What I listened to in 2011

I was mostly listening to 80s and 90s style heavy metal in 2011 more than anything else. In the last two months I was listening to songs from Malmsteen's Trilogy, Poison's Greatest Hits, more of Guns 'N Roses, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Dokken, Faith No More, and less of Satriani and Steve Vai. Apart from these classics, I did check out some of the new bands like Vains of Jenna, and Crazy Lixx. Throw in a bit of Velvet Revolver, one or two songs of Saving Abel, Deep Purple (Slaves and Masters), Keel, 2011 was damn headbanging stuff.

1.  You Don't Rememeber - Malmsteen

2. Blame It On Love - Crazy Lixx

 3. Look in Her Eyes - Vince Neil

4. Bloodstreets - RIOT

5. Kill the King - Masters of Reality

December 2011

The last one month has been the month of Mullaperiyar, a dam in the Idukki district of Kerala. Keralites, especially the politicians, are sure that frequent earthquakes will break the dam and kill lakhs of people. Tamil Nadu is sure that nothing will happen as the water will "simply" flow to the Idukki dam and rest there. Era of disaster porn and empty jingoism. 

Indians will wake up in New Year to the amended Lokpal bill which will "undoubtedly make India the only place in the planet with zero corruption. Just like Kareena Kapoor's size zero. No soul in India will dare to be corrupt because of Lokpal. Just say the word, Lokpal; the corrupter will shudder and pee in public.

Religious rules sometimes create trouble for certain self-styled intellectuals. Rules are rules. 

I cannot agree more with fashion designer Julie Kagti's remarks that fashion in Bangalore is getting more influenced by Bollywod. In a city where everybody on M G Road, Brigade Road, or Commercial Street is never free from fashion, the onlookers have simply a good time. These places are just ramps for the fashionistas. Even not dressing properly is a fashion in Bangalore. It is just a matter of how easily, blindly, or intelligently one apes either Bollywood or Hollywood. People spend more time in unisex salons on weekends than sleeping at home. You are nothing, if you have not gone to a unisex salon. At least once. That is it.

A pretty girl I saw in a lift in office wanted to spend the New Year Eve in Goa, and not in her house. Her male friend was advising and was feeling nostalgic about how beautiful the beaches were. She must read this article by our eternally correct journalist, Rajdeep Sardesai.

As the evening gets uncomfortably chilly in Bangalore, the Sri Lankan cricket team lurches to defeat against the South African pace attack led by Vernon Philander on a green pitch. Indian should watch out as everybody in Australia would love to see India lose.

I could not stop headbanging as I stumbled upon one of the heavy metal classics from the 90s by Ministry.  Fans of Nine Inch Nails and Rammstein have much to reconsider. A great song to jam, practice, and sing at concerts. Also checked out Bathory's One Rode to Asa Bay.

Vidya Balan was one of the actresses I felt would use her brains rathr than beauty. But as we celebrate the age of porn and sleaze, her movie The Dirty Picture provides lots of eye candy. We must also acknowledge and thank the media for their steadfast campaigns for promoting porn and sleaze and creating vapid breaking news of of actresses like Veena Mallik.