ichi and porco

2008-10-17

It has been a week since the concert. I am not able to report any sooner. Probably I should take up micro blogging. Anywhoo, Santana was awesome. The only guy from the original Woodstock that I have seen perform live and he didn’t disappoint. He played most of his old singles like, the fleetwood mac classic ‘Black Magic woman’, Jingo and Oye Como Va. The shoreline amphitheater is a lot like the Hollywood bowl. I took binoculars this time just so they didn’t have the big screen projections. The hot dogs were awesome and the drinks expensive. All in all, a terrific concert experience.
Last week I finally got my order of Banne Nawab. A close friend introduced us to banne nawab hyderbadi masalas and I have become a HUGE fan. we made chicken 65 and for a moment I thought I was eating at chandni dhaba on medchal highway. I bought haleem, chilli chicken and biryani masala too. Trust me you need to order this to realize how good this is. And all you hyderabadi’s in hyderabad, please ignore. Don’t waste your time- just step out the door for great food but the rest you hyderabadi’s and foodies, this is an absolute must in your spice cupboard.

Moving on, I saw this awesome anime last night called Porco Rosso made in 1992 by Hayao Miyazaki. I never liked Japanese animation. I think I was put off by Astro boy and pokemon. I thought Japanese manga was too busy and I was not drawn into its world like I was into the clear line drawing styles of the European comic artists like in Asterix and Tin Tin. But Porco Rosso reminded me of Tin Tin.The one iconic character with unrealistic looks and the rest of the landscape and characters drawn ultra realistically. But since I started reading this book called Understanding Comics, I am trying to overcome my reluctance to read and watch manga/anime. The next film in my queue is Ichi the killer based on a popular manga series called Koroshiya Ichi. Well that’s about it this week.

 


‘,’Santana, Chicken 65 & Anime’,’