Jahanshah Javid

Ananymous observer

I'd like to put in the first request. With that angelic voice of Yours, Would you do Celin dion's brother's latest hit?

Much appreciated.

I am jealous again...

JJ, when are you going to have a fundraising event in Europe? You know Iranian.com readers are not all in the States. :)

Enjoy, you lucky people! I will be with you in spirit.

Dear JJ I wish I could make it.

Here is a clip of my band. I'm on the Guitar.  Hope you like U2. We are in the New York area. You got to do one here eventually.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjTi5-5lY9Q

I nominate Manouchehr

I nominate Manouchehr Avaznia as you guest of honor. It's time to honor this man. I hope you consider it.

I want to come, but

Is it assigned seating?
Or, khar to khar seating?

Bingo!

Anonymous Observer, you broke the news early but what the heck! With you in the line-up, the show will definitely be sold out!

Link one of your videos so mardom haal konan.

:o)))

Surprise

Well, JJ, I know that we agreed that we will keep it a secret, but I just can't have your readers guess any longer...they're at the edge of their seats. So, sorry, but I'll just go ahead and tell them who the surprise artist is:

it's me!!!!!  I will be doing a rendition of Delaksh's "emshab shab-e mahtabeh" in heavy metal.  Lars Ulrich of Metallica will be on the base and Shawn Drover of Megadeath will be on the drums.  I, with my heavenly voice (actually, it's been compared to a cross between nails scratching on a blackboard and the noise of a jackhammer), will be the lead singer.  If you have requests for any other songs, please send them to me, and I will be glad to perform them as well :-).

PS, obviously this is a poor attempt at a joke.  No attacks please :-).

the way I saw it

was that jj mentioned a surprise was coming and ali said if it was  sahamaeezadeh. i don't think ali meant anything bad or rude. 

Ebi

You are right about Ali's picture! Is your avatar a picture from Ocean City or is that Motel Ghoo? I don't think it is Motel Ghoo because the sand is not familiar.

Re : East Coast Party !!

Dear Anonymous Observer,

Sepaas for your East Coast Party suggestion,excellent idea!.

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JJ Jaan,

a-Count me in too!.Home cooked meal for all orgenizers by chef Ebi,just email me the menu!.

b- Free 'Khar doee' for fundraising on me,just bring me a brand new Paaloon from Mexico,mine is worn out from 'Khar doee' for "ye loghme noon o bughalamoon"!.

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 Friends on IC....

Don't let Ali's picture fool you,he already explained on a comment that this picture is 40 years old!!.

Sepaas

Ebi aka Haaji

Great

JJ jan,

I love my city but at this time I would love to  be in SFwith you for Iranian.com event.

Jay ma ra ham khali konide.

Please give all my respect to M. Aslani, My Ipod is full of his songs.

Orang

The King of My Heart

Few artists face an adoring audience who knows ALL their lyrics and sings along with them.  Aslani concerts are superb, because they are a "sing-along fest!"  Searching YouTube, you will find that Aslani's songs are the most re-played and re-recorded by young Iranian artists inside and outside Iran.  Something about the melodies and love lyrics is timeless.  Here's an example of how this audience (I think this was in San Francisco in 2007) reacts to him.  Sorry, it's not the best quality, but it's fairly representative.  You lucky bastards!

Good For You JJ!

JJ jan khate nabashe ….. I KNOW all your hard work will pay off by April 25 and you and your team will deliver an outstanding event. Also, my respect for you just went up a few notches  …. Only if we all could know (and practice) to admit when we are wrong. Again khate nabashe and if I lived in Bay Area, I sure would have offered  you my help. Best Wishes

JJ I wouldn't do it for 40k/mo

I don't know how you do it, JJ. How do you manage to stick with iranian.com. You strike me as a very feeling person and this line of work is devastating to feeling people. You certainly are not doing this work for the $4k a month. I wouldn't do it for $40k/mo. I mean, I really couldn't do it and I wouldn't last a month to collect my paycheck.

And it isn't that you don't have the talent to pull in a lot more than $4k/mo doing other things. And I am not buttering you up. I just vicariously feel  your pain. Would thanking you, like many other caring friends do, help? I will also attend the SF fundraiser, if for nothing else just to thank you in person.

Sepaasgozaram,

Bahram G

I still think the

I still think the Shamaaeezadeh reference was a reference to LA's music scene. Oh well.

Love you too

Ali Jan, thanks for your note. I took your original comment the wrong way and I am very sorry for my outburst. I've worked my ass off trying to put this event together, on top of working on iranian.com and the stress has been tremendous. My reaction was uncalled for. Love you too honey.

The best love songs

There are love songs and there are love songs. Aslani's love songs have a gentleness and beauty that few can match. The melodies are just out of this world. If you cannot singalong to a song, you won't remember it, and that's what's missing in a lot of music today. But Aslani we will remember forever. I wish there were more like him.

To: JJ jaan

Chief:

 If my comment has offended you, I, Ali P., here, today , in front of the whole Iranian.com community, extend you my most sincere apology.

 I am certainly one of your bigger fans, and someone who knows how much time, money, passion,sweat and hard work, you have invested over the years to create this wonderful website.

 But I cannot help wondering, if I would have faced the same reaction from you, and a few others, if my comment was slightly different.

 I have to tell you I was totally lost when I read, that my three-words comment, was interpreted to ""Pah! een digeh cheh ashghaaliyeh? Bezar dar koozeh abesho bokhor!" by you.

