INXS Essays

  • Personal Narrative: Everyday Life

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    Everyday Life.The concept no one can ever fully grasp. While everyone asks the simple questions, like what is…? or how does…? or why doesn’t…? I am the one individual that has asked those questions, and they don’t help any more. The individual that asks questions like where am I? What’s my name? How old am I? After about 15 years of asking these questions, they kind of just come now. But the answers never stay with me. The answers come almost as soon as I wake up and leave as soon as I fall

  • Creative Writing: The Rollercoaster Of Life

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    The Rollercoaster of Life I woke up one morning to the sun shining on my face through the stingy, old blinds. It was 7:40am, I had class at 8. I pulled the covers back, jumped off the top bunk and grabbed my toothbrush, than ran to the bathroom. I looked like a mess when I looked at myself in the mirror. I saw a fresh new zit staring right back at me in the mirror, I thought to myself of course, just what I need. I was stressed, I had a big test in bio that day, and I was already on a time crunch

  • Research Paper On Sandra Bullock

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    Sandra Bullock From a little girl with talent on the stage, to highest paid actress in the world, Sandra Bullock has accomplished it all. She started out performing in operas in Nuremberg, Germany with her mom. Now, being the highest paid actress, Bullock is involved in movies and stars in television shows. Sandra Bullock is one of the many great actresses in the world. Before she was famous, Sandra Bullock had an intriguing life. Bullock was born in Arlington, Virginia on July 26, 1964, to her

  • Delegating Authority

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    delegate, we need to understand reasons people avoid it. Quite simply put is that it takes a lot of effort up front. Which is easier? Doing an INX, or having other crew members of your crew do it? You know how to complete the INX yourself. It would be straightforward for you to enter the INX but is it a good use of your time?" It would be far easier to do an INX yourself rather than training a crew member on how to complete the task You have other work

  • Australian History of the 1980`s

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    THEMES BIG IDEAS/ IMPACT EVIDENCE/ HISTORICAL EXAMPLES FASHION *Fashion designed for the older generation *Materialist values *Fashion used to flaunt wealth *Imitation of celebrities/ Pop culture *Used to express power *Used to express fitness *Non-conformist fashion Clothes were designed with the intention of displaying wealth. Sequins, designer brands and showy jewellery were used to promote an image of wealth and success. Coming back to success, the 1980`s power suit (sharp-cut suits

  • How To Write An Essay On Paula Abdul

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    This achievement brought her to be considered as one of the most promising choreographers in Hollywood. She afterwards was involved in many other music videos of some notable artists of the 80s, such as INXS, George Michael, Debbie Gibson, Prince, and Duran Duran. Not only music videos, she also did the choreography in various movies, like Dragnet, Big and Coming to America. However, it was Fox TV's The Tracey Ullman Show that marked her career as she

  • The Career Of Paula Abdul

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    She won seven MTV Awards for her work with Janet Jackson and has also choreographed for Duran Duran, ZZ top, The Jackson Family, George Michael, Luther Vandross, INXS, Heart and Prince. Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley in California. She began taking dance lessons when she was eight. She attended Van Nuys High School. She was senior class president and head cheerleader. After graduating in 1980 she

  • Donnie Darko Annotated Bibliography

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    Eddie discuss who they support in the upcoming presidential election. According to Trainer, the film’s social commentary extends to its use of non-diegetic music, both Echo & the Bunnymen's “The Killing Moon” (in the original theatrical release) and INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart” (in the director’s cut) help establish a temporal location; the 1980s. Throughout his article Trainer presents Donnie Darko as a film about coming of age, science fiction, psychology and drama, but also as a commentary to life

  • Research Paper On Skateboarding

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    a culture of own, including music. Just like ballet is tied to classical music in the same way, skateboarding is linked to hip hop and rap. In fact, “by the late 1980’s, skateboarding was associated with bands such as Suicidal Tendencies, Anthrax, INXS and Faith No More…” (Davis). Most skaters today prefer rap, mellow rock, or even hip hop. In due time,“As the 1960’s turned into the 1980’s and dance music began to be represented more often” (Davis). More skaters started listening to rap and hip

  • Analysis Of The Film Nowhere Boy

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    up in a contemporary environment. This is primarily due to the extensive evolution and development in technology and social structure, resulting in changes in values and beliefs. The most significant contrasts lie in sources of entertainment, communication and socialisation, primarily as a result of the extensive advances technology in technology over the last decade. Social media dominates and controls the lives of youths, while education has become more important and more pressure and higher expectations

  • Exploring the Impact of Aria Awards on Australian Music

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    Introduction Hello everyone today I will be talking about the site I chose for assignment two, a site is any form of communication. My site I chose was the Aria Awards, the Aria Awards is an annual exclusive award’s night celebrating the Australian Music Industry and is put on by the Australia Recording Industry Association better know as (Aria). The awards have been held annually since the first event in 1987. Each year exclusively the Aria event coordinators invite me, as I am apart of the music

  • Sia Kate Isobelle Furler Research Paper

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    South Australia. Sia was associated with creative elements growing up as her mother, Loene Furler, was involved in the arts, working as an visual artist and art lecturer. Her father, Phil B. Colson, is a musician. Her father knew band members from INXS and Colin Hay from Men at Work. Growing up, she knew Hay very well throughout her childhood, she referred to him as Uncle Collie. As a child, Furler found a passion for singing. Her early musician influencers were, Stevie Wonder, Sting and Aretha Franklin

  • Promotional Strategies

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    “How do I get my product/service out there?” This is a question that many people who plan to begin their own businesses, or even larger companies who have already established a name for themselves, frequently ask. Your product or service may be the latest and greatest on the market today, but that doesn't help you if no one knows it exists. You need to find someway to make yourself and your product known. That is where promotion comes into play. But what exactly is promotion? Well, www.dictionary

  • Fiction: A Fictional Narrative

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    Charlie took me to lunch and couldn’t keep his hands and lips off of me. He was like a kid in a candy store. I was glad that Charlie got this day. David was going to get all the rest of them. We ordered our food and then I sat there staring at him. "What?" He asked. "Nothing." "Well, you're staring at me for some reason." "Maybe I'm not staring at you, maybe I'm looking through you." I teased. "Is that a super power, like x-ray vision? Can you see my underwear?" I chuckled and continued to stare

  • Ray Charles

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    Ray Charles Ray Charles was a revolutionary pianist and a soul singer who helped shape the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to everything from country music to pop standards to “God Bless America.” His birth name was Ray Charles Robinson, but he shortened it when he entered show business to avoid confusion with the famous boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. I chose Ray Charles as the topic for my paper after seeing the movie Ray. After viewing this film I realized that there was a

  • Musical Autobiography

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    How was I first introduced to music? I do not remember the first time I listened to music but considering both the family and world I was born Into, I would imagine the gap between my birth and first musical experience to be rather small. They were not Mr. and Mrs. Von Trapp, but my parents are both certainly musical in there own right. My father is a rather talented guitarist and song writer and my mother is perhaps one of the biggest John Prine Fans you'll ever meet. She would sing me his timeless