Test/Quiz stuff

What's Your High School Stereotype? You scored as Loner. Loner 63% Goth 50% Drama nerd 50% Punk/Rebel 44% Prep/Jock/Cheerleader 31% Stoner 31% Geek 13% Ghetto gangsta 6% created with QuizFarm.com

I am 43% Asshole/Bitch. I may think I am an asshole or a bitch, but the truth is I am a good person at heart. Yeah sure, I can have a mean streak in me, but most of the people I meet like me. Take the Asshole/Bitch Test @ FualiDotCom

I am 34% Hippie. I need to step away from the tie-dye. I smell too good to be a hippie and my dad is probably a cop. Being a hippie is not a fashion craze, man. It was a way of life, in the 60’s, man. Take the Hippie Test @ FualiDotCom

I am 12% White Trash. I, my friend, have class. I am so not white trash. . I am more than likely Democrat, and my place is neat, and there is a good chance I may never drink wine from a box. Take the White Trash Test @ FualiDotCom

I am 11% Metrosexual. I need some advice. I need to STOP BUYING MY CLOTHS AT WAL-MART!!!! I will never land a decent woman unless I shave this nasty facial hair, and spend more then $5 on a haircut. Take the Metrosexual Test @ FualiDotCom

I am 57% Evil Genius. Evil courses through my blood. Lies and deceit motivate my evil deeds. Crushing the weaklings and idiots that do nothing but interfere in my doings. Take the Evil Genius Test @ FualiDotCom

On the Punk Scene..

Checking out the Gigpad Forums after three weeks, i see there's nothing new happening really. However, my man Rishu Singh's been hard at work as usual, promoting the Indian Punk scene. He finally got the local scene profiled on the Punk International website. Check out the interview here.

Heh, he's got a real droll sense of humor. Sample this -

Q] Is there much representation of independent music in major media?
A] No. TV channels take a turn to promote the local scene once in maybe a year. Sorta like pro bono work that a lawyer does.

SpacedMan

Spaceman, I always wanted to be..

...but i Spaced Out...

Festival Of Sounds

Scheduled for the 14th, five bands were to play - Chaos Theory, Medusa, Bhayanak Maut, Tripwire, and Groove Lab. CT backed out cuz they didn't have practice. Medusa couldn't find a keyboardist. Tripwire's Ameya had a thumb operation. So the new line-up - Bhayanak Maut, Groove Lab, Aftertaste, St. Inel, and one more band. Then Bhayanak Maut dropped out as hardly any of the origial bands were there.

It stands cancelled as of now. Too bad really, Ritvik (Che!) had designed a really good poster for it -

This thumbnail does the poster no justice. You really need to see the larger image..

Chop! Cut!! Hack!!!

Yesterday was my birthday. And i got a haircut for a present. Hah! Actually, i'm only half kidding. We'd been out for dinner. I come home and decided it's time to free them wonderful locks. Mom cut off most of my hair first. It was funny really. I trimmed it all and shaped most of it later. And it's surprisingly good for a home hack job.

RAMfest, Pune

I'm heading off to Pune, for the RAMfest. No, it's no religious gathering, it the first Rock And Metal festival. About 6 bands are going to be performing. Plus, hopefully i'll meet Danny, Dhaval and the guys at Symbiosis.

Anyway, we'll be hawking copies of We ARE The Scene: Vol. One at the fest. We've sold a decent amount in Bombay. If we sell the same amount in all the major cities, then we'll rack up about half a g of sales. However, that is kinda sceptical, since the response from Delhi at the recently held metal fest wasn't too encouraging. But what the heck, eventually, yeah!

The cd cover image. Man, i wish i'd have refined it a bit more. I really need to work on my colors.

Here's a slight variation of the cover, 1024x768.

And what might have been the cover we hadn't had a mix-up with the printer. Again, 1024x768.

Ps, these are all thumbnails. Click for a bigger picture.

ATKTs..

First KT paper today. C#. Not bad. Pretty good infact. I hope to double my mark. from 26, to maybe upto a 60. A 48, atleast.

Fight Club Is REALLY Calvin And Hobbes!!!

Don't believe me?

Read THIS.

A funny conversation..

A few days back, i read a pretty funny conversation on CnC at dc++

starvingartist: When are they supposed to hit the technology wall? 2029?
vincecool3: 3265
Murphey: 2020, when the human race is wipped out
starvingartist: Ahh. I thought that was 2012.
Murphey: Nah, thats just when 99 percent of it is whiped out cause Bush got re-elected.
starvingartist: Doomsday. Late as usual.

Hah, it was one of those blindsides that comes straign outta left-field. Sign, i have no idea what i'm saying, but that little convo sure had me chuckling...

My BEST Near Death Experience...

Sign*. I really should get some new footwear. My floaters really gave me the slip. This time the bank interest would have been too high. Ok, enuff bad one-liners.

There's a speed breaker outside my building, where the buses slow down, and where ppl always get on and off. So this morning as usual, i try to jump on, and damn, my footwear's broken. I miss my footing. I fall, but i forget to let go. I'm dragged for a few meters, before some grey matter kicks in and i let go.

Boy, i look up and a big crowd had collected. I was bruised, but damn, i was so embarrassed. All the ppl i knew in the are were there, the shopkeepers, everyone, I felt like an ass, and wished the earth would open up and swallow me. On top of it, my hair was a mess. Suxx. No seriously, i didn't get and bruises, apart from a shattered ego.

