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...story. Days after his death, China's most progressive newspaper, Southern Weekend, weighed in with a characteristically cheeky eulogy. It condemned Zhang's violence but bucked the official line by mythologizing the outlaw's deeds. Zhang represents "the weak" of China, the paper wrote, and showed more pluck than corrupt officials who "feign civility while filching riches." Now Zhang has reached from his grave to claim a new victim: China's liveliest paper...
Like their minimalist Teutonic predecessors, Couch keep it simple. The instrumentation is piano, bass, guitar, drums, with occasional subtle strings or horns. Piano parts often serve as second bass lines, guitars pluck high harmonic, and drums are generally satisfyingly Zeppelin-like. The real beauty of the album, though, comes from the strong melodies—every track is pretty, and “Everything on Traces” (“Alle auf Pause”) and the opening “Plan” are gorgeous. Song structures may be straightforward, but never boring. As great minimalists from Steve...
Like their minimalist Teutonic predecessors, Couch keep it simple. The instrumentation is piano, bass, guitar, drums, with occasional subtle strings or horns. Piano parts often serve as second bass lines, guitars pluck high harmonic, and drums are generally satisfyingly Zeppelin-like. The real beauty of the album, though, comes from the strong melodies—every track is pretty, and “Everything on Traces” (“Alle auf Pause”) and the opening “Plan” are gorgeous. Song structures may be straightforward, but never boring. As great minimalists from Steve...
...left hand corner of a kiosk in the yard, a sign advertising “Let’s Go Amsterdam” asks passers-by, “Want to Pluck a Tulip?” with a photograph of a teenage female figure staring alluringly at her audience. Just a joke...
Shanghai babies are always on the lookout for something better. They research their stock portfolio. They sweep on their mascara and pluck their eyebrows to craft the perfect face. They play the part of sex kitten with lots of meow, because that's what men want. But the strobe exposes the girls for what they really are. The flashes of harsh, white light strip Fifi's face of her makeup - and her contrivance. In that freeze-frame instant, Fifi isn't a sexy sophisticate, just an innocent girl searching for love. In a place called Babylon, where Shanghai babies pretend...