Word: tragic
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...weren't actually the people themselves . . . It's interesting to me that people have been so interested in them. I think one of the reasons out of many of the reasons, apart from the fact they did write some super poetry, and their lives were sadly tragic, I think part of it is that people in a way almost analyze themselves through their subject. This is just my guess...
Alas, my fate is far more tragic. I have been told that I live in a metaphorical bubble, transcending space and probably time, so impermeable that not the slightest trace of the real world can reach me. That’s right, I live in the Harvard Bubble...
...further exploration of Air’s quite apparent Asian fetish, is closer to “Talkie Walkie” than any of the proceeding tracks. The song even comes fully equipped with a bridge devoid of all other sounds besides waves crashing and a tragic-sounding mandolin. “Redhead Girl” finally brings the album’s latent intensity to the forefront. The peaceful wind chimes that open the song lead into a heartbeat’s thump and grave chords strikingly similar to those in Berlin’s “Take...
...older Modest Mouse tracks, “Dashboard” is a simple song that some may find a bit too tailored for radio. But really, this video isn’t about trying to say something new; it’s about fun, friends, and fish. Telling the tragic tale of a retired tidal traveler, the video shows a few old salts recalling their glory days on the ocean over pints of grog. But one yarn seems to top them all: Brock’s story about pursuing the one fish that got away. We are taken through...
...doubtful, however, that Japan would be ready to listen. The abductions were tragic - as anyone would know who has heard the elderly parents of abductee Megumi Yokota tell of their daughter, snatched near her home at the age of 13 by North Korean agents, never to be seen by her family again. But under Abe the quarter-century old kidnappings are increasingly taking precedence over the North Korean nuclear program on Japan's foreign policy agenda - and that is not healthy. His administration has connected Japan's tough sanctions against North Korean trade not to nuclear weapons...