EXTRA CREDIT: The textbook called them the most [commercially] successful group out of CBGB.

Initially, why were most videos on MTV mainstream rock? This was covered in the textbook, additional assigned reading, and the documentary seen in class.

This British artist fit the American new wave profile and was one of the first to enjoy success in the United States, especially after a controversial 1977 performance on Saturday Night Live.

EXTRA CREDIT: The textbook mentioned all of the following criticisms of rap music, EXCEPT:

EXTRA CREDIT: In “Ruined for Life,” British music journalist Jon Savage quotes Joe Strummer’s reaction watching _______________ for the first time; “But here was this quartet who were standing there going, ‘We don’t give a toss what you think, you pricks, this is what we like to play and this is the way we’re gonna play it.’ They were from another century, it took my head off. They honestly didn’t give a shit. The audience were shocked.”

EXTRA CREDIT: Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day wrote, “They paint an ugly picture. No one ever had the guts to say what they said. The only person who did anything similar to it was Bob Dylan, and even Bob Dylan was never that blunt.”

EXTRA CREDIT: “I don’t think any artist before had used that level of sex to get in the door and be accepted by the mainstream. I wonder what his mind state was…, standing onstage in kiddie briefs, leg warmers and high heels without a Number One hit. That was a risk.” Ahmir (Questlove) Thompson was writing about:

Earthworms exhibit segmentation, defined as the

The red maple is also known as Acer rubrum.  Its species name (NOT the specific epithet, but the scientific name) is   a. red maple   B. Acer   c. rubrum   d. Acer rubrum

Rising global temperatures increase the rate of evaporation. The warmer air also holds more moisture. These changing factors are most likely to directly affect which process in the hydrologic cycle?