Sounds like a good idea, right? One newspaper and bunch of student leaders couldn’t write more than four lines regarding the new segregation in education laws? Seriously?

It seems like, two of those guys have no problem with any enforced segregation, they’ve got their own thing.

Aww, how adorable.

Also, you gotta check this dufus who apparently was dragged from Friday Market for this full page feature.

note: I wrote this post few days ago.

OK, so who are we kidding? We’re all sad about the amir and officialy we’re stilly mourning but c’mon guys, you gotta admit that we start listening to music again the very next day if not later the same day.

Now we got that outta the way, I just have to give it to the marina FM guys when it comes to picking nice instrumentals to go with the mood the country is having right now.

I just think it’s funny and stupid at the same time of them to think that instrumentals with vilion and oud isn’t really ‘Music’. I think the way they look at it is, like, If you can’t shake your ass to it then it’s not really music. This is almost as stupid/funny as playing the nay instrumental during prayers times on Kuwait Radio or even playing the soundtrack of Al Risallah on 99.7 FM.

I don’t think we have enough musicians in the arabic world doing music without much vocals. I think that’s very limiting for them to come up with any new genres or even innovate musically. I remember once an indian friend of mine who used to DJ all kinds of stuff was telling me “If you hear one arabic song, you heard them all” … I kinda agreed with him.

OK, I’m gonna rant and rant about it … deal with it …

I hate the fact that almost all the known [arabic] singers are signed to one label (Rotana), that will totally kill any chances of being unique and innovative. The label would most probably use the same producers, song writers and maybe even the same direcotrs to direct the videoclips that will be shown on the same channel that the label owns. Doesn’t that just remind you of A.R.T? Oh fuck, where are they now? are they still alive?

Why musicians here who do instrumentals only get stuck doing soundtracks for commercials and producing pop crap while they know and we know they can do better stuff on their own without any shitty posers singing over their tracks.

Why such musicians can only find the recognition they deserve in shitty compilations like buddha bar and shitty compilations like that.

I think starting online labels that are specialized in digital music and maybe doing actual CD releases for their successful artists is something we really need, something will change the face of arabic music. BTW what’s taking rotana so long to make an agreement with apple to distribute music online thru their iTunes store? Doesn’t El Waleed Bin Talal own big shares in apple? Won’t that make things easier? does he really think by doing so he will encourage arabic music piracy?

… and while we’re at it, I compose beats, drumloops and rhythem sections, I would love to work with other musicians on something. ANYTHING. If you play an instrument really good or you know someone who does, let them get in touch with me.

Update: Somebody told me Marina FM already made some ‘patriotic’ songs to celebrate Sheikh Subah being an amir finally. Somebody please remind who owns Marina FM?

I know it’s kinda late, but I really wanted to do that. :p

Bush said he instructed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to “call upon the United Nations to convene a session as quickly as possible to deal with this very serious matter.”

Link

United Nations to convene a session? for this?

I’m by no means trying to underestimate what they’ve done but bush’s reaction to this only means one thing.

Some body will be fucked really hard.
Vote in the poll to the right.

ألف ألف مبروك لأخواتي الكويتات على حصولهم علىحقوقهم المسلوبه. مادري ليش أحس أنه ردينا على الطريق الصحيح مره ثانيه.
Mabrook to all my kuwaiti sisters, we finally gainned our rights. (it’s our right as much as it’s yours) I don’t know why I feel like we are on the right path one again.

Well, I went to majjlis al umah today and by the time I reached there, people were already in. So this bearded security guy was like ‘you can’t go in now, that’s it for now. No more people in’. Right before that I got a call from a friend of mine who was in the ‘rally’ and according to her, “there’s no body here, it’s just a bunch of people … There’s no ‘rally’ we are going in”, that was around 9:10 AM.

I tried to go in from another gate but they wouldn’t let me for reasons I can’t share.

I can’t understand why they are so protective over a bunch of ignorant retarded assholes voted for by another ignorant retarded assholes. To the hell with them and their majlis.

I just got this message

إعتصام لدعم حقوق المرأة السياسية غداً يوم الأثنين الموافق ١٦-٥-٢٠٠٥ أمام مجلس الأمه شارع الخليج

I think I’m going, Anybody else?

I’m not really sure what your name is or who your really are but be surely positive it wouldnt be very hard to find out everything about you in this great small country. I surf around alot reading different blogs yours is one of my favourites …… eventhough would still like to give u this message and want u to know that i am very very serious… if u ever call one of kuwait’s goverment men ( police/army/national guard) ” fucking ” ever again in your life i will personally see that you are fucked and be returned to the hole u came out from…. and I’m pretty sure its quite close to Jahra …. so just watch out with what u say and keep up with all the good work …….

Dude, In the parliament, I didn’t know I was sitting next to a legend. So I was sitting there next to Busynow when this old lady came and asked to sit between us. We moved and emptied a seat between us for her. I didn’t know who she is but I really admired what she did, she don’t want to to be any kind of ’separation’ between men and women who are fighting for this cause.

I knew later that this woman is Lulwa Al Gitami, the first activist for women rights in kuwait. When Al-Khrafi kicked us out she sat there challenging all the fucking impolite security men (is it army?). God bless her, I think I saw her stand over that little fence in front of the parliament . YOU GO GIRL!

The funniest rumor , Tabtabai is the one who clapped the second time.

Shit. It was really intense down the street, maybe because I was the only one doing the shouting. It felt like a party without the booze which was really cool. The uncool thing is, I think I’m finally having a hangover.

For those who have seen me there and didn’t say ‘Hi’ …
SHAME ON YOU

For the sake of Iraqi Children, at least.

By Dave Kopel

Why Would some one do that? Some one paid for this guy to just Lie, i’m sure. Even the Independents don’t want bush, am i right or what?