Isaiah's Finds of the Week

Goals? My life goal is to be financially stable - and live a modest life. One that allows me to tend to my other half, and one that lets me keep doing what I love the most - music. I’d love to support my wife and have a nice home, and have enough money to do fun stuff. I’d also like enough money to continue buying rare records. All in all - I don’t want riches; I want life’s simple pleasures. I’d also love to get my record label Xicano Record Co. up and running.

S.M.A.R.T Goal S: I want to maintain steady grades throughout the year M: I’ll know when i’ve accomplished my goals when I receive A’s & B’s on my report card. A: This goal can be accomplished by me doing homework, putting honest effort in class, and scoring well on tests. R: Yes, it will look good on my transcript and open up doors of opportunity. T: This goal will be accomplished at the end of each semester

Poor Rock ‘N Roll It was the night of May 3, 1958 at the Boston Arena. A concert like any average Rock ‘N Roll concert hosted by DJ Alan Freed full of teens. This concert however took a turn for the worst, it broke out into a riot. This whole event led to the inspiration of “Poor Rock ‘N Roll”, a song released on the small “KLIK” label from New Haven, Connecticut; performed by the talented vocal group: The Nobles. The entire song explains the events of the night, and upon it’s release, it upset Alan Freed VERY much. Parents and even some senators had hated Alan Freed, this incident was such a big deal that they went after him. Alan was charged with inciting a riot, and quit his job as a DJ. Not only did he get into trouble with the riot, he got caught up in the “Payola Scandal” and was arrested and imprisoned. Payola is the illegal practice of payment by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on music radio, where the song is presented as being part of the norma...

On The Path Young Goodman Brown is a story that revolves around evil. Young Goodman Brown is faced with many challenges, and has an odd experience where he sees every good person he knows doing evil by worshipping Satan. This raises the question, is Goodman Brown a static or dynamic character? Based upon the order of the stories events and how Goodman Brown reacts, it is evident that he in fact is a dynamic character. There are a few key points in the story to prove it. In the beginning of the story, Young Goodman Brown views everyone as pure who can do no wrong. One person who he absolutely trusts is his wife, Faith. A quote from the story to prove this is:  "My love and my Faith," replied young Goodman Brown, "of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee. My journey, as thou callest it, forth and back again, must needs be done 'twixt now and sunrise. What, my sweet, pretty wife, dost thou doubt me already, and we but three mont...

How Blogging Has Benefited Me (Taken May 28, 2017 @ Santa Maria Inn)       A record collector, a DJ, someone who still wears Pendleton button down shirts and suspenders. That is who I am, that is who Isaiah Estrada is. Those of you who know me know that records are my passion, and some of you probably think... why even bother with that junk when you can go on iTunes and download the song?! For me, it does not work that way. In fact, most of the music I play cannot be identified by "Shazam" or Siri, and most definitely cannot be found on iTunes, you're more than likely to hear a very low quality sound file on YouTube. My own mom, always has told me, "Why do you waste your money on those dang records?! Save it!" To me, it's always like, I work hard for what I earn, and I'm happy to spend it on something I love. When I started blogging, I showed her and she seemed very impressed. For the first time, I felt that my mom was really impressed wit...

Vocabulary        Coherent: To be  able to speak clearly and logically.        Belabor: To  attack or assault someone physically or verbally.        Eschew: To avoid or abstain from something .        Acquisitive: E xcessively interested in acquiring money or material things.      Emulate: To  match or surpass a person or achievement by imitation.      Banal: S o lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.        Excoriation: To harshly criticize.        Congeal: To take shape and come together to form a whole.       Carping: Difficult to please.        Substantiate: To  provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.         Temporize: To  avoid making a decision or com...

Young Goodman Brown  What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story?             I believe that Hawthorne's purpose for writing this story is to give em a good old fashioned plot twist. More into that detail, almost everybody hides a dark secret in this story and sadly in real life         2.  Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith.  After reading the story, do you agree?  Does Faith's name fit her personality?  Does Brown have true faith in her?                    I agree, because his wife really holds fast to her morals and beliefs. I think her name is Faith, because brown has so much of it in his wife and as I said before, she obviously has a lot of it. I see Brown having true faith in his wife, because through all the stuff he goes through - she's on his mind.    ...