On the Front Line” is certainly one of the freshest, cleanest new punk CDs out proper now. The Casualties, hailing from New York Metropolis, carry way more to the desk this time than spiky hair. This album focuses on poverty-stricken America, corrupt politics and the band’s personal view on conflict. With hard-hitting singles like “Tomorrow […]
On the opening track of her new album, Jukebox, released on January 22, 2008, Cat Power belts, “these vagabond shoes/are melting away” with just as much believability as Frank Sinatra, who made the song famous. Born in 1972 in small-town Georgia, Charlyn “Chan” Marshall, under her alias of Cat Power, brings a new definition to […]
MusicThe Melvins – “Houdini” If any of you have ever heard of the Melvins, it is probably because they grew up alongside the fellows who would eventually become Nirvana in Aberdeen, Washington. It is indeed unfortunate that most people wouldn’t bother giving this band a moment’s notice if it weren’t for their geographic location (they […]
Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development changed the way psychologists and parents thought about the development of their children. Kohlberg expanded on Piaget’s theory of only 2 stages, to three levels and six stages total. He worked with groups of young children by interviewing and researching their answers to questions. These questions arose from fictional […]
Bremerton, WA-based punk rock band MxPx has been going sturdy for over 25 years. Their fast, uncooked fashion of punk/pop-punk has stayed pretty constant via the years, giving them a definite, recognizable sound that followers have come to count on. With their tenth album, MxPx turned to crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, and obtained overwhelming help from […]
In her novel “Pride and Prejudice,” Jane Austen tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet who lives with her mother, father, and sisters in the English countryside. As the eldest, she faces mounting pressure from her parents to marry. While the outspoken Elizabeth is delivered to the good-looking Mr. Darcy, sparks between the two fly. Though […]
I neither enjoy nor purchase “music” by popstars like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera or R&B artists like ToniBraxton, so I did not expect to like the pop sound of Destiny’s Child. Thevideos for 1999’s hits “Bug-A-Boo” and “Bills, Bills, Bills”caught my attention with their ludicrous costumes, which seemed to pay homage tothe glory days […]
Ragtime and blues are the foundations of Jazz. Each had been initially highly regarded amongst African Individuals as Jazz got here from an African background. The blues comprise the musical construction of Jazz with the 12 bar sample, whereas ragtime provides the distinctive syncopation and improvisations. The early musicians of blues and ragtime would finally […]
A study carried out by ORCA International, a leading market search agency, for the National Consumers League, stated that many children, if not most, have their own mobile phones In this so called ‘technology era’, children need to grow up making use Of mobile phones if they are to take their intended place in society. […]
Alessia Cara immediately emerged as one of the year’s notable new artists with her shocking single, “Here.” For a first single, it’s not what you might expect. Slinging together verses to a slinky beat, Cara writes as the impossibly cool outsider, and throws the glamor of parties down the drain. Throughout the rest of her […]