Plastic Spastic

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…

Smallest mp3 player in the world

mobiBLU DAH-1500i 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 1GB model.…

Ghost of what they were

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. The late Kaifi Azmi sahab, a renowned urdu poet, left behind a compelling thought in his poem ‘Intishar’ (divulging) [mp3 excerpts of the poem’s narration]. An awakening line in the poem goes like, “…

Woh Jo Hum Mein Tum Mein

Yesterday night I had a great time listening to a beautiful ghazal by Farida Khanam – Aaj Janay Ki Zidd Na Karo. I guess I must have heard it before but I had no clue about its singer, until my lady sent it. Tempted by this melodic & nostalgic provocation,…

These Kids Beatbox

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…

broid audio

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…

Phenom Unbound Finale

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 is a desi rock band (from Bangalore) with some hard guts on. These guys don’t beleive…

The Rock Journalism Oxymoron

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 localization of information…