There is certainly much to be said about the woman who built up a $40 million foie gras business in a country where cheese whiz and peanut butter are the cracker toppings of choice. I, however, cannot say much at all, since the woman in question was unable to make the interview we had scheduled. […]
10 Features That Make Apple Iphone An Object Of Desire
Gadget gurus and people passionate about style statements waited with bated breath for the unveiling of the Apple iPhone. It went on sale in the US on June 29th and phew over 700,000 phones were sold! People went sleepless, booked phones in advance and waited by their phones for the call saying “come get your […]
A Fantasy Fiction-“Peace in Utopia”
A bright morning in winter. The whole nature had been moistened with white cool sexy ice, and the sunlight of early stage was trying to make the secret relationship warm. An ostentatious nameplate was attached in front of the palace gate. It was not an ordinary mansion. It was 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, President Bush’s house. […]
Pushto folk singers to migrate to Lahore, Karachi
By Shaheen Buneri PESHAWAR: In wake of the MMA government’s ban on music in public places, most of the Pakhto folk singers have decided to migrate to the capitals of the Punjab and Sindh provinces. "We are the representatives of the rich and glorious cultural history of the Pakhtuns. There is no vulgarity and obscenity […]
Internet Radio Endangered by Fees Ruling
On March 2, 2007 the Copyright Royalty Board of the Library of Congress announced the new royalty rates that all Internet broadcasters must pay to SoundExchange through the year 2010 in order to legally play copyright sound recordings. Traditional AM/FM broadcasters are exempt from having to pay such royalties. The Internet ought to be considered as […]
Best. Band. Ever. (?)
The following is an excerpt from Chuck Klosterman (he of Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs fame)’s latest, Killing Yourself to Live. I finished the book at 30,000 feet, somewhere over Oklahoma. It was excellent. This passage in particular piqued my interest (read, I believe, over Death Valley, appropriately enough), as it proffers his theory that […]