Processing the Past

The 2010s

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Segment 1: music

More familiar artists, for the people my age who are still involved in music and in the industry today

Artists like Bruno Mars

Black eyed peas

as well as popular artists like Rihanna, who is performing in the upcoming super bowl,

Tame Impala, most people around my age have heard of them and know that the artist Kevin Parker is known for making ethereal songs that feel unreal as the genre is sort of indie/rock

Another popular artist that I'm a fan of, hes gained a lot of popularity in the last years, Mac DeMarco, known for writing beautiful songs about falling in and out of love and talking about women so beautifully in his music,

Him and Kevin Parker are both unique people with creative lifestyles

-As well as another popular band who formed mid 2000s

- didn't receive so much popularity until 2010, Beach house, another relaxing indie band, their beautiful music represents love, hurt and more

-their Album Depression Cherry, is graceful and their song “Space Song” is extremely incredible and sad and almost fragile all in one,

-I highly recommend them for a relaxing evening,

Segment 2: fashion https://wwd.com/fashion-nfews/fashion-scoops/2010s-fashion-trends-that-defined-decade-1203393941/

Most of this stuff will sound fairly familiar as many people still wear clothes and brands from these

- Brands such as supreme and gucci went crazy with their logos,

-somehow it worked leading tons of people to show off this sort of style everywhere

-Athleisure or active wear was very popular, almost a way of showing off your lifestyle and how “healthy” you are

- even for those who didn't work out, they just wanted to be a part of this athletic mania

-People would even elevate their outfits, like track pants with suits or blazers, becoming a casual look to see on the streets.

- One thing many people have left behind in the early 2010s, the infamous skinny jeans

many people can pull it off,

it's sort of because a norm now where baggier or mom jeans are seen more than skinny jeans

Segment 3: Art https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-art-movements-2010s

-Again Street art is still incredibly popular and is still going strong

-But if there a main piece i'd like to talk about its the late 2010s, but were skipping up to 2016 where the famous “I can't help myself” a robot surrounded by puddling liquid, it used to be efficient and fast scooping in all of the liquid, but it slowly trickles back and spreads all over the floor

-Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, the creators of this robot are very creative and this industrial robot expresses so much emotion, even without any sound, color or people in this piece, It is very sad as the years pass and the robot becomes rusty and old,

It almost reminds me of Walle when he's the only robot left on earth cleaning up all the humans trash in a hopeless planet

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The 2000s

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Segment 1: music https://www.musicgrotto.com/2000s-musicians/

-2000s Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne

-both being quite different in their music in style but still gaining millions of fans over songs like “toxic” and “girlfriend”

- Avril was significantly younger than Britney,

-she did really call out to teenagers and many people became huge fans, she was 17 when she debut her first song “complicated”

-Avril still sings sometimes today and is in great shape

-other genres like rap were still thriving and artist like eminem came into the spotlight and stole the show, now 50 he still has a great voice and did perform at last years superbowl

Segment 2: fashion https://www.thecoolist.com/y2k-fashion/

-Recently for the past year or so “y2k” fashion has been extremely trendy and popular, but nobody does it better than actually in the year 2000

-It was filled with glam and shiny belts, low rise jeans, and many of these may sound familiar to you because they're still in many stores trying to relive y2k

-Britney Spears had a massive influence on these clothing trends and y2k fashion

-Movies like Mean girls, which was in 2004 also impacted fashion a lot considering the main characters always dressed up in high heels, short skirts and yoga pants

-this era was a time of trial and error, not all y2k trends coming back, and some should be left as history, such as jeans under dresses

Segment 3: Art https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/features/the-exhibitions-that-defined-the-2000s-1234578321/

-As art progresses, more genres and more ways of expressing seem possible, every decade as we go seems to not only be paper artwork anymore

-architecture and rooms are also art

-I mainly want to talk about exhibitions, more than pieces themselves,

-Psychedelia / Psychedelic art and exhibitions, transforming you and bringing you into another universe or state of mind

