WHO Herbie Hancock, one of the best jazz pianists in the world THE ONE THING Okay, the one thing is actually five things. The New York Times asked five critics to each pick a piece by Herbie Hancock that will make you fall in love with the music. They are below. The titles, repectively, are: "Textures," recommended by musician Julius Rodriguez "Actual Proof," recommended by musician and producer Salami Rose Joe Louis "Maiden Voyage," by writer Shannon J. Effinger "Hornets,"recommended by musician and visual artist Damon Locks "4 A.M.," recommended by musician Stephen (Thundercat) Bruner Enjoy!
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WHO Jayden THE ONE THING An appreciation of the musical artist Destroy Lonely, and a recommendation to check out the tune "Bane." WHO Mr. Ripone THE ONE THING What "character" means. WHO Mr. Slattery, head of the Physical Education department THE ONE THING What "engagement" means, and how the physical education and wellness department is working to foster it in students. WHO A student in Mr. Fadness's class THE ONE THING A stop motion film. A number of students in Mr. Fadness's class are working on this, and this is an indication of things to come. Stay tuned for more samples of work from this project! WHO Mr. Callahan THE ONE THING Mr. Callahan compiled the vocabulary of Lowell High School students (all those words they say that adults don't understand), and compiled them into a dictionary, which he continues to update. WHO Enrique (who, alas, has moved to distant shores) and Nick THE ONE THING In an interview from January, Enrique talks with Nick about the trials and tribulations of applying to college WHO Enrique and Lucas THE ONE THING In an interview from January, Enrique interviews Lucas about what Lucas wants to do in ten years: travel WHO Elyjah and The Kaiden Man THE ONE THING In an interview from January, Elyjah interviews The Kaiden Man about what passion means to him, and why potatoes are the key to life. Really. WHO Mr. Allhouse's First Period Art Classes THE ONE THING Their work for an assignment to make a surreal work of art. One student, Napoleon, talks about their work (the viewpoints of others may show up as this entry grows during the week). Scroll past the art to get to the interviews. Below is an interview with Napoleon, whose work is in the leftmost column of the second and third rows.
In the interview, Napoleon mentions a cartoon, Cupcake and Dino. You can read a review of it--and see some of the artwork, which is a clear influence on Napoleon--by following this link. Also, Mr. Leif And a top of the morning to you all. NAME Tiquan THE ONE THING HE TALKS ABOUT Comedy NAME:
Peter THE ONE THING HE TALKS ABOUT: Creating episodes of "Seinfeld" with Chat GPT. Here's a link to the episodes. MOST RECENT CONTENT IS AT THE BEGINNING. SCROLL FOR OLDER CONTENT FROM THIS MONTH. TO VIEW PREVIOUS MONTH'S SHOWS, FOLLOW ARCHIVE LINKS ON RIGHT OF PAGE IF USING A COMPUTER OR, IF VIEWING ON A PHONE, ACCESS LINKS TO ARCHIVES BY SCROLLING TO BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. MARCH 9, 2023 DAVID DISCUSSES THE LITTLE THEATER David, a senior, discusses the gone but not forgotten Little Theater. The theater was a beloved part of the 1980 building that is now the staff lounge. The old staff lounge was itself a casualty of the partial demolition of the 1980 building as part of the overall school renovation plan. MARCH 8, 2023 CHIEF FELCH DISCUSSES "INTEGRITY FIRST" "Integrity First" is not just a saying; is is part of a set of deep beliefs. CHIEF FELCH from Air Force Force Junior ROTC--who served in The Air Force for 30 years--discusses both the official Air Force definition of "Integrity First," and what those words mean to him. Here are some links related to this episode if Chief Felch sparks your interest in finding out more about the program, and about The United States Air Force in general: Lowell High School Air Force Junior ROTC page National Junior ROTC page United States Air Force page VEONDRE DISCUSSES THE SONG "BRUTUS, BY THE BUTTRESS MARCH 7, 2023 A lot of content today! COACH KEEGAN DISCUSSES SPORTSMANSHIP COACH KEEGAN discusses a great moment in sports: a home run in a women's college softball game between Western Oregon and Central Washington that took an unexpected turn...and led to a moment that was the definition of sportsmanship. MR. LOGAN DISCUSSES THE DEER HUNTER, A BAND HE LOVES MR. LOGAN, over in the music department, talks about the band The Deer Hunter, and their album series "The Acts" and "The Color Spectrum." MR. ALLSHOUSE DISCUSSES DOODLES ON HIS CLASSROOM WHITEBOARD MR. ALLSHOUSE, over in the art department, talks about the doodles students leave on his whiteboards (and here are some samples) MR. FADNESS DISCUSSES THE DRAWINGS BEHIND HIS DESK MR. FADNESS, also from the art department, talks about the drawings on the wall behind his desk (which he did, by the way). And by the way, Mr. Leif and Mr. Fadness discuss some artists you can Google.
MS. PACKARD DISCUSSES COOKING
Today we're going to be working on getting you folks up to speed on checking out books from the library.
We're going to do two things today: get started with SORA, an e-book reader, and learn what's available on it. To get to Sora, follow this link. To get to the tutorial that tells you how to set up Sora, go to this link. Also: Mr. Leif will be discussing the some books that are available in PDF format: THE RIGHT STUFF --Follow this link to get to a PDF of an excerpt that Mr. Leif will be reading to class. The PDF also contains a link to a recording of Mr. Leif reading the passage, --Follow this link Follow this link to download the entire book THE ART OF WAR Follow this link to get a copy Finally, Mr. Leif will be discussing short stories. Follow this link to get to them. A quick talk with LHS student Justin about two songs: "Act a Fool," by 21 Savage, and "Nasty Girls," by Gunna.
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