Thursday, October 7, 2010

MUTTERINGS #32 :AUSTRALIAN TACT


Three blokes were working on a high rise building project, Macca, Chook and Gazza. Chook falls off and is killed instantly.

As the ambulance takes the body away, Gazza says, "Someone should go and tell his wife." Macca says, "OK, I’m pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I'll do it."

Two hours later, Macca comes back carrying a slab of VB. Gazza says,” Where did you get that, Macca?"

"Chook's missus gave it to me." "That's unbelievable, you told the lady her husband was dead and she gave you beer?"

Macca says, "Well not exactly. When she answered the door, I said to her, "You must be Chook`s widow." She said, "No, I'm not a widow."

And I said, "Wanna bet me a slab?"

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Australian Facts:

1. Australians have a great sense of humour and enjoy a bit of a laugh. However PC is putting at end to this.

2. Aussies that are particularly prone to bragging, fantasizing, or just telling people absolute nonsense, are known as BULLSHIT ARTISTS.

3. Aussies are notorious for so call “abbreviating” people’s names. This is actually untrue as the name change could actually be longer than the real name e.g. Sims would be called Simmo! No abbreviation here.

4. It is said that Australian men are the most tactless of the male breed. Or the most honest, depending which way you want to look at it, LOL!


5. A SLAB is a carton of beer. It can consists of 24 cans or 24 STUBBIES of beer.

6. A STUBBIE is a small bottle of beer, usually 375ml or 345ml.


7. Most Australian beers are ALES.

8. A COLDIE is an ice cold beer.



9. GROG is beer or alcohol.

10. PISS is also beer or alcohol, or urine :O

11. “To be on the PISS” is to be drinking alcoholic beverages excessively.

12. “PISSED” could mean one is drunk or angry, depending on the context!

13. Another word for “PISSED” is BLOTTO (abbreviated from the word blotted) = Way too much to drink.

14. Taking the PISS (out of someone/something) is to make fun of someone or something, or kidding with someone about something e.g. “Don’t be upset mate, I was only taking the piss out of you.”


15. Despite being called the “Original Australia Beer” and its heavy international presence, no Australian would be caught dead drinking Foster’s beer in Australia. The only time Australians drink Foster’s is overseas, when they have no other choice!!! Foster's Lager is made mostly for export in Australia, or made under license in other countries.

16. VB is an Australia beer. It stands for VICTORIAN BITTER. It’s usually the type of beer preferred by the working classes or blue collared males. A BITTER is a well hopped beer.

17. A WATERING HOLE is not where the animals go to drink but rather your favourite pub. Wait a minute, at the end of the night, is there a difference???


18. Ordering a beer in a pub in Australia: Different states have different terminology and measurements for dispensing beer in pubs and clubs.


• Pony/5 oz: 140 ml

• Beer (Victoria)/Butcher/Seven oz: 200 ml

• Pot/Schooner/Middie/Handle/Beer (NT)/10 oz: 285

• Schooner (NSW, Queensland, Victoria): 485 ml

• Jug: 1140 ml


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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

MUSIC #57: RAVI SHANKAR AND ANDRE PREVIN - CONCERTO FOR SITAR AND ORCHESTRA 1971 (INSTRUMENTAL)


Music for the soul and relaxation....no write-up required. My rating: 4 stars


Ravi Shankar and Andre Previn - Concerto For Sitar and Orchestra 1971

Side One
  1. First Movement - Raga Khamaj
  2. Second Movement - Raga Sindhi Bhairavi

Side Two
  1. Third Movement - Raga Adana
  2. Fourth Movement - Raga Manj Khamaj



 


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Monday, October 4, 2010

MUTTERINGS #31 - BUYER BEWARE


An Australian Quality Control Engineer, who's been married to a very tiring woman for over two years, finally cracked under the pressure and sent a note to his father-in-law....

"Your product description is misleading and defective and does not meet my requirements and specifications. Your representation contravenes the Trade Practices Act 1974. Please provide full refund."

The smart father-in-law replies, "The product warranty has expired. The manufacturer is no longer responsible. Caveat Emptor - Buyer Beware!".


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Saturday, October 2, 2010

MUSIC #56: NASHE KI MAZAA 2010 (HINDI OST COMPILATION)


I was doing some spring cleaning the other day and I came across an old mix tape that had amongst other songs, some ‘sharabi’ or drunken songs. And that of course, gave me the idea to make an alcohol fuelled song compilation album from my record collection. Hope you enjoy my effort.

PS: I also found a tape with Raj Kapoor Hits that included snippets of interviews with the legend and commentaries from fellow colleagues. I’ll put that compilation up soon too.

