her name is rio

February 24th, 2005

Duran Duran: Pitchfork Live Review

“Apparently, though, it was “Rio” that we all came to hear, and the band made us wait ’til the finale to get it. Rekindled, reminiscing, we sang along like goony teenagers, painfully aware that it’s been 20 years and nobody’s getting any younger.”

Man is Rio my favorite Duran Duran track or what.

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2 Responses

  1. selmin

    you have a favourite duran duran track? omigod

  2. lokman

    don’t dish the popular/low culture, man. you obviously have not been sniffing the cultural studies books enough.

book and sword : gratitude and revenge

is the first novel written by Jin Yong. The protagonist is Chan Ka Lok, who is the leader of the Red Flower Society. The book title refers to Ka Lok being famous for being well-versed in culture and martial arts, but also for having to make a difficult ethical decision. My father named me and my brother after him.

The subtitle is from a poem Desiderata