Good post, Ms. Everyone will not have the same amount of love for all the different genres out there. No big deal. Many genres in pop music have been debased, tarnished, bastardized, adulterated, etc. to the point where there are only a few good artists with integrity in the genres.
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Kenny Drew On Modern Black American Popular Music.
by hillary_step inkenny drew jnr.
is the son of the great jazz pianist, now deceased.
his own accomplishments are rich and varied, playing with some of the greatest names in modern jazz and also entering the world of the classical piano with the same success that he has met in the jazz world.. he published a stinging criticism of the 'rap' music idiom, taking bold side-swipes at the true culprits, the record companies on his web site.
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Kenny Drew On Modern Black American Popular Music.
by hillary_step inkenny drew jnr.
is the son of the great jazz pianist, now deceased.
his own accomplishments are rich and varied, playing with some of the greatest names in modern jazz and also entering the world of the classical piano with the same success that he has met in the jazz world.. he published a stinging criticism of the 'rap' music idiom, taking bold side-swipes at the true culprits, the record companies on his web site.
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I have been semi-pro for 20 years in music.
I have studied music history for 27 years, off and on.
For example, I know more about bluegrass music history than the average Joe on the street.
But not as much as an music ethnologist, or some professor.
Anyway:
In general, people are entitled to a basic opinion on something.
Example: I think vanilla ice cream is better than chocolate.
Most people would disagree. We could argue about that.
Whether you like rap or not is a general opinion. Whether it is music or not is out of that realm, and
it is pointless to argue facts. It is pointless for me to argue with someone who
has not learned the history of rap music.
Rap is a musical artform. It really isn't up for debate. Rap fits the definition of music.
mu·sic (myu'zik)
n.
1. The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.
Whether you like it or not. Just like some people hate modern art. But it still is art. It just usually sucks.
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Kenny Drew On Modern Black American Popular Music.
by hillary_step inkenny drew jnr.
is the son of the great jazz pianist, now deceased.
his own accomplishments are rich and varied, playing with some of the greatest names in modern jazz and also entering the world of the classical piano with the same success that he has met in the jazz world.. he published a stinging criticism of the 'rap' music idiom, taking bold side-swipes at the true culprits, the record companies on his web site.
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Kenny Drew On Modern Black American Popular Music.
by hillary_step inkenny drew jnr.
is the son of the great jazz pianist, now deceased.
his own accomplishments are rich and varied, playing with some of the greatest names in modern jazz and also entering the world of the classical piano with the same success that he has met in the jazz world.. he published a stinging criticism of the 'rap' music idiom, taking bold side-swipes at the true culprits, the record companies on his web site.
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MadTiger
Rap music is music. Period.
Some is good, and some sucks, just like other genres.
If someone has more music experience than me, then I'll argue with them.
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Went over to rechargable batteries
by greendawn inrecently i realised how advantageous it is to use rechargable batteries.
a pair of duracell batteries for example aa size, capacity 2,500 mah, costs only 3 which is around $5.5, (the corresponding disposable ones cost 1) and can be recharged hundreds of times with a recharger that costs 15 and in fact works with all standard sizes (aaa, aa, c, d, and the square shaped ones).
this not only saves money but if done by many people it is really good for the environment because there will be that much less used batteries to pollute it.
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I agree...switched a couple of years ago and will never go back.
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Native American Wisdom
by lovelylil ini wanted to share some pearls of wisdom from a book of native american proverbs.
btw: anyone here from a native american background?.
when we show our respect for other livings things, they respond with respect for us - arapaho proverb.
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Publications for your library
by MadTiger in1990 yearbook of jehovahs witnesses (1990) d excellent .
1991 yearbook of jehovahs witnesses (1991) d excellent .
1992 yearbook of jehovahs witnesses (1992) d excellent .
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Box now listed in auction on Yahoo! Auctions:
http://auctions.yahoo.com/auction/212388930
Did you know Yahoo! Auctions is currently FREE to use? And you can use PayPal.
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Met anyone Famous? What were they Like?
by Clam inhave you ever met and had chance to talk to someone "famous"?
maybe an actor, politician, musician?
if you have were they different from their public persona?
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Cool.
It reminded me that I left a guitarist out of my poem: Brian Basset.
He "played that funky music" in Wild Cherry, and he also played in Foghat.
I found a website that lists the names of Steve Miller's band members over the years:
http://www.gangster-of-love.com/band.html
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"Time Travel".........What time and place would you go?
by new boy inlets make it fun!...............if you could go anywhere in time but only have a 50% chance of survival (making it back to this time alive) would you do it?.
where would go?.
for me in would be the time of jeaus......... i'd would really like to know what the truth was about his ministry.
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"For me it would be the time of David.... I'd would really like to know what Bathseba looks like. "
or the time of Cleopatra, or the time of the Trojan War.
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Publications for your library
by MadTiger in1990 yearbook of jehovahs witnesses (1990) d excellent .
1991 yearbook of jehovahs witnesses (1991) d excellent .
1992 yearbook of jehovahs witnesses (1992) d excellent .
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Last opportunity. Thank you all.