Born to Lose, Live to Win

Lemmy Kilmister, The front man of the seminal punk-metal crossover band, Motörhead is considered as one of the greatest Rock n' Roll artists ever.He is having the same roll n' roll life he had 40 years back and still living it.There are lot of things to talk about Lemmy, a collector of Nazi Memorabilia, speed freak(Even Motorhead is an American slang for speed freaks),Living proof against "smokers die younger" and so on....I found and an interseting inteview with Lemmy posted on the net.So herin I have posted it for your reading pleasure.

"Overnight Sensation, the band's latest album, "was recorded under a bit of pressure," since at the time of conception, Motörhead didn't have any new material written. It took the band about five weeks to write it and about five weeks to record it. There will be a tour in support of this album. The tour will start in November in Illinois and work around the country. The band plans to tour most of next year.

I asked Lemmy what it felt like to be an icon in Rock 'n' Roll, and it was obvious that he relishes his successes. He said that after all these years, it starts "to feel the same" but when they're touring "it's different because it's a different place every night. Even if it's the same place, it feels different because things have changed."

The conversation was highly interesting because Lemmy is extremely opinionated. This enabled us to talk about everything from the music industry to more controversial topics such as gun control and drugs, with some humorous moments interspersed in between.

Lemmy's view about the the music industry is that "it sucks. It always did and always will. People with no artistic talent will pass off their work as having talent." But he thinks that's okay in a sense since "everyone's trying to make a living. Everyone's trying to survive." The problem is that if you maintain this as your solo motivation "there's no ambition to gain artistic talent and it becomes an issue of sell, sell, sell." Lemmy went on to add "I don't think of myself as an artist. Rock 'n' roll is joy and art isn't always. It could be, but it could boring as hell."

On the topic of the Sex Pistols reunion tour, he said he didn't have a chance to see them but he doesn't think they've "sold out": "Selling out is a very abused term. But that's why they did what they did in 1977 and there's nothing wrong with them doing it now."

When the topic of the current elections came up, Lemmy referred to the two frontrunners as "both smiling assholes. The system doesn't favour anybody but the frontrunners." He thinks people should learn to "rule themselves", an opinion I share as an anarchist. Lemmy favours a "creative anarchy" and thinks that "government causes more problems than it solves."

On the topic of authors and books, Lemmy's favourites include Michael Moorcock, Philip K. Dick ("he's great!"), J. G. Ballard, and Len Deighton. He has a soft spot for Len Deighton's two Bernard Sampson trilogies (Berlin Game, Mexico Set, London Match, continued with Spy Hook, Spy Line, and Spy Sinker), which Lemmy thinks is an amazing piece of work" since they all "fit together as one." Lemmy also reads a lot of documentaries concerning the topic of war, particularly World War I and II. Why about war? "Because it's the most popular pastime in the world. Everybody seems to be doing it. I like the big ones because it shows man at his worst."

Lemmy doesn't think it's a bad thing that the metal scene isn't "accepted" by people in general: "If they accept it it's dead. Your parents have to hate the music you listen to." He did say that he likes playing in countries like South America where "the people still believe in rock 'n' roll."

Speaking about the group Fastway that included Motörhead's first guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke, Lemmy said: "They're gone a long time. The band was alright. I didn't think the album was very good. They had a lousy singer. But Eddie's has always been a good player."

Explaining how he could do speed for 30 years and not go crazy, he said "it takes concentration and willingness to experiment. Each to his own, you know? What's normal for me isn't normal for everyone. You need to find your drug of choice and stick with that."

With regards to the war on drugs, Lemmy thinks the government should give up because "the war has been lost. There are more drugs now than before the war started." He believes that "you have to regulate drugs. You can't just let people do what they want. You have to make sure the drug is pure and make sure they don't cause other problems. It makes sense to regulate."

While he loves America and thinks "it's a great country", he also thinks "it's fucking itself. It has these terrible bureaucrats and all they do is follow the book." He thinks America "spends too much on defense, on a mythical enemy. What about the people starving on the streets?"

Lemmy was at his most eloquent when he spoke about gun control, and I'm lifting this stuff from the PR info I got since I think it says it better than our conversation: "The hunting thing in America, it's unbelievable---they dress up like the SAS to kill a deer! They hide in trees with camouflage uniforms on them, they have telescopic rifles---Jesus Christ, you know what I mean? The deer has got its fur on it and four hoofs on it! And they make a big deal out of killing the poor bastard thing. They should get on their knees and apologise for having that much of an advantage." When queried about needing guns to mount a revolution against a government, he said "the English have brought their government down without any guns several times. All it takes is a sex scandal. You just need a dick and a woman." Lemmy did acknowledge however the situation has gone a bit too far and "it's possible you can't take all the guns away."

Future plans for Motörhead include constant touring and making more albums in their no-holds-barred style. Be sure to catch them on tour."

