Initium, or how I learned to love the Kali-Yuga

As an amateur cultural observer (critic would sound too pretentious) I have to notice that Free Jazz, Punk, and Underground Hip-Hop face similar situations.
But first,
Punk…
is quite dead. in fact it was pretty close to being dead 20 years ago, though in the strange way that forms of cultural rebellion do retain some life beyond the [...]

Readings I found interesting this week:
A word on Culture Vultures
http://maysaloon.blogspot.com/2010/06/word-on-culture-vultures.html
Brilliant - there is a method and logic to this, even if you are not paying attention. Some, who do not pay attention to the real game, can feel free to playing racial and ethnic nationalist games, in arenas built to occupy you with non essentials. [...]

This is a hypothetical exercise. Do not misconstrue it. It’s a mental exercise fleshing out some controversial ideas, that are very open to criticism.
I am considering the idea that a formal greater Pashtunistan should be considered among geo-political thinkers.
The same with Kurdistan, for while I do not think turkey’s territorial integrity should be compromised, [...]

I like good quality off-the-rack clothing, and when I can actually afford it I certainly like bespoke, or made to measure, items as well. Sometimes I discover gems in the rough, very nice items where you wouldn’t expect. Away from the usual boutiques and in plainer locations.
I decided to mall hop yesterday. I enjoy people [...]

[ed. just correcting some typos. 5/2/2010]
I think that the notion of a power elite still has some validity, but in our post-democratic Western societies, it’s of a much different nature than people think when they think of terms like “The Establishment” or “the Elite”
Establishments exist, Europeans typically have a more realistic understanding of this, the [...]

I treasure encountering new people.
It’s a strange thing, I like feeling like I am discovering a new world, and when conversing with a stranger, I get this feeling. Every encounter with a new person, if we are receptive, can be as superficial or deep as we make it. For example, I met a delightful lady [...]

I forgot how much I love the snow.
Granted, it doesn’t suit my equatorial genotype, but God, I swear I love the pristine and crisp freshness of it all.
The landscape is overlain with a fatal beauty, you know looking at it that in this desert of frozen white sands, you could die. There is a danger [...]

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
http://occultcinema.blogspot.com/
The site looks at pop culture, cinema, and the occult.
Check out the archives, some thought provoking and interesting weirdness lies inside.

Most amusing Google search hits of the week
“breed negros out of existance”
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=Lkp&ei=lHtsS6m-MYy1tgflkYCDBg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CAYQBSgA&q=breed+negros+out+of+existence&spell=1
(… um…. well, no comment. moving on…)

“children quotes to be hung in daycares”
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=children+quotes+to+be+hung+in+daycares&aq=f&aqi=&oq=
“freemasonry 2036″
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=freemasonry+2036&meta=
“arab govermet are freemason”
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=arab+govermet+are+freemason&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&rlz=1R2GPEA_en&aq=f&oq=
(… no comment..)

“chris goggans asshole”
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&q=chris+goggans+asshole&aq=f&aqi=&oq=
(eh.. he was one of phrack’s best editors, that counts right?..)

“satellite monitoring of terrorism”
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS291&q=satellite+monitoring+of+terrorism&aq=f&aqi=&oq=
( … wtf?  NO comment…)
“british women breasts”
http://images.google.com/images?q=british+women+breasts&start=36
( .. need more be [...]

Kamal’s special Chai revisited.
This is an improvement over the recipe taught to me by Hajji Sahib when we were relaxing in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, back in 1996. It can be toyed with as you please
I am a prodigious drinker of tea and coffee, and this makes quite a lot. Somewhere around 6 or 7 cups. You [...]