Saturday, March 21, 2009

Pomp Obsessions - Spring Break

Stranded at my parents house with a sprained ankle during grad school spring break means that I have a lot of free time for obsessing. I spend most nights watching my Bangladeshi parents favorite reality tv show, Dance India Dance. And the verdict is... it's awesome. Not only does it force me to learn Hindi by listening and bugging my parents for translations, but the dancing in it is amazing... see for yourself. (It get's interesting at 1:20.)

You can watch Krishna and Radha dance here

They even had a good ole girls vs. boys dance off (:42 for this one)

You can watch the dance off here

And the last thing I'll bore you with is this pretty version of Half a Person that I just heard by Welcome Wagon. It made me think of spring break roadtrips with my seat reclined, eyes half-closed, smoke drifting out the windows and warm wind blowing through my hair. Sigh, a girl can dream.





-Kastoory

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

this indian dance is amazing!!!! i am drurnk but still

Anonymous said...

wow that guy in blue-face is def something else

Anonymous said...

i love the welcome wagon, didn't sufjan produce them or discover them or something like that?

Anonymous said...

i'm a little sufjan sick right now, and the welcome wagon sounds a lot like him, his influence is all over it. the videos are out of effin' control!

Anonymous said...

why can't we all be brown?

Anonymous said...

i am loving this song

Anonymous said...

I usually hate Smiths covers but this one, I love.

Anonymous said...

i love these two posts about indian dance - i used to study it and i'm not brown, but it's a beautiful pasttime. i like how dance india dance melds modern and classical dance styles.

Anonymous said...

wtf our spring break is in april. jealous.