The BBC reports that American interrogators of the Iraqi prisoners of war are being bombarded with heavy metal songs as well as The theme tune from the US children’s programme Sesame Street and songs from the purple singing dinosaur Barney. That is dirty. I think I can stand heavy metal, sleep deprevation and other forms …
Day: May 24, 2003
Why should Americans be worried about the image we are projecting to young people overseas? from cbn news People invariably associate the US and Americans with what they see on TV and the movie screens. The article referred to above is attempting to find out why these movies are “the fuel of terrorist hatred” where …
from Ahmedabad Newsline First textile industrialist Mohommad Saleem had a close shave when men belonging to the Anees Ibrahim gang opened fire near his residence. Then, Pankaj Agarwal of Prafful Sarees received threatening calls from underworld gangster Fazal-Ur-Rehman to settle the payment due to actress Shilpa Shetty. Bankim Desai, owner of Rangoli Dyeing and Printing …
Doug Daulton: In contrast to Mahmood’s bad TV commercials, here is a powerful example of intelligent advertising. Jerry, a fellow videophile, sent me this commercial which was banned in Canada for being too graphic. Now, I like the avante garde commercial as much as the next person, particularly when they call out the cognitive dissonace …