Bob Cratchit

“The wise musicians are those who play what they can master” (Ellington, 2017). The 1960’s were a decade of cultural calamity which with saw the premature political gripes of racial discrimination and ethnic values. Witnessing the implications of constitutional instability through the social revolution, songs of social commentary demonstrated expressionism of outdated morals through emphasis of lyrical progression. While various genres mirror the social ideals of an artist’s philosophies; as…

Billy Gibbon’s full name William Frederick Billy Gibbons is an active actor, producer and American Musician. He was the guitarist of ZZ Top, an American rock band. He started his career in Moving Sidewalks and he recorded Flash. He opened four dates with Jimi Hendrix Experience. Billy Gibbons is a vegetarian and he got married in 2005 to his girlfriend of long period Gilligan Stillwater. He does not have records of marriages or divorces, only that he was once boyfriend of Connie Hamzy. Billy…

James was an island in a sea of humanity. His face, shoulders and entire mid-section drooped as far as physically possible. A number of heavy breaths emanated from his lungs. A succession of sighs escaped from his lips. Clearly, “the Kid” as he was known in the Fight One locker room needed some cheering up. He wasn’t going to get it. Edwards had begged, borrowed and dealt for the cross promotional matchup against 4CW invader, Lord Raab. Not many of his colleagues thought he had a fighting…

The Beatles accomplished fame and fortune in a matter of four years. Fame that has not died down no matter how many years have come to pass. Though the Beatles were an extremely talented band, the Beatles success would not have been attained without the help of Brian Epstein and the originality of the band themselves. It has been said that “Epstein’s youth, Jewishness, and homosexuality opened doors for him in the world of rock ‘n’ roll management” (Millard, 103). Without this access the Beatles…

Two things country music star Hank Williams, Sr. did right was to become a legend and to have a famous song named Hank Williams, Jr. One thing he did terribly wrong was to drink to excess and die very young. The debut of Hank Williams, Sr. at the Grand Ole Opry was a great triumph. The debut remains the most famous in the history of live country music performance program broadcast on WSN Nashville weekly since 1925. When Williams grabbed the microphone on June 11, 1949 on the Grand Ole Opry…

Based on the Stephen King novel, “The Shawshank Redemption” tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a successful banker wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Once in Shawshank prison, his world is turned upside down as he learns the new dynamics of life on the inside. Set in the 1940’s, the film shows the graphic and harsh world that exists inside prison walls and when viewed through a leadership aspect, provides insight into the ways in which corruption, power, and struggle can…

There are many pieces of literature that are written in a very beautiful and sophisticated manner. There are many poems and stories that feel similar or you feel like the main character is trying to do the same thing. After you feel like something is similar between two pieces of literature you start to compare and contrast them . One of the many amazing pieces of literature are The poem Jabberwocky(written by Lewis Carroll) and a book called The Lorax( written by Dr.Seuss.) Both poems have a…

The biggest challenge in Sinatra’s career was dealing with and accepting the changes in the music business. Around the 1950s and 1960s, Sinatra’s career began to drop as people’s interest now turned to new, upcoming music: “[Sinatra] was left with a shrinking audience and his own stubborn good taste” (Sinatra, Tina par. 22). Sinatra’s own daughter was able to see how her father’s popularity was starting to get worse because of his own “stubborn good taste”. William Ruhlmann, a well-known writer…

Ryan Long was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley or “the Valley” which is just outside of the city of Los Angeles. When he was born there was something wrong with his foot, a ‘club foot’ is what the doctor described to his Mother as the condition that he was born with. Long spent the first two years of his life in surgeries and casts with bars bolted to the sides of his legs in order to straighten out his foot and be able to walk correctly. As for Long’s family, he’s the first of 2…

music spread to America following the incidences. New collections like the Revolver (1966) and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) by the Beatles and Pet sound (1963) by the Beach Boys raised the stakes. The two groups had rare abilities. Bob Dylan was engaged in a different strategy wherein 1965 he was engaged in a controversial experiment moving from acoustic to amplified recordings as well as performances. He did not abandon the rough and raw rock ‘n' roll and had initially stated…