Sunday, October 22, 2006

Diwali Greetings

Firstly, Diwali greetings + nave saal di mubarakaan to all and sundry.

Disinformation Dub: The Korean Analogy Mix

Track release: Disinformation Dub. Free mp3 download here, listen here. Shoutouts to the 10 year old Disinfo.com and Adrian Sherwood of On-U fame. Initial release termed as the Korean Analogy Mix in (dis)honor of a recent strategy we picked up from the two Koreas. Very effective, but also very dodgy.


Related article: The Disinformation Cycle by Tim Lambert of UNSW.
Tim Lambert's Disinformation Cycle Diagram

Finally 10cc's "Dreadlock Holiday" video from YouTube. One of my favorite tracks of all time. Coz'...
I don't like cricket - I love it...
I don't like reggae - I love it...
Don't like Jamaica - I love her!


Sunday, October 15, 2006

Double Whammy (Wheelie Edit)



I'm not a big fan of psytrance, as I am of goa, but I couldn't be buggered reworking it into a goatrance track. Track's called "Double Whammy". Troubles come in pairs, hence the title. Features a sample from Back To The Future. Free mp3 here; listen here.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Stencil Graffiti Special

KarrySutra

This is an Epica award winning ad for Karry Sutra, an Indian takeaway place in Copenhagen.

Some Israeli street art on Flickr.

Banksy and DJ Danger Mouse team up to remix the new Paris Hilton record. Free mp3 available here. Also, Banksy's Paris Hilton CD Cover gag on Flickr.

Some hilarious ad clips.

Like Banksy? Try Borf and Alexander Orion (thanks wikipedia)

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Celebs That Make You Go Mmmmmm...

Okay, no silly crap, no nonsense today.

I'm not a student, but I was invited to spend my Saturday at the Curtin University of Technology's viticulture/agribusiness labs. The first time anyone's let the Mad Cow enter a laboratory. I felt like a scientist. I even had a lab coat on *sobs*. And of course, I made myself a name badge, "Dr. Doom". Very apt. Associate Professor of E-cow-nometrics. Impressive huh?

Anyway kids - I want you to learn a lesson from these celebrities. Reach out to your fans. Be a good, humble person. Show genuine gratitude and interest.

First up is Sanjana Jon. Not only is she a great, great woman (holds a Philosophy degree, if I remember correctly), but she's also a hot, and innovative designer, and does all this great charity stuff with the Miss Universe winners every year, besides surviving on minimal sleep, and functioning like a supermachine.
If I had piles of money, I'd buy out complete collections off her, and create Sanjana Jon museums.

Deeder, Sanjana and the Loop Guru folks

Next is Mr. Deeder Zaman, who's famous for being the voice of early Asian Dub Foundation. I added him on MySpace, and the guy actually acknowledges my add request and thanks me for my support.

And then there's Sam, or Salman Gita from Loop Guru. Added him to my MySpace, and once again, there's a vote of thanks and a couple of replies to my messages. From Sam in PERSON.

This is the mark of greatness - a sign that the artiste has been through that struggle, and considers every psycho fan like me important enough to acknowledge. All this goes a long way to prove that you don't need to be a dickhead or bitch if you're famous.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

GoaTranced (Mini-Me Radio Edit)

Goatranced

Yeh, yeh, I know, not a very innovative track title. This is not my first attempt at goatrance, but definitely the best yet. I'll release a full 8+minute version later. Contains vocal clips from Kubrick/Arthur C Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey. I've finally started using FL Studio 6, Producer Edition, and it seems to be quite a good upgrade over FL Studio 5. Goatranced is available for download as a free MP3 here, or can be heard on Ourmedia. Fans of Ayahuasca, Astral Projection and Hallucinogen should enjoy it.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

GO THE SYDNEY SWANS

Anecdote, first.

