PSanders. Album: Underrated (EP)

After you listen to PSanders' album you get to realize what you can make when you rap/sing all in one song. Some of his songs are happy about maybe him and his life, then you always got those depressing songs. PSanders is a lyrical genius if you actually look at his lyrics. There is a lot of good rappers and singers out there that just aren't very well known.

In his album 'Underrated (EP)' he has a few songs but they are all very good and I personly think he did a very good job on it. Though he is not famous he is still very good. He is not very well known so most people probably have never heard of him. But if you want to hear some very good songs I recommend you look him up and give him a chance. He does have CD's but mostly he has Mix tapes. Which means you can still download them he just can't sell them. If I had to relate him to anyone, it would probably be Justin Bieber. Because he has his songs where he raps then he has his songs where he can sing too.

I think personally he did a great job on the album but every albums have there flaws. I have listened to a lot of his songs and I have been very impressed. I have only disliked a couple of his songs and I have heard alot of songs by him.

If I had to be with the album or against it I would definitely be with it. He is a great song artist so how could I possibly be against him? He has great songs for not even being famous and only being 17. He started off rapping young and over time he has gotten better. I think everyone deserves a chance so why not go listen to his music?

Four Symbols, The Fourth Album, Untitled, Runes, The Hermit, ZoSo; Under Any Name, LED ZEPPELIN IV Deserves 5 Stars

Ranking first in "100 Greatest Rock Albums Ever" by Classic Rock magazine in 2001 and also winning the top spot in Classic Rock's "100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever" in 2006, there is no question that Led Zeppelin’s fourth studio album is a classic. Phonetically unnamed, the album is titled in symbols, shown to the above left, which represent the four members of the band, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and Robert Plant, respectively.

The album begins with "Black Dog". The song has a very complex melody layered over a rather simple 4/4 drum beat. The main riff, written by Jones, is very catchy and quite fun to play on the guitar.

The third track on Led Zep IV is "The Battle of Evermore". Says Page, "Battle of Evermore" was made up on the spot by Robert [Plant] and myself. I just picked up John Paul Jones's mandolin, never having played a mandolin before, and just wrote up the chords and the whole thing in one sitting." Sung by Plant and soprano Sandy Denny in a ‘question-and-answer’ style, the song makes references to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. It is a very mystical, pleasant, somewhat haunting song.

Undeniably the most popular song by the band, "Stairway to Heaven" is the fourth song on the album. It is hands-down their most recognizable song the band ever recorded. Iconic, the song influenced many a songwriter, still to this day.

The last song on the album is "When The Levee Breaks." A heavier song than the rest on the album, "When The Levee Breaks" was originally written by Memphis Minnie in 1927. The song has a heavy, 'sludgy' feel due to Page's use of backward echo and flanging. A video of this song can be viewed by clicking on the attachment to the left.

In all, Led Zeppelin's fourth album is a classic definitely worth listening to, even forty-two years down the road.

John Collier did a great job with "The Chaser".

John Collier, the writer of “The Chaser”, did a great job with the short story. The story really grabs the reader’s attention in the first paragraphs. The story itself doesn’t have too much excitement, but it leaves the reader wondering what will happen later on in the characters life, which I really like.

Another part that Collier did a good job with was the characters. Alan Austen, the main character, is very believable. When he is first looking for the house Collier gives readers the impression that he is nervous, and after he enters he shows true interest in the mans products. The old man is also very realistic. He is a good salesman and at the end when he says, “Au revoir”, meaning see you again, it shows that they will be doing business again.

The story also shows some irony which is very important. Austen purchases the potion to make his girlfriend love him more and in the end readers can tell he will be coming back to the old man to reverse the potion. It was a very unexpected for the old man to pull a stunt like that, but it is very smart because he will make a lot of money from it.

The story “The Chaser” is a great short story. It has great characters, irony, and really leaves the readers wondering what will happen later on in Alan Austen’s life. I will definitely be reading more of John Collier’s stories in the future.

"The Chaser" short story Review

“The Chaser” wrote by John Collier was well written. It’s a story about a man named Alan Austen who went to an older gentleman to find a love potion. The older gentlemen begin the visit by talking about a potion he calls the “glove cleaner.” He tells Alan that it is not visible in an autopsy. Alan then begins to learn about the love potion. It is permanent the lady will never divorce him and she will forgive him. I liked the story because it had good setting, characters, and a little bit of foreshadowing after the story.

I liked the characters in the story. One was very informative while the other didn’t even consider the information he was given. The older gentlemen tried to warn Alan. But Alan just wanted the gentlemen to give him the potion to make the girl fall in love with him. I liked the fact that no matter what the older gentlemen told Alan he could only see the positive affects that the potion will have and none of the negative ones.

I also liked the setting of the story. In the beginning Alan started off nervous as he walked into the room with a rocking chair, an old kitchen table and shelve full of bottles and jars. I think the more the older gentlemen talked the more Alan’s nerves calmed and began to become happy. I especially liked how the story foreshadowed a couple of years into the future by talking about the poison or “glove cleaner.”

