Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to rule the world

Music Appreciation

Remember the days when having a mullet or a rattail was cool?  Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith from the new wave band, Tears for Fears, sport these hairstyles which everyone--at the time--loved in the 80s. 

Rad hairstyles aside, Everybody Wants to rule the World, released in 1985, reached the number one and two spot on the U.S. Billboard charts.

A Native American doodle

A few days ago, I was cleaning out an old box that had random papers and notes I had been collecting for years.  Yes, I admit, I am a pack rat.  Not a hoarder.  Just a pack rat. 

Anyways, I found an old spiral bound notebook that had a few notes and doodles of when I was an intern in DC.

"Headdress" Sketched in 1996

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Music Appreciation

For the past year, I have been sharing music videos that somewhat had an impact in my life from Harry Belofante to George Michael to Collective Soul.

Let's start this year with a fun music video.

Mike Myers introduced us to two guys broadcasting from a basement on late-night cable public access television in Aurora, Illinos. "Party on Wayne!" "Party on, Garth."

However, it was the film in 1992, Wayne's World, where Myers and Dana Carvey's characters, Garth, reintroduced Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. It sounded new to my generation, although the song was about 20 years old.

Bohemian Rhapsody perfectly describes Freddie Mercury's music masterpiece. Recorded in 1975, the song encompasses a ballad, an opera and heavy rock.

Sources: Wikipedia; Youtube

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Giovanni Segantini

ART APPRECIATION

Raised in poverty, Giovanni Segantini became one of the most famous and innovative artist in Europe during the 19th century. 

Born on January 15, 1858 in Arco, Trentino (north of Lake Garda), the neo-impressionist was known for his paintings which depicts the connection between people and nature. 

Segantini died of peritonitis, inflammation of the peritoneum, at the age of 41 on September 28, 1899.

Ave Maria a trasbordo

Alpine Triptych 1

Alpine Triptych 2



Alpine Triptych  3

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Segantini; http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/segantini_giovanni.html; http://www.wetcanvas.com/Museum/Artists/s/Giovanni_Segantini/index.html

Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy

Considered one of the worst songs ever by Blender and AOLRadio, "I'm Too Sexy" epitomized America's "sex sells" obsession.

The music video featuring the two muscle jock brothers, Richard and Fred Fairbrass, walking the catwalk and city streets with guitars, fishnet sleeveless shirts and see-through tank tops, while hounded by paparazzi girls in bikinis.

I recall watching this video when I was about thirteen and afterwards taking a serious interest in female supermodels. After watching this music video and George Michael's Freedom '90, my bedroom was covered with Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington posters and pictures cut from my mom's magazines.

Source: Wikipedia

James Carroll Beckwith

ART APPRECIATION

Born on September 23, 1852 in Hannibal, Missouri, American Impressionist painter James Carroll Beckwith was a respected artist known for candid portraits and en plein air landscapes.

Mark Twain, 1890

Old Pier Glass, c.1900

Sources: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/horo_beckwith.shtm; Wikipedia

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Collective Soul - Shine

Music Appreciation

Ed Roland and Collective Soul brought us Shine -- a song that renewed many people's belief in a higher being without endorsing a religion.

The American band hit mainstream soon after Nirvana and Soundgarden during the post-grunge era. They had a couple of hit CDs namely, Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid and their self-titled Collective Soul CD.

I bought many of their CDs and even created my own compilation CD, which almost mirrors their greatest hits CD, 7even Year Itch. Yes, I was still am a big Collective Soul fan.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_soul