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd46R0yAv18

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The 1990s

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Segment 1: music

Nirvana (debuted in 80s but didn’t really become iconic until the 90s)
Rest in peace to a music icon Kurt Cobain,
made a label in music history having more than 1B streams on their most known song “smells like teenage spirit”
The meaning behind the song is actually pretty interesting, Kurt has been mentioned as “smelling like teen spirit”
was unaware that it was actually a brand of deodorant and continued to make it the name of the song not realizing which is pretty funny to me
Same with radiohead
their song Creep from the Pablo honey album has 1B plays on Spotify,
definitely a milestone for music,
lead singer, Thom Yorke isnt much of a fan of this song and doesn’t like singing it anymore, like that it doesn’t represent how he feels anymore since he’s gotten older

Segment 2: fashion

-90s fashion is my favorite out of all of the decades, besides the 80s,

And this one show really seemed to define and have an influence on clothing in the 90s

-Will Smith did inspire tons of people watching the show to dress like him

Bomber Jackets, scrunchies, which I know youve all heard,
And tons of plaid, lots of companies and brands have been trying to bring back "90s vintage" and are becoming more common once again, even if they werent the same as before.
Especially the iconic flipped Jacket Will brings into the light, even making a clothing line called "Bel-Air Athletics" which is super creative and awesome
This streetstyle will always have a special place in my heart

Segment 3: Art https://study.com/learn/lesson/1990s-art-drawings-art-style-artists.html

-It's still popular now and has definitely evolved, It's one of those things that honestly will never go away

Art and music are both connected, being that hip-hop music created this graffiti movement

-Another Graffiti artist Banksy, an incredible street artist, still alive now and continuing many breathtaking works, and has even had art exhibits

-He used to hide his identity and was afraid of being arrested or persecuted as Keith Haring and many other street artists had been. He is a true gift to the art world

Music Credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiThUOVNzU0

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The 1980s

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500

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Segment 1: music

-Are you ready for me to take you on this journey of the 80s in processing the past? (Hopefully you get that)

I’ve been waiting for the 80s!!

-Both M’s Madonna and Micheal Jackson, Billie Jean is one of those songs that gets stuck in my head and never gets out, but most of all, MJ has all the talents, the dances moves, the looks and his voice is seriously out of the world, a game changer forever, we lost him too soon

-Speaking of Madonna though, she is still alive and well at 64 y/o, Material Girl is definitely one of those songs that never gets old

-Changed the game absolutely for the rest of the world

-Hit songs take on me, everybody wants to rule the world and we are one, beautiful songs that now wrap up all of the 80s memories

-If you weren’t walking around with a Walkman.. What were you doing??

-Having more personal music and mixtapes became a thing while not always blasting your tunes on a boombox across the streets

-Take on me music video is still one of the most creative and innovative things of this time, and also one of the most viewed videos on YouTube with over 1B views

-Since Christmas time is here, it's a shame not to mention one of many hit songs from Wham! Last Christmas, personally one of my top 5 Christmas songs, a bit sad but who doesn’t love a catchy Christmas song? Wham! Is definitely one of the bands that is still heard today a lot and I hope that continues./

Segment 2: fashion

https://www.80sfashion.org/

Neon, neon neon neon

-Sweat bands and colorful patterns became the 80s trademark, what a nostalgic thing it is now

-Street fashion all the way, overalls and graphic tees now, punk fashion

-And obviously, jazzercise clothes, colorful leg warmers and lots of denim

get to -listen to that very soon!

died, I'm wondering when this will end.

Segment 3: Art

https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-memphis-design/

listened to my past episodes, well im switching it up, because we're talking about..

-Memphis design!

-not necessarily portrait art but design and architecture, an Italian design group made these post-modern furniture and yes post- modern but it looked very futuristic and bright, as if you were living in a cartoon

- cartoonish but very popular artist still now, Keith Haring, another legend we lost too young, but his art will live with us forever

very fond about it,

-it just made people happy!

-He used chalk, spray paint and practically whatever he could use to make art

-As well as artist he was also a social activist and a remarkable man of the 80s

-His art has reached many today and tons of museums still display his work in exhibitions and more!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBznn2Dccz8

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The 1970s

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500

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Show Name: Processing the past

Episode Title: The 1970s

Episode #6

Segment 1: Music

-1970s, mostly known or hear of as the hippie/hipster era

-Fleetwood Mac, BeeGees, ABBA, and hit song Y.M.C.A by Village People

-Creative for their band name using the letters of their first names put together, Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and -Anni-Frid formed together is “ABBA”

-Dancing queen/Mamma Mia

-BeeGees songs are heard today in films like despicable me and are used in media

-Cocteau twins debut 1979- (personal favorite band)

Segment 2: Fashion https://www.centralcasting.com/what-know-about-1970s-fashion/#:~:text=Popular%20styles%20included%20bell%20bottom,stones%2C%20feathers%2C%20and%20beads.

