Feist's new single, The Fiery Furnaces and a Shammi Kapoor classic. RIP.

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How Come You Never Go There - Feist
If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - Sting
Urban Photograph - Urban Cone
Here Comes the Summer - The Fiery Furnaces
Honey Tree - The Mostar Diving Club
Dil Deke Dekho - Mohammad Rafi & Shammi Kapoor, OST Dil Deke Dekho
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
Coffee House - Television Room
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

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Smooth as Butter Fingers

You know how you're always dropping stuff? And forgetting about important errands you need to run? Enough of this clowning around!

Blue Bulb's juggling workshop not only promises to be a complete ball, but will also help you relocate your body rhythm, increase concentration, and improve coordination. Which means that not only will you remember to pick up the dry cleaning next week, but chances of you dropping another one of your mother's Waterford glasses are greatly diminished. Really, you should make her pay for this class.

What's the Catch?

Conducted by an instructor who works with Teatro per Caso, an Italian theater company and is also a therapist to special education kids, the workshop will be spread over two 2 hour classes on August 20 and 21, and will guide participants through the basics of juggling along with some balance exercises and games. By the end of it, they promise, you'll be juggling three handmade juggling balls simultaneously, all of which you can take home with you. Air and lovely!

Not your rhythm? Blue Bulb also conducts workshops on other unusual activities, including archery, fire twirling, para-motoring and golf, all in or around Mumbai. You can check out their website here.

PS: The juggling workshop has only a few seats left, so contact them ASAP and don't just sit on your hands!

Getting there: Workshop on August 20 and 21 from 11 am to 1 pm at Prabhadevi, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 9870966910 / 982142344 to make a reservation, Rs 1,500 per person.

For Independence Day we bring you an updated list of free stuff to do in Mumbai. Flag this!

Free food and drinks. Gluttons.

Bonobo: Free entry to Bonobo’s monthly Wobble and Saturday Smash Up nights featuring cool music acts from around the world. Bonobo Kenilworth, 2nd Floor, off Linking Road, behind KFC, Bandra (W), free entry.

Cafe Goa: Sing for your supper at Cafe Goa, where you can participate in fun events like Monday Night Slam (a contest for amateur poets) or Krack You Up (stand up comedy) for free. Lazy-assed attendees pay Rs 100.  Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; entry free for performers.

Free Drinks: We heart Firangi Paani’s bi-weekly Ladies Nights, with complimentary drinks from 6 to 10 pm. Freetinies! Monday and Wednesday, Linking Road, above KFC, Bandra (W), call 67105105; Fun Republic, Level 3, opposite Laxmi Industrial Estate, Andheri West, call 022 26744144; free drinks from 6 pm – 10 pm.

Free wine & cheese: Art exhibits, book launches, new designer collections: something new is always up in Mumbai. And a heartening amount of these are accompanied by complimentary wine, cheese, and in one happy instance, macaroons. Try your beginners luck at Bungalow 8, Bombay Electric, Volte, and Gallery BMB.

Arty Pants

What's the big deal in painting soup cans and bananas, you ask, or screen printing a photo of the lovely Ms Monroe with yellow hair? Think you can do better? Well, here's your chance.

Check out the Art Loft's The Warhol Situation, an "Art Appreciation" workshop run by Himanshu S, J.J. School of Art graduate and founder of Bombay Underground. Consisting of four classes, each 2.5 hours long, the workshop will examine closely the life, works and influences of Andy Warhol and get participants to replicate his themes and techniques.

So, plenty of time for you to find out what the fuss is all about.

Say It Paint So

If you go, you might find yourself in the midst of a discussion about the cultural, anthropological, and sexual significance of a bright yellow, magnificently curved banana, or the use of primary colours. Or you could be wrist deep in blue and red paint, replicating scenes from your favorite comic book. Other planned activities include shooting individual documentaries about the objects and events in your every day life, and screen printing faces ala Marlyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, John Lennon and maybe that third grade teacher who you've had a crush on for ten years?

The only thing is, the Art Loft doesn't have a screen printer, so you'll be xeroxing photos and paint on them instead. But no matter: as Andy said, art is whatever you can get away with. 

Amen to that.

