A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Beirut
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Originally they were more involved in the project, but once it got to me, Nick and Paul just doing our thing it was nice to have no extra pressure. We had this beautiful little apartment right on the sea in Fener. You came back to New York City and one of the worst winters in living memory, so did it help with the writing and recording — you had no option but to stay indoors?
I appreciate the winter for exactly that — you can let things gestate and they can really pop.
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How did that come about? Even mentioning the name, it almost gets stuck in my head in a bad way! It must have happened in about ten minutes… and then the rest was like pulling teeth.
There it goes, I have something to talk about! The lyrics are clearer now. I recorded it in Palm Springs when we were playing Coachella. But those songs never lost their lustre for me, and it has that beautiful brass swell. But it was also due to being right down to the wire. Fairouz released a new single after 7 years.
It was an interesting thing to look back on it. It's funny that my music can be sociable when it comes from such a private place. You started up your own new label, Pompeii Records, to release the album. Having been rebuilt after the civil war, Beirut has regained the glamour and sophistication it oozed in the 50s and 60s. Did Tony, Brad, and yourself ever discuss the current conflicts in the Middle East? Led by the private sector, its institutional framework is pioneering.
A Beirut school installs the largest solar power project on a school campus in Lebanon 7. A 2,year-old sculpture stolen from Lebanon was returned. A local restaurant created a Mankoushe Day particular to Lebanon. Lebanon rugby team impresses with historic win over France.
Tripoli restaurant hires disabled waitress setting an exemplary precedent. A great campaign fighting sexual harassment was launched. Internet speeds ramped up. Reduced phone line prices.
The start of the first blog in Lebanon about awareness regarding eating disorders. A Lebanon real estate company vows to preserve a house built in Lebanon breaks Guinness World Record for longest Iftar table in the world.
Jon Hamm on 'Beirut,' Fake News, and Living in a Post-Don Draper World
The first ever interactive Lebanese diaspora website project was birthed. Plans for Lebanon's first opera house announced. Lebanese designers dominated the Cannes film festival this year. The women's minister for affairs declared a national "Lebanese Women's Day". Elton John returned to Lebanon to throw one of the most amazing concerts we've attended.
A new Discotek opened. A Lebanese judge rules homosexuality not a crime. Lebanese architecture firm makes it into New York competition.
British artist Tom Young collaborates with Lebanese orphans to capture Beirut's changing landscape. Fewer accidents, deaths, and injuries since the implementation of the traffic law in Lebanon. Mental health was finally covered by the Lebanese ministry of health this year. Lebanon was preparing to legalize growing of medicinal hash the past week and Lebanese people on twitter couldn't get enough: They're already way ahead of their time.
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Average and mundane, but you'll thank us on the long run. Free Walking Tour in Beirut What: This walk happens every Tuesday, the meeting point is at Beirut Souks' main entrance.
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Look for the person with the white umbrella. Just a few years ago, Adlieh was simply an industrial neighborhood dotted with small warehouses, old factories, a few abandoned buses and graffiti-strewn walls situated along the Beirut River just outside the capital.
But over the last five years, and with the entrance of a few new players on the block, the area is beginning to transform into what To cure the Monday blues, follow the bellow instructions: Game night at Tota What: Call your friends up and head down to this Mar Mikhael spot for a chill game night. Or not so chill, if you're the competitive type. With over 60 games of
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