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    On June 25, 2015, my personal vehicle was damaged while I attended Trivia Night at R Macs Tavern between the hours of 2100 and 0000 that evening. The tavern is located at 110 White Horse Pike in Oaklyn, NJ and my vehicle was parked legally and unattended in the parking lot when the incident occurred. The damage to my vehicle’s driver’s side front fender (crushed) and side mirror (broken) was noticed the next morning in the daylight before reporting to day patrol. During the morning hours, I recalled

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    labeled the Beach Boys, dominated the up and coming surf culture of the early 60s. The Beach Boys are a famous boy band, formed straight out of Hawthorne, California, a surfer’s paradise. Parents Murray and Audree Wilson, raised their three sons, Brian, Carter, and Dennis, to be largely influenced by sports as well as music. Growing up with a songwriter as a father, the children came together and began playing around with various melodies. Eventually, Cousin Mike Love, and good friend Al Jardine

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    Queens of the Stone Age are the writers for the song entitled Smooth Sailing. In the song we are shown a single narrator speaking to the listener. The song revolves around a man who’s removed the need or want for a norm and status quo. One who has simply a need and want to be himself regardless. In Queens of the Stone Ages’ “Smooth Sailing” the effects both negatively and positively of non-conformity are shown through the singers

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    “Bohemian Rhapsody” is a song from the British rock band, Queen. Queen is one of my favorite bands, and my favorite song from them is “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It is one of my favorite songs, because of its range of different music and the story the song tells. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is a single from the album, A Night at the Opera. The song was released October 31, 1975. The song was written by the lead singer of Queen, Freddie Mercury. The first time you hear the song, the lyrics might not make much sense

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    Hey guys, my name is Alex, I guess you are here to know about best boxing gloves, right ? Ok before I help you to find the best quality gloves let’s spend some time about knowing boxing well. Boxing is frequently known as the art of self-defense. This sport is all about where two players try to punch each other with their top quality boxing gloves and trying to keep away from opponent’s blows. The boxing is separated into a particular number of rounds normally three minutes long round and there is

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    Rock and roll holds a lot of dirty secrets, fortunately for Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury has a more colorful mystery. Queens album “A Night at The Opera” released a single in 1975 called “Bohemian Rhapsody”, which sent listeners in a whirlwind of up beat rhythms. Behind the elegant vibratos and shredding guitar solos, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is Mercury peeling away his rock star persona by confessing his homosexuality through religious allusions and creative metaphors. Like any confession

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    The song “Royals” was released in 2013 by the artist Lorde. “Royals” was one of the first songs released by this artist and it was in her album titled Pure Heroin. “Royals” became Lorde’s first major hit as it dominated the pop genre chart. After listening to and interpreting the song "Royals," I argue that the theme of the song is focused on the way the songwriter views wealth and how her viewpoint contrasts with that of society. The songwriter emphasizes her indifference toward wealth and all that

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    I was waddling around in my playpen like any happy four-year-old would. Picking up and grabbing random toys and hurling them as hard my my chubby arm could. I looked at my brother with the biggest grin I could muster, as we heard my mother’s off-pitch voice, singing our favorite Disney songs to us, currently one from Sleeping Beauty, much to my brother’s dismay. It was the best day I can remember. My mother finished up with the song, and I thought it was the best thing I had ever heard. I didn’t

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    Pink Floyd’s Eclipse. The Acapella Introduction of Bohemian Rhapsody (refer to bars 1-4 in figure 1) began when lead singer, Freddie Mercury, created a chord progression consisting of Bb7, Cm7, F7. Figure 1: Bars 1-4 of Acapella Introduction Brian May, lead guitarist of Queen reported in BBC News that: “[Freddie] came in and knew exactly what he wanted. [He] sang a guide vocal at the time, but he had all his harmonies written out, and it was really just a question of doing it.” Luckily for Queen

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    When brian didn't have the money stewie broke a glass of orange juice on Brian's face. After the orange juice incident, he ripped the towel bar off the wall and beat brian with it, then he told him to have the money by five. When Brian didn't have the money you knew that brian was in for another beating, and it was very predictable. Predictibilty is good when it comes in small doses because

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