there were more soloists in the last piece‚ and they added vibraphone into it as well. Matt Holman’s compositions are more contemporary and are harder for the audience to dance along with‚ but Benny Goodman’s big bang swing created the feeling of dancing for us. Overall‚ as usual‚ the jazz ensemble at MAC on Monday night was great‚ and as I mentioned before‚ I never heard this band before‚ so I was very excited to listen to their performance. I love that they use Benny Goodman’s composition to end
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Matt’s iridescent‚ silver shirt was unbuttoned about halfway revealing his glistening‚ chiseled chest. With a casual flip of his wrist‚ he tucked his long‚ brown hair neatly behind his ear. Even from half way across the crowded bar I could clearly see his deep blue eyes and his perfectly formed lips. He playfully bounced from the stage into a sea of beautiful young women‚ all vying for the attention of the lead singer. As though holding a number at the deli counter‚ I waited my turn. I nervously
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Marxism in Hardcore Punk Hardcore punk was a short-lived subculture in the early 80’s that came as a response to the punk movement of the late 70’s. Hardcore took the music and ideologies of punk music‚ and pushed them to the extreme. The music was faster and heavier‚ the crowds were more aggressive‚ and the attitudes were more intense. Hardcore was a highly influential movement that sparked genres like thrash‚ powerviolence‚ grindcore‚ metalcore‚ and many others. It’s also responsible for
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Marriage is probably one of the most important themes in the book. Sure‚ there are a lot of feelings‚ emotions‚ and secret intentions involved‚ too‚ but their purpose in this book is to be associated with marriage. In Austen’s world one must possess certain qualities that determine their marriage. Money‚ social status‚ family relationships‚ and personal qualities are the ones shown in Pride and Prejudice. There are also various pressures‚ temptations‚ needs‚ intentions that drive people into forming
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Emily Buettemeier Author: Tanuja Desai Hidier Humanities II Title: Born Confused Period 2 Genre: novel 1-20-05 Pages: 500 first quarter Plot Born Confused is a coming of age story of Dimple‚ an American-born Indian girl. During the summer before her senior year of high school‚ Dimple’s parents decide it is time for her to find a "suitable Indian boy" to marry. Dimple’s mother chooses for her daughter‚ Karsh‚ the son of her best friend. Karsh acts the part of the
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and was for real. Allan was in fact an illusion himself‚ by trying to appear straight to everyone. At first‚ they would try to deny it but the illusion would soon be totally destroyed when Blanche let it slip while they were dancing that "I saw!
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Betty Wang Due : 12/20/13 AP European : Candide Essay – Choice 1 Goodman Candide is a novella written by Voltaire in the 18th century. Many of Voltaire’s ideas agreed with ideas from John Locke as well‚ who was also a philosopher who promoted natural rights and equality. Some ideas that were represented in Candide are finding one’s own path‚ religious toleration‚ and hard work. Voltaire really wanted society to reform and realize that one cannot expect all good things to
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Having studied the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop as part of my Leaving Cert course I would very much agree that her poetry gives us a deep insight into both her own life and life in general. Bishop is a very personal poet‚ who is extremely passionate about her work. Her coloured childhood features regularly throughout. Bishop‚ unlike many poets‚ refuses to write about any random topic or issue. She will only write about something that she is truly passionate about. Having studied an array of her
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this ancient Greek tragedy‚ Cadmus himself never rejects Dionysus as a god. In fact‚ Cadmus goes out to worship Dionysus as a deity by dancing‚ despite his old age. So why is Cadmus punished to such an extreme extent by Dionysus? Even though Cadmus tells Pentheus the error
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had a stable‚ loving family‚ so she was able to handle this torment better than Pecola was. Additionally‚ wealthy black people discriminated against impoverished black people by differentiating that “colored people were neat and quiet; n****** were dirty and loud.” (Morrison 87) Discrimination partitions all citizens living in the United States: black‚ white‚ rich poor‚ and many other labels that were given to people living during this time. There was one little girl that fit many labels: white‚ little
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