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- 4251: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry: One and the Same
- ... that gives no meaning or reward to the person. In the second case, a person can live for their own standards and behave in a way that is enjoyable to themselves. I too had receiv'd identity by my body, That I was I knew was of my body, and what I should be I knew I should be of my body. . . . About my body for me, and your body for ... conclusion regarding the importance of interiority its results on the world. You furnish your parts toward eternity, Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the soul. Whitman himself ignored the social standards of his day and by doing what fulfilled his personal goals, he established his own eternal identity as one of the greatest American poets. "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" communicates Whitman's ideas about life in an discrete but highly ...
- 4252: Poetry: Not Me
- ... Well, easiest for some, though not for him. Though he never gave up, and gave it his all. He offered his best, and played always to win. Yet the harder he worked, the harder he'd fall. When his sports were done he had nothing to do. He had all of the time in the world. "Why not study?" said his mom, cooking the stew. He thought of that during supper and hurled. His mother soon tired of the grades he brought home. She made him study each day after school. He was grounded from TV, and from the phone. He was shut in his room and force-fed gruel. His grades slowly improved, thanks to his mom. Although he didn't thank her ...
- 4253: Blakes's "London": Your Beauty, My Despair
- ... rates. I am reminded of a dear friend of mine who birthed two children at the age of twelve and thirteen, how she struggled to regain her childhood but failed miserably. Now she just lives day by day thinking that there is no hope for her or her children. Blake saw the pain of this and yet he did not rejoice in its reality, but wept. “And the hapless soldiers sigh Runs in ... else's country and take them over. What beast laughs in delight at this horrid truth and call it beauty? “How the chimney-sweeper's cry...” (line 10). The poor struggle in this country every day just as the peasants of the eighteenth century did. Low wages, bad working conditions, thousands crying out into the night for just a chance at being more than what they are. Where is their ...
- 4254: John Rzeznik's Iris
- ... writer attempts to reach out and understand his lover. While he also wants her to see and comprehend him, but not as the world would, as he writes, “‘Cause I don’t think that they’d (the world) understand.” In the first verse, or stanza, the reader perceives a mixture of senses. “Touch” and “feel” are the first senses he addresses. Rzeznik wants the reader to feel as he does about ... word “broken” draws the reader back briefly from a world of sensations to reality. These phrases from the song: “I don’t want the world to see me” and “I don’t think that they’d understand,” help us to feel the desire for an escape from the present conditions of aching and hurting in the world. He does not want the world to know what he holds and how he feels on the inside. He feels as though they would not comprehend him. In the first two verses and the chorus, Rzeznik talks about himself, for example: “And I’d give up forever to touch you,” “And all I can taste is this moment,” and “And I don’t want the world to see me.” However, in the last verse the link between reality ...
- 4255: The Beatles and the Sex Pistols: A Study
- ... they are strikingly different. The former being a concept album, and the latter almost being a greatest hits album. The Beatles labored for months trying to perfect sounds and make the album really work. "A Day in the Life" is a very complex song that takes the listener for a roller coaster ride. It gets soft and mellow, and then it gets loud and intense. Sgt. Pepper is considered to be ... s hard to create something fresh and excited, but the rewards are limitless. Bibliography 1. Castleman, Harry, & Walter J. Podziak, All Together Now, 1st Edition, New York, Bellantine Books, 1975 2. Wood, Lee, Sex Pistols: Day by Day, London, Omnibus Press, 1988 3. Lydon, John, Keith and Kent Zimmerman, New York, Picador Press, 1994
- 4256: Being A Disc Jockey
- Being A Disc Jockey Imagine a career that music fanatics everywhere would love to have. Imagine sitting in a sound room all day, talking calls from listeners and playing the music of one’s choice. Imagine interviewing your favorite musicians, and afterwards attending their concerts, including a tour backstage. The job being described is the one of a ... the station to have the time of your life”, is the motto that Jim Ravshan lives by (Ravshan). Everyday that one spends inside the station should be just as fun and exciting as your first day on the job. While working in the studio, one will be doing more than just hitting a button to play a selected song. One will need to learn how to use equipment such as microphones, broadcasting desk, compact disc and record players, digital audiotapes and tape recorders (Coleman 3). The time one will spend per day as their job as a disc jockey at a station is approximately four hours, or as long as their shift lasts. Since disc jockeys work shifts, one must be able to work irregular hours, ...
