Smells Like Teen Spirit

I had always assumed that my talents in relation to writing had a relatively mediocre limit, a “glass ceiling” of sorts. All my early literary efforts resulted in collapse and a greater distaste for writing. For me, writing was like trying to catch sand slipping through my fingers: never attainable. I remember a much smaller version of myself sitting down with a freshly sharpened pencil, extra-wide lined paper, and leave engulfed in eraser shavings. The beginning of the story would always…

Listening to the selections I found they all generally appeal to me though others have more of an immediate preference than others. A genuine love for music creates an appreciation for all genres. One can respect or acknowledge the environment from which it was produced, its purpose, and the skill of the musician(s). I particularly became fond of The Andrew Sisters after experiencing the song “The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. I recall hearing it from a television commercial vaguely, but it was a…

Peace, war and rebellion. These three words that can sum up rock and roll in a whole. Starting in the 1950’s, rock has been known to break all the rules. Challenging racial barriers, family values, and teen rebellions, transitioning the decades and shaping society. From the beginning and its creation to its influence in America through the decades, shows how important rock and roll was important to history. Singing out their pain and suffering, or just to make the time fly by, blues was said…

she had missing body parts--someone had taken a pair of scissors and cut her legs completely off. Tossing the photo aside, I continued my search. As I sifted through mountains of pictures I found more photos of this girl ranging in age from her teen years through motherhood. In one picture she resembled a skeleton with her gaunt appearance and protruding cheek bones. In another photo she appeared three times bigger…

The band was formed with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene in grunge genre. After signing with the major label DCG Records, the band found A breakthrough success with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from its second album Nevrmind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the…

From the day his troubled life began the day his parents divorced, to the day he was found died in his house In Seattle, Washington in 1994, Kurt Donald Cobain was a talented rock performer who gave name to a new genre “Grudge” with his band Nirvana in the late 1980’s. Cobain parents’ divorce lead him to find himself in some legal trouble resulting in arrest and experimenting with alcohol and drugs at an early age that eventually lead him to develop a drug addiction. Kurt Cobain’s rise to fame…

from ignoring Rodney and he thought to visit Rodney after school that day. Adam wondered why he felt so uneasy about being alone today. Rodney wasn’t the paradigm of a punctual student and he occasionally skipped school yet today he felt so unsettled like a house on cards in sand. He had such a nice day and it was without Rodney. Adam appeared to be melting from the inside from anxiety. His eyes were blank in a way that you would think he could see into the universe. He sat hunched over in his…

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.” (Kurt Cobain) i live by this mantra everyday because day In and day out I see people at school trying to be others. “ He would often do things that he felt would make conservatives uncomfortable, like wearing women 's clothing , kissing Krist novoselic , or sayings such as I 'm not gay, but i wish I were.” (Kurt Cobain was a feminist ahead of time) Inspiring me to be different , and live the lifestyle that he led on to his fans. I always…

Provoking Emotion with Cultivated and Vernacular Music Music has been a way for humans to express ourselves for centuries. Not only do we use music to express a feeling or tell a tale; we also use it to provoke emotion from the audience. Music is not always presented in a formal way and nowadays it is very informal, but it is still meant to move you. Whether it be to tears or panic because of an orchestra is simulating panicked running through music, or if it is to incite disenfranchised youth…

backpack off the ground and jumps in his large rented 16 ft moving truck. Packing one life away for another, Oliver imagines the palm trees swaying near the ocean during sunset. The idea of having access to the beach pretty much twenty-four hours sounds like heaven on earth anti-paradise of the increasingly hot, blistering Arizona summers. Oliver…