If you guys have even one testicle...

then you're bound to like this rifftastic band:

Afghanistan Idol
Friday, 06 May 2005
The Burka Band.

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Three-piece all-girl rock band from Kabul.

Like a Wahhabist version of Josie and the Pussycats. Which is to say, pretty goddam risky.

The band would rehearse behind locked doors, so nobody would find out that the women were playing music. The burka also helped hide who the bandmembers really were...

"Of course it was a joke to sing in the burkas, but it was also necessary to wear them. If people in Afghanistan knew who the members of the Burka Band were, we could be attacked or killed because there are still a lot of religious fanatics here," says Nargiz.

The music itself? Now that's a fun listen.

Via GreatScat, currently my shiny new favorite blog.

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lizard said:
I dare you to watch this all the way through.
http://www.sharpeworld.com/chapman_bros/
I sent this to a friend, and this was his reaction:
email said:
just got a half-chub. then cut it off. now i'm just crying curled up in a ball in the corner.

i don't have the words. send anything like that to me again, and i promise you that you'll die screaming at my hands.
hahahahaha
 
fascinating ... you would think since they were tied to a tree by a rope .. the last thing they would want to undertake is some activity involving rope :loco:

that video was painful ...