Unlike most writers, Rohin Guha is not terribly afraid of pop music. In fact, he pens the Pop For Skeptics column for Flavorwire. He also does a bit of online content production and social media development and if you want his help on that, go here for more details. This is his vanity blog. He would love to hear from you. Honest. DANCE TO THE BEATS OF MY DRUM: Advice, Art, Bollywood, Gardening, Lana Del Rey, Lit, Movies, Music, Social Media SPOTLIGHT: Songs With Ladies Dropping F-Bombs, 2012: The Year of the Outsider, Quitting Facebook & Signing Back Up to Life, An Open Letter to the Ladies In My Life Over the Years @ohrohin    email     CVTumblr (3.0; @ohrohin)http://ohrohin.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4pqq7iScU1qe14euo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://paagalsubtitle.tumblr.com/post/23907785731/so-what-the-hell-is-he-gonna-do-with-this-skull" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">paagalsubtitle</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>“So, what the hell is he gonna do with this skull cap?”</p> <p>I can tell you this much: if <em>I</em> were the princess in an <em>Arabian Nights</em>-style fantasy film and handmaidens talked to <em>me</em> like that, heads would roll. </p> <p>(<em>Char Dervesh</em>, 1964)</p></blockquote>http://ohrohin.com/post/23907858966http://ohrohin.com/post/23907858966Sun, 27 May 2012 23:24:14 -0400bollywoodvia whatshouldwecallpoets: http://ohrohin.com/post/23897276495http://ohrohin.com/post/23897276495Sun, 27 May 2012 20:30:56 -0400writerpoetsgifswhatshouldwecallpoetswhatshouldwecallmepoetpoetrywritingwswcmwswcpcoffeethe writing processwritersmfa<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4pi3cHnPN1qz82tbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s a portrait of me out on a date!</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23896409787http://ohrohin.com/post/23896409787Sun, 27 May 2012 20:16:00 -0400beastoatmeal?beauty and the beast<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4pgp8veSQ1qz82tbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Oh hey, so I got a haircut the other day!</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23894633128http://ohrohin.com/post/23894633128Sun, 27 May 2012 19:46:20 -0400HAIRCUT PARTY 2K12!!!!!!!GPOYSUN<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4paqhefTO1qz82tbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Whose fault is it that I didn’t know Nicole Scherzinger rang the NASDAQ bell one morning recently?</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23886971525http://ohrohin.com/post/23886971525Sun, 27 May 2012 17:37:28 -0400answer: NOT MINE :(nicole scherzinger<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uEwJrFmMxrg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Mandinga, “Zaleilah”<br/><br/> Romania was pretty ferocious last night, too. Check out that dude’s moonwalk at the beginning.</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23884915613http://ohrohin.com/post/23884915613Sun, 27 May 2012 17:04:18 -0400romaniaeurovisionmandingapop<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/y7IoR_5HPQ0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Valentina Monetta, “The Social Network Song”<br/><br/> Even though they had to change “The Facebook Song” to something a little less branded, San marino had an awesome stage presence at the Eurovision semifinals. Valentina Monetta even plays on the laptop at some point throughout her performance. I hope Lady Gaga is taking furious notes.</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23884564316http://ohrohin.com/post/23884564316Sun, 27 May 2012 16:58:45 -0400valentina monettasan marinoeurovisionFACEBOOK UH OH UH OH OHHHvia themorallycorruptfayeresnick replied to your video: Loreen, “Euphoria” This is your Eurovision...http://ohrohin.com/post/23884106658http://ohrohin.com/post/23884106658Sun, 27 May 2012 16:51:26 -0400themorallycorruptfayeresnick<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4p8jjfzkQ1qz82tbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love this photo-op of Jedward with Anggun from Eurovision last night. Both acts came from such unlikely places to earn popstardom.</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23884025674http://ohrohin.com/post/23884025674Sun, 27 May 2012 16:50:00 -0400jedwardangguneurovisionpop<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z4PMQB5zmAU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Loreen, “Euphoria”<br/><br/> This is your Eurovision 2012 winner. I didn’t know Carly Rae Jepsen moonlighted as a Swedish trance diva either.</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23883446369http://ohrohin.com/post/23883446369Sun, 27 May 2012 16:40:58 -0400loreenEUPHOOOOOOOORIAAApaging enyaeurovisionVery recently, an aunt passed away in my family. It&#8217;s been a tough year for my family as...http://ohrohin.com/post/23840755462http://ohrohin.com/post/23840755462Sat, 26 May 2012 23:42:00 -0400deathtl;dr -- deathhinduism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nhi15yFy1qz82tbo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A wild Lordi appears on Eurovision 2012.</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23821712539http://ohrohin.com/post/23821712539Sat, 26 May 2012 18:08:25 -0400lordieurovision 2012<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qz-jo5RxeQc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Buranovskiye Babushki, “Party For Everybody”<br/><br/> OMG, they have a wood-burning oven on-stage!</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23817251559http://ohrohin.com/post/23817251559Sat, 26 May 2012 16:49:27 -0400Buranovskiye Babushkieurovision<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4_nyUCgJ4PI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>NIna Zilli, “Out of Love”<br/><br/> Which is to say that she also kind of nailed it at Eurovision.</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23817071267http://ohrohin.com/post/23817071267Sat, 26 May 2012 16:46:16 -0400nina zillieurovision<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MPn04vlO2Os?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Anggun, “Echo (You and I)”<br/><br/> She kind of nailed it at the Eurovision grand final, didn’t she?</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23816880369http://ohrohin.com/post/23816880369Sat, 26 May 2012 16:42:56 -0400eurovisionpopanggunand meanwhile, we have to contemplate what neurons were firing away inside brains of the editorial...http://ohrohin.com/post/23799675581http://ohrohin.com/post/23799675581Sat, 26 May 2012 11:35:02 -0400It all started when I heard that last year, a significant number of Troy, Michigan residents were...http://ohrohin.com/post/23799013417http://ohrohin.com/post/23799013417Sat, 26 May 2012 11:22:00 -0400librariesniina pollaribooksartdetroitmichiganAlice Bag: I don’t think I can overemphasize how important it is to document your...: via...http://ohrohin.com/post/23796698225http://ohrohin.com/post/23796698225Sat, 26 May 2012 10:34:29 -0400alice bagniina pollarithe rumpusthat's niina with TWO I's btwhttp://ohrohin.com/post/23780228303http://ohrohin.com/post/23780228303Sat, 26 May 2012 00:58:44 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UxxajLWwzqY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Icona Pop, “I Love It”<br/><br/> This unexpectedly popped up at the Metro Detroit gay bar that one of my best friends from high school and I had drinks at earlier this evening and it was like a sign from the Powers That Be telling me, “Hey Rohin, this sort of thing exists outside of New York, too, and it’s okay if you need to leave the city to find whatever it is you’re looking for.” Because I read very deep into pop music videos playing at gay bars at odd hours of the night.<br/><br/> It was so important for this song to come on because my friend and I were reflecting how, since high school, everything has gotten infinitely more complicated and it may never again be simple.There was a spirit of celebration in both of us making peace with that fact.</p>http://ohrohin.com/post/23779428797http://ohrohin.com/post/23779428797Sat, 26 May 2012 00:42:00 -0400icona popthis best friend was my homecoming date ^_-popmusicdetroiti love it