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Amitabh Bachan: Lincoln Center Honor/Charlie Rose Interview

Friday, April 22, 2005
Wow.

First Ash Rai and now AB. Madonna may have ushered in the wave of Indian culture with her belly rings, bindis, and salwaars, but this is genuine fascination and respect from the West.

And at 63yrs, AB still cuts a daunting figure in Indian Cinema. Incidently, he disapproves of the Indian Film Industry playing parody to Hollywood by being coined "Bollywood". Exuding national pride, he suggests that our films be taken with their own merits, without comparison from the West. Afterall, we have the technical expertise to produce well over 200 films yearly, whereas Hollywood produces a mere 30.

The "DESI" swell has been building for several years, going back to Bally Sagoo's remixes in 2000 and the "art films" of Mira Nair, Deepa Mehta, etc. But now, in 2005, the tide has come in for us. And I believe the waters of recognition will continue to flow for a long time.

Wow.

Brilliant strategy and execution

Thursday, April 21, 2005
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Frenchman buys 25,000 Indian songs
From a non-Indian, we see brilliant market capitalization, strategy and execution. And he's not merely in it for a buck or two. Paid $3mil, will collect it back within the next few years and then go beyond by strategically placing the 25K catalog.

Sort of what Silverman (sic) did with the Elvis catalog. Took it from RCA, which was not managing it properly and with some intuition and foresight, leveraged it to contribute over $2mil last year.

More and more, it's a musicBUSINESS.

Original Poem: National Poetry Month (April)

Wednesday, April 20, 2005
this is an audio post - click to play

April Fool's day losing significance in a Politically Correct world

Friday, April 01, 2005
Haven't seen any creative April Fool's pranks today. Except if you count the posting that Encyclopedia Britannica was taking over Wikipedia - assuming that these are entities you care about. Erudite laughter aside, there hasn't been much in the blog/web world making the significance of today.

So, it poses the question - are we becoming so sensitive that we are losing our humor? It is possible. Today's world will fire you for stating that the town Mayor is dead (Opie/Anthony - Boston Radio DJ prank, circa 2000) or admonish you via the comments link on your lack of political correctness (ie, Wikipedia example).

What a waste. Today celebrates all things creative, for to fool one person is easy, but to fool an entire community takes a certain brand of misplaced creativity. And I revel in the latter.

Links to good April Fool's pranks are appreciated.