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| Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 | |
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| 4:04 am | 1 of Basim's favorite poems Mr. Pate's BarbershopBy Major JacksonI remember the room in which he helda blade to my neck & scraped the darkhairs foresting a jawline: stacks of Ebonys& Jets, clippings of black boxers --Joe Frazier, Jimmy Young, Jack Johnson --the color television bolted toa ceiling like the one I watched all nightin a waiting room at St. Joseph'swhile my cousin recovered from gunshots.I remember the old Coke machine, a waterfountain by the door, how I drankthe summer of '88 over & over from a papercone cup & still could not quench my thirst,for this was the year funeral homes boomed,the year Mr. Pate swept his own shopfor he had lost his best little helper Squeakyto cross fire. He suffered like most barberssuffered, quietly, his clippers humming so loudhe forgot Ali's lightning left jab, his lovefor angles, for carpentry, for baseball. He forgoteverything & would never be the same.I remember the way the blade gleamedfierce in the fading light of dusk & a reflectionof myself panned inside the razor's edgewondering if I could lay down my pen, close upmy ledgers & my journals, if I could undomy tie & take up barbering wheremonths on end a child's head would darkenat my feet & bring with it the uncertaintyof tomorrow, or like Mr. Pate gatheringclumps of fallen hair, at the end of a day,in short, delicate whisks as thoughthey were the fine findings of gold dusthe'd deposit in a jar & place on a shelf, onlyto return Saturdays, collecting, as an antique dealercollects, growing tired, but never forgettingsomeone has to cherish these tiny little heads. (3 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Friday, February 4th, 2011 | |
| 6:46 pm | Texas People here are so funny, there's a threat of maybe an inch of snow and the city gets shut down. I heard they were thinking of shutting a highway down. Maybe Texan snowflakes are swol? This trip has been important, I think it's proven to me how different cities can be. Houston is so sprawling, and they call the south west SWAT, like the valley in Pakistan. There's something about the artists in Texas, I think a lot of the myths from the Frontier and the West of America went on to inform the culture. It's why there's so many stories of the reformed outlaw, the lone gunslinger, the mysterious guy with the harmonica who can shoot with deadly accuracy. In someways you can still see the reformed outlaw character in hiphop or country music. It's Waylon Jennings, or even to some extent Jay Z. If you think about it, Tupac and Johnny Cash were both really repentent and solidly religious. I was watching Once Upon a time in the West yesterday, and it struck me that fuck, this place was a pind not too long ago. This whole area was a pind, with a singular railroad system, where most of the crime had to do with usurping land on the railroad lines. That's part of the plot of this western, even Blazing Saddles parodied it. I found the real rock ridge 2 tours ago, it's a gated community near Lake Tahoe (which will hearby be refered to as the 9th ring of Dante's Inferno). But anyhow, land grabbing. We don't really remember all the land that must've been usurped and stolen. I'd like to pour out some liquor in its memory. (2 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Saturday, December 18th, 2010 | |
| 2:42 pm | Even his eyebrows were shaved I will title this either even his eyebrows were shaved, or strange and marvelous copy. This gem is from the Lahore city desk at Daily TimesEven his eyebrows were ShavedBy (Omitted)LAHORE: To become a prominent among others remains a dilemma for both man and women and for this purpose they don't leave any stone unturned to maintain their personality.Usually the female remains in inferiority complex that are gaining wait or don't have a matching shoes and jewelry according to their dressing and makeup but in this advance era the male are not legging behind with females in looking handsome and jolly.It's a natural phenomena that female mind strictly if someone express astonish on her age which she disclosed under a malicious smile but in case of male every one laugh even on a thirty years old man if he has become bald. The charm in his life becomes an ends when he become hairless in early thirty and some time he remains in tension that may be he could get marry with a fairy with this bald.But now, the development in science and technology make it very easy to become smart by exercising in gyms or using herbal medicine. The newly established hair transplant hospitals in Pakistan also resolve the problems of the blades to remain in tension.Interesting thing is that after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab chief minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, a