Hawkeye: War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.
Father Mulcahy: How do you figure that, Hawkeye?
Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them — little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.
Quote found in a discussion thread at Reddit that includes commentary on war crimes.
The traditional Slavic impulse to meet tragedy with humor is still strong. Among the Russian reactions to the war in Ukraine, this one is my favorite so far:
A snapshot of the Russian economy: an investment expert goes live on air and says his current career trajectory is to work as "Santa Claus" and then drinks to the death of the stock market. With subtitles. pic.twitter.com/XiPVTSUuks
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Be careful of the promises you make on social media. Two years ago, a Japanese artist who goes by the name Harenatsu posted a photo to her Twitter account introducing her series “small animals playing in the notebook lines.” She went on to explain that for every retweet, one animal would appear. It was retweeted […]
In 1983 Architecutral Design Magazine launched a competition to for architects to design a doll house. This book features 135 of them, we have scanned our favourites. Click each image for a link to the designer.
This Overview shows a small section of the Russian military convoy that stretches for nearly 40 miles (64 km) north of Kyiv, Ukraine. In imagery captured yesterday, the convoy extended from Antonov Airport in Hostomel to the village of Prybirs'k. As the war continues into its sixth day, deadly shelling has occurred in Kharkiv (Ukraine’s second largest city), explosions have intensified in Kyiv, and the first attempt at cease-fire talks between the two countries stalled.
Massive traffic jams formed in Kyiv, Ukraine this morning as people are attempting to flee the city following the Russian invasion of the country. Russia’s attack — the largest on a European nation since World War II — came by land, air and sea. Central European countries are already preparing for an influx of millions of refugees from Ukraine, which is home to upwards of 44 million people.
Ok, I am sharing this not because you should read at the article but because I have recently been followed by about 20 spam accounts, most of which seem to be devoted to Michael Jackson's "innocence". Has this happened to anyone else? It seems very weird, but this is such a quiet place it's also noteworthy!
The Jacksons is the first studio album by US music group The Jacksons for the record label Epic Records after leaving Motown , and the twelfth of their career (including the old unreleased album Joyful Jukebox Music under the name “Jackson 5” ), published on November 27, 1976.
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It was the group’s first studio album released by the joint venture Epic Records / Philadelphia International Records (PIR) , the first recorded with younger brother Randy and was at the same time also the first album released by the group under the name “The Jacksons “. [2]
In 2021 a new extended digital version was released with the complete album inside it with the addition of 4 bonus songs.
Background After a series of successful albums and singles with Motown, the label that launched them in 1969, the Jackson 5, pushed by their father and manager Joseph , decided to switch to CBS / Epic Records in 1976 (the deal with Motown expired on 10 March of the same year). As a matter of trademark rights, the brothers were forced to change their name to “The Jacksons”. They also had to give up their brother Jermaine , who was married to Berry Gordy ‘s daughter, the president of Motown, and had therefore decided to stay with the old record company. He was replaced by the youngest brother of all, Randy, who had already accompanied them on stage in the past, but who had not yet officially joined the group. [5]
Composition
The Jacksons portrayed in 1976 with the “J5” logo still behind them, which they soon could no longer use due to rights issues. Epic had promised the brothers greater artistic freedom than Motown, as Motown would not let the Jackson brothers write and compose their songs, which was one of the reasons they decided to change labels. Epic kept its promise by allowing the Jacksons to participate together with the writing duo Gamble / Huff and other authors in the realization of all the songs and by releasing on the album two songs written and composed entirely by the brothers, including the first song written and composed by Michael Jackson that was ever released, Blues Away . [3] The other was the song that concluded the album, Style of Life , written by Titoand Michael. The duo Gamble and Huff also composed the piece Dreamer (“Dreamer”) with Michael in mind. [6]
The tracks The album opens with the affirmations of positivity and independence from Enjoy Yourself and the energetic Think Happy , which has a soulful rhythm and gospel influences . He then moves into more nostalgic territory with Good Times , a soulful ballad about a man reflecting on the wonder of a past lover and the love they once had. Keep on Dancing has a funk groove that features a Moog bass synthesizer , arranged by Dexter Wansel, with Michael floating on the groove with some Stevie Wonder inflections in his vocal approach; the song then turns to disco music territory . We then move on to the sinuous ballad Blues Away , the first song written and composed by Michael Jackson, which centers on a young man who succumbs to sadness, feeling unable to deal with it completely. The jazz -sounding background of the song contrasts with the seemingly dark nature of its lyrics, giving the song a melancholy quality . The song also staged early examples of Michael’s percussive vocal approach, with his dramatic sobs and beatboxing , which would soon become his hallmarks. Follows Show You the Way to Go, a song that is often mistaken for a romantic song, when in reality it is an invitation to unity in the black community, as stated by its own authors. [7] Living Together and Strength of One Man , promote the feelings of brotherhood , peace and harmony while the last two songs of the album, the ethereal Dreamer and Style of Life , written by Michael and Tito, take up the themes of introspection and the romance of the first half of the album.
