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Thumkas and jhumkas: Surviving wedding dance practices

There is a reason I have spent the last five days singing the Roop Tera Mastana remix that samples the tune of Turn Me On in the intro, and it’s not because I think Kevin Little is a musical genius and I have fond memories of his one hit playing at Fez and random parties […]

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Sound bites – Bad romance by Lady Gaga

I hate Lady GaGa, just so you know. The day she broke free of her egg shell and crawled forth into the world was a dark one for humanity. (This was written well before she ACTUALLY did on stage – quite clairvoyant really.)  She’s an ugly, talentless, attention seeking tart… and she’s flat. She’s a blight upon […]

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4 sexy Pashto songs… that lost the plot

The Pathan as a people have contributed greatly towards the arts through poetry, dance and churas. A proud and honourable people that have coined some invaluable metaphors such as ‘don’t take the credit for someone else’s smelly poop’…. it loses something in the translation. But what might be their most invaluable contribution to humanity, albeit unbeknownst […]

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4 Paki tunes from the 90’s that still kick raw ass!

Ask anyone my age, and they’ll state that the 90s were a great time for everything… music, movies, hell everything! Where most may beg to differ with this statement, I must add that I am biased (quite like the kind of person I would want protecting the galaxy). Where our music industry was getting sexy with Saleem Javed, […]

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