This record doesn’t have a title; instead, it has a series of titles arrayed on the cover, as you see. (The spine merely reads: "The Ventures.") This album, as The Ventures wisely reckoned, needs no title. It is a work of noble minimalism, so even a name is de trop. "The Ventures are the […]
Rock On : There is a price to chasing a dream
In the closing frames of the film “Rock On”, a lilting melody wafts through as the credits flash by …”kuch to arzoo kijiye… phir dekhiye, phir dekhiye………” the screen shows how the guitarist Joe (Arjun Rampal) starts a business of identifying new musical talent and his wife (Shahana Goswami) till now involved in the business […]
Blast in Islamabad kills 10
A powerful blast killed at least nine policemen and a civilian and injured 25 others near the controversial Lal Masjid, minutes after thousands of Islamic hardliners demanded the public hanging of President Pervez Musharraf at a meeting to mark the shrine’s storming by the Pakistani military. The blast were so powerful that, it can be […]