Va. students object to King Day classes The proximity of the two occasions poses a particular challenge for Virginia and for the university in Lexington named in equal parts for the founding father and the Confederate commander. Lee served as the school’s president after the Civil War and set it on a course toward national prestige in the liberal arts. For more than a decade after the 1986 advent of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Virginians celebrated the births of the civil rights icon and Confederate generals Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson on the same day. (Jackson, too, was born in mid-January.) Most universities in Virginia, Maryland and the District will close for King Day. Washington and Lee, too, has a busy week of MLK-related events planned, but no holiday. The programming reflects a “desire to respect and honor Dr. “MLK Day should not be just another day or just another holiday,” he said in an e-mail interview. Knoespel predictedthat the institution will add a King holiday in 2013.
Electro swing Electro swing is a musical genre combining the influence of (most commonly) vintage swing with contemporary production techniques or styles - the 'electro' part of the name. This might include house, hip hop, EDM or other predominantly computer-produced music but might also encompass anything contemporary such as scratching with an otherwise all-live band. The genre often incorporates loops, samples or melodies that deliberately reference a sound-palette (to the inclusion therefore of the dance moves and fashions) from the classic swing, jazz and big band era. Typically this is the period from the early 1930s to the late 1940s and would include music by Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton and Benny Goodman among many others. Successful examples of the genre create a modern and dance-floor focused sound that is more readily accessible to the modern ear but that also retains the feeling of live brass and the energetic excitement of the early swing recordings. Origins[edit]
Trip hop History[edit] 1990s[edit] Trip hop originated in and around the city of Bristol[5] during a time when American hip hop, dance and house music had begun to increase in popularity. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, the term "trip-hop" was coined in 1989,[6] though its earliest use in print was in June 1994; Andy Pemberton, a music journalist writing for Mixmag, used it to describe Mo Wax Records Artist (U.K) R.P.M and (American) DJ Shadow's "In/Flux" single.[7] Early to mid-1990s: Trip-hop's mainstream breakthrough[edit] Massive Attack, a British trip hop group which helped bring the genre to mainstream success in the 1990s.[9] Although not as popular in the United States bands like Portishead and Sneaker Pimps saw moderate air play on Alternative Rock stations across the country.[11] Post-trip hop[edit] Trip hop in the 2000s[edit] Producers[edit]
John Bonham Biography[edit] Early years[edit] Bonham was born on 31 May 1948, in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, to Joan and Jack Bonham. He began learning to play drums at the age of five, making a drum kit out of containers and coffee tins, imitating his idols Max Roach, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. His mother gave him a snare drum at the age of ten. He received his first proper drum kit from his father at fifteen, a Premier Percussion set. In 1967, A Way of Life asked Bonham to return to the group, and he agreed—though throughout this period, Plant kept in contact with Bonham. Led Zeppelin[edit] Despite an intensive campaign to snare the drummer, Bonham was initially reluctant to join the band.[13] Plant sent eight telegrams to Bonham's pub, the "Three Men in a Boat", in Walsall, which were followed by 40 telegrams from Grant. John Bonham's three intersecting circles sigil for the Led Zeppelin IV album Work outside Led Zeppelin[edit] Death[edit] Family[edit] Legacy[edit] Awards and accolades[edit]
Genealogy of musical genres Classical genres graph from ClassClass project[1] Classical genres timeline from ClassClass project[1] The genealogy of musical genres is the pattern of musical genres that have contributed to the development of new genres. Genealogical charts or family trees of musical genres show how new genres have emerged from existing genres and how multiple genres have contributed to a new genre. A genealogy of genres may also incorporate several major genres, such as jazz, rock and roll and folk music. The family tree of music can also be explored by starting at the article for your favourite genre, and clicking on the items in the stylistic origins, subgenres, derivative forms, and fusion genres sections of the genre infobox. See also[edit] Notes[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b ClassClass project External links[edit]
Warren Buffett sings in the Chinese New Year (+ video) I can think of any number of curious aspects of Warren Buffett's transmogrification into a Chinese pop star, but perhaps the oddest is that state-run TV here is using the 81-year-old Sage of Omaha to draw younger viewers. Skip to next paragraph Recent posts Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition Mr. The annual Spring Festival TV gala on the lunar New Year’s Eve is watched by hundreds of millions of Chinese viewers. So state-run CCTV decided to air a hipper extended gala show online, and that is where Buffett comes in. “We all know that Buffett is good at investment, but few knew he also did well in singing,” Wang Pinjiu, one of the show’s producers, told a press conference earlier this month, according to Xinhua, the government news agency. The video clip is one he made for a charity dinner last year organized by media investor Wu Zheng and his TV presenter wife Yang Lan, according to a spokeswoman for Mr.
