Rykodisc albums

No two stories are the same, even when written by the same author with similar plot and characters. Raymond Carver covers this with his stories, “The Bath” and “A Small, Good Thing.” Both stories recount a young boy, who was hit by a car and die. There is much more to each story than the analogous plot. Each story develops their characters differently and place emphasis on certain details. With the use of details, there is less ambiguity in one story than there is in the other. These stories offer a look at the editing process and how it affects the overall story. The overall story is much more effective in its original form “A Small, Good Thing,” which uses much more description and details than its counterpart, “The Bath.”. “The Bath” and “A Small, Good Thing” are supposed to be the same story, but with character development, ambiguity, and pacing the two stories turn out to be substantially different. The plot of “The Bath” is a shortened version of “A Small, Good Thing” so it lacks much of the details that gives “A Small, Good Thing” an eloquent plot. The story of “The Bath” ends at the midpoint of “A Small, Good Thing. By ending at the midpoint, “The Bath” has a certain ambiguity that compels the reader to think what Carver meant by how he ended it and what happened to the boy. “A Small, Good Thing” is much less ambiguous having the same amount of ambiguity that a concluding film would have. “A Small, Good Thing” might lack ambiguity, but is made up for in description…

The Disney film, A Bug’s Life tells the story of an inventive ant who ventures out to find help in defending his colony against a cloud of grasshoppers. Published in 1998, the film was directed by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. In the film, A Bug’s Life, a colony of ants is forced to collect food every year for a cloud of grasshoppers. The movie centers around an inventive ant named Flik, whose inventions often create problems for the colony. That was, until one of his inventions accidentally…

in the 1960’s and became an icon for an entire music genre as well as for that decade. As they gained immense fame as one of the greatest bands of all time, it was easy to forget they are people too. They may have been musicians, but this did not stop them from expressing themselves, and showing that they are humans like everyone else through the photography of two of their album covers. The two album covers are also probably some of the most recognizable covers of all time and are titled, “Sgt.…

He played “My Little Girl,” “Bubbles Toes,” Sleeping Through the Static,” and even “Better Together,” which was a song off his first album. Mind you, all these songs are so relaxed, they’re a little upbeat, but mellower than anything. I’ve heard people say that the best time to listen to Jack Johnson is when they are smoking marijuana and just want to relax. I guess you can’t really take that to heart, unless you have done that before, but that’s just what I’ve heard. Anyways, Jack finally…

Channel Orange One of the artists that has inspired me to produce my own music is Frank Ocean with his second album, Channel Orange. The first time that I ever listened to the album back in 2012, I remember thinking, “Holy shi*t…I have never heard anything like this before in my life.” Telling a song-by-song story, his poetic lyrics about his personal sexuality, strip clubs, pregnancy, wealth, drugs, and corruption show Frank’s slightly strange perception of it all. That is one thing that…

studio album Bad Blood is an album created by the indie rock band Bastille (Bast(triangle)lle). Their studio album Bad Blood dwells on the things that we love, and how they are sometimes lost. It also show the sadness, sorrow, and overall feeling of loss. The indie rock songs in the album include "Pompeii", "Things We Lost in the Fire", "Bad Blood", and much more. They will be sure to leave strong impressions of emotion and feeling on listeners of all ages. The current members in the band…

pop icon just revealed last month that she is releasing a new album, following a seven-year hiatus from the music business. Jackson confirmed the upcoming album news on social media by posting an audio video on her Twitter page. "I promised you’d hear it from my lips and now you will. This year, new music, new world tour, a new movement," Jackson stated. She has not revealed any other details regarding her album or worldwide tour, but Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are expected to be a part of the…

To many, Beyoncé Knowles is considered one of the best artists of our time. Throughout her career, she has portrayed herself to her audience in very different ways. As her career progressed, she has been able to allow more of herself to be revealed to her audience. In Beyoncé’s video, "Formation", Beyoncé utilizes ethos to gain credibility and persuade her broad audience to recognize who she is as a person on a deeper level through references to her cultural identity and female empowerment.…

My friend, Jesse, can be described as having a popular centric music taste. Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Ariana Grande are among his favorite artists today, with Pandora Radio being his go-to form of music listening. The upbeat nature of the songs Jesse listens to match his personality perfectly, as he is outgoing, eccentric, and has an overall cheerful demeanor. With some of his favorite songs mostly being top 40s hits, Jesse has a consistent, if not predictable, taste in music. Frank Ocean…

What would happen if you penned an entire record between the hours of 12 and 4 in the morning? We’re about to find out, because Melbourne five piece The Paper Kites literally crafted their sophomore album twelvefour when the rest of the world was asleep. “The album is a concept record, based around a theory that an artist's creative peak is between the hours of midnight and 4am,” says frontman Sam Bentley. The result is a collection of 10 tracks, mixing the introspection of the night with…