While growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, my family listened to lots of rock n roll, alternative, and Americana music. Guitars, mandolins, pianos, and drums were scattered around the house and any free time with the family entailed a jam session playing music from these genres. When I became a teenager, I enjoyed the rap and hip-hop that my older brother listened to, which I immediately immersed myself in since they were great for pumping me up for the sports I played. Left out of my years
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Idea #1: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police’s gain a gifted and ignorant pathologist who only expects to perform biopsies and help deputies easily solve their causes from what he finds out. On the exact day he’s hired, a shooting massacre occurred at a local hotel. Out of around 1,300 people; almost 200 people were injured and 35 people were fatally killed. The unknown dangerous suspect had gotten away and every police was on a national man hunt. One of the victims of the massacre killed was his grandfather
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“In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn't just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at the time.” Said by George Clooney an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, activist, businessman, and philanthropist. As he said, the 60s and 70s were decades of change that happened in America. The civil right movement, anti-war movement
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On the 28th of March, I decided to attend yet another trio concert at the breathtaking Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center. Arriving on time, I walked in and took my sit immediately as if I was a regular at this point. The daunting and new hall that I entered for the first concert has now become more of a comforting place filled with amazing musicians. Like the last concert at this hall, this concert was compromised of a trio. It was nice to see Charae Krueger (cello) and Robert Henry (piano)
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I am writing you today in regards to one of the greatest bands to have walked planet Earth. This band, streamlined by Gord Downie, is The Tragically Hip. Originating in Kingston, Ontario, this band found themselves at the top of the charts very quickly into their career. The Tragically Hip were known for shedding light on subjects that were not frequently seen in the media. Accompanied by a booming base and thunderous drums, The Tragically Hip sent waves through Canadian society with their distinct
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was their original music that combined various types of genres, their iconic dance moves that set them apart from other artists, and the positive influence they had on future artists all resulting in the titles as “The King of Pop” and “The King of Rock and Roll.” Both Jackson and Presley faced similar hardships in reaching the title as Kings in their genre of music. Jackson was a black man facing obstacles in an all-white industry while Presley was a white man trying to exceed in an African-American
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When The Blues music started to become popular, this made many African-American women start to feel more comfortable with who they were. During this time period, many white middle class people were started to finally see African-Americans as equal, however, it was still up for debate to most. I find it interesting that the blues music genre is the only one that really stands up and talks about intersectionality. When I think about contemporary society, I can easily think of many songs in many different
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In August of 2011, the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis had a concert that unfortunately five people were killed and fifty-eight were injured due to the stage collapsing (Durso Jr., 2012). The state fair was hosting a concert and the special guest was Sugarland. The concert was due to start around 8 p.m. (Durso Jr., 2012). The concert was held on about 250 acres of land, the temporary stage area was about 107 feet long, 57 feet wide and 56 feet high. Over the stage, there were suspended spotlights
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The accident By :yovani.lara In Los Angeles one evening,a student was found dead flat on his stomach with blood lying on the floor next to him was a Nato knife and a glock-17.Do you want to know what happened? If so than listen carefully! “Two Serial Killers are on the loose!” was the headline of larry’s news paper which was wet because of the dreary rainy November. “The two Serial Killers have different prey one of them is known as “S” the mark he always left behind written in the
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“RAGE, r-r-r-r-rage, rage, r-r-r-r-rage, rage!” Le1f, a.k.a. Khalif Diouf, screams these words deliriously in the chorus of “Rage”, the second song on his debut album Riot Boi, as the cute electronic flourishes surrounding him suddenly turn to siren sounds, breaking glass, and brutal bass. It’s a line that Diouf likes to toe - Riot Boi’s instrumentals go from saccharine to scary, as does his delivery, which is wonderfully diverse. Riot Boi is quite the personal statement - although Le1f’s music is
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