Satan Said Dance

This is a track by a band called Clap Your Hands and Say yeah. Have a listen and post your comments. Let me know if you liked it or not. Listen to the whole song however.

Squarepusher - Hello Everything

This album, one of the many that Squarepusher has released, even though some might disagree, is really really good. Now, even though it might not be as good as some of his earlier works, this album has an amazing array of sounds and that is automatically quite refreshing. With sounds such as 'water droplets hitting a surface' and the amazing skill with which these sounds are constantly changed and yet integrated and with signature Squarepusher, distinctive base and brilliant percussions, this album is quite a treat. The melody that one is introduced to in the first track flows through the entire album.
Totally worth it!

The link to the research study blog

The link to that blog concerning the research study i talked about is below. Do visit it.

http://forschungbid.blogspot.com/

Information

A few of my friends, as a part of their effort to minimize boredom during these summer vacations, have planned to conduct what promises to be an out of the box, over the top, research on "body image dissatisfaction", on the "general" public in the city of Bangalore. They promise - a sample representing all stratas in society; research dimensions beyond what are generally associated with this topic, implying that they aren't gonna study just the effects of media etc, but things like genealogy, ethnicity and other such things not generally, directly linked to body image dissatisfaction. They also promise research methodology that breaks all norms.

I have gone through their ideas and from what I can gather this appears to be extremely interesting.

This post is just to make the few people who read this blog aware of this study. Soon, the people concerned are going to set up a blog dedicated only to the research study. I will post the link once that happens.

Anyway below I have given the email Ids of some of the people concerned, please do mail your suggestions to them. I guess, any feedback, that qualifies as sincere, is welcome. Do mail them but, not me.

Email Ids -

purnimamurlidharan@yahoo.co.in
vidya.2108@gmail.com

The Edward Said Reader

clipped from www.edwardsaid.org The Edward Said Archive:: إدوارد سعيد

Just like the Chomsky reader, The Edward Said Reader (www.edwardsaid.org) lets you read articles by Said and other articles on him by others for free. People interested in Said can check this site out. Just click on the link.

A Weird Feeling

At night alone,
way up on the terrace,
40 floors will do I guess.
Just so when you look down,
all you can see around
are twinkling neon advertisement lights
and maybe the headlights of cars.
Small, insignificant by themselves but
significant as they mirror your alienation from them.

And the stars must be out.
I don’t know if a cloudy sky will do
(don’t have a reason to believe it shouldn’t).
All you must hear are whispers that lend themselves
to no human explanation.
And a sound that can’t be differentiated
into it’s components.

From the edge then you will peep down,
and get repelled back as from alternating current.
But like that adventurer who is drawn into the crater of the volcano,
you too will inch forward,
each time checking if the closeness affords a view down,
till you are at the edge again.
And maybe this time you will want to fall.

God Damn! - 3

Well....