Then, I got a little bit older and read some Henry David Thoreau. I felt like I had finally found a voice that was saying all that I had been thinking about this evil, corrupted world dominated by the power-hungry forces of exploitative capitalists. Now, while many people look back at their younger years and lament about how lame and embarrassing their tastes were, I actually am quite proud of myself for gravitating towards this band, particularly given the fact that their message stood in direct opposition to pretty much everything that my school, my family, and my peers (at the time) were telling me. That was when I discovered the band Rage Against The Machine. However, it was not until around middle school, when the angst started to hit me, that I began to develop a in tunes. Shortly thereafter were the scores to each of the Star Wars prequels, which made the rounds on my CD Player for much of my elementary school days (“Duel Of Fates” was my personal favorite). First there was, of course, the theme song to Barney & Friends, which I would belt out incessantly (so obsessed was I with that godforsaken purple and green dinosaur, in fact, that my mother had him show up to my first birthday party.or at least she told me it was him she wouldn’t lie to me.right? MOM!). Growing up, I went through a number musical phases. A Critic's Meta Review: 4/5 On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).
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