What About Bob?

Mclean’s hero at the time and an important musical figure, he marked his death as the day music began to die because he was such an influential figure in the music industry. It can be assumed that he’s talking about Buddy Holly because he once explained in an interview that he learned about his death from the newspapers he delivered when he was a paperboy which was referred to in the song, just before he said that it was the day the music died.…

Popular culture deals with people's lifestyle, attitudes and activities that are prevailing in a given society. Post World War II in Australia for some it was a time of certainty, prosperity, rising income, improved lifestyle. For others, it was a decade of oppression, censorship, prejudice, discrimination, hatred. The 1950s and 1960s were the decades in which the horrors of war were forgotten, and Australia launched itself into a whole new era. This response will describe the changes in…

spirits. On the inside the inmates have to find their sense of identity and purpose in order to fit in and survive. The film also takes a look on topics such as the fight for freedom and hope. Inmates are under strict orders by guards and are told what to do and when to do it, making inmates…

written by Charles Dickens. The main theme was about an older man, Ebenezer Scrooge; and his interactions from his past, present, and future ghosts. The encounters with these ghosts led him to transform into a kinder and admirable gentleman. South Bend Civic Theatre’s replication of ‘Christmas Carol’ was rather discouraging more than entertaining. In order to follow the play properly, you would have to of seen the story beforehand in order to know what was happening on stage. The theatre framed…

Jimi Hendrix’s cover of Bob Dylan’s, “All Along the Watchtower,” was a greater success than the original begging the question: since the songs are lyrically identical, which musical techniques boosted Hendrix’s cover to the top charts? Among these techniques are choice of instrument and tonal variations between the two songs. Hendrix preserves and arguably adds on to the original meaning behind the song through these variations in musical technique. Hendrix faced the risk of appearing…

every day even at Christmas. He was filled with greed and meanness all he really carried about was money. One night he was visited by three ghost. The three ghost were the the ghost of Christmas past, Ghost of Christmas present, and the Ghost of Christmas future. But I believe that he was most touched by the ghost of Christmas future. He touched him the most because he scared him, Showed what people thought about him, and showed him his death bed. The reason the ghost scared him is because…

emptiness and superficiality of life in the 21st century. Stump explained that the attention span of people is gradually decreasing and people aren’t really willing to pay attention anymore. He stated to MTV News: "Like the chorus says, 'I don't care what you…

freedom. The use of a turning point helps us understand that Rubin has not given up and that he is going to continue to fight until he free. The director uses this to get people to think about the things that they feel like giving up on in their own life, and how they must persevere and continue fighting for what they believe is…

human beings. The iconic life of Bob Marley is best appreciated through examining his humble beginnings, studying his beliefs in Rastafarianism, and by tracing his political activism over the course of his career. Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in the Jamaican parish of St. Ann to parents Cedella Malcom and Captain Norvall Sinclair Marley. From a young age, Robert displayed an elevated understanding of…

Green Day has been rocking the Bay Area pop-punk sound for nearly 30 years. Starting out as snot-nosed punks singing about girls, smoking pot and masturbating, the trio of Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Mike Dirnt (nee Prichard; bass, backing vocals) and Tré Cool (nee Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, backing vocals) grew into masters of the rock music game. Not only did they make rock history once with 1994s ‘Dookie,’ but they did it again 10 years later with 2004s ‘American…