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Speculative Circumstance
It was only 12 o'clock in the morning and Taila Carter still hadn't gotten any sleep. She was on an airplane flying to London, England for a concert she had won free tickets for. But this wasn't just any other concert. This was British singer/songwriter, Ed Sheeran's concert. He was on his UK tour and Taila had sent in her name on a radio station and won a free front row seat ticket to see the show live. Her only problem was, she had no money for a hotel reservation or any money for the flight back home.
By Sabal Cloonan4 years ago in Beat
Brittle Bones: Noble Strength, Lost In LA
Abstract: The following excerpt is from my fictional coming-of-age novel about Audrey Anderson's life, a girl from a small made-up town of Tribuca, California, an aspiring musician. This excerpt is an interlude of my debut manuscript.
By Paulina Pachel4 years ago in Beat
Brittle Bones: Introducing Aaron Morris
Abstract: The following excerpt is from my fictional coming-of-age novel about Audrey Anderson's life, a girl from a small made-up town of Tribuca, California, an aspiring musician. This excerpt is an interlude of my debut manuscript.
By Paulina Pachel4 years ago in Beat
Physically Far Musically Close
For two summers I’d been living and working on a dude ranch in Wyoming, with just under 20 other people plus the guests. I decided pretty early on that once the 2019 season was over, I was going to go somewhere and be by myself for a bit. Eating with and seeing the same people 24/7 for 6 months and never really feeling like I could be entirely “off,” wore down on me in ways I hadn’t expected, most notably being my desire and capacity to socially interact, and my mental health. So, when the opportunity to come up to my parents’ old home in the woods of Quebec, on 2.5 acres near a lake, I wasn’t going to turn that down. I also felt the need to have time to figure out what I actually wanted to do next, instead of just jumping into the next available job that came along, or moving to the next place without a solid idea of what I wanted, which is how I have lived most of my life. I needed to change that, and I needed to make the decisions without the external sources of noise, however well-meaning the advice was, I felt that I would end up in a similar position as I had. Unsure.
By Erica Leduc4 years ago in Beat
Awakening the Water Dragon. Top Story - June 2019.
In a small, but popular town, there was a local lake visited by many. Within this dark blue lake lived a dragon of water which has been in a deep slumber for many years. The dragon also had dark blue skin and did not want to be disturbed. People from all over the world have wandered through the park where the dragon lives. The park contains green grass, colorful flowers, one sidewalk for both joggers and runners, and large trees which visitors could have picnics under. At the lake, there are warning signs stating not to throw items into it. These cautionary signs were established to prevent the reawakening of the water dragon following the past incident.
By Frank Sartain5 years ago in Beat
Bob Dylan's "The Vandals Took the Handles (An Opera)" and Translating the Political Nightmare of the 1960s
Sigmund Freud has stating in his works upon numerous occasions that it is the "latent" and not the "manifest" dream-thoughts that we use to decipher the meanings of dreams and of nightmares. The "manifest" content is the work itself whereas, the "latent" content is the exact thing we need to acquire meaning. Using one to receive the other is a very common practice and is often done through the translation of symbolism in literary works.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Music for My Characters
I'm sitting at Shut Up and Write, I finished the screenplay I had been working on and started a short story I plan on submitting for publication. In preparation for this, I have a playlist on Apple Music to help my writing flow much easier. It works, and as I'm writing in a genre that I rarely get a chance to write in, I notice the female lead is badass.
By Edward Anderson5 years ago in Beat
10 Books on Bob Dylan (Pt. 3)
Bob Dylan is a timeless character of folk music. He has made his name of the greatest songwriter who has ever lived and one of the greatest male vocalists of all time. He has become a legend through his 60s anthems of freedom such as: "The Times They Are A-Changin'," "Blowin' in the Wind,"and the song featured on the film The Post (film starring Tom Hanks), "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall."He has made his name through the 70s with epic narratives such as "Hurricane," "Tangled up in Blue,"and has pushed the barriers of concert performance with the famous Rolling Thunder Revue 1975.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
10 Books on Bob Dylan (Pt. 2)
Bob Dylan is one of the most versatile singers in all of human history. He has an ever-changing voice and a timeless style. He's a man who has been in nearly every genre of music, perfected the art of lyricism and who has created a myth and a legend around himself—all whilst doing other ventures as well as music. There is no doubt about it that Bob Dylan is an incredibly hard-working man with a legacy that will never fade away. There are hundreds of books out there on Bob Dylan, some are clearly better than others but all of them have their own take on various aspects of the Dylan myth.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
10 Books on Bob Dylan
I always wanted to create a list of Bob Dylan books that I love, but there's so many that I'd probably be here all day. So what I've done now is I've split it into sets of 10 books each and, hopefully, we can all be on the same page and the article won't be so long.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat