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Fete De La Musique 2012 – Beirut

By Rami on June 19, 2012 in Events

This year’s edition of Fete De La Musique is happening in a couple of days on June 21st and will span over 9 locations across Beirut, featuring as usual both amateur and professional musicians.

Check below the festival schedule and start choosing which artists to watch!

Fete De La Musique 2012- Roman Baths

The Roman Baths venue will feature seven different artists, all performing varying genres.

20:00-20:30 Marc Nader (Folk)
20:40-21:10 Dida’s (Acoustic Music)
21:20-21:50 Les Artistes (Folk, Acoustic Rock)
22:00-23:00 Les Fils Du Calvaire (Electro-Rock)
23:10-23:30 Segundo Bloco (Samba, Brazillian Percussions)
23:40-00:10 Poly (Pop)
00:20-00:50 The Passive Standouts (Rock)

Fete De La Musique 2012- Beirut Souks

The Beirut Souks venue will feature seventeen different artists, all performing varying genres on two different locations, the Platform and Ajami Square.

Beirut Souks Platform Venue:

19:00-20:00 Chorale Tania Kassis (Choral, Chants)
20:10-20:30 Nachaz (Rock, Blues)
20:40-21:10 Silverage (Pop, Alternative Rock)
21:20-21:50 Life Line (Rock)
22:00-22:20 Beirut Blues Brothers (Blues, Rock)
22:30-23:00 Soul Sister (Soul, Funk)
23:10-23:40 Butterfly (Rock)
23:50-00:20 The Locals (Rock, Blues)
00:30-1:00 The Fan Dolls (Rock)

Beirut Souks Ajami Square Venue:

20:00-20:20 Elie Sawaya (Variety)
20:30-20:45 Tina Fish (Slam Poetry)
20:50-21:20 Nour Yammouni (Pop)
21:30-22:00 Blue Yeast (Blues Jazz)
22:10-22:50 The Missing Pixels (Folk)
23:00-23:20 Snowslash (Rock)
23:30-23:50 Ashekman (Rap)
23:55-00:15 Zeinedin (Rap)
00:20-00:40 Banely (Rap)

Fete De La Musique 2012- Samir Kassir Square

The Samir Kassir Gardens venue will feature eight different artists, all performing varying genres.

19:30-19:50 IQEWS (Alternative Rock)
20:00-20:20 Point of View & Bob Arja (Rap)
20:30-20:50 7ta2at (Rap)
21:00-21:20 What’s Your Story (Rock, Pop)
21:30-22:00 Homemade (Alt Rock, Pop)
22:10-22:30 Srai (Rock)
22:40-23:10 Jammit the Band (Reggae)
23:30-23:50 Bandage Group (Pop, Rock)
00:00-00:30 Wata El Lounge (Trip-rock, Dub)
00:20-00:50 The Passive Standouts (Rock)

Fete De La Musique 2012- Martyrs’ Square

The Martyrs’ Square venue will feature eight different artists, all performing varying genres.

19:00-20:00 Gabriel Abdel Nour (Arabic Pop)
20:10-20:40 The Coolcumbers (Alternative Rock)
20:50-21:30 Episode (Prog Rock)
21:40-22:20 Lazzy Lung (Indie Rock)
22:30-22:50 Anixa (Rock)
23:00-23:40 Epic (Rock)
23:50-00:10 The Rakans (Pop, Electro)
00:20-01:20 DJ Andre Rizzo (Electro)

Fete De La Musique 2012- Zaitunay Bay

The Zaitunay Bay venue will feature eight different artists, all performing varying genres.

20:00-20:20 Abdel Harb (Flamenco Guitar)
20:30-21:00 Rojo Del Libano (Flamenco)
21:10-21:40 Bruno Tabbal (Rock, Pop)
21:50-22:10 Beirut Vocal Point (A capella)
22:20-22:50 Band Audi (Rock, Blues)
23:00-23:30 Blue Band LB (Rock, Reggae)
23:40-00:05 Gilbert Simon and Jebebara (Pop, Arabic)
00:15-00:35 Maher Salame (Electro Oriental, House)

Fete De La Musique 2012- Saint Louis Capuchin Church

The Saint Louis Capuchin Church venue will feature two performing groups.

