The Stone Pony

Johnny Gioeli is the lead vocalist of the band Crush 40. He was born on the 5th of October 1967 in Brooklyn, New York. Johnny's musical career began after forming a band known as Phaze with his older brother. At the age of 17, he started drumming with the band Killerhit in 1983. By 1987, Johnny and his brother were able to purchase their own lighting rig, truck and tour bus, which was purchased from Jimmy Buffet. After re-locating to Hollywood, Bret Michaels gave Killerhit his former publicist Debra Rosner's number, and she instantly became the band's manager. Johnny vacated the drum stool for center stage, as he felt the need for there to be a front man. Las Vegas native, Darek Cava, took his place behind the drum kit at this point. Soon after the band had switched its name to Brunette, and broke The Doors and Van Halen's single-weekend attendance records on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood CA. This brought attention and admiration to the band, as they were courted by top record executives for months. Differences began to develop between the band members before a recording deal could be secured, and the band decided to break up in 1991. Johnny then started working with his brother Joey on songs for an album they were going to call Brothers. However, Neil Schon, Journey's guitarist, met with them and asked if he could play with them, to which they agreed. Then in 1992 they called themselves Hardline and were somewhat successful but not enough to get into the mainstream. Due to…

In 1983 Hasbro introduced a toy line by Bonnie Zacherle called My Pretty Pony. The initial designs of the equines featured “realistic” colors and proportions of typical pony breeds, but were later changed to pastel colored bodies complete with a “cutie mark” applied to the pony’s flank for identification purposes. The ponies would continue on as a popular series of dolls with brushable manes and tails throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s. In recent years, the ponies are seeing a resurgence of…

What memories does smell evoke for me? Imagine walking into a bakery: Breathe in the sweet, pleasant aroma of fresh pastries and cakes. Notice the neatly stacked cookies and how the worn wooden floors have been freshly mopped. The warm, welcoming room contrasts with the bitter cold just outside the door. Flash forward 20 years later. By now, the “Fresh Bread” sign has probably been forgotten, as well as the intricate display cake and the bell that clicked as the door opened. Most would likely…

Little Ponies. Everly would place her ponies on top of the truck and would pull the truck along with her hands to recreate driving. In Everly’s play there was a conflict with the characters because all of the ponies wanted to be the truck driver. Everly held one pony and pushed all the other ponies off the truck while recreating the voices of the ponies. Everly resolved the conflict in the play by concluded that the pony she was holding owned the truck, so that pony got to drive the truck.…

Jenna Obert-Thorn Compare and Contrast Essay Engl 1101 TR 8:00 Ms. Bell September 20, 2016 Impacts on a Horse’s Health Many people enjoy the sport of horseback riding. Some may only ride horses for fun, as a hobby they enjoy in their free time. However, a large majority of those who ride do so competitively. Two common competitive styles of riding include barrel racing and pleasure. These two disciplines vary in injuries received, but are similar in a variety of other ways, which include common…

John Steinbeck’s The Red Pony, a collection of stories revolving around a young boy coming of age, and The Grapes of Wrath, a novel written about a family's journey from the aftermath of the Dust Bowl to their life in California, illustrates that a person’s character changes when one goes through adversities and grows from those obstacles. People don’t just experience hardships and forget about what happened. There is something that provokes feeling in them to cause a change in the way they may…

The Dodge Challenger is a modern muscle car that can be used for everything. The Dodge Challenger is a Brampton, Ontario, Canada and Detroit, Michigan based muscle car built by the auto manufacture Dodge which is part of auto manufacturing group Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The Dodge Challenger’s competitors used to be Chevy Camaro and Ford Mustang but they are now pony cars which are american sports cars. This report will first cover the full history of the Dodge Challenger’s starting from the…

market because GM could not figure out a way to get a lot of miles out of each charge. American made cars as all that people would buy, with an average of 7% of cars being imports on the road between 1960 and 1969. Foreign cars had a reputation for being poorly made and hard to fix because all the parts were overseas. However the largest flaw with foreign cars is that they were not american, and the 1960s were a decade of prevailing nationalism. In this decade the market aimed towards the…

Horses come and go but family is always there. In the book The Red Pony written by John Steinbeck a young boy named Jody learns about the importance of animals and family. John Steinbeck writes about the countryside and uses vivid detail to describe where he grew up. Steinbeck is a well known author with many popular novels including The Red Pony. In this book Steinbeck successfully shows the many lessons a young boy has to learn to be able to grow into a man. In the book The Red Pony there…

SA 2: "The Chrysanthemums" is a short story of John Steinbeck which reflects the frustration in the present life of Elisa Allen, strong and proud woman. This frustration arises from not having a child as well as from the dissatisfaction in a romantic relationship with her husband. The only possible way out for Elisa's frustration is her beautiful flower garden where she plants chrysanthemums. The author frequently uses chrysanthemums as a symbol as well as a number of other items in order to…