Getting there: Classes held for four Sundays from 5 pm - 7:30 pm starting August 21, at Valentino Rest 1st Floor, Mehboob Studios, Bandra (W). Call 9930483966 or visit the Facebook page to register. Rs 3,000 per person.

Samosapedia (www.samosapedia.com)

Proper Noun.

Madcap dictionary of South Asian words such as “studmuffin”, “haw”, “minkey chief” and “neyyappams”.

See:

The Daily Chutney for regular updates. Lexiconic contributions encouraged.

How to use in a sentence:

We’re out Marie biscuits, but would you like some Samosapedia with your tea?

Try Samosapedia – it’s fresh, hot and filling. Warning: It might make stomach hurt (with laughter).

Further references:

CNNGo.com’s interview with Samosapedia founders.

What: Get Skinked tattoo parlour, behind Kala Ghoda Cafe, 11 Ropewalk Lane, call Kunal Pahuja on +91-9819547616, start at approximately Rs 3,000 for a two inch tattoo.

Why: The space formerly occupied by fashion brand Obaitamu gets a sketchy new tenant this week, one who wants to scar you for life. Offer your hand (or leg or back) in greeting to Kunal Pahuja, recently back from a tattoo training program in Thailand, before which he worked at suburban shop Inks and Needles. Draw(l) worthy!

When: You don’t want to leave without a trace.

What: Folk and root music at De Kulture, available online here or at Loose Ends, off Linking Road, Bandra (W), Rs 395.

Why: A few minutes on De Kulture’s website and you’ll find out why beat-route is so good for you. Rich in forgotten folk music from all over India, these guys sell the sounds (ringtones, CDs and individual tracks) of Rajasthan’s chamak chalos, Punjab’s dilrubas, brass bands of the British era and more. We recommend Lounge in Punjab and Footprints in the Desert.

When: When Pushkar comes to shove.

Star Grazing

Virginia Holmes met Natasha Nischol on what she can only describe as a “business blind date”. Their friends were right: They did have a lot in common, and loved make-up with equal madness. After more such meetings and some rumination, Fat Mu was formed, a company for all things make-up with an adorable eye-lash curled cow as its face.

Since then, Virginia and Natasha have made-up the brightest faces in film, television, theatre and fashion, more recently the cast of Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara (on the India schedule). In the past, their brush with fame (individually or together) has included the cast of Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair, Stephen Frear’s Dirty Pretty Things, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera and R Balakrishnan’s Paa. Bow-vine!

How You Can Milk The Situation

Now that we’ve established just how cool these cows really are, we’ve found a way for you to use them. Oh relax vegans, no one’s getting killed. Yes, that blood red is just lipstick! Geez!

Cheese Cube-ists

It’s Monday. And then there’s this horrid weather. How will you get through the day? Maybe if you knew there was something waiting for you at the end – art that will make you swoon, and then grab a spoon.

Starting at 6.30 pm today, The Loft at Lower Parel will host a fun evening as a preview (open to everyone) to The Five Senses: Les Cinq Sens, an art exhibit featuring works by French artist Agathe de Bailliencourt and Kolkatta-based painter Sukanya Ghosh.

In Willy Wonka-style, the preview will feature besides the paintings, art installations you can eat, courtesy chefs from French bistro Chez Vous (Churchgate), who’ll have you spooning ravioles de roquefort,  l'aumonière de poulet, le crabe farci and la tarte au fruit. You like? Nice taste.

Plus, there'll be film screenings and music.

You: 1, Monday: 0.

Getting there: The Loft, Mathuradas Mills Compound, next to Blue Frog, Tulsi Pipe Road,  Lower Parel, call 30400166, today from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm.

Rainy July’s music is shiny, farm fresh and bursting with colour – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cherry Lips, Jewel and Stars. Oh, and there’s also some Garbage just for you. Are you doing the can can?

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Baby, I Love Your Way- Big Mountain, OST Reality Bites

The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Hawa Hawai – Suman Sridhar, OST Shaitan

Hands- Jewel

Wonderful (The Way I Feel) – My Morning Jacket

Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go) – Garbage

Bohemian Like You – Dandy Warhols

Dead Hearts – Stars (Lightsoverla Remix)

Kuch Yaadein – OST Limca Advertisement

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