TSUNAMI
本当に本当に名曲です！いつもは正直言って、歌詞の意味が分からなかったりもしましたが、これは素晴らしいです！どっと溢れた気持ちを「津波」に例えるなんて、素敵ですよね。予想通りこの曲は大ﾋｯﾄしましたが！！
バラッド3 ~the album of LOVE~
今、私は22歳ですが、それは、私が20歳だったころ、テレビから慕情が流れてきて、なんだこのすてきな歌は、っと、、、。そう思ってあわててCDを買いに行きました。そこにあったのが、このバラット3でした。それが私のサザンとの出会いです。この中には、気になってた慕情はもちろん。名曲、真夏の果実や涙のキッス、2枚目には、愛の言霊、TSUNAMI、LOVEAFFAIR、など私の世代でも知ってるヒット曲が入っていて、即買いしました。もちろん、内容ははずれなし。こんなに良い曲があるのか、、、っと、今迄知らなかった自分を恥じるほど。もし、22歳前後で、サザンを知らない可哀相な人がいたら、このバラッド3をすすめてあげてください。その後、どんどん、桑田さんのCDを買い始めるでしょう。これほど、完成度の高いバラードを、個性的なロックを、お洒落でユーモアのある、幅広い曲を作れるのは、桑田さんだけでは?。声もしゃがれてて格好いいし。戦後日本の、最高レベルのミュージシャンだ。
HOTEL PACIFIC
この曲、HOTEL PACIFICですね。
ライブでサイコーに盛り上がるHOTEL PACIFIC、ベスト盤には入っていないからサザンファンならこのシングルは絶対にGetすべきです！
手拍子の練習をして、再始動に備えましょう！
ライブでサイコーに盛り上がるHOTEL PACIFIC、ベスト盤には入っていないからサザンファンならこのシングルは絶対にGetすべきです！
手拍子の練習をして、再始動に備えましょう！
SURVIVING THE 2011 TSUNAMI:100 Testimonies of Ishinomaki Area Survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake 【英語版】津波からの生還 東日本大震災・石巻地方100人の証言
Full disclosure, I have lived in the Tohoku Region for a year and hold a strong interest in disaster engineering, mitigation, and management. Also, the head editor of this book is a former professor of mine. So there may be some bias on my part.
I was very alarmed by the dramatic and chaotic imagery televised in near-real time. I felt a great sense of helplessness that was in no way unique to myself. The awesome power of this event was something that would have become a fable of nature's untamed spirit and would have likely carried on in folk lore were we not exhaustively documented as it was.
Reading first hand accounts of danger, narrow escape, and actual conditions on the ground provided me with invaluable knowledge that was generally glossed over in the news or raw data. Knowing that people, some of the most prepared in the world, could still suffer so greatly serves as a powerful reminder that we all live in the shadow of nature. Where sweeping aerial scenes of the destruction fall short, this book and its interviews provide the necessary dose of raw ground level detail, as well as the though process and emotions experienced by those in the Tsunami's path. While reading I observed that most of the survivors manage to maintain hope and optimism despite the trauma they had to endure. Such optimism in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds makes this worthy of reading in its own right.
tl/dr:
This book is a wealth of data, as well as a powerful reminder that there is no substitute for preparation, and when that isn't enough, the incredible strength of the human spirit. I highly recommend it.
I was very alarmed by the dramatic and chaotic imagery televised in near-real time. I felt a great sense of helplessness that was in no way unique to myself. The awesome power of this event was something that would have become a fable of nature's untamed spirit and would have likely carried on in folk lore were we not exhaustively documented as it was.
Reading first hand accounts of danger, narrow escape, and actual conditions on the ground provided me with invaluable knowledge that was generally glossed over in the news or raw data. Knowing that people, some of the most prepared in the world, could still suffer so greatly serves as a powerful reminder that we all live in the shadow of nature. Where sweeping aerial scenes of the destruction fall short, this book and its interviews provide the necessary dose of raw ground level detail, as well as the though process and emotions experienced by those in the Tsunami's path. While reading I observed that most of the survivors manage to maintain hope and optimism despite the trauma they had to endure. Such optimism in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds makes this worthy of reading in its own right.
tl/dr:
This book is a wealth of data, as well as a powerful reminder that there is no substitute for preparation, and when that isn't enough, the incredible strength of the human spirit. I highly recommend it.