18:00-19:00 Chorale Du College Protestant
19:00-20:00 Pastorale De L’USJ

Fete De La Musique 2012- National Evangelical Church of Beirut

The National Evangelical Church of Beirut venue will feature two performing groups.

18:30-19:15 Chamber Music
19:15-20:00 Classical Chants

Fete De La Musique 2012 – Beirut New Waterfront

The Beirut Waterfront Venue will feature performances by ten different DJs.

8:00 pm- Alterra (Deep House)
9:00 pm- Tavarish (Dubstep)
10:00 pm- Ryan K (Deep House)
11:00 pm- The Middle Beast (House)
12:00 am- Jade (House)
1:00 am- Dop [Paris] (Tech-House)
2:00 am- Diamond Setter (Tech-House)
3:00 am- Trix (Deep House)

Supported by Vanclode Jandam
VJ’s: Mosig / TM / Beirut Visuals

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Paint Up – Making Beirut brighter!

By Rami on June 19, 2012 in Lebanon

I’m really loving what this group of artists and designers are doing to Beirut. Equipped with colors and skills, these guys are painting staircases around the city with cool designs.

Bliss Street

Mar Mkhayel

Sakiet El Janzir

I hope their work won’t be limited to painting up staircases only, and maybe push it further to make walls brighter even.

Anyway, you can check their Facebook page here.

Beirut then and now

By Rami on June 18, 2012 in Photography

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24 hours to kill in Beirut

By Rami on June 18, 2012 in Lebanon

Check out this cool find posted by Tarek from Beirut/NTSC a couple of days ago.

I stumbled upon the movie “In Beirut sind die Nächte lang” or “24 hours to kill”… A German movie shot in 1965 in Beirut. Here’s the synopsis:

“When engine trouble forces an airliner into a 24 hour layover in Beirut, the plane’s pilot finds himself in the crosshairs of crime thanks to his duplicitous purser. Lex Barker assays the hero pilot role with ease, while Mickey Rooney thoroughly enjoys his turn as the seemingly hapless criminal. Walter Slezak rounds out the caper as a deadly smuggler.”

Pity embedding the original trailer is forbidden…. But watching it is a must! You can find it HERE (above are some of the snapshots taken from that trailer)… Basically, it’s the usual mishmash of the epitomized image of Beirut: Lust, intrigue, modernist architecture, Phoenicia Hotel (and yes, there is a scene where the pool which gives way to the bar is seen!), Nadia Jamal (the belly dance), the nightclubs and get this – at the time private helicopters could land right next to Baalbeck ruins with no “yellow t-shirts” in sight…

I also heard a while ago about another movie called “Embassy” that was shot in Lebanon back in 1973, but unfortunately failed to find any trailer or footage related to it on the internet.

Straight to the point!

By Rami on June 12, 2012 in Funny

Wouldn’t be awesome if people spray painted similar messages every time the government does a lousy job?

Is this Nahr El-Mot bridge by the way? Since that’s the bridge everyone complains about…

The most beautiful days of my life | أجمل أيام حياتي at Metropolis Cinema

By Rami on June 12, 2012 in Events

Metropolis cinema is holding the first edition of a Lebanese retrospective dedicated to productions of Lebanese cinema of the years sixties and seventies, “The most beautiful days of my life”, which will be held from the 13th to the 22nd of june.

