Word: sirened
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...siren call became too tempting, especially after an offhand-yet-impeccably-timed remark made last spring. She and Edison were lounging around the spacious apartment they share in Hong Kong's Mid-Levels when Chen observed that her brother's life looked "kinda fun." During a radio interview the next day, Edison was asked if either of his two sisters (eldest sister Olivia is a marketing manager in Hong Kong) wanted to be artists. He responded that Tricia did, and the media spread the news. Paparazzi started chasing her. Not long after, Albert Yeung, chairman of Emperor Entertainment Group...
...unit of cultural consumption hardly exists: Dad watches ESPN, Mom does Lifetime, Little Bro works his Game Boy Advance, and Kid Sis is a Powerpuff Girl. Besides, children can read too. They know that parents strongly cautioned means kids desperately wanted. The whisper of the forbidden is their siren call...
...unit of cultural consumption hardly exists: Dad watches espn, Mom does Lifetime, Little Bro works his Game Boy Advance, and Kid Sis is a Powerpuff Girl. Besides, children can read too. They know that parents strongly cautioned means kids desperately wanted. The whisper of the forbidden is their siren call...
...this just the siren call of escapism? Or is there more to it: a kind of primitive, vicarious therapy? Deep waters seem to lead naturally to deep thoughts, and there's something about gazing into the ocean that makes us look into ourselves. In Moby-Dick, Ishmael heads for the open ocean as a way of dealing with depression. "As everyone knows," Melville observes, "meditation and water are wedded forever." With those fluid thoughts in mind, here are eight of the best and briniest sea books of the summer...
...they have their own siren. Koyanagi not only resembles Alicia Keys in appearance, but she's got similar pipes too. Koyanagi's smooth ballads and hip-hop dance track Boyz Don't Cry are worthy additions to any R. and B. collection. Most female J-Pop music is as heartfelt as sliced toast. In Koyanagi's case, her soulful, ballsy croon sounds genuine, albeit incomprehensible at times. That Koyanagi sings in English-a language she does not understand-makes the album an even greater achievement...