Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Comedians aint stupid

Yeah, my first thought too, was that the poster was quite horrifying. But I wonder if we didnt have the emotional baggage of the tragedy on 9/11, would have been able to look at it without an automatic grimace?

Speaking of film, I’m currently majorly smitten by post independance Indian cinema (no, I dont mean Bollywood’s wet-saree tree hugging); Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa in particular is certainly an ‘interesting’ film, steeped in a very classical indianess.

Dil dil Pakistan shows up as number 3…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us/features/topten/profiles/index.shtml

I must have shoved this down the throat of everybody i know, but : Steve Job’s Stanford address is pretty swell

My train of thought as follows:

Conan >> “gee, he did a nice graduation day speech at Harvard” >> graduation day speeches are nice bits of chicken soup >> who else did a decent graduation day speech? >> not at my college, clearly >> is KFC really bad for you? >> ah, the apple guy >> you mean steve jobs? >> yeah >> something about trans-fatty acids gives them a bad name, apparently.. >> [null ]

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Posted by Atomsmasher on January 23rd, 2008 | Filed in Art, Film, Politics |



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