Shosh Atari, an Israeli radio legend, had succumbed to life’s difficulties yesterday. During the 1980s an entire generation of my peers tuned in daily to the show ‘Hadash, Hadish, uMehudash‘ on Israeli radio channel Reshet Gimmel, to listen to Shosh Atari as she played the newest records from England and the US. The show, edited by [...]
Israeli Radio Legend Shosh Atari Dies
April 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · 100% vent free
Oh Europe, Where Oh Where Did It All Go Wrong? - The Rise and Fall of The Eurovision Song Contest
March 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · venting
It all went to the crapper in 1999 when two rulings annihilated the core essence of the Eurovision song contest we knew and loved: the cancellation of the national language restriction and the abolishment of the mandatory live orchestra rendered an annual event of joy and pride (!) into an annual ceremony of exasperation. Where once entire [...]
Travel - A Poem By Eli Elefant
March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · 100% vent free
Travel
Laptop, Starbucks, Blackberry.
Carry on, Tylenol, Ziploc bag.
Wall street journal, Boarding pass, iPod;
These are my weapons.
Eli and Shahar trekked in Nepal together.
How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook
January 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Just read an interesting column by Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing on InformationWeek. Here is an excerpt:
…In the real world, we don’t articulate our social networks. Imagine how creepy it would be to wander into a co-worker’s cubicle and discover the wall covered with tiny photos of everyone in the office, ranked by “friend” and [...]
