Jezebel (Free subscription) | 01/12/2010
French rapper Diam's is no stranger to controversy: at the forefront of France's hip-hop scene, she lyrically confronts issues like classism, racism, and politics. However, recent headlines focus not... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Foreign Policy Watch (Free subscription) | 01/11/2010
So, this departs a bit from the usual focus of this blog, but hey, it's my byline and I'll write what I want to. There's a quick piece over at Bitch Magazine highlighting the new work of French emcee Diam's . It caught my eye because, while I won't claim to have heard everything she's ever recorded, I've always thought her takedown of the Le Pen clan (the existence of which serves as a welcome reminder...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
France's best-selling rap singer Diam's released a new album Monday after a three-year hiatus that has seen the 29-year-old voice of Paris suburban angst undergo psychiatric treatment and embrace Islam. The musical comeback of the Cypriot-born star came one month after she caused a stir when photos of her wearing a long black headscarf at a Paris area mosque were published in celebrity magazines....
MR's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Mélanie Georgiades aka Diam’s was spotted by the French media wearing hijab with her Muslim husband. She had this to say about the conversion: “Medicine was not able to heal my soul, so I turned toward religion”. I wonder what Sarkozy and all those French hijab-haters have to say about France’s pop icon rocking the hijab. [...] Related posts: Guantanamo Guard Converts...
French Politics (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
A few women in burqas are nothing compared to 250,000 fans of Diam's following her conversion to Islam on the Match site . This is a sign worth noting.
Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Diam, a wine bottle closure manufacturer, has reduced its carbon footprint by 12 percent to bring it in-line with the carbon footprint of natural cork production. The company focused its efforts on reducing emissions from energy consumption and incoming materials to reduce its carbon footprint. Diam also terminated the sale of screwcaps due to their high [...]
McDuff's Food & Wine Trail (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
“Garanti sans goût de bouchon.” Guaranteed not to be corked. Really? Jamie Goode , one of the industry’s authorities on the science behind wine closures, seems to think so: ”DIAM is a "technical cork" made by combining small granules of cork with synthetic microspheres to form an in-neck closure that performs very similarly to a high-grade natural cork, but without...
The Paris Blog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
A musician acquaintance of mine randomly called me a few days ago to ask if I would be interested in singing some opera/choir type music for Diam’s, a female French rap artist. Not knowing who Diam’s is, I said “yeah sure…I’m no opera singer but I can certainly fake it.” You know, cause I’m SO hip [...]
T O O G (Free subscription) | 07/25/2009
It was fun to discover this new musical project by a friend. Being a huge fan of Georges Brassens, he started to cover songs in the Georges Brassens style, and it gives amazing results. Of course, if someone's reading this blog outside of France, he won't have heard of the actress Isabelle Adjani as a singer (Le Pull = Pull marine, a 1984 Serge Gainsbourg's song), or the french rappeuse Diam's (La...
Decanter.com (Free subscription) | 04/24/2009
Closure manufacturer Oeneo has successfully protected the technology behind its Diam 'technical cork' in a court victory against rival closure companies.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/22/2009
LONDON, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Oeneo, manufacturer of technical closure DIAM, has today (22nd April) successfully defended a challenge to its patented super-critical technology in the European Office of the Patent in Munchen.The challenge was filed by cork producers against Oeneo and the government owned French Atomic Agency CEA, which jointly own the exclusive rights to the patented DIAM super-critical...
Sundries (Free subscription) | 02/20/2009
Having set up Diam's La Boulette for you, as well as Florence Foresti, now I can show you a compare-contrast which you will get. Here is Sègoléne Royal , the first female candidate for the French Presidency , dancing (awkwardly) to La Boulette. In fact, none other than Florence Foresti parodied her, in a very famous cutting skit. It is said this little dancing performance by "Sego"...
Parisian Party (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Oh, man- this post is going to come back to haunt me Precious at precious nuptials & destinations tagged me for this new “embarrassing song” game. I’m to share 5 songs that I’m embarrassed to admit to others that I like and tell why. Then I have to bring 7 more sucka’s down [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 01/28/2008
FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EMI Christian Music Group (CMG), the world's largest Christian music organization, and
Why Travel To France (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
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