French house History and influences[edit] Terms, origins and variations[edit] The term "French house" was first used in Paris in July 1987. Jean-Claude Lagrèze, a photographer of parisians' nights created a couple of "French Touch" parties at The Palace to make people discover house music. These parties were driven by DJ Laurent Garnier, Guillaume la Tortue and David Guetta. This expression was printed, as part of a motto for French partygoers who liked house music, on a trendy jacket by Éric Morand for F Communications, in 1991. Prior to that (1996–2000), "French house" had been referred to among Europeans as "nu disco", "disco house" and "new disco". One of the biggest markets for nu disco at the time was Greece, especially Athens. In Ibiza, disco house took later another direction: it combined vocals and some elements from the UK's speed garage (a mid 1990s music style) with a local Latin flavor. Artists associated with the style[edit] Record labels associated with the style[edit] References[edit]
Dvorak Simplified Keyboard The modern Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (US layout) The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard ( i/d(ə)ˈvɔræk/ d-VOR-ak) is a keyboard layout patented in 1936 by Dr. August Dvorak and his brother-in-law, Dr. William Dealey. Over the years several slight variations were designed by the team led by Dvorak or by ANSI. Overview[edit] The Dvorak layout was designed to replace the QWERTY keyboard layout (the de facto standard keyboard layout, so named for the starting letters in the top row). Many common letter combinations require awkward finger motions.Many common letter combinations require a finger to jump over the home row.Many common letter combinations are typed with one hand. Dvorak studied letter frequencies and the physiology of people's hands and created a layout to alleviate the problems he identified with the QWERTY layout. The Dvorak layout is intended for the English language. The layout was completed in 1932 and was granted U.S. History[edit] Original Dvorak layout[edit] Records[edit]
Nu-funk Nu funk is a contemporary form of funk.[1] Since mid-1990s and further into the 2000s, a number of new bands have emerged that played original compositions intended to imitate the sound of deep funk bands. The concept usually includes using vintage musical instruments and recording equipment, as well as distribution via analogue record discs. However, an updated tighter sound is not uncommon as well. Stylistically, nu funk is somewhat close to jam bands. Nu-funk originated in Brooklyn in the 1980s[citation needed]. Nu funk artists[edit] In addition to the new wave of funk revivalists, music critics had cited other artists as having nu-funk sound (most of whom are usually classified as acid jazz): See also[edit] Recent developments in funk music References[edit] External links[edit]
Bare Your Midriff "Now a lot of you might be wondering, why didn't I put Belle on there? Well, it's not that she wasn't beautiful, smart, and a well-developed character. It's just that, well... she didn't show her navel, and on this countdown that earns you, like, 20 more points." Midriff-baring outfits are popular in Real Life, and have been for centuries, although for a while, it was just in certain cultures and, within those cultures, certain occasions. It's more like 60 years that it's been widely considered acceptable. Even belly-dancing outfits weren't midriff-baring before the "cabaret style" began with the most famous "Little Egypt" ◊, a dancer who performed at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. open/close all folders Advertising The woman working out in this commercial for Worx Energy. Anime & Manga
Deep house This article is about the style of music. For the human dwelling-structure, see List of house types. Deep house is a subgenre of house music[1] that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with 1980s jazz-funk[2] and touches of soul music.[3] The lengths of the tracks are usually around 7 and 10 minutes and lie between 120-130 bpm. This style of house music can often have an acoustic feeling.[4] Deep house has gained popularity over the years according to Beatport, being one of its top sellers among genres.[5] Characteristics[edit] History[edit] Future house[edit] Artists, DJs and record labels[edit] Deep house artists, DJs and producers include: Record labels of the genre include Anjunadeep, Glasgow Underground, Naked Music, Om Records, Peacefrog Records, Soma among a great many others. See also[edit] List of electronic music genres References[edit]
Do Not Do This Cool Thing Just look at these losers. note Top row, left to right: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Audrey Hepburn, Paul McCartney. Second row: Bob Dylan, Albert Camus, Jimi Hendrix, James Dean. Third row: Marilyn Monroe, Che Guevara, John Wayne, Edie Sedgwick. "You're watching Futurama, the show that does not advocate the cool crime of robbery!" — Futurama, "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV" You want to have An Aesop about something that we should avoid at all costs. open/close all folders Advertising Anti-drug ads tend to fall victim to this, especially the ones aimed at kids and teens. Anime and Manga
New jack swing History[edit] The term "new jack swing" was coined in a 1988 Village Voice profile of Teddy Riley by Barry Michael Cooper.[6] "New Jack" was a slang term used in a song by Grandmaster Caz of the Cold Crush Brothers, and "swing" was intended by Cooper to draw an "analogy between the music played at the speakeasies of F. Scott Fitzgerald's time to the crackhouses of Teddy Riley's time."[7] Music website VH1.com notes that while in the 2000s, "hip-hop and R&B are kissing cousins," in the early 1980s, "the two genres were seldom mentioned in the same breath." New jack swing is mellifluously soulful solo or harmonizing vocals addressing romantic and sexual themes and lyrics, sung over rhythms and "street" beats derived from urban musical influences. Adaptations[edit] In October 2004, a variety of classic new jack swing tracks are used in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Influences[edit] Notable songs[edit]
Newspapers, Paywalls, and Core Users This may be the year where newspapers finally drop the idea of treating all news as a product, and all readers as customers. One early sign of this shift was the 2010 launch of paywalls for the London Times and Sunday Times. These involved no new strategy; however, the newspaper world was finally willing to regard them as real test of whether general-interest papers could induce a critical mass of readers to pay. (Nope.) Then, in March, the New York Times introduced a charge for readers who crossed a certain threshold of article views (a pattern copied from the financial press, and especially the Financial Times) which is generating substantial revenue. Finally, and most recently, were a pair of announcements last month: The Chicago Sun-Times was adopting a new threshold charge, and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune said that their existing one was also working well. A printed paper was a bundle. Thresholds are now mostly being tried at big-city papers — New York, Chicago, Minneapolis.