 Some took the comment as a joke, and got offended. Some, including you,  took it as a serious one, and got, disappointed, shall we say?

 In your exchange with Souri , you mention that you took my comment as a serious one("Souri Khanom, Ali is not joking at all"-JJ)

 Let's go with that. Let's say I am a huge Shamaaeezadeh fan (and in fact, I am). What if my comment, regarded not a I-guess-lousy-in-your-eyes-singer like Shamaeezadeh, but a cool one, such as Namjoo.

 Close your eyes, and imagine,...(well, not right now,..after reading this paragraph) :

     You tell us, a great artist, such as Mr Aslani is coming, and wait, there is another surprise appearance by another super-cool singer. And I, trying to guess who it is, say:

Naamjoo?

Margeh man?

Would you have, then, found my comment as mocking you?Would you then be upset or disappointed? Would you then view me as "inconsiderate"?

 Anyway. I am very excited for you and this gathering. I wish I could be there. Congratulations, and I cannot wait to read the report, and see the pictures, and most impotantly, watch his performance.

I love you, and I am addicted to your blogs .

Yours,

Ali P.

Souri khanoom, khodaa begam chekaaret koneh! :-)

Marge man

Was a joke. that's why I laughed. then what?

Hope we wont eternalize this subject. I value Mr Aslani a lot. I like JJ and appreciate all his effort for this event. and I like Ali agha too. Let not get offended by the small petty jokes. 

I got Ali agha's remark as a teasing. It came after the over-excitement of JJ (the title).......nothing offensive to anybody.

These kind of misunderstanding happen sometimes between a group of friends in a gathering. Let get over it, please.

Souri

The problem is "marge man?". Is that a joke or not? I think it is, regardless of Ali's denial later. He meant it as a joke to trivialize this event, I think. This is why JJ took offense to it, I thinks ;o)

So??

Ali is not joking at all.....So what?

If people hadn't respond to him so aggressivley, it could be taken as a joke for many of us, or at least was taken as his own opinion. What's wrong with that? 

You always seemed to be a so cool guy, what's going wrong?

No joke

Souri Khanom, Ali is not joking at all. Did you read his second comment:

"I did not put any "LOL" or ":-)" anywhere, hinting it to be a joke, so as far as any reader is concerned, this should be taken as an honest, serious comment."

Super sensitivity

One thing I really dislike in Iranian men (yes I am generalizing) is this super sensitiviy when it comes to their ego. This is something very common in all Iranian male!! Where does it come from?

This is what I call a super over reaction to a petty remark. All these irritating response, to a small joke?  JJ, you need to rest a bit. Happy Birth Day again

jay-e maaram khali konin !

Khosh be haaletoon!! It sounds fantastic, I am very jealous ... but wish you all who are lucky enough to be there to enjoy it and raise some good "dough" ... for the bread we eat together ...

To JJ : my best wishes to you

Good thing you invited a male singer and not a female, at least the majority Islamists on this site who would like to participate, would not be offended or shy away from attending.

JJ Aslani is wonderful but I'm lost!

What was so offensive about Ali P.'s comment on your next surprise?! What is wrong in being hopeful to see Shamaaeezadeh on stage that night?! I have only read sensible intelligent contributions from Ali P., I don't know him personally but I feel I do. How did you take his suggestion as an attack to this site?!!

You sound like you have lots going on related to the BIG event coming up. It is very exciting! And on behalf of my household and some of my local extended family, we can't wait! We also can't wait to find out who might your other surprise be? But we're not gonna mention any names here :o) 

JJ, Since when have you

JJ,
Since when have you become such a sensitive and fragile soul? Mr 'Nothing is sacred'. You are earning your dough or 'dough' through differences of opinions (sometimes even propagating them rather stealthily if I may say so). How come someone stating a benign difference bothers you this much? Okay, in order to put what Ali said right, you have done great, Aslani is the 'the end of cool', anything anyone else says is ...
Regards

A little consideration

Ali P.,

You have every right to say whatever you feel.

But consider this: Let's say you decide to create a website for the Iranian community. You put months of hard work into it and spend thousands of dollars. When it's done, you write a blog all happy and excited and you tell your friends to come and see it. Then I go and post the first comment: "Pah! een digeh cheh ashghaaliyeh? Bezar dar koozeh abesho bokhor!"

How would that make you feel?

Ali P.

You are a young charming and easy going guy, with far greater manners and people skills than your critic. Your comments and intentions are also more sincere and transparent.

عجب خبری؟

آقا عجب خبر غافل گیر کننده و خوبی دادی. فرامرز اصلانی؟ خواننده افسانه ای؟ خواننده ای که همه ما باآهنگهایش بزرگ شدیم. قد کشیدیم. عاشق شدیم و زندگی کردیم کمتر ایرانی اهل موسیقی را پیدا می کنی که کارهای اصلانی را دوست نداشته باشد

چه شبی شود آنشب. شبی که دورهم با همه دوستان مشترک  در ایرانیان جمع خواهیم شد و با هم یک صدا خواهیم خواند

میدونی دل اسیره/ اسیره تا بمیره/میدونی بدون تو/دلم آروم نگیره

و این بار نه با نوار و یا سی دی که با خود فرامرز اصلانی

به امید دیدار همگی شما دوستان در آن شب رویای