Where Melodrama was Lorde’s quintessential young-romance breakup album, Solar Power is partly about breaking up with pop stardom. It begins with that camera-nightmare scene and ends in “Oceanic Feeling” by foreseeing the singer removing the lordly robe she once sang she wore “like no one could,” throwing it on a sacrificial “pyre,” and withdrawing into “the choir.”
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Mansfield, 72, died in Sydney 16 October, with his partner of 40 years, musician Sharon O'Neill, and family by his side.
We cannot ignore the history intertwined with Wagner: it carries deep, troubling associations for many.
It’s all ‘safe’ and ‘inclusive’ until you have a different opinion.
Many representatives of the developing world think it is crazy to talk about giving up private cars, abundant electricity and eating meat. They want a high living standard for their countries. They view President Trump as the leader who can restore sanity to climate and energy policy.
Even the Canucks have had it with mass immigration and multiculturalism.
