Mirshad Buckman is the lyricist, Vocalist and Guitarist of Paranoid Earthling, which is a pioneer rock band hailing from Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Early life
Born to Mrs Yasmin Buckman and Late Mr Zaman Buckman in 12 May 1984, Mirshad was exposed to the world of Art and Music from an early age. The parents’ interest and talent in Art and Music has gifted him the ability to become the multi talented artist we all see now on stage.
Growing up with music of late 80’s and early 90’s Mirshad witnessed and experienced the transition in the world of rock music, which switched from Glam Rock to Grunge.
He is also a talented Graphic Designer. The band’s logo, EP cover, band posters and fliers are designed by him.
Musical Style and influence
Buckman is a fan of The Doors, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson. His lyrics always encircles around current issues that youth face with the country's situation and also unfolds the anger and frustration that most of us suppress.
Contribution towards Paranoid Earthling
After receiving his first electric guitar, he took the initiative of assembling their first drum kit which was made out of wooden boxes, biscuit tins and bull skin. Shanka Samarasinghe and Mirshad Buckman started to rehearse with this equipment and then were joined by the other two members of the band, Asela Bandara and Dhanushka Samarasinghe. Paranoid Earthling was established in 2000 with this ensemble and has been standing strong with no lineup change to date.
He is the main lyricist for the band and also composer of the melodies for their songs.
Early life
Born to Mrs Yasmin Buckman and Late Mr Zaman Buckman in 12 May 1984, Mirshad was exposed to the world of Art and Music from an early age. The parents’ interest and talent in Art and Music has gifted him the ability to become the multi talented artist we all see now on stage.
Growing up with music of late 80’s and early 90’s Mirshad witnessed and experienced the transition in the world of rock music, which switched from Glam Rock to Grunge.
He is also a talented Graphic Designer. The band’s logo, EP cover, band posters and fliers are designed by him.
Musical Style and influence
Buckman is a fan of The Doors, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson. His lyrics always encircles around current issues that youth face with the country's situation and also unfolds the anger and frustration that most of us suppress.
Contribution towards Paranoid Earthling
After receiving his first electric guitar, he took the initiative of assembling their first drum kit which was made out of wooden boxes, biscuit tins and bull skin. Shanka Samarasinghe and Mirshad Buckman started to rehearse with this equipment and then were joined by the other two members of the band, Asela Bandara and Dhanushka Samarasinghe. Paranoid Earthling was established in 2000 with this ensemble and has been standing strong with no lineup change to date.
He is the main lyricist for the band and also composer of the melodies for their songs.
The South Asia Terrorism Portal website states that it is dedicated to disseminating information about terrorism and low-intensity conflict in South Asia.
It was created in 2000, and is maintained, by the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi, India.
Sites that link to satp.org
The The New York Times included its "India Datasheets" page in a list of resources from around the web about terrorism in India.
The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom linked to this website as a resource about information on terrorism in South Asia. Council on Foreign Relations used satp.org as a source of information on its article on Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Institute for Conflict Management
The Institute for Conflict Management was established in New Delhi in 1997.
The Institute states that it is a "registered non-profit, non-governmental organisation" and that its goal is "the continuous evaluation and resolution of problems of internal security in South Asia."
The President of Institute of Conflict management is Kanwar Pal Singh Gill.
Executive Director
The Executive Director of Institute of Conflict Management is Ajai Sahni.
In 2006 he submitted written evidence to the UK House of Commons, Select Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding Islamic terrorism in South Asia which was accepted and is available on House of Commons website.
Jason Overdorf, writing for Newsweek, described Dr. Sahni as "a local counterterrorism expert" and interviewed him after 2008 Mumbai attacks. Emily Wax and Rama Lakshmi, writing for The Washington Post, also described Dr. Sahni as "a counterterrorism expert" in another article on the 2008 Mumbai attacks
It was created in 2000, and is maintained, by the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi, India.
Sites that link to satp.org
The The New York Times included its "India Datasheets" page in a list of resources from around the web about terrorism in India.
The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom linked to this website as a resource about information on terrorism in South Asia. Council on Foreign Relations used satp.org as a source of information on its article on Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Institute for Conflict Management
The Institute for Conflict Management was established in New Delhi in 1997.
The Institute states that it is a "registered non-profit, non-governmental organisation" and that its goal is "the continuous evaluation and resolution of problems of internal security in South Asia."
The President of Institute of Conflict management is Kanwar Pal Singh Gill.
Executive Director
The Executive Director of Institute of Conflict Management is Ajai Sahni.
In 2006 he submitted written evidence to the UK House of Commons, Select Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding Islamic terrorism in South Asia which was accepted and is available on House of Commons website.
Jason Overdorf, writing for Newsweek, described Dr. Sahni as "a local counterterrorism expert" and interviewed him after 2008 Mumbai attacks. Emily Wax and Rama Lakshmi, writing for The Washington Post, also described Dr. Sahni as "a counterterrorism expert" in another article on the 2008 Mumbai attacks
demoscene.tv (DTV for short) is a free Internet television service dedicated to broadcast demos to the demoscene. Their repertoire includes a large portion of well-known demoscene releases, intros and wild demos, but also reports and footage from demoparties. They currently host four different channels: Realtime, Oldskool, Wilds and Releases.
demoscene.tv was established in 2004 by members of the French demogroup Wipe, originally as a simple broadcasting channel to provide a streaming video solution to view demos 24/7. The channel has since expanded itself with a bona fide live team, visiting various demoscene parties and in some cases, broadcasting the events of the party live, allowing people who were unable to attend to be able to e. g. watch the compos — this reached its climax in 2006 when the liveteam reported from 9 demoparties from all around Europe. (Breakpoint, Demozone , Assembly , Evoke, Buenzli , Inercia, Function , Main and tUM )
The channel uses Nullsoft Streaming Video to relay its footage to the viewer.
The channel receives its main support from ADAN, a French organization dedicated for computer art.
demoscene.tv was established in 2004 by members of the French demogroup Wipe, originally as a simple broadcasting channel to provide a streaming video solution to view demos 24/7. The channel has since expanded itself with a bona fide live team, visiting various demoscene parties and in some cases, broadcasting the events of the party live, allowing people who were unable to attend to be able to e. g. watch the compos — this reached its climax in 2006 when the liveteam reported from 9 demoparties from all around Europe. (Breakpoint, Demozone , Assembly , Evoke, Buenzli , Inercia, Function , Main and tUM )
The channel uses Nullsoft Streaming Video to relay its footage to the viewer.
The channel receives its main support from ADAN, a French organization dedicated for computer art.
The Critter
On 15th July 2009 the Critter was first discovered in Auckland, New Zealand by Alexander Jay Gillan (A british biologist)
Traits
Found in temperate climates the Critter thrives on stealing lying and cheating its way to it main food source, milo with cold milk. It has been known to breed with normal humans but creates a hybrid human/critter offspring. Critters can pass for normal humans on a casual glance but upon closer examination one should not be deceived, the critter is an evil and selfish person only capable of caring for themself. Closet known relitive is the Smeagal/Gollom (LOTR).
On 15th July 2009 the Critter was first discovered in Auckland, New Zealand by Alexander Jay Gillan (A british biologist)
Traits
Found in temperate climates the Critter thrives on stealing lying and cheating its way to it main food source, milo with cold milk. It has been known to breed with normal humans but creates a hybrid human/critter offspring. Critters can pass for normal humans on a casual glance but upon closer examination one should not be deceived, the critter is an evil and selfish person only capable of caring for themself. Closet known relitive is the Smeagal/Gollom (LOTR).