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Born On December Jim Morrisons
663 wordsHis image as a poet is forever overshadowed by his title as a musician and his strong legend. What singer song writer was born on December 8, 1943 in the town of Melbourne, FL? Who became known for an outrageous performing style, and a hard hitting, highly amplified sound? Who was the lead singer of the well known 60 s and 70 s rock band The Doors. James Douglas Morrison was one of the most outrageous but ingenious rock stars of his On December 8, 1943 in a town by the name of Melbourne, FL a yo...
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Negative Effects Native American
1,430 words... l examples such as pirate ships and even the first utopian communities in the United States (Bey). In comparison peyote ceremonies are all night vigils at which Native American Church (NAC) members partake of the psychedelic cactus peyote. The people feel that by eating the cactus, they will learn how to live correctly. Their belief system is a syncretism of ancient Mexican peyote religions and Christianity brought by Europeans (The Peyote Foundation). During these ceremonies members play pe...
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Jimi Hendrix Experience Rock And Roll
2,018 wordsThe 1960 s are said to be the most prolific decade in all of music. Many bands of this decade have proven to have enormous effects on music, as we know it. Jimi Hendrix is said to be the greatest rock and roll guitarist of all time. The greats, like Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana, have all said that he truly made the guitar speak and transformed it into an art. The Doors were true innovators and turned rock into an art form, by skillfully blending rock and poetry. No one can deny that they were...
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Grateful Dead Short Term
1,472 wordsIn a house sits a man with no mind. Heart beating, lungs wheezing, mouth agape, and eyes wide open. He is not someone who has a condition; his condition is something chooses, something that is the result of a hallucinogen. Compared to the 60 s and 70 s today's society is able to get stronger forms of hallucinogens. Stronger hallucinogens mean stronger effects. Hallucinogens take a toll on the body and the mind that a person would never think about. That's how they got the name hallucinogen. The ...
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Del Norte Mexican Revolution
1,033 wordsThe Truth about Narcocorrido's and their Interpreters When you turn on the radio, you listen to a song and you immediately have the choice on whether you like or dislike it. It may be because of the rhythm, artist / singer , lyrics or any other reason. In the Spanish-speaking community today, there is a controversy on a specific type of songs played on predominantly Mexican radio stations. Narcocorrido's are becoming more and more popular every day (Narcocorrido's are often referred to as Region...
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Pink Floyd Glass Half Song
485 wordsA glass half full is a glass half empty. Ironic as it is, everything in this world exists with its converse apparently giving us, humans, to form our own unique perspectives of the same, few things of this small world. This however leads to the intricate aspects of circumstances at times, as some things or even some people may not be understood as they should have been. Adding controversy to confusion, there is no definite way to perceive anything that one may follow. It is interesting to know, ...
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Animal Liberation Do Animals Have Rights
481 wordsIn Animal Liberation, Peter Singer argues that animals feel pain even though they do not have language governed by rules of syntax, so animals have rights. In contrast, Carl Cohen, The Case for the Use of Animal in Biomedical Research, asserts that animals lack moral capacity and animals therefore have no rights. Animals have no rights as Cohens statement although animals have been helpful to humans for over centuries, supplying labors as well as foods. In my perspective, animals do not have rig...
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One Of The Main Physical Appearance
1,744 wordsBy: Heather Hale E-mail: Cover Girl Cosmetics Why Cover Girl is one of the most successful cosmetic organizations since the 1960 's? By: Heather Hale Cover Girl cosmetics have been the top-seller since 1961 and are still going strong. It is hard, with all the advanced lines of make-up for one product to go as far as Cover girl has, so how does Cover Girl cosmetics do it? A lot of Cover Girl's strong, on going successes are due to changing the look of the product, exceptional promotions which the...
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Number One Hit Madonna Released
1,074 wordsMadonna had affective millions of people with her songs. Madonna has been in the music business for over 20 years now. All of Madonnas albums had religious and sexual symbolism. There are many proofs that Madonna should be taken seriously as an artist and also as an icon. To keep her style up to date she would always come out with different looks and different ways of dressing. This was one of the reasons way she is where she is right now. Madonna has helped move on the styles from different tim...
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Number One Hit Allen Unwin
2,609 wordsIcons An icon can be defined in many ways. Some might say he or she is a man or a woman who himself / herself is remarkable, whether it be through superhuman powers, or extreme experiences. It is his nature which makes him or her to become icon, as he / she takes part in things unattainable to a normal person. An icon has a huge impact on the society, because lot of people attempt to become icons in some way too. Being an icon means to be important and valuable for the members of a society. Ther...
