RWS 200 Professor Fish 4/17/13 Sex and Violence: The Impact on American Culture Sex and violence have continued to be two of the most popular themes to center our media and entertainment around. The television‚ radio‚ and internet all act as communication channels that constantly present content containing graphic acts of sex or violence. As a result our current generation has become accustomed to seeing more and more realistic portrayals of sex and violence‚ numbing them to it in the process
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handful of artists. In the early 1990s there was a new type of music that was taking the masses by storm. There had been nothing new in the pop music world for a number of years and generation X was coming of age and demanded some kind of change. The days when Michael Jackson ’s style of pop and Metallica ’s methodical hair/death metal ruled the airwaves were just about to end. Generation X needed more relevance in their music even if it was not as cheery and magical as pop had sounded for some
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English Rock Music Even with the advent and popularization of pop‚ soul‚ R&B‚ rap and hip-hop in the MTV era‚ rock is a genre of music that has retained a wide fan base with hordes of enthusiasts since the late 1960s. Read on to learn of the origins of rock music and its proponents... What is Rock? Essentially "Rock" is an eclectic mix of a prominent vocal melody accompanied by guitar‚ drums‚ and bass. Several bands use an innovative mix of piano‚ synthesizers‚ saxophone‚ flute‚ mandolin
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Manson- ironically alike characters of life‚ it is a band that reveals the terrible and crude circumstances of life‚ and very much so‚ the pains of growing up and having grown up. Donned in heavy‚ gothic make up and apparel‚ Manson’s music genre consists mainly of heavy metal‚ shock rock‚ and industrial metal‚ containing subliminal messages of intoxication‚ hate‚ suicide and sexually explicit content like that of sadomasochism and all that alike. Marilyn Manson’s performance took place on 1st
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Introduction Attention Getter: Has anyone here seen the movie Josie and the Pussycats from 2001? It’s okay if you haven’t‚ I don’t blame you. Relate to Audience: Behind all the superb acting and catchy music‚ however‚ lies a highly controversial and interesting topic. That would be subliminal messaging‚ and that’s what I’ll be talking to you about today. Thesis: Subliminal messaging has been a controversial method of manipulation for years. Preview: I will talk about the different forms of
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became very interested in music. With this important factor of surfing‚ he became known as “The King of the Surf Guitar.” In addition‚ his Lebanese heritage also had a very important influence in his music. He had a strong interest in Arabic music‚ which greatly influenced his development of surf rock music. Dale is considered the creator of surf rock music‚ as well as one of the first electric guitarists to employ fast scales in his playing. As a surfer‚ Dick wanted his music to reflect the sounds
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whether we like it or not. It is a style of music that has been around since the early 50’s‚ born out of a combination of Gospel‚ Blues‚ Jazz and Country music. In the early days‚ Rock and Roll was a new form of music that had a very simplistic sound which also introduced the electric guitar for the first time‚ combined with a drummer and bassist. Since then‚ it has been drastically changed and evolved into a multitude of different genres including metal‚ punk and alternative rock. It has influenced
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Describe entertainment and music from the 80s: The 80s had a very distinct personality to its pop culture phenomena. It was in the 80s that we saw the first mass explosion of hysteria for new toys‚ with the 1983 winter shortage of Cabbage Patch Dolls. One of the biggest pop culture crazes of its times‚ the individually named and crafted Cabbage Patch Dolls join the ranks of the dolls of each decade‚ reflecting the eternal power of the doll. Trivial Pursuit‚ a response to a few decades of mass information
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The influences behind this work were the Red Hot Chili Peppers‚ John recalls in an interview with Total Guitar magazine. He joined the band after their original guitarist died from a drug overdose; his other main influence was Jimi Hendrix‚ which can be heard with the fiddly bits John plays with the chords. There wasn’t really and socio-cultural influences‚ it was more of a story about a man in Los Angeles where he did his dealings under a bridge downtown. The intended audience for this music is really
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Sex‚ Drugs‚ Violence and Rebellion. Those were my low expectations of the heavy metal rock concert that took place on 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley‚ California. Due to my lack of knowledge with attending Rock Concerts‚ (mind you this was my first-ever concert in general)‚ my expectations of the concert were based off of stereotypes and television shows that I scrutinized and judged when I was in elementary school. However‚ my thoughts about the concert‚ the people that I was going to encounter‚ and
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