Artist of the “week” 3 July 29, 2008
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This Week: the Ramones
Lead Vocals, Bass: Dee Dee Ramone
Guitar: Johnny Ramone
Drums: Joey Ramone
The Ramones are a punk Rock group that formed in New York in the 1970’s. They were not British, as some think, but only sung with a faux European accent. Their self-titled debut album, “the Ramones,” gained no attention and was merely passed off as incompetence, but ironically, the people in Britain actually saw potential in the Ramones. After their first four albums, the record companies tried to force the band to play a more “Radio Friendly” music. During the 1980 recording session of The End of the Century, producer Phil Spector drew a gun onDee Dee Ramone to force him to play a riff repeatedly. The End of the Century was seen as one of the band’s “not-so-great” albums, and indeed, it was seriously lacking in the band’s sigiture “buzzsaw sound.” After that, the band continued to release more pop-style albums, no doubt a futile attempt of the record company’s to get American airtime. Soon after, the band fell apart. Eight years after the break up, every band member except Dee Dee Ramone was dead (Dee Dee Ramone died in 2002 of a heroin overdose.)
here is the band’s most famous song, Blitzkrieg Bop:
On Music March 10, 2008
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Music one of my favorite things in life, so naturally, I like to talk about it. A LOT. And I listen to rock (well, mostly anyway), things like Nirvana, Dead Milkmen, the Cramps, etc. Most people like rap, “Alternative rock” (I’m using the term “rock” VERY lightly), and well, obvously, pop music. Well these discussions get a bit… heated, and I am sort of to blame, but, then again, they did ask my opinion. Well, anyway, you don’t make too many friends by arguing, so I TRY to not be rude and arrogant about it, (and if you know me well, you will know how difficult it is for me), and that would work in a NORMAL society, but, in a high school, things are always taken too seriously. Maybe I should only talk about music with my friends…
Scammed! December 5, 2007
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Remember that poem I told you about being published a while ago? Well guess what? It was all a scam! I guess I should have figured it out when they wanted ME to pay for them to publish it, but me in my foolish innocence, didn’t even consider it! I figured it out when just two days ago, I put in “Immortal Verses book” into google, and did I find any ads for buying the book (which according to them was due for pulishing November 2007)? No! All I found was a bunch of blog entries saying how the author got scammed by Poetry.com! I can’t believe I fell for such a stupid scam! Anybody who reads this should stay away from poetry.com. If you entered a poetry contest by them, and got a letter saying you are a semi-finalist, don’t bother buying the book! You won’t get a book, because you aren’t really published! Anybody who already got a letter but dosen’t know it’s a scam, DON’T BUY ANYTHING!!!
The Golden Compass Movie!!! November 15, 2007
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YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! The best book I have ever read is finally being made into a movie! I hope they don’t screw it up, but hey, they didn’t mess up The Lord of the Rings so I’m not TOO worried. I can’t wait until December 7th! Here is a preview:
I wonder who is playing Mrs. Coulter (that’s the woman with the monkey daemon)?
A life Lesson October 22, 2007
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Here is a story that teaches a good lesson
Two men are walking down a road, and there’s horse poo all over the place. One of the guys gets angrier and angrier with every pile of it. The other guy gets happier and happier. This goes on for a while and finally the first guy says, “Why are you so happy if there’s this horse poo all over the place?”
The second guy says, “With all this horse poo, there must be a pony around here someplace!”
So, what are you looking for, horse poo, or a pony?
Artist of the Week 2 October 18, 2007
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This week: “Wierd Al” Yankovik
Vocals, accordion: Al
Guitar: Jim West
Bass: Steve Jay
Drums: Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz
Weird Al is the best parodist(?) ever. I don’t know much about him so I can’t give any history. Just to show how crazy he is I am putting on a video of his song: Dare to be Stupid
Honorable Mention September 4, 2007
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These are the people who didn’t quite make it on my list of favorite teachers.
Mr. Conenberg
He was cool. he taught history at Lathrop, but now is at Manteca High. We did projects after every chapter and normally they were fun, but he was kind of mean sometimes.
Mrs. Bartolomei
She was cool too, and we didn’t get much homework. But she had a short fuse, sorry.
