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    He like quite a few others fell into the fabled 27 club‚ (group of musicians who died at 27 years old) the “club” consists of many members‚ Brian Jones‚ Jimi Hendrix‚ Janis Joplin‚ Kurt Cobain‚ and Amy Winehouse just to name a few. According to Michael Burgan‚ author of Jim Morrison‚ “Jim had enough of his father’s strict rules and as a teen‚ he began to drink and abuse drugs.”(7) Jim loved to read and he

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    The oldest of the four was only 27 years old at the time of the Woodstock Festival. The four were able to get some of the biggest rock musicians at the time‚ such as Jimi Hendrix‚ Janis Joplin‚ and The Who. Between these four people‚ they had many important contacts in the music industry‚ knowledge of the youth and counterculture market‚ and financial means to get this festival started. With their contacts they were able

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    Hippie Movement

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    celebrate their alternative lifestyle and independence from adult authority.” (Foner‚ E. 2006). On August 15 to August 18‚ 1969‚ more than 450‚000 people gathered on Max Yasgure’s pasture in Sullivan County to listen to music from artists such as Jimi Hendrix and Joan Baez. The town of Bethel was hit with a huge impact. While some good came out of it‚ such as local motels and gas stations profiting from the influx of hippies‚ farmers lost income and land were destroyed. Residents were left to clean

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    In the Name of the Father In the evening of October 5th‚ 1974‚ in a pub in Guildford‚ an IRA bomb explodes‚ killing five people. The police force is forced to turn to the most likely suspects without regard for their guilt or innocence. Gerry Conlon‚ Paul Hill‚ Paddy Armstrong and Carole Richardson‚ known as the “Guildford Four”‚ become prime targets. When Gerry’s father Giuseppe arrives from Ireland to help his son obtain a lawyer‚ he is charged with participating in an IRA support network

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    Walk This Way Analysis

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    It may be surprising to learn that the first rap song to bring the genre to a wide mainstream audience wasn’t even originally a rap song. By every definition‚ “Walk This Way”‚ written in 1975 by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry‚ was your classic rock song. With air-guitar-worthy guitar riffs and cocky‚ brash vocal delivery of thinly veiled‚ extremely sexual lyrics‚ it was the track that set Aerosmith on the road to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame (Run-DMC and Aerosmith‚ 2007). A decade later

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    Guitar Center: Selling the Greatest Feeling What can a customer expect when they walk into a Guitar Center? In most cases a Guitar Center is just like any other music store but this advertisement deems that it is the only place a musician can find themselves. First introduced in the journal Introduction to psychology‚ Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a psychological concept based on fundamental human necessities. The bottom of the list being the most important at psychological it progresses

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    Origins of Classic Rock

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    The Origins Of Classic Rock The Classic Rock format features music ranging from the late 1960s to the late 1980s with a primary focus on Hard Rock‚ Blues Rock‚ and Folk Rock popularized in the 1970s. The classic rock format evolved from AOR radio stations that played popular rock albums from the 60’s and 70’s to present date. One of the Original AOR stations which spawned Classic Rock as we know it today was “Cleveland’s Classic Rock”. This Famous radio station mixed oldies and AOR station

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    In the novel The Power and the Glory‚ Graham Greene sets up his readers to search for the power and glory represented in the novel. The title’s main words connect not only many of the characters and their chronicles‚ but to the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount. The Priest unknowingly lives out a life comparable to one of which is encouraged throughout the Sermon on the Mount. He pursues his calling through acts in kindness rather than running away‚ when persecution is near. The Lieutenant yearns

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    MaKayla Smith Mr. Hungerholt Vet Tech. 12 March 2013 Why I want to be a Veterinary Technician Choosing the career that I want to spend the rest of my life doing is something that was extremely difficult for me. It is hard to understand the concept of selecting what profession is just right for me‚ and what I may be interested in and want to pursue every day for the rest of my life‚ especially at such a young age. I have thought about different schools and jobs‚ as well as the pros and cons

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