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Punk Harron Rock
574 wordsIt's 1990 and many people say punk is dead. Others say punk is still dying. Still others say the story of rock and roll is nearly over. Such people have at least learned one thing from punk: they have adopted the same blind pessimism that caused so many bands to burn out so quickly. Many believers of this theory often see only the superficial qualities of the subculture made visible through the mass media. The fashion and the well-publicized scandals of Sid Vicious and friends were as far as mos...
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Vincent Van Starry Night
424 wordsVincent Van Gogh's Starry Night is a marvelous painting in which Van Gogh paints a picture that is colorful and descriptive. This painting can be described as mysterious and intriguing. It can signify a variety of moods, objects, and atmosphere. Van Gogh portrays a small French town located in the countryside. This town is characterized by rolling mountains, big starry sky, small houses, green fields, a large tree, and a church. He uses these details to paint a story full of color and intrigue. ...
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Rage Against The Machine Chili Peppers
1,429 words... commitment to the black community, thus serving as a shining example of the lessons of his music. Brown's message of change by improving currently existing systems was conservative in comparison to some more radical artists. These artists, like the Last Poets, believe that change would only come around through a revolution. The Last Poets who use a combination of spoken word and music in their song "Niggers Are Scared of Revolution" exemplify this. The song addresses apathy in the black comm...
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Started People Time
657 wordsWe were born in 1981 / 1982. People were still getting over Vietnam and Disco country. Dolly Parton had a song called Jolene, yes those big black Frisbees that were five The Muppets were our heros, and Atari was the invaded our heads and our parents pockets. We had had the handle on the top and you could sit The Reagan administration came around, but cared about were our mini-wheels. Snack time Kindergarten was cool and the opposite sex had cooties. We liked to play Candyland and us. Star Wars a...
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American Medical Association U S News
742 wordsTobacco Advertising and its dangerous effects on young people. Tobacco Advertising Makes Young People Their Chief Target Everyday 3, 000 children start smoking, most them between the ages of 10 and 18. These kids account for 90 percent of all new smokers. In fact, 90 percent of all adult smokers said that they first lit up as teenagers (Roberts). These statistics clearly show that young people are the prime target in the tobacco wars. The cigarette manufacturers may deny it, but advertising and ...
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Wave Pushes Waves Rolling Board
396 wordsAn older man sat on his classic 9 ' 6 with joy in his eyes, salt water in his veins, and a genuine love for his board underneath him, and the waves rolling in. He had just got off work and paddled out into the sunset for a half an hour of spiritual rejuvenation. He was sitting out with three of his friends enjoying the last bit of light that day, waiting for a swell to paddle into. He was sitting on his board as usual, his hair, sun-bleached, hanging down past his shoulders. His face was wrinkle...
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Beethoven One Egg
681 wordsThe saga of Beethoven the duck began one summer day, when my brother Joel and I were in the process riding down the hill in front of our house as fast as possible on bikes. I was riding my newly purchased Free Spirit, while my brother was riding his old French ten speed. As was the custom, we raced down the first hill, across the field and down the second hill to the river. Needless to say, we stopped once before the river. On this day, however, upon walking our bikes back up the hill, my brothe...
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Rolling Stones John Lennon
1,335 wordsMany photographers in the past have had dynamic careers that have influenced many up and coming photographers and will for years to come. Because their work at the time has been preserved in inspirational and innovative images of their eras rock legends and cultural icons, similarities yet progressions can been seen through a comparison of photographers such as David Bailey, Anne Liebovitz and Rankin one of today's most talked about photographers. David Baileys career was at a high between the y...
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Rolling Stone Magazine Language Learners
748 wordsPROJECT 2 PLAN A COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITY FOR A SECONDARY LEVEL CLASS UNIVERSITE DU QUEBEC A MONTRAL THE ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS OF THE 90 s This activity is based on an article published in the Rolling Stone magazine of May 13, 1999. This article is about the 150 best recordings of nineties. It consists of a short resume of each record describing its musical influence on the decade and on its listeners. For the fallowing activity, this text as been reduced to 20 recordings (instead of a 150) that ar...
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Kurt Cobain Courtney Love
1,098 wordsOn April 9 th the world woke up to the news of Kurt Cobain's suicide. Those who followed the grudge music of Cobain's band, Nirvana, were angry, but not surprised. With songs such as "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" and constant references to suicide and drugs, suicide was the obvious explanation for his death. Kurt put it best when he said, "I'm thought of as this pissy, complaining, freaked-out schizophrenic who wants to kill himself all the time. " (Buzz) To many people, Cobain just joined the...
