Shahryar Rizvi

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  • My Pulitzer 2010 Favorites

    There are some really good picks for this year’s Pulitzer Prize. Dallas Morning News on the inequality between North and South Dallas. Cartoonist Mark Fiore on his awesome political cartoon shorts. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqQRflUWd4&w=428&h=343] Lords of Finance by Liaqat Ahamad. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2FVzw10BjA&w=425&h=344]

  • Over The Weekend: Fear Factory at the House of Blues – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night

    Over The Weekend: Fear Factory at the House of Blues – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. Here’s a story. In fifth grade, a schoolbus buddy gave me  his copy of the Mortal Combat Soundtrack because his parents didn’t approve of non-Christian music in their house. They didn’t even hear the album by his account, […]

  • The iPad, a.k.a. the iPod Touch Rex

    All the blogs and my classmates are gushing over the iPad,  Apple’s tablet device announced today. It seems at first glance as an enlarged iPod Touch. I’m not likely going to purchase it as I am not the target audience. I have an antipathy for Apple’s battery-dependent devices since the batteries cannot be removed or exchanged without breaking open the device. The iMacs, […]

  • January 2010 seems to love comics

    The first month of the year seems to be obsessed with comics and cartoons. In full disclosure, I enjoy short-form comics only occasionally. However, the short form seems to be getting all the attention right now. Earlier this month, an illustrator of one of the bigoted JP comics of the Prophet Muhammad was the target of […]

  • Avatar review

    I got back from watching Avatar. The film was was really engaging and fulfilling. This is another time in my recent memory that I left the theater without regrets. The plot is straightforward: Caucasian man encounters natives connected to the ecosystem, becomes one of them, fulfills their prophecy and fights against the ruthless hegemon he […]

  • Between The Buried And Me — The Great Misdirect

    http://www.lala.com/external/flash/PlaylistWidget.swf The Great Misdirect – Between …

  • Jesu — Opiate Sun EP

    http://www.lala.com/external/flash/PlaylistWidget.swf Opiate Sun EP – Jesu

  • Massive Attack — Splitting the Atom EP

    http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf Psyche (Flash Treatment) – Mas…

  • Daisy May — Sleepless

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVJrgY8Hbf4&hl=en&fs=1&]

  • Animals as Leaders – s/t

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt8IwLeFM38&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]