Entries associated with the tag "Russia":

I've heard a lot of stories about Moscow nightlife from DJs who've been flown over there to spin for what turned out to be rooms full of ballin' mafiya dudes and their hooker girlfriends, which led me to believe that the worst thing you have to worry about when you're making the Russian scene is getting ruthlessly murdered by thugs in Versace. But as bad as that would be, I think getting blinded by a laser at a rave might actually suck worse.

On one hand you get to, you know, survive the incident, but on the other hand try getting this out of your head: "Powerful lasers can cause eye damage instantly by burning the delicate light sensitive cells in the retina or by heating the fluid in the eye, causing a small steam explosion." NO THANKS DUDE.

According to this item in the New York Times blog The Lede, "Deep Purple are heading for Moscow as a farewell gift to Dmitry Medvedev, the chairman of gas giant Gazprom and almost certainly Russia’s next president. . . . The rock group will perform at a show Gazprom is putting on at the Kremlin to mark the 15th anniversary of the firm’s creation, industry sources told Reuters."

Apparently Russia will not become any less dependent on fossil fuels anytime soon, har har.

Medvedev would have been too young to have seen Deep Purple at their peak even if it weren't for that Iron Curtain thing. (For those keeping score, he's four years younger than Barack Obama.)