On Behalf Of Others According to James Agee, “At seems… obscene and thoroughly terrifying… to pry intimately into the lives of a… appallingly damaged group of human beings…” Of course this quote means different things to different people. But what does this quote mean to me? As for me, this quote means that it looks disgusting and absolutely gross to listen closely to the lives of hopeless groups of individuals. I disagree with this quote because listening to the lives of others can trigger different reactions. Listening to different stories could help the teller express feelings, it shows trust and could give the listener an example of what life can do to them, it’s better to learn from someone else’s mistakes than to repeat their mistakes. But also the story of the teller can also be used against them. Being the listener could help the teller express their feelings which may even be a heavy burden lifted off their chest. Just by talking to someone and getting positive responses could make the teller so much happier. Talking about lives and supporting their stories can let a person know that they matter. People want to know that they matter in this world, it’s a common thing every individual shares. Acknowledging them and their past, listening with interest, and being there for them can change their view on certain things which can even make them forget about some of the unpleasant memories from the past. Listening to the lives of others shows that the person that’s telling the story trusts the listener. Possibly they want their story to be heard. Maybe there’s someone out there that is facing the same problems and they want their story to be known. For example; in 1 In 8 Million, Joshua Febres shared his story of joining a gang at a young age without knowing what it was all about. He would sell cocaine to people and after a short while of doing so, got arrested. He saw his mother crying all the time and decided to change himself for the better. He told a story of him trying to do the right thing and avoid doing the wrong thing. That’s inspirational and could
Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he recorded five studio albums, and of whom he was a member from 1988 until 1992 and again from 1998 until 2009. He has recorded with numerous other artists, including The Mars Volta, for whom he was a studio guitarist (and occasional live performer) from 2002-2008, and Josh Klinghoffer and Joe Lally, with whom he released two albums as Ataxia. Frusciante also has an active solo career, having released eleven solo albums; his recordings include elements ranging from experimental…
Lonely Hearts Club Band is first and foremost the album that gave rise to 'hopes of progress in pop music" (The Times, 29 May 1967) Did the impact of the Beatles Sgt Pepper album help redefine popular music as a culturally significant art form? Summary of Assignment Choose an artist from the period 1900-1970 and to examine their relationship to the cultural and social framework of their era with reference to an important or influential album. Introduction In this essay I will be critically…
Together with the normalized relation with the U.S. and other Western countries, the economic expansion, the rise of living standard of national citizens and the intensive growth of technical advancement in a decade after the initiation of đổi mới policy have given the local music industry the opportunity to formulate itself again in Vietnam at the mid-1990, in major support of musical acts of Vietnamese youth subcultures, who represent the Vietnamese post-war generation. Through their musical expression…
BILLION people, and how many are actually famous singers or musicians? Think about that for a minute. The first thing you need to do is really decide: do you want to be a MUSIC ARTIST, or do you want to be a FAMOUS MUSICIAN. Those are not the same thing, and although the chances of getting fame are increased if you are successful as a music artist, they are 2 different things. Then you need to decide exactly what it is you want to do in the music profession. You want to "launch an album," as you…
parents, they had no clue that their son would be one of America’s favorite Hip Hop artists that ever lived. Who am I talking about? Why of course, Usher Raymond IV! This Grammy winning, Billboard top leading number one artist is an inspiration to many people, of all races! This family man was born in Dallas Texas, to Jonette and Usher Raymond the III. Through most of his childhood, he lived in Chattanooga. His father left the household when Usher was only one year old. Leaving himself, mother and brother…
Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder, I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. People who complain really get on my nerves. When I’m not feeling my best I ask myself, ‘What are you gonna do about it?’ I use the negativity to fuel the transformation Into a better me. -Beyoncé- Every time I see this quote it reminds me of a woman who set foot on this earth the day of September 4, 1981 with the name of Beyoncé Giselle Knowles in Houston TX. I hope…
Management Research Methods SM227U Tawanda Kurt Takundwa Individual Research Proposal 16/05/2013 Word Count: 2,997 Tittle: Tourist Photography: A social network study. Background There is very little academic work carried out on why people share their vacation photographs online and more specifically on social networking sites. The motives behind tourists vacation photography is an interesting subject to study on its own, but, unfortunately that topic has been exhausted. Lo et al.,…
" Mary Lou Stevens- mentor of monk and other jazz musicians at Miltons Monks first recording was in 1944 with the Coleman Hawkins quartet, who he would later invite to play with him in a johnny Coltrane production in 1957 He recorded his first album with the Blue Notes in 1947, the same year he got married to his wife Nellie Smith. He had a son in 1949 named T.S Monk And a daughter in 1952 named Barbara Monk would get his cabaret card taken from him 1951 after being found in a car with narcotics…
died March 9, 1997 from injuries that he received from a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, CA. Biggie was a rapper and was well known in the bi-coastal feud going on between the East and the West coast hip-hop scenes. Other rappers that were involved with Biggie were Tupac Shakur (who died 6 months earlier than Biggie), Sean “Puffy” Combs, Lil Kim and Lil Cease. In his short career, Biggie was very successful with many platinum albums before his death and numerous posthumous albums and awards.…
Ironside was the first synthesizer- based pop theme song. As the first black composer to be embraced by the Hollywood establishment in the 60′s, he helped refresh movie music with badly needed infusions of jazz and soul. His landmark 1989 album, Back On The Block–named “Album Of The Year” at the 1990 Grammy Awards– brought such legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Miles Davis together with Ice T, Big Daddy Kane and Melle Mel to create the first fusion of the be bop and hip hop musical…
