Shahryar Rizvi’s blog
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The Problem With… Rihanna’s “S&M” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… Rihanna’s “S&M” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. It getting harder to love Rihanna “like a hot pie”. I hope she’ll continue to release good music, since she’s keeping up that British Commonwealth razor-girl theme I mentioned when I first reviewed a Rihanna single.
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links for 2011-02-24
Westboro Baptist Church attempts to lure Anonymous into attacking it? Some members of Anonymous have issued a press release disclaiming any threats against the Church. They claim that the Church had trumped up the threat in order to lure Anonymous supporters into launching a denial-of-service attack on the Church's site, which the Church could backtrack […]
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links for 2011-02-23
Priya Virmani: The Dark Side of the 'Indian Dream' | Guardian (UK) (tags: economy desi)
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links for 2011-02-22
Bill Cosby Supports A ‘Muslim Cosby Show,’ But The Research Does Not (tags: race tv) ProPublica Honored With Two George Polk Awards (tags: journalism)
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The Problem With… Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. Let me try and sum up my thoughts on Lady Gaga. I don’t mind artists creating characters about themselves. They’re virtual representations of the artist, like a role playing game character or a costume at an anime convention. I just […]
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links for 2011-02-17
Science Fiction vs. Science Fantasy What the science-fantasy argument is really about is snobbery: "This film doesn't sit well with me, and I want to exclude it from the genre I love, so I'll call it something else." This is ironic, as science-fiction fans complain that the gatekeepers of cultural respectability do the same thing […]
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links for 2011-02-16
How a song from the 2005 Civilization IV won a 2011 Grammy (tags: games music) Wisconsin Demonstrates Against Scott Walker's War on Unions Today, response to Walker's bill has been… unfavorable. About ten thousand currently surround Walker's capitol office and are streaming into the dome. Walker should be extra-worried to know that the Super Bowl […]
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links for 2011-02-11
Egypt: Away from the Press, Netizens Report a Massacre in Kharga (tags: politics) Mashuptown.com: Fissunix – Heart Shaped Tron [Daft Punk vs. Nirvana] (tags: music)
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Misr Mix
The unrest in Egypt is in all our minds right now. So I just threw together an Egypt-related mix with Grooveshark. I'll add more when I get to it. http://listen.grooveshark.com/widget.swf
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The Problem With… Taio Cruz’s “Higher” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… Taio Cruz’s “Higher” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. Man, Kylie Minogue is awesome.
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