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    Peripheral Vision

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    Canadian jazz quartet Peripheral Vision is known for breaking off into modern sound-shapes and bringing influences from a variety of genres, with predominance of jazz and rock. Co-led by guitarist Don Scott and bassist Michael Herring, who often have art, literature, and standup comedy inspiring their compositions, the band is rounded out with saxophonist Trevor Hogg and drummer Nick Fraser. Their fourth outing, More Songs About Error and Shame, comprises seven well-worked compositions (Herring…

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    During their period with Andy Warhol, the band became a significant part in his multimedia spectacle entitled ‘Exploding Plastic Inevitable.’ Simply called Plastic Inevitable or EPI, it was a series of performances established Warhol between 1966 and 1967. Originally called ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound,’ it played in theaters in Early ’66, which was VU and Nico accompanying a 70-minute long silent black and white film. As the idea evolved, it was advertised as the ‘new…

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    need accompanying music to be understood in the correct way. If you lay out the lyrics of Pink Floyd 's song "Time" without the accompanying music, many questions and observations come to mind. One of which why is there no chorus in the song? Songs generally contain a chorus and it is peculiar to stumble across a song in absence of one, such as "Time." It makes the listener wonder if the Pink Floyd members purposefully chose to eliminate the chorus when brainstorming ideas…

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    “Why Won’t They Talk To Me?” A Groovy Semiotic Analysis The spaced out and complex tunes of psychedelic rock born in the 1960’s by numerous artists ranging from The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Byrds, Pink Floyd, The Doors, and more have evolved over the years into a mix of antique guitar and present-day disco pop. The discourse community of psychedelic rock which arose in the 1960’s is still alive and evolving today while holding the same values of peace, love, and sharing the love for music…

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    Are you hungry for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? In order to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich you will need to make sure you have everything. First, you will need to see if you have all of the ingredients. Then, make sure you have a clean area as to where you want to make it. After that ask a parent or guardian to invite a friend over. Making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich can help you from being hungry and you can have fun while doing it. In order to make a peanut butter and…

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    Texas Recognition Program

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    Program Introduction The Texas Fire Chiefs Recognition Program is a voluntary process where fire departments in Texas prove their compliance with Texas fire service’s current Best Practices. These Best Practices were carefully developed by Texas Fire Service professionals to assist departments in the efficient and effective delivery of service and the protection of individual’s rights. The Texas Fire Chiefs Association developed the Recognition Program to assist Texas departments in meeting…

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    Gramps says I’m a country girl at heart, and that is true”(Creech 1). This is saying that Gramps and Sal both agree that Sal is a country girl.In Walk Two Moons By Sharon Creech , Bybanks,Kentucky is important to the character Sal because of her belongings,her memories,and the trees. Bybanks,Kentucky is important to the character Sal because of her belongings. In chapter 1 Sal supports this by saying” My Father plucked me like a weed,and took all of our belongings,that’s not true he didn’t take…

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    Pink Floyd Research Paper

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    Pink Floyd is to acid rock as Ford is to cars. Drugs played an important roll in their creation of music. Pink Floyd still has some members living and making music. Floyds fans were getting tired of waiting for new music so on July 2nd, 2005 Pink Floyd was on stage with Rodger Waters for a fundraiser. In 2016 David Gilmour put on a concert for his fans. Pink Floyd had an interesting career. They helped create acid rock and earned several awards. Pink Floyd won 3 grammys and they were brought…

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    Pink Floyd Research Paper

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    Pink Floyd is one of those bands just like The Beatles everyone has heard of them in some way or form. A song that everyone has heard by Pink Floyd even though may not know it is the song “Money” from one of their biggest selling albums of all time “The Dark Side of the Moon”. Pink Floyd started of in London in 1964 from the ashes of a band called Sigma 6 after toying the the sound for a while eventually Pink floyd was formed and ready to go. Pink Floyd, The Media, Technology, cultural…

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    Quotes In The Great Gatsby

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    Gatsby doesn’t want her to know. You’re just supposed to invite her to tea.’” 79 After a new neighbor, Nick Carraway, moves in, Gatsby attempts to manipulate Nick into inviting Daisy over while Gatsby is also at his home. With all of these things taken into consideration, the reader can see that Gatsby was willing to throw expensive parties and manipulate friends to bring out the past. Moving into the second point, it will be shown how Gatsby will throw away his future for a dream that was…

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