Shahryar Rizvi

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  • links for 2010-05-09

    Weeaboo Weeaboo (a.k.a Wapanese) is an English slang used to describe a person (typically of non-Asian descent) who prefers Japan and all things in Japanese over one’s indigenous culture. (tags: comedy culture internet media race fiction fun)

  • links for 2010-05-08

    Raising Boys not Barbarians – Sehar Tariq (tags: culture desi politics education) What I understand about Faisal Shahzad Sometimes, I feel Muslim Pakistanis are like Daffy Duck, always cursed to have the anvil drop on our heads, regardless of our patriotism, lack of criminal record, good credit score and groomed facial hair. The moderate and […]

  • The Problem With… Ke$ha’s “Your Love Is My Drug”… and summer

    The Problem With… Ke$ha’s “Your Love Is My Drug” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. I mentioned this before, but I’ll start getting paid for this next week. Life is good. I sense a challenge, since pop music released since Autumn usually settles into posterity during the summer, where DJs play the same hits to […]

  • Last Night: Papa Roach and Hellyeah! at the Palladium Ballroom – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night

    Last Night: Papa Roach and Hellyeah! at the Palladium Ballroom – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. This is the largest concert I reviewed as of yet. I was a bit far from the stage, so I didn’t notice that Shaddix’s dyed hair was styled like a fauxhawk as the pictures showed. Thanks, Roger. Papa […]

  • links for 2010-05-06

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  • links for 2010-05-04

    "5 Myths about immigration" By Doris Meissner Despite the fact that we are a nation of immigrants — or perhaps because of it — immigration continues to be one of America's most contentious topics. The new law in Arizona authorizing police to arrest individuals who cannot show documents proving that they are in the country […]

  • Periphery — s/t

    Amazon.com: Periphery: Periphery: MP3 Downloads. My introduction to Periphery was their appearance opening for Fear Factory. I was enthralled by the technical writing and instrumentation akin to Meshuggah, Textures and Tesseract. I put them on my to-check-out list. I finally got to listening to the album after it was released on Waldo Day. The album […]

  • Vinnie Paul and HELLYEAH! Find Their Rhythm – Page 1 – Music – Dallas – Dallas Observer

    Vinnie Paul and HELLYEAH! Find Their Rhythm – Page 1 – Music – Dallas – Dallas Observer. This article ended up in print for the April 30 edition. I’m really proud of this accomplishment. I only wish that I could have gotten more character quotes like the “a whole ‘nother” line. I’ve been getting positive […]

  • links for 2010-05-03

    Our brains ‘make us empathise with people of the same race’ | Mail Online (tags: race culture social) The lesson here is that kids are born prejudiced, and it’s our duty to teach the next generation how to treat others fairly and without prejudice The Archaeo-Linguistic Ghost of Neo-Colonialism “Vernacular critiques, which assert a single […]

  • links for 2010-05-02

    Taibbi: The Lunatics Who Made a Religion Out of Greed and Wrecked the Economy | | AlterNet The case in question involves a hedge fund financier, John Paulson, who went to Goldman with the idea of a synthetic derivative package pegged to risky American mortgages, for use in betting against the mortgage market. Paulson would […]

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