2012 endings: What we'll miss most
It's so hard to recall in December things that happened in January. Don't believe me? Look at the Oscars; filmmakers and distributors try to cram their new releases into the last two months of the year, fearful that January is as distant as 1776 in the minds of Oscar voters. So here's a little trolling through spotty memory lane to note and lament some matters of heft and moment that we will say goodbye to along with 2012 itself. -- Patt Morrison
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Pussy Riot( Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / Getty Images )
Partly just because it was so much fun watching TV anchors saying "Pussy Riot." The Russian guerrilla band grrrls are as much about politics and performance as music, and for their February act in Moscow's main cathedral, three were convicted and two are serving time in prison camps. They became a cause celebre of a different sort in the West, where Sting and Madonna championed their cause. And it doesn't hurt that they're cute. Not so much love in the motherland, however. A Russian court just ruled that websites can't even keep up videos of the band's illicit anti-Kremlin "punk prayer" performance in the Moscow cathedral -- this after nearly 2.5 million views. Yeah, that's gonna work.
Above: Members of "Pussy Riot" sit in a glass-walled cage in a Moscow court on Oct. 10. |
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