The Post That Was Meant For The Second Part Of The Apostrophe Quiz.

We are holding a going away party for the Smiths son, Edward.Smith. On Tuesday, April 16, Ed will be leaving for college. He is going to Johnson Hobart's University, a university that has accepted Ed's requests for more challenging classes. He is going to study quantum physics while in college. He says he excited, mainly because of his classes. "The college gave me a selection of its classes, and physics was my number one choice." So, the barbecue will be held in the Smiths backyard, April 14. All those who live within the wards' area are invited to come.See you there!

Metal in the Mall- First Draft

I walked into the store, looking for a hat.

A hat, just a hat, and only that.

But I became the victim of a horror.

A horror, such a horror, the horror made me sore.

It flooded in my ears, which started the pain.

A pain, so much pain, it made me insane.

A sound which seemed to have burst from Hell.

Burst from Hell, sounded like Hell, anyone could tell.

The stampede of drums, the back-beat of scum.

The anger of guitars that blacken the stars.

The screams of the Demons that come in legions.

 

Music from the Devil, this evil called Metal.

The Musical horror invaded my body.

Invaded my body, infected my body, then started to get bloody.

I started to moan, then my ears started bleeding.

But the drums kept on beating.

the guitars kept on riffing.

The demons kept on screaming.

I felt sick to the stomach, I was going to throw up.

But as a volcano, drum beats erupt.

Guitar chords went corrupt.

And the demons wouldn't shut-up.

As the music blared on, I couldn't think straight.

The drum beats were irate.

The guitar notes defied fate.

The vocals were berate.

It was torture to hear that abominable music.

A noise, terrible noise, don't get why it's called music.

But desperate, I was, to find a hat.

A hat, just a hat, I just want a hat!

I looked around quickly at all they had.

All they had was one bag. How very sad!

So I rushed from the store to escape the inferno.

The inferno of music, the inferno of noise, the inferno of Hell.

The silence filled both of my ears, 

Filled my ears, stopped my tears, peace swept through my ears. 

But after all that, I still had no hat!

After all that, I still had no hat.

And there was no way I was turning back!

No way I was turning back, just for a hat.

This is a poem is me recounting an experience I had in the mall. Me and my dad were searching for a fedora at the mall. (I had lost my last one in New York.) One of the numerous places we stopped at was a teen clothing store. When I walked in, the most REPULSIVE, MIND NUMBING, CHAOTIC Music,if it could even be called that, invaded my ears. It was so terrible, it actually made me wish I was deaf. I even felt a  little sick to the stomach. I couldn't think straight. All I could hear was the never-ending Armageddon of noise reverberating inside my head. I wanted to leave so bad. It was all I could think about. But I knew that in order to leave, I would need to look at the hats they had. Luckily, they had a pretty small selection of hats, so I was spared the torment of staying even longer. I glanced at each one. Seeing none that I liked, I quickly rushed out of the store as fast as my feet could carry me. I was in there for only one minute, even less, perhaps, but coming out of that store was the greatest feeling I experienced that day.

A funny thing about the song is that I didn't even hear the lyrics. That's probobly a good thing too.

Now, in the poem, I use the term "Metal" to describe the music I heard. Metal is not all so bad. Metal is what rhymed the best with devil. Some metal songs such are quite excellent. The song "Chaney can't quite riff like Helmet's Page Hamilton," by Evergreen Terrace, is a very excellent song that evokes a lot of feeling. It doesn't swear, and it's actually a very clean song. "The Beautiful People," by Marylin Manson, (don't judge me) is a very good song. Although it could use some editing, it evokes a feeling as well. The term I would best use for the song I heard would be-

Ultra-hard Screaming Hard-core Black Death Death Metal.

Simply put, HELL PUT TO MUSIC.

So, I think I may change metal to something more specific.

And one more thing. I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT LISTEN TO MARILYN MANSON.

I guess if I found an clean version of "The Beautiful People," I might listen to that, but I don't listen to him. Nor do I listen to much other Screamo Metal Artists like Gwar. I am EXTREMELY selective whenever I listen to Metal. I am ALWAYS selective with my music. I don't want to be listening to trash.

My belief

It is my belief that an artist will ALWAYS have at least one good song to their name.

Just because I feel like it.....

I am going to post an essay I wrote on Chris Angel some time a month or two ago. (With some slight fixings)

"Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige."

-Cutter

The Prestige

This is the opening line for the book and movie The Prestige. For all those who watched it, you know how this follows with the story. For those who have not, don’t skim through that part.