The album was a great success, peaking at # 6 on the Billboard Soul Album Chart and # 36 on the Billboard Overall Chart . The release single, Enjoy Yourself , peaked at number 6, remaining on the charts for 21 weeks, while the second single, Show You the Way to Go , was the band’s first and only one to reach number one on the UK charts . The album was the first in the group’s career to be certified Gold in the United States, as their previous record label, Motown, did not allow the RIAAto certify their albums until 1976. [3] The same happened with the single Enjoy Yourself , which was the group’s first single to receive Gold Disc certification. [11] [12] To promote the album, the Jacksons performed a series of concerts around the United States and made several television appearances on popular programs of the time such as The Freddie Prinze Show, The Sonny & Cher Show and The Mike Douglas Show . [7]
Jason Elias of AllMusic wrote that the duo Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff were chosen to ensure the success of the album, but added that “despite the promises, the album is hampered by derivative tracks and the lack of knowing what to do with the group, in particular with Michael Jackson »praising the latter’s interpretation of Enjoy Yourself which for the critic« perfectly captured Michael Jackson’s late adolescence , with his new vocal tics and inflections ». [13] Robert Christgau wrote that “Michael and his brothers are not powerful enough to rev up Gamble and Huff’s faltering music machine. Or is it vice versa? ” giving the album a C + rating. [14] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that “Gamble and Huff’s broad groove has a leveling effect on their new dance sound” while praising Michael Jackson’s vocal interpretation in Show You the Way to Go which “envelops his deep twist. vocal and turns into a creamy and rich double-track chorus; singing in rings around him, Michael sounds like no one else in the world ».
The Nicobar pigeon pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Malay Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau. It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas, and may be the closest living relative of the extinct dodo, as well as the extinct Rodrigues solitaire.
Yours truly popped up on Pretty Much Pop last week to unpack the throes and woes of Peanuts piece by piece. Tune in through Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Android, and wherever free podcasts are sold.
Russian street photographer Eric Kogan moves through public spaces, observing and capturing the beauty of random sights on the streets of New York, where he currently resides. Unexpected and quirky, his perfectly-timed images of city birds invite viewers to see the magic in everyday moments.
British student Cal Cole received attention for a photo he uploaded on Reddit that went viral. The 18-year-old posted a photo of a pylon against a colorful sky. The pylon, with its wires outstretching in the image, served as a sort of a stained glass window and framed the different colors in the sky. According to Cole, 14 photographs were used to create the image above. The post-production process took about five or six hours. “For a long time, I wasn’t sure how well it would turn out,” Cole told My Modern Met. “But I sent the image to my friends— something I always do as they give me an honest opinion—and they said it was one of my best photos. That’s when I realized it was something I was very happy with.”
Fight Club is getting an entirely different ending in a new online release in China, where imported films are often altered to show that the law enforcement, on the side of justice, always trumps the villain.
The 1999 film by David Fincher originally ends with the Narrator (Edward Norton) killing his split personality Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt). With the female lead Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), he then watches all the buildings explode outside the window and collapse, suggesting Tyler’s anarchist plan to destroy consumerism is in the works.
The exact opposite happens in the edit of the same film released in China. In the version on the Chinese streaming site Tencent Video, the explosion scene has been removed. Instead, viewers are told that the state successfully busted Tyler’s plan to destroy the world.
“Through the clue provided by Tyler, the police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding,” a caption said. “After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012.”
See the full story from Viola Zhou in Vice. At first I thought this was just a cute post. Then I looked at her other pieces. It’s such rich and unusual reporting.
