Jayantha Dharmadasa will quit Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) paving the way for Arjuna Ranatunga to take over. Read more here. Now, I’ve been a strong advocate of Ranatunga heading SLC ever since he quit international cricket, but it’s taken six years for this to come to fruition.
I came across this article concerning the SLC elections [...]
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Yes, that’s right, a blog entry on politics from me. Oh the horror! Peek out of your windows and you just might see a pig taking flight.
Like all Sri Lankans, I’ve been following the news today of Mervin Silva’s big day out at SLRC. From around 10, people at work sat enraptured by the breaking [...]
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Stuff that makes me all giggly and excited.
My (admittedly small) CD collection:
(Click for larger picture).
First Row (L-R): Nirvana - In Utero, Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain, Stigmata - Silent Chaos Serpentine, Strapping Young Lad - The New Black, Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Second Row (L-R): Soundgarden - Down on the Upside, Soundgarden - Louder [...]
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Posted in 2007, Music, Musicians on December 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Had a shitty day so went YouTube surfing and came across these gems.
Victor Emilio Jorge, Daniel Agustin Jorge and Martin Gustavo Jorge are three kids (presumably brothers) who have been playing in a band together since November, 2005. Check out their YouTube page here. Nothing much to say beyond the obvious. They rock.
I’ve been watching [...]
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Jayasuriya holds a special place in the hearts and minds of cricket fans the world over, never mind those of us in Sri Lanka. From 1995, his exploits with the bat are stuff of legend. The memories are many: his assault on the English bowling attack in the 1996 World Cup Quarter Final, the dismantling [...]
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A bit late, I know, but couldn’t access WordPress from work.
Congratulations, good sir. You are an inspiration to us all.
Here’s a selection of tributes to Murali written by cricket journos around the world:
Michael Marqusee writes on the vagueness of the original chucking laws:
“The definition of a throw appears less clear-cut than was supposed. The [...]
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So Stiggies will be playing this Saturday between 8 and 9 at the SAARC Band festival. They’ll be the only metal band and only Sri Lankan act playing so ’tis a double honour for the lads. Wish I could be there, but education calls and I can’t ignore it any longer. Oh well.
To Suresh, Tenny, [...]
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Posted in 2007, Articles, Bands, Bands/Musicians, Music, weird music, tagged devin townsend, drumkit from hell, strapping young lad, the new black, ziltoid on November 25, 2007 | 6 Comments »
DEVIN TOWNSEND – Ziltoid The Omniscient
I recently joined a Facebook group called ‘The Devin Townsend Is An Absolute God Amongst Men Society’. Hero worship, I hear you say disapprovingly. Well, duh! The man is a mad genius whose musical ideas sometimes defy belief. His last album with Strapping Young Lad (The New Black) had more [...]
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Posted in 2007, Artists, Bands/Musicians, Music, Musicians, weird music, tagged 2007, alcest, black metal, shoegaze, Souvenirs d'un Autre monde, top albums on November 25, 2007 | No Comments »
The year is coming to a close and I’ve been giving thought to my favourite music released this year. And that inevitably means the clichéd top ten list. Why ten? Have no sodding idea. This entry will kick off a series of posts on what I think was the best music released this year. It [...]
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I have many reasons why I love the game of cricket, test cricket in particular. If you were to ask me for only one, I would say that test cricket is the most Darwinian sport out there. It is not merely an examination of physical endurance over five days, but equally one of mental fortitude. [...]
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