Jazz Style Globalization is strongly impacting the connections for social and cultural levels. There are distinctive differences among the global, national and local communities. For example, the economic migration has led to rapid social changes at local and national level that also impact globally. The music changes are also linked to the ambiguity regarding the sense and identity of a place. The most directly affected by the commercial music trends are the young people. They experience global…
We see it all over the news with headlines along the lines of someone shooting up a school of innocent students, shooting up a nightclub, or a movie theatre. It is without a doubt horrifying, especially for the the victims and their friend and families. Why should we keep guns if they bring so much violence and destruction to our country and its citizens? Why should we keep guns if…
John Fitzgerald Kennedy had several contributions in the 1960’s which made his assassination one of the most devastating days in history. He went through some tough times before he became one of the most famous leaders of America. However, in 1961 he became the thirty-fifth president and the first to be a Catholic one. Little did he know when he began his presidency that he would have a numerous amount of impacts in his lifetime such as helping out with the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Peace…
major damage to the beaches, but a $71 million effort restored them. The hotels in the Hotel Zone have beachfront facing the Caribbean Sea on one side, and the Nichupte Lagoon on the other (“10 Amazing Facts” 1). Cancun also hosts some fabulous nightclubs and…
For this concert review report I decided to support a local band that plays classic rock music. YKNOT is a band that does pure classic rock concerts. The band was formed by Joe Rosales and has been playing in El Paso nightclub scene since 2009. The group consists of four members. Rico Chavez is the lead vocalist, Joe Rosales is the lead guitarist, Ivan Montes is the Bass player and Vic Diaz is the drummer. The reason I choice this band was simply because I enjoy supporting the El Paso music…
Patti Smith emerged from CBGBs Nightclub to record one of the most influential albums of all time, Horses. Patti reworked the Them classic "Gloria," but added her unique spin. The first words you hear when you put the album on the turn table are "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not…
Sometimes the only way a person can better know herself is through the recognition of herself in others. My typical day illustrates who I am and my values, which I perceive in the attributes of a typical day at Northwestern University in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Further insight into the school bridges a connection between Northwestern and myself, leading to a realization not possible from reflecting upon either one alone: the person behind Northwestern, the student body, whom I…
“Roaring Twenties” and discuss the concept of materialism and consumerism. The popularity of jazz music first originated in the legal red-light zone of New Orleans, Storyville (Kurtz, 1986). Jazz orchestras and bands formed and were hired to perform at nightclubs, ballrooms, and dance halls around East Coast of USA. The technological advancement of radio broadcast facilitated the popularisation of this essentially Afro- American style of music in the predominantly white community of North…
Griselda starts to smuggle the cocaine into America. She found very creative ways to smuggle the cocaine in on a small scale. First, she smuggles it in in the lining of suitcases, hollowed out shoes, lingerie Griselda specially designed that would hold small bags of cocaine in the crotch area of the underwear, and bras that held cocaine in the lining as well, by female couriers (Dunn, 38). Griselda took over the drug industry in New York. The business was growing so fast, she needed to find a…
safety ensures that some very simple, but sometimes overlooked, items are addressed and small problems are alleviated before they turn into big catastrophes. A lack of handling routine maintenance items can end in disaster. The fire at The Station Nightclub in 2003, where 100 people were killed when a fire broke out during a rock concert by the band, Great White, was totally preventable. The investigation aftermath showed that several doors were blocked, and that, coupled with the fact that…