After his 19-year-old son went missing in 2020, a Chinese man surnamed Yue quit his job as a fishing boat sailor and embarked on a searching trip across north China. Along the way, he took up all sorts of physical work to support his wife and a younger son and pay for his sick parents’ medical bills.
The 43-year-old toiled day and night. This month, in Beijing, he worked at construction sites, restaurants, office buildings, residential compounds, a trash collection point, and a shopping mall. Over the course of two weeks, he did 31 gigs, including many overnight ones, and only ate out once.
The migrant worker’s extraordinary hardship was accidentally exposed this week after he tested positive for COVID-19 and had his detailed itinerary released to the public, a routine practice by health authorities seeking to trace a patient’s possible contacts.
Yue’s tough life came as a shock to many middle-class Chinese, reminding them of an entire class of underprivileged workers who did not enjoy the prosperity brought by China’s economic boom as they did.
“This was the first time I cried reading contact-tracing information,” a person wrote on the microblogging site Weibo, where many users have expressed sympathy and sadness.
On Jan. 10, for example, he worked at a chain restaurant from midnight to 1:45 a.m., and moved to work at another branch at 2 a.m.
At 3 a.m., he started working at an office building in Beijing’s central business district. One hour later, he arrived at a suburban industrial zone 20 kilometers away. At 9 a.m., he went to work at a villa compound.
For Stanley Lai, driving a cab is a lot like being a breaking news photographer. Both jobs require overnight work, skilled driving, and a good sense of direction navigating Hong Kong’s disorienting urban space. The biggest difference is speed. He used to hit 180 km/h (112 mph) in a company Toyota Corolla speeding to the scene for the best shots. Now he follows the traffic rules—being a few seconds slower wouldn’t matter to his passengers as much as it would to his newspaper’s readers.
Following three decades of being a photojournalist, Lai was forced to make a career change at the age of 53. Last summer, police raided the newsroom of Apple Daily, Lai’s employer and Hong Kong’s most popular pro-democracy newspaper, accusing it of endangering national security. The paper was forced to shut and several hundred journalists were laid off.
Some of the reporters found jobs at other news outlets, but Lai chose to become a night-shift taxi driver. “I have always been driving,” he recalled. “It seemed to be the fastest, easiest switch.”
Manas Sharma and Simon Scarr used satellite imagery to show the scale of the Tonga eruption, which spurted a 24-mile cloud that grew to 400 miles in diameter in an hour. Notice the little Manhattan in the bottom left corner in the image above.
However, instead of leaving it at that, Sharma and Scarr animated the eruption over familiar geographic areas to better see how big it was. The cloud was big enough to cover whole countries.
The buildup of Russian military forces along the border with Ukraine is visible in these images from January 19th. Military vehicles, battle group tents, and other equipment has been stockpiled in Yelnya, Russia (257 km from Ukraine) and Klimovo, Russia (13 km from Ukraine), respectively. Roughly 100,000 Russian troops have been deployed to various locations along the border, and Western nations have threatened sanctions and potential deployments of their own if the situation continues to escalate.
On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 civil rights supporters gathered in Washington, D.C. to hear Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Listeners stretched from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial all the way to the Washington Monument, a distance of nearly one mile (1.3 km). Today—the third Monday of January—marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day in America, a day to remember his life and contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.
We’re back! Yesterday, an underwater volcano known as Hunga Tonga erupted near the remote Pacific nation of Tonga, sending plumes of gas and ash thousands of feet into the atmosphere. The explosion was so powerful it was captured by numerous weather satellites and sent a four-foot tsunami wave into the capital city of Nuku’alofa. Tsunami warnings were also issued in Japan and for the Western coast of the United States. The shots here include two images from Planet Labs, one in the days leading up to the eruption (Jan. 12) and after with the center on the volcanic island blown away (Jan. 15), as well as a video captured by Tonga’s meteorological agency.
After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, the United States promptly recalled its troops in August. Chaos ensued as the Taliban swept through the country to reclaim control. Days of turmoil unfolded at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, where thousands gathered with the hopes of evacuation on departing jets. As 2021 ends, many Afghan people are still attempting to flee the country.
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Be careful of the promises you make on social media. Two years ago, a Japanese artist who goes by the name Harenatsu posted a photo to her Twitter account introducing her series “small animals playing in the notebook lines.” She went on to explain that for every retweet, one animal would appear. It was retweeted […]