\m/Long Live Lemy!\m/

Murali, The Wizard

Muttiah Muralitharan (born 17 April 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka), often referred to as Murali or as The Wizard,is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated as the greatest bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002. He is Test cricket's highest wicket-taker, having overtaken the previous record-holder Shane Warne when he bowled Paul Collingwood for his 709Th Test wicket, in Kandy, his home town, on December 3, 2007. He is also second in the list of One Day International wicket-takers.
In spite of these facts he is also the world's most controversial cricket player as it became a governments issue between Australia and Sri Lanka.

Controversy of bowling action

Initial concerns as to whether Murlitharan's action contravened the laws of the game by straightening his right arm further than is allowed while bowling broke into open controversy after Australian umpire Darrell Hair called a "no ball" for an illegal action seven times during the Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne, Australia, in 1995. Australian Sir Donald Bradman, universally regarded as the greatest batsman in history, was quoted as saying it was the "worst example of umpiring that [he had] witnessed, and against everything the game stands for. Clearly Murali does not throw the ball".
In 1999 he was once again called for throwing by Ross Emerson during a One Day International against England at the Adelaide Oval in Australia. The Sri Lankan team almost abandoned the match, but after instructions from the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, the game resumed. The Sri Lankan captain at the time Arjuna Ranatunga, was later fined and given a suspended ban from the game as a result.
It later emerged that at the time of this match Emerson was on sick leave from his job due to a stress-related illness and he stood down for the rest of the series. Muralitharan has voiced his frustration at routinely being heckled by Australian crowds who accuse him of throwing - one common jeer directed at him was "No Ball!". Following the then Australian Prime Minister John Howard's statement that Murali was a "chucker", Muralitharan indicated that he would skip future tours to Australia.This incident marked as a black mark in history of cricket.Australians showed their real face behind the mask it revealed their state of values.However John Howard faced the consequences losing his seat in the parliment.
This is the final conclusion; no matter how hard they try Murali will continue his game as he always did.There are shit load of comments you can find in the internet which state against Murali but the for our suprise the profiles of the people who commented says that they are from Australia.
The answer for all these is "The moon doesn't heed the barking of dogs"

The cat that has more than nine lives

There are many a daily reminder in different forms of the ongoing conflict in the northeast, but EPDP Leader Douglas Devananda remains one living reminder. A fortunate man who survived some 11-assassination attempts, one would say that he is the cat that has more than nine lives.
Douglas Devananda is the only surviving Tamil minister in the ruling Sri Lankan government alliance after the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar.
He lives in a leafy, upscale neighbourhood in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, with doctors and businessmen for company.
But his neighbours hardly get a peek of the minister of agricultural marketing and development and Hindu affairs, and the most heavily guarded Tamil politician in the country.
The 50-year-old guerrilla-turned-politician, who leads the Eelam Peoples Democratic Party and is implacably opposed to the Tamil Tiger rebels, lives in a fortified building.
He has survived a number of attempts on his life - at least 11, says an aide - allegedly by the rebels.
Last July, a girl suicide bomber came visiting him. When his security men took her to the local police station, she blew herself up there, killing four people.Herein I have posted the video...
In 1998, Mr Devananda was bludgeoned and knifed inside a jail where was visiting prisoners. He lost his sight in one eye.He was attacked by 15 LTTE suspects.They stabbed and clubbed him several times including on his head and eye.But still they couldn't kill him as he fought so hard making severe damages to the LTTE inmates.It is said that finally he was clubbed on the head and fell on the ground cursing LTTE while LTTE cardres were cheering their leader .
Four years earlier, jeep-borne rebels carried out a daring commando attack on his residence in Colombo.
The gun battle killed four of his security guards. "We fought, I survived," he says.
"I live in a bunker," Mr Devananda tells people when they ask him about his home.
In 1983 he was arrested(At that time he was fighting against the government) and sent to the Welikada prison located in Colombo.
It was the time of Black July and Sinhalese extremist were killing Tamils in the capital responding to Tamil seperatists' act of killing 13 soldiers in Jaffna..
So the inmates in the Welikada prison, while most of them were Sinhalese started killing Tamil inmates.Dozens of inmates came to attack Douglas Devananda and other Tamil inmates.They had clubs, knives, stones everything available but with this Fatah trained,Karate black belt owned Douglas Devananda fought bravely and managed saved his life causing fatal wounds to the opponents.
He was able to escape from the Baticollo prison in 1984 and he decided to flee to india.When he and few of his mates were going to India, their boat sunk in the middle of the sea.While others consumed cyanide and commited suicide he decided to swim and miraculously came to the shore after hours of swiming.Even in India he faced the death and won.
What I believe is that the secret behind his life is his undying passion to give up at nothing which has proved in many times.He is a true legend of our time may be the luckiest person in the world at the moment.Long live Mister Devananda!!