Anoushka Surprise

You knew she could do this (rocking sitar at Stern Grove, San Francisco - and it doesn’t say at YouTube, but I think I see Karsh Kale there too):

But did you know she could do this?

(Dancing the bharatanatyam, in a delightful little movie called Dance Like A Man.  Anoushka plays a character whose mother (played by [...]

Scenes from Thalapathi (including that song in “Bamboo Banga”)

Thalapathi (which came out in 1991) is one of the three or four Tamil movies that I’ve watched through without subtitles.  And why wouldn’t I?  The soundtrack, by Ilaiyaraaja, is incredible.  So is most of the dancing (and it’s so nice to see Padmini’s niece again - go, Shobana!).  As I’ve pointed out before, one of the [...]

Dil Se on YouTube

Well someone called Srknkjol was good enough to post the movie Dil Se (with English subtitles) in 17 parts on YouTube.  Since I’m not one to fuss about the screen quality or anything like that (the important thing was that it was easy to find and free)…I watched the whole thing.  And overall, I do think it was worthwhile. 
I am [...]

Now You See It, Now You Don’t

Yes, sometimes I think it’s kind of fun or funny to post something up here, and then I decide that I don’t really want to post that, I don’t want to revisit that singer, or I think maybe it’s a little too something or other to be up here (if you know what I mean).  [...]

Pictures On My Desktop

Recently, I read some interesting material on how people’s computer environments are psychologically replacing their physical office or work environments, especially in terms of any effect that these environments might have on the work that such people do.  Certainly, this has become very true in my case.  Maybe that’s why, while I don’t even have a single poster on [...]

Bumbro

I don’t like to use the overused term too often, but…  This rocks!

(From Mission Kashmir.)

Kate Nash / Kate Nash + Billy Bragg

With love to my old comrades… 
 
 

Karsh Kale - Electric Tabla


Karsh Kale and Cheb i Sabbah at Drom - What a Show!

Yes, I saw Karsh Kale and Cheb i Sabbah live at Drom on March 15, late into the night.  In fact, I just got home from that, and I just wanted to say that it was a great show.  That’s all on this for now (maybe more later)…

Kalpana

I love making accidental discoveries on YouTube.  That’s what this was…  I was searching the word “Kalpana,” and this definitely is not what I was looking for.  But I like this song quite a bit (though I don’t know what the lyrics mean - outside of the words said in English - which might very [...]