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| Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 | | 12:31 am |
| | Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 | | 8:44 am |
| | Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | | 7:35 pm |
AFROPUNK EDITION
Tonight we're headed up to Montreal for the Taqwacore premier at the 38th Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema. Kinda psyched, we're playing the party tomorrow at midnight in Maple city. Also got an interview with George Romero on Saturday. Here's my third podcast for Basim's Goth Hour, this one is the Afro-Punk edition. Hope y'all like it: http://blip.tv/file/2691651 | | Monday, August 24th, 2009 | | 6:01 pm |
| | Saturday, August 1st, 2009 | | 6:13 pm |
KHALIFORNIA SHOWS
Yo! Its been a while, probably haven't sent a message out to you in ... for/ever. But we're playing tonight. Your favorite desi post-colonial punks. And we're on tour from Boston. More dates here, and on our myspace. OAKLAND Aug 1st, The Stork's Club! TONIGHT 2330 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 94612-2421 SO CALI DATES: August 4th, Tuesday - Preview Show Tuesday Night Cafe @7:30 pm http://www.tnkat.org/Aratani Courtyard/Union Center for the Arts 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, California 90012 Free show! All ages!! WATCH LIVE STREAMED ONLINE at www.tnkat.org ! August 5th, Wednesday Silver Factory Studios @ 10pm http://www.myspace.com/larichkids915 Mateo st. Downtown Los Angeles CA 90021 21 + August 6th, Thursday El Centro Cultural de Mexico @ 9:30pm http://www.el-centro.org/310 W 5th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701 All Ages! Current Music: wu | | Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 | | 10:33 pm |
On my way to SLC
 Yup new poster. SLC is coming up next, we're playing at the Boing! Collective. What a fucking trip. I was thinking of going to the Mormon church for a tour. Maybe I'll find out if I'm condemned. Maybe I'll get some long johns! Anyways, we have a new song, A dog called Akhira that you should listen to. And I'm on twitter too, which I update from the car, and dumpsters. Yup, here's the lyrics: A dog called Akhira Hear the radio radio I’m already Allah I’m not waiting for a dog called Akhira To the foot of the bridge, where the bomb goes off Head Upstream, Where sheets of ice crack like static, How long have we been at it? Tilt your head up to breathe Hear the radio radio I’m already Allah I’m not waiting for a dog called Akhira To the foot of the bridge, where the bomb goes off Prop Anon: The game is set like chess Black oil schemes for a baited breath, Babies burned with depleted uranium, I seek to fill my soul in the holes that the bullets will leave, So leave your home and leave alone, These hopeful dreams that only you and me can see, Freedom is a disease, seeds are burned from there For the need of some greed, it’s the beast, Who feed on those living on their knees, Hear the radio radio I’m already Allah, Jesus, Muhammad, Zoroaster, And a night full of stars, Get connection with the message, Because its rightfully ours, We are born in a battle, Bringing all of our hearts, So stand tall like a soul, Swinging a blade, In a maze that is aimed at killing the lame, Yeah remember your name, Because the rain is a bomb, Just remember your name, Because it’s aimed at love +++ To the foot of the bridge, Where the bomb goes off Head upstream, Where waves are like faith, And all you feel are ghost pains, Phantom limbs tingle, Reach for my finger if it’s cold But we’re in this alone, But we’re in this alone Hear the radio radio, I’m already Allah I’m not waiting for a dog called Akira To the foot of the bridge, Where the bomb goes off. Pieces of people float by in the wreckage, Dead faces with pursed limps and no message, Everything crumbles like Babel, So smash that last idol standing on the table, So smash that last idol standing on the table | | Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 | | 12:49 am |
| | Saturday, June 13th, 2009 | | 12:11 pm |
NEW 9000 miles
Hey lj buddies. Please check this out! http://www.myspace.com/thekominasNEW 9000 miles. lyrics “Do I strive for a hustle, when time slinks and snails it’s way by” ran my thoughts in Chicago, remember how we slept in parking spaces that night, searching for Noble Drew, our brain synapses fried. Dear heart, pound less, this rib aint caged to confine, How can I swim 9,000 miles I’m 9,000 miles away from home Lying in a ditch, I hung my eyes off the crescent I rubbed the bristles on my chin, where do I begin? Mere moments away from doomsday, I see the tipping of the scale, you knew how I would fare, So why did you test me, when all you really wanted, was to singe me There’s almost no line, between fear and love, sometimes I’m made of fire, sometimes i’m made of mud But I, But I hold my own on my own here, still barely holding on | | Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | | 7:27 pm |
| | Monday, May 25th, 2009 | | 2:20 am |
Log
I wrote a really long entry on the Taqwacores Webzine, which is what I'd probably upload for now. There's a rendition of a classic kirtan, that was recorded in Scotland about the Sufi martyr Bhai Mati Das, who was killed by the moghul emperor Aurenzeb. And thoughts on death and poetry. The entry is called "Better than a thousand years as a jackass". Please read it, bookmark the site, and comment. Current Music: she talks to rainbows | | Friday, May 22nd, 2009 | | 5:09 pm |
A great review on YellowBuzz
