Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Media-Whore D'Oevres



(image via flickr)

"A recent call to retractable-roofed, Williamsburg-located Radegast Hall and Biergarten, revealed that either tomorrow or Wednesday they'll have a set opening day. Most likely it'll be next week.

"The Duran Duran shows scheduled for tonight and tomorrow (November 12th and 13th) have been moved to Roseland (235 West 52 St.) due to the strike (stagehands, not writers)." (Papermag)

"The Taliban use a variety of ways to communicate and influence the people of Afghanistan and supporters in other Muslim countries. While their 'night letters' reflect traditional Afghan practice and are aimed at a domestic audience, the adoption of the internet and multimedia formats is a more controversial development for the movement and seems largely intended for an international audience. The term 'night letters' has been applied to a variety of forms of written communication, including pamphlets and underground 'newspapers', communal messages and threats against individuals. The term was originally used to describe the messages covertly distributed by the various mujahideen factions fighting Soviet forces in Afghanistan during the 1980s. It was quickly re-adopted after the Taliban regime was toppled in 2001. A March 2002 AP article reported that residents in Afghanistan's southern and eastern provinces said they had received night letters calling for 'holy war'." (Janes)


"Give Ricki Lake, newly slim former talk-show host and 39-year-old mother of two a glass of wine, and she's as flirty as a co-ed in Cancun. 'How old are you, are you even old enough to drink?' she asked us at the recent Wine Spectator–sponsored 'Women in Wine' breast-cancer fund-raiser in Atlantic City. 'Feel that,' she said, indicating her thigh. 'I just shaved, and it feels so good. Doesn’t that feel soft?'" (NyMag)

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