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Samogon, which literally means self distilled, had its heyday in the mid 1980s when Mikhail Gorbachev enforced his alcohol reforms which, among other things, restricted sales to certain stories and prohibited restaurants from serving drinks before 2 p.m. It was a mini-Prohibition and, to get their lips on hooch, people were making alcohol with anything they had. One popular recipe suggested putting yeast, sugar and milk into a washing machine, switching it on a two hour cycle and then distilling the result. In rural Russia, peasants drank heart medication because they believed it contained alcohol...
...doing a lot of lovely, subtle work. But at the same time there is that Eliza thing. And that's kind of the premise of the show: no matter how often they tell her who she is, Echo is always in there somewhere, struggling to get out, and to self-actualize. That is Eliza's story, and it's also who she physically is. So the match is perfect...
...band-naming since the exclamation point in Panic! At the Disco. Thankfully, Kip, Kurt, Alex, and Peggy—who, in a seeming reversal on their word count policy, prefer to forego their surnames—are much better at making music than they were at christening themselves.On their self-titled debut album, they prove themselves to be unapologetically dedicated to crafting tight and wistful three-minute pop songs. Boy-girl, matchy-matchy harmonies are blissfully paired with jangling rhythms and mumbled chords.To say that POBPAH’s music is derived from Twee—that dainty, sweet style...
...secular Jew, Lieberman has drawn criticism from religious conservatives for saying he would allow civil marriage ceremonies and Arab self-rule in areas of Jerusalem - raising fears he plans to "de-Judaise" Israel...
...This, of course, creates a sense of hopelessness - and nothing cuts down on humanitarian, foreign and development assistance so much as the jaded diminution of hope. The nation most in need of investment gets the least by the cruel logic that it is the most broken. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy that ultimately fosters indifference in the guise of wisdom. (See pictures of the fallout in the Congo by James Nachtwey...