-Colors.

-a continuation of the hippie era moving into the 70s

-Bright yellows, TIE DYE, Satin shirts, flannel

-Bright colored time, Platform boots and flip flops to style the streets

-Bell bottom Jeans

-Lots of overalls and denim jeans as well as bellbottoms

-A time where everyone was trying to be optimistic which in the end impacts clothing choices as well

-Mustard Yellow, Avocado Greens etc.

Segment 3: Art http://www.debold.com/webdesign/webdesign4history/2010/olivares/art.html

- Neo-Expressionism was a type of art that expressed personality but also simplicity in forms

-Graffiti started to take place in cities and in areas in the world, not very common and not everybody liked it a lot, Graffiti now almost everyone in the world and even becoming a stereotype in certain circumstances

-Robert Sminthinson was a huge part of expressionism using Earth and Nature in his pieces.

-Yayoi Kusama having creative rooms for her art

Music Credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMX_6i5j9nY&t=28s

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The 1960s

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0500

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Music: *Grateful Dead, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones etc. Debut in the 60s becoming dime of the most worldwide famous names/bands to ever exist

Explaining Grateful Dead song “Ripple”: The more relaxing song Ripple has many verses to it that can be interpreted to your listening, what I interpret from it personally, is how everyone has their path in life and having the joy of others around you can help but don’t always rely on those when the true person you are is yourself, not anyone else.

The band itself seems to promote peace and love through their music and shows that as a message to the audience or to listeners

Song “Breath in the air” by Pink Floyd: is one another interesting song, maybe more easy to decipher with the lyrics saying “Long you live and high you fly, Smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry, And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be” In the end, it’s symbolizing pure life and how we should appreciate it.

woodstock 60’s festival

A peace filled weekend and music turns out to be a remarkable event of the 60s, even if it was more or less a disaster, but through huge crowds, bad weather and poor conditions, there was no violence or outbursts, just peace and enjoyment

Fashion: https://www.centralcasting.com/how-create-authentic-60s-look/

Appreciating clothing is just as important. Bell Bottoms, Tie Dye, corduroy pants, flower patches and fun designs. It kind of sounds like today's fashion trends, from “flared jeans” to patches on pants, this didn’t just appear out of the blue, practically everything is just an old trend being rekindled.

More or less, this is around where the “hippies” era started, but it’s really in its golden days in the 70s, if you’re curious about that just hold on and that’ll be coming your way soon.

Art: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/pop-art

Too cool not to talk about.. Pop art! I'm sure you’ve heard of Andy Warhol, famous for his stand out colorful works of art, especially the Marilyn Monroe piece.

Pop art was very untraditional.. to traditional art. Yes, abstract was a thing., but pop art is on a different level, very unique but too much to process for some. Pop art is eye candy. Very mesmerizing and fun to look at. It was taking other works of art and combining it into your own, sort of like collaging, the start to what continues today.

Music Credits: 1950's Instrumental Royalty Free Rock Music (30 Minutes) (Royalty Free Music)

1950s

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0500

You are listening to Processing the Past, the podcast with your host Isabella.

In this episode of Processing the Past we will discuss: 1950s, and what happened.

