A ferocious beast pounds wildly against my ribcage like a gorilla trying to escape captivity. The intense rustling of flimsy programs and ticket stubs is deafening as my face burns with pain, yet my hands are ice cold. Suddenly, the idea of hundreds of individuals ceaselessly screaming is less than pleasant. A sea of red silk rolls across the stage and the air grows dense. Numerous silhouettes fidget in the dim light, blurring my vision while thunderous applause occurs soon after. My head is a whirlwind
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Mr. Black’s wisdom and advice acquired from past experiences helps Oskar to accept the loss of his father and to move past the mental barrier that is hindering his journey. Mr. Black shares his and wisdom knowledge with Oskar from over 100 years of social and life experience to help him on his journey. Oskar’s uses this wisdom and knowledge to cope with the loss of his father. His father played such an important role in his life that after hedied he began feeling depressed and he isolated himself
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In the last 3 hours, 86 neighborhoods have been bombed. 2 hours ago, the Triple SSS’s attacked my neighborhood! “What are the Triple SSS’s?” you ask. The Triple SSS’s are the most dangerous group in the world!! The leader of the Triple SSS’s used to be my friend. His name is Lash. I have not seen him in like 15 years. When I was three years old, I met Lash. We were neighbors. My mom needed medicine for my sister so she asked Lashes mom. I went with my mom to Lashes house. Then, I met Lash. I barely
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Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27th, 1942 in Seattle Washington. He was known for his amazing singing, songwriting, and of course his guitar. He was a major influence on rock music because of his use of the electric guitar and is known to be one of the best to ever play. He has significantly changed the life of rock music forever and will always be remembered. In his early childhood stage, his original name was Johnny Allen Hendrix and then his father later changed his name to James Marshall.
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I open my eyes. Im sitting in the back of a cart and my hands are tied. There are three other people in the cart. One appears to be in armor, the second in ragged clothing and the third dressed in finery with a gag over his mouth. The cart moves down the road we arrive at a small town and were made to exit the carts. The man in rags panics he makes a run for it. Fwoosh, the sound of an arrow striking him in the back. There’s a group of other prisoners and another group of people, mostly soldiers
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Lou Reed is one of the most influential musicians in rock and roll history. Whether it was in his solo career or his work with The Velvet Underground, Reed was influencing the masses and other intellectuals and creatives of his time such as Andy Warhol, David Bowie, and Nirvana. Upon Lou Reed’s death Patti Smith, an influential musician, stated, “Lou was a very special poet – a New York writer in the way that Walt Whitman was a New York poet. One thing I got from Lou, that never went away, was the
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able to become smaller without losing any of its crucial sound. In addition to the new strings, in 1778, violinmaker Carl Ludwig Bachmann from Berlin constructed a screw mechanism on the pegbox—thumb screws on the outside of the pegbox turn small metal cogwheels that can be adjusted with such precision that strings can be tuned to a nicety. These amended pegboxes soon replaced older models for easier
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Overall the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was a fantastic experience. The most interesting exhibit in the museum was the clothing that the performers wore during shows or music videos. Michael Jackson’s costumes caught my eye first, all the way from the shiny designs to how skinny his waist was. His costumes didn't look the most comfortable because they had sequins or rhinestones on them, which would be scratchy on his skin. Michael Jackson’s sparkly silver glove spinning on a delicate platter covered
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Metal Vs. Hip Hop: A Disagreement Longer than the Afghanistan War They say people who listen to hardcore rock or metal are people who are demonic or “satan worshippers”. They say, “There is no melody: it's just screaming or it’s weird.” Blah blah!! As an African-American female who has a Caribbean background, I am forbidden to listen to “devil’s music”. All the other people who are from my cultural heritage think that it’s “improper” for me to listen to something that’s not what they would like
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I Thomas Edmond sat alone in the bright, cold, white room on a single blue chair bearing a plastic seat and four stout legs of stainless steel. His legs swung back and forth, barely long enough to touch the white linoleum tile floor but still managing to graze it ever so slightly. The five inch thick steel door directly in front of him has remained both shut and locked for the past five hours. Unbeknownst to Thomas, a small camera hidden beside a ventilation shaft in the ceiling monitored his actions
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