Group 1:

A cracked mirror hung on the wall just over the table.
The mirror was long and horizontal sloping to a ship's prow at each end.
Lined in cherry wood the mirror took the whole wall drawing every object in the kitchen to itself.

The walls were a fiercely stippled white wash, which were often re-whitened by my father in slack seasons.
He did this so often that the paint looked as if it had been squeezed and cracked into the walls.

A large electric bulb hung down at the end of a chain that had been hooked into the ceiling.
The old gas ring and key still jutted out of the wall like antlers.

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car April, 1988

Kina Grannis And Boyce Avenue 

 Fast car is a song about the hardships in Tracy Chapman's life growing up seeing an alcoholic father left by her mother forcing her to take care of him. As she grows older a similar situation arises when she works as a checkout clerk while her drunk boyfriend goes out with friends. The first version done by Tracy Chapman features her live with a band of drums and guitar behind her. This version is more meaningful and dramatic with a slow pace mellow sound. Tracy sings alone and plays guitar while her band backs her up. I feel this version is much more powerful coming from Tracy but I think the cover by Kina Grannis and Boyce Avenue is extremely good and almost has me listening to that version more. The cover features these two young musicians along with a back up morocco shaker. Different from the original, these two take turns singing versus and it sounds very good seeing as their voices go very well together. The Cover also seems to make the song sound more like a conversation or relationship between two people. This is unrealistic keeping in mind that Tracy is the one original narrator and her story is about herself but the Duet most definitely gives the song a new interesting feel which I think will stir up more conversation about a song that is reoccurring on most hit songs list since 88.  

 So for my interview I decided to call up my brother-in-law because I was curious to hear his perspective on the 15 months him and my sister spent in Honduras. I was surprised about how easy it was to lead the him in the direction of conversation that I wanted to hear about. The Interview went really well and I got a lot of good material and ancedotes about their time there. I learned a good amount about the process of transcribing an interview and the difficulties in accurately quoting the interviewee. I enjoyed being able to rearrange excerpts from the interview in order to better tell their story. Learning how to phrase your questions in order to get a response similar to what you want is key to having a successful interview.