Shit do we have issues to deal with...

So I know I recently mentioned "Holly-Bolly" as one of the movies featured on a BBC short film website, but I was duly following links provided by Asians in Media today and found that Shiva's own Renu provided the music for this one.

Another Infinite Scale EP, but this time available to the public. Go and buy it from record shops. It's BAD ASS. 5 stars from me. oh and here's the details for the launch party:

Thanks to all those that came down and made Friday night's party smash it. I got a voicemail at around 6.15am from inside The Key that went like this:PhoneMsgTheKey.mp3

BNP uses an Islamic printing firm to print it's newspaper...

Find the Kid Kurry...

Went out at 9pm last night just got home, Fucked, dance, jump jump, drink, dance.....Pic + vids coming soon! 1+2 soldiers survived .......
OK Byeeeee!

Hope ya all downloaded the Mahatma's Revenge sets cuz you gona need them this weekend,
MOBILE CLUBBING LONDON
ELEPHANT & CASTLE SHOPPING CENTRE
SATURDAY 26TH MARCH
15.23
see ya there!!

Sets from Mahatma's Revenge are up and vibes for tomorrow night are building...

We just got the mastered version of the Shiva Soundsystem Cloud 9 Mix of Visionary Underground's new single Eye Of The Storm. It sounds very good.

For those that are worried about going to both Friction at Cargo on Friday and our party, have no fear.

The Shiva Soundsystem bank holiday/Birthday/Holi party is also Friction's official after party! It's £5 in with a Friction flier.

After this Friday's Mahatma's Revenge (which was AMAZING) and Saturday's Herbalism (a slow burner but what a finale!) I was exhausted and hadn't even begun to get the sets bounced down and ready for upload. Started today and they should be ready in a couple of days.

Now, I know y'all have seen the cute short film "Holly-Bolly," but director Dishad has asked me to tell people to go here and watch his movie to get him more votes. So go see it again, or inflict it on friends and coworkers who haven't seen it. Personally, I want him to get funding for his feature film, which sounds beyond surreal. And, I was also entertained to learn, after he and I and a Canadian Asian actor had been joking about my little gori self being exploited by the brown media, that Holly-Bolly was edited by a white girl. (and I saw a big Indian art-flick at Virgin the other day that had an all-brown crew and editrix named Bridget!) Dishad laughed evilly when I pointed it out and said "You ain't the first, and you won't be the last." Who'da thunk? Not only am I part of some heretofore unknown brown slave trade in Caucasian female video editors, but I'm probably the first whitey to ever marry a brown guy for a visa. Just wait for the next Eastern Eye expose, man. :p

ummm...
Big Chill Forum -> Shiva Soundsystem...

Its my nephews birthday this weekend and after spending most of Thursday at Hamleys wrestling with teddy bears, I ended up getting him a book, I quite liked Robot Boy but he can’t read yet so I've opted for The Bunny Suicides cuz he can at least look at the pictures… ; )

Violent India
India isn't the peaceful, tolerant country that it is often portrayed as, something I began to understand when I was there last December. I witnessed a propensity for physical abuse where beggars are beaten for sitting in the shade of a shop awning and rickshaw drivers on meagre earnings suffering at the hands of their wealthy passengers. Of course on the other hand it's likely that the beggar was a thief and the rickshaw driver was taking advantage of his unsuspecting passenger. The picture I had in my mind of peaceful Indians was only contradicted after I arrived there. It seems that stories like the one below don't often get the airing they deserve and there's many sides to any one story. I for one am with Bill & Ted when they said "Be excellent to each other" - wise words.

Genocide in Gujarat, by Martha C. Nussbaum

Now that it's gone out, here are the credits for the Shiva Promo video:

Music: Shiva Soundsystem - Shiva Theme, produced by Prash Mistry

Still black and white photography by Ed Bishop
Supersonic Buddha & Mahatma's Revenge design by Koo @ Cabein
Shiva Soundsystem logo by Seb @ Studio Mogul
Shot by Laura Taflinger
Edited by Laura Taflinger and Nerm
Directed by Nerm

HERE'S TO THE HAPPY COUPLE

Ever Supersonic Buddha night leaves us spellbound and numb, this weekend was no exception, and much loveage goes out to David Loca, Kish Kishore Kumar Kapoor, Eagle Eye Tim and the rest of the crew who came down. Heres some pics from just another quiet Sunday...

