ani speaks...

Bye, Bye Vox.

nobody@vox.com(Ani) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:16:11 -0800

I am moving again,
This time to my site, my real site.
Bye bye anonymity.

My 5 subscribers on Reader,
Update,
Your subscriptions....Please.

The few who blogroll me,
Update the link when you can.
Nothing I write is quite that important.
Moreover, I still haven't placed adwords on my blog yet.

For those of you still reluctant,
and just fed-up of these moves
my new blog has a real journal like post.
not just that usual link and video and someone else's words.
read it today.
and do comment without needing to register on this stupid site.

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

My two favorite bands right now

nobody@vox.com(Ani) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:58:01 -0800

Entre Rios

Entre Rios - Hoy no

School of Seven Bells

School of Seven Bells - Half Asleep

Special Mention:

Andrew Bird

(Check out the Carrion Suite on his myspace page)

She & Him

A great way to check out all these bands is searching them on songza or imeem. These sites allow you to stream their music as many times you want.

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Ala update

nobody@vox.com(Ani) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:20:57 -0800

Il_fullxfull.45470509

Ala Ebtekar continues to impress.

Attended the book release event at the San Francisco Center for the Book with gheehappy, pardonmyhindi and lunaspace.

PMH blogs about it here. What he doesn't mention is that Gheehappy walked up to Michael Bartalos (More about him another time because he deserves his own post, fansite and more) and said that he thought he was dead. This when Bartalos was very alive and in fact among other things had completed some amazing work for the California Academy of Sciences.

p.s. If you have the cash, support Ala and the Center by buying the imprint here. It beats buying another one of these.

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Nov 5, 2008

nobody@vox.com(Ani) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:53:27 -0800

Nov 5, 2008, originally uploaded by themexican.

What a wonderful photograph! HOPE!

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Je t'aime moi non plus

nobody@vox.com(Ani) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:30:38 -0700

BRIGITTE BARDOT & SERGE GAINSBOURG - JE T'AIME (ORIGINAL)

It's not often that you listen to a song on the radio, love it, buy it and then find out there's a whole story behind it!

From Wikipedia:

"The explicit eroticism of the song was declared offensive at the time of its release. The lyrics are commonly thought to refer to the taboo theme of engaging in sex without love, and were delivered in a breathy, suggestive style.

This interpretation of the song as basic "soft porn" is, however, a misconception. For all who've some knowledge of Gainsbourg, here we find—as in all his work, always profoundly cerebral—the note of desperation, of angst (all in casual disguise) which has been at the core of his best work. One key line is precisely: "L'amour physique est sans issue" ("Physical love is a dead end"), which could only be singled out by someone speaking French—and even then only by "intellectuals".

The song culminates in simulated orgasm sounds by Birkin: mostly because of this, it was banned from radio play in Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and the UK, and denounced by the Vatican in a public statement."

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Radiohead at OutsideLands

nobody@vox.com(Ani) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:38:07 -0700

SF OutsideLands

The show was amazing. Thom Yorke's vocals just blew me away. And the band was flawless. It's interesting to listen to music that's so personal in a concert setting with 50,000 people.

Flickr: Radiohead Outside Lands

Setlist

Ai yam a disko danser..

nobody@vox.com(Ani) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:57:32 -0700

I came across this song this evening randomly surfing through some Indian sites. And it took me back to days when I listened to these hindi film songs from bollywood all day long (Oh...and BoneyM and Abba )

I am a Disco Dancer - Koi Yahan Nache Nache

Enjoy!

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

This IS different!

nobody@vox.com(Ani) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:19:53 -0700

I think many have said that the iPhone just completely changes how people interact with computing devices. I think this is a great example:

Urbanspoon iPhone Demo

Buy me one here | More about Urbanspoon.

Via Supra

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Cats rule...the internet.

nobody@vox.com(Ani) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:38:13 -0700

On a recent night, a quick look at the Top 20 Viral Videos on the internet revealed that we find cats more interesting.

TopFiveViralVideosareCatVideos

Recent cat videos of interest:

Simon's Cat

An Engineer's Guide to Cats

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Dance

nobody@vox.com(Ani) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:14:04 -0700

A select few of my family know that I like to dance. And a select few of my friends know that I like ABDC on MTV. But none of you know, until now, that I love this music video.

Enjoy!

Polysics- I My Me Mine (Strong Machine 2 Version)

Read and post comments | Send to a friend