So I was driving home with my mom when a popular song came on the radio. Naturally, I started to sing it… “you got a fast car, I want a ticket to anywhere,”… and somehow my mom recognized the tune. I thought to myself there’s no way she’s up with
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It is rumored that their first studio album, Bleach (1989), cost a mere $606.17 to record, yet Jason Evernman, a guitarist who was briefly a member, was the only person in the band with enough money to pay. But on September 24, 1991, Nirvana released Nevermind, their second studio
After dominating the charts in the early 2010s, the members of One Direction, all have their own established solo careers now. While the members are using this new freedom as a time to find their own styles and step away from the artistic confinement of a boyband, one member has
The 1960’s are often synonymous with rock & roll music, as some of the best of the genre debuted at that time. And while The Rolling Stones and The Beatles were igniting the craze in the United States, their home country of Britain refused to play the music that was
The historical biographies of both musical composers Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) involves a triad including mystery, musical art, and suspicious death. Antonio Salieri was born August 18th, 1750 in Legnago, Italy, to a father, who he was denominated after, and to a mother who there is
The debate over whether or not panhandling should be outlawed has a history of controversy. It seems right that solicitation of this kind should not be permitted on private property. However, it is not always clear where the line between free public speaking and aggressive solicitation should be drawn. The
Drugs and art are no strangers to one another but what about art that is actually a drug? For the last decade, a new way of getting high has been gaining popularity amongst teenagers across the country; this new drug isn’t anything you snort, shoot, or even swallow, it is
Though I noted the subject had been touched on, I felt like there was more to add in regards to the Mexican ballads referencing the drug trade, known as “narcocorridos”. There are all types of ‘corridos’, ranging from those honoring war heroes to immigration advocacy, but I will focus specifically
This is the story of the violin stolen in Milwaukee (for ful story visit: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/the-case-of-the-stolen-stradivarius). This was no ordinary violin, in fact it is a famed Stradivarius. For those who do not know the Strad is supposedly one of the best designed violin, with its old nature creating deep rich
Kanye West recently published his new music video “Famous”. The video was receiving controversial opinions from both men and women.This music video put on 12 naked celebrities in the bed: Taylor Swift, Amber Rose, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Caitlyn Jenner, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Anna Wintour, Ray J,