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are actually pretty good and most of them are written or played by former famous bands and artists while at the top of their careers. Let’s take a look… What’s New Pussycat - Tom Jones, 1965 Nashville Cats - The Lovin' Spoonful, 1966 Lucifer Sam - Pink Floyd, 1967 Stray Cat Blues - The Rolling Stones,…

John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”, and Sam Mendes’ “American Beauty”, explore the fallacious and impossible nature of the ‘American dream’. The American dream encapsulates the ‘inalienable right to happiness’ in the American constitution, the individual right to dictate one’s own destiny and reap the rewards of hard work. Through comparative analysis of Steinbeck’s satire of the attainment of the dream as unrealistic, with themes of apathy and materiality, and Mendes’ subverted parody of…

Oscar Casares’ “Chango” takes place in the border city of Brownville, Texas. The main character, Bony, is a middle aged man who lives with his parents, is unemployed, and is overall not progressing in a normal way as dictated by society. Bony finds a monkey’s head, “Chango”, close to his house and seems to feel a connection with the object causing him to keep it. His parents, who do not approve of his lifestyle, are resistant to the monkey head and want him to get rid of it but Bony instead runs…

stations, then the AM ones. Bottom line, rock n' roll was my thing. I'm drawn to music with a a good melody, and many times, with a solid beat. My first real rock album; The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band. Then came bands like Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, and Yes. Time wise, this was all back in the first…

"Tainted Love" in 1964. Cobb's profession of musician and songwriter has been marked as a renowned songwriter of his time. Cobb played in the band the Four Preps and wrote for several famous musical artists like the Standells, Fleetwood Mac, and Pink Floyd, just to name a few. The talents of Cobb's work has boosted musicians fame with the enjoyment of his lyrics. His hard efforts and talents can be reflected by 32 gold and platinum awards, as well as being nominated for 3 Grammy Awards. One of…

A terrible mistake started something big and strong. Racism has gone on for decades and it was something normal. Nobody said anything about it and even slaves themselves. They didn’t make it a big riot. They didn’t have the right. They were nothing for the “yankees.” So the slaves started something different. Something quiet but loud. They sang! They wrote songs about their slave life and racism that they had to see every day. Their songs had different codes that only, but only they could…

People running around trying to get ready. Somehow everything seemed to be passing by so slow for me. I felt such calmness and peace going through me. I looked down and could see I was only half ready, still wearing my blue basketball shorts and Pink Floyd t-shirt. Make up was already done and hair was almost done just needed a few touches here and there. My make up resembeled something of a movie star, never had I seen myself so beautiful. My hair looked so perfect fixed as if it was part…

called the British Invasion. The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones, most notably, are all household names to those with any interest in popular music since the 1960s. Past the initial Invasion, artists such as Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd also had immense success after traveling across the pond to perform in the United States. Even with the tremendous popularity these groups enjoy, their collective source of inspiration is less known than the bands themselves: the blues. …

The folklore of Appalachia and Kentucky is something that cannot be refuted. In these mountains many stories and superstitions grow. These stories are passed down and recorded. What remains a mystery is whether these stories are rooted in fact or fiction. Ghost stories range in topic from people, places, houses, and more and the superstitions include ghosts and how people live their lives and beyond. Humans as a group are always intrigued by that which they cannot explain with the roots of…

Mandela. There were many other hot spots of the concert some of which included Rome, Japan, Paris and many more. The line up of musicians in London alone range anywhere from Madonna, The Killers, Snoop Dogg, the Who, R.E.M, and even the reuniting of Pink Floyd and Roger Waters for the first time in twenty four years. In Philadelphia a few spotlighted amazing groups were The Black Eyed Peas, Linkin Park, and The Dave Mathews Band. It was estimated that the overall funds raised from this benefit…