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My favorites of 2010 - Bollywood Version

2010 was a year of small successes and big fails in Bollywood. all major big productions albeit My Name is KHAN were disappointments. what worked? small-budget ventures set in small Indian towns and villages. thus my picks for this year are Udaan, Ishqiya and Peepli [LIVE]. others that took me by surprise for various reasons are Striker, LSD: Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai and...

Dec 31st

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Dec 30th

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I can’t believe it’s already been more than a year since I started using 8tracks. My first mix on this favorite site of mine was Night Song. Since then, this term has grown into a series for ambient music meant for the sleepy souls. As 2010 comes to an end, I give you number 4 built around the semi-classical Badi Dheere Jali Rainae (The night burned very slowly). On The Weight Of...

Dec 29th

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Dec 28th

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Dec 27th

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“I have come to understand that music is not part of “arts and entertainment” as...”

– Karl Paulnack to the Boston Conservatory Freshman Class Easily the best piece on music I’ve read recently. Dr. Karl Paulnack, pianist and director of music division at The Boston Conservatory, gave this fantastic welcome address to the parents of incoming students at The Boston Conservatory...

Dec 26th

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Dec 24th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →

Helios (25) Ratatat (24) Berry Weight (22) Buke and Gass (18) Cyesm (6) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dec 20th

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Dec 18th

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adarsh.me/health: resilience →

adonhealth: “Resilience” in psychology is the positive capacity of people to cope with stress and adversity. This coping may result in the individual “bouncing back” to a previous state of normal functioning, or using the experience of exposure to adversity to produce a “steeling effect” and function better…

Dec 15th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →

Kanye West (16) A.R. Rahman (14) The Black Keys (13) Calexico (12) Ólafur Arnalds (9) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dec 14th

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The “Soundtracking Your Workday” series on 8tracks continues. Here’s Volume Two. Part 1 - Peter Broderick | Three Film Score Intakes (2010) Everybody Wants A Topper - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | Taare Zameen Par Background Music (2008) Waltz No3 In A Minor, Op34, No2 - Janusz Olejniczak | The Pianist (2002) We Are Family (Theme) - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | We Are Family (2010) When...

Dec 13th

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Dec 13th

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Dec 11th

“And the stars are shining through our window. And it’s been a while since...”

– Noah and the Whale

Dec 11th

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bollywood ballads - new mix on 8tracks Bollywood truly went acoustic in 2010 with composers including acoustic/unplugged versions of their songs at the end of every record. This is particularly true with the duo Vishal-Shekhar. Here’s some of the best recent campfire songs straight from India / Pakistan: Dhoop Ke Makaan (Acoustic) - Hitesh Sonik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shekhar Ravjiani Break...

Dec 8th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →

Kanye West (16) Yann Tiersen (10) Tortoise (9) Red Sparowes (8) The Tallest Man on Earth (6) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dec 6th

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