Category Archives: Culture

Mozzer

By Dhiren | Published: September 18, 2011
I’ve always been fascinated by Mozzer. It’s probably because my opinions, about certain things, are not too dissimilar from his. However, in true Morrissey style, I don’t have to declare shit. (via dangerous minds)
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Driving? Fuckin’ flying, man!

By Dhiren | Published: January 26, 2011
I wasn’t originally impressed with Blind Faith, Chase and Status’s latest track. “Nineties throwback,” I thought. Later, I realised it was supposed to be exactly that. The video has immaculate attention to detail. The cars, wardrobe and props are  really well researched, and I’m near-certain that Gavin Watson’s Raving ’89 influenced the entire production. I felt slightly [...]
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Blades

By Dhiren | Published: December 26, 2010
Was Edward Scissorhands a passive, satirical stab at a healthy, suburban America in its peak? I was watching it today, after not it seeing for many years, and I’m seeing things, meanings, that I couldn’t have appreciated when I saw it for the first time—at the mere age of nine. The stereo-type neighbourhood characters; the [...]
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Clippings

By Dhiren | Published: September 26, 2010
Over the past ninety years, through the rise of TV, radio, and the internet, total advertising spending has remained almost constant at between 2 and 3 percent of GDP. Ads themselves are premised on the infiniteness and malleability of human desire; ad budgets, on the other hand, recognize the relatively fixed and inelastic nature of [...]
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Origins of innovation

By Dhiren | Published: September 25, 2010
This is the second video I’ve seen that uses high-speed illustration. I think the same guys that put together the RSA videos have produced this one: via kotke I’m liking Johnson’s theory: increased connectivity equates to more innovation; however, I can’t but help think that we’re missing a breed of modern day renaissance men who [...]
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Transcendent Purpose

By Dhiren | Published: May 23, 2010
More genius from Dan Pink. Via Charles .
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Travels in Thailand

By Dhiren | Published: May 16, 2010
My trip to Thailand seems like a distant memory now; however, I’ve only been back for less than six weeks. This first trip was an assault on my senses, which produced a cocktail of happy, sad and somewhat ambivalent feelings. I was awe struck by Thailand’s beauty, saddened by the “people economy” and intrigued by [...]
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