STAR WARS

The long awaited time has finally arrived. This past December the new sequel to the Star Wars films, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was finally released after many years of waiting. This blockbuster film was released just in time for the Christmas holidays and is bound to continue breaking many box office records in terms of sales. Few films in recent memory have generated as much interest as this one. 

There are many reasons for this interest, among which we can find the fact that George Lucas, the creator of the Star Wars universe, sold the rights to the production of these films to Disney. Many people were interested to see in which artistic direction Disney would take the film, and if they could live up to the expectations that George Lucas has made for the fans of the films.

   

    Without giving away any spoilers of the plot, we will provide a short summary of the film. Being a sequel, the film largely follows the same trajectory as in the previous films in the series. The film begins where the last film leaves off with the Rebellion maintaing its fight against the Empire. A Rebel pilot has a droid which contains the secret map with instructions to find Luke Skywalker, a jedi knight and the main protagonist from the previous films. The pilot intends to return this droid to the Rebellion so they can use this information to find Luke to help in their fight against the Empire. However, the Empire does everything in its power to ensure that the Rebels do not obtain the information contained within this droid.

     This film is notable for its introduction of new characters into the Star Wars universe, as well as its inclusion of classic characters from the previous films. We recommend that you see this film for yourself and let us know what you think!

      Have a good day, and
            MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!!

Thanks Mr. Connor Eason for this fantastic post and MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU too!!!!!

THE THIN WHITE DUKE

David Robert Jones was born in Brixton (London, England) on January 8th 1947, so Happy Birthday!!!!!

By the year 1966 he became David Bowie. He chose this surname after Jim Bowie, the designer of a popular fighting knife called the Bowie Knife!

Bowie has been a singer for more than fifty years. In fact, he is more than a singer. He is a composer, a writer, an actor, a producer,... He is a reference for many artistic movements and he has a great influence on a big number of musicians nowadays. His lyrics are deep and a lot of times they are based on literature and art. Many times he just cared about exploring new types of music instead of looking for success. He has placed music in the category of art in capital letters.

His first steps are to be found in the psychodelic rock that later turned into Glam rock. We can also find him in funk and after being in Germany he returned to England to lead the New Romantics Underground Movement. He has also written quite a lot of popular pop songs and he has even tried electronic music.

So, let's listen to some of his songs to have an idea of his work now that he is about to release Balckstar, his new album.

SPACE ODDITY (1969).-

At the same time that Men were about to reach the Moon.

CHANGES (1971)

HEROES (1977).- 

In the late seventies Bowie moved to Berlin and there he composed a three album tryptich. Heroes is the second composition.

Heroes, the song, tells the story of two lovers who meet at the Berlin Wall. It is a sad song.

ASHES TO ASHES (1980).-

This song belongs to the New Romantic Underground Movement. It became a hit in the UK and was number one in that country.

BLUE JEAN (1984)

LOVE IS LOST. REMIX. (2013).-

Such a smart video matches perfectly well with the song.
Love is Lost contains recognizable parts of Ashes to Ashes maybe just trying to show Bowie's rebirth after the health problems that kept him away from the world of music.

But, the best is yet to come...