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Julia took another large sip of her white wine. The date she was one—the fourth date in the span of a week—was proceeding at a pace Julia perceived as very slow. She looks down at her phone to check the time, and sees it has only been a minute since her date—Claude—left to take a phone call. “Gods and goddesses, please make this more bearable,” Julia grumbled underneath her breath seconds before her date appeared again at their table. “So, where was I?” Claude asked, returning to his seat,…

The sound of the band starting, the scream of the vocals and the cheers of the audience all around. Heavy metal is a mainstay in the music industry since its start in the 60's and 70's, with bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath leading the way. Since the beginning of heavy metal many critics have disapproved and wrote it off as a musical genre. Against the odds of surviving as a genre the heavy metal scene won and is still a popular genre with many from teens to to adults all over the world…

by Sadaja Oliver 4th block  Pop art is a 1950s art movement that began in Britain. In the late 1950s pop art started in the United States. The term pop art refers to the artist’s attitude behind his or her art. It is sometimes referred to as the reaction to abstract expressionism. The people that started the pop art trend in Britain were Eduardo Paolozzi and Richard Hamilton. Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns started it in the United States. Pop art has been used in many…

and our economy was in a major boom, along with our population, after the end of the war, Abstract Expressionism was discovered. The counterculture movement was important, it set the stage for social movements. During the 1960’s, Andy Warhol created Pop Art, considered to be artificial, detached, rebellious, ironic and funny. For artists of the 20th Century, locating to a city in America and having the ability to gain freedom to create topics that are justified through everyday life.…

Andy Warhol Was A Big inspiration to the Pop Art movement that started in the 1950’s. His Campbell’s Soup and Marilyn Monroe Paintings Made him a really famous painter in the Twenty First Century. Andy Warhol changed the world by Showing color in his paintings and showing what would happen if it was a different color in every different painting he did. He made it iconic and popular especially with his marolyn and campbell’s soups. Born in August 16, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the…

The fact of reality is that teenagers create the pop culture within each generation. With a new era of children, it brings forth new stories, fashion statements, ideas, and entertainment that was never heard before. Unique. Simple. It creates an undeniable growth as a humanity as we continuously make social and political change, learning from those before us. In comparison, the Great Generation is much different from Millennials, their history being different. Those who grow up within the era…

How have industry figures wielded their power in pop’s production and dissemination processes, and how have musicians responded? Making reference to relevant literature and one or more recordings from the period 1900-2000, discuss the problems of power and mediation as they apply to popular music history. Industry figures have influenced the production and dissemination of popular music over the twentieth century in different ways. The production of popular music and its dissemination has…

After six years of performing under the name Grimes, Claire Boucher is blasting into the stratosphere of mainstream pop; her intergalactic, out-of-this-world beats and softened sound made more palatable for radio on her fourth studio album, “Art Angels.” Trading her signature dream-pop with thudding, club beats and more confident sounding operatics, the genre-blending album covers a lot of ground in its 14 songs, and features more live instrumentation than ever before, including piano, guitar,…

Toward the end of your participation in the online discussion for Lesson 3, submit your final assessment of why so many people seem to consider Elvis a seminal figure in rock. Include in your written discussion the role of mass media and its possible influence on cultural fashion. Also include references from the online discussion where appropriate. Be sure to cite your sources. Elvis Presley, also known was the “King of Rock,” played a very important part in the 50s. During this time period,…

At the time, she was a fan of kpop, especially the group Girls’ Generation. Listening to that song ended up influencing my undying k-pop obsession. In the end, I became an even more intense kpop fan than she ever was. Besides introducing me to kpop, Keziah introduced me to many things involving music that influenced my love for that it. While attending West Leyden, she was a part of…