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Jimi Hendrix Experience Rising Sun
614 wordsBorn James Marshall Hendrix, on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. Often called the greatest guitarist of all time, Hendrix pioneered the explosive popularity of the electric guitar. Hendrix's unique style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form Hendrix's legacy grew far beyond the wide popularity he achieved during his short career. He taught himself to play guitar as an adolescent, learning from the albums of bluesman like Muddy Waters and B. B....
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Rock And Roll Ringo Starr
1,242 wordsThe Beatles were known as a rock and roll group, but they were not just any old band. They changed music around the world, as we know it. Between the boys, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Richard Starkey, better known as Ringo Starr, they had extraordinary talent (History of the Beatles 1). They started what was called the "British Invasion, " and some say that the Beatles are the greatest musicians to ever walk God's great earth. It all started in 1956, when John Lennon starte...
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U S State South America
1,162 words... he resulting of The Magnificent Ambersons has become a black legend. Welles was halfway into shooting the film when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Just after the bombing, the U. S. State Department Committee on Inter-American Affairs recruited Welles to make a film in Brazil (McBride 55). The head of this committee was Nelson Rockefeller, who was then a major stockholder of RKO and a supporter of Welles. It was Rockefeller's idea to have Welles shoot a film in Brazil in order to improve r...
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Lost Their Jobs Mccarthy Hearings
1,250 wordsThe Cold War ushered in a new era in the American society that would change the way in which everyday life was carried on by the public. Men, women and children were convinced to fit the average mold that was promoted through propaganda issued from the American government and media. Events, such as the McCarthy hearings and Hollywood Blacklisting, contributed to the overwhelming fear of nonconformity. The American public was bombarded with images of conformity such as the popular family sitcoms ...
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20 Th Century Manet Paintings
1,743 wordsMuch of the art of Manet reflects the developments going on in Paris in the 1860 s and 1870 s. The rebuilding of Paris was being supervised by Baron Haussmann, as much of the old medieval centre of the city was being destroyed so that the new city could be rebuilt. In his book "The painting of modern life" TJ Clark argues that modern art of the 20 th century evolves from the art produced by Manet during this period of great change in Paris. Manet's scenes of Parisian cafes, bars and streets refl...
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Akai Mpc Midi Production Center
1,028 wordsThe following is a summary of the advanced features of the AKAI MPC 2000, which include a built in sampler, sequencer and more. Here is a detailed general description of the AKAI MPC 2000. Large 248 x 60 dot LCD display with graphics. 6 functions keys under the LCD display provide various functions on each page. Built-in 1. 44 megabyte floppy disk drive to store both sequences and sound data. Built-in SCSI interface for storing data to external hard disk. Here is a detailed description of the AK...
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Graphic Design National Gallery
1,041 wordster> (1949 -) Tim Storrier was born in Sydney Australia in 1949. He spent his early childhood on his family's sheep station at Umagarlee, near Wellington, NSW. His mother and grandmother were interested in art, and he would draw a lot. He drew military heroes and rural subjects such as woodsheds. At the age of ten he went to boarding school in Sydney, where he spent a lot of time in the art room, painting under the influence of his teacher Ross Doig. Storrier attended the National Art ...
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Programming Language Server Side Coldfusion
312 wordsAllaires ColdFusion studio and server package allows web developers to create database driven applications. ColdFusion is server side scripting that utilizes Microsoft ODBC drivers to access system databases. This allows ColdFusion to produce dynamic pages generated real time by the server. The language looks much like HTML at a first glance, but is much more like HTML with a programming language embedded. Architecturally, ColdFusion works very much like Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP). Yo...
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Social And Political Political And Social
1,250 wordsTo what extent has British television drama contributed to a public discourse on major political and social issues, both in the recent past and during the 1960 s. Please draw on specific examples in presenting your argument. In this essay I will discuss how political and social issues have been raised in British television drama and also how they relate to public discourse in Britain. I will discuss TV dramas such as Our Friends in the North, Talking to a Stranger, Cathy Come Home, and Boys from...
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One Of The First Alfred Hitchcock
2,120 wordsAlfred Hitchcock is one of the most well known directors of all time bringing murder and mystery to a new light. His films, starting in 1925 with The Pleasure Garden and ending in 1976 with the film Family Plot, set a precedent for all other directors in the film industry. Many story lines and techniques within the cinematography of Hitchcock are common standards for films of today. However, Hitchcock did not start out as a brilliant director, but instead started from the very bottom of the busi...
