This year, Saudi authorities are advising caution in direct sunlight, telling pilgrims to avoid going out during the day and uncovering their heads, except for rituals, unless necessary.
“We’re dressing the sound,” Wolfe explained. “I grew up in the theater. Being able to escape and feeling like, you know, you can put on your costume, put on your uniform and become something else for a moment in time. Even though it feels honest and real and close to the heart, there’s something magical about it.”“When you look at us, we wanted you to see one,” she said. “We didn’t want you to see two.”
The gimmick served them well as they sought to make a name for themselves, Laessig said. “We were touring in the van and doing festivals and nobody had a clue who we were, but we walked around in matching outfits. People were like, ‘What is this about?’ Oh, come see us. We’re playing at this stage at 3 p.m.”Their collaborative nature is a strength they have brought to working on projects with other musicians.“People who bring us in know that they’re going to have something that’s solid between the two of us,” she said. “We just speak each other’s language. And we like building worlds within worlds. Luckily we’ve been given the freedom in all of these different projects to be us.”
Wolfe and Laessig arrive at the Grammy Awards in 2024. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Wolfe and Laessig arrive at the Grammy Awards in 2024. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Real life brings its parallels, too. They live in homes minutes from each other and, within the past year or so, both gave birth to babies.
Collaborating with others has its strengths, and Lucius brought in Madison Cunningham and The War on Drugs to work with them on two songs on the new album. But becoming known for their work with others comes with a risk attached, that they lose sight of themselves in the process.SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Un tribunal de conciencia declaró culpables el martes a tres altos mandos en retiro de las fuerzas armadas de El Salvador por el asesinato de cuatro periodistas holandeses en 1982 mientras cubrían la guerra civil en el país centroamericano.
A 43 años del asesinato de los periodistas holandeses, el tribunal —compuesto por cinco mujeres— encontró culpables del crimen al exministro de la Defensa, general José Guillermo García, de 91 años; al exdirector de la extinta Policía de Hacienda, coronel Francisco Morán, de 93 años; y al excomandante de la Cuarta Brigada de Infantería, con sede en Chalatenango, coronel Mario Adalberto Reyes Mena, de 85 años.Se trata del primer caso de crímenes de guerra en llegar a etapa de vista pública en El Salvador.
Los procesados no estuvieron presentes durante la vista pública. El general García y el coronel Morán, que según se asegura presentan estado de salud delicado, permanecen bajo custodia policial en un hospital privado de San Salvador, mientras que Reyes Mena vive en Estados Unidos. Laordenó en marzo pasado que se iniciaran los trámites de extradición ante ese país.