- 4257: Behind the Doors
- ... play sports. All it said under his picture in the yearbook was, “Honor Roll.” He enjoyed being the center of attention in school. Throughout high school he kept a journal of what he did that day and any thoughts he had. After graduation he destroyed them. During the evenings he would walk across town to blues clubs. This set the foundation for The Doors’ music. Jim enjoyed discussing religion. He was ... notes on a table in their room. Since Jim had rheumatic fever in his youth, his heart was not in the condition for what he did there – combining insult with the fuckups until finally one day Pamela came into the bathroom and Jim wasn’t kidding” (Babitz 87-96). He woke early on July 3rd coughing and complaining of chest pains. He decided to take a bath. Pam found him at ... Stone released a movie called The Doors starring Val Kilmer as Jim, it made $40 million at the box office, said Cathleen McGuigan in her 1991 Newsweek article “Back From the Other Side”. To this day The Doors records sell millions of copies each year and there are new books and magazine articles published on a regular basis. All this is just proof that Jim Morrison’s life was plenty ...
- 4258: The Flute
- ... book, as well as an accomplished conductor and Bassoon player, the ability of a player to have lightness and delicacy of sound can be attributed to the skill and proficiency of the player. Most modern day wooden flutes have the head joint lined with silver to prevent against cracking. Today people prefer metal over wooden flutes, since they are mass-produced and relatively cheap to buy. The history of the flute ... I definitely have a new understanding and appreciation for the instrument and those skilled enough to play them. Reference Baines, Anthony. “Woodwind Instruments and their History.” Copyright 1957 W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. Brody, D. Mitchell and Phelan, James. “The Complete Guide to the Flute.” Copyright 1980 Pan American and International. Boehm, Theobald. “The Flute and Flute-Playing.” Copyright 1964 Dover Publications, Inc. Hotteterre, Jacques. “Principles of the Flute Recorder ...
- 4259: Silverchair: Neon Ballroom (epic)
- ... Someone is pulling our collective legs here. Sure enough, the boys deliver on the promise of that title, creating a miserable mishmash of Nirvana in a soft mode, Zeppelin playing "Kashmir" on a bad drug day, even throwing in a little flatulent. Yes-ish prog-rock to boot, all of which staggers around a bit and then proceeds to fall flat on its sunburnt face. Silverchair's leader Daniel Johns has been thinking long and hard about what's happening today, and through he's made a killing off the record biz and never has to work another day in his life, he's decided to lead a youth revolt against "overweight people in suits": hence, "Anthem For the Year 2000," complete with a Siverchair countdown calendar. "We are the youth/We'll take ... few years isolating the Land Down Under until these guys decide to find something more constructive to do. Of course, the goodies just keep on coming. To create valid hard-rock n' roll in this day and age is a trick that only talented performer like Marilyn Manson can pull off, requiring a fine balance of irony and passion. Silver chair, however, are a mere corporate karaoke machine. Nevertheless, I ...
- 4260: The Misconception Of Classical Music
- ... learned. Works like harmony, melody, key, pitch, and chords became more outstanding to me. Next, we started studying the various time periods of Western Europe music. I learned that music started way back 450 A.D. which is also known as the Medieval period. As time passed, music evolved. Then came the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods. When I think about it, all five of these periods made just the ... state of mind I have about Western Europe concert music, I appreciate it more. As a result, I now have an “A” average in the course. Who knows, I may even minor in it one day! Overall music from Western Europe is not just boring old “classical” music. Western Europe concert music is filled with various feelings and emotions. I highly recommend taking a music appreciation class. Not only will you ...
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