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Baby, You're Much Too Fast: A Look at Songs About Cars
Baby, You're Much Too Fast: A Look at Songs About Cars - June 09, 2017 15:01 - 16 minutesPeople write songs about a lot of things, mostly things that mean a lot to us. We write songs about desire, songs about loneliness, about heartbreak, love, and for some reason, we also write lots and lots of songs about cars.
Sad Songs Say So Much: A Look at Songs about Disasters
Sad Songs Say So Much: A Look at Songs about Disasters - June 09, 2017 14:01 - 18 minutesToday if you want to talk about a tragedy, there are plenty of ways to do it. But in the past, one way people would pass along news was through songs.
Hey, Watch This! A Look at the Music Behind TV Theme Songs
Hey, Watch This! A Look at the Music Behind TV Theme Songs - June 09, 2017 13:01 - 11 minutesOver the years, they’ve been some of the most popular songs in the country. They are TV Theme songs, something as old as TV.
Of Thee We Sing: Civil Rights on the B-Side
Of Thee We Sing: Music and the Civil Rights Movement - February 18, 2015 14:01 - 14 minutesThe Baylor University’s Black Gospel Music Restoration Project has a massive collection of phonograph records made by African Americans in the '40s, '50s and '60s. The curator, Dr. Robert Darden, found that on the flip side of many of these 45 RPM records, there are Civil Rights songs that no on...
Of Thee We Sing: Strange Fruit
Of Thee We Sing: Music and the Civil Rights Movement - February 11, 2015 14:01 - 12 minutesThe lynching of black men in the American South was an all-too-familiar occurrence in the 1930s, even though it rarely made news. So when Billie Holiday had a hit record with the song Strange Fruit, it brought attention to this important issue in unusual ways.
Of Thee We Sing: Marian Anderson
Of Thee We Sing: Music and the Civil Rights Movement - February 04, 2015 14:01 - 15 minutesOn Sunday, April 9th, 1939, a huge, mixed race crowd gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to witness an extraordinary event. At a time when African-Americans were not allowed vote, go to school or use the same toilet as white people, black contralto Marian Anderson stood in front of 75,000 people and...
Zombie Makeup
Blood, Guts and Gore - October 24, 2014 14:01 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsA step-by-step guide for turning you and your friends into the living dead. All you need is some cheap black and white makeup from your local drugstore. (Brains are optional.)
Ballistics Gel (part 2)
Blood, Guts and Gore - October 21, 2014 14:01 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMake scary-real innards through the magic of kitchen chemistry. This tutorial shows you how to make ballistics gel (for organs).
Ballistics Gel (part 1)
Blood, Guts and Gore - October 20, 2014 14:01 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMake scary-real innards through the magic of kitchen chemistry. This tutorial shows you how to make ballistics gel (for organs).
Open Wounds
Blood, Guts and Gore - October 16, 2014 14:01 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis special effect is easy to create with makeup and scar wax. And the gashes look so real, your friends will want to drag you to the emergency room.
Blood Bags and Squirting Blood
Blood, Guts and Gore - October 14, 2014 14:01 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHere are ways to create the special effect of bursting blood. You'll be amazed at the mess you can make with a simple sandwich bag!
Black Eyes and Bloody Noses
Blood, Guts and Gore - October 09, 2014 14:01 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsCreate the look of a mixed martial arts fighter without stepping into the octagon. No punches, pain, or swelling required.
Store-Bought Blood
Blood, Guts and Gore - October 06, 2014 14:01 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhen you don’t have time to mix it yourself! Many styles and colors of fake blood are available online and in some theatrical supply stores.
NSO Young People's Concert: Exploring Extremes - Student Cuesheet
Exploring Extremes: Music to the Max! - October 03, 2014 13:35 - application/pdfStudent Cuesheet for the 2014-2015 National Symphony Orchestra's Young People's Concert, Exploring Extremes: Music to the Max!
