result of drug or alcohol abuse. Janis Joplin is the first of three members of the 27 Club that I am going to write my life studies on. Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 60’s as the lead singer of the psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. Janis grew up in a small reserved town where she knew she didn’t belong, this biography shows her defiance to break free from the social norm. Janis was characterized as a “misfit” with her…
UCLA college ray manzarek. During his high school life he discovered the works of poets jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg who were interested in Buddhist philosophy. “They were trying to achieve truths by the use of alcohol and drugs, especially psychedelic ones, such as LSD (Arcyman). That was often used by Morrison and most of his inspiration and drug use came from them. Jack Kerouac was best known…
Zeppelin was a English Rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound is rooted in blues and psychedelic on their early albums. Their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences such as Blues, Rock and Roll, Soul, Rockabilly, Folk Ballad, and Jazz. The groups’ original name was Yardbirds which Jimmy Page joined. The band never…
Claim: Pinchbeck made a claim that our society has not been constructed to think about the idea of plants and chemicals that can show the association between the mind, natural and supernatural world. (6) Grounds: The grounds for this claim is that we should find a sense of balance between our physical world and our innerselves. First, Pinchbeck indicated that this “yearning that went far deeper than a desire to get a good story” and goes to explain that this was a “mystical lottery ticket” into…
inevitable stagnation ensues. Bands change their sound from album to album, altering with time and shifts in society. From cultural to personal reasons, these changes keep the music relevant. The Beatles shifted from a pop group, to a much more psychedelic and experimental group as their career progressed. Miley Cyrus started as living a double life as herself and Hannah Montana in her Disney Channel days. As she grew, Hannah Montana faded and a much more adult version of Miley Cyrus appeared in…
Alexa Erickson wrote an article titled “Drug Prevention in the 21st Century: Why we need change & the program that may help.” She stated “Children aren’t receiving drug prevention messages, and 90% of the youth suffering from a drug problem don’t receive the help they need. Federal funding for these programs is largely overlooked, despite the fact that, in 2014, 47,055 people died from drug overdoses, which was 1.5 times greater than those killed in car crashes.” When looking back on her D.A.R.E…
Introduction The popular entertainment of a given time period is a direct result of the political, social, and cultural climates. In particular, investigating popular culture provides historians with a window into the values and ideologies of those without a voice. Popular culture, such as music, proves to be a major influence and outlet amongst disenfranchised and minority groups, who are able to find solidarity with one another through a mutually understood message in musical expression.…
This expansion of the traditional soundscape, of course, isn’t without its justified criticism. Overdubbing and multi-track recording, by definition, allows artists to potentially polish their studio recordings to a degree of artificial perfection. Many critics agree that overdubbing induces a certain stiffness that isn’t present in live or single session recordings, and this rigidity directly contradicts the tenets of rock and roll, which decree it an organic expression of thought. For all the…
Forensics Final Exam Yaira Nicole Beras Post University 1. Choose a type of crime scene (eg. burglary, homicide) and describe what types of evidence you would expect to find at the scene, and on the victim or suspect which you would submit to the laboratory for forensic analysis in order to associate the crime scene, victim and suspect with each other. “Burglary is the unlawful entry into the premises of another with intent to commit a felony” (Clemens, 2013, par, 1). At a…
Question 1 An investigation was launched to help define the ways parents control and show their love to their children. They came up with four categories, Authoritarian, Permissive, Authoritative and Neglect/ Abuse (pg. 149-150 in text). Here is how Baumrind depicts these styles. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald parent using the Authoritarian style. This means that they set rules and guidelines and expect their children to follow them perfectly. They expect great things from their children. They also…