Hands Held High

 

   Every time I hear Linkin Park’s “Hands Held High”, I think of how this one song can probably imply to every war this country has gone through and possibly relate to a lot of people who have experience a loss to war. When Mike Shinoda states “Like this war’s really just a different brand of war/ Like it doesn’t cater the rich and abandon poor/ Like they understand you in the back of the jet/ When you can’t put gas in your tank /These fuckers are laughing their way to the bank and cashing the check/Asking you to have compassion and have some respect/,” I realize that corporate world has really screwed us over for years and that really don’t care. It seems like even the President gets a kick of being in a war and it is not fair for the rest of America who is being affected. Also how the drum in the background sounds like a military march illustrates a war scene. This is a very somber song that can probably be played in any movie about war or it can simply be the anthem to our economic status and our war in the Middle East.

    This song was created for many reasons. Mainly, everyone can relate to this song because we all feel betrayed by the Bush administration in one way or another. I love how the song sounds like a prayer or cry for help when the singer (Chester Bennington) sings “Amen” in between choruses. Other people might hear this song and reject it because it is very depressing and people might not want to be reminded of what this country has been through. What is represented in this songs is Mike Shinoda’s opinion of what he see’s and how it has affected his family. It is his only biased because there is no background representing sources he has learned to present this. I think this is a good song because many people can relate to it and it is being sent just for that purpose; so the public can have something to relate and realize that they are not alone.

MILK

 

    I did not know who Harvey Milk was until I saw the trailer for Milk and my curiosity brought me to find out that he is very important to American History. So who is Harvey Milk? Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man to be voted into office: the City Supervisor for San Francisco, who was shot dead at city hall in 1978 by a troubled politician, who served with Milk on the city’s board of supervisors, Dan White. This year I have not seen a movie with a bristling purpose and I think this is it. With the ban on gay marriage and the sudden hate crimes that I can’t believe this country is still experiencing, Milk is sure the right media to stir those who voted Yes on Prop8 and hopefully realize that Gays can make a difference in this world.

    Dustin Lance Black created this film because as a Gay man he wanted to project the greats that have come before our time so people can understand. This film attracted my attention because who would ever picture the son of the Green Goblin (James Franco) make out with Sean Penn. Also one of my favorite actors,Diego Luna, not only plays a Gay man he plays a Gay Mexican man, so you can say that sex and the choice of characters was the technique that attracted my attention and probably others. I honestly am curious to find out who Milk was but other people, especially very conservative people, might not want to open their mind just yet. This film is obviously the point of view of Black’s knowledge of Harvey Milk and what history says about him. Just looking at the trailer one can conclude that Harvey Milk lived a very crucial time because he was Gay and probably worse than now because twenty years ago people still saw Gay people the same way we might judge a prostitute. I’m glad this movie was made now so maybe people might change their minds and maybe in a couple of years Gay people might be treated like everyone else. =]

Free From Religion

    

     The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which advocates the separation of church and state, put up this billboard so the San Bernardino County embrace Godlessness. The billboard does no harm but people are making a big deal of it. Very religious people are offended by this billboard because they believe that religion and God is everything but the Freedom From Religion thinks differently. They believe that religion makes everything worse because they influence peoples actions more in a negatively than anything positive and I can only agree.   

     The co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor had an interview with ABC 7 Eyewitness News and stated that ”the nation is peppered with churches and the billboards introduces the belief that our society doesn’t need religion to function.” Many people believe that this is a big deal but I think differently. We live in a nation that does not have a solid religion and I think it’s great when people express their beliefs even if it’s controversial or it comes from an atheist. Each group and individual want to be part of society so I do not understand why this is making the news. You do not need to believe in an organized religion to be a good person.

Katy Perry the doll

    With holidays soon approaching parents are probably wondering what to get their children. How about the new Katy Perry doll which only costs about fifty dollars? The new pop artist rose to the scene with her hit single, “I kissed a Girl,” now what kind of message is that for young girls? 

    Apparently Katy Perry thinks this is just fun to have a replica of herself so her fans can adore about is that really the message she tries to imply or does she mean something else? Creating this sexy doll with a bust and a short skirt might just increase her popularity by her fans wanting to look like her. Her fans might see it differently than me because to them it’s probably another souvenir, but I see it as another trend that girls might regret later. Obviously, I am very conservative when it comes to homosexuality but I just do not think kissing another girl is cool, and basically that is what Katy Perry thinks. Katy Perry is a wonderful song writer who has been around the Indy scene for years now but it just saddens me that she had to go that low to make it in the industry. Her message is,”hey girls, buy my doll, be like me, and kiss girls like me,” which should not be implied in the media by anyone. If you chose to go down that path do it because it is you; don’t be influenced by another one hit wonder.

Shoes falling from the sky

    So I was watching a soap opra in some Spanish channel with my mother when I saw this commercial for the new Chevy Traverse. The girl in the commercial frantically grabs shoes like no other that are all over the ground around her brand new crossover SUV that conveniently has a huge trunk for such an occasion. The funny thing about this commercial is that out of all the people in the commercial there’s one man who just laughs at all the women who are just picking up the shoes without checking the sizes or if pairs even match. At the end of the commercial the anouncer proudly states,” The new 2009 Chevy Traverse, the only thing to complete a woman’s needs.” I believe that this is such an outlandish way to market SUVs to women.

       Obviously, the ones who created this commercial think that women are very materialistic and that we need big cars and shoes. This attracted my attention just because it is kind of bizarre that a person would get so exited because shoes are falling from the sky. If shoes were falling from the sky I would run for shelter not try to stuff them in my car. Maybe women who have a shoe fetish might be in total bliss if this would ever happen. The point of view of this commercial is basically stating that women are frivolous when it comes to accessories such as shoes. The creators of this commercial want women to realize that if you buy our new SUV it will almost complete yourself.