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    finger. Then run my finger across a slit running across my neck from the right side of my carbon fiber helmet to my left shoulder. I imagine a better place. Maybe dinner tonight with my pretty lady and some deep dish sausage and onion pizza. I see Frank Sinatra with pulled back brown hair, a top hat and a black suit with a red bow tie standing on a stage. He starts singing, "Come Fly with Me". My first love story may not be like the typical Romeo and Juliet, but hey to say the least it is a love story

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    In The Wee Small Hours

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    understandable yet intricate way. Frank Sinatra’s 1955 album, In the Wee Small Hours, shares the lonely emotions that result from lost love. The first track, “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,” seems to set the stage for the main elements found in the rest of the album. Throughout the record, Sinatra displays a sort of obsession with his lost love and with his loneliness. Even the title of the album and the first song lend themselves to this point. Sinatra is consumed by thoughts of “your” lover

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    swearing, and public love life. Her three marriages were the primary source of gossip, particular her relationship with singer Frank Sinatra. At twenty four, she was already divorced from Mickey Rooney, married unhappily to Artie Shaw, and rejecting proposals from eccentric Howard Hughes. Grobel points out that “It was Mickey Rooney and Howard Hughes and Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra and most of the men who caught a whiff of Ava and became intoxicated.” Her

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    Songs of the City, or Talkin’ New York Many New York songs refer to an artist’s first time in New York City. Many come for an opportunity to become a star or just to see the many sites that New York City has to offer. A New York song reminds people how great this city is and everything it has to offer. Despite a stereotype of crime and how dirty the city is, many still dream of calling this city their home. The “city that never sleeps” always seems to have its arms open to anyone who is willing

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    Frank Sinatra’s “It Was a Very Good Year” falls under the “easy listening” category. The beginning consists of a flute(?) solo with violins in the background, providing a nostalgic feel to the music. This certainly helps when Frank Sinatra begins singing, “When I was seventeen, it was a very good year”. Sinatra often holds the last word of the lyric, as seen in 0:17. In these verses, he repeats multiple lyrics. For example, he repeats “it was a very good year” as well as the first line of each verse

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    Spooky Research Paper

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    Being that I'm an avid horror fan, horror rock and dark spooky music comes naturally as music that I enjoy! The Halloween Season just gives me an excuse to listen to creepy tunes even more than usual! You can get in the Halloween spirit by listening to a continuous collection of eclectic Halloween-themed music by visiting RadioHalloween.com. It's free for us to enjoy via the web all year long in case any of us are feeling a little spooky. 1. Bobby "Boris" Pickett - The Monster Mash (1962)

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    Seismic Sixties

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    The Seismic Sixties The 1960s were an eventful, formal dresswear, and changing time period. The baby boomers were coming to an end, men dressed very formally and women wore dresses. Children were very respectful and normally had complied with their parents wishes. One of the biggest movements in American history hit it's apex in the sixties, the Civil rights movement. Technology had some huge advances in the sixties with the production of cars, computers, and the beginning of the internet. The

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    This month, I want to share with you some wisdom from a classic crooner - Frank Sinatra. Singing to our hearts and unearthing precious memories, these lyrics always stick with me: I've got the world on a string I'm sitting on a rainbow Got the string around my finger What a world, what a life - I'm in love Truly, falling in love brings out the best in people. Studies show that we are happier and more successful when we're falling in love. Makes sense, doesn't it? As a happy, glowing spirit in a

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    Throughout the updated version of the play, John Godber (original writer and director) highlighted his intentions through Lucky Eric’s daunting monologues; we still drink too much as a society today. Nonetheless, the dated stereotypes and the use of Frank Sinatra and ‘Thriller’ did make the play feel slightly dated. The play list seemed to be the most updated part of Bouncers; the current music, including artists like LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, Stooshe and Rihanna, was very popular with the predominately

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    dream I’ve ever forgotten. I am suddenly placed into the dream where I’m a kid and I am laughing as my friends try to catch me in a game of tag. In a matter of three beats, I am a child again and I can only thank music for this. Moreover, when I hear Frank Sinatra’s voice playing from my “Classics” playlist, I am put back into the

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