Beat Generation

The Beat Generation, was an underground youth movement in New York, it also consisted of like-minded, non-conformist, creative authors whose literary work traversed and motivated the post-World War II American culture. It focused on renunciation of long-established values, inspection of diverse religions, pursuit of spiritual sense, elimination of materialism, sexual emancipation, and experimentation with psychedelic drugs. The Beat Generation, the countercultural movement…

In “The Beat Up Generation” (2014), written by Abby Ellin, she defines the Millenials as a generation that is spoiled, self-entitled and technology controlled. Despite the negative representation of Millenials, Ellin praises them for being hardworking, technology innovating and outspoken. Ellin offends Generation Y being viewed as lazy and having no motivation to work in order to further claim her purpose and because this was written for Psychology Today and published, her intended audience was…

comment: “Most enterprises that follow any "decent" framework should have an auto lockout policy.” There is nothing broken with this statement. I am offering an opinion, therefore why would I use the word: “MUST” or even infer to anyone that I will “beat the drum slowly until they listen to me.” I was making an observation and responding. Whether or not an organization uses a framework was beyond the scope of my answer. “SHOULD HAVE” is a matter of “if you don’t you may want to look into it.”…

It started with a soft and slow tempo that became more fast over time. The initial melody had syncopation that made you want to dance slowly side to side; it was quite a slow romantic song. The drums kept a steady soft 3/3 beat. After the initial melody, the vocalist started singing lyrics that incorporated the title of the song. His voice was a little hard to understand, at times it sounded as if he had a really thick accent or as if he was mumbling the lyrics. Even though…

as sadness, negativity, excitement and happiness. The slow beat of the song" Stars and the Moon" along with the combined with the singer’s tone gave me a feeling of sadness before words were even sung. On the other hand, the upbeat tempo combines with the quicker beat of the "New World" gave me instantaneous feeling of happiness. This could also be seen in the audience members. There were smiles and audience members moving with the beat of the uplifting songs where when the songs of hopelessness…

Breaking the Mold Jazz music in the 1950’s typically consisted of smooth, melodic lines, and compositions in 4/4, and in some cases, 3/4 rhythm, which made it easy for listeners to dance along to, therefore boosting the popularity of the particular band. Dave Brubeck went against this commonality, and created music that he enjoyed playing, rather than composing songs that fit into the standardized “jazz mold.” This decade introduced some immensely talented jazz musicians with the innovative…

Track 2 (“Baby Be Mine”): This song starts with percussion and synthesizer sound effects. The lyrics begin at 0:20. I noticed that the percussion highlighted the second and fourth beats of the measure. The song was a legato sounding pop song that sounded like some of the songs on the top 40 radio stations. Background singers entered at about 0:58; they shocked me because I did not expect something like that in this song. About that time there was an interesting hollow sound that I enjoyed. I was…

since I was a kid, I always found a rhythm on things. Whenever I heard the heartbeat from a toy heart that my teacher had in her classroom, in my head I always added an extra beat to it, always turned it into something musical. I always thought it was because I used to watch the Nickelodeon kids show called “The Fresh Beat Band” every single day when I got home from school, so I let slide. I knew that wasn’t the real reason because it didn’t feel like it was, but I never looked deep into my…

On the night of Saturday, November 19, I attended the North Carolina Theatre production of Monty Python’s Spamalot. This was part of a five-night run at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, part of the Duke Energy Center complex. It was a cold, brisk night, and the warm glow from Memorial Auditorium beckoned to me to enter. The auditorium inside in the biggest concert space I have been to not called an arena. Walking in at the second floor, the auditorium spilled out in front of me, welcoming, with…

there, she heard that familiar sound of the heart beat, a constant thumping. She stood up to listen and leaned her ear toward the sound. She decided to follow the beat. It led her to a path filled with trees, flowers, and rocks. It was green all around her. The trees grew larger as she walked further down this path. The sound of the heart beat grew louder as the rhythms jumped and bounced. The animals called out in between the rhythms. The beat was resonating through her entire body. She ran…