Category Archives: Entertainment

Humming Now #16

Posted on May 14, 2012 by RK

It has been a while since I contributed to my Humming Now series, I owed that much to writing non-music related posts, especially some books I read and reviewed recently. Of equally worthy mention is the fact that I have … Continue reading →

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Book review: Rita Hayworth

Posted on April 14, 2012 by RK

I have a problem reading fiction. I had worked my way up from no reading to reading something. And that something could be anything but fiction. I did not think of it as missing anything, except my wife is a … Continue reading →

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Ringtones

Posted on March 12, 2012 by RK

With so much great music around, I figured it was dumb to use stock sounds as ringtones. I set out to creating a few ringtones myself, using great compositions others have created from time to time. Would like to share … Continue reading →

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Coffee with me

Posted on February 5, 2012 by RK

When I was not successful getting guest writers for my 300th post, I turned on my creative hat and wrote a post in the Q&A format, with me both questioning and answering. I use the same format below to describe … Continue reading →

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Colors of Raja

Posted on January 18, 2012 by RK

Thanks to Suresh, I came to know about what I believe is the first formal release of Ilayaraja’s soundtracks. Released on MP3-only basis on CDBaby, this offers for the first time clean tracks of his re-recording scores from more than … Continue reading →

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Humming Now #15

Posted on December 29, 2011 by RK

I have long argued that music, including its more formal forms (such as Carnatic or Western Classical), is exoteric – not esoteric. Esoterism may exist in understanding of the internals and underlying theory, but the experience is always accessible to … Continue reading →

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Ilayaraja glows again

Posted on December 16, 2011 by RK

Updated 12/17 to include SoundCloud version right within the post.   It is not often that a single song comes off as worthy of a full review, at least not in the last 10 years or so. The last review-worthy … Continue reading →

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Job of a CEO

Posted on October 10, 2011 by RK

Reed Hastings, CEO of NetFlix, already committed multiple mistakes by making unplanned and abrupt changes to the pricing structure for its DVD and streaming based movie rental services. Consumers and investors don’t like uncertainty; and showing the path to future … Continue reading →

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Humming Now #14

Posted on April 6, 2011 by RK

I have been listening to raga based music and applying raga concepts to movie songs only for the past 10 years or so. But it surprises me how a stunning variety of movie songs I like belong to the same … Continue reading →

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Vaa vaa vasanthame

Posted on February 27, 2011 by RK

“Sure as death and taxes” they say. Yet everytime somebody we know dies, a weird feeling wraps us. In an effort to express that feeling, we sometimes tend to dramatize the feeling and poetize it to the point where it … Continue reading →

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