Women and beauty! Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? “Surface Beauty” is something no living woman can ever be: the one who never sweats, who never wrinkles, is always ready to be displayed and never gets tired of being judged. That pertains to mannequins in a fashion window…
mobiBLU DAH-1500i [http://www.mobibluamerica.com/dah1500.html] is the worlds smallest full featured digital audio player. Slightly less than 1″ square, OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display, FM Radio, FM Recording, and Voice Recording, supports MP3, WMA and protected WMA (DRM) and much more at $100 (US) for the…
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. The late Kaifi Azmi [http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/kaifiazmi.html] sahab, a renowned urdu poet, left behind a compelling thought in his poem ‘Intishar’ (divulging) [ mp3 excerpts [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/mbrs/master/salrp/…
Yesterday night I had a great time listening to a beautiful ghazal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal] by Farida Khanam – Aaj Janay Ki Zidd Na Karo [http://www.channeldosti.com/ghazlein/Farida%20Khanam/Aaj%20Janay%20Ki%20Zidd%20Na%20Karo.rm] . I guess I must have heard it before but…
Much after Fred Flintstone yelled “Wilma-aaaa”, vocal percussion or multivocalism evolved to be considered the fifth element of hip-hop. Such human orchestration is primarily concerned with the art of creating beats, rhythms, and melodies using the mouth. Beatboxing, as its commonly called as well, is a true musical art – for…
Lately, I’ve been getting e-mail’s from audio enthusiasts enquiring about the “broid” audio player. I wrote “broid” a couple of years back as an experimental project, but it phased out as other tasks took the priority. It’s surprising for me that “broid” is still used and appreciated…
If you like good rock music, or maybe read my blog once in a while, and you still don’t know who Phenom is, then you must read this rant. Phenom [http://wearephenom.com] is a desi rock band (from Bangalore) with some hard guts on. These guys don’t…
Frank Zappa [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa] once said … > Rock Journalism was about people who can’t write, interviewing people who can’t talk, for people who can’t read. I wonder if it as well holds true for generic journalism – among the glocalization of cultures, the…