Can You Do THAT?!

Hey everybody! Can any of you do that? Ha ha ha!

History Recalls

This is the map of Iran in Qajar era.

Before Pahlavi dynasty, there was Qajar dynasty. Qajars were mostly famous for disqualification in ruling the country. Their worst thing to most Iranian people was departing huge and mostly cultivated lands of Iran. Those lands are now new countries. Some have already kept their unavoidable ties with Iranian culture. Those countries are: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Naxcivan, parts of southern Russia and Georgia, parts of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan (known as India at that time). Almost all of these losses were happened when Fat'h Ali Shah was in charge. He had a very comic behavior. He was a true demonstrator of qualification in Qajar's rulers. But he is not who I'm going to talk about him today. The one I'm going to talk is Mohammad Ali Shah:


He came to power right after the constitutional revolution. He was a brutal savage man. He had no mercy in fighting with uprisings against him and his will. He truly was a Russophilist. With the help of Colonel Liakhov he destroyed the Majlis (parliament) building. Clerics, people, workers and almost everyone were against him and his allies. They killed a russian traitor in Tabriz. There was a huge anti-russian feeling between Iranian people then.





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This reminds me of how the Iranian people feel these days. Russian and Chinese meddling in their internal affairs. As I mentioned, in the past the never wanted any foreign meddling. Russians had already a bad name for the Constitutional parliament and Qajar era. It makes this hating thing rising while European governments and United States are at least condemning killing innocent people, while they are remaining silent or helping the brutal governers to gain a universal attention.


This is why it makes Iranian people mad. This is why they shouted loudly in the last Friday prayer held by Ayatollah Rafsanjani, an iconic opposition leader, "Death to Russia" or "Death to China". Instead of "Death to America" or "Death to Israel", that we've been hearing for 30 years.

Blues Riffs

I couldn't be here lately. I have been formatting my pc time and again. There was some stupid problems here and I couldn't fix it without formatting. Anyway, as I said I like the special EFX as I downloaded their Sweet Surrender album. I downloaded a solo album of Chieli Minucci, the band leader , called Renaissance. It fulfilled my expectations. It was really good, smooth jazzy!

I also been feeling very bluesy lately. I was playing the Peter Gunn Theme riff and also playing Henry Mancini's Shot in the dark. The bass riff I mean. Both of them are very jazzy and easy to play. Try them!

What I've Been Up To...

• First is that my parents came home after a long time, specially my dad. I haven't seen him for 5 months. It felt great the reunion after this time.
• My dad bought me a DVD of Bon Jovi, which I craved to have so much. "Lost Highway: The Concert". It really is great. I say that you can call some of the songs better than their album versions. I can't say from this album which one is my favorite song. But I like Seat next to you more. Don't think that others aren't great. It's just different tastes, but I like all of them. The different solos on Any other day is awesome! You should see it to believe it. There are four different solos by different instruments. As Bobby Bandiera plays electric guitar, Lorenza Ponce plays violin solo, meanwhile Richie plays a breathtaking guitar solo.
• I've been trying to play one my favorite guitar riffs by Slash, Sweet Child O'Mine. It's nothing less than the toughest solos I've tried. It needs so much agility of your fingers, and composure.
• I've also been reading a book called, To Understanding Buddhism. It had been a long time since I haven't read anything about Buddhism. Although, my appetite to know Buddhism, is somehow subdued.
• And finally in musics... I found a smooth jazz band (Special EFX), which I heard a song from them on the radio, called Awakening. Now I'm downloading their 2007 album, Sweet Surrender. I feel that it's good.

Quote Of Today

Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.
Jim Bishop

Animal Farm and Animals

I've been reading George Orwell's great novel Animal Farm.

I figured out that the Pink Floyd's album Animals was inspired by this book. But of course in a totally different way. George Orwell is criticizing communism in his book, while Pink Floyd is disapproving against capitalism.

Pink Floyd's album is mostly about workers, bourgeoise, the fight of highs and lows,...

Today's Quotes

In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell. --H. L. Mencken

When anger rises, think of the consequences. --Confucius

Today's Quotes

There is no wisdom without love.-- N. Sri Ram

Dare to be yourself.-- Andre Gide

Today's Quote

All I can do is be me, whoever that is. --Bob Dylan

Quote Of Today

Music is my brand of spiritualism, my brand of religion. --Ann Wilson from the band Heart

My Favortie Hearts

I like Heart's songs, but if I want to tell you my favorites. It would be an 80's period that they sang breathtaking power ballads such as, What about love? Never, If looks could kill, Wild child and so on.


I never believed that women could rock this good, but they proved it.

U2 Supports Iranian Protestors

U2 sings "Bloody Sunday" at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona for Iranians in recent clashes. Check out the song here.

Quote Of Today

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. -- James Lane Allen

Recent Downloads

• John Hiatt - The Best Of John Hiatt
• John Mellencamp - Words And Music