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Rock And Roll University Of Minnesota
3,253 wordsToday Bob Dylan November 1960 Today was my last official day at the University of Minnesota. I have decided to move to New York and where my idol, the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie, is hospitalized with a rare hereditary disease of the nervous system. For the past 19 years I have been living with my parents in Duluth, Minnesota. I was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941. My father, Abe Zimmerman works for a standard oil company and my grandparents were Jewish Russian immigrants. In...
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Sky With Diamonds Lucy In The Sky
755 wordsThe Beatles v. s. Oasis Oasis is a band of the nineties that is often compared The Beatles. They try to be like The Beatles only to do it unsuccessfully. The lead singer of Oasis, Liam Galagher tries to be like the lead singer of The Beatles, John Lennon. The way Liam Galagher sounds, and the way he writes his music are very similar. The New York Times Magazine said, Oasis second album (Whats the Story) Morning Glory, is also indebted to The Beatles. The singer Liam Gallagher sounds like a more ...
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Long Term Affects Violence On Tv
1,654 wordsATV Violence TV Violence A major topic of conversation nowadays is whether or not violence on television causes children to behave more violently. Shortly after I began to research this topic, I realized that it is not a clear cut issue. Evidence can be easily found to support each position. In the following essay I will examine the different positions that can ba taken on this topic and try ro form my own view on the affect violent TV has on children. The first position I will examine is the on...
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Turn Of The Century Blues Singers
2,174 wordsConcepts of the Blues Most of what we hear today, in essence, probably developed from the blues. The word blue has been associated with the idea of melancholia or depression since the Elizabethan era. To have the blues meant that you had a depressed mood or felt things that werent going your way. The American writer, Washington Irving is credited with coining the term the blues. The earlier (almost entirely Negro) history of the blues musical tradition is traced through oral tradition as far bac...
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One Of The Main Physical Appearance
1,760 wordsCover Girl Cosmetics Why Cover Girl is one of the most successful cosmetic organizations since the 1960? s? By: Heather Hale Cover Girl cosmetics have been the top-seller since 1961 and are still going strong. It is hard, with all the advanced lines of make-up for one product to go as far as Cover girl has, so how does Cover Girl cosmetics do it? A lot of Cover Girl? s strong, on going successes are due to changing the look of the product, exceptional promotions which the public can? t look over...
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2 Live Crew Freedom Of Speech
2,248 wordsDisputing Affairs In The Public Eye An entertainer is one who is out to present themselves in order to be known and to fulfill their intended purpose. The life chosen consists of endless surroundings of viewers and the constant admiration's received by fans. All entertainers set out the goal of attracting particular age groups and mainly accomplishing the glorious life, presented as the rich and famous; as well as achieving the goal of reaching the top seller lists. The career chosen is not easy...
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Ray Brown Record Label Fitzgerald
853 wordsSinger. Born April 25, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia. (Though many biographical sources give her birth date as 1918, her birth certificate and school records show her to have been born a year earlier. ) Often referred to as the first lady of song, Fitzgerald enjoyed a career that stretched over six decades. With her lucid intonation and a range of three octaves, she became the preeminent jazz singer of her generation, recording over 2, 000 songs, selling over 40 million albums, and winning 13 ...
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Gimpel The Fool Point Of View
1,335 wordsAn Analysis of Gimpel The Fool Gimpel the Fool is a story written by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Saul Bellow translated the story I read because the story was written in Yiddish. Gimpel The Fool is a story about a simple man named Gimpel. He is considered by many to be a fool because he is a very gullible man. He is constantly falling for tricks laid out by almost everyone. Gimpel is persuaded to marry Elka, a woman who will wind up using him also. Elka treats Gimpel very poorly. She has his child on...
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Vincent Van Gogh Kurt Cobain
1,796 wordsThe most successful or famous artists are not always as happy as successful people are portrayed- living a life of fame, fortune, and glamour. The following examples will show some of the problems that four different artists have suffered in the past century. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter who lived from March 30, 1853 to July 29, 1890. He is now one of the most famous painters in modern art (World Book 306). He only sold one painting in his living days, but now his paintings are considere...
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1,464 wordsRecognized as the leading portraitist in England and the United States at the turn of the century, John Singer Sargent was acclaimed for his elegant and very stylish depictions of high society. Known for his technical ability, he shunned traditional academic precepts in favor of a modern approach towards technique, color and form, thereby making his own special contribution to the history of grand manner portraiture. A true cosmopolite, he was also a painter of plain air landscapes and genre sce...
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