During these 10 days, a total of 11 films will be screened as per the following schedule

Wednesday 13 (OPENING)

8:00 PM Beirut Zero 11 by Antoine Rimi, 1967, بيروت صفر 11 لأنطوان ريمي | ’90 Tribute to Ihsan Sadek

Thursday 14

8:00 PM Interpol in Beirut by Constantin Costanov, 1966, 90′ | أنتروبول في بيروت لكوستانتين كوستانوف

Friday 15

7:00 PM Lebanon through Cinema by Hady Zaccak, 2003, 15′ | لبنان من خلال السينما لهادي زكاك

7:15 PM An Amateur by Habib Chams, 2011, 35′ | هاوي السينما لحبيب شمس

8:30 PM The Colossi by Hassib Chams, 1963, 105′ | الجبابرة لحسيب شمس

Saturday 16

7:00 PM Welcome, Love by Mohamed Salman, 1970, 85′ | أهلًا بالحب لمحمد سلمان

9:00 PM The Guitar of Love by Mohamed Salman, 1974, 120′ | غيتار الحب لمحمد سلمان

Sunday 17

8:00 PM A Bedouin in Paris by Mohamed Salman, 1966, 95′ | بدوية في باريس لمحمد سلمان

Monday 18

8:00 PM The Gang of Women by Farouq Ajrama, 1970, 101′ | عصابة النساء لفاروق عجرمة

Tuesday 19

8:00 PM The Bitter Honey by Rida Mouyassar, 1964, 90′ | العسل المر لرضا ميسر

Wednesday 20

8:00 PM The Black Jaguar by Mohamed Salman, 1965, 92′ | الجاكوار السوداء لمحمد سلمان

Thursday 21

8:00 PM The Melody of My Life by Henry Barakat, 1975, 110′ | نغم في حياتي لهنري بركات

Friday 22 (CLOSING)

8:00 PM The Most Beautiful Days of My Life by Henry Barakat, 1974, 111′ | أجمل أيام حياتي لهنري بركات

All films are in Arabic without subtitles, except “The Black Jaguar” and “An Amateur” with English subtitles, and “Lebanon through Cinema” and “the Colossi” with French subtitles.

Tickets will be selling for 5,000L.L and a festival pass is available for 40,000L.L. You can check Metropolis Cinema’s website or page on Facebook for more information about the event.

Wassim Nasser FAILED to break the national record

By Rami on June 11, 2012 in Lebanon

I earlier posted this video by Saida TV claiming that Wassim Nasser did succeed to break the national record by swimming for 47 kilometers from Saida to Beirut while in fact he actually failed and will be trying to do it once again next year.

“The weather was not good at all and Wassim [Nasser] was swimming against the wind,” Intanious Naafa, Nasser’s friend and representative, told The Daily Star Monday.

Nasser’s aimed to break a record set by Abdel-Latif Abu al-Hauf for swimming 42 kilometers from the southern city of Sidon to Beirut in the 1960s.

He sought to cover 47 kilometers.

The athlete’s route started from a point parallel to Sidon’s Crusader Castle and ended in Ramlet al-Bayda; 8 kilometers less than his original goal.

“Wassim will increase the distance next year and hopefully achieve his goal,” Naafa said, praising his friend for his persistence and great effort in achieving such a task. Source

Still, reaching Ramlet El-Bayda is still quite impressive!

Myriam Klink – Antar

By Rami on June 11, 2012 in Lebanon

Just what we need! Now let’s try to convince her, Nancy Afiouni, and Lara Kay to hit the streets in Tripoli and other conflict areas of the north, and see how the raging men there will quickly ease their tension!

Wassim Nasser did it!

By Rami on June 11, 2012 in Lebanon

Congratulations! I bet he’s going to be sleeping for a week now!

Update:

The video turned out to be false. Wassim actually failed to break the record, you can read more about it here.

Zain El-Atat is back

By Rami on June 11, 2012 in Lebanon

It’s a shame when one of the first TV stations that aired reports about the side effects that may be induced by the usage by Zain El-Atat’s herbal products is the also the first one to start promoting him once again with segments claiming he earned some ISO certificates. Way to go New TV!

Early in 2011, Abu Dhabi’s health authority accused Zain El-Atat of false advertising and warned about the side effects his products may produce on people, and shortly after that, the ministry of public health here in Lebanon banned all kind of herbal products publicity. But it seems like Zain is way above the law, he’s back!

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