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Music: “Nude” — Radiohead, remixed by Holy Fuck (because that’s what you say when you hear it)

Went to Hong Kong over spring break. It’s sort of a cross between a tropical rainforest and Beijing. Plus a lot of banks. When you go to the top of a hill and look down at the city, you get dizzy, not because the hill is tall but because the buildings are. It’s the same feeling as when you crane your head to look straight up at the sky on a very clear day and for a moment have trouble staying on your two feet.

That’s all. Hong Kong: the city that induces vertigo.