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Posted by Lea R on 26.4.2013 17:07
As written in the description above, Jim Morrison was a great artist, a musician and a lead singer of one of the greatest rock bands in the 1960s and the 1970s - The Doors. The band was formed in 1965 when Jim met his old school friend Ray Manzarek, a bass player who invited Jim to join his band called Rick and the Ravens. Robby Krieger, the guitarist, and John Densmore, the drummer, soon joined them. They took their name from Aldous Huxley's monograph The Doors of Perception (The Doors). Their music was so good that they soon signed to Electra Records and began their path of fame. Some of their greatest songs were ''Hello, I love you'', ''Riders on the storm'' and, of course, ''Light my fire''. Their achievements in music and on stage were so great that they were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1993 (The Doors). Sadly the band already fell apart two decades sooner because of the death of the singer Jim Morrison. He was the center of the band and the one to write the deep lyrics. The interesting thing about him was that he often went into the desert where he got his inspirations and where he learned ''his secrets'' from an old shaman. That is why he was also called ''Lizzard King''. He was also one of the celebrities who died at the age of 27 of a drug overdose.
Source: The Doors. Access through: https://thedoors.com/band#jim-bio (accessed 23 April 2013)
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Posted by Lea on 9.4.2013 18:50
We can predict that the graffiti “PANKS“ in this picture reffers to ”PUNKS“ and that it is written grammatically incorectly. It could be that it was spelt this way because the Slovene pronunciation of the word ”PUNKS“ is spelt with an A. The English word itself can be interpreted with two different meanings. Firstly the word “PUNKS“ can be shorter for punkers or punk subculture which was formed by the influence of political incorrectness and punk music in the 70s and 80s. Punkers were protesters against policy and wanted anarchy. As a subculture they also had a specific dress code which usually included old and thorn pants, torn T-shirts and army boots. Women wore a lot of make up and so did some men, they had to look very eccentric and rebelious. Their interests were also having tattoos and piercings and wearing chains on their clothes. Male haircut was usually a mohawk. Their attitude was rebelious towards everything and they frequently abused drugs. The biggest influence on their style and attitude was punk-rock music and the first known punk band was in the 80s Sex Pistols.
The second meaning of the word “PUNK” or rather ”a punk” is usually a title used by older people describing one or more children or young individuals that cause trouble to them or did or said something that made them angry.
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Posted by Lea R on 29.3.2013 12:07
When I look at this graffiti I get an association with a contemporary problem in South Africa related to pregnant women who are infected with the HIV. The statistics show that the number of pregnant women in South Africa is very high and the numbers are actually slowly increasing (IRIN). HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) attacks the immune system and can in continuation, because the body is getting weaker and weaker, evolve into AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) which is weakening and attacking the body with destroying its T-cells that protect the body from viruses and diseases. I think the biggest problem with the HIV is that the symptoms of HIV can not be shown for decades and the infected people can transmit it to others without knowing. The pregnant women that are not aware of their illness and do not get proper medical help and medicine can also transmit the virus onto the unborn child. But with the medicine there is another problem. The medicine that prevents the trasmission of the virus from the mother to the unborn baby exsists but it is too expensive for the hospitals in South Africa to afford it. That is why a lot of organisations and funds such as Unicef are searching for the donors that would help them raise money for the medication.
Source: IRIN. Humanitarian news ands analysis. Accessable through: http://www.irinnews.org/Report/86468/SOUTH-AFRICA-HIV-rate-among-pregnant-women-stays-high
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| Taken on: | 20.2.2013 |
| Place: | Infront of Mostovna |
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| Place: | Infront of Mostovna |
| City: | Nova Gorica |
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| Graffiti text: | URBAN PROJECT 2000...10 |
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| Place: | Near Mostovna |
| City: | Nova Gorica |
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| Graffiti text: | Duck |
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| Graffiti text: | Old man smoking a 'pipe' :D |
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| Taken on: | 20.2.2013 |
| Place: | Near Mostovna |
| City: | Nova Gorica |
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