Stairway to Heaven

to massacre Jewish communities on their way to Constantinople and plunder their possessions. “Those who remained in their homes were set upon by the steppe-wolves who pillaged men, woman and infants, children and old people. They pulled down the stairways and destroyed the houses, looting and plundering” (Phillips 217). Shortly after reaching Constantinople these first expeditions of crusaders were defeated by the Turks, and very few escaped. However, once the later expeditions of the Crusade,…

During the Cold War, the fear of communism grew in America. As a result, the American government implemented ways of abolishing any communist sympathizers by attempting to stop their ideas from spreading. These organizations confined many Americans, even those who were not involved. The organizations began to ban people in Hollywood and restrict movies, in fear that the American people would intrust in certain communist ideas that went against America’s democracy. Regardless of the ways they…

Led 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…

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…

Despite salient critiques on the nature and content of postmodernism , there is still little agreement in any field about the aesthetic criteria defining this avant-garde of artistic movements. Indeed, even the notion that postmodernism retains the nom de guerre “avant-garde” is debatable when considering commentary such as Richard Schechner’s Post-Post-Structuralism? in TDR and hghghghghghg. In her introduction to Postmodernism, an analysis of contemporary visual art, Eleanor Heartney…

“Sir! My parents were never near your land! We were very low on food, and all they wanted was to find something to feed me with!” the young adolescent shouted miserably from behind the tall wooden fence. His dirty, ill-fitting clothing, which was threadbare from the countless patches, attracted no attention from the royal guards as they tied up his parents to the ground. His face was as pale as winter; tears were streaming down his face as he shouted continuously at the unforgiving nobleman who…

I woke up to the sound of drizzling rain tapping on my window. To my surprise we were still going to have class, but I didn’t mind since Gotham was the only class I looked forward to all week. I got used to the feeling of waking up, getting coffee, and strolling all throughout Manhattan. As we walked out of Penn Station I knew summer was officially coming to an end because I could feel the cold air hitting my face. We took the train and headed to the Lower East Side, which is known to be fairly…

since the dawn of presidencies. Now how quickly we spend money is the key. William or better known as “Bill Clinton” obviously rose the debt but at a moderate rate. Almost making a smooth curve on a graph. While Bush’ economy looked like the “stairway to heaven.” It stretched further than the projected outcome. Clinton had many programs that we needed in place such as Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA-93). This act was also been referred to, unofficially, as the Deficit Reduction…

The University of Florida’s Architecture Building, located at 1480 Inner Road, Gainesville, Florida, was built in the late 1970s (“Grove Hall: A Trip Down Memory Lane”) in what would be considered the brutalist style. This style is typically characterized by raw concrete, expanses of glass, and a massive, heavy feel. It emerged largely from the work of architect Le Corbusier, and often has a unique way of tying into and fitting alongside “century-long narrative[s]” and historic buildings or…

Heavy metal music is and always will be one of the most polarising and controversial music genres in the world. While it is not without controversy, many fans of metal praise it as being the greatest musical style in the world. With the legions of fans it has, it is easy to see why metal has become such a massive phenomenon. The history of metal, staying true to the themes of it, is a dark grueling path of drugs, fights, brotherhood, and death. Metal has a very rich history full of culture…