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...final corner a little ways ahead, and run even faster. And then, when I make my move onto the final homestretch and see thousands of people lined up on either side of me and a beautiful blue “Finish” sign off in the distance, I shout with joy and start sprinting...
Kites hovering ahead of us indicated a ger. The tradition is to shout "Hold the dog!" on approaching to warn the occupants to restrain their snarling mastiff. Let the horsemen deal with formal greetings. They'll produce a snuff bottle from the upper folds of their gowns, which double as carryalls, and hand it over for a snort while exchanging a long handshake. Bring appetite enough for thick, yak-milk yogurt, cheese and marmot meat hot from a dung-fired stove. Try fermented cow's or mare's milk. After a bowl or two, you'll be ready to invade...
...dramatic gestures, unless someone is smoking (and in Chinese films, everybody smokes, all the time). All these movies drop one big hint: in a totalitarian society, where anyone may be a government snitch, it's best to keep one's feelings and agenda hidden. To speak up, to shout or plead, is to be noticed; to be noticed is to risk being denounced. Best to blend into the scenery, to seem a gray person in a gray nation. Or to be a twisted bureaucrat (in He Jianjun's Postman or Ning Ying's On the Beat, both 1995). Only then...
Taking their name from a type of cock ring, Arab Strap are probably best known for the unsolicited shout-out given by fellow Scots Belle and Sebastian on that band's third album, The Boy with the Arab Strap. Musically, the two bands are quite different. If the bouncy, wistful melodies of Belle and Sebastian are good for a late morning walk, Arab Strap are a comedown band, music to keep you company after all the bars are closed. Their first few albums were steeped in alcohol and sadness; indeed, Arab Strap's finest release, a live album, is titled...
...festival inspired a nation-wide cult among college students, who would shout "I want my Bogie" in cinemas across the countries...