Like the guy in the back of the car in Dazed & Confused, I wanna dance. Dancing has shot up the list of things I wish I could do, as evidenced below. TOP 5 THINGS I WISH I COULD DO. 1) Dance 2) Dunk 3) Dribble 4) Play a musical instrument 5) Mack The firstContinue reading “Dance”
Category Archives: Pop Culture Nerdism
wormhouse
A man sees a worm moving inside his half eaten apple. He and the worm eye each other menacingly. The man’s toddler son says “You ate his house.” Perspective. _______________________________________________________________________________ Post Scriptum: It is this author’s belief that the Etch-a-Sketch is one of the best toys ever invented and it was in fact named oneContinue reading “wormhouse”
Peter Dinklage
” When I was younger, definitely, I let it get to me. As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry and I definitely put up these walls. But the older you get, you realize you just have to have a sense of humour. You just know that it’s not your problem. It’s theirs.”
The Beatles Anthology
On an autumn evening way back in the late 90s, I walked into my neighbourhood Easy Video (wow, remember movie rental stores?) and I saw an 8 part VHS (video cassettes?) series called The Beatles Anthology. Easy Video offered 3 tapes for 3 days for 3 dollars. Decent deal. The Threefer. And so I rentedContinue reading “The Beatles Anthology”
Fin, Son.
The movies are an ocean of treasures and besides your personal favorite screen moments, there are so many devices and instances (cliches?) that make movies cool and familiar at the same time. One of these is Fin. These three little letters say ‘the end’ with half the letters and twice the personality.
Why is life worth living?
This is one of my favorite Woody Allen scenes. It comes toward the end of Manhattan, Woody’s tour de force about relationships and life in Manhattan circa the late 1970s. It’s a stunningly shot movie, especially the black and white cityscapes set to the tunes of George Gershwin. It’s gorgeous and I always feel goodContinue reading “Why is life worth living?”
Live Cuts
I can’t get enough live music clips. These are performances from the stage, a record store, a prison, a classroom, mtv sweden studios and more. Sam and Dave are incredible in this performance of “Hold On, I’m Coming” on their 1966 Stax European tour. Along with Otis Redding, they toured the Scandinavian lands and moreContinue reading “Live Cuts”
What to do in case of a vehicular near-accident
I’ve never been a fan of giving people the middle finger while driving. It’s such a cliché. In today’s world, do people even care about a random person in a random car flipping them the bird? Does it even register? It seems to me too easy to ignore. Crap drivers are probably expecting the fingerContinue reading “What to do in case of a vehicular near-accident”
Indo Cinema Paradiso
It was the late 80s/early to mid 90s in Bangalore and it seemed like the cinema halls played whatever movie they liked. There was no studio system, star system, or even a language.system. They would play a new movie or one from forty years ago. Anything went. From Jackie Chan Hong Kong fare to 70sContinue reading “Indo Cinema Paradiso”
A Whopper of a Tale
How did I become the working class hero I am today? Glad you asked! It all started when I was 18 years old and had moved from India to Jersey a little less than a year earlier. Due to my stellar school attendance throughout 11th and 12th grade , I had been “grounded” for aboutContinue reading “A Whopper of a Tale”
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