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Entries from December 2008

Music Meme

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Stole this meme off someone’s blog!
If someone new were in your car, what song on your player would you be quickest to skip out of embarrassment:
Probably the Harry Potter soundtrack/s or Pussycat Dolls or something like that. Nah, I like whatever sounds good–and if my fellow passengers can’t get over that, then they fear my [...]

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Tags: Music

Score: The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard

August 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Hehe, finally, I update with reviews! Just as The Dark Knight surpassed all expectations, so too has its music score—a remarkable creative achievement from the collaboration between two of Hollywood’s A-list composers, Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Last Samurai, The Da Vinci Code) and James Newton Howard (The Village, Blood Diamond, Signs). Where Batman Begins set [...]

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Tags: Film · Music

Beijing Welcomes You

August 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Like nearly every other Chinese and those in the know, I watched the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics last Friday, 8/8/08 at 8:08pm—if you couldn’t tell, 8 is a very significant number in Chinese superstition (it’s a homophone of “prosperity”). We’ve waited 7 years for this moment, and despite the heavy, and often [...]

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Tags: Current Affairs · Life