Different Drummer (Gene Krupa: a Drummer with Star Power)

1. The reason why Owen Edwards' brother's drum set was so special.

Because of the parts of the drum, the color suggested magic.

And because that drummer looks like Gene Kupa (percussionist/drummer)

2. How Krupa influenced other drummers.

He was the pioneer who gave percussionists the chance to take center stage.
His reprise in a movie make him as a model.

3. The reason why Krupa left Goodman.

He notice that maybe he’ll never had the drums in the forefront of the band
in BG quartet.

4. The reason why Hay's children decided to donate their father's drums.

Because in that way, the instrument will be seen by a lot of people, instead
that disappear.

5. The special characteristics these drums had.

The drum of the boy has: snare, a big bass, two tom-toms (drums without
snares), a high-hat (two cymbals brought together by a foot pedal), and two or
three other cymbals

Gene Krupa’s drum has: calfskin heads, the tom-tom was on a tripod stand of
the kind that isn’t used anymore, and the initials pf course
King Ludd’s War (What the Luddites Really Fought Against)

1. The real origin of the word "Luddite".

It comes from Ned Ludd, the captain, first turned up as part of a Nottingham
protest in November 1811, and was soon on the move from one industrial
center to the next.

2. Uses of Luddite in our Modern World.

The word “Luddite” is simultaneously a declaration of ineptitude and a badge of

honor. So you can hurl Luddite curses at your cellphone or your spouse, but
you can also sip a wine named Luddite (which has its own Web site:
www.luddite.co.za). You can buy a guitar named the Super Luddite, which is
electric and costs $7,400. Meanwhile, back at Twitter, SupermanHotMale Tim is
understandably puzzled; he grunts to ninatypewriter, “What is Luddite?”

3. Luddites in our modern world

The luddites indeed invent “machines”—in the form of computer viruses,

cyberworms and other malware—to disrupt the technologies that trouble them.

4. Luddites' protests at the start and during the 19th century.

British working families at the start of the 19th century were enduring economic
upheaval and widespread unemployment.

Food was scarce and rapidly becoming more costly. Then, on March 11, 1811,
in Nottingham, a textile manufacturing center, British troops broke up a crowd of
protesters demanding more work and better wages.
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5. The true story of Ned Ludd.

According to the story, a young apprentice named Ludd or Ludham was working
at a stocking frame when a superior admonished him for knitting too loosely.
Ordered to “square his needles,” the enraged apprentice instead grabbed a
hammer and flattened the entire mechanism.

6. The meaning of technology in the 19th century.

7. Some concerns about technology in our lives.