The Threshold of Coolidity
Amrit Bandy
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Contact: bandying@gmail.com
Bands:
My BAND: BAD KROHMA and ANTARDHWANI
Rock: Led Zeppelin, Floyd, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple, Iron Maiden, Nirvana, Metallica, Ozzy, Tantric, Dire Straits, Skynrd
Progressive Rock: Porcupine Tree, Opeth, The Mars Volta
Alternative Rock: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine
Comteporary Rock: Puddle of Mudd, Godsmack, Disturbed, Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin
Pop Rock: 311, Nickelback, Goo Goo Dolls
Hip-Hop : Luda, Eminem, Tupac, Coolio
Punk Rock: Avenge Sevenfold, Thrice, Green Day
Indy: Junoon, Panjabi MC, Rabbi, Rehman
Female Powered Songs: All cranberries, Bic Runga- sway, Beverly Craven - promise me, frou frou - let go
Movies:
Garden State, Truman Show, Dead Man Walking, Matrix (part one only), Adaptation , Memento, Eternal Sunshine, Primal Fear, Usual Suspects, One Fine Day, Fight Club, Sixth Sense, Omen, The untouchables
TV Shows:
24, Family Guy, South Park, That 70's Show, Whose Line is it?, Two and a half men, Friends, Seinfeld, Curb your enthusiasm, Apprentice
Think about thinking ....
How many words define a person? Would the perfect description help you recognize me sometime when you meet me, or would it help us get along better, would it make you smile when you have deja vu between sight and knowledge? I dont know, maybe it'd just scare you away .... Anyways, stick around and take a look. Might just be fun!
Research is like writing your own music!
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Scenario: James Bond hanging from the edge of a cable car almost falling into a canyon, with his babe on top of the cable car.
Bond Girl: "Hang on James! Hang on!
Bond: (Looks up casually and says)"The thought had occurred to me!"
Jessep: You want answers?
Kaffee (Tom Cruise): I think I'm entitled to them.
Jessep: You want answers?
Kaffee: I want the truth!
Jessep: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives...You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall.
We use words like honor, code, loyalty...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!
"Three wishes - no substitutes, exchanges or refunds."
"Rule Number Three: I can't bring people back from the dead. It's not a pretty picture, and I don't like doing it!"
"It's all part and parcel of the whole genii gig: phenomenal cosmic powers, itty bitty living space."
"It never fails - you get in the bath and there's a rub at the lamp!"
I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I've realized that you are not actually mammals.
Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment. But you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area.
There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus.
- BUTCH CASSIDY (Paul Newman) in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
"Oh, I think I might like that"
The awkwardness of the moment is dispelled by that one line...memorable.