a breath of fresh air by creating a sound that‚ for the most part‚ can’t be found on the radio. Here are five soundtracks from the 2000-2010 decade that provide an eclectic blend of indie music. Number Five: Igby Goes Down (2004). Released in 2004‚ the soundtrack for Igby Goes Down is definitely indie‚ but also contains heavy elements of alt-rock‚ such as “Not You” by Underwater Circus and “Anyway” by Jelly Planet. The Dandy Warhols contribute two catchy‚ neo-psychedelic tracks that will surely remind
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Last Man Down 1) Picciotto‚ Richard‚ and Daniel Paisner. Last Man Down. New York‚ New York: The Berkley Publishing Group‚ 2002. 1-243. A Firefighter’s Story of Survival and Escape from the World Trade Center. This book is a firsthand account of what it was like to be inside the North Tower and knowing that the 100 stories above you were crashing down upon you. Last Man Down begins with a brief introduction that leads into a listing of all 343 firefighters who died that day – it goes on for
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It always starts off the same way. I’m driving down this dirt road by myself. There’s a streetlight somewhere that follows me‚ but I don’t know where it’s coming from. The road is endless‚ and I can’t really see anything besides the road and the trees. Then after what feels like an hour of driving‚ I see someone on the side of the road. I drive past them‚ because you know‚ picking up hitch hikers is bad‚ even in dreams. Then the next thing I know‚ they’re on my windshield‚ screaming at me and shit
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My College Life Ups and Downs For us to be able to grow we must step out of our comfort zone. High School life‚ was always been my comfort zone. It is a time of my life when I was absolutely carefree about anything. But college is a different thing. People say that collage life is stressful; teachers are much strict and will give you a hard time and it is also our foundation to our brighter future. Lessons are tougher than high school that will leave your brain drained. College is also
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In the poem A bird came down the walk explore how Dickinson presents her responses to natural phenomena‚ including discussion of other relevant poems. A Bird came down the Walk— He did not know I saw— He bit an Angleworm in halves And ate the fellow‚ raw‚ And then he drank a Dew From a convenient Grass— And then hopped sidewise to the Wall To let a Beetle pass— He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all around— They looked like frightened Beads‚ I thought— He stirred his Velvet Head Like one
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Black Hawk Down takes place during the Rwandan Genocide and shows the horrific scene that soldiers have to witness that could later lead to mental disorders such as PTSD. American Sniper is a movie about Chris Kyle‚ an accomplished sniper shooter who served four terms in Iraq‚ it shows his experiences and how the war impacted his life. The Great War Diaries: The Home Front is a documentary that gives an insight on the impact that war has on the people at home. The movies Black Hawk Down‚ American
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How are the trees used to convey the poet’s thoughts or attitudes in: ‘The Trees Are Down’ by Charlotte Mew Charlotte Mew was an English poet who wrote frequently about the nature in London. The poem deals with the felling of plane trees in Euston Square Gardens‚ London in the early 1920s. There is a clear sense of desolation and loss in this poem‚ a lament for the felling of the great plane trees. The poem has elements of Modernism‚ the disordered rhythm‚ rhyme and syntax mirroring Mew’s
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The Down Fall of Ambition Although ambition can be looked on as a positive thing‚ it can also have its downfalls. Sometimes too much ambition can turn out to be negative. Ambition can hurt a person’s life by its downfall. It can also lead to a person’s downfall because it can cause someone to make bad decisions‚ neglect priorities‚ and do drugs. Ambition can lead a person to make bad decisions. At the 2006 Tour de France Floyd Landis confessed to taking performance enhancing drugs (Ford2). Landis
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The story Upside Down In The Middle Of Nowhere by Julie T. Lamana is about a ten year old girl named Armani Curtis that survives Hurricane Katrina with her family using love and hope. The theme is‚ the power of hope‚ family‚ and love can get you through the toughest storms. First‚ the theme is shown in the exposition by establishing how close the Curtis family is. The first example is when Armani’s neighbors the Babineaux’s told Armani they should leave but she doesn’t tell Daddy because it was
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past examples of perseverance‚ we were dealing with the complex subject of romance. However‚ in this example‚ we are examining the blunt act of perseverance to stay alive‚ perseverance at a new level. In Patricia McCormick’s famous novel‚ Never Fall Down‚ McCormick introduces the horrific and terrifying Cambodian genocide through one child’s personal story: When Arn Chorn Pond is just 11 years old‚ he and his fellow Cambodian citizens were forced out of their homes by a radical Cambodian army called
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