An issue that fascinates me is the one of immigration. There’s such a marked contrast between the sentiments associated with the notion of America versus the real attitudes of Americans. On the Statue of Liberty, it says “Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses yearning to be free” but usually Americans are [...]
Archive for June, 2008
#13 Illegal Aliens and Bob
Posted in Tickles My Fancy ( random stuff ), tagged bob hildreth, freedom, immigation, liberty, mexico, wal-mart on Tuesday, June, 24 ,2008 | 3 Comments »
#12 Asian Rappers
Posted in Tickles My Fancy ( random stuff ), Travels, tagged art, asia, funny, hip-hop, india, life, rap on Monday, June, 16 ,2008 | 1 Comment »
For years, i have waited and waited for this video to be posted on youtube. I speak of “Tale of the Dragon” by Captain George. In Bangalore circa the early 90s almost all tv programming came via satelite from Hong Kong. We were lucky enough to be exposed to all the stuff out there thanks to Star TV. There was [...]
#11 Downey!
Posted in Crazy People, tagged drugs, hollywood, robert downey jr on Monday, June, 16 ,2008 | 1 Comment »
Robert Downey Jr has long walked the tightrope between genius and insanity. He’s supremely talented and can keep a crowd engrossed acting, singing or just talking. Then again, he’s the same guy who was so loaded on cocaine one night that he walked into his neighbour’s house and fell asleep on his kid’s bed, thinking he was [...]
#10 Wrestlers
Posted in Crazy People, tagged funny, wrestling on Tuesday, June, 10 ,2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ahh..good old rasslin. The national pastime when i was a kid in the 90s. Contrary to popular belief, wrestling was never about wrestling. It was about the drama. And the most dramatic moments were the promos. These short vignettes showing the wrestlers working themselves into a lather made life worth living. Here are some gems..
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#9 Gary Busey : Still Crazy
Posted in Crazy People, tagged gary busey on Friday, June, 6 ,2008 | Leave a Comment »
The first time I saw Gary was in Point Break. I remember thinking to myself, this guy is definitely a maniac in real life. Being a kid, it was presumptious of me to judge him by his looks. Still, I was obviously right. He has been that “crazy looking actor in a bit part” for me for [...]
#8 Ron Artest : Nut/ Baller/ Rapper/ Journalist
Posted in Crazy People, tagged basketball, brawl, nba, ron artest on Friday, June, 6 ,2008 | 1 Comment »
Listen, I’ve been joking about dudes being crazy and all but this time I’m serious, Ron is nuts. I mean, we need to get this guy help not now, but right now. Actually, it should have happened years ago. Ron-Ron first came to prominence at St. John’s where he made his rep by playing college [...]
#7 Vova Galchenko: Going for the Juggler
Posted in Crazy People, Tickles My Fancy ( random stuff ), tagged juggler, juggling, vova on Sunday, June, 1 ,2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vladimir Galchenko is a 20 year old sophomore at California State University. In his mid-teens, he immigrated to the U.S from Russia where he was a resident of Penza. As a boy growing up, his father enrolled him in “circus school” when he was four years old in the hope that Vladimir would be able [...]