PPP legislator from Faisalabad Raja Riaz Ahmad has had a hair transplant and now a day he was trying for losing his weight at least up to fifteen pounds in an attempt to trim down.Although Mr Riaz spend an amount of Rs 1,35000 for his hair transplant and are too much happy that after one and half month he would look like a fresh graduate and move in the society arrogantly.May be after seeing the smartness and beauty of Mr Raja the other assembly members like law minister Muhammad Basharrat Raja, Minister for Information Technology Muhammad Aleem Khan, Rai Ejaz Ahmad, Hussnain Jehanian Gerdezi, Chaudhry Asghar Ali Gujar and Brig (R) Muhammad Hassan and other may be think for hair transplant but Raja Riaz should remain careful.Nothing could be say about his matrimonial life as may be he on the request of his beloved wife has had a hair transplant but he should remember the case happened with deputy opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Rana Sanaullah Khan.On March 08, 2003, Mr Khan suddenly disappeared from his house and when he was returned he was shaved. Even his eyebrows were also shaved. So Mr Raja should avoid giving any statement at the floor of the house, which hurt some one and in retaliation the affectee become him bald again.The other thing, if the male can spend a huge amount of their beautification when how we can deprive the women for their right to look charming. No could understand it that why Sheikh Alauddin of PML during his budget speech floated the idea that the women should stop the use of gold ornament and prefer the austerity as the things used by the women are much costly and some time the man pay 1000 per cent profit to a shopkeeper on the article of women use.Although his idea wass not bad but it would be injustice with the women that they would deprive from gold which wass their weakness. But Mr Din should remember that at any time of difficulty it were the women who donate their gold ornaments for the charity. Chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan know it well that how much gold ornaments he collect from even college students and house hold wives in donation for the construction of Shaukat Khanum Hospital. Likewise whenever the calamity hit the country it were the women who first came into the field to donate her gold ornament because she know that she don't have any this despite a gold chain and a ring.Likewise when ever a family becomes in crisis it were the women to give their gold ornaments to the male members for sale to meet the expenditure and run a new business.Ends/ (5 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 | |
| 12:31 am | NEW BASIM'S GOTH HOUR New Punjabi Podcast http://bit.ly/4gowV9 orrrrr stream it http://blip.tv/file/2805366This time it's more paindu, from NYC's Lowereast side in Manhattan, at the Punjabi Deli, including interviews with cab drivers, straight bhangra and mujhra. (2 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 | |
| 8:44 am | download Kominas - Wild Nights in Guantanamo Bay on torrent http://tinyurl.com/ylphnv2 Download "The Kominas - Wild Nights in Guantanamo Bay" via torrentPlease seed it. (5 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | |
| 7:35 pm | AFROPUNK EDITION Tonight we're headed up to Montreal for the Taqwacore premier at the 38th Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema. Kinda psyched, we're playing the party tomorrow at midnight in Maple city. Also got an interview with George Romero on Saturday.Here's my third podcast for Basim's Goth Hour, this one is the Afro-Punk edition. Hope y'all like it:http://blip.tv/file/2691651 (2 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Monday, August 24th, 2009 | |
| 6:01 pm | Back to roots - BASIMS GOTH HOUR PODCAST I threw this together, so you kids would have something to listen to at work. Do rock it out, the next episode will have more oddities in it, for this one I stuck to a punk sound. Classic 77, and throwback. http://blip.tv/file/2512217Current Mood: ubergoth (Comment on this) |
| Saturday, August 1st, 2009 | |
| 6:13 pm | KHALIFORNIA SHOWS Yo!Its been a while, probably haven't sent a message out to you in ... for/ever. But we're playing tonight. Your favorite desi post-colonial punks. And we're on tour from Boston. More dates here, and on our myspace. OAKLAND Aug 1st, The Stork's Club!TONIGHT2330 Telegraph AveOakland, CA 94612-2421SO CALI DATES:August 4th, Tuesday - Preview ShowTuesday Night Cafe @7:30 pmhttp://www.tnkat.org/Aratani Courtyard/Union Center for the Arts120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, California 90012Free show!All ages!!WATCH LIVE STREAMED ONLINE at www.tnkat.org !August 5th, WednesdaySilver Factory Studios @ 10pmhttp://www.myspace.com/larichkids915 Mateo st. Downtown Los Angeles CA 9002121 +August 6th, ThursdayEl Centro Cultural de Mexico @ 9:30pmhttp://www.el-centro.org/310 W 5th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701All Ages! (2 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 | |
