The Kinks Essays

  • The Kinks

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    The Kinks Although they weren't as boldly innovative as the Beatles or as popular as the Rolling Stones or the Who, the Kinks were one of the most influential bands of the British Invasion. Like most bands of their era, the Kinks began as an R&B/blues outfit. Within four years, the band had become the most staunchly English of all their contemporaries, drawing heavily from British music hall and traditional pop, as well as incorporating elements of country, folk, and blues.Throughout their long

  • The Transvestite Community In The Song Lola By The Kinks

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    community is one was rarely accepted in the 1970’s compared to that of today's world. They were known to be trivial and shameful in mainstream society, and those who identified as trans were deemed ridiculous. This did not stop the song “Lola” by the Kinks from reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart. Which subtly composed a passionate love story between a young man and a distinctly masculine woman. Despite the negative feelings about transvestites during the time when “Lola” was released, Ray Davies

  • Removing the Kinks and Embracing Them

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    their African ancestry. African American women can find a foundation of black pride through their hair, but they can also discover a source of humiliation and identity confusion as well. Marcus Garvey expressed that African Americans must “remove the kinks from [their] minds, not [their] hair” meaning that they should ignore society’s expectations and embrace not only their beautiful kinky hair, but their identity as an African American. By choosing to style hair in a significant way defines not only

  • Da Kink In My Hair Analysis

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    Da Kink in My Hair is a play by Trey Anthony, which debuted at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2001. Marion J. Caffey was the director and chorographer of this produced at the NAC, which premiered on October 21st. I choose to see it opening night, as I find that is when an actor really shows their guts. It is the first time they hit that stage, and thus is the time to show boldness. Marion J. Caffey's production of Da Kink in My Hair captured all the horror of a world that black women face on a daily

  • Sunny Afternoon Concert Review

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    end of the performance. It is this single phrase that encapsulates the entirety of Sunny Afternoon. Set in bustling 1960s London, this musical traverses the ups and downs of the careers and personal lives of members of the British rock band, the Kinks. Without missing a beat, the actors, the set, lighting, music, and active engagement with the audience makes Sunny Afternoon not only a historically accurate production, but a lively and an overall entertaining experience. Although I arrived just

  • Summary Of In The Kitchen By Henry Louis Gates

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    They tried to feel some sort of acceptance by straightening their “kink” with a hot iron in order to have “good” hair. Gates says, “The kitchen was permanent… no matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t de-kink a person’s kitchen. So you trimmed it off as best you could” (627). In other words, Gates is saying that the kitchen hints that African Americans will never be apart of the white

  • In The Kitchen Henry Louis Gates Analysis

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    To show how the African Americans straightened their hair. Gates says, “It made a scorching, crinkly sound, the hot iron did, as it burned its way through damp kink, leaving in its wake the straightest if hair strands, each of them standing up long and tall but drooping at the end like the top of a heavy willow tree” (41). This is a simile and also imagery because it is saying someone’s hair strands are long,

  • Fifty Greys Stigma

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    lifestyle that goes on between two consenting adults. There has been a large stigma over BDSM and other kinks for an exceptionally long time; the Fifty Shades franchise has started to break down that stigma with little resistance from the mass public. There is a great divide of people in the community who like the movie and what it has brought and who do not like the movie for how it portrays the kink. A common acronym in the BDSM community is SSC (SSC 1), it shows that we care about safety more than

  • BMW: A Work of Art

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    automobiles themselves. This is achieved by the use of certain design elements that can be traced through history to the earliest of the BMW models. These elements include: the aerodynamic body style of the cars and sport utility vehicles, the Hofmeister Kink which is a characteristic that involves design of rear seat windows, the quadruple headlight configuration, and the famous kidney grille that is tucked into the front bumper giving the car an all-around exclusive exterior style. The designers at BMW

  • Impact Of British Invasion On Rock Music

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    The British invasion was one of the most important periods in the history of rock n roll. It brought many different bands and styles to America. Many bands including The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, and Herman’s Hermits swept the nation with their music. Americans jumped into the hype and the British invasion changed rock n roll music forever. Without these British bands, rock music would never be the same. Rock music was not a top choice of music for many Americans in the 1950’s. Elvis

