This Ginger Has Soul

For as long as anyone can remember, soul music has always been stereotyped as black-dominated genre. However, it is not entirely uncommon to hear a white person sing in this style. Vocalist Jonny Craig of the post-hardcore group Dance Gavin Dance (as well as once the vocalist of another group, Emarosa) has impressed some critics with his soul-based singing. Jonny Craig is a Canadian born man, whose mullet is quite a site to see during his performances. He is also quite artistic when it comes to his lyrics. Jonny, even through the most abrasive breakdowns of his songs, always is able to pull of a sort of voice that is reminiscent to the likes of Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye or others.Some critics and fans alike can safely say that his voice is quite angelic and soothing.Now, when it comes to style, Jonny can be seen in a sort of hipster/tough guy attire during his performances with his group, and he also carries a few tattoos on both arms. But none are as interesting as his great orange mullet which glows in the lights, be it day or night, and bounces a bit as he walks and dances throughout the show. Jokingly labeled as a "ginger" for being a white man with orange hair, Jonny is one such vocalist worth giving a listen.  I never met him personally, but i knew right away he would be an interesting character to write about. c:

Memoirs

One of the memoirs that caught my attention was Death's Lesson by Mitchel W. 14
(his memoir can be found at http://teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/readpoem.asp?id=8816&genre=Memoir&Page=1&sortBy=)

The reason why i feel like this caught my attention was because it was much more emotional and more personal than the other memoirs i read today. This memoir is about a boy whose grandparents moved to Albany. At one point his grandfather suffers a stroke and the family attends his funeral. Its quite tragic.

An excercise in introdctions...

Hello. my name is Oscar Acevedo and im 16 years old. This here is my blog for English 11, in the meantime, how are you all? Well to start off, music is my passion. i listen to it everyday and i play guitar in my downtime. This is my way of expressing myself and i hope that you all can do the same just as freely. Well i got to go, im already out of things to write in this post.