A Gun Up Your Ass: An Interview with Jim Jarmusch. (Cineaste 1996 ) By Jonathan Rosenbaum A dozen years ago‚ when his second feature‚ "Stranger Than Paradise"‚ catapulted him to worldwide fame‚ Jim Jarmusch seemed at the height of arthouse fashion. Having already known him a little before then‚ I could tell that the extent to which he suddenly became a figurehead for the American independent cinema bemused him in certain ways. Given the aura of hip‚ glamorous downtown Manhattan culture that seemed
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The Jazz Anecdotes by Bill Crow covers in detail about the History‚ definition‚ figures and in general in depth understanding of Jazz music. It’s Impossible to describe and name all the figures in a two page short essay‚ but I’ll do my best to fit as much as possible. According to the book: at first‚ the idea of pep and having a good time which was a Victorian morality against rebellion mentality shaped the idea of jazz. It became a rich and formal tradition of American music. Ragtime which was
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for a while. She found work wherever she could‚ but it was a struggle. Looking back on those days‚ she chose to use the memories as inspiration to bring emotion to her singing. Growing up‚ Fitzgerald was a fan of jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby‚ but she had always dreamed of being a dancer. In 1934‚ the Apollo Theater in Harlem had an amateur night. Fitzgerald was planning on dancing‚ until she saw all of the talented dancers that went before her. She then decided to sing
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Christina Santos ERWC Period 2 October 11‚ 2014 The Value of Life How should our society assign value to a human life? Should people assign a monetary value to a human life? In excerpts from radically different viewpoints from the optimistic Lance Armstrong to the pessimistic outlook of Hamlet‚ the tragic events of 9/11‚ to the cold Human Life Calculator readers are provided with examples on such thought provoking questions. Throughout the years‚ especially after the tragedy that occurred on September
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another child. They are depending on their father’s life insurance check to get them out of poverty and into better living conditions. Once that money is lost‚ they have no way of getting it back. Similar to the second play‚ Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon set in Brooklyn‚ NY‚ in the 1930’s‚ about a family struggling to make ends meet. Times are tough when the Jerome-Morton family is dependent on their father Jack’s and their son Stanley’s salaries. Within the two plays‚ both families struggle
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What is so special about Coraline? What makes her and this book so special? Well‚ like other Protagonists‚it’s probably bravery. But Neil Gaiman portrays Coraline’s bravery very different compared to other protagonists. For some readers‚ it seems as if Coraline partially embraces the dangers and somehow uses it to maybe get rid of her boredom at the beginning of the book. But we will witness at the end of this book how Coraline overcomes the danger she is forced to face and almost makes the readers
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We are all sharks underneath the skin‚ to put it more precisely we are all modified sharks‚ said fossil expert Neil Shubin. As Shubin makes it clear‚ evolution does not proceed in mighty anatomical jumps but to the process of gradual changes‚ transforming a gene‚ cell‚ or bone for a new purpose. In this way new species are eventually created. Albeit‚ a new species that still carries traces of it’s evolutionary predecessors‚ an inner connection between fish and humans. You can see these biological
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their morals‚ or view of their responsibility to society has changed‚ it means that they now have the capacity to accomplish things that they could only have imagined before they gained their power. If Lance Armstrong had not been a world class cyclist and a cancer survivor‚ the Lance Armstrong Foundation would probably not have been such a great success‚ but since he was a great cyclist and a cancer survivor‚ he had the power to make such a foundation a great success. But
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It Takes a Village to Raise a Child Behind every great book are great themes that paint a picture of the ideas the writer is attempting to being across. The Graveyard Book is no different. Neil Gaiman not only tells a story about a boy being raised by ghosts in a graveyard but also gives an important message about the importance of family in a growing child’s life. Bod would not survive long outside the graveyard without The Man Jack eventually catching up to him. If it was not for the assistance
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The articles “Technology” by Neil Postman and “I’m So Totally‚ Digitally‚ Close to You” by Clive Thompson both set to address the role of technology in society and debate whether the internet has an effect on community. Does community exist on the internet? Thompson argues that the internet‚ social media more specifically‚ provides a “dynamic of small town life”. With the involvement of social media in the twenty first century‚ does the definition of community adapt to this new phenomenon. The possibility
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