Segment 1: Music https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50smusic.html

-Jazz starts to decline in popularity

-Rock n Roll is the new “ thing” and is seen almost everywhere

-It dominated the 1950s/ Rock n roll did originate from Jazz and many African American artists

-Rock n Roll did resemble teenage rebellion and was really popular for that age range

movies

-Elvis kind of popped out of nowhere but was an instant hit, especially for the ladies

, a black woman blues singer

-Buddy Holly & Jerry Lee Lewis famous Rock musicians

-Buddy Holly's name also featured in more recent band "Weezer" as a semi-ironic song using his name as the title as well as in the song

Segment 2: Fashion

https://www.fashionbeans.com/article/1950s-fashion-guide-men/

-A big celebratory end of World War II!!

due to this as well and was an adjustment from such a difficult time

-All types of jackets were pretty popular during this time as many artists like Elvis wore this style on stage

-The brand Dior did have many pieces that were very popular during this era, that highlighted elegance and extravagance

-There were dresses for daywear and nightwear which wasnt always a thing

-I like dior perfumes their bottles are epic and smell pretty good

-And now in certain times and places slacks were acceptable for women to wear, not like before when some were literally jailed for wearing slacks which I will never get. come a long way, and still have more to go but society has improved since the 50s.

Segment 3: Art

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1950-1959/

-Each decade of art never failed to impress me

-There is one painting that pretty meaningful called “our land”

-Charles White the painter displays a black woman implied to be a slave holding a pitchfork,

slavery

-Mind you, this was in the 50s, and as a black artist it could have been really difficult to display this without tons of hate and mixed feelings as well as controversy.

talking about this sort of topic is called “ sharecropper” by Elizabeth Catlett is a black and white stoic-type peice that is very serious but symbolizes slavery and I really admire the artists for doing more meaningful art to share with others.

Music Credits:

Processing the Past 1940’s

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0500

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Processing the Past 1940’s

*introduction/recap* Hey guys, it's your host Isabella BACK with another episode for you. Again a quick recap we talked about the 1930s last episode where we talked about artist Georgia O'keefe More about Jazz and Swing along with fashion trends during that time.

Segment 1: Music

(still in spooky season) Getting right into it. During this time a tune still popular today, a Christmas song that goes way back, by Bing Crosby, featured in a classic christmas movie Home Alone, you might have guessed it but, White Christmas was released in 1942
Bing was in his 50s when he sang this song but he has a very smooth calming voice I could fall asleep to, his song already gets me stoked for the Holiday season coming up soon,
This one song sparked many other musicians and singers to do covers of it and even Micheal Buble' sang a cover of this song which gained a lot of popularity as well
Bing did sing other songs but seemed to mainly gain popularity from his Holiday tunes. Even famous artist David Bowie sang Little Drum Together but this was later in his career.
Jazz and Swing are still huge but youll see that in the upcoming decades that it will slowly become less popular as other genres arise

Segment 2: Fashion https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/fashion/1940s-fashion-the-decade-captured-in-40-incredible-pictures-108160

The 1940s was pretty darn stylish, just like the past decades but as time passes trends come and go and evolve into new fashion styles

Unfortunately, WW2 started in 1939 moving right on into the 40s
But because of the war some clothing did have a more sophisticated look feeling more serious or even military like it could have been considered
Kind of like the 20s clothing were more casual and comfortable, but maybe a little more casual than the 20s.
Shirtwaist Dresses were extremely popular and were buttoned up like a shirt but with a waist length skirt.
I did say Processing the past would be different than history class but maybe you learned about the Triangle Shirtwaist factory and the fire that occured, where yes, they made shirtwaist dresses.

Segment 3: Art https://www.theartstory.org/definition/american-art/

If youve been listening to my podcast the words Cubism and Surrealism have showed up more than once.. It's only going to get mentioned even more from here considering that those genres of art are still popular and used just as much as the 20s and 30s.
But Abstract Expressionism was an art movement that was established in the beginnings of 1940s by Jackson Pollock, another artist whose work Ive also attempted to replicate or have been inspired off of in the past.
Even though it looks like a toddler couldve made those art pieces just by splattering a bunch of different color paints on a Canvas it's more about showing off and expressing emotions and channeling them or displaying them for others to see and interpret, some can even feel the emotions through anothers painting.
I did not mention it last episode during the 1930s talk but "American Gothic" The painting of the farmers one holding the pitchfork, the artist being Grant Wood who also continued to make art during this era of Abstract Expressionism

Music Credits: List the artist and song name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yucVoi1Z2tQ

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Processing the Past 1930's

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0500

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Show Name: Processing the past

Episode Title: 1930s

Segment 1: Music https://www.retrowaste.com/1930s/music-in-the-1930s/

Jazz was already popular but now swing was introduced
became nationally popular mid 30s
even a very popular movie, a classic I must say was released in the 30s. "Over the rainbow" By Judy Garland who plays Dorothy and in the Wizard of Oz is the signature song of the movie and still heard today, this was definitely the song of the century as others claim the same thing.

