"If you're not crazy there's something wrong with you"-Willie Nelson Every so often I take a wrong turn at Albuquerque and realize I wandered into a Dolly vs. Patsy discussion. Much like this one: http://kekbfm.com/dolly-parton-vs-patsy-cline-country-shootout-classic-female-artists/. This debate is something I strive to avoid, as I consider it akin to the age-old "If a tree falls in the forest, and no one's around..." query. Why waste your time and mine? What is the answer to these riddle wrapped mysteries? Our hesitation to crown a queen does not keep us from collecting both Dolly and Patsy stories alike. We love the tales where Willie N. has a staring role as himself. Back in his 50$ a week songwriting days, Willie cranked out a little
The body and the spirit are connected through the entity of emotions and feelings, which are formed through experiences, understanding, and knowledge about the world. As Australian poet Gwen Harwood’s poem’s “Triste Triste and “Alter Ego” seeks to find and reconnect an individual’s inner-self again through both the body and spirit, Kenneth Slessor’s poems “Sleep” and “ ” explores how the separation of the body and spirit can be seen as a positive component towards the core experiences of human life. As each of the poems captivates a sense of intertwinement within the body and mind, the poems seem to reflect and mirror one another, drawing upon similar experiences and emotions which are conveyed through the persona’s journey.
For almost 90 years, The Grand Ole Opry has withstood the test of time to become one of the tried and true traditions in country music. From the show's humble beginnings as an obscure radio program, to it's renowned place today as one of the premiere stages for music, The Grand Ole Opry has had an extremely colorful and interesting existence. Over the 88 years that have passed since the show's inception, The Grand Ole Opry has featured many talented performers. Those performers, along with social changes and economics, have all contributed to the growth and success of The Grand Ole Opry.
In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," the main character is a woman who has been controlled and conformed to the norms of society. Louise Mallard has apparently given her entire life to assuring her husband's happiness while forfeiting her own. This truth is also apparent in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. In this story, Nora Helmer has also given her life to a man who has very little concern for her feelings or beliefs. Both of these characters live very lonely lives, and both have a desire to find out who they really are and also what they are capable of becoming. Although the characters of Nora and Louise are very much alike in many ways, their personalities differ greatly when it comes to making decisions regarding the direction of their lives.
Loretta Young, a breathtakingly lovely statuesque blond, always took pride in being remembered for her role as Berengaria. One asks, “Why should plain petite brunette Berengaria not have the privilege of being remembered as being like Loretta Young?”
The 1967 movie Valley of the Dolls connects to Susan Sontag’s definition of camp in her essay “Notes on ‘Camp.’” Its characters act seriously in the film, the world inside is an entertaining comic that fosters laughter, and everything is seen in quotation marks.
Chasing Amy is a movie that uncovers the hardships we find within the confusion of love and sex in our lives. Sometimes the line between love and sex seems almost invisible, but the differences and complications of understanding that are quite clear in this movie. The issues presented in Chasing Amy are directly related to the discussions of “Politics of Sexuality” as well as everyday life in our culture.
•She was no stranger to the entertainment industry, stemming from a line of singers and actresses. Not only did her mother’s vocal group, the ‘Sweet Inspirations’, sing backup for Aretha Franklin, but her cousins Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick are also renowned singers, as well as her godmother, Darlene Love
Hiram “Hank” Williams was an inspiration to millions of people around the world. He wrote several songs that many people love and know today. He introduced a new generation of country music. He also inspired two generations of his own kin to pursue the life and career that he once desired. He was the very first country music legend. Even after departing the earth, Hank has received many honors such as being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. This reward shows that people still love and respect his work and life accomplishments. Hank is resting in piece knowing that people continue to enjoy his music.
As vaudeville grew in the early 1900’s, it was mainly composed of northern performers. However, their example showed southern performers that one could make music playing in public. This realization spawned the first generation of “hillbilly” performers. The term “hillbilly” was popularized in the 1920’s after a musician by the name of Al Hopkins. He told his producer to name his band whatever he liked because they were just a bunch of hillbilly’s from North Carolina and Virginia.
“The Youngest Doll” by Rosario Ferre is ultimately about an aunt who constantly creates life-sized dolls for her three nieces. It becomes more of an obsession rather than hobby when the author explains that each year the aunt spends more time and effort into making these dolls resemble her nieces as much as possible. Towards the end of the story the youngest niece ends up marrying a doctor. The doctor who she ends up marrying views her more as an object to flaunt rather than respecting her worth. Many of the critics who analyze the story come across the idea that Rosario Ferre is attempting to make it appointed that during this time period there was a mixture of sexism, racism, gender, and class implications. As I agree with all of these statements,
These three songs (though there are so many others) will help you remember Gord Downie, the man who deserves to be in Fiddler’s
Then I signed a seven-year contract with Paramount Pictures in 1930. I moved back to Hollywood and I signed a three-picture deal with Pathé Exchange, as well as making feature films with the Warner Bros in 1932. I made a significant breakthrough with the movie "Anytime Annie" and went on to make a series of films with Fox("Ginger Rogers." - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.). In 1933 I met Fred Astaire and we started our most famous partnership. We were together from 1933 to 1939 making 10 movies. In our movie "Roberta" the song "I'll Be Hard to Handle" was an early example of the electricity and vivacity of our pairing. By 1936 we were top box office names. We made two more movies, the movie "Swing Time" which I made that year spawned the only Oscar I won in my lifetime, with the song "The Way You Look Tonight". In 1938 after a long time apart, we made one movie together. While apart, I appeared in a successful movie but Fred's career didn't reach the same heights he experienced with me. In 1939, we made one movie. Our partnership ended for ten years, until we reunited for “The Barkleys of Broadway”. Although our relationship was amicable we wanted to explore new avenues. In my solo years I pursued more dramatic roles and won an Academy Award for "Best Actress". I continued to make movies until 1949 when my movie career died off(."Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers." -
Dolly Parton's unique single of "I Will Always Love You" is about the separation of a professional relationship. The song was re-recorded and was featured as one of the songs in the soundtrack to The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. While the tune's roots may be particular to Dolly Parton, its slant stays widespread. The woman in the melody knows a relationship is over, yet values the time she went through with the individual she is taking off. Despite everything, she needs the best for him. The melody has an instrumental opening with what sounds like a harmonica and guitar and is set with a rhythm of 66 beats every minute. Her words are in a quieted tone with the guitar and violins playing out of sight. Her voice has a delicate tone. At different focuses in the tune, it seems like Parton is talking the words to accentuate her emotions, such as amid the scaffold of the melody.
Every person has the potential to be a good human being. Katherine Mansfield displays this belief in her story “The Dollhouse”, in which three children receive a dollhouse as a gift. To explain this inner goodness, Mansfield uses the introduction of the dollhouse to the Burnells along with the young girls’ innocence to explain this theme, while also introducing characters that would appear to contradict this belief, but actually reinforce it.
While all this is going on, Dolly’s younger sister, Kitty, is in the process of being courted by two potential suitors: Levin, an awkward landowner, and Alexei Vronsky, a dashing military officer. Kitty ends up opting for the good life and turns down Levin in favor of Vronsky. Shortly afterwards Vronsky meets Anna and becomes infatuated with Anna instead of Kitty. This devastates Kitty, who promptly falls ill. Levin, who becomes depressed after Kitty denies his advances, retires to his country estate. Anna too finds herself to possibly love Vronsky, but after some deep thought, she disregards this as nothing more than a crush.