They probably hate Richard Gere, too...
What a fantastic weekend... but it's over. Hopefully some music can take the pain away from the soul-crushing reality that you are now back at work...
Fitting as to start off the week of Coachella with a band that turned in one of my all time favorite sets there, British-Indian rockers Cornershop. 2nd stage - Saturday afternoon - 2002 - Can you believe that was 5 years ago? They were fantastic though, and LOUD! And they haven't released any new music since... the slackers! Their website claims that they are actually working on new material, and I hope so, because all three of their albums are primo and they are easily one of the most unique bands out there. This here is a cut off the very first record, and I'm pretty sure was the first track of theirs I ever heard, and I'm also pretty sure Chris Douridas was the one that played it on KCRW. Which makes for a perfect opportunity to remind Nic Harcourt that he can blow me...
Will we have more blasts from Coachellas past this week? Only the shuffle knows...
Fitting as to start off the week of Coachella with a band that turned in one of my all time favorite sets there, British-Indian rockers Cornershop. 2nd stage - Saturday afternoon - 2002 - Can you believe that was 5 years ago? They were fantastic though, and LOUD! And they haven't released any new music since... the slackers! Their website claims that they are actually working on new material, and I hope so, because all three of their albums are primo and they are easily one of the most unique bands out there. This here is a cut off the very first record, and I'm pretty sure was the first track of theirs I ever heard, and I'm also pretty sure Chris Douridas was the one that played it on KCRW. Which makes for a perfect opportunity to remind Nic Harcourt that he can blow me...
Cornershop - 6 A.M Jullandar Shere
Will we have more blasts from Coachellas past this week? Only the shuffle knows...
2 comments:
For a society that has been deeply damaged by colonialism can one think of a more offensive image of a white guy grabbing a daughter of India and forcing himself upon her? It is so symbolic. It is right in line with the image of the white colonist forcing himself upon a country and just taking whatever he wants.
Richard Gere should pay the ultimate price for this.
What bothers me however is those who would blame Shilpa Shetty for this.
Too often women victims of rape in India are blamed for what happened like they wanted the rape to happen or it was their fault the rape happened even when the truth might be that the rapists brutalized them and they couldn't stop the rape from happening.
While of course Richard Gere didn't actually rape Shilpa Shetty, I still see this whole "Blame the Woman Victim" dynamic in place. From what I saw from the video Shilpa Shetty did nothing to cause Richard Gere to act the way he did, and was in fact as shocked as everyone else was that he would act in such a disgraceful manner.
We need to defend this daughter of India, not blame her for this white man's assault upon her.
Tone, I remember that set back in '02! Hope we hear more from them soon.
PS. Harcourt sucks!
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