Mandolin

Miller lived a short yet interesting life, he differed from his competitors and left a dazzling legacy on the Jazz community. On March 1st of 1904 in the small town of Clarinda, Iowa, Alton Glenn Miller was born. Miller began playing the cornet and mandolin at a young age. This sparked his love for music. In 1917 Miller finally received his very…

Imagine Dragons performed at the Southside Festival. The Southside Festival is a music festival in Germany, and is commonly known as “...the southern counterpart of The Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel.”(1) Imagine Dragons have been playing as a band since roughly 2009, But their popularity increased in 2012 with their song, “Radioactive” and continuing to grow with other hits such as “Demons” and “On top of the World”(2). The band’s current members are Singer: Dan Reynolds, Guitarist: Wayne…

The Joseph Family History 1. Narrative On June 25th is my parent’s 20th wedding anniversary. They met in 1991 from knowing a mutual friend. They met at an ice cream store called Licks in downtown Denver. My parents got engaged on December, 19th ,1995. They were married at the John Paul II center in south Denver. They had three kids James, born in 1998, Marisa, born in 2000, and Me, Philip, born in 2002. My dad has four sisters Christine, Doreen, Cindy, and Margie. Their parents are Marylyn…

first part of the movie, there were certain instruments that are symbolic of each group of people who would be played when the characters were in the scene. A few examples would be a harmonica for the black people, a banjo for the miners, and the mandolin for the Italians. As the story unfolded, all the instruments ended up coming together…

In the midst of a war, how people interact with others from different cultures or within their own, may be their making or breaking point. In the book Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina and in the movie Matewan, it is clear to see how the miners have conflicts with the coal company, the scabs, and with themselves, and how the miners unite within themselves and with the others. Each of these interactions, both bad and good, impact the fight for the miner’s basic human rights against the company…

When humans are just born, they have been educated about language from the time we entered school. But much of what we learn about language in schools belongs more to a folk model than to an analytic model of language. In learning your native language, it is a way for you to connect with your culture, community and also yourself. In my viewpoint, learning your native langauge is very important so certain languages don’t vanish. When I was reading the article ‘’Vanishing Voices,’’ Russ Rymer was…

written in the form of a story, and the singers voice has a prominent Southern accent and twang that matches the strong ringing sound that many of the instruments make. The instruments most commonly used are the acoustic guitar, banjo, bass, fiddle, mandolin, and steel guitar (Jensen). A good example of a song that exemplifies the qualities typically found in this genre is “This Is How We Roll” by Florida Georgia Line. This…

Henri Rousseau Henri Rousseau was a naïve painter who lived from 1844-1910 but primarily worked from 1884 until his death. The works of Rousseau where distinct and unlike anything else that was being created, this was most likely due to Rousseau’s lack of formal training. Rousseau managed to create imaginative and brilliant pieces based solely on his own intuition and natural skill. There reality of Rousseau’s early life is a bit foggy due to the great mythos that surrounds the artist, in large…

“Tramps, Hobos, Beats and Crusties” There is something romantic about hearing the sound of a train in the distance. It has a way of enticing the imagination--it conjures up sepia images of hardship and freedom, and leaves us with an unexplained longing. It is as if the railroad links us to our country’s past, a nostalgic reminder that some things never change. In 2008 I spent the better part of a year hopping freight and hitchhiking from Maine to Washington. Although I only rode a handful of…

voyage accompanied only by his old age. He is abandoned by his fellow mariners, they thought him unlucky. At times the old man talks to himself or to a small bird on his skiff which shows how lonely he is in the midst of the sea, even he thinks of Mandolin when he had successfully killed the fish. Though he has been able to kill the fish and secure it in his skiff still he had no excitement which proves the vulnerability of his victory – it is vulnerable because he is with the sin of sincerity…