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    of folk. Whereas, experimental music is often assigned to any music that strays outside of accepted classification or exploration of sounds that the listener is not yet familiar with. This knowledge and information will help improve the listeners experience. Learn to appreciate the richness of music and bring more fulfillment to your life

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    Pulp Fiction Essay

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    There is a cohesive force in literature that connects all the various traditions such as past and present. Pulp Fiction and its ‘intertexuality’ occurred where Tarantino used shared experiences from the past movies to communicate his ideas with his audience. The postmodern aesthetic relies heavily on four tightly inter-related concepts: parody and pastiche, prefabrication and intertextuality, all imbued with a genuine or ironic nostalgia

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    Ravers Persuasive Essay

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    According to ravers, raves are an evolutionary type of party that everyone should experience. In a society that is constantly changing, raves have come to be a part of evolution. It's been told that raves started out as a secretive late after-hour parties held in clubs, commercial buildings, and even private homes for invited guests only. Its popularity did not uncover until the early 1990's. Drugs are a big part of raves, approximately 90% of the people that attended raves are under the influence

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    New House History

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    writing, music and acting. The top floor featured 15 artist's glass-walled studios on the ninth floor, and for families enjoing the luxuries of boundless wealth, he created 3,000-square-foot, 12-room apartments. For the complete cooperative living experience, Hubert created rooms for the sole enjoyment of men as well as rooms for women on the ground floor. His ingenious design also feature a restaurant on the groundfloor and high above the streets, a rooftop

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    Woodstock Essay

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    as the bands The Stone; and Creedence Clearwater Revival (Sandow, 1). Singer Joe Cocker and guitar player Carlos Santana, up to then unknown, became overnight stars. Some performers who were scheduled to appear could not due to traffic problems. Jimi Hendrix ended the event with a freeform solo guitar performance of "The Star Spangled Banner." The dictionary defines a hippie as one who doesn't conform to society's standards and advocates a liberal attitude and lifestyle. Most of the people at Woodstock

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    deaths of influential artists, such as legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and blues singer Janis Joplin, and the demise of the 1960s counterculture soured the entrance into the 1970s. Born in a struggling working-class New Jersey in late 1949, Springsteen observed the nature of blue-collar life first-hand through his family, despite the increase of affluent, suburban life (“Springsteen’s Born to Run”). These early life experiences influenced Springsteen’s songwriting themes and provided an escape

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    Chelsea

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    Among the most avant garde of Manhattan properties is the storied Hotel Chelsea, aka the Chelsea Hotel or simply the Chelsea. The 12 storied red brick ironwork 250 unit hotel located on 222 West 23 Street in Chelsea Manhattan has witnessed layers of New York's steamiest history and hosted some pretty notable residents from groundbreakers and rule-makers to the great, the good, the famous, and the infamous. Built between 1883 and 1885 and owned by a consortium of 10 wealthy families, the Chelsea

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    LSD and the '60s Music Scene Essay

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    tabla” in their music (Psychedelic Rock). The Beatles were a very well-known and popular band in the sixties. The use of LSD and other drugs heavily influenced two of their albums, Revolver and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Their first experience with the drug within the band was when John Lennon and George Harrison accidentally took acid in 1965. After their eye opening incident, Lennon and Harrison decided that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr needed to try it as well because they found

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    The Emergence of Surf Music Many different music styles emerged during the early 1960's. One of these music styles that was perhaps the most prominent music style to ever come out of Southern California was Surf Music. Surf music was a short-lived phenomenon that occurred from 1961 to 1965 (Nostalgia, 2002). Along with the surf music craze, Hollywood also started producing numerous movies about surfing, including Gidget, and Endless Summer (St. James Encyclopedia, 2003

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    Africana Studies – GSS 2201 Dr. Ried-Merritt December 2, 2014 Overview on subject African American Theatre has a very dynamic and rich entity which comes from ancient Egyptian practices, and the African background of Greek legends contributed by Shakespeare. While black theatre was in its early stages, plays echoed of the lives they were living. Black American artists were constructing and preforming plays for mixed audiences as early as 1821. The dance and rhythm black people inherited caught

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