One of the main characters, Angrier, is performing a trick that involves using what seems to be a hollow, dome shaped tesla coil (Tesla actually made it.) He first performs “The Pledge”, giving an introduction to his trick. He then turns it on, which creates a storm of electricity inside the dome. He walks in, which appears to be suicidal, but miraculously, he isn’t even phased by the volts zapping all over him. This is the time where he performs “The Turn” which involves him miraculously disappearing in a flash of light. But, the crowd wants more, “because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back.” From atop a balcony, a voice shouts. Everyone looks up, and there stands Angrier. This is the final part. The part any good trick can’t go without. He preformed what is called, “The Prestige”. 

Why is the prestige so important? It’s the part of the trick that wins your audience over. It’s very cheap to make a card or a dove disappear and not bring it back. The prestige is what will make your trick both mysterious and magical. This brings me to the point of this essay. Chris Angel, the Mindfreak, does not understand the concept of a prestige too well. He makes a car disappear but he doesn't bring it back. He saws a lady in half but doesn’t put her back together again. He does something amazing but he doesn't perform too many prestiges. Yes he occasionally makes a necklace disappear and then brings it back in through the workings of a gumball machine. But that to seems cheesy and it’s with something small. I want to see something BIG reappear. I want him to bring that car back. If he can’t do that, I’d at least like to see him put the lady back together. Let me give you an example.

            In season six of the show Mindfreak, he made 100 people, at random, disappear. He shackled them up in an alternating order of sitting and standing. The platform that they were on was completely exposed, cameras were everywhere, people were shackled around the platform, there was an SPOV camera, and even a POV camera for Chris Angel. So there was no possible way Chris Angel could do something sneaky. He pulled a cover over the 100 people, put them under hypnosis, and pulled the camera up to his face- wait, to his face? That’s cheap! But anyway he drops the cover and everyone is gone! It’s an amazing feat of magic, a world record even! That’s in fact what the setup was for, the Guinness Book of World Records! Wow! Not only does Chris Angel perform the trick of the year, he wins the award for most vanished people in an illusion! Amazing! But wait, where did the 100 people go? Is he going to bring them back, or are they just going to emerge from the back door? Where is the prestige? This trick was very cool, but without that prestige, it’s almost nothing. Besides, if he were to bring them back, it would be like winning two world records. Chris Angel is always saying that he pushes himself all the time, but when he doesn't perform the prestige, that creates a lie of what he said. I hope he will come to realize this and do better in the future.

FINALLY!!!!!

I now know which song I want to write about. In order to write about a song, I have to "feel" it. Now that I have, I will post it tomorrow after school. It will be a surprise until then.

Songs that stand out as different (To me at least.)

This is a list of songs that stand out to me for an infinite amount of reasons.

"I Got the Magic" by B.o.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo.

This is a fun song because of it's beat, lyrics, and positive feel. Simply put, this song is about being extraordinary. It has Weezer's front-man Rivers Cuomo singing the chorus. The amazing thing about the song is is that it's a rap song. Yes, a Rap song. It has slight hip-hop feel, but it's rap. It doesn't swear, talk about sex, drinking, drugs, or anything else immoral.

"Ladies and Gentlemen" by Saliva.

This hard rock song is very original in my opinion. The singer is an announcer introducing everyone to the show they're about to see. I first heard this song in illusionist show, so I imagine the show being just that. But the music video shows two woman in there undergarments boxing. Not only is that inappropriate, it's a TERRIBLE interpretation of the song. So, except for the music video, this song is clean and very creative. Seriously, it doesn't talk about immorality. Amazing!

"Chicken Fried" by Zac Brown Band.

This is a country song about loving life and freedom. It's very enjoyable.

"Where the Boat Leaves From" by Zac Brown Band.

Another song that I love by this band. It talks about relaxing and not worrying about life. It's like a vacation song.

"Pyromania" by Cascada.

Excerpt from Wikipedia-
A type of impulse control disorder, pyromania is an impulse to deliberately start fires to relieve tension and typically includes feelings of gratification or relief afterward. The term pyromania comes from the Greek word pyr (fire). Pyromania is distinct from arson, and pyromaniacs are also distinct from those who start fires because of psychosis, for personal, monetary or political gain, or for acts of revenge. Pyromaniacs start fires to induce euphoria, and often fixate on institutions of fire control like fire stations and firefighters.

The singer is talking about being a pyromaniac and all about her impulse.

I'll post more on later. Listen to these, before I do, THEY ARE AWESOME!!

Begin the purging!

I am going to be deleting songs off my ipod so that my selection of music will be cleaner.So far, I only know of one song that needs to go. It's called "Rite of Spring" by Angels and Airwaves. It's not a crappy song in meaning, but it swears, so off it goes.