Ripping into Sabretooth - Comic Book Atrocity

Hah!

Sabretooth 1.

Those guys over at The Fourth Rail really know how to smash the nail right on the head.

"And honestly, there's so much atrocity going on in the top 10 books, with Avengers dying off or betraying the team and supervillains raping and killing supporting cast members in Identity Crisis, that I'm not terribly impressed with the deaths of a handful of extras in a book based on a third tier supervillain."

Like i said, Hah!

Jack the DVD Ripper

I downloaded DVDshrink today, a free utility for ripping and compressing DVDs. Which might be illegal. But i'm only gonna be ripping DVDs which contain pirated movies. So it appears, a greater crime, or two wrongs making a right?

System : Upgraded

Aha, the new 17" monitor looks great! An LG Studioworks 700E model. So it's officially a new computer now, not just a new CPU. Except for the speakers, which were customised for the old Compaq monitor. Damn, will have to get a new set now, or maybe just a power adapter for old pair.

Long Distance to Canada..

No, i didn't call. I'm usually too broke to do so (or maybe too stingy, but i didn't just say that).

Must have been a few weeks since Amrita left for Canada (don't ask when, i suck at dates, don't even remember when my bro left for Russia). Been talking online now and then, but nothing beats speaking on the phone. So i was kinda surprised when she called, even though she'd said she would, cuz i'd thought she'd call in the morning. Forgot to take into consideration the time difference. Just because i stay up all night doesn't mean other people do too.. :-p

Anyway, from what she said, Toronto sounded a lot better than here. She's going to se the CN tower tomorrow. Lol, Toronto is where they shot RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (review HERE). Forgot to tell her that useless bit of trivia. Hey, if you're reading this, consider it me telling you.. lol, trivia junkie = me.

It hardly seemed like we talked at all. And yet, it showed 6 minutes on the phone. Wow, relativity suxx.. Must, learn, to, slow, time...

Dave Mustaine talks...

Shockwaves Magazine talked to Dave about his new album, The System Has Failed, and obviously the talk veered towards the spat with David Ellefson, the ex-members, and Megadeth's turbulent history.

Mustaine comes across pretty much as a control freak, and it's irritating to hear him trash-talk about Ellefson and the other members in general.

Read it HERE.

Rock In-dependance..

So i just got home from I-Rock 2004. I didn't know what to expect, and the show ultimately left me with mixed feelings.

Sceptre opened, which was surprising. However, what wasn't surprising was that their set didn't excite me at all. Same old stuff all the time. Their originals Nuclear, Revolution, Quicksand and Charred. Good to decent. Nothing ground-breaking. Plus uninspired covers of Ozzy's Perry Mason, Metallica's One, and some Pantera stuff.

PDV were up next, and a lot more energetic. They had quite a few originals, and good stuff at that. Great crowd response. Also covered SOAD, and Deftones's My Own Summer, which was fucked up. Otherwise pretty neat set. Enjoyable.

Gary Lawyer came up next, in place of AFS. His band was awesome!! Excellent skills, and great showmanship. The entire crowd was swaying as if one. However, i didn't really like the song selection. Enough of Roadhouse Blues and Highway Star (can't believe the crowd still wants this shit played over and over again). Plus Bon Jovi and Creed got a bigger response than any other song played by anyone. So much for a supposedly metal-hungry crowd. But Lawyer was still great, very vibrant, and his band was awesome! The best of the day.

Finally, AFS. Was looking forward to them, 'specially Rushad on the bass, However, they seemed kinda lacking, like maybe the time out had robbed them of something. The covers wee ok, a surprising but screwey cover of FNM's Gentle Art Of Making Enemies, and a good one of RHCP's Give It Away. Originals were decent. Left when they were playing Eager Beaver, cuz i had gotten bored and tired.

Picked up stuff. Autopgraphed copy of Shrapnel's Intellectual Persuit, and Reptilian Death's Total Annahilation. Excellent inlays and production, the former, and some sadistically funny songs, the latter, including Nursery Rhymes For Satan's Children and 5 Easy Ways To Murder Someone. Awesome!
Got the PDV poster too, which is now totally creased and folded. Shouldn't have put it in the bag.

Good show overall, worth my 150 bucks, but didn't seem like I-Rock. Seemed just like a random show happening at some ground. Which wasn't half bad really. Chitrakut Ground. Pretty breezy in there. Was kinda tipsy when i went in, so couldn't see if the chicks were hot or not, and by the time i could, it was too dark. Travelling is easier for me now, no long distances. However, i still miss Rang Bhavan.. :-(

Small Gods!!

First of all, my review for Small Gods, here.

Second, Jason Rand and Juan Ferferya, the people on the book, actually read it, and took out time to respond to it. How cool is that!! Read it here.

Whadya think 'a that??

Aliens And Predators

I downloaded the Alien Vs Predator trailer from Jurassic Punk, and somehow, it isnt really what i was hoping for. It seems like your usual Summer Blockbuster, with gunfights and explosions. There's no indication of stealth anywhere, which is what i primarily associate with Aliens and Predators. They slink in the shadows, and stalk their prey, not jump in the open with full guns blazing. The trailer left them with no sense of menace or awe. Ofcourse, i'm not letting this dampen my enthusiasm for the movie.

Speaking of which, check out this hilarious article over Newsarama, where long-time Alien and Predator illustrator Dave Dorman interviews the two of them. Hilarious! It's here.