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| Back-Up Band for the "Syrian Wayne Newton" (more Annie Jacobson) |
| 2004-07-22 |
| The Syrian Wayne Newton The man inadvertently behind a scare in the skies. By Clinton W. Taylor Annie Jacobsen's recent piece for WomensWallStreet.Com made waves. Her account of flying with her family while 14 Middle Eastern passengers acted in a threatening and apparently coordinated manner makes for a terrifying read. Her article captures her sickening sense of both uncertainty and inevitability as what might possibly have been the next 9/11 unfolded around her. . . . . .An hour later I was talking to the nice folks at Sycuan Casino & Resort, near San Diego. Unlike most casinos where it's all Elvis impersonators, Paul Anka, and Linda Ronstadt — oh, wait, scratch that last one — Sycuan books the occasional "ethnic music" show, too. In August, for example, they'll have a Vietnamese night. "Oh, do you mean Arab music?" inquired Angie, who answered Sycuan's phone. Yes, they had had an Arab act perform on July 1, an artist named Nour Mehana. Terry, Angie's supervisor at Sycuan, confirmed that he was there and that there was probably a backup band brought in, since there's no house band at Sycuan. In fractions of a second, Mr. Google found a website for Sycuan's event promoters, Anthem Artists, whose archive confirms Nour Mehana performed at Sycuan on 7/01/04. And then I noticed something that was truly terrifying, something linking Nour Mehana to a figure of such repulsive evil that I felt a rush of prickly fear not unlike Jacobsen's: Just one week later, the same company that arranged Mehana's performance, also booked Carrot Top! Carrot Top / Syrian Wayne Newton : Makes Sense to Me. Frightening! HERE IS A LINK TO SAMPLES OF THE MUSIC OF "WAYNE OF DAMASCUS" Nour Mehana : Live In Los Angeles YES! THAT'S THE TITLE OF THE CD! With this odd tale, and Sandy Berger sticking Highly Classified National Archive Documents down his trousers, I expect to see flying elephants pretty soon. . . . |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #2 Somewhere out there in the blogosphere Annie's saying those aren't the guys I saw. |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2004-07-22 5:30:30 PM |
| #1 "This band sucks!" /Beavis |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-07-22 2:50:12 PM |