Shahryar Rizvi

Category: Fun

  • Jucifer Concert Review

    Last Night: Jucifer, Vaste Burai, One Wolf and STEW! at Rubber Gloves I’ve seen a few extreme metals shows in my time, and this one is the best of them all. Everyone should see at least one extreme metal act in their youth. And remember hearing protection, you will need it.

  • This week In Dallas Music History: A weekly article series on Dallas Observer Stories

    My latest post for the Observer is up: This week In Dallas Music History: Walker, Texas Ranger Finds A Killer On Baboon’s Tail, Kinda. My first cut included a paragraph on how I assumed this episode was a Walker version of a reliable police show trope, the Quincy Punk. In this trope, our noble protagonist immerses […]

  • “The Problem With…”: A weekly article series on pop music

    My first in a pop humor article series for DC9 At Night is up here.  After I wrote it, I discovered a parody music video of Tik Tok, the target of my ire, from a few British kids. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4npUdfEmbQ&w=425&h=344] Sincerely Shahr¥ar

  • My Internship with Dallas Observer

    I started my internship with Dallas Observer last week. I had to delay due to the Dubai trip. I’m settled in now.  I will write for the Dallas Observer music blog DC9 At Night. My first story is up today — Over The Weekend: Fair to Midland’s Wreck Benefit at Curtain Club I’ll link to […]

  • Dubai trip report

    http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf I spent last week in Dubai. My first overseas trip since 2003. Dubai is essentially a tourist spot (Vegas much?). The buildings are like something out of cyberpunk media during its height in the late eighties and early nineties. Other people think the architecture is too contemporary and will date itself in time, but […]

  • RIP Howard Zinn

    http://www.youtube.com/p/C984687F7C7449A1&hl=en_US&fs=1 Howard Zinn passed away on Wednesday at age 87. Zinn was a popular activist and author of People’s History of the United States, a frequently updated review of  history from the perspective of groups traditionally unrepresented in popular national consciousness. People’s History of the United States sought to give an alternative view of American history against […]

  • Textures performance in India

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WffE6cd1QKo&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

  • The iPad, a.k.a. the iPod Touch Rex

    All the blogs and my classmates are gushing over the iPad,  Apple’s tablet device announced today. It seems at first glance as an enlarged iPod Touch. I’m not likely going to purchase it as I am not the target audience. I have an antipathy for Apple’s battery-dependent devices since the batteries cannot be removed or exchanged without breaking open the device. The iMacs, […]

  • New MIA Single: Space Odyssey

    http://www.twitvid.com/player/B54ED Space is hip this year. I’m a bit apprehensive that the hip artists who appropriate space themes this year haven’t read books in the space opera canon and appreciate rich media about the cosmos. I’m afraid Hipsters may play it out and drop it like they have done to zombies and steampunk.

  • My Winter Break of Games: ‘Yar’s Revenge

    This winter break I got back into a serious PC gaming habit after years of exile. My second Grad School semester will start soon and I will have to manage my time once again. Computer games by nature are a time sink. They are an epic distraction from other hobbies, of which I have many. […]