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White And The Seven Dwarfs Snow White And The Seven
1,077 wordsA Pioneer in Entertainment Film: Walt Disney During a 43 -year Hollywood career, which spanned the development of the motion picture medium as a modern American art, Walter Elias Disney was a pioneer and innovator, and the possessor of one of the most fertile imaginations the world has ever known. His creations set forth a foundation in the realm of animated entertainment through the use of modern applications and ingenious techniques. As an ambitious animator, Walt Disney began his career makin...
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Miles Davis Jazz Musicians
1,716 wordsThe Electric Miles Davis Born in Alton, Illinois, Miles Davis grew up in a middle-class family in East St. Louis. Miles Davis took up the trumpet at the age of 13 and was playing professionally two years later. Some of his first gigs included performances with his high school banana playing with Eddie Randall and the blue Devils. Miles Davis has said that the greatest musical experience of his life was hearing the Billy Eckstine orchestra when it passed through St. Louis. In September 1944 Davis...
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Childrens Book Prize Book Of The Year Win
551 wordsI didnt expect to win Philip Pullman, 55, became the first childrens writer to win the &# 163; 25, 000 Whitbread Book of the Year prize on Tuesday, with The Amber Spyglass, the third instalment of the magical His Dark Materials trilogy. I did some writing in my shed on Saturday morning. Its a shorter book than the last one a fairy tale along the lines of I Was a Rat which was recently dramatized by the BBC. After shopping in the afternoon, my wife and I walked the dogs. They are brother and sist...
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Sense Of Reality Band Members
1,034 wordsEveryone has a different concept of what reality is. It would seem on the surface that this should not be the case since, by definition, reality would be an absolute constant in any situation. Good on paper but not in fact. As always, the truth is never so simple. Everyone has their own take on what is real and what is not. Those who have a sense of reality most similar to our own are those we eventually think of as friends or compatriots. We tend to avoid those who disagree with us, while anyon...
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Wes Craven Woody Allen
2,064 wordsAs a companion piece to the articles outlining the histories of the eight major film studios, this survey examines four relative newcomers to production: New Line, Orion, Miramax, and TriStar. They aren&# 39; t studios in the classic sense; none have their own big lots where their films are shot. However, they all produce original and important films as well as distribute independent and foreign works. They&# 39; re the new players in the brave new post-studio world of American film. NEW LINEThe...
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B I G Tupac Shakur
856 wordsIntroduction: Guns have become a wide-spread problem in today? s schools. It is partially due to their glorification in movies and music. Over the past few years, movies and music have taken violent turns and have been filled with tragedy. Gangster Rap made it? s way up from the underground in the early 90? s with stars such as Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg. Their record label, Deathrow Records, led the way. Later, though, the addition of the late Tupac Shakur to Deathrow? s payroll proved to be ...
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20 Th Century Century Fox
628 wordsMonroe, Marilyn (1926 - 1962), American motion-picture actor, who became the most famous international sex symbol of the 20 th century. Born Norma Jean Mortenson in Los Angeles, the daughter of an emotionally unstable mother, she spent a troubled childhood in foster homes and orphanages and at the age of 16 entered into an ill-fated marriage. In 1944, while working in a defense plant, she was noticed by a United States Army photographer who induced her to pose for posters for the troops. Instant...
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Paul Cezanne Modern Art
1,031 wordsThe Life of Paul Cezanne by Inna Sokolyanskaya Paul Cezanne was born on January 19, 1839, in the Aix-en-Province, located in the Southern part of France. Due to his father s job as a local banker, and before this a local import and exporter in the area, Cezanne s family was considered upper middle class. Their rich lifestyle made them unpopular with the local community, who thought of them as sly and selfish. For a short while, Cezanne was convinced by his father to pursue a career in law. Howev...
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Memorable Moments Successful Photographer One
613 wordsMany memorable moments Photography Photography Many memorable moments would be lost and long forgotten without photography. This career involves a lot of creativity and effort, plus the knowledge of many skills. There are many requirements and responsibilities one must know in order to become a successful photographer. First of all, your education is very important. One must take highschool courses in photography and commercial art (CRM 20). After graduating highschool and college with a diploma...
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Saturday Night Live Rage Against The Machine
1,137 wordsRaging Against the Machine Imagine the world without music. Or imagine a world where we are told what to play, what to sing and even what we may listen to in the privacy of our own homes. That world already exists. A very politically charged band known as Rage Against Machine is one band out of thousands that has run into problems with the explicit nature of their music. To make a statement, Rage Against The Machine (RATM) had hung two upside-down American flags from their amps. Seconds before t...
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