popular sport in the United States, but it still cannot compete with its very own stadium like many of the successful teams in the city such as the Dodgers, Angels, Lakers, Clippers and the Kings. The LA Galaxy had to move through out three stadiums as a franchise, The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, The Rose Bowl, and Finally the StubHub Center (formally The Home Depot Center) which seems as this is their Home. The Stadium is located on CSU Dominguez Hills campus in the city Carson which is part…
Wild Horses: A Dull Cowboy Soap Opera Robert Duvall wrote, directed, and starred in Wild Horses. Duvall indulges us with another gruff cowboy role as Scott Briggs, an old time rancher with a past full of mistakes. The film opens with Scott walking in on his son, Ben Briggs (James Franco) having an intimate conversation with another boy, Jimmy (Darien Willardson). Ashamed of his gay son he kicks both boys off the ranch at gunpoint. Fifteen years later Texas Ranger, Samantha (Luciana…
The last trip I went on with my middle school friends. The place where I and my friends were going to is Washington Dc. Everyone got to pick who was in there group which was me, Angelo and the teachers that look after us. Angelo has black hair, blue eyes and was wearing the field trip shirt that everyone had on it was a blue shirt with the white house on the front and names on the back he also wore a pair of blue jeans. The teacher’s names are Kyle Ms. Brogan and Ms. Davis. Everyone had to come…
that, I want to be a bull rider.” I thought to myself, wow! Is my boy being serious? Watching the rest of the rodeo was such a joy seeing my son light up and talk about all the cowboys. Once we settled in at home that night, my wife and I were talking about the nights’ events, and how fascinated Dylan was with the cowboys. I told my wife, “we should get him into Mutton Busting,” and after showing her a few videos on the internet, she was…
In the last two centuries the beef industry has undergone many changes. From the coming of refrigerated train cars to Government regulations. As the population of the earth has grown, cattlemen have had to change their operations in order to feed the world. But as we try to feed more cattle in a smaller area, sickness spreads like wildfire if not treated with antibiotics. Cattle were first brought to the America’s in 1493 on Columbus’s second voyage. (Bravodelux, 2013)Spanish and Portuguese…
filmmaking has existed so too has the Western first showcased in Edwin S. Porter film The Great Train Robbery. Though overall a simple film in retrospect the way in which it pushed the medium forward was revolutionary in containing a narrative. Cowboys are the initial American heroes of filmmaking which all others pull from; Westerns as a male focused genre the central genre trope of masculinity have been constructed on a cinematic level. Action heroes and noir films can be traced back to…
Since I was four years old my most prominent memory has been of horses. I remember my first encounter with a horse, I instantaneously developed a deep fascination with the animal. I devoted my life to horses. My thoughts were entwined with anything horse related. I used horse terminology as a way to critically think and solve arithmetics in school. Twelve years later my infatuation with the animal proved true when I was asked by the University of Virginia Riding Team to join them as a sophomore…
McCarthy's All The Pretty Horses tells the story of a young man, John Grady Cole, from Texas who realizes that his idealistic vision of a traditional Old West future is being compromised by the modernization of American culture. Grady holds himself to a cowboy code which advocates honestly, loyalty, and ardor above all. While the code is well intentioned it is also overly idealistic and ultimately leads Grady and his travel companion and friend Lacey Rawlins to some misfortunes. McCarthy's story…
Team ropers-r-us The rider slowly backs his horse into the metal box. Nerves are pulsing through his body. He looks to the left and sees the steer is ready and looks even farther to the left and makes eye contact with his partner. He gives the look and nods his head. After that, it’s all so fast the steer launches forward and his partner swings the rope, and it is thrown, he prays for the best. Lucky for him the rope lands around the horns and his partner dallys up and turns left. Now it’s all…
Without the early explorers and settlers, the ranchers and cowboys, and the businessmen and railroad, we would not be able to enjoy food such as burgers and steaks, and milk and cheese. With beef being the preferred meat of the American consumer (purdue.com), the cattle industry will probably thrive for many years…