Archive for June, 2006
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
colorblind world.
“Why can’t we be just people?” Do you hear what you say? When did we ever question your right to be considered people? Do you question mine? I know what you think you say. You want me to consider myself not Native, not Cree, not Salish, but a person, absent of nationality or racial heritage. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in culture,race by anjali
Monday, June 19th, 2006
Trouble at the pump.
My credit card was acting wonky in the swipey thing at the gas station today, so I gave it to the attendant inside and assumed that he verified its usability before I pumped $40 into my car’s gas tank. But he didn’t, and after I permanently transported many gallons of gas from the pump to [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in energy,nonviolent resistance by anjali
Sunday, June 18th, 2006
the angriest song i’ve ever written…
Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, has an album out with his personal music (i was going to say “solo” but he mentioned that he doesn’t like using that term). Lindsay points out the BBC article with some backstory on his track “Harrowdown Hill”, and how Yorke states that it’s the angriest song he’s ever [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in beats,iraq by anjali
Sunday, June 18th, 2006
A New Day for Iraqis…
I’ve been following Riverbend’s commentary as an Iraqi woman experiencing the various Iraqi wars. Her writing really moves me and has served as one of my constant reality checks about what’s going on in Iraq. Check out her blog — Baghdad Burning. Her latest post, from last week, is about Zarqawi’s death, here’s a bit [...]
No Comments » - Posted in iraq by anjali
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
the skin between us.
Back in NYC, I used to dj with the mutiny crew. One of the founding DJs of the crew was Vivek Bald, who produced and directed the documentary “MUTINY: Asians Storm British Music” that led to the fundraiser MUTINY party that then led to the successful monthly party, MUTINY (ya didn’t know that was the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in culture,immigration,race by anjali
Thursday, June 8th, 2006
All they do is hang around and make pee.
Natalie Dee is fantabulous, check out her daily cartoons, they make me very happy. I have to share her latest, aptly entitled “all they do is hang around and make pee” — and give a shoutout to my friend Pooja who’ll be doing 3 years of pediatric nephrology after her 3 years of pediatrics training. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in residency by anjali
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Ancestral and multilingual school environment. And of course — haters.
Today I stumbled upon the blog Xispas — Chicano Culture, Art, and Politics through a listserv. The most recent post was about recent antagonism about a LA school that was created with an ancestral school environment, a multilingual education, and immense diversity of cultures and students (which all sound so amazing). Even in Los Angeles, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in culture,education,los angeles,race by anjali
Sunday, June 4th, 2006
DangerDoom and Adult Swim, happy together
Thanks to Nathan Nice, I found out about Adult Swim’s previously unreleased tracks and mixes by DangerDoom (Dangermouse and MF Doom). If you like Dangermouse, Gnarles Barkley (Cee-Lo and Dangermouse), Gorillaz’ Demon Days (Damon Albarn of Blur, Dangermouse, and a host of others), MF Doom, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force crew, or otherwise damn good [...]