Nashe Ki Mazaa 2010 – A Compilation Of Intoxicating Music

01. Thodi Si Jo Peeli Hai (Namak Halaal) – Kishore Kumar

02. Mujhe Duniya Walo Sharabi Na Samjho (Leader) – Mohd Rafi

03. Yeh Lal Rang (Prem Nagar) – Kishore Kumar

04. Yeh Kya Hua (Amar Prem) – Kishore Kumar and Rajesh Khanna

05. Maine Pee Sharab (Naya Raasta) – Mohd Rafi

06. Peelo Aj Peelo (Patanga) – Mohd Rafi

07. Han Ji Han Main Ne Sharab Pee Hai (Seeta Aur Geeta) – Lata Mangeshkar

08. Cholene Do Nazuk (Kaajal) – Mohd Rafi

09. Maine Peena Seekh Liya (Goonj Uthi Shenai) – Mohd Rafi

10. Main Nashe Mein Hoon (Main Nashe Mein Hoon) – Mukesh

11. Pee Kar Sharab Khelunga (Ganwar) – Mohd Rafi

12. Sharabi Ja Sharabi Ja (Bhai Bhai) – Lata Mangeshkar

13. Chal Chal Mere Bhai (Naseeb) – Mohd Rafi and Amitabh Bachan

14. Chalka Yeh Jaam (Mere Humdum Mere Dost) – Mohd Rafi

15. Sharabi Mera Naam (Chandan Ka Palna) – Lata Mangeshkar

16. Main Sharabi Nahin (Khilona) – Asha Bhosle and Mohd Rafi

17. Main Hoon Saaqi Tu Hai Sharabi (Ram Aur Shyam) – Mohd Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar

18. Mujhe Peene Ka Shauk Nahin (Coolie) – Shabbir Kumar

19. Sharabi Sharabi (Noor Jehan) – Suman Kalyanpur

20. Manzilein Apni Jagah Hai (Shaarabi) – Kishore Kumar



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MUTTERINGS #30: I JUST GOT 'PINGED'...

I just received an e-mail from Blogger for a "DMCA takedown notification". It seems Blogger was notified by a third party, that in accordance to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that my Elvis "Fun In Acapulco" post allegedly infringes upon the copyrights of others.

Has anyone out there ever had this issue? What does this actually mean? Let me know...

Veen....
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

MUSIC #55: ELVIS PRESLEY – FUN IN ACAPULCO 1963 (ENGLISH OST)


Sorry guys, just haven’t been in the mood to sit and write reviews. The weather has been just too good (I just love spring and autumn) and I rather spend my evenings outside enjoying nature. Anyway, here I am, and I have to thank Mr Naidu of Bollywood DVD Restoration for reacquinting me with this album. The reason? There is a track in this OST which has been copied (yes, yet another) and reproduced in Hindi – the album is “JHUK GAYA AASMAN, and I will be reviewing this OST (can I really call it an “original” soundtrack?) next. To all Hindi music lovers: Can you spot the song in question???

Now to the Elvis album. Fun in Acapulco was Elvis’ 13th movie and premiered on 27 November 1963. Elsa Cardenas and Ursula Andress play his love interests in the movie. This movie is the third of his tropical travelogue films for Paramount Pictures after Blue Hawaii and Girls! Girls! Girls!, which finds Elvis south of the border - in Mexico.

For a review of the movie, check out THIS site.

Fun in Acapulco is the nineteenth album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2756, in November 1963. Recording took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on 22 and 23 January 1963, and at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on 26 and 27 May, 1963. The album peaked at #3 on the Top Pop Albums chart.

The the album used lots of brass instruments, mirroring the trend at the time when Herb Albert and his Tijuana band was immensly popular (and also keeping in line with the theme of the movie – Mexican), elements of mariachi music, another music genre made popular in Mexico and the Pasodoble or bull fighting music. My favourites include Fun in Acapulco, Marguerita, Bossa Nova Baby and Love Me Tonight.

My rating: Four stars.


Elvis Presley – Fun In Acapulco 1963: The Original Soundtrack

Side One

1. Fun in Acapulco

2. Vino Dinero y Amor

3. Mexico

4. El Toro

5. Marguerita

6. The Bullfighter Was A Lady

7. No Room to Rhumba in A Sports Car

Side Two

1. I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here

2. Bossa Nova Baby

3. You Can't Say No in Acapulco

4. Guadalajara

5. Love Me Tonight

6. Slowly But Surely


Trivia:


1. While some exterior scenes were shot in Acapulco, Mexico, Elvis's scenes were shot in Hollywood. He never went to Acapulco in his lifetime.


2. Elvis could not wait to finish filming Fun in Acapulco. Priscilla Beaulieu, whom he had met 1959, had just moved to Memphis from Germany and was waiting for him.


3. "Bossa Nova Baby" was released as a single one month prior to the soundtrack. The single peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.


4. The bossa nova craze of the 1960s was a Brazilian phenomenon rather than Mexican. But the American public did not know better, so Paramount and RCA got away with it. And another thing, they don't even speak Spanish in Brazil! Brazil is the only country in South America that has Portuguese for its national language.


5. Fun In Acapulco was Ursula Andress’ first American movie. However, her first English speaking movie was Ian Fleming’s “Dr No”, as pearl diver Honey Ryder. Her character and sex symbol status was made famous by the scene where she rises out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini. The scene made Andress the "quintessential" Bond girl.


6. Ironically, Dr No was also the first James Bond movie, starring Sean Connery as James Bond.


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MUTTERINGS # 29: THE CHINESE DETECTIVE


Apologies for this 'stereotype' joke. No offence meant....All in the name of laughter. Enjoy.

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A guy suspected that his wife was cheating on him, so he hired a Chinese detective... The cheapest one he could find.

This is his report:

Most honourable sir,

You leave house. I watch house.

He come house. I watch.

He and she leave house. I follow.

He and she go hotel. I climb tree. I look window.

He kiss she. She kiss he.

He strip she. She strip he.

He play with she. She play with he.

I play with me. I fall off tree.

I no see.

So no fee.

Yours Sincerely,

Dong Lee



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