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	Rock and roll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rock and roll (also spelled rock 'n' roll, especially in its first decade), is a genre of music that emerged as a defined musical style in the Southern United States in the 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the country, and the world (rhythm sample).
		Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in America in the 1950s, though elements of rock and roll can be heard in rhythm and blues records as far back as the 1920s.
		Early rock and roll combined elements of blues, boogie woogie, jazz and rhythm and blues, and is also influenced by traditional Appalachian folk music, gospel, Hillbilly and country and western.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rock_and_roll (1829 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rock and Roll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Glitter rock, a short-lived genre in the mid-1970s, was an extreme exploration of the fantasy-side of the reality-fantasy parents of heavy metal.
		Main article: British rock British rock was born out of the influence of rock and roll and rhythm and blues from the United States, but added a new drive and urgency, exporting the music back and widening the audience for fl R and B in the U.S. as well as spreading the gospel world...
		British rock was born out of the influence of rock and roll and rhythm and blues from the United States, but added a new drive and urgency, exporting the music back and widening the audience for fl R and B in the U.S. as well as spreading the gospel world...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rock-and-Roll (7029 words)

	Aboriginal Rock Art
		They shaped its rocks, rivers, mountains, forests and deserts; they also created all the people, animals and plants that were to live in the country and laid down the patterns their lives were to follow.
		It was the spirit ancestors who gave aboriginal people their laws, customs and codes of conduct, and who are the basis of songs, dances, paintings and rituals that are the basis of the aboriginal culture.
		Rock paintings are found all over Australia but the most spectacular cave galleries are in the north of the Northern Territory; in the Laura district of Cape York, Queensland; and in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
	www.hogartharts.8k.com /rock_art.htm (2886 words)

	Post-rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The connection with the indie scene is more closely related to the fact that post-rock music is often recorded on independent labels, and therefore sharing the same level of obscurity.
		Post-rock began to range from the slow, guitar-based ambiance of Boxhead Ensemble, through the mid-tempo rock of Radiohead, to the up-tempo electronica of Stereolab.
		Another genre closely related to post-rock is math rock, characterized by more percussive timbres, more dissonant harmonic gestures, and more prog-influenced arrangements.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Post-rock (834 words)

	Aboriginal Rock Art
		Aboriginal art really involves story telling, myths, rituals, sorcery, and magic, where the artist describes their Dreaming, the stories of creation, their beliefs, and their spirituality.
		Aboriginal rock art is more than 40,000 years old, a time span five times greater than the age of the Egyptian pyramids.
		In the Kimberley, Aborigines claim that the oldest art, the Bradshaw paintings, were made by the birds that pecked the rocks until their beaks bled and painted the images with their tail feathers.
	www.lonker.net /art_aboriginal_1.htm (750 words)

	How old is Australian Rock Art? - Aboriginal Art Online
		Australian rock art, while extensive and in places of great age, is nevertheless not the oldest in the world.
		In the case of rock painting in Australia, dates have been obtained for pigment directly on the walls and for painted fragments buried in deposits of campsite material.
		As well as rock art, ochre has many other uses in modern Aboriginal ceremony, and is repeatedly found in association with burial not only in Australia but also in other parts of the world.
	www.aboriginalartonline.com /art/rockage.html (1730 words)

	Australian Petroglyphs & Artifacts
		From Toowoomba: The rock is carved with a solar motif with a stylistic face and hieroglyphs of serpents.
		The rock finally made it to the Hopi Indians, and the elder Grandfather David became very excited over the rock and said: "This is what we have been waiting for.
		This rock drawing has been described by some as evidence of space visitors but, is there a more down to earth explanation that could prove that ancient aboriginals had knowledge of Hands on Healing.
	www.crystalinks.com /auspetroglyphs.html (1518 words)

	"Writings on the rocks"
		Rock art is the earliest of human artistic endeavors, dating back some 40,000 years in western Europe, and may be found on every continent except Antarctica.
		In the laboratory, the tracing is placed on a light table, the images are re-drawn on a sheet of paper which can then be cut into a stencil, and the images reproduced by stippling ink from a brush into the final sheet of paper through the stencils.
		The images we see in the rock paintings that have escaped erosion or human destruction are probably connected with these puberty-period visions or with predictive or curing ceremonies conducted by the Cree religious specialists, the shamans or "medicine men".
	canoesaskatchewan.rkc.ca /arch/writings.htm (1286 words)

	Aboriginal rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aboriginal rock is a rather nebulous term for a style of music which mixes traditional rock music elements (guitar, drums, bass etc) with the instrumentation of Indigenous Australians (Didjeridu, clap-sticks etc).
		Featuring vocals by Mandawuy Yunupingu, Yothu Yindi demonstrate the other important by-product of the Aboriginal rock mix - politicised lyrics.
		The Warumpi Band focus more on the Aboriginal aspects of the music, rather than the rock sound of Yothu Yindi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aboriginal_rock (275 words)

