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Publish: June 6, 2013

4 Stringed Magicians

Saadi Khan By Rumman R Kalam In the land of bassists, you’d often find people who failed as a guitarist and picked up the bass or lazy-asses who play bass cause it’s easy. Finding someone who loved the bass as

Madness on the Green Monster

Art: Fahim Anzoom Oh how I love those slick red and yellow stripes. How I adore that quirky green hue. And those curves, who could ever take their eyes off those curves? How I absolutely, positively drool over that macho

Behind the Ink:

Dhaka Comics

As I walk into the Unmad headquarters, I notice a framed image of a cartoon Ananta Jalil, sandogenji, guns and all, hanging from one wall. Scattered on a desk are innumerable pages and empty tea-cups and a guy with long,

ALBUM REVIEW

BONOBO, ‘THE NORTH BORDERS’

Quite a lot of people find electronic music too… artificial, too machine-produced and lacking in that real soul you only get from an actual instrument. Yet others are turned-off by repetitive drum beats and overuse of bass and whatever it

MUST WATCH TV

Hannibal

Hannibal is the new Dexter. While our morbid friend Mr. Morgan has taken an excruciatingly slow nose dive to become the most boring and predictable serial killer on air, NBC brings us what is probably the most ambitious show on

The Buzz about Bitcoins

Bitcoin, the revolutionary virtual crypto-currency that’s taking the whole world by storm, has been called everything from “the doom of the dollar” to “the global economy’s last safe haven”. Whether an impractical libertarian reverie or a house of cards just

PATRIOT

I am MIM-104F. My brothers beside me are MIM-104F too. In the factory they gave me my unique identification code. But to tell you the code would be an error. When they placed my mind in my body I knew

COMIC BOOK REVIEW

Deadpool Corps

I‘D heard good things about Deadpool Corps. My expectations were met quite early on. It had me rolling on the floor (or bed, whatever) and laughing, quite literally, a feat which is only remarkable because of the internet acronym. ‘Deadpool

Pretty straightforward topic this week, with the following piece taking the straight path and getting to the point in a simplistic way. For next week, the topic is 'The Human Zoo'. Entries should be between 350-500 words and in by Sunday noon to ds.risingstars@gmail.com.

RADIOACTIVE

It was dark when she came out. It was night. Empty darkness speckled with thousands of stars. She pressed her face against the glass and peered into the distance. Staring at the grey glowing ball. It had a frightening radiance

RS Big Serious Survey

Music is a very subjective matter. What most people would consider terrible music others will consider as Li’l Wayne. But even he has his dishtingdishting qualities that get us to nod our heads to the beat. Yet there’s something that

COMMENTS & COMEBACKS

Our FB page seems to have died down a little. Where are the usual nutjobs? Speaking of nutjobs, the crazy adventures of Mahfuz Russel struck a chord with the readers last week, along with our local hauntings piece. Head to

PLANET RS

Bassists are the bottom feeders of music scenes everywhere, when in truth, they happen to be the most dependable support acts in any band worth its salt. This week we talk to bassists who managed to break out of the

GABLU

4 Stringed Magicians

4 Stringed Magicians