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Arts and Entertainment

How to Define Iambic Pentameter Poetry

September 9, 2010

If you’ve ever read a Shakespearian sonnet, you’ve read several lines of iambic pentameter. If you have no idea what that means, then take some reassurance in knowing that it didn’t stop you from reading the poem, and hopefully it didn’t stop you from appreciating Shakespeare’s skill. To truly understand and appreciate poetry, and especially [...]

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The Best of Eighties Music

June 8, 2010

The 1980s musical scene was a golden age of synthesiser music. Led by the innovative and compelling song “Video Killed the Radio Star” (1979) by Buggles, the genre simply exploded as devices such as the Roland TR-808 drum machine powered a new wave of sonic innovation. At the cutting edge of these musical developments was [...]

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Ice Ice Baby

June 7, 2010

No, you are not going to get a critic of the song but of the substance. Ice is a wonderful thing. It provides us with many benefits. Water is the only substance that gets less dense when it turns into a solid. This may seem strange but it comes with many up sides. One of [...]

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