How popular culture repeats itself No one can argue that many trends make a comeback over the years (styleflair.com). Popular culture recycles itself‚ and many old‚ and sometimes forgotten trends return to the present. Taking a look at the past trends can show us how they are prevalent in today’s popular culture. It is evident when one takes a look into the past that there are many repeats in fashion‚ music and fads. There is really no specific time frame that is followed when trends make their
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1. 1940s 1940s’ music reflected the pain of World War II while also trying to remain upbeat and looking towards a positive future full of possibilities. The music of the 1940’s consisted mainly of jazz‚ big band‚ and swing. ( These styles were popular thanks to musicians’ strikes in 1942 and 1948 and eventually gave way to Crooners later in the decade. “Crooners” was a term used to describe male vocalists that often had powerful‚ professionally trained voices and maintained a specific posture
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Mrs. Garcia & Mr. Ervin ENGL 1302 & HUMA 1305 February 27‚ 2014 Effects of Enculturation\Acculturation on Mexican Americans Every culture has its own specific characteristics to help differentiate itself from all of the other cultures. They all are composed of the same categories such as foods‚ traditions‚ values‚ holidays‚ language and many more. All of these things play their own specific roles to help create the big picture; they help define the culture. If some of the traditions‚ like language
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Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston) is an Oscar-nominated music superstar who is being stalked and sent death threats. Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) is a former Secret Service Special Agent who served as part of the presidential protection detail during the presidencies of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Frank is haunted by the fact that he was not there when Reagan was shot because he was off duty at the time. He is now a highly successful private and professional bodyguard who protects corporate VIPs
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Donna Johnson Ms. April Campbell English 111 February 17th 2013 My guilty pleasure I become so alive whenever my little ears catch a catchy beat to their liking. My feet start to mimic the beat‚ my shoulders start to do a happy dance that most outsiders looking in would think I am having a mini seizure. I close my eyes‚ slightly tilt my head back and just embrace the wave of music. I am in a blissful state of mind where I have not a care in the world. Then it hits me‚ my three brief minutes
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In this story‚ there is a talent show at the Thai temple and instead of singing the original song about fish‚ Jamjun’s mom has him sing Whitney Houston’s song The Greatest Love in the World he panics. Jamjun explains that even when he ran to the men’s bathroom to avoid going on stage‚ his mother pulled him out and pushed him to do the impossible‚ cover Miss Houston. With her standing in the wings the whole time‚ she was there with arms wide open to comfort young Jamjun when he was too scared to sing
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Assignment #2: Elements of Medieval Music present in the 21st Century Musical Notation Mostly liturgical music was transmitted orally and also memorized by monks and clerics; however‚ during this period musical notation emerged in differents ways and it was developed in with many characteristics notation from time to time‚ it was a process that occurred gradually. The earliest chant notation was notated on signs called neumes whose function was mainly to graphically provided a gesture or movement
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Diane Sawyer To many people‚ Diane Sawyer is simply just a woman who delivers the morning news. They don’t think about her background or education‚ or how much hard work and dedication she has put in to reach her level of success. I however‚ have taken the time to find out more about Diane‚ and I have found her biography to be very inspiring. Lila Diane Sawyer was born on December 22‚ 1945 in Glasgow‚ Kentucky to E.P. Sawyer and Jean W. Dunagan. Not long after her birth‚ the family decided
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Final Essay Compare and Contrast COMM/155 Final Essay Compare and Contrast COMM/155 Both Beyoncé and Jay-Z have been in the music industry for well over twenty years now. They both had a childhood surrounded by music‚ which may have had an impact on what profession they chose to work in years later. They are both well-known artist to today’s generation as well as others. Some individuals may look at the two and think they have more similarities
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Drug abuse is a serious issue that affects many addicts. There are many resources to treatment available‚ but addicts must want to completely recover from drug abuse in order for treatment to be successful. However‚ recovery does not always go smoothly. There may be challenges along the way. But some people may need to go through treatment more than once in order to have long-term effects. Although some may believe that drug abuse treatment does not work‚ it does. Recovery is not alway successful
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