Two days ago, the New York Philharmonic held a press conference to announce a new venture within the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: acting as cultural ambassadors, Executive Director Z.Z. Zarin Mehta will send the NYPhil to the DPRK for a two-day musical festival in the capital Pyongyang, ending with a concert on February 26, 2008 under Maestro Maazel. This will be the first time an American orchestra has ever played in the DPRK, and hope they will act accordingly, wearing shorts, firing semi-automatic weapons, munching on twinkies, popping ritalin, and drinking starbucks frapps as they sit in the pit.
The New York Post, one of NYC’s most entertaining newspapers (it costs a freaking quarter) that consistently creates the lamest headlines ever (In May 2007, when NY Yankee's hitter Alex Rodriguez, a.k.a "A-Rod" was seen taking out a blond who wasn't his wife, their headline screamed "STRAY-ROD") fires back hilariously in an ALL CAPS 22 font article, “SYMPHONY FOR THE DEVIL”, and goes on to document a laundry list of offenses from the North Korean government under their most entertaining royalty, Kim Jong-Illiest. We're siding with The New York Post on this one based on headline alone. A++