HONEYHONEY - Thin Line photo

HONEYHONEY – Thin Line

Here’s HONEYHONEY performing “Thin Line” at Music City Roots live from the Loveless Cafe in 2012: Thin lineWalking a thin lineStaying out late at night I’m not happyFeeling lowIt’s so hard these days to play my cards right It’s about timeTo start the showI got tickets for my friends that want to go And I …

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The American Civil War : 1860-1865 photo

The American Civil War: 1861-1865

This is post 7 of 11 in the series “From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877)” From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877) Introduction to Puritanism and Expansionism Antebellum South Life in the Plantations USA: North and South O’Sullivan’s Manifest Destiny The social context of America in the early …

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Line of Duty saison 2

Voici la seconde saison de Line of Duty, diffusée sur la BBC. Un convoi de police est pris dans une violente embuscade : un témoin sous protection est grièvement blessé et trois policiers sont tués à l’exception de l’inspecteur Lindsay Denton, qui a organisé l’opération dans un délai très court et qui n’a mis au …

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Zapatou - Best of Web 2 photo

Zapatou – Best of Web 2

Zapatou, de son vrai nom Luc Bergeron, compile les meilleures vidéos du web en HD. Il travaille pour VLOG à Montréal et ses vidéos nous donnent l’occasion de nous replonger dans les meilleurs moments du net. Certaines vidéos ont fait le buzz, d’autres sont plus obscures mais beaucoup valent le détour : Tracklist

Collective Soul - Heavy (Live in Morocco)  photo

Collective Soul – Heavy (Live in Morocco)

Collective Soul est un groupe de rock venant de Stockbridge, Georgia (USA) composé d’ Ed Roland (rhythm guitar, lead vocals), Dean Roland (rhythm guitar), Will Turpin (bass guitar), Joel Kosche (lead guitar) et Cheney Brannon (drums, percussion). J’aime beaucoup le morceau Heavy, issu de l’album Dosage (2009), en acoustique dans le désert marocain : Bien …

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Social context of America in the early 19th century photo

The social context of America in the early 19th century

This is post 6 of 11 in the series “From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877)” From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877) Introduction to Puritanism and Expansionism Antebellum South Life in the Plantations USA: North and South O’Sullivan’s Manifest Destiny The social context of America in the early …

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USA: North and South

This is post 4 of 11 in the series “From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877)” From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877) Introduction to Puritanism and Expansionism Antebellum South Life in the Plantations USA: North and South O’Sullivan’s Manifest Destiny The social context of America in the early …

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Years of Growth photo

Years of Growth

This is post 11 of 11 in the series “From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877)” From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877) Introduction to Puritanism and Expansionism Antebellum South Life in the Plantations USA: North and South O’Sullivan’s Manifest Destiny The social context of America in the early …

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War Poet : Edward Thomas photo

War Poet : Edward Thomas

Biography Edward Thomas was educated at Oxford University where he studied history. He was known as a critic and as an essayist. He wrote a lot (mainly reviews) but did not get much money. Thomas started writing poetry in 1913 when he met Robert Frost, who encouraged him to write verse. December 1914 saw his …

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War Poet : Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) photo

War Poet : Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)

Biography Brooke’s poems were very famous and influential. His War Sonnets, published in 1915, caught very well the mood of the time. He was born in 1887 in a very wealthy family and was educated at Rugby School and at King’s college, Cambridge. He was said to be strikingly handsome and the unfair reasons why …

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World War One poetry : a problematic issue photo

World War One poetry: a problematic issue

Introduction War poetry is not a school of poetry in itself but it played a tremendous part since it inspired a new birth of inspiration. It was a totally new experience: nothing like that before in poetry, no war like WW1 before. War had already been a subject for poetry but never with such feelings. …

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