JACOBS Anything? COP Nothing. Jacobs spots something between a crack in the marble floor so, he kneels keeping his flashlight on it, waving a police officer over. COP Found something Danny? JACOBS Give me some gloves. The cop hands Jacobs a pair of plastic gloves as he takes them without turning around. He snaps them on, reaching down, pulling out a medium sized book wrapped in brown leather. He studies the cover, then opens it seeing Arabic writing on the pages. COP What is it? JACOBS I'm not sure
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Blues music originated in the south in the 19th century and generally evolved from workers out in the fields and from African songs. “Sonny’s Blues” was written in 1957 but still, to this day, sends out a message for everyone today. James Baldwin, in “Sonny’s Blues”, writes about two brothers who have trouble trying to understand each other. Suzy Goldman, in “Sonny’s Blues: A Message in Music”, writes about how music affects life of others and that is only takes someone who understands music to see
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“It takes a little bit of crazy to make a difference in the world,” said Steven Tallarico, or more commonly known as Steven Tyler. Born on March 26, 1948 in Yonkers, New York, Steven grew up in a musical family with a father who was a Juilliard trained pianist. With this musical influence, he started his first band at 16 called the Strangeurs. As he started to get older, as teenager, he was very rebellious. He was in gangs, got into fights, did drugs, etc. Even though he may have had a rough start
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I am writing this email to chronicle the conversation we had yesterday in your office yesterday (March 14th, 2018). As of late, my wife and I have been having difficulties with our neighbor in the unit directly below us. He has taken it upon himself to confront us on a regular basis about the noise coming from upstairs. The first incident happened in the month of December when the gentlemen yelled at our daughter to, “get your mother out here, now,” and proceeded to furiously bang on our door
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In my lifetime I have been exposed to many artists, many genres of music and lots of different live performances. I have always enjoyed going to concerts ever since I was 10 and my mother took me to the Hilary Duff concert. Some say I am insane since I like to attend at least 5 concerts a year, but there is something about the atmosphere at a concert that entices me to continue to return. This past month I attended the Ariana Grande concert with two of my closest friends and this is the concert that
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Adele Adele has been an outstanding artist! Because of her accomplishments and the music industry, Adele has become a game-changing artist to Pop/Rock music. When Adele was born on May 5, 1988, Her 18 year old mother, Penny, named her Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (James 11). Adele discovered all types of R&B artists such as Destiny’s Child and Lauren Hill, her many favorites (James 18). In September 2002, Adele finally entered into the world of fame at BRIT school (James 26). Adele wrote her first
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If I were going to attend a concert, I would typically buy a ticket for a big-name artist at a stadium-like venue such as Madison Square Garden. In this regard, the Rasputina concert was against my status quo. The first thing that I noticed was that I was by far the youngest person there. The main area of the Haunt had a quaint yet unfamiliar vibe. I think that the building itself, which displayed records and music-related relics on the walls, produced the quaint feeling while the attendees produced
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Sun Ra, a beloved jazz musician by many for his genre-bending style and creativity, is left out of a lot of histories of jazz e.g., every book and film I absorbed this semester leaves him out of the jazz narrative, why? Sun Ra is both praised and criticized for his creatively avant-garde representation of jazz. A brief background of the musician shows that he started playing piano at around the age of 11. In 1936, at age 22, he decided to drop out of college to pursue a musical vocation. Additionally
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The hallway hovers with bitterly cold breath and the echo of the silent. With only one flickering, fade, florescent light guiding my way through the darkness, I start to run my hand along the wall as my second eye searching for more light switches. I keep up my pace until my hand feels the bump on the wall, I smile and ready to flip the switch back on. However, before my finger can brush on the switch, a huge figure crashes into me from behind causing me to fall down on my bump – gives me a little
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Music can be broken down into hundreds of genres from classical to country, rock to rap, punk to pop, baroque to blues and everything in between. Lyrics and beats have crossed over generations, cultures and continents. What happens when someone tries to put as many different sounds in one place at one time and invites all who can attend? One of the most popular and diverse music festivals in America happens, Lollapalooza. In 2008, four of my best friends and I were fortunate enough to make the
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