Wendy, the writer behind Yellow Buzz - a punk/noise and diaspora blog, reviewed Wild nights and it's probably the best writing on the album I've come across. It was cool, she came up from the South, interviewed us, went to Maine to record with her noise/punk band, and came back down for our basement show in Lowell. She's fantastic. She actually wrote about the music! This is a first. And she sat down with all of us and spoke as an equal. It's about time someone sat down and reported things accurately, and meaningfully. | | Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 | | 11:29 am |
Basement Show on the 15th in Lowell
We'll be playing some new sh!t, so make it up. From the mouth of Nick (of Sinbusters): "So the show starts at 8:00 at my apartment at 16 plymouth street. So far the bands playing are: Ladderlegs Ralph Eats Dynamite Sinbusters Los Bungalitos The Kominas! & the Big Sway (probably). Hetfield and Hetfield might also play. Tell your minions to keep inside the house and park discreetly in the parking lot as to not make our house look like a crazy party target for the cops who patrol our street." | | Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | | 4:00 pm |
To POC's in T-dot
Our girl, Sena is looking for a geetarist and bassist. "I want to re-start my band, Secret Trial Five www.myspace.com/secrettrialfive in Toronto.. I have found a drummer, and we need someone who plays guitar to actually get started.. We are also looking for someone who plays bass. PLEASE HELP ME GET THE WORD OUT!!! My band: We are a Taqwacore (muslim punk) band, started in 2006 in Vancouver. We play politically conscious punk, and focus on topics such as islamophobia, racism, sexism, imperialism, war, etc. You don't need to be an expert, it's a punk band. I'd prefer muslims and/or POCs, but you know, whatever.. Also, let me know if you know anyone you think I should get in touch with about this, any listservs I should be posting this on, any connections you have, if you're going to a punk show in the near future and need company, etc. etc. K thanks! Sena senahussain@gmail.com" | | Saturday, March 28th, 2009 | | 2:12 am |
| | Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 | | 3:46 pm |
| | Monday, March 2nd, 2009 | | 5:31 pm |
Track hunting
Does anyone have a copy of "Big trouble in little asia" by Hustlers HC (from UK). Old track, haven't heard it in a bit. Fire it over to basim dot usmani at gmail dot com . I'm leaving in a few days for NYC via Doha. The gig looks exciting, almost makes me overlook my expenses. Maybe we'll "move some units". Just a few more sleepless nights and I'm out. | | Saturday, February 7th, 2009 | | 4:11 pm |
This is a hold up
Okay, the Kominas are playing SXSW (South by South West in Austin)! I'll be flying out in about a month; trying to hustle my stories to pay for my ticket. So click this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/04/pakistan-swat-talibanThat was a very cathartic article to write. I'm so frustrated with Muslims online, and in Pakistan. None of them can talk about the Taliban with any sort of conviction, I find myself having the same conversations about the great game, Soviet's in Afghanistan, and CIA/ISI trained mujahideen. It's like Pakistani Muslims are stuck talking about the 80s. We have a whole new problem now, the Taliban isn't fighting soviets anymore; they're after your sympathies. They want the government to give it land so they can impose their rule on its residents. They want other Muslims to mind their own business, to save themselves. College youths in Pakistan who are just learning to use the word "hegemony" feel the Taliban is justified for being at odds with the "global Israeli/American hegemony". Yeah, but what about the people of Swat, Bajaur, Waziristan, or dare I say it (dare! dare!), Kabul? Are they worth less than Palestinians? The reason Swat hasn't been brought up, I think, is because Muslims think their shit doesn't stink. So it's been two and a half years, and I've had a political awakening after a religious disillusionment. I don't have any stake in an afterlife, in a God, or a holy book. I feel nothing but apathy when confronted with American flags burning on the street either. Nor would I care if they burned the Pakistani flag. Maybe I'm an anarchist? I'll tell you one thing though, I'm anti-Taliban. In other news, my past employer decided to withhold last month's pay, which is always a pleasant surprise! | | Sunday, November 9th, 2008 | | 12:09 pm |
| | Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 | | 6:55 am |
the car after the fire
 Yup, there she is My cousin just told me some bad news: RIP: Warith Deen Muhammad Current Music: Kidd Skilly | | Monday, September 8th, 2008 | | 12:27 pm |
don't sweat the technique
There's a horsefucker that lives by my apartment; he finds cars parked on the street and slashes their tires. Often cars driven by guests and friends of mine. Here's a video that my jiggars, Asif and Shahj edited about the ordeal, and how we got him to fuck off. My car ignited half a year ago on the canal. I'll have to post pictures, but it was a Suzuki deathtrap made sometime around 2002. Not that old, but shitty enough to have all the car wiring underneath the pipes pumping Compressed Natural Gas from the tank to the engine. Smoke came out of the wheel when the wires shorted, and I had parked the car underneath a tree, took the keys out and waited. The wires between my legs ignited. I scampered out a few feet saw the thing turn into a big fireball, with drops of fire and oil coating the street like napalm. There's a tree by the canal I walk by on my way to work that's all burnt like a tandoor. Cars are for losers anyways. Oh, here's a write up on Political/Protest music in Pakistan, it discusses Shezad Roy, Laal, and Noble Drew (the Kominas' front out in Pakistan). It has an awesome shot of the punkhouse/apartment we have in Lahore, all painted up. That golden portrait in the back is W D Fard, so we got to Show and Prove! Study your lessons |
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