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Post by oscillations. on Aug 16, 2008 15:38:59 GMT -5
What a class that would make! The curriculum would be punishing, but rewarding. And would count as a honors course. Have you ever written about Garbage for school? Or if you haven't, what do you think would make for a clever G-related thesis?
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Post by acereject on Aug 16, 2008 21:24:36 GMT -5
For my standard grades (or GCSE's in England) I encorporated Garbage into most of them:
English solo talk: about Garbage, my collection and playing ITIP and SG videos in front of the whole class, lasted around an hour. Art still life: a pile of Garbage memorabilia Music Guitar performance: played When I Grow Up (re-arranged on rhythm guitar) and accompanied by my teacher on piano for vocals and bass Music Keyboard performance: played Special
and.....I could probably TEACH that course!
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Post by 19garbage92 on Aug 17, 2008 4:25:33 GMT -5
I used the the lines from Milk in a poem and a expressly emphasized the source
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Post by shuvcat on Aug 17, 2008 5:53:02 GMT -5
I did write about the Push It video for my English 101 class. My "point", because they insisted I have one, was that "music videos are scarier than they used to be" a BS topic because basically I just went on about how cool and scary the vid was.
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Post by SullenSophie on Aug 17, 2008 7:20:37 GMT -5
I did tell about Shirley year ago.The topic was "Person that you admire" but I am not sure that teacher has understood me telling her about frontwoman of rockband with a strange name"Garbage".
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Post by sonicblue on Aug 17, 2008 7:52:54 GMT -5
I recently had a dream about attending a class about Garbage. Literally like a two nights ago. The class was called "Garbage Sound". It would seem the name of al's new site got into my head. I remember sitting all the way on the far left next to the wall and for some reason there were old chalkboards and such. All the students kept answering all these really hard Garbage related questions. Then I come here and see this thread.
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Post by garbge315 on Aug 17, 2008 14:27:30 GMT -5
In high school English, I did my big research project on the band, and in dance class, most of my group's dances were to Garbage remixes. By the end of the year, the group members were pretty annoyed with me and wouldn't let me pick the music anymore. Hahaha!
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Post by Garbage Addict on Aug 18, 2008 3:16:52 GMT -5
here are some photos from my GCSE Garbage inspired art project which got me an A. The final piece is in the attic so Ive photod pages from my sketch pad to give you an idea. my idea was based on Picasso's The Three Musicians the idea came from doing some research into music and how the music industry is dominated by peoples faces and logos than imagery of music - intruments/performance etc - the crux of music basically this cd cover is a direct copy of the Picasso where my idea stemmed from the original: I decided I wanted my final pice to be my own interpretation using yup Garbage - so I began experimenting with images Id found or taken at the gig I went to - altaring them to look more cubist like the Picasso.... these are just my little sketch pad experiments img230.imageshack.us/img230/774/dscn20588vo.jpg[/img]after experimenting with layout I decided upon my final composition: the final piece being on a much larger scale and neater and using not quite the same colour scheme ( like i didnt use black behind Steve as shown in that picture) I dedcided to use a matisse style card cut out efffect for my final piece rather than paint it like the picasso. The original Picasso featured a manuscript on the table - in mine I put the fractured "G" from the debut album sleeve - i was going to put lyrics but I put song titles instead like this: The final pice had muscal notes n lines reminiscent of Kandinsky and the band member's shirts were created using collage but the above pic from my sketch pad gives u an idea. For the exhibition I displayed my wrk with a Garbage compilation tape i put together playing with it to accompany it as music being the main idea - the stimulus was begininings - I chose The germ of an idea - my idea being music - moved to cover art/modern music - the idea that instruments being part of the core of music - not very profound but its the stages I took to creating a final piece. The whole thing took 15 hours to make and the project lasts 5 or so weeks. That along with the rest of 2 years wrk got me my A
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Post by thepowkid on Aug 19, 2008 3:45:01 GMT -5
I gave a speeach about them in my 10th grade communications class other than that alot of art work I did had garbage themes in it (I posted them in the graphics section) I made a ring off the Breaking Up The Girl single cover and I made a huge ass dragon fly box like the one from You Look So Fine cover and some photoshop stuff but thats about it
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Post by ninamarie89 on Aug 21, 2008 14:39:45 GMT -5
I actually wrote two ten page papers on them for my finals during my first year of college. One was about the creative process and one was about the sound of their music.
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Post by GoGoGrrrl on Aug 21, 2008 17:03:29 GMT -5
I remember having a short essay assignment in my HS English class about heroes. We were discussing romantic heroes vs. classic heroes. So of course I chose Shirley Manson as my romantic heroine to discuss ;D. The teacher wanted us to choose people we really admired and then dissect what made them which type of hero.
Also, in college I worked in about as much Garbage / Shirley stuff as I could into my design assignments. I was always using pics of Shirley for everything, haha. None of it really made it into my graduating portfolio though.
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 21, 2008 20:39:11 GMT -5
I tried to eschew the usual "hero/idol worship" angle and incorporated them as objectively as possible into my senior project on Women In Rock. At some point, I'd like to write an article on Shirley's impact as a central 90's fashion and music icon. Especially now that 90's sensibilities are on the cusp of becoming relevant again.
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Post by Garbage Addict on Aug 22, 2008 4:32:57 GMT -5
Is Shirley a fashion icon though? I really never thought of her like that... I open that up for debate
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Post by 19garbage92 on Aug 25, 2008 17:04:57 GMT -5
I don't think she is. She wears what she wants and doesn't give a fuck 'bout what others think and I like that attitude though. I really liked BLM-era cuz I love dresses myself so, G-era was ok, Version 2.0 was really sporty...nothing wrong actually But I mean: BG era....on stage it was awful, most of the time while in pictures not, those were more 'classy' and fashionable
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 25, 2008 17:26:44 GMT -5
Shirley was considered by the fashion community to be one of the most interesting dressers of the late 90s. Vogue even ranked her in 2000. Her visual legacy remains, although it fades as she continues to dress more and more generically over the years. But at her peak, it was exciting to see her appeal extend to that universe. I'd like to explore it further and to also examine her influence on particular microtrends in the 1996-2000 era. Anna Sui took cues from her style, as did several indie fashion lines. Let's not also forget that Kylie's entire "indie queen" image from the IP era was based on Shirley, as was Mel C's aesthetic, and even now, shades of Shirley's distinctive style choices can be seen on people such as Alison Mosshart , Emily Haines, et al. I think her influence is more subconscious than direct, but she definitely helped define what at alternative style icon looked like in the 90s, much the way Kate Moss did.
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