Playlist

finally managed to shove a smoothie down my throat and get my mind mentally ready for yet another gruelling 4 hour practice. My morning routine before every practice consisted of my kinetic stretching and rolling out my muscles, along with my main playlist, “Pump up” before the 30 min drive out to calabasas. This was the week of my High School Varsity Lacrosse team’s championship, and was easily one of the most anxious times of my life in my entire sports career. Not only were we nearing finals…

Causes and effects of Distracted Driving How many times do drivers take their eyes off of the road while driving? Whether it’s from using your cell phone, music or passengers. Every day, over 16 Americans are killed and over 1,300 are injured in car accidents that involve a distracted driver (Simon). The major distractions are taking their eyes off the road, mind off driving and hands off the wheel. When doing one or more of these distractions, it makes drivers more likely to have an…

Everyone has their own individual taste in music. Your driving tunes might sound like a never-ending cat fight [pic: PD] to me, and my wind-down playlist might make you feel like you’re stuck on hold with customer service. But no matter how different our musical tastes, I bet there are at least /some/ sounds we can agree on. Namely, the worst, most skin-crawling, ear-covering, cringe-inducing ones ... like oh, fingernails on a chalkboard. [pic:Aldeasycampamentos ] Gah. Just saying it gives…

Jenna keeps dressing up with colorful clothes, doing her makeup and her hair as a teenager who lived in the 80s. Her style does not change until a few days later, when she clearly understands what had happened to her lately. The film also uses the playlist of old time music such as Thriller, Love is a Battlefield or Crazy for You as the film’s soundtracks. Those songs are used not only because they were the favorite ones in that decade, but also because of their lyrics, whose meanings are…

I grabbed some snacks from the pantry, a Naked Juice from the mini-fridge, and my headphones. I planted myself at the counter and told myself I wasn’t going anywhere until I pounded out at least five pages. I put on a Spotify playlist, designed to help you focus, and I began my work. Naked Juice’s are my version of a healthy energy drink. After about thirty minutes of working, my mother walks out of her bedroom. Now in my house, everyone except my older brother and I, is in bed…

earbuds firmly implanted, swaying slightly to their own inner grove, you can be pretty much certain that it’s not classical music they’re listening to. Teenagers I know can enthusiastically rattle off the name of a dozen bands on their current favorite playlist, but ask them if they know who Brahms was and a funny kind of glazed look comes over their eyes. Even my music students, who I’d hope would know better, are astonishingly unknowledgeable about classical music, and if they don’t even know…

I had the ability to observe the Modern Dance class here on the Montgomery campus. It was taught within a theater black box with desks on risers against the walls and mirrors along the front. The class only had six students, all who looked like college-level beginners varying from newly into college and adults. Overall the girls do not really talk a lot, but they all seem engaged in learning what Professor Nirider has to say. They act as a very close-knit group, always willing to help another…

In Niykee Heaton’s song, “I’m Ready,” she explains her past life within the lyrics. Literary elements within the song emphasize her past and how it has impacted her. Her hardships gave her an incentive to prevail a consuming past. The theme of this song is about overcoming the shadows of her past. Heaton’s diction in her first verse explains key shadows of her past. The feathers she mentions symbolize how lightly she took herself. She becomes influenced by the negative ambience of the…

Pop culture encompasses entertainment, politics, sports, fashion, and technology. All these things are connected to society and are influenced by it. The changes in society go on to reflect in pop culture as popular culture changes to match the people’s emotions, opinions, or demands. It is not a cause of social change but a result of social change. As new things are integrated into culture and bring change to society, pop culture changes to mirror society's new views. This development even…

Albert Einstein once said, "Life without playing music is inconceivable... I get most joy in life out of music." Music has been known to bring people joy, but can it bring people success? Music had been a constant in today’s society, whether it be through a computer, mp3, phone, or on the radio. Music is heard all throughout the world, and what is not known about it, is that it can enhance ones athletic ability. Music impacts athletic preparation and performance in five ways: dissociation,…