Week 24, 2009 MJ

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 still not died and Michael Jackson died leaving his traumatic last 10 years on earth. So I would post 5 songs of MJ that moved me & blew my mind away.

1) Smooth Criminal - My favorite MJ video.

2) Bad

3) Beat It

4) Billie Jean Perhaps his most popular song.

5) Black or White This might not be his best song, but this was released when MTV came to India. We watched this day & night.

6) The Way You Make Me Feel

7) Liberian Girl

The list is endless. So I'm gonna stop. Most of my fav songs are from his BAD album. Mainly because my friend had a copy of that album & I made a copy of it. I wasnt even aware of MJ's existence when Thriller came out.

RIP Michael. We will miss you. You will live forever.

RIP Michael Jackson

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 in Amdavad in India, Indian economy had not opened yet. there was no Cable, no MTV yet. My friend Asheet's father was living in Zambia. So Asheet would go to Africa every summer & bring back lots of VHS tapes of music videos. There was one tape he made specifically of all MJ videos. We watched it over & over again. The video of Smooth Criminal is the one that blew us away. So thank you Michael for giving us so much joy & happines in our lives. And making people from every corner of this world dance to your tune. The magic of your music knew no boundaries.



RIP

Iran on Fire

Authors & their work to read

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 Man
2) Reynolds Price - Kate Vaiden
3) Philip Roth - Portnoy's Comlaint, The Counterlife, Everyman
4) Elmore Leonard - Glitz, LaBrava, Hombre, Get Shorty
5) Hanif Kureishi - The Black Album, Love in a Blue Time, Intimacy
6) Erica Jong - Fear of Flying
7) John Irving - Water, Method Man
8) Harunki Murakami - A Wild Sheep's Chase
9) Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose
10) David Grossman(Israel) - The Yelow Wind, The Book of Intimate Grammer
11) Guenter Grass(Germany) - Tin Drum, Cat & Mouse, Dog Years
Naquib Mahfouz(Egypt) - Palace Walk

Week 21, 2009

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 the JJ Cale song by the same name.

Week 20, 2009

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 Hill

2) I Got You Dancing - Lady Sovereign

3) Lushlife Project - Wurlitzer

4) Take Me To The River - Talking Heads

5) The Captive Mind - The Helio Sequence

Week 19, 2009

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 youtube that I liked.

5) Tooth Decay - Black Moth Super Rainbow

WEEK 18, 2009

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 awesome. Also check out their Nikata.

4) An Echo In - The Sea and Cake

5) Love Me Like This - Floating Hands

6) Open Your Eyes - David Guetta

PFC Burns while I fly Hot Air Ballon.

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 this blog:)
Monday was our One Year Anniversay. Time Flies. Anyways I surprised Sarah by driving her for 2 hours at 3 in the morning to watch the sunrise from a Hot Air Balloon at California Dreaming. I have to admit Hot Air Ballon is not as cool as I imagined. Its a bit too slow. But we had a lot of fun. Then drove to Oceanside to have lunch with my friend Vikram.
During all this was happening PFC Club was on fire. I was trying to form a Author Approval Committe for PassionforCinema. Meanwhile Dabba had a meltdown on Friday & left PFC all guns Blazing. It got so crazy that Oz had to shut down the club indefinitely. Will miss Dabba. He left in style. Dabba style.

So I had no time for songs this week.

Week 16 2009

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 project i need to explore more.

4) Surface to Air - Chemical Brothers

5) That Old Pair of Jeans - Fatboy Slim The video features Vova Galchenko the best juggler in the world.