Stevie Nicks

News comes today comes in many forms from a twitter update on your phone to the more traditional newspaper delivered right to your house each morning. Some news we find intriguing, while other articles we just skim over and think nothing of it. So why does some news catch our attention? Is it the shock factor, something interesting or is it just so horrifying you have to read it? Today one of the most controversial topics flooding the news is gun violence and gun control. It seems we cannot go a day without hearing about the string of gang related violence that happened over the weekend or the star football player of a nearby high school who was shot on his way home from school. One of the most prolific areas of gun violence where so far 500 people have been murdered this summer. So why is such an issue newsworthy? On the other hand news that is usually not relevant to us in anyway shows up from time to time, so why do reporters still write about this, most importantly, why do we enjoy it? Gun violence has been a topic covered almost every month the past few years with the recent mass shootings. Why is this something we should considered a need to know topic? Although gun violence is not seen as a major issue in most cities, in chicago it's at an all time high. According to the article, 500 people have been murdered this year and we are on track for 600, Numbers that chicago hasn't seen since the drug violence of the 90s. One of the news values displayed in the chicago…

Ultimately, this is when they realize their worth, it’s where they will do their most growing and learning about themselves, others, and life in general. Life has a tendency to fling obstacles toward people. In the Song “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks compares life to the mountains. “I took my love, I took it down / I climbed a mountain and I turned around / And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills / 'Till the landslide brought me down (Lines 1-4).” She uses descriptive…

The man and the band that no knows anything about. If they do know something they are never quite sure if it’s true. Nick Blinko is a British outsider artist, schizophrenic, and lead singer and guitar player in the experimental Anarcho-Punk band Rudimentary Peni. Yes that’s “Peni” as in “Penis” Little is known about Rudimentary Peni and even less is known about Blinko. What there is to know is shrouded in mystery and all seems to come from a very small pool of original sources. Pooled here is…

Díaz, and Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn, this quote can be disagreed upon to believe that love is in existence in relationships and society does not…

Ernest Hemingway once said ”there is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.” In the story “Indian Camp” Nick, his father and his uncle George travel to an Indian Camp where there is a woman who is having trouble in labor. When approached, the woman is screaming on top of her lungs. Nick asks why, and his father has to explain to him that she is in labor. Nick has an uneasy feeling and keeps looking away. Nick’s father started…

by his son Nick and brother George to the reservation. When they first arrived all eyes were on them. They enter where the young woman laid in pain and he realize this was some much bigger than he expect. The young mother was in labor two days prior to doctor 's arrival. He was unprepared and had to perform an emergency c-section on the Native American woman using a finishing knife with no anesthetic. After the baby was born the doctor notice that the father of the child cut his throat from ear…

In fact, his lack of interaction with his own son, Nick Flynn, for 27 years of Nick’s life did not even motivate him to alter his lifestyle to live a happier, alcohol-free life. It was exceptionally unfortunate that Jonathan’s life choices had a ripple-like effect on those around him. His actions created a series of calamitous events throughout his family. The events took place as follows… Jonathan’s excessive use of alcohol initially led to a poor relationship with Nick’s mother, Jody. This…

“William, the man said 2:30. What do you mean what are you waiting for? And those purchases you’re talking about seem mighty taxing on the wallet.” “I just can’t wait to be finally getting paid for this.” A voice came from the corner of the recording room, “Just hope that we’ll be leaving with what we’re worth.” “What’s that supposed to mean, Mo?” William asked. “If they ain’t let Malcolm X and now King live just for talking, how you gon’ think that they’re gon’ give us what we’re worth for…

Motown Records was created by Berry Gordy on January 12, 1959. Motown made its impact on the music industry forever. Artists that we know as legends today such as Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, and The Jackson 5 started in Motown. Together their music brought a community together. Motown started with just a man and 800 dollars loaned from his family. Berry Gordy was a dreamer, and also a teacher, producer, and entrepreneur.Gordy as an African American owner wanted to make a…

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Lucy. She lived in a tiny town way up in the high desert where the air was cool and sweet as chili pepper ice cream. And Lucy loved a horse. She used to wake up every morning and go to bed every single night thinking of JUST ONE THING . . . Rex, The Wonder Horse. The most extraordinary horse in the whole wide world. It wasn 't easy having a friend like Rex. Wherever Rex and Lucy went, trouble followed ----lots of trouble. Although pretending was fun,…