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...breakthrough album, “Citrus,” came out in 2006, it filled a gap in underground music. Loud enough to satisfy My Bloody Valentine fanatics but pretty enough to entice indie pop listeners, the album acquired a large and diverse audience. The band soon developed a reputation for intense live performances fueled by pounding drums and passionate vocals, but listening to their new release, “Hush,” one would find this hard to believe. Leaving rock sensibilities behind in favor of meandering pop musings, Asobi Seksu has transformed into a far less exciting...
...instance, or the impressive Mount Fuji—their prevalence trivializes Rudi’s earnest attempt to reconcile his past wrongs with a renewed love for his wife. As generic and exaggerated symbols, their impact wanes by the story’s conclusion.Succumbing to mortality almost as soon as it reaches the peak of its blooming season, the image of the cherry blossom may be effective in grounding certain larger themes in perspective. Regrettably, in reference to the film’s unique take on a subject already revered for generations, the innovation gets lost in translation...
...become clear that CCTV employees were to blame for starting the fire that destroyed the Television Cultural Center. They ignored a government regulation forbidding the usage of fireworks and chose the unfinished building as a backdrop for their display. It soon became a chaotic spectacle, after some of the explosions ignited flammable materials within the building’s internal walls...
...Calderón put the army on the front lines of the fight against cartels as soon he took office in December 2006. There are now some 50,000 troops deployed against the gangsters, both in the marijuana-growing mountains and in cities such as Juarez, Monterrey and Tijuana. That campaign has coincided with skyrocketing violence, as criminal gangs wage war on government forces and on one another, leaving more than 5,300 dead last year. Many citizens support the soldiers, whom they see as Mexico's only hope against thugs armed with high-powered rifles and rocket-propelled grenades...
...Soon after his arrest police shifted him from the country jail in the heart of the fire zone to Melbourne out of fear for his safety. A judge suppressed his name but he was soon outed on the Internet. Bloggers brayed for his execution and condemned him to burn in hell. He is now in solitary confinement...