Crickits

Mountains & Molehills

By the Cricketal Bug

Crickits

Well, it had to happen. This is a piece where I finally try to squash my own. My buddies, music crickets, who normally seek to squash poor musical pretenders. Now we get our comeuppance here.

In Defense of all Ants

Mountains & Molehills

By the disturbed Bug

 

In defense of all Ants

 

 

People, I am aghast. Mr. Ali HazMat, formerly of Junoon, has made the most vile of videos, a video that promotes violence and rape. Of ants. You know the one I am talking about, the newest Punjabi one called Gallan.

Not everyone is dumb like Imran Khan

Mountains & Molehills
By the Bug

Not everyone is dumb like Imran Khan

I understand that artists are supposed to be sensitive. Perhaps that is why they often offer to knee-cap me when I criticize them (Far be it for me to point out that bugs don’t have knees). But what continues to boggle my mind is that the same artists, the section of our society that purports to be hypersensitive, continues to fail to address a single one of the burning political issues of the day. Not one of them rails against the status quo and national and international political injustices. Yes, admittedly, some artistes take up issues like poverty, education and health (and some even build hospitals) but then again these issues are by their nature apolitical and safe. You, have to understand Mr. Bug, that no sponsor, ever dumped an artist for wanting to educate children or improve public health or dedicating their album to Peace. This cynical may even claim that philanthropy is advisable as it increases an artiste’s marketability. Yet, not one of our artists will get up, scream down the intolerant, the truly corrupt, the war-mongerer or most particularly, our lord and master to the north of Mexico and to the south of Canada. One can not help but admit that there is so much to be outraged in the world today, yet I hear no songs of outrage. One only sees drawing-room inspired philanthropy every once in a while or our biggest band in Asia sometimes making politically correct statements.

The Mad Sar from Peshawar

Mountains & Molehills
By the Peeved Bug

The Mad Sar from Peshawar

This person does not even merit a full piece, but I guess my irritation is getting the better of me. It is my job to bug people, so it irritated me evermore that this bug from Peshawar took to getting up my nose at a concert in Islamabad. So I shall doubly bash him for encroaching on my territory.

Yeh India Nahin Hai, Yeh hai Pakistan

Yeh India nahi yeh hai Pakistan

Damnation! Shock! Horror! I am aghast at Fakhr-e-Alam’s performance in Akh Wi Larani Ai/Tai Guddi Vi Uraani Ai on heavy rotation on IM these days. Actually, I am more enraged at the

Pappu Laughing

Mountains & Molehills
By the New Improved Bug
(same as old Bug)

Pappu laughing

To all of you Johnny (and Jane) Come Latelys: I would like to remind you that I was the first one. The original one. I started it. And much as it gives me much pleasure to see the seed I planted thriving,

The One where the Bug takes on the Prince of Pakistan

The one where the Bug takes on the Prince of Pakistan

Woah! For a scary moment there, it seemed like I had run out of topics to whine about. After all, there is only so much this bug can whine about commercialism, lack of brains or application thereof, horrid lyrics and fat people on the scene. And then lo and behold, an album found its way to me which, to my utter amazement, contains all these irritants and so many more.

The Bug vs Urdu

The Bug Vs. Urdu, the well-fed band, Ross’ twin and Dead Hitmakers

Some time ago a friend of mine took Haroon ‘Aaron’ Rashid to task for being lazy with his Urdu lyrics. The line he objected to was from Haroon’s Mehbooba (Main Nain Dekheen Hain Aa Mehbooba

Not everyone is dumb like Imran Khan

Mountains & Molehills
By the Bug

Not everyone is dumb like Imran Khan

DNR

Mountains and Molehills-The Bug

DNR: Do Not Resuscitate

I say it upfront: Vital Signs must stay dead.