#a different beat

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A Different Beat by Little Mix

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Performed by: Kate Harpootlian and JJ Rabone

Number: “A Different Beat”

Choreography: Brian Friedman

Style: Jazz

From: So You Think You Can Dance, Season 12 (2015)

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What I’m Reading (July 2018)

This month I am doing a literary reflection and revisiting what I have been calling my favorite books for years to see how they hold up. All three are library or used book store finds. 

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A Different Beat focuses on colorism in the Black community and the importance African-American history. 

(from the back cover) Studying acting at Oakland Performing Arts Middle School is a dream come true for Jessie--but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Her schedule is jam-packed with exciting classes, rehearsals, and after-school projects, so there isn’t much time for homework. Jessie’s got to keep her grades up, or it’s off to boring Milton Middle School. But how can she concentrate on schoolwork when she’s worrying about Mrs. Grant, a former teacher whose hateful remarks have long tormented Jessie? Or dealing with her scene-stealing rival, Addie Mae? Jessie’s facing a lot of tests. For some she can study her books, but for others, she’s going to have to rely on herself.

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Caucasia focuses on biracial identity, colorism, and the consequences and aftermath of activism.

(from Wikipedia) Caucasia is the coming-of-age story of Birdie and Cole, multiracial sisters who have a white mother and black father. The novel is set in Boston, Massachusetts during the turbulent mid-1970s.

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Fledgling focuses on biracial identity through vampirism and establishing a sense of self.

(from the back cover) Shori is a mystery. Found alone in the woods, she appears to be a little black girl with traumatic amnesia and near-fatal wounds. But Shori is a fifty-three-year-old vampire with ravenous hunger for blood, the lost child of an ancient species of near-immortals who live in dark symbiosis with humanity. Genetically modified to be able to walk in daylight, Shori now becomes the target of a vast plot to destroy her and her kind. And in the final apocalyptic battle, her survival will depend on whether or all humans are bigots--or all bigots are human.

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Covering Things

I heard Boyzone today, and realised that some of those songs are more than 20 years old. “The Different Beat” made me realise that it was a song from my childhood. I’m getting ancient. But well, “Words”, “Baby can I hold you”, “Father and Son” are........ OH MY GOD - they’re all covers!!! I mean yes, they’re really nice songs, but it seems like Boyzone got more famous on the basis of covers.

And then “when you say nothing at all” is also a cover song. So is “when the going gets tough”.

It seems like Boyzone barely had Hits which were their own songs. And I just pointed out songs which were in their “best of ...” album.

And Boyzone v2.0 (i.e Westlife) are also best known for “seasons in the sun” and “uptown girl” - which are.... you guessed it right - COVERS.

It suddenly feels that Backstreet Boys have been more original.

But I still appreciate covers. In fact, I like covers made by famous music people of previous famous songs. It somehow gives a personal touch to it. If an artist covers a song, it gives an idea of that artist liking that song, or associating with that song.

For example:

Per Gessle covering “He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother” or “I’m not your stepping stone”.

Roxette covering “Heart of Gold”, “Help” or “So you wanna be a rock n roll star”.

Marie covering the songs she grew up with and releasing a refined album in the form of “Min bäste vän”.

Gyllene Tider covering English songs like “And your bird can sing (the Beatles)” or “I want to know (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)” translated to Swedish.

And then my new musical love, Nena, coming out with a double album in the form of “Cover me” or even renewing her own old songs and coming out with an album called “Nena feat. Nena” - Nena, covering the songs from her 80s band “Nena”.

Or Andrea Corr (from The Corrs) coming up with “Lifelines” - having covers of the songs she grew up with.

How crazy is it: A band or artist starts off by making covers of previous songs. And if they get famous, they get to be covered by other upcoming artists. What a funny little cycle, isn’t it?

Love and Peace

9/5/2018

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[rustbeltjessie]

I’ve had this book for nearly twenty years. It was my introduction to many of the women who I now think of as my spiritual and literary kin. As much as I love Kerouac, et. al., the women of the Beat Generation changed my life more than the boys ever did.

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