Its June 2005, English boy Timmy, Malay boy "Carl" (his real name was Beef Rendang or something), and I&I are watching footy on T.V. Actually, I'm heating up dinner, and these two are glued to the television. A few minutes on, Tim asks me if I follow the game, and I say, "Nah mate, cricket fan here - can't understand footy at all". We all get back to whatever we're upto. 10 odd minutes on, Carl, who's been right there all along, and been listening to us, asks me, "Hey man, can you explain this game to me". Tim and me are looking at each other, and then at Carl, in a state of disbelief.

Anyway, so last year, the Sydney Swans took the premiership, but this year, the West Coast Eagles (who had a fabulous parade through the streets of Perth today) beat the Swans by 1 goal to take the 2006 premiership. I was shattered on Saturday, and spent Sunday and Monday away from the big bad world - until it dawned 'pon me what a great comeback the Swans had staged, considering the miserable first two quarters of the game.

So this one's dedicated to the Sydney Swans. From their sole supporter in the gold and blue draped city of Perth, drowning in the Swan river, only because of my Swan connexion.

GO THE SYDNEY SWANS.

Go the Swans!!
Track's titled Red And White In A Puddle Of Gold and Blue - I nearly called it Sexaholic, but y'know, being Indian and all, I need to keep the kinks locked away in a vault.
Download free mp3 here. Or listen to it on Ourmedia.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Deeder is BZAKKK! Album Ki Boni Kara Do!

Remember Asian Dub Foundation's ground-breaking album, Rafi's Revenge, featuring the Asian Zach De La Rocha, Deeder Zaman?

Deeder Mama

Well, the kid who walked away to do his own thing is back, and you can catch some of his tunes on his MySpace page.

Talking about "kids", there was this one, who's never-say-die spirit was inspiring, to say the least. So my pasta cousin and me were walking the mean streets of Janpath, our respective mothers busy doing what they do best - wasting their husband's hard-earned money. We guys went off, got McDonalds meals (the WORST fucking Macca's I've ever had. Next time, its Aloo Tikki BARGAR for me), and come back to find this 11-12 year old child trying to hawk a Vibrating-Massage-Hairbrush-gadget to the ladies. Starting price? INR 200. My mother clearly indicates she's not interested, but my maasi gives it a shot, and then says "no thank you". So the kid latches on to my cousin and me, and tries to sell the comb to us guys. He tries every trick in the book, starting with, "bhaiya, boni kara do" (boni being a concept that if your opening sale of the day is a good one, the rest of the day will be great for you), "bhaiya, aapko videsh mein masseuse ke paas nahin jaana padega" etc.
(bewakoof bacchey, masseuse ke paas jaane mein hi to mazaa hai).
We told him we weren't interested, but there he was, still touting the benefits his product would bring to our miserable lives.

Eventually, I got sick of it and took out a 20 to give him, and the kid goes, "mein bhikhari nahin hoon" (I'm not a beggar). Hats off to this kid. He wanted the money, yet he would only accept it as payment for a sale, not as alms or charity. My cousin and me (okay, mainly me) pestered him about his family, school etc., , eventually asking him if he thought I was an idiot, because nobody does BONI at like 4 pm in the evening, to which his counterargument was that he finishes school at 2.30, and then comes to work. As our conversation went on, he brought the price down to around 90 bucks, all in the name of BONI, and it makes me wonder whether to respect his persistence, or try and tell him to get over superstition. I chose the former...

...Mainly because my cousin and me decided that his dad, the real firangi would be a great target for the kid. So we told him the man with the money was the gorah, and he should sell it to him, 'coz we kids only had 20 odd rupees between the two of us. History repeated itself with Uncle Gorah, who was baffled by the child's non-acceptance of a "donation".

Left Janpath around 6ish, and lurking behind a wall, was our little warrior, kinda scared of my mother, but still with a glimmer of hope in his eye, that one of us would buy his funky wares.

What I'll never forget is "mein bhikari nahin hoon".
Work-ethic, self-respect, the never-say-die spirit. At such a tender age.
We bow to the little master.

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