My flash is based on a drink many friends and i stumbled upon one day in the cafeteria.  we were bored and somebody thought it would be funny to pour salt into a cup of coke.  from their, everyone began adding sauces from soy sauce to tabasco sauce (lots of tabasco sauce).  Eventually we needed someone to drink it so i stepped up and took the whole glass.  next jorge drank a glass (but theirs no film on that).  i wanted future SMASH generations to learn about this mysteriously gross drink so they too can alleviate the taste of dorm food with “the drink”.

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Our podcast was based on music piracy and they two basic views on it; for vs against downloading music of the web. We each focused on one side reporting our take on the matter with interviews supporting our side. We have a variety of music and songs to keep a contrast between ideas or sides.

enjoy…

Music Piracy or Music Freedom???

Topic: A debate/interview about the pros. and cons. of downloading music from the internet

Background Music: Mix of contrasting genres (ex. rock and symphonic, rap and pop) almost like a changing radio

Intro: Debate format, interviews support each side

Cons: Virgil starts out stating why its supposedly wrong, legalities of downloading

interviews

Pros: Mauricio continues with why downloading music is right and an overall pro.

interviews

-Mauricio and Virgil

(p.s. virgils internet is down indefinitly so only one post)

Hi reader, my name is Mauricio Rafael Vazquez and I am a second year in the SMASH Academy and attend Mills High School. The montage you see above is quite…interesting with a plethora of pictures, some much more odd than others. In the center of the screen, with a variety of texts you notice my first name: Mauricio.

Something very prominent in my life at school is music, more specifically jazz. I play the intricate brass instrument, the trombone. It may not be the most known of instruments such as the guitar or saxophone, however it is one of the most pleasing and entertaining to play. You notice the Bass Trombone (a different trombone I’m learning to play) under my name with a couple of notes being played. More subtly however, you can see in the background the bell of a trombone sitting comfortably on sheet music. Along with making music, I enjoy listening to it like any other teenager. My preference in music is all types of rock: heavy metal, alternative, classic, etc. My favorite band (the one on the top right hand of my montage) is The Doors, a popular rock group from the late 60’s.

The bottom half of my montage contains a Mexican flag, a crab, wrestlers, the trombone a previously mentioned, and a toilet. The flag represents my heritage as a Mexican. The crab is “cancer the crab”, which as you can guess is my horoscope having been born June 30^th. The wrestlers is wrestling itself a sport I enjoy during the school year to keep me in shape. I also enjoy the simple sadistic fact of throwing other wrestlers around the mat watching them land hard. I also include them very unusual photo of a toilet. The toilet is a very important figure in my skills in public speaking. My first year of SMASH I took the Public Speaking course and I gave several speeches about past memories, important figures, one sided arguments etc. However the speech others seem to remember me for, the one I feel is my best work, is my final speech I gave on the toilet. I gave a very positive, eye-opening approach to my speech and presented it with my chin in the air. That simple speech on such a bizarre topic received much expected laughter and appreciated applause.

I include a small picture of Texas the Golden Gate Bridge extending outward. I lived in Texas for approximately six years, but around four years ago I moved here to the bay area. Texas is a symbol for where I WAS, while the Golden Gate represents where I am. Its photograph is larger, because I not only live here but I was born here, no Texas. I have a very small flag of Spain in the upper left hand, which corresponds to my ancestral heritage that come from Spain. Most of my great-great grandparents are from somewhere in Spain and moved to Mexico years ago where closer relatives where born. Finally there is a large cross huddled in the left side of my background. Religion is very important in my family, making up my most of my values (background) and therefore I am a devoted Catholic.

Hope you enjoyed learning a little more about Mauricio Rafael Vazquez.

Throughout the course of our exciting and, overall, fulfilling lives, we are exposed to media and its entrancing affects. We tend to follow our day unknowingly being affected by media whether it is applying to Comcast after watching one of those exhilarating Comcast turtle commercials to “do stuff faster” or learning your numbers and letters with Barney the Purple Dinosaur or Blues Clues. Media is a part of our lives and if we learn to recognize it we will be less likely to be affected into clicking on the ads on Myspace or Facebook.

As a young boy growing up in Fort Worth, Texas I enjoyed my fill of media like any other two year old. My ideal day was simply watching my favorite television program, Barney and singing along to “Clean up! Clean up! Every body….!” (I do not remember the exact words) with a bowl of Fruit Loops. With that jolly dinosaur I quickly learned the English language as my first language was Spanish. As I grew up I changed my Media enjoyment to other more “mature” cartoons like Cat-dog, Dexter’s Laboratory and Courage the Cowardly Dog with a more “animated violence” approach to life. Along with visual/audio media I was exposed to a more hands-on or “interactive” media; videogames. I started with the Super Nintendo playing Mario Carts and Super Mario to the Super Nintendo with Super Smash Bros. to the more current PS2 and PSP.

Nowadays I am exposed to even more types of media giving me a plethora of entertainment, news, referenced, advertisement and education. On the weekends, my brothers, friends, and I get together and film short movies that vary from comedy to mystery and even to an attempt at horror (they’re never scary more than funny).

I, like several other teenagers, listen to music (preferably rock) to entertain myself throughout the day. Our genre of music grows every day from The Doors (my favorite band from about 35 years ago) to Bob Marley to Snoop Dog and Eminem. The ideas of how to act and dress change our Music preference or T.V. show changes.

Media is a HUGE part in our daily lives as we are exposed to it continuously and many times without our knowledge. Media exists in television, newspapers, magazines, websites, and billboards. It really is everywhere.