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BLACK FLAG : AMERICA FORCED TO CHANGE
Being followed around my East Bay neighborhood, questioned if I live here, and getting the dirty looks from the entitled oppressors has become my new norm. I bought a brand new home in this nice area and to raise a family and start a new life yet still can never feel too comfortable with all that’s going on in the world today. As I do my morning jog I look over my shoulder and see a cop car slowly trailing me and looking at me like I don’t belong in this rich white neighborhood. Is it because of my hoodie and beanie? Or is it the mask (bandana) I now wear due to the Covid-19 requirements making me look like a burglar or gangbanger? I don’t really care what I look like to them, one should never judge a book by its cover. So after all the black men killed by police in America, whether jogging while black (Ahmed Arbery), or simply walking with a hoodie on (Trayvonn Martin), when will America stop hiring these fearful racist officers, that use aggressive force towards blacks they automatically think are criminals? When will these fearful entitled stop stereotyping us as being up to no good crooks that don’t belong in their neighborhood? Now I don’t want to generalize all of one race, I friends and loved one of all races, but this racism against blacks that still exists in 2020 is unbelievable. This latest George Floyd incident got my blood boiling yet it gives me a feeling of deja vu, like this is the norm when I know it shouldn’t be. So what can we do to force change? I put together my 5 steps to get us on the right course. Now these are my opinions and I am up to debate and take constructive criticism, but we all should at least agree that something needs to be done to create change.
By Renz Julian6 years ago in Beat
Tunes to Get Grooving To (FINAL PART)
Hi all! Welcome back to Tunes to Get Grooving To! This week brings us to week 26 of my music updates, which is half a years’ worth of new tunes and some of my faves too. It also brings us to the last installment of this series. However, after this I will be back on July 1st to bring you The New Groove, which will be monthly updates on all the new tunes!
By Leigh Hooper6 years ago in Beat
Why George Michael's 'Hand To Mouth' is a song for your soul
When you think of George Michael, some songs come to mind. Careless Whisper. Faith. I Want Your Sex. Hand to Mouth is the one song that should be apart of songs he's known for. When I took a chance to expand on other songs of his I haven't listened to yet. I call myself a fan of his, yet I didn't listen to his other songs. I only knew his successful songs. I put the scratched CD on, hoping the sound could be clear and cohesive. I tuned to the sixth, track Hand to Mouth, I found myself listening to it over and over that night, and then a few more times on my morning walks.
By Samantha Parrish6 years ago in Beat
Why 'Rain on Me' Is The Song The World Needed Right Now
The new Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande song Rain On Me came out yesterday! I can almost guarantee you will have heard it by now and to put it lightly, I think I am obsessed. I must admit the song came at a perfect time. I live in the UK and we are still in lock down and this song has just gotten me so motivated and happy. Ironically, right now where I am, there is heavy rain and wind. So this song seems fitting. While watching the rain outside, I can dance inside to this smile inducing song. This is the duet I never realised I needed in my life.
By Ciara With a C6 years ago in Beat
You know it
“You know it”, this right here is a nice up beat song that is about feeling in control of how a person can be in control of their talent in life, when you listen to the song you are going to hear an lot of different elements like pop to rock, rhythm and blues, to hip hop so believe me when I say this here also a good winning contender. Not only is this song innovative, at the same time it's giving you hot styles of a beats in good forms. So, when you add my voice, because then with my voice sounding so uniquely good, you can’t get enough of it. Listen to the genre within my sound and what sounds best fits me, but then again, going into the song I do preferably sound more hip hop/pop. So, I do believe that this sound right here has a good tone to hear. You can just feel the vibe too and play over and over again and again and again. So, when you listen to the song, remember that it’s going to bring you back into that hip hop, rock, pop vibe. Think about the song itself in words, the message, and how you feel in your heart where this song would fit into place within sharing in life like the song, because I know for sure that this song here can help people here get through the days and the years or as if to say this song has been playing for years and it’s an new/old hearing joint that gets on up and popping all over the radio to me to want to hear all day long. It may only come a time can tell thing, when the song gets on and popping that the tune of the song you can never get it off of your mind, because that’s how good the song sounds in all the above categories of music period. Just because this song here is mad out of one loop, that doesn’t mean it takes it away from the music effect of having that original musical sound. We all know the sound in this music or the melody of the track can have that effect on a listening ear because you know just what to think about it when a person is listening to the song, and this type of song will definitely give you a field on to listen to it every time you want to listen to your music player this song is going to want this song to be on your favorite song playlist. The main thing to see is that the words are at its best, that the sound is there and, also that the melody and harmony is there on key and point. For a person to listen to a good song that becomes a hit from continually listening to this song, we'll give you chills to make you want to keep looking to it. Honestly, I must say this here song is really a hot song to hear, and it’s a song to get you in the mood to get up and dance all up and down the block just give off of, all night long and it will even make you feel you want to listen to it every day as your turning on your phone and iPad at that. It’s incredible how one can turn such a song like this into a hit or into a song that possibly becomes a fantastic hit, you know, as you keep listening to the song itself, to hear.
By Chelsea Gary6 years ago in Beat
Musical Digest: Cloud Emery "Elysium"
Recently I've ran across a cliche that said to pay attention to phrases in books, random signs on the street, sounds echoing in the distance and music. Why does a certain sound emit making us turn our heads at the exact moment a car is whizzing by? Why does a flower suddenly appear in our rearview as we're thinking of it?
By Paulina Pachel6 years ago in Beat
tastes like strawberries and sounds like diversity and empowerment: a watermelon sugar review.. Top Story - May 2020.
this video is dedicated to touching. Skinny jeans. Band tees. Chelsea boots. That was the Harry of the past. That was the Harry of times long over. The Harry of today, well, that’s a keeper, for sure.
By hannah irelan6 years ago in Beat
Musical Digest: Ferris Pier x Claire DeJean "Closer Now"
There are so many things I miss about the world pre-COVID19...especially when summer time rolls around, Chicagoans starts to appreciate the beautiful city reemerging from underneath the murky fog of springtime's past.
By Paulina Pachel6 years ago in Beat
World, play it again
"If music be the food of love, play on" - Duke Orsino to his court in regards the fair Olivia at the very beginning of Twelfth Night. I'm not a huge Shakespeare fan, it must be said, but that is without a doubt one of my favourite lines of literature. I envision including it in my wedding, maybe as a banner across the head table during the sit down meal.
By Laura McCann6 years ago in Beat