  • Repression vs. Amnesia

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    Repression vs. Amnesia Memory is a dynamic part of everyday life. It helps people function and communicate with each other without a second thought. This communication and function can be hindered if the person experiences a traumatic event. There are two main forms of trauma, physical and emotional, each of which can cause major damage to the victims mind. Both types can cause a person to have flashbacks to the traumatic event or even temporary amnesia. In his novel Remainder, Tom McCarthy

  • Character Analysis Of SPLIT

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    Dennis was the one who took these girls and placed them in a confined room, to prepare them for the arrival of the twenty-four personality, the Beast. There are three main personalities that believe in this beast; Dennis (a stern man with OCD, who has a kink for watching young girls dance naked), Patricia (a righteous british woman), and Hedwig (a lively nine year old boy).

  • Straightening Your Kitchen Summary

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    being in the kitchen with his mother while she was straightening someone’s hair was memorable for him. He uses the term “straightening your kitchen” which refers to traditional hair. Gates believes having “good” hair means having straight hair with no kinks. As the opposite “bad” hair meant having nappy or course hair. According to Gates, the most popular style process belonged to Nat King Cole, a famous black musician. He talks about Cole having the perfect look with his established trademark hair style

  • Black No More Research Paper

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    As a matter of fact, Schuyler’s main character, Max Disher used kink no more – like product. After Max is no longer black he is thankful that he does not have to use hair straightening supplies again (Black No More, 14). It is probable that the name of Schuyler’s book is based on the name of that hair straightener. It is easy to draw the similarities between the two processes. Kink No More is an outward change only (hair) as is the Black No More Treatment (skin and hair)

  • Relationship Between the Resistance and the Length of a Wire

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    Relationship Between the Resistance and the Length of a Wire Aim: To find the relationship between the resistance of the wire and the length of the wire Background Factors: i. Temperature : If the wire is heated up the atoms in the wire will start to vibrate because of their increase in energy. This causes more collisions between the electrons and the atoms as the atoms are moving into the path of

  • The Agri Lake: A Short Story: Anderson Lake

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    and vegetables for sale until he happens upon an entirely new fruit that he doesn’t recognize. This is important to few and far between, unless you are an economic hitman and a representative for the agribusiness giant, AgriGen. Anderson Lake owns a kink spring factory in Bangkok that is attempting to mass produce a completely new model of spring that will store an enormous amount of gigajoules of energy compared to the old model. The factory is a mere ruse for his true intentions for being in Thailand

  • Curly Hair Styles Essay

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    curly new interest among men, and I had to "blame" in large part to a renewed interest in Afro hair style as my message of amazing mane of curly hair and wearing someone Reaches spread across the globe proud and more and more men with waves, coils and kinks to review their hair! Prince wore Afro hair style hair

  • Salem Witch Trials and BDSM

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    viewed as sinners and were looked at with reproach. I decided to write about kinksters, which are people who engage in unusual sexual behavior, because of the unwarranted criticism they face. It is comparable to being homosexual in that people with kinks may feel the need to hide this part of themselves from their family and friends because they fear being judged. People should not have to hide a fundamental part of who they are to the people closest to them because of widespread misinformation and

  • Police Department Of Command And The Span Of Control

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    I have learned that there are more than 18, 000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, most have less than 10 full time sworn police officer. The public are basically only familiar with the more visible roles in the law enforcement such as, Patrol Officer, Detectives, Investigations, Forensics, and Community Relations. In particularly, I have also learned that law enforcement agencies are paramilitary in nature, meaning they are very similar in structure to a military unit. Their jobs titles

  • The Betrayal

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    Hello everyone, I'm a male who enjoys playing dominant characters, looking for some fun, creative and intelligent long-term female partners. Some of you may have seen my threads before and that I'm not particularly into 'submissive' females, which is true. However, what I mean by that isn't that I'm not into domination/submission scenes, it's just that I find passivity boring and am much more interested in the concepts of reluctance, 'taking' control, or unwilling submission - whether it be through