Lyric Stash

Khalifes give classic film new lease on life (The Daily Star Lebannon)
The music arising from Rami Khalife's piano is by turns sinister and ethereal. Above him, the devilish Mephistopheles, or Mephisto (Emil Jannings), quarrels with one of God's Archangels over the Earth. They make a wager on the soul of the pious scholar Faust (Gosta Ekman), God's favorite earthling.

Nigeria: Illegal Petrol Stations in Sokoto Zone Worries DPR (AllAfrica.com)
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Sokoto has decried the increasing construction of illegal petrol stations in the zone.

Prime Solution Introduces Its New Surge Protective Device In The Chinese Market (ECOnline)
Prime Solution Co., Ltd, a manufacturer of solutions for lightening and power quality in South Korea, announced that they have finished the development of new 'SurgeBox H,K,J,C,P series' and will launch them in China and other Asia-Pacific markets

A Brave, Nervous, Hopeful New World (Santa Barbara Independent)
Being in Berlin immediately following Obama Day, it seemed proper to make a pilgrimage to the Rathaus Schöneberg, where, in 1963, John F. Kennedy made his legendary goodwill speech with the line ?I am a small donut? (one actual translation of ?ich bin ein Berliner?).

Arts Brief: Lips Flick (New York Press)
The guys from the Flaming Lips are spending this week in Cassadaga, New York, dealing with some last-minute technical changes to the soundtrack of their new movie, Christmas on Mars. Wayne Coyne, the fabulous frontman of Oklahoma?s most psychedelic band, took time to talk about the sci-fi fantasy, which opened at the KGB Bar cinema last week.