The Day the Music Died Review !

http://www.teenink.com/opinion/movies_music_tv/article/206127/The-Day-the-Music-Died/
The article I picked is titled "The Day the Music Died". I found it on the interwebs *cough* Teen Ink *cough* .com . It was written by Evely Nibarra. All the opening paragraph is, is a thesis, there is nothing else to it except for the thesis. The thesis is Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B, and Pop, all types of music, are amazing beats and catchy tunes, but what lies underneath all of the repeating rhythms and mainstream glamour?. The opening paragraph caught my attention because it asked a question that appealed to me, because I have noticed that a lot of popular songs nowadays don't really have much meaning to them. The article has eight paragraphs. All the paragraphs elaborate more on the thesis explaining some facts and the writers opinion. One example of this is "Take the Beattle’s for example; their songs helped people escape the terrors of the Vietnam War. When you heard their songs, you escaped the world’s troubles, momentarily. Now, flash forward to today! What are we providing for the future other than foul language and meaningless rhythms? Profanity is what this time in history will mean, lyrically, of course. "

This article is very good, but it doesn't provide any argument from the other side. It just brutally rips it apart and gives it no fight back. This article has convinced me of its argument, because it explains its self out and gives you lots of reason and examples, plus it probably help that i already agreed with the topic. The writer could have let the other side fight back so it would have more of an argument in it. A counter argument that they could have used would be the positive side for modern day music, and the argument could be "Some songs still do have lots of meaning!".

I found the ending very effective because it ended with a little mission and had you motivated to pursuit it. It was really well written didn't have any spelling mistakes that I picked up on. Overall I really liked this article because it was about something that i notice and was interested in and it helped that it was well written and was relatable!

Yeah you. Mom?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khFhF64P3VQ

My group and I chose the YouTube video "How to be Gangster" . We chose this video because it was close to my how to topic of "How to be Ghetto". I like this video because it gave me some idea's of what we could do in our video, plus it was hysterical! I think this video was very effective with getting its message across with instructions and humor. But something I would have done differently was that I would have used a better quality camera. The element that all "How to" videos have is that they are all teaching you how to do something. Some of the elements I found most effective were the humor, the dialogue and the actions the actors did.

Oh You Crazy Russian's !!! :D

*This is an E-mail sent to a couple friends*

Well I know you guys have all are wondering how my vacation in Russia is going!!! Well let me tell you that its pretty AWESOME! Well we landed in Moscow about 6 days ago now so I have had a lot of time to look around, and see all the cool things that's here! So you know when you think of Russia you think of those huge Cathedral's and I got to go see like the whole in side of one and everything it was soo AMAZING *SAID IN OPRAH VOICE!*. Plus I went to a this ginormous mall in Moscow called the European Mall and it was soo crazy how big it was it hall these different levels with hundreds of stores, it defiantly put any mall i was every to before to shame. We spent a couple of days just walking around the city and saw a lot of cool stuff like where the Russian Royal family used to live,*Anastasia's house!!!!!*, plus we went and watched a couple of cultural things, like cool dancing and acrobatics. As you can probably tell that we were pretty busy.

PS. I met a whole bunch of people and they had the coolest names! Like Olga, Maksim, Ivan, Anastasya, Valentina and Alisa! My favorite was Olga and Maksim lol :P And Ivan smells like vodka! hehe

Wish you could be here! be home in like 5 days! See you soon xoxo

How to be Ghetto!

So there's a Facebook group that says Miramichi is a "ghetto" so everyone thinks that they are "ghetto", but being ghetto is quite different than being from the ghetto.And here is a list to let all you wanna be "ghetto" people become one. And here's a list of things that will help you become "GHETTO FABULOUS"!!!

Step 1

"Bling" it up! Rhinestones, jewels, anything that sparkles or shines works great. There's no such thing as too much!

Step 2
Get a loud stereo system in your car. Play rap music as loud as you can. The greater the decibel level, the more ghetto. If it makes your car vibrate, that works. If it makes buildings around your car shake, even better.

Step 3
Invest in a "grill". Grills are dental fittings that are silver, gold, or have "bling". You not only want people to notice your amazingly expensive smile, you want to blind them with it.

Step 4
Dress the part. Anything with the label Ecko, Sean John, or Apple Bottom work. Ghetto is not sloppy, make sure everything is neatly pressed, even if it is 3 sizes too big.

Step 5
Wear chains around your neck. Make sure they are big. The more "bling" you have, the more ghetto you appear. For extra ghetto appeal, add a dollar sign charm.

Step 6
Get inked. Tattoos of "RIP" along with a name, even a portrait of someone lost to the streets.

Step 7
Learn the language. It's called ebonics. It's necessary to know how to communicate.

Step 8
Buy some ghetto sneakers. Think along the lines of Air Force Ones. Ghetto is not cheap. Make sure the brand name is visible.

Step 9
Pimp your ride. Invest at least twice as much as your car is worth in the rims, stereo system, and tinting. Install a DVD player in the back of your headrests, even if you don't have a backseat.

And if you follow these simple step you will become "ghetto" !

PS. You'll need money...lots of it because being ghetto isn't cheap.