Over all I believed that the short story was well written. It had an interesting plot line that kept your attention. The characters were well developed. The setting was perfect for the story line. The foreshadowing at the end made it interesting.  

The short story "The Chaser" is worth reading

“The Chaser” is written by the author John Collier. The plot is not very exciting until you read the end and figure out what it all means. Alan and the old man are two opposite characters showing ignorance and intelligence. There is some irony in the story, but most of the irony is set to happen after the story.

Although the plot doesn’t have much action in it, the story really makes you think about what you are reading. At first I didn’t understand the plot, but after reading it again I knew what it meant. The man who wants the love potion that is only one dollar will eventually come back to get the five thousand dollar potion to kill his lover. The plot is very well written so you don’t understand what it means until you read to the end.

The main character Alan is not a very intelligent. Alan is a very gullible person. He is attempting to give a woman a potion to make her fall in love with him, even after he had been warned about how in love she would be. The old man with all the potions is the opposite of Alan. He is a very smart con man.

The story is about Alan who is going to the old man for a love potion. The old man has many potions that do all sorts of things. At first the old man explains the deadly potion to Alan, which is not what he wants. The old man continues tells him about the love potion and how strong it is. The irony in the story is that the old man knows Alan will come back looking for the much more expensive potion, the one that will kill. The irony is that Alan comes for a love potion but will end up buying a deadly potion later on. It is known that the old man knows because in the last sentence he says, “Au revoir,” which means, until I see you again.

The short story “The Chaser” is a story about an ignorant man and a con artist. The plot isn’t very exciting but it has a lot of meaning at the end. Although the characters were very different from each other, it worked in the story. Irony plays a big role in the short story. I think the title “The Chaser” is a hint of what happens later. Alan will come back for the deadly potion as a chaser to his love potion. 

John Collier's "The Chaser" may make you think twice about chasing your love to a potion store!

John Collier’s short story, “The Chaser”, is mysterious and kind of creepy. It is exciting in its own way, and I enjoyed it a lot. The characters include Alan Austen and an old man. They speak of a woman named Diana, who we never meet. At first we get the sense that Alan Austen is somewhere he shouldn’t be, but as the story unfolds we learn how magical of a salesman the old man is.

They speak of a poison. A poison that cannot be detected in an autopsy, is colorless, and flavorless. The questions we get right away are, why is Alan visiting a man who has poisons? And why is this old man telling a stranger about his illegal potions?

We are introduced into a room with “dirty buff colored walls” and “a couple of shelves containing in all perhaps a dozen bottles and jars”.Alan Austen asks for a love potion. The old man tells him "She will want to know all you do, All that has happened to you during the day. Every word of it. She will want to know what you  are thinking about, why you smile suddenly, why you are looking sad." once you get a sense of what is going on here, and why this peciliar old man is acting this way, it will hit you. The whole reason why John Collier wrote this short story. 

It is beautiful, the charactors are well rounded, the theme is something out of a romance, and it is very ironic. I enjoyed this story very much. 

John Collier's "The Chaser"

"Alan Austen, as nervous as a kitten, went up certain dark and creaky stairs in the neighborhood of Pell Street, and peered about for a long time on the dime landing before he found the name he wanted written obscurely on one of the doors.”  The opening paragraph of the short story "The Chaser" by John Collier sets the tone of the tale; somewhat foreboding and mysterious. Austen, a young man, is lusting after a woman named Diana. His love, though, is unrequited; so, he goes to visit an unnamed old man who sells potions of all varieties.

The man first shows him a very expensive "glove cleaner", or poison. Austen is immediately horrified, wanting "nothing of that sort." He wants a love potion, and gets one for extremely cheap--just a dollar. ""I can't tell you how grateful I am,” said Alan, watching him fill it. “I like to oblige,” said the old man. "Then customers come back, later in life, when they are better off, and want more expensive things. Here you are. You will find it very effective.””  This foreshadowing indicates what is to happen; Diana will become so infatuated with Alan that he will become maddened by her love, pushing him to buy the “life-cleaner” to put an end to the woman he so desperately yearned for initially.

In all, “The Chaser” is a good read. Though rather short, the story is full of irony, making it all the better. Austen goes to the old man’s dwelling, expecting to get a love potion to solve all of his love problems and have the one he desires return his feelings. Though Alan does indeed walk away with what he wanted (and for a good deal, too), he ends up leaving with more than he bargained for, or so one would assume. Who knows? Any adequate skeptic could argue that maybe Austen loved Diana enough not to end up killing herout of exasperation. But the implied outcome does seem pretty likely; "Thank you again," said Alan. "Good-bye." "Au revoir," said the man. The man's use of the phrase 'Au revoir,' French for 'until we meet again,' is a pretty clear indication of what may happen next, be it five, ten, even twenty years down the road.