NSO Young People's Concert: Exploring Extremes - Teacher Cuesheet
Exploring Extremes: Music to the Max! - October 03, 2014 13:34 - application/pdfTeacher Cuesheet for the 2014-2015 National Symphony Orchestra's Young People's Concert, Exploring Extremes: Music to the Max!
Exploring Extremes: Stars and Stripes and Everything We've Learned
Exploring Extremes: Music to the Max! - October 01, 2014 14:19 - 8 minutesStudents review all four of the musical extremes featured on this CD through John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever March.
Exploring Extremes: Loud and Quiet: The Deal with Dynamics
Exploring Extremes: Music to the Max! - October 01, 2014 14:14 - 11 minutesStudents learn that composers use musical dynamics or extremes in volume to create music. By listening to Gustav Mahler’s Symphonies No. 2 and No. 5, students also experience the role extreme dynamics plays in expressing big emotions and ideas.
Exploring Extremes: Big and Small: Meet the Orchestra
Exploring Extremes: Music to the Max! - October 01, 2014 14:09 - 8 minutesStudents will learn about the third extreme composers consider—size—referring to both an instrument’s size and that of an orchestra. Students will also be introduced to the four families or sections of an orchestra. Students focus on Richard Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony.
Exploring Extremes: Fast-Slow, High-Low
Exploring Extremes: Music to the Max! - October 01, 2014 14:05 - 10 minutesStudents are introduced to two pairs of musical extremes that a composer chooses from his toolbox to create music—tempo and pitch—through the music of Aram Khachaturian’s wild "Sabre Dance."
Exploring Extremes: Introduction
Exploring Extremes: Music to the Max! - October 01, 2014 14:01 - 4 minutesStudents are introduced to the concept of musical extremes and opposites, and how a composer uses these special tools to make their music sound dramatic and powerful. Specifically, students will learn about tempo, pitch, size, and musical dynamics.
Soap-Based Blood
Blood, Guts and Gore - October 01, 2014 14:01 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDish soap and food-coloring—that’s all it takes. And this stage blood is a snap to clean up—the soap is built right in.
Edible Blood
Blood, Guts and Gore - September 26, 2014 14:01 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis easy recipe for making realistic blood is a delicious blend of sweet syrups and food coloring. Maybe that's why Dracula drinks the stuff.
Celebrating Blue Note: How Jazz Has Changed
Celebrating Blue Note - May 09, 2014 14:01 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode, narrator Susan Stamberg connects Jazz and Hip Hop through the lens of Blue Note Records.
Celebrating Blue Note: Finding Jazz in the Oddest Places
Celebrating Blue Note - May 05, 2014 14:01 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode, narrator Susan Stamberg talks about finding jazz in the oddest places.
Celebrating Blue Note: The Birth of a Legend
Celebrating Blue Note - May 02, 2014 14:01 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis episode, narrated by Susan Stamberg, takes us from Big Band to the birth of Bebop and beyond.
DJ 101: Looping and Sampling (in standard definition)
DJ 101: The Basics - March 27, 2014 14:02 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs rappers became featured artists, it was the DJ’s job to keep the beat (or the break) steady, so that the rappers could rap to the beat, do their routines, or recite full verses without interruption.
HD: DJ 101: Looping and Sampling (in high definition)
DJ 101: The Basics - March 27, 2014 14:01 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs rappers became featured artists, it was the DJ’s job to keep the beat (or the break) steady, so that the rappers could rap to the beat, do their routines, or recite full verses without interruption.
DJ 101: Scratching (in standard definition)
DJ 101: The Basics - March 21, 2014 14:02 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsKandi introduces “the scratch,” a move where you pull the record back and forth while the needle is on the record. But scratching is as much about rhythm and style as it is about technique.
HD: DJ 101: Scratching (in high definition)
DJ 101: The Basics - March 21, 2014 14:01 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsKandi introduces “the scratch,” a move where you pull the record back and forth while the needle is on the record. But scratching is as much about rhythm and style as it is about technique.
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