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...sympathy with the nuclear weapons dropped on Japan. The old villains were now victims; those damaged faces seized the heart with the same violent poignancy as the corpses at Auschwitz. From this collective sorrow and guilt, two genres were spawned. In the Godzilla movies, atomic blasts awaken a prehistoric monster (and he still hasn't gone back to sleep; the series continues today). There were also more serious parables of doomed romance, in which an unlikely couple represents the puniness of mankind in the smirking face of Armageddon. The glistening sand on the skin of the lovers in Hiroshima...
...York chefs are happy to comply. Ruby Foo's serves up unabashedly inauthentic creations, like a grilled pineapple, kiwi and mango maki with a neon-green cilantro sauce. Monster Sushi features the fist-sized Monster Roll: eel, shrimp, avocado, asparagus, mushroom, flying-fish roe and spinach. Even more shocking: Sushi Samba combines salmon, shiso, jalapeño, red onions, eel and gooey melted mozzarella in its El Topo Roll (accompanied by spicy mayo and onion fritters...
...Still, this does not make Bob Kerrey a monster; merely one of thousands of young Americans sent by their leaders to do an often monstrous job. Raised in the belief that their nation fought always and only for freedom and sent to Vietnam ostensibly to protect its people from an invading force of communists from the north, Kerrey and his men - like hundreds of thousands of others - found themselves in a moral vortex. While the politicians in far-off Washington never had their illusions challenged by daily reality, those sent to do the fighting were quickly apprised of the fact...
...album—that is, until Gnecco starts screaming, again. The edgy songs on the album reflect a tormented, anguished soul, a feeling which is backed up by the intermittent screams. The titles of the songs speak for themselves: “I’m a Monster,” “Miseryhead,” “Dancing Alone,” “Bleed.” Does anyone see a pattern...
...album—that is, until Gnecco starts screaming, again. The edgy songs on the album reflect a tormented, anguished soul, a feeling which is backed up by the intermittent screams. The titles of the songs speak for themselves: “I’m a Monster,” “Miseryhead,” “Dancing Alone,” “Bleed.” Does anyone see a pattern...