All Consuming : Dev Purkayastha

A question I have about "This Side"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Dev Purkayastha) — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:04:31 GMT

by Nickel Creek

I love this album and can’t believe I haven’t run into Nickel Creek before. Does anyone have suggestions of other music in this style I should check out? I’m particularly hoping to find some more progressive takes on bluegrass fiddle.

Why I recommend "Homage to Catalonia (Harvest Book)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Dev Purkayastha) — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 06:04:36 GMT

Homage to Catalonia (Harvest Book)

by George Orwell

This is a very important story from the 20th century, and perhaps an allegory about the entire century.

Whole Wheat Bread: is not sourdough

nobody@allconsuming.net (Dev Purkayastha) — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:44:22 GMT

Minority Rules

by Whole Wheat Bread

I really like sourdough bread: is a complex, challenging and ultimately dangerous sort of bread, and I’ve only found satisfactory sourdough from San Fransisco. If I get it elsewhere, it’s just a loaf of tragedy.

I just don’t dig rye. I feel like it tries too hard to be special with those damn seeds but, seriously, it’s just trying too hard, and I’m not feeling that caraway vibe.

Potato bread is basically a plain white bread with delusions of grandeur. Sure, it seems more nuanced and delicious at first. But after a loaf or so, it’s just like another bland white bread, and perhaps even more disillusioning as what was once delicious – the taste of potato – is itself dominated with the blandness. By now I sorta wish I’d never bothered with potato bread. All that bread chewing got me to same point of disillusionment with the whole bread thing.

But still, I gotta eat bread, right? So anyway, Whole Wheat Bread gives good, tasty traditional pop-punk offerings. There’s nothing groundbreaking, but its pop-punk done right, and that’s more than enough.

Why I recommend "The Red, White and Black"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Dev Purkayastha) — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:51:45 GMT

The Red, White and Black

by The BellRays

If you need more ROCK in your life, the Bellrays are the answer.

A story about "Tékitoi (Who Are You?)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Dev Purkayastha) — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:12:43 GMT

Tékitoi (Who Are You?)

by Rachid Taha

Fantastic music. I’d hesitate to even call it “world music” because it just rocks.

Why it's taking me forever to finish consuming "Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Dev Purkayastha) — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:51:29 GMT

Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky

A good friend got me this as a gift, and am therefore obligated to drink this over time and get a feel for what it’s like. (So, I won’t be using this for fixing up an icy class of Sad Programmer.

Why I recommend "Like Hell"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Dev Purkayastha) — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 07:25:56 GMT

Like Hell

by Ben Weasel

It was good enough through in one night. The writing has some short comings, yeah, but the voice is right and the pace is on target. If you knew anything about the punk scene – even if you were a young geek on its borders – every page will still resonate with you.

Why I recommend "Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Dev Purkayastha) — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 04:00:41 GMT

Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

by Ellen Ullman

A good read, but damn brutal.