![]() The band members of The Kominas have shifted to not only to now include the duo from Sunny Ali and the Kid, but also in instrumental roles – three of the four bandmates take a turn on the mic for this album. Gone are the sing-along playfully raunchy hooks, this album is all about the bass line and dirty drum beats. With a more Desi-rock sound, gritty riffs, lo-fi vocals and lyrics taking a back seat, the band’s path has turned and taken on a new sound. Continue reading → Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Literature, Reviews | Tagged 9/11, Amy Waldman, literature, review, The Submission The (r)Evolving KominasĪ belated Christmas present for all y’all for this #MusicMonday – our oft written about friends The Kominas have released an (almost) self-titled album called “Kominas.” If you thought the previous albums were too punk/too political/too “taqwacore” for you – then it is time to give the band a second chance – this album might just be for you. NPR’s Maureen Corrigan called it “gorgeously written novel” and went so far as to call it the 9/11 novel. Additionally, The Submission was named Esquire’s Book of the Year, Entertainment Weekly’s #1 Novel for the Year, NPR’s Top Ten Novels for 2011 and the list goes on. The New York Timesnoted its “limber, detailed prose.” The Guardianstated: “Waldman’s prose is almost always pitch-perfect, whether describing a Bangladeshi woman’s relationship with her landlady or the political manoeuvring within a jury.” In The Washington Post, Chris Cleave wrote that Waldman “excels at involving the reader in vibrant dialogues. The book that I had considered passing to the thrift-store unfinished has in fact received rave reviews from a handful of the nation’s top papers. I had almost completed it this week (grudgingly) before I was made aware of the depth of its popularity. He said that the human body was a gift and should not be altered.For the last four months, I have been trying and failing to finish a book gifted me as a Christmas present, The Submission, the first novel by New York Times journalist Amy Waldman, released shortly before the anniversary of 9/11. – Confucius, a Chinese philosopher, was against tattoos. – The most tattooed person has 100% of their body covered. – American spend…wait for it….$1.65 BILLION dollars on tattoos every year! – Tattoo is one of the most misspelled words in the English language. – Plato thought that people who committed sacrilege should be tattooed forcibly. – According to a survey, more women than men have tattoos. It might be OK to laser off a tat on your leg…quite different trying to laser off items on your eye! Don’t want to apply eye liner or darken your eyebrows with a pencil? Get them tattooed! Just be careful because they do need touch ups every few years and you can’t change your look afterwards. Those tattoos are often a type of Morse code indicating gang membership, crimes committed and even religious affiliation. Everything from ballpoint pens to paper clips to guitar strings have been confiscated. ![]() ![]() Creativity abounds when using makeshift items. – Prison tats are forbidden, but they happen all the time. It is painful, time consuming and very expensive. It is done in a traditional manner by hand with a single needle. ![]() – The Yakuza, an organized crime family in Japan, will often have full body tattoos called irezumi. – A lot of ink is made from bone char of animals and sometimes the resin of shellac beetles. This guy put a whole receipt on his arm?!?!?
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