Mr. Cook
He was nice, and was resonable. The problem is I didn’t know him very well.
Mr. Mackey
He teaches Science at Lathrop. He was nice in Seventh Grade, but in Eigth grade he turned evil. We ran the mile every day for two months straight. I don’t think so!
Well that’s everyone! I hope I didn’t hurt any feelings by not putting someone on the list, but if I didn’t, that’s why.
Funny pics September 4, 2007
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I just got a new digital camera and I took some funny pictures on it. It has really cool features lik stickers and negative and other things. you gotta see this!
RJ and Timmy. More than just friends?
Okay that’s it for now!
Top 10 favorite teachers August 23, 2007
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10. Mr. Mulidor
My band teacher. He taught me how to play the trumpet. He was always very nice but reasonable. He teaches at Lathrop Elementary and led them to seven years (and counting!) of victories at the Lathrop Christmas parade, two of which I participated in!
9. Mr. Bugarin
My fifth grade teacher. He was fun and energetic, and his class was never dull. He taught us that school was a team effort, and cooperation was vital to success. He teaches at Lathrop elementary.
8. Mr. Bakmas
He was my third grade teacher. He was one of the nicest teachers I have ever had. We did many projects and got to keep most of them. He teaches at Stella Brockman.
7. Mr. Hejnal
He was my math teacher in 7th grade. I can’t say where he teaches because he is in the witness protection program, but most of those who know me will know where. He always kept class fast-paced and exciting. You couldn’t not pay attention ( mostly because if you didn’t he would throw a plastic pencil cup at the wall (no really, that actually happened once)).
6. Mr. Shen
8th grade history for like two months. He was a very good teacher. He taught at Veritas and he probably would have been higher if he hadn’t retired in the middle of the year. Sorry to those who think he should be higher on the list but i didn’t know him very well.
5. Mrs. Vermeulen
8th grade science teacher. Taught me how to blog. If I hadn’t met her, You wouldn’t be reading this ! She works at French Camp(?). Visit her on the web at http://vermeulenblog.wordpress.com.
4. Mrs. Salcedo
7th grade English teacher. Made me realize that English was my strong point. She had us do many essays. She is currently running for Lathrop city council, but she used to teach at Lathrop Elementary.
3. Mrs. Bennet
8th grade history. She taught me that I could do the work if I set my mind to it. However, she was a bit too nice (it seemed false, like… Proffessor Umbridge from Harry Potter, just not evil.).
2. Mrs. Ryan
Proved that English is the most simple of languages. Helped me to get into Honor’s English. Encouraged me to get the job done because I can. Teaches at Veritas Elementary (7th & 8th grade English). Visit her on the web at http://penguinizedvw.wordpress.com.
1. Ms. Gratonik
My all time favorite teacher! 6th grade teacher. She is the teacher that encouraged me to get it done the most! She gave the most interesting lectures. She was strange: if you didn’t pay attention she… um…… barked at you, if you didn’t do your classwork or were daydreaming during a lecture she would gently tap you on the head. She teaches at Lathrop Elementary.
Well! that was my list! Man are my fingers sore! If anyone on the list is reading this: THANKS FOR THE HELP, SUPPORT, and ENCOURAGEMENT!!!
What do you think? August 21, 2007
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What do you think about school? Good or bad? Boring or fun?
What music is your style? August 21, 2007
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What music do you like? Tell me what stuff you listen to!
Artist of the Week August 21, 2007
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This week: Nirvana
Lead Vocals: Kurt Cobain
Bassist: Krist Noveselic
Drums: Dave Grohl
Nirvana began in 1988. In 1989 they released Bleach, their first album, on Sub-Pop Records. They were not very popular until their second album, Nevermind. However, this popularity would not last long. One year after the band’s third album, In Utero, was released, Kurt Cobain killed himself on March fourth, 1994, by shooting himself in the forehead with a shotgun. Not only was this the end of Nirvana, it was the end of grunge and its reluctant posterboy. Here is their video : Smells Like Teen Spirit
Poem Input August 15, 2007
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Hey, since this site is about poetry I decided to let anybody who felt like it put a poem on this site and anybody can rate it ( if you don’t want it rated just say so!)! Rate on a scale of 1-10.
