Metal

“In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first” Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1943 in Seattle, Washington. He was nine years old when his mom died. His dad got custody of Jimi and his brother, Al. His dad would not let them go to their mom's funeral. Instead he gave them a shot of whiskey and said, “You are a man now and you have to deal with loss.” Before Jimi was famous, he was caught in a stolen car three times. He had the option to go to…

The crowd quiets, anticipative of the results. The O2, able to hold twenty-thousand people, is crowded. Many sit at round tables on the floor level, claimed by nominees, their guests, and other celebrities whose smiling, unmistakable faces are found on screens internationally; the others line the sides of the massive arena. “And the winner of the MasterCard Album-of-the Year is… the Arctic Monkeys.” For the third time in their career, the Arctic Monkeys are called to the stage of the Brit…

I couldn’t hear the sneer drum in my headphones but as I closed my eyes I envisioned myself on the stage again. The heavy, soundproof double doors made me feel secure. I closed my eyes and felt as though I was still watching everyone in the live room. The sofas and the coffee table was where I sat to write songs quite often. Thirty-five feet square and fifteen feet tall, the live room had no soundproofing but there were microphones on floor stands, firmly fixed with pop shields and a headphone…

The man saw the princess gesture to the right. He walked over with such confidence, knowing that the princess wouldn’t lead him to die. He reached out his hand ready to open the heavy door, he glanced back at the princess with thanks in his eyes. But when he opened the door, the thanks in his eyes turned to confusion as the room was empty. The king being so disappointed in the turnout of the trial, slammed his angry fists on the bar in front of their seats shaking everything. His daughter…

In “Everyday Use,” Alice Walker tells a story of a mother who does the best she can to raise her 2 daughters in the south at a time where it was necessary to try to instill her culture and her heritage in their lives. She had a very rocky relationship with them. The daughters grow up to be two different individual with each embrace what they think is important to their well being and their identity. One grows to be well educated and could not see her embrace and associated with the old life…

Throughout the entire night, I woke up with feverish bursts time and time again. I dreamt of death. My mother and father’s bony skulls were glinting at me through the blackness. I replayed the same scene over and over again: the persistent screaming in the background as a dull buzzing sounded beside my ears. And then the sound of gunshots exploding in the air as raiders crowded into our room. Their skin was imprinted with skull and dagger tattoos I watched them cock a gun at my family’s…

Stevie Wonder’s song Sir Duke sounds like it uses the ABBA form. I also hear what sounds lik a wall of sound, multiple instruments in each measure of music. I think the style of music originates from the Motown style. My first impression of Beck’s Blue Moon is that it sounds like the beach boys. Although the lyrics are not about surfing, the musical style sounds like the Beach Boys. It has the distinctive background vocals of the surf music, it sounds like the later music of the Beach Boys…

Background: Lead is a neurotoxin that is exceedingly harmful to human health. The government attempted to ban lead in products such as paint and gasoline. However, lead can still found in soil. Most recreational parks where children play have soil that contain lead. Exposure to lead may cause similar health conditions to anemia. Uncontaminated soil contains lead concentrations less than 50 parts per million (ppm). Yet soil lead levels in many areas exceed 200 ppm. The research will highlight…

INTRODUCTION There’s just something about the guitar. It’s hard to define. There aren’t many art forms that are capable of connecting radically different ideas and lifestyles. For some reason, the guitar happens to be one of them. For example: Jimi Hendrix is unanimously considered one of the greats. He was known for his outrageous stage habits (like setting his axe on fire), his ability to draw influences from Black music into Rock N Roll, and his divine talents on the guitar. Jimi played as…

The floor of the prisoners’ dock creaked as it plummeted underground. After ten minutes, it crawled up, groaning as if under the strain of enormous weight. The spectators in the gallery gasped as the disheveled heads of the six defiant prisoners emerged. The prisoners looked as if they had been in a ferocious scrimmage. Despite the shackles on their wrists and ankles, they stood, with overweening pride and nabob-like airs, albeit spattered with seabird droppings. Even though they wore…