nineties Brit-pop explosion, and the Smiths’ distinct LPs are still studied by millions of sensitive types all over the world” (“The Smiths Biography”). Also, "the unmistakable sound of The Cure’s gloomy post-punk pop gave rise to Goth rock, but also, Smith’s masterful orchestration balanced his punk roots with pop sensibilities and tipped the band into the mainstream, making it one of the most important bands to come out of- and survive- the 80’s” (Lopez, Korina). Nowadays, the sounds and lyric…
stand out. This reality, however, frustrated a large collection of young adults and children disgruntled with their voiceless social standing in the 1970’s and 1980’s to the point of establishing a counterculture movement, Punk Rock. With do-it-yourself ethics at its core, the Punk Rock subculture reflects the purest form of Transcendental self-reliance ideals, popularized in Emerson’s Self-Reliance. Specifically, Emerson declares, “It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it…
Everything revolves around the essential idea in this case,“that punk rock is just another word for freedom,” (qtd. Patti Smith). Although there were many impacts that arose from the beginning of punk, the positive influences overcome the negative. The dramatic rise in drug use was outweighed by the legendary music that was created and the overpowering amounts of love within the people of the punk industry. From the start of punk music in the early 1960’s to present day, there have been drastic…
became a precursor to the 1970s punk scene and set Lou Reed up for a long, successful career. Number Four: The Clash, ‘London Calling’ London Calling brings together elements of rockabilly and ska to become one of the most revered punk British punk albums of all time. The amount of diversity the band shows on this album between songs like the energized title track, the ska influenced “Rudie Can’t Fail” and the pop-ish “Lost in the Supermarket” without losing the punk sense of immediacy has…
The Unsolved Murder I was walking home with my friend Moby after school. We were talking about how much homework we had. Moby said” I don’t understand why Mr. Tim gives out some homework”, “Am I right George” he asked. I nodded my head to agree. Then, I heard a siren coming from my house, I sprinted to go see what is going on. I was very worried about my parents since they stayed home today since it was their anniversary. When I got to my house I saw that there was a bunch of cop cars and…
Joshua grew up about fifteen minutes driving from a bar called The Shrew. The Shrew itself was located in small laundromat/fast-food complex built sometime in the 1980s. It was a den for odd-looking old men and teenagers, with no one in between. Slowly, laundry found its way into people’s houses and that laundromat stuck out more and more and one week in the middle of summer, a brown-stained bag was discovered by a few teenagers behind the laundromat; that day end with a crowd of teenagers…
Its WrestleMania week and a bald man was working out. He is in his mid-thirties lifting weights but then all of the sudden someone shines a flashlight in his eyes. The barbell falls on the man’s stomach the murderer than keeps the flash light shined in his eyes and drops the barbell on his neck. The next morning of WrestleMania week the detectives arrives and it is The Rock n’ Sock Detectives. “What’s the scene look like Rocky?” Foley asks his partner the Rock. “The Rock says the jabroni…
The day began with flowers blooming, water flowing, and birds chirping. A Lot like spring in california, oh wait this is california. Anyways, there was a big fat clumsy bully named Alonzo and he was terrorizing the town Napa changing the beautiful view into a junkyard like he always does. He also was stealing from the kids such as their candy and toys just because he's a jerk. Alonzo is well known as the world's most ugliest bullmastiff that is at least 20 feet tall basically matching all the…
Kill them all? Usually our missions involved three or four deaths at the very most, and Kushim took care of those for me whenever he could. The way Senok was explaining things it sounded like a few dozen deaths, if not more. Kushim and I exchanged an uneasy glance, and then I knew he didn’t like it either. Senok went on with the details of our mission, oblivious to our inner turmoil. “The leaders of the godling organization, and most of the underlings, are currently stationed in North America,…
On Saturday, September 19, 2015, detective Blanche and I interviewed Carter at approximately 8:00am. Carter stated that the robber was a white male between the ages of 40-60 years old. Carter stated the robber entered the store at approximately 10:40pm and picked up some fruit pies. The robber came to the counter with the fruit pies and pulled out a gun. Carter stated he does not believe he did anything to upset the robber for him to shoot at him. Carter tried to escape from the store, but the…