Songs add another element, that of words, thereby changing this emotive element into an emotive and linguistic one. There is nothing new to using songs in the classroom; a number of suggestions can be found, especially online, about how to use songs in the classroom (see, for example,Alegri...
If you haven't been part of the Beanie Baby craze, you must have been spending a lot of time on Mars. There's never been anything like it. So Rooster Records in concert with Six Akimbo, has put together this CD to add to the festivities. We've used 25 musicians and 5 different so...
You never have to mention the name of a man who wears the face of a LIAR, and a Cheat. In every aspect of his life. Why would a Supreme Court Judge Nominee want to be connected to a man whose safe/vault could not be sealed with gorilla glue, cemented, anchored, welded and informat...
But beneath the happiness of a day when everything seems to go right is a latent anxiety over how easily things could go another way. He may have evaded the carjackers, the cops and the specter of death, but he knows they always lurk just around the corner. –Matthew Ismael Ruiz ...
Embrace’s sound may not be quite as influential as that of their peers, but the spirit of Revolution Summer is bottled in phrases like “The purpose is within yourself / The movement is within yourself” — not to mention the moment MacKaye calls the ruling classes “a bunch of silly ...
So my plea to you is: the next time you feel the urge to stamp on, splatter or spray a creepy crawly, give a thought to the planet and stop. 1. Why did the author mention the ants in the beginning? A. Because the experience with the ants presents a sharp contrast to that with ...
This is another song that is way up high on the list. It’s got a personal worship feel from the opening words “Have you ever loved someone so much...” and a guitar solo that sends chills up and down my spine almost every time I hear it. And did I mention it’s amazing live...
So “In My View” becomes a sinewy soul song that swings and sways while riding an undercurrent of tension and uncertainty. Sweating out a marching band beat while simultaneously meditating on desire and betrayal, Young Fathers make anxiety sound smooth, and then the opposite, too. –Marc ...
arguably the greatest rap album ever made via prison phone. It was an attempt to cope with the stress and reclaim his deserved relevance. It worked. “Fights Don’t Matter” was the first song Drakeo recorded when he was released on November 4th, the first song from the brilliant We Know...
Bay Area’s Lil Yee’s reedy, auto-tuned voice makes him sound younger than his age. The way the anxiety and violence in his music embody the political feels classic. The combination of the two feel just right for 2017: “We gon’ smash on everything/ Call it corruption.” The video...