Jazz is a music genre with district roots and an intriguing history, mixing a range of international styles to create a sound unlike what was ever experienced before. If you’re asking questions like, “Who created jazz?”“What are the origins of jazz in America?” and “When did jazz m...
In the 1940s, the origins of jazz experienced a radical shift with the emergence of the Bebop Revolution. Bebop was a response to the commercialization of swing music. Musicians likeCharlie ParkerandDizzy Gillespie, discontent with the constraints of swing, sought to break free from conventional s...
There's epic, there's really epic, and then there'sGandhi. As befits one of the most important figures of the 20th century, and certainly one of the most admirable among those figures,Richard Attenboroughapproached this biopic determined to do justice to both the Mahatma's lofty ideals and ...
Since the class for working with file data (FileStream) and the class for working with network traffic (NetworkStream) both inherit from Stream, you can easily write code that processes the data independent of its origins. Here's a method for printing out some bytes fro...
This British series landing on Netflix in 2023 is technically more of a mockumentary than a documentary. Still, it employs real experts to answer the inane questions of reporter Philomena Cunk, played hilariously by Diane Morgan. In this six-part series, Cunk explores the origins of human civil...
chances are you will have access to it via a Stream. Since the class for working with file data (FileStream) and the class for working with network traffic (NetworkStream) both inherit from Stream, you can easily write code that processes the data independent of its origins. Here's a meth...
It is said that the origins of this 154 (wonder) dance are from the Han Dynasty in northern China, and it reached its peak during the Qing Dynasty. During this time, it was no longer a dance 155 (perform) during harvests, but it extended to all festival celebrations. The dance has ...
Through 2021 and the first few months of 2022, the Fest for Beatles Fans blog has been walking through The Beatles’ artistic and pivotal 1965 LP,Rubber Soul. This month,Piers Hemmingsen, author ofThe Beatles in Canada: The Origins of Beatlemania!(knownas “The Red Book”)joins Jude Souther...
in Islamic times had their origins in the state reforms under Khosrow, or in changes which occurred during his reign, and the tendency of peasants in Iran today to assign any obviously pre-lslamic bridge, caravanserai or other structure to Khosrow 'of the immortal soul' is testimony of the...
The first space that comes to mind is the bridle paths. Since the park’s origins, the bridle path was an exclusive space for an expensive leisure activity. Furthermore, race was entangled with horsemanship. Elite white horse owners (including many enslavers) would have Black men and boys wor...