Snoop Dogg: The Right to Bear Arms
Rapper Snoop Dogg tried to make it out of Lebanon with a bullet, not in him, but around his neck:
A necklace SNOOP DOGG wore with pride was confiscated at Beirut International Airport in the Lebanon earlier this week (beg28Sep09) after customs officials discovered the pendant contained a bullet.
The rapper was returning to the U.S. after [...]
Musical Politics
Absolutely shocking:
The famous Lebanese artist Haifa Wahbe claims that she was excluded from an appearance on the famous American talk show “Oprah Winfrey.”
That’s the first sentence in the article, after which they get to the specifics:
Haifa’s fans claim that Haifa was replaced by the Lebanese artist Nancy Ajram.
You sourced your news from the a fan [...]
VVI-Pee
I just couldn’t help myself and had to comment on Paris Hilton’s experience in Beirut. Of course someone of her calbre had her own VVIP section at the Forum de Beyrouth, but the organizers forgot one thing:
A VVIP area she may have had. A VVIP toilet she didn’t, which made a bathroom run nothing short of [...]
Not In My Name
I am not alluding to one of the Ten Commandments or the acts of violence done in the name of God. I’m talking about art and music:
Scandal has hit the Rahbani family. Ziad Rahbani, the son of Lebanese diva Feirouz and great musician Assi Rahbani, said he discovered in 2004 that his son, whom he [...]
Concerts Past
Apparently not much has changed when it comes to concerts in Beirut (since the 60s at least). You still have the screaming crowd which seems to generate the “this is my most memorable concert” response from all artists:
“The more they screamed, the better we played,” recalls Charles Springer with a smile from the couch of [...]
