Genocide Awareness Day

Today was Genocide Awareness Day at the high school, featuring speakers and survivors from various genocides, including the Armenian Genocide (not a survivor but nevertheless interesting), the Jewish Holocaust, and the Sudanese Genocide prior to the Darfur conflict. Personally, I thought that it was extremely important that we experience this, since we are the last [...]

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Consumption and PIZZA PIE: System of a Down’s Subliminal Messages

Chic N’ Stu by System of a Down

The first time I heard this song, I admit I was a bit suprised. It was such a catchy song, but it was about pizza. Come on. How pointless is that? Then, I looked at the lyrics (which I had not really paid attention [...]

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Music For Good: “Instant Karma”

 
Below is the school newspaper article that I did about an album to raise awareness for Darfur. Please check out the site, http://instantkarma.org, and sign the petition against violence in Darfur. I believe there is a Darfur club at school, and though I am unable to attend the meetings (I have another club), I’d encourage [...]

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R.I.P. Casey Calvert

 Recently (aka last week) Hawthorne Heights’ drummer passed away, presumably due to some form of asthma. I cannot imagine what they are going through, and I can’t really say this with the right words, which is how I felt after I found out about Bayside and “Beatz”. I only found out about their music this [...]

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Album Review: Paper Walls by Yellowcard

 Alright so I am aware that this is pretty much off topic, but I felt the need to shake things up around here (even though there’s not much to shake: there’s only 3 posts so far)… Anyways, music is some thing I really care about, so I’m going to write a review that pretty much [...]

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