Bob Gunton

Most everyone knows the Christmas classic by Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” where a man named Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by ghosts, changing his life around. That is just fiction, but can you imagine what it would be like to see real Christmas ghosts? Ghost of Alcatraz Island Off the coast of San Francisco, California you’ll find Alcatraz Island which has a long and ghostly history. Ages ago Native Americans banished miscreants to this island for punishment and the story goes that they…

“News Update” about Steve Perry known as " THE VOICE " American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Former lead singer from band Journey most known for music hits like - Lights / Open Arms / Don't Stop Believing / Faithfully and classic song Mother Father and many many more. Set to release new solo music in early 2016 after a 20-year hiatus. Steve Perry by far is a class act. When Herbie Herbert ( Manager ) found Steve Perry it was like finding a winning lottery ticket for the…

apprenticed by his old master Fezziwig. Scrooge and past go to when he fell in love but didn't get married. The ghost of Christmas past leaves and Scrooge wakes in his room. Soon the ghost of christmas present comes. They travel to Bob Cratchit (An Employee of Scrooge) house. Bob has a lame child and Scrooge asks present if the child lives. Present says “If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child will die”. (Dickens, 22). Present and Scrooge then travel to his Nephew's house.…

Mavis Staples made an impact on the civil rights movement as a singer. Mavis was in a singing group with her father, brother Pervis, and her two sisters Yvonne and Cleotha.(Family Circle) The family band was created after her father gave up his job as a cotton picker in Illinois. Mavis, at only age ten became the lead singer of the Staples Singers. Her voice sounded a lot older and much bolder than a singer her age should. This group was just the start of the impact that Mavis had on the Civil…

guilty and avoided trial, while the other two were convicted on January ,1973. By that time, a growing number of people had begun to suspect that there was a bigger scheme growing under their noses. Those people included Washington Post reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, trial judge John J. Sirica and some members of a Senate investigation committee. Meanwhile, a few of the conspirators began to crack under the pressure of the cover-up. John Dean, the White House counsel and a few more…

Booker T & the MG's - Green Onions The song under analysis was brought to life by Booker T & the MG 's, is called “Green Onion”, Booker T. Jones and his Memphis Group which called the MG’s is one of the first racially integrated and biggest bands in 60’s. They are the house Band for Stax Record and Influenced in shaping the “Southern Soul” sound. Although they do not have vocalist of their own, the band released several albums and recorded many hits. Their best known hit is "Green Onions." The…

A Christmas Carol by, the talented author, Charles Dickens, is a fiction story about the ghosts of Scrooge’s Christmas Past, Present, as well as Future and his journey to become a kind and loving person. If I were in charge of designing a flag that would symbolically represent an important aspect of the novel A Christmas Carol, the one element I would include in my flag design would be a path leading two directions. In the story, Scrooge is warned by Marley’s Ghost during a sudden visit about…

In Charles Dickens's award winning novel, "A Christmas Carol," Mr. Scrooge was visited by different ghosts from the past, present, and future to help him realize that he is not who he should be. When he is invited to see his grave stone the Scrooge implores, "Men's course will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead. But if the course be departed from, the end's will change. Say it is thus with what you show me." What do you think he meant when he said this? The…

Additionally, theme is portrayed once again when scrooge is unexpectedly take to his past errors in life. With the help of The Spirit of Christmas Past, Ebenezer is taken to relive some of his worst times and hardest mistakes. To start that perturbing adventure, Scrooge is first brought back to his childhood. The Spirit of Christmas of Past lets the experience of Scrooge as a lonely boy unfold. Child Scrooge was heartbroken. Watching the friends that he did have, if any, be taken back to their…

Wake Up Little Susie A popular song in its time “Wake Up Little Susie” became a number one hit on October 14, 1957 for the Everly Brothers. A song that sang about the kind of nightmare only two teenagers in love could wake up to having fallen asleep together at the movies and having to face angry parents and curious friends. The Everly Brothers were favorites for they harmonious singing and doo-wop style. Their first big hit was “Bye Bye Love” but it didn’t make it to number one. I don’t know…