East NY'er sends us this blurb:
Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov has deemed recorded music a negative influence on society and banned it from public events, TV and weddings.
Niyazov has already banned opera and ballet from the former Soviet state, saying they were unnecessary, the BBC reported.
"Unfortunately, one can see on television old voiceless singers lip-synching their old songs, Niyazov told his cabinet regarding music on TV. "Don't kill talents by using lip-synching ... create our new culture."
In 2001, Niyazov, the country's president for life, banned gold tooth caps, long hair and beards on young men.
He has also banned car radios, closed all hospitals except those in the capital and renamed calendar months after his relatives, the BBC said.
Source: Washington Times
(Sounds like some people I know)
oh C'mon, who are you trying to compare him to?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure he is a role model for fanatical elements worldwide, whether Muslim or, lehavdil, Jew. You gotta love his "official" biography as posted on the Turkmenistanian Embassy's website: http://www.turkmenistanembassy.org/turkmen/gov/presbio.html
ReplyDeleteNotice his interests listed at the end of the bio. Cute, ain't it?
Sounds like a sensative man... is he Jewish? Why do we see his mug here in the tent?
ReplyDeletewell, I do some Niyazovs in Boro Park, but they're Bukharians.
ReplyDeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteHT,
ReplyDeleteWasnt Kurenitzer going to post subscription information to Chaim Shoulson's paper here?
I never saw it. Maybe you can ask him for it agan?
The guy sounds like a nut overall, but I kind of like the ban on canned music and lipsyncing. I heard Ashlee Simpson was cancelling her tour of Turkmenistan.
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