| 12:49 am | Kominas poster  More info on our my space (4 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Saturday, June 13th, 2009 | |
| 12:11 pm | NEW 9000 miles Hey lj buddies. Please check this out |
| Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | |
| 7:27 pm | New article about blasts in Lahore today I through this together reaaal quick this morning after talking to some good friends and waaqifs in Lahore: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/27/pakistan-bomb-lahoreYeah yeah yeah, another day another bomb blast (Comment on this) |
| Monday, May 25th, 2009 | |
| 2:20 am | Log I wrote a really long entry on the Taqwacores Webzine, which is what I'd probably upload for now. There's a rendition of a classic kirtan, that was recorded in Scotland about the Sufi martyr Bhai Mati Das, who was killed by the moghul emperor Aurenzeb. And thoughts on death and poetry. The entry is called "Better than a thousand years as a jackass". Please read it, bookmark the site, and comment. (2 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Friday, May 22nd, 2009 | |
| 5:09 pm | A great review on YellowBuzz Wendy, the writer behind Yellow Buzz - a punk/noise and diaspora blog, reviewed Wild nights and it's probably the best writing on the album I've come across. It was cool, she came up from the South, interviewed us, went to Maine to record with her noise/punk band, and came back down for our basement show in Lowell. She's fantastic. She actually wrote about the music! This is a first. And she sat down with all of us and spoke as an equal. It's about time someone sat down and reported things accurately, and meaningfully. (1 Comment |Comment on this) |
| Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 | |
| 11:29 am | Basement Show on the 15th in Lowell We'll be playing some new sh!t, so make it up.From the mouth of Nick (of Sinbusters):"So the show starts at 8:00 at my apartment at 16 plymouth street. So far the bands playing are:LadderlegsRalph Eats DynamiteSinbustersLos BungalitosThe Kominas!& the Big Sway (probably).Hetfield and Hetfield might also play.Tell your minions to keep inside the house and park discreetly in the parking lot as to not make our house look like a crazy party target for the cops who patrol our street." (1 Comment |Comment on this) |
| Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | |
| 4:00 pm | To POC's in T-dot Our girl, Sena is looking for a geetarist and bassist. "I want to re-start my band, Secret Trial Five www.myspace.com/secrettrialfivein Toronto.. I have found a drummer, and we need someone who playsguitar to actually get started.. We are also looking for someone whoplays bass.PLEASE HELP ME GET THE WORD OUT!!!My band:We are a Taqwacore (muslim punk) band, started in 2006 in Vancouver.We play politically conscious punk, and focus on topics such asislamophobia, racism, sexism, imperialism, war, etc.You don't need to be an expert, it's a punk band. I'd prefer muslimsand/or POCs, but you know, whatever..Also, let me know if you know anyone you think I should get in touchwith about this, any listservs I should be posting this on, anyconnections you have, if you're going to a punk show in the nearfuture and need company, etc. etc.K thanks!Senasenahussain@gmail.com" (5 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Saturday, March 28th, 2009 | |
| 2:12 am | Kominas show in Brooklyn tonight YeahhhThe Kominaswith Imran Bhutto of the Dead Bhuttos on drums.Playing at 8pm SHARP at GOODBYE BLUE MONDAYSSATURDAY the 28th. As in today. There'll be some fun material, maybe songs you haven't heard. Bring a friend. (1 Comment |Comment on this) |
| Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 | |
| 3:46 pm | Article on Sri Lanka team getting attacked Here it is. I'm back in Boston, and enjoying meatball subs after six months. (8 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Monday, March 2nd, 2009 | |
| 5:31 pm | Track hunting Does anyone have a copy of "Big trouble in little asia" by Hustlers HC (from UK). Old track, haven't heard it in a bit. Fire it over to basim dot usmani at gmail dot com . I'm leaving in a few days for NYC via Doha. The gig looks exciting, almost makes me overlook my expenses. Maybe we'll "move some units". Just a few more sleepless nights and I'm out. (2 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Sunday, November 9th, 2008 | |
| 12:09 pm | Pakistanis on Obama youtube Me and my friend Z went to Lohari Gate, MM alam road, LUMS and BNU. We made a youtube videoPakistanis on Obama:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aF8s1ovPrg (11 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 | |
| 6:55 am | the car after the fire |
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