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Rey Marinas Mus160 CRN 10962 Homework # 2 Rock & Roll Rock music has come a long way since its development in the early 20th century. The genre, defined “as a merger between rhythm&blues and country” (Scaruffi, The History of Rock Music:1955-1966), started out more as an underground market, but ended up becoming a significant aspect of American popular music history. Rock-n-Roll music produce many legendary artists who will forever be known as innovators of the genre. Elvis Presley and Chuck

The term Keg River has been historically used within Alberta to indentify early to middle Devonian carbonate reef type structures within the Alberta Basin. Nomenclature problems were identified by Schneider (2011) with commonly interchangeable terminology that began in the 1930s, including Upper Elk Point formations such as the Winnipegosis, Keg River and Methy. Sproule (in Ells, 1932) described the Keg River from outcrops along the Clearwater River, near Fort McMurray in the 1930s. Sproule described

music nowadays would not be where it is at. One of its main influences is from the eighties. The eighties is known as the rock era. It is different than other eras because of its new sounds and rhythms. Thanks to digital technology, it was easier to make both the replication of existing timbres and the creation of new timbres. Also, the eighties introduced three new rhythms: the rock beat derived from punk, the adaptations of the afterbeat rhythms of reggae, and the sixteen-beat rhythms. These three

Just in the United States there are about 26 million different species, from dogs to birds, being used every year for medical and science related testing. Throughout the process of testing, these animals face cruel conditions and have no way of fighting back. Although medical testings on animals may cure the deadliest diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis, the abuse and mistreatment these animals face while testing medicines should be deemed inhumane, and such practices should be banned in the

At one time, "Everything (Was) Awesome!!!"  Remember that? The genius 2-minute earworm of a song that The Lonely Island and Tegan & Sara took all the way to the Oscars as an Original Song nominee? The beauty of framing your film around an absurd, empty, but undeniably catchy song is that the movie matched the pace of the song. Hearing it, we laugh, instantly tap our feet, and directors Phil Lord & Christopher Miller established a cadence with which their film could bounce to.  If The LEGO Movie

American society is filled with a variety of entertainment sources: sports, music, literature, films, etc. With each of these entertainment sources comes, in some capacity, a fan base. Almost every person in America or even the world, if asked, would be able to list at least one thing they are a fan of. How did this idea of a “fandom” subculture become so apparent in American society? In today’s society, people are easily able to be informed on their favorite celebrities and sports teams. The media

It was the year of 1949 and there was a star born in Shreveport, Louisiana. We didn't know that at the time, but my goodness we do now. This man was and is a very, very talented country music legend and songwriter. Randall Hank Williams Jr. is still performing as of today. He goes by the nickname of Bocephus. He has had that nickname forever now. He still is called that until this day. His full name is Randall Hank Williams Jr. He was named after his father Hank Williams.

Altschuler’s All Shook Up: How Rock’ N’ Roll Changed America portrays a narrative on rock’ n’ roll and how this cultural phenomenon paved the way for the shift in American culture and politics as its origins are connected with some of the most significant historical changes in Post-World War II America and how it was essential to America’s Cold War culture as the music reflected everyday life of the 1950s including attitudes toward youth, race, ethnicity, gender, and class. “Rock’ n’ roll deepened the divide

The British Invasion The British Invasion started in the late 1950’s when The Beatles first came to America. It happened when the American tone and image of Rock-N-Roll and Blues became popular with the younger british population. British groups started to mix styles with american and british. The first british band to make an impact on what americans were listening to was the Tornados instrumental Telstar which hit number one on the u.s hot 100. That is when the British invasion really started

In the year 1927, George D. Hay a director at Nashville radio station was in his preparation to kick off on his program that he introduced in the year 1925 (Kyriakoudes, 2004). The program was known as the WSM Barn Dance that was locally listened to and was also well known countrywide. When the program started, Hay introduced a mixture of comedy and “hillbilly” music entertainment which was off schedule and later on the conductor who was known as Walter Damrosch shut off the show which was airing