul Campos started his show on KCRW with this mindblowing song.

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This week I was mostly listening to the soundtracks of 3 films - Dev D, OYE LUCKY & Slumdog Millionaire. It was also a historic week for us. AR Rahman won the Golden Globes & Slumdog swept everything it was nominated for. It was a total Brit-Invasion at the Golden Globes. 1) Superchor - Oye Lucky Lucky Oye      Clearly the soundtrack of 2008. This has the best Rap ever done in Bollywood. Johnnie

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HiI'm finally starting something I have been intending to do for last 6 months. Write a post about the 5 songs that I loved in that particular week/month.1) Friendly Fires - Paris (ft. Au Revoir Simone) (Aeroplane Remix)Discovered it on my way to work on Morning becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley.2) The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnightre-discovered it from Mitch's post about his

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2008 was a very low key year as far as music & movies goes in my life. Esp after last 2 years of marathon movie watching & discovering music. But I would still go ahead & write a diary similar to last years Discoveries of 2007. Books -I read a lot of books this year. I tried to read of lot from the Random's 100 list.1) Animal Farm - George OrwellThis was probably the most satisfying book I read

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Everyone seems to be going crazy on Slumdog. People are watching Free Screenings everywhere. Dany Boyle is all over NPR. Even KCRW is talking about it. NPR even had a segment on "HINGLISH" as a related Looks like FOX is backing it in a big way. In next few days you'll read a lot of great things about the film. And thats why I feel I must write this post & express the things that didn't work for

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So, our President has a sense of humor.This is a CSPAN video from a 2005 Fundraiser where he is talking about Rahm Emanuel.We all know now that Rahmo has been chosen to be the designated ASSHOLE of Obama Cabinet. This video will also explain why Obama chose him. It also might in their genes. He is the brother of Hollywood Superagent Ari Emanuel on which the character of Ari Gold in based on

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Last Tuesday Americans finally lived upto their responsibilities & put a Black Family in White House. It was a Historic day for mankind, up there with Berlin Wall & 9/11. I went to the Democratic Party's Official Party at the HYATT@ Century City. What a bad idea it was. For a historic moment like this they should have had the party in a stadium or a Block Party in Downtown. It was overcrowded. So

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1) White Tiger - Arvinda Adiga The 4th debut to win the Man Booker Prize ever. I finished this book yesterday & today it wins the Booker. It was a very interesting book. But I'm very surprised that it was a finalist. Now it has become the winner. We have a new star here. Move over Arundhati.2) Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes: John PiersonThe Father of Independent cinema of 90s takes us on "A

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I have decided to keep a note of all the books I'm reading. Just to have some kind of list for me. I been reading insanely last few months. Almost 8-10 books a month. So much that i find it hard to remember all the books i read last month. Hence this list.I'll start with August 20081) Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing : David MorrellCreator of RAMBO, David Morrell gives some really good insights

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I have to say Rock On has surprised a lot of people with its popularity. For a genre of music which is popular among only 4% of the population, this is quite an achievement for the people behind the film. I remember all the arguments we had in PFC when the trailer first came out, all those 4% Rock junta were really worried that Bollywood is going to rape their world. I remember telling them that

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This sunday I went to Hollywood Bowl for a Gnarls Barkley concert. The output for the singer Cee-Lo wasn't that great. But their music is mindblowing. I think they are the best thing that has happen to POP MUSIC this Decade.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkleyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w They ended the show with a cover of a Radiohead song Reckoner. It was bliss.http://

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This is a radio show clip of a Indian Wife catching her Husband cheating on Live Radio. Its Hilarious. Its amazing how an articulate chic like her gets married to a guy like that. Money? Stability? American Dream? Laziness? or Arranged Marriage?

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Do you believe in destiny? Do you believe "We will meet someone when we are supposed to meet"? Let me apply that theory to movies. I sometimes feel some movies come into our lives exactly when we are supposed to. Not before, not after. After all if some of us had not seen the right film at the right time we would not have left everything to chase our dreams in technicolor. The reason i'm

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Its been a long time since i partied @ www.hypem.comthats where i been discovering new music.So this week I found another gem. Its mixed by ma man CALVIN HARRIS whose song MERRYMAKING IN MY HOUSE has become one of my fav dance song of last year.This is the perfect mix of Hip Hop & Electronic music.The song is Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv Me (feat. Calvin Harris)Dizzee Rascal -

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Finished - GUNS GERMS & STEEL by Jared Diamond http://tinyurl.com/6pwx7ehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns%2C_Germs%2C_and_SteelPulitzer winning work. The story of civilization from a Biologists perspective. Highly reccomended. It gets boring at times. And you can tell Diamond has only only one good book in him. This is that book.Why Eurasians conquered the world? And How?(The answer is diseases).

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I never thought I would include this film in my all time favs. And that also is the reason why I never bothered to watch it. But last week I saw the trailer of this film in the DVD of another film. So I got this film from the library & started watching it. I had a blast. You know the movie worked its magic if you are laughing out loudly with nobody around you. That I think should be the test for

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I just saw the trailer of BURN AFTER READING last night in a theater before SEX & THE CITY.The new Coen Brother Film. Its insane. I mean to make 2 such great movies back to back in a year. The trailer just kicks fuckin ass. It has the regular Coen Brother people like Francis McDormand, Clooney. Plus Brad Pitt & Tilda Swilton. Its really amazing how talented these brothers are. I'm just blown.How

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I'm a very lazy person. Since i realised i would keep delaying my 1st blog, i have decided to give it a small start. And hopefully i will pick up pace on the way.These days I'm obsessed with the 2008 Elections. I'm a Obama supporter. So you will find a little more of political stuff than anything else. I just found this amazing video on The Huffington Post."At the National Conference for

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