The shocking secret about the NY Asian Massive scene EXPOSED!

We met Dhruva of Dhamaal last night in Manhattan as well, but no Asian club nights going on while we're here, alas. Mogul is slowly liking the city, but not the subway. Except for the tin-can aesthetic of the subway cars. ;)

Dark City
Tonight on Five - 22:50
Imaginative science-fiction thriller set in a nightmarish urban complex of the future. A seriously killa film with a beautiful take on the city as a living mechanical environment. Some inspiring scenes have been rehashed in The Truman Show, Matrix and many others... Don't miss it...

Here you go, the Mahatmas Revenge and Supersonic Buddha posters for March have also been uploaded

Bindi brides recruited for marriage scam

A woman who recruited young brides in shopping centres for bogus marriages that helped Indian men skip immigration procedures has been found guilty at Isleworth Crown Court.

More: This Is Local London

This logo should be changed into a mythological creature of the London Transport system..
Standing at the bus stop bombarded by snow, rain and wind, I can then look up and say a lil prayer to a new Deity of hope: Please let the bus come on time... Eyes fixed on the road ahead as it takes a sharp curve, tracing any glimmer of scarlet red, or the salvation of glowing yellow digits. Yet nothing. The London Transport slogan should read: Have faith it will come. After 40 minutes there’s no need for hope or faith, a lost soul now bitter with anger, spitting, swearing and cursing in the blistering winter air. Still, waiting, for the sight of those illusive letters
N 1 7 1
The world will know the rage of one pissed off man, when that bus finally appears the driver will be strangled and finally I will have my sweet revenge. Then, a mummer, a rumble and the N171 swings round the corner and comes to a gentle stop, a purring hiss just before the doors swing open.
I board as always,
pay my £1.20 and sit down with my sanity back in tack.

Pakistani, Actually :: Tonight :: 21:15 BBC2

The lives of British Pakistanis are looked at as Hanif Kureishi, Imran Khan and Aki Nawaz (Nation Records/Fun-da-mental) contribute.

27th March :: Bank Holiday Weekend Warehouse Party :: To Be Confirmed

After many hours of toil in front of her computer (while being simultaneously aided and hassled by Nerm), Alura edited our 20 second video for the BrAMA's that will be shown when we get our nomination read out. Just in case it doesn't make it on to Channel 4 on the 27th March, here it is:

Shiva Promo
MP4, 5.24MB

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We had just shy of 7000 hits on the site for February, from places as far ranging as Argentina, Brunei, Slovenia and even the US military. Hit the comments button and give us your ASL.

Two posts in one day... the coffee is definitely working this morning.

RESEARCH
I've found lot's of things in the internet over the last few years specially to do with locationg music, singingfish.com being one of my absolute favourite web based multimedia search tool but this morning I found this FindSounds - Search the Web for Sounds - I hate using this word but... WOW. Using my handy googlebar backwards links search I've now found this, The Best "Specialized" Search Engines and Directories - good work fella.

Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad
BERLIN DIARY | Varupi Jain
March 2, 2005 | 11:45 IST

Funny English - isn't it? Well, that's the German English version of Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. A private channel (RTL II) was innovative enough to dub and telecast the movie last November - only to celebrate its viewer ratings shoot up considerably. Almost 2 million Germans were glued to the riot of colour and emotion running through the satins and velvets.

More: Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad: HindustanTimes.com

See I just realized how this is all very confusing .
We have the UKAMAs and the BrAMAs
They both use the same logo identity of the sitar.
They both have annoying websites.
And i dont think im the only one confused as they both supposedly going to be aired on Ch4.