Segment 2: Fashion

We spoke about fancy yet simple dresses that were easy to dance and walk in during the 20s.
The 30s may not be so different but there is always improvement and new styles.
Celebrities did influence the clothing of this time
including Shirley Temple, Jean Harlow and Clark Gable who were famous for being on screen.
Last decade dresses and women clothing were more boyish and cut short but now revolving back to the more feminine look with longer dresses and silky evening dresses had come to steal the show

Segment 3: Art

Mr. Picasso was still quite popular in the 30s as well but actually released one of my favorite paintings of his called "Cruxifixion" which is a bright colored abstract painting which would be really cool to hang up in your room.
Georgia O'Keefe was starting to get the spotlight for her famous skull pieces that were inspired by actual skulls she had seen and observed in the desert and in nature. Her flower paintings were phenomenal as well.
They have such an interesting color palette and I have also recreated some of her work in the past so I have looked up to her since I was younger.

Thank you so much for those of you listening and if you've found my talk about the decades interesting, stay tuned for the next episode! You're listening to Isabella on Processing the past. Thanks bye.

Music Credits: List the artist and song name

https://www.retrowaste.com/1930s/music-in-the-1930s/

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Processing the Past 1920's

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0500

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Show Name: Processing the Past

Episode Title: 1920s

Hey everyone! You are listening to processing the past! the podcast with your host Izzy.

The Great Gatsby '',

Segment 1: Music.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/1920s-radio-music-america

Firstly music in the 20s, around this time, along with music obviously, radios actually started becoming popular, and Radios did much more than just produce sound, along with entertainment it actually helped to gather the nation and became a passing time for many families in the U.S.
, the roaring twenties was a time of jazz and the era mainly of the blues, as well as dance bands. T
he artist of this era, a very popular name that's been passed down through generations is.. "Louis Armstrong!"
His classic song and personally my favorite, What a wonderful world is a wonderful tune which has been shown in various movies and shows as well.
He is definitely an unforgettable musician and will always be "The king of Jazz". Although maybe not as popular as Mr. Armstrong,
the Charleston Chasers were a pretty popular band that had amazing rhythm and were very catchy as Jazz music was in its prime.

https://www.1920s-fashion-and-music.com/1920s-musicians.html

Segment 2: Fashion.

Flapper dresses, elegant clothing to style but also to work and live with.
20s fashion, a very classic style, with women wearing the famous cloche hats that covered the entirety of the forehead were very popular at this time.
They were innovating fashion mainly for women and as I said, comfort and functionality was a big deal.
The Victorian era was over, it was time for something new.
Nightclubs and going out called for fun and flashy clothing like simple dresses with fun patterns it

Segment 3: Art

Music is a form of art, but now we're talking about the visual kind.
Surrealism, Cubism and Dadism were big in the 20s,

His name is still mentioned for all the art he has put out into the world.
One of his abstract pieces. One other famous artist may not be a worldwide name like Picasso but Renee Margritte was outstanding for his Surrealist art paintings and pieces. There's so much to look at and feel very satisfying and even unsettling.
he painted "The son of a Man '' or maybe you recognize it by the standing man with a Green Apple covering his face. Far more unsettling than Margritte,

So, Jazz and abstract art honestly goes pretty far back. I hope you had a fun time Processing the past with me. and Sit tight for the next episode coming soon where we're jumping on up to the 1930s. Bye!

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Processing the Past Episode 0

Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 06:30:00 -0500

Welcome to processing the past, where we will be talking about history but not the typical classroom kind, you'll be expecting me to talk about, pop culture, music, art and fashion but I'll be going all the way back in time 100 years ago to talk about the 1920s then the 30s and so on. We'll be following the next decades leading us up until now the 21st century. It will be made more visible how all the fads and now obsolete materials and items have come back into play as the years go on and it will be intriguing to notice how music, fashion and art have all been impacted now and how we are influenced by it because of the past and how recurring styles and fads come back again. Trends they come and they go, but are always going to be part of our history.