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Motion Picture Sound Quality
983 wordsFor the Tapping into Your Creativity assignment I chose to go to the Minnesota Science Museum in St. Paul. At the museum I saw the Omni Theatre presentation of Dolphins. The Omnitheatre presentation of Dolphins was probably one of the most incredible movies I have ever seen. It was not only incredible due to the content of the movie. It was also incredible because of the way that it was presented. When I first went into the theatre I commented to the woman sitting next to me that we probably wer...
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Recording Industry Association Negative Effects
800 wordsIntroduction: For centuries people had dreamed of capturing the sounds and music from the environment. Many had attempted it but no one had succeeded until Thomas Alva Edison discovered a method of recording and playing back sound. What had started out as an apparatus intended as part of an improved telephone led to the development of an instrument which would change the world, making it a happier, even a better, place to live. Revolutions: (Case of Mp 3 sharing software development) A revolutio...
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One Of America Slim Shady
488 wordsEminem, born as Marshall Mathers, has proven that with a lot of desire, drive and dedication, anybody can accomplish even their greatest of goals. Eminem was raised in the ghettos of East Detroit. He was bullied and victimized by other students in school. He worked to achieve his goal, against the odds. As a result, what he has become is one of America's most popular and successful music artists. Marshall "Eminem" Mathers was born on October 17, 1974, in Detroit, Michigan. After moving to Kansas...
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Myth Of Sisyphus Indifferent Universe
821 wordsConcern with the absurdity of the human condition, believing that that the world does not offer a basis for peoples lives and values, has pervaded the thought of many writers. The protagonists in Camus The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus illustrate Camus absurdist outlook. This philosophy is also evident in Miss Lonelyhearts, the work of Nathanael West. Miss Lonelyhearts addresses the central dilemma facing modern man; nothing in our world can provide people with the answers, values or morals ...
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Punk Harron Rock
563 wordsIts 1990 and many people say punk is dead. Others say punk is still dying. Still others say the story of rock and roll is nearly over. Such people have at least learned one thing from punk: they have adopted the same blind pessimism that caused so many bands to burn out so quickly. Many believers of this theory often see only the superficial qualities of the subculture made visible through the mass media. The fashion and the well-publicized scandals of Sid Vicious and friends were as far as most...
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Rolling Stone April 1999
598 wordsIt s the 90 s and music is at an ever changing pace. One band that contributes to that change goes by the name of Fuel. Fuel is a new band that focuses it s performance on a mix of alternative and hardrock. Headed by Brett Scallions (lead vocals &# 038; guitar) and Carl Bell (songwriter, guitar and vocals), Fuel blows the competition away its powerful smash songs. One of those songs, Bittersweet, hit the top of the charts not to long ago. This essay is based on the song Bittersweet and its perso...
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Pilot Came On The Intercom Seventeen Suitcases Plane
849 wordsPeople. Halfway There Halfway There People. Droves of them, hustling off to their appointed gates with seventeen suitcases strapped to themselves like pack mules. All scowling, furrowing their brows. Hoping to get to where they want to go, and with all seventeen suitcases they came with. Me? I only had two bags, but one of them was large enough to be a body bag. Beside me was my cousin, a tall 16 -year old, the jock type, with broad shoulders and pimple covered cheeks. He, of course, got stuck c...
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Kurt Cobain Courtney Love
2,172 wordsOn April 9 th the world woke up to the news of Kurt Cobain's suicide. Those who followed the grudge music of Cobain's band, Nirvana, were angry, but not surprised. With songs such as I Hate Myself and Want to Die and constant references to suicide and drugs, suicide was the obvious explanation for his death. Kurt put it best when he said, Im thought of as this pissy, complaining, freaked-out schizophrenic who wants to kill himself all the time. (Bozza) To many people, Cobain just joined the club...
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Play An Important Makes You Feel
1,875 wordsIt? s All the Rave: Should Club Drugs Be Legalized? It? s 7 o? clock on a Saturday morning and while some teenagers are enjoying the extra hours of sleep, many are still bouncing around to the sounds of techno music. Thousands of teenagers and even some adults are stuffed into an old warehouse decorated with black lights, disco balls, and tons of smoke machines. Their hearts are pounding and their pulse is racing at the speed of light, all compliments of designer drugs known as club drugs. Chang...
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