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- 201: Review of Musical Singin in the Rain
- ... when studio owner R.F. Simpson (Millard Mitchell) shows a new talking picture, which is dismissed as a passing fad (commenting that Warner Brothers will "lose their shirts with The Jazz Singer"). Progress is inexorable though and the studio is forced to halt its next production, "The Dueling Cavalier", when it becomes obvious that it'll have to be wired for ...
- 202: Reflections on Ipi Ntombi
- ... to have a wedding in the city. In the church, it looks like the modern and traditional cultures are merged together. There is both gospel singing and traditional dancing; modern jazz tunes and native drums; church clothes and suits, and beads, clams, etc. This is the apex of the movie, which when the conflict is resolved. In Act Four, the Zulu ...
- 203: Artists of The Harlem Renaissance and Lost Generation
- ... as the USSR, Haiti and Japan. Refered to as the poet Laureate of New York, his writing was a vehicle to express social and political protest. His diverse use of Jazz and black folklore influenced many black writers of his time. He was also one of the first, along with Claude Mckay, black writers to attract a substantial white audience. Mckay ...
- 204: The History of the American Basketball Association
- ... Association " The ABA was basketball's Wild West, and Julius Erving, George Gervin, James Silas, and all the other ABA stars were the gunfighters." --Bob Costas What do the Utah Jazz, New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, and Houston Rockets all have in common? They all got their professional start in the American Basketball Association. It was created in ...
- 205: Marijuana
- ... Sailors and West Indian immigrants brought the practice of smoking marijuana to port cities along the Gulf of Mexico. In New Orleans newspaper articles associated the drug with African-Americans, Jazz musicians, prostitutes, and underworld whites. In 1914 El Paso, Texas passed, perhaps, the first U.S. ordinance banning the sale or possession of marijuana. By 1931 twenty-nine states had ...
- 206: Marijuana
- ... s, marijuana became a symbol of rebellion for the so-called counterculture (Eve 24). In the 1960’s, marijuana’s use among students and other young people began to increase. Jazz and rock musicians, also began smoking marijuana because they believed it inspired the creation of music. Cannabis sativa, also known as marijuana and a variety of other slang terms, grows ...
- 207: Methamphetamine: Built for Speed?
- ... bronchio dialator, allowing asthmatics to breathe more freely.) A probable direct reaction to the Depression and Prohibition, the drug was used and abused by non-asthmatics looking for a buzz. Jazz great Charlie "Bird" Parker would remove the inhaler's Benzedrine strip and soak it in his coffee. Methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was discovered in Japan in 1919 ...
- 208: Decriminalize Marijuana for the Good of America
- ... This law made the use and dale of marijuana federal offenses. At this point marijuana was removed from the public eye, and heavy users included poor Negroes, migrant Mexicans, and Jazz Musicians (Himmelstein 3). Marijuana reappeared in the mid 1960's with the emergence of the "Hippie." Widespread objection to the use of marijuana remained because of the set of valued ...
- 209: Cocaine
- ... small moment. Doctors also prescribed cocaine as an antidote to morphine addiction. The abuse of cocaine in the United States was largely non-existent until the 1960’s, except among jazz musicians and entertainers. Cocaine can be processed into four different forms. I am only going to talk about the most predominate one, powdered cocaine. The traditional method of taking cocaine ...
- 210: The Mind, Music, and Behavior
- ... psychophysiological effects on humans. Along with these psychophysiological effects, music has an impact on memory as well. In one experiment, words were presented to test subjects, while either classical music, jazz music, or no music played in the background. When the test subjects were asked to repeat the words a few days later, either the same music or a different background ...
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