Something a little cheerier from India: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star sung in the style of a Carnatic raag, ie in the style of South Indian classical music. The lady then breaks it down Punjabi stylee and her family end up throwing bhangra-shaped shapes.
Amidst the horrors of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, a colleague found this small curiosity reported on the BBC:
A British businessman recalled being stuck in his room all night: “It’s not the most pleasant of experiences,” he said. “I suppose it’s a question of British stiff upper lip. There’s nothing we can do. It would [...]
Last Tuesday, November 18 someone leaked the BNP’s membership list to the press, by Friday it had been Downfallised. The drama of the leaks was now played out in the subtitles under Hitler’s deranged ranting in the film Downfall.
Apparently the scene has been used on 150 odd YouTube clips, from Ronaldo leaving Man Utd to [...]
As well as home repossessions, unemployment and wittily named chocolates, a more unexpected consequence of the credit crunch is performance art. A couple of days ago I wandered past the Royal Exchange in the heart of the City (opposite the Bank of England in fact) and bumped into these gold-sprayed folk being questioned by a [...]
