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I thought to myself “What if I’m not good enough? What if I dislike it as much as I remember? What will the Lyman Hall kids be like?” These worries only lasted until I opened the front door of the school, because I was greeted by many familiar faces. I shook hands with the captains, Victor Jacome and Robbie Driscoll, whom I had known from my previous swim team. The

American Musical Acts Who Got No Lovin' in America Who knows why some American bands get more action overseas than in the U.S.? Sometimes American audiences are fickle or picky. Luckily, our ‘mehs’ can be another country’s ‘yays’. Cheap Trick in Japan Cheap Trick made three classic albums in the late 70s, but America’s interest was not pic’d. Known as one of the finest power-pop group Rockford, Illinois ever produced, it wasn’t until they left the midwest and went farther east (much farther) that

Position Paper It has been said over recent decades that rock music is dead. Before the likes of Nirvana and even Lynyrd Skynyrd graced the airwaves of America, Jim Morrison of the 1960’s band The Doors wrote “Rock Is Dead”. But after decades of decline, a revival in the 1990s, and further decay into current obscurity, it is safe to say that rock has died off in pop culture. The lucky few who hear crunchy guitars and angry vocals on the radio nowadays are merely listening to the twenty- to thirty-year-old

Censorship has long been an issue in Rock and Roll music. Although our American society celebrates “classic” rock that emerged in the 60’s and 70’s, today, artists such as: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Doors, The Sex Pistols, and Bob Dylan were harshly judged for their music and image they projected because some members of society feared they were too suggestive, or just completely inappropriate. These rebellious artists fought against their music being censored in the best ways for their

As they neared the finish line all three horses were neck and neck. None of the horses were willing to back down and none were giving an inch. In the middle of the three horses was Seabiscuit running at full speed. But the other horses were running their hardest too. Then it happened, what Red, the jockey, had feared. The space between the two horses was just barely enough for them to go through. As Red asked Seabiscuit for his very best, and with the tip of Red’s whip, Seabiscuit lunged forward

Rock and Roll Check with paper rater before turning in this assignment The name of the singing group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers grabbed my attention right away. I had never heard of this music group before this assignment. The name “Teenagers” made me giggle. I wonder if “Lymon” is pronounced Lee-mun, Lee-mon, Lie-mun, or Lie-mon. I had to stop and check Wikipedia for any available pronunciation of this unusual name. Unfortunately, Wikipedia did not provide a breakdown of the pronunciation

“God Only Knows” introduced a unique take on typical Beach Boys and pop music standards at the time using distinctive features of recording and performance. However, its unconventional approach to pop music was not immediately recognised to be the revolutionary stand it is currently noted at and received poor critical acclaim in its first year in the U.S.A., even being accused of blasphemy because of its religiously themed title. [1] “God Only Knows” was released as part of The Beach Boys’ eleventh

Superheroes, despite their different powers, all possess similar characteristics that define them, such as courage, honesty, selflessness, and the maintenance of strong morals. Similarly, King Lear, the tragic hero in William Shakespeare’s play, King Lear, possesses characteristics that define him as a tragic hero, as stated by Aristotle in Poetics via A.C. Bradley’s The Shakespearean Tragic Hero. King Lear is a character of high social status, and he possesses exceptional qualities that make him

There were many of artists and writers, who demonstrated symbolism and imagery within their work of art, set in nineteenth century New Mexico. Willa Cather and Georgia O’Keeffe were best known as an author and an artist in the nineteenth century. Willa Cather had a long memorable career writing novels, short stories, poems, and essay, and contributing to any newspapers, editor, and journals as writer. She travels at length to gather material for her narrative and characters, and was recognizable

“Accidental” discoveries are inventions that were discovered through no intention of discovery. From the good to the bad these types of inventions have changed our lives forever. These types of things are both things we use everyday, down to food people eat everyday. Food is a necessity to live, but what will surprise you is that some of the food people today were all “accidental” discoveries. Saccharin is an artificial sweetener people use to sweeten their food. This was discovered in 1879 when