“For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.” - Plato
Politics, in its broadest sense, holds immeasurable societal importance. It is pervasive; everyone has some conception of politics, regardless of whether they realize [...]
“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” -Decca Recording Company rejecting the Beatles, 19621
Rock music today would not be the same if it weren’t for the influence of musicians like Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and the Who. These bands stand out as some of the [...]
Poor Sally Mae
Beyonce Knowles walks onto a silver stage in Las Vegas, Nevada1 wearing little less than what normal people would call a bra and a mini skirt. Not only that, but she prides herself in shaking (or “dancing” as some may call it) so vigorously that more than half of the cameramen at the [...]
November 4, 2008. A sense of anticipation and anxiety permeates the atmosphere of America and the rest of the world. The outcome of this day will determine the course of world events for the next four to eight years. Yet, the determination of this outcome will result from a multitude of disparate, conflicting and discombobulated1 [...]
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The American teenager is often depicted as either a mindless fad-chaser listening to the latest shallow boy-band music, or as a scarily intense quasi-vampire child that listens to nothing but mind-numbing death metal. While these two cases [...]