Crazy Little (!?) thing called URL

I just thought what is the shortest URL in the world which works :
Fairly straight :
http://www.com/

Then, I started off on a wild goose chase - The Longest URL - I have several contenders viz.

http://users.aol.com/rynocub/this.is.a.very.long.url/this.very.long.url.was.created.by/the.rynocub.home.page/which.was.created.by/ben.tolsky/and.radioactive.chicken/which.is.a.ben.tolsky.company/this.url.is.the.longest.url.made.by/ben.tolsky/finally.this.is.over.htm
http://www.thisisthelongestdomainnamethereisanditssixtysevencharacterslong.com/
http://www.handelsblatt.com/hbiwwwangebot/fn/relhbi/sfn/buildhbee/cn/bp_artikel_e/strucid/PAGE_201098/pageid/PAGE_201098/docid/396647/SH/0/depot/0/index.html
http://www.thepersonwithanewideaisacrank-untiltheideasucceeds-by-marktwain.com/
http://www.thelongestdomainnameintheworldandthensomeandthensomemoreandmore.com/
http://www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com/
http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com/
http://www.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.com/
http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/
http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/
http://www.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com/
http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com/
http://www.modestapparelchristianclothinglydiaofpurpledressescustomsewing.com/

One of these sites offered a very wonky e-mail service and I signed up.
Result :
inirs@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com

Tina Sugandh - Tabla Chick and other artists with a Hip-India sound

I never knew there existed a Tabla Chick!!

Hit the following sites for more info :
www.tablagirl.com

2 Recent Interviews :
http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/sep/06tina.htm
http://www.stuffmagazine.com/cover_girls/html/girl_398.html

Speaking of artists trying to make a dent in the World Music scene with an Indian Sound,
there is Karsh Kale (http://www.karshkale.com/), DJ Cheb I Sabbah ( http://www.chebisabbah.com/), Nitin Sawhney (http://www.nitinsawhney.com/), Midival Punditz (http://www.punditz.com/), Zakhm (http://www.mutinysounds.com/index.php3).

One of the big labels in the new Hip-India Sound is Six Degrees ( http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/ )