1988 in music

The theme for the book “Make Lemonade” is making sour into sweet which means to take something bad and try to make it into something good. This theme is shown through the whole book. LaVaughn and Jolly go through very difficult times. LaVaughn is helping Jolly through her rough times in this book. Turning sweet into sour is a big theme in this book because it shows how Jolly and LaVaughn have to make their lives better. Jolly doesn’t have a very good education but she tries to change that.

references in popular music?” and “What is the valence of substance references over time-that is, when references to substances do occur in popular music, are they presented as a positive element of youth lifestyle, or are they condemned and portrayed in the context of negative consequences?” (Christenson et. al, 2012). The public is becoming more alarmed about youth substance abuse. In addition, substance-related themes and references are being portrayed in popular music. Popular music is a huge part of

example, rock music, the first major threat to traditional thinking caused a divide between generations because of how different and explicit it became in the mid-1900s. It’s no surprise there were people ready to combat rock music. However, what is surprising is the fact that so much happened with so little change in the music around us. Censorship if anything only helped intensify the differences between society. Controversy and censorship in music was around long before the rock music. In fact, a

was receiving piano lessons, he quickly became uninterested after only two weeks of piano lessons. Even more astounding he decided to become a composer at age six. His father died when he was six and that is when he decided to become serious about music, because it was his refuge as he quotes, “It was my way of calming the demons in me or at the same time sometimes letting them roar, letting them rip, letting the monster out and seeing that it wasn't so scary being able to look it in the eye," (International

history of rave culture and its drug use. A focus into the drug use of the time and how the music genre revolutionised the youth of Britain. The papers continued to slander the sub-culture years later, but House became unstoppable and ultimately carved the way for electronic music to the present. This research paper will examine the press coverage and political involvement with the rave culture from 1988 to 1989. Exploring the developments and changes attributed by the press coverage of national

instrument, these minstrel companies often created combinations of brass band music, solo banjo performances and vocal accompaniment in their shows. Popular songs included Maple leaf Rag (1899), Frog Legs Rag (1906), and the American beauty rag (1913), (Collier, 2013). Despite these vaudeville groups being largely influenced by African american musicians, and directly borrowing their infectious rhythms as found in African dance music, black performers were largely forbidden to perform in minstrel shows

Action-packed and full of witty comments, Die Hard (1988) shows us what it is to be a true American hero. The phrase die hard means to be loyal or very determined and thorough the actions of the main protagonist, John McClane, the audience can see what the intention behind the name of the film was. Elements such as editing, narrative and narration, sound and mise-en-scene all work to show that even those who seem least likely to do great things can and will when the time comes. John is the last person

two levels and a single dependent variable. The independent variable will be the jazz music heard by the participants and no music. The two levels of this independent variable would be the experimental group who will be exposed to jazz music and the control group that will not be exposed to any music. The dependent variable would be the stress levels of the participants found after hearing Jazz music and no music. Participants In this experiment, N=60 participants will be studied which will be a

Where are you going, Where Have You Been, written by Joyce Carol Oates, was a about young girl named Connie who wanted freedom and independence. Connie did not understand the consequences of having freedom and how to protect yourself from malicious people. In the beginning of the tale, Connie was conceited and thought she superior to everyone else. “Stop gawking at yourself, who are you? You think you’re so pretty? She would say” (Charters, 1989, p. 651). When it comes to Connie’s family she strongly

culture. Collin (1997) suggests that when it was initially covered by 'The Sun' in August 1988, reports were largely positive, endorsed as the latest dance craze, with the paper even marketing its own smiley face logo T-shirts. Hostility quickly ensued however after two deaths from ecstasy in June and October followed by a police drugs raid on a boat party in November. By September 1988 "the ritualised sequence of moral panic - exaggerated press reports, misleading headlines