Winehouse.. .name a coincidence?

Amy Winehouse has been busy covering tabloids in both London and the United States as well as making her first album Back in Black. Winehouse has a unique sound filled with maturity and mixed with chords of jazz instruments. Her sultry voice has become popular all over the world. Her cd was released in England 5 years ago but it was only released to fans in the United States this past fall. I recently began listening to Amy Winehouse more after her numerous wins at the Grammys last week.
The lyrics of Amy Winehouse's cd Back in Black discuss relationships, addictions, and emotion through her catchy yet sophisticated tracks. She uses her humilty to entertain readers with her most popular track "Rehab." Ironically Amy has been in rehab for the past month now, although her lyrics assured fans that she "said no, no, no."
The two reviews that I read of Amy Winehouse's new cd were similar in some aspects and very different in others. I read a review from People Magazine, because this magazine is usually filled with celebrity gossip and advertisements it tends to skimp on the book, cd, and television show reviews. Usually the review are very brief, only a few paragraphs long to keep the reader entertained and refrain from a tedious overanalyzation. The People Magazine review praised Amy for being so young, yet sounding so old at only 23 years of age. They recognized her unique jazz sound that is not so common this days and very admirable for such a young star. The review was geared towards everyone and anyone who was reading the magazine because it was short and to the point, even if you weren't interested you found that it was over before you even knew it had started.
The other review I read on Amy Winehouse was from the internet, a source from a musicOMH.com website which I have visited before. This review was more lengthy than the other but basically supplied the same information. This review discussed Winehouse's personal life in more detail, provided more background information into her PR stunts and recent publicity. I feel that this took away from her music review. As a reader I became sidetracked and lost. This review seemed to be geared more to an audience of gossip followers, not so much music fanatics. Yet, it did compare her other well known jazz artists which can allow a reader to relate to the music in a new way.
If I were to post my own review about Amy Winehouse's cd it would go something like this.
In Winehouse's new cd Back in Black an album just recently released to fans in the US this past fall Amy mixes sound of classic jazz instruments with her sultry voice to create pieces of music pleasing the ear of a variety of fans. Winehouse is known for her popular track "Rehab" which has blared through the speakers of many car steroes this past year because of its addicting melody and catchy lyrics. But, if you listen closely many of Winehouse's lyrics have deeper messages and can be interrupted a variety of ways by listeners. I would recommend the track Love is a Losing Game. Her mature voice and edgy style can be appreciated by a variety of music fans.

News is trash...

The dialog between Inid and her friend Rebecca in the beginning of the story is representative of an unusual definition of trash. This type of trash can be defined similarly to the type of trash I discussed in my essay, trash expressed by words. The discussion Inid and Rebecca are having demonstrates the feelings they have towards gossip and the materialistic world in which many teenage girls become immersed.
The middle of the story steers off course and I'm really not sure who this John Ellis is or his significance in the story aside from being a "weirdo" as the two girls identify him as. The story had no moral or message and all of the important points were mentioned at the end when the two girls were in their apartment watching the nighttime news.
The news stories being announced portray the corrupt world in which people today are addicted to. Stories of teenage girls writing love letters to mass murderers, double suicides as a remake of the story of Romeo and Juliet, and a wife killing herself next to her dying husband blare through the television screen. These stories are all examples of trash and are all examples of gossip because most news stories today do not have enough evidence to backup of the headlines they initially post. These headlines can sometimes falsely identify news stories to interest the viewer and I believe that it is a prime example of trash.