here we go again...

i was reading someone's else's blog and just out of curiosity i typed up my blog url and saw my last post was more than a year back! i kinda slacked off during last year and kinda stopped posting.

am kinda hoping i'll be posting a bit more - maybe not regularly...but will keep trying to come up with stuff that is happening around me.

Sample this

One of the reasons I have watched One Tree Hill since the beginning is because of the soundtrack. A few are indie while most are promotion of new bands whom I wouldn't have heard otherwise. And they throw in some popular ones from time to time viz. Gym Class Heroes, The Wreckers, Feeder, Audioslave, Travis, Jimmy Eat World, Keane etc. So when I found out that the third volume is out, I was more than happy to give it a listen. Its a great mix-tape as usual...whoever chooses the tracks does a fantastic job everytime. The ones that stand out are 'Non-believer - La Rocca', 'Lay me down - The Wreckers' and 'The Funeral - Band of Horses'. If you would like to sample to some of the new tracks on the last few episodes - then check couple of these out - 'In my dreams - Scanner' and 'Something to believe in - Aqualung'. Go ahead and have a listen!

Have a good weekend!

MessiDona - Messi Vs Maradona

People have been raving how the new Messi goal was similar to the one Maradona scored against England. Yes, he was playing against Getafe, but you can't doubt for a second the skill he has to take it past so many players and then shoot from a narrow angle. Awesome! The video compares both goals - have a look.

Comparativa gol de Messi y Maradona
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When you are really really tired at work...call the HOFF

I had heard about this but it was nothing I was prepared for. Last week in Miami when we were really tired at work and needed a breather a colleague of mine brought up the HOFF in Youtube. For the ignorant, that's David Hasselhoff. And he's supposedly huge in Germany not for Baywatch but for his songs. And the videos really take the cake - they are so funny and funnier if you have people around trying to mimic him. So go and watch for yourselves:

This one is just weird - so weird but has a catchy beat - he is wearing a parka, eating a fish, flying in the air etc etc.



This one reminds me of Baba Sehgal's 'Aa ja mere gaadi mein' song. Aptly titled too - jump in my car!!

World Cup Cricket - Live streaming

I knew that it was going to be difficult for me to see the world cup this year and my cable network (Time Warner) doesn't carry it here in USA. And DIRECTV and DISHTV are charging close to $200 for the whole package.

So as usual I did some R&D and this is what you need to do if you don't want to cough up $200 or you network doesn't carry it and you can live with live streaming on your laptop/PC:

1. Download Sopcast first. This is a P2P streaming software like the TVU Player but has more channels.
2. Then go to Live-from-India website and look for streaming links for CBN.

I have set that up and its working absolutely fine for me.

Let me know if this works. The only small downside to this is that you might need some buffering from time to time. And please note, you would need a high speed connection for this.

Update:
The above doesn't work all the time - right now I'm watching it on Muftavideos.

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MIA

Have been missing in action for quite some time - quite a long time actually. things have happened while i have been away. last time i posted was when i was getting back to india. have come back since, in Houston now. music is being listened to, movies seen, books read, cities traveled, new people met. so i think its time to get back to writing some too...

Chicago

Iron Maiden @Toronto

Iron Maiden @Air Canada Centre - 16th Oct 2006.