	Popular Music and Society: "Alive and deadly": a sociolinguistic reading of rock songs by Australian ...
		The presence of Aboriginal languages in the lyrics of Aboriginal rock songs is not exceptional in itself.
		Rock songs worldwide appear both in the languages of the geographic and cultural contexts of the musicians who create them, and as reification of the sociolinguistic practices of the cultures from which they arise.
		As Aboriginal languages are not mutually comprehensible, and as the largest of them, such as Warlpiri and Arrente, number only approximately 3,000 speakers each (Schmidt 4), the lyrics of songs in Aboriginal languages are posited as having textual meaning for limited numbers of listeners.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2822/is_1_27/ai_n6144897 (1343 words)

	AMY BERK > WRITINGS > ESSAYS > ABORIGINAL CAVE PAINTING
		Many believe Aboriginal rock art portrays "the Dreaming" in which artists record the exploits of their ancestors, outlining rituals and explaining the creation of land formations, animals and plants.
		Water was always an issue for the Aborigines (along with countless other groups past and present) and waterholes feature in many of the artworks as they not only provide water to the people but also to the animals which became food for the people.
		Although the aboriginal concept of ownership is different since the people belong to the land more than the land belongs to the people (which leads to people overseeing rather than raping the land, but I digress).
	www.amyberk.com /essays_aboriginal_cave_ptg.htm (2937 words)

	Australian Aboriginal Rock Art - page 1 of 4 - Aboriginal Art Online
		Aboriginal rock art is part of a tradition of painting and engraving that stretches back thousands of years.
		Some Aboriginal engravings and paintings are so old that we cannot know who made them, why they were made, or what their real meaning might be.
		Although all Aboriginal people shared a similar way of life and similar religious beliefs, they belonged to separate groups that had their own languages, country, legends, histories and ceremonies.
	www.aboriginalartonline.com /art/rock.php (303 words)

	Ayers Rock, Uluru
		The Rock is arkose, a course-grained sandstone rich in feldspar at least 2.5 km thick.
		They were painted on cave walls, which we title rock art, drawn on the interiors of their huts, drawn on their bodies, and carved in wood.
		The gray lichen on the rock face is the smoke from the fire and the lizard men are two half-buried boulders.
	www.crystalinks.com /ayersrock.html (1288 words)

	Aboriginal rock art unearthed - theage.com.au
		The bush walker is thought to be the first person to have laid eyes on the paintings since the last Aborigine left his or her mark there almost 200 years ago.
		The exact location of the site - a rock shelter 12 metres long, six metres deep and one to two metres high - is being kept a secret to stop it from being damaged by either vandals or well-meaning sightseers.
		NSW Premier Bob Carr was overawed by the discovery, which he said marked Aboriginal culture at a time when civilisation was blossoming around the world.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/07/01/1056825392822.html (402 words)

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Aboriginal Rock Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This rock painting from Queensland depicts a human figure (probably a woman) and an animal with young (possibly kangaroos).
		The earliest Aboriginal rock paintings may date back more than 30,000 years.
		Although their meaning is a matter of debate, they exhibit remarkable consistency in iconography, materials, and technique.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461541758_761578676_-1_1/Aboriginal_Rock_Art.html (64 words)

	The Aboriginal Rock-Stencillings of New South Wales - Aboriginal Rock-Stencillings
		N a number of places in eastern Australia curious aboriginal markings are found on the faces of the sandstone cliffs.
		They are found on overhanging rocks that have served as shelters or camping places for the aborigines and which doubtless have protected their works of art.
		Nearby in the rock is a band of shale which had disintegrated at its exposed edge to a white powder.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/youth/history/TheAboriginalRockStencillingsOfNewSouthWales/chap1.html (416 words)

	Ayers Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the language of the local Aborigines 'Uluru' is simply a place name which is applied to both the rock and the waterhole on top of the rock.
		The area was declared the Petermann Aboriginal Reserve in the early 1900s and this existed until the 1940s when road access (the first graded road was built in 1948), the possibility of gold in the area, and the tourist potential of Uluru, all showed how fragile the original reserve had been.
		The decision to walk to the top of the rock is one which should be based on fitness (it really is only suitable for healthy people) and your level of respect for the Aboriginal notion that this is a sacred site.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/northern_territory/uluru.asp (2618 words)

	Australian Aboriginal Rock Art at El Questro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is located in the Kimberley, a wild region of dramatic rock formations, boab trees and ancient canyons.
		In addition to the glorious natural scenery, the crocodiles (fresh and salt water), there is also a wealth of aboriginal rock art.
		Some of it is accessible by four wheel drive (during the dry season), some of it is reachable by electric boat, while some art is only reachable by arduous hiking or by helicopter.
	www.kaleberg.com /oz (119 words)

	ScienceDaily: Tests Reveal True Age Of Controversial Jinmium Aboriginal Rock Shelter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tests by Australian scientists using world-leading dating technology have revealed the controversial Jinmium aboriginal rock shelter in the Northern Territory is less than ten thousand years old, the international science journal Nature announced today.
		World Famous Rock Paintings Three-times Older Than Previously Thought (February 9, 2004) -- Some of the world's finest rock paintings are more than three times older than previously believed, according to researchers from British and Australian universities who used the latest radio-carbon...
		Mysterious Rock Markings Discovery Baffles Archaeologists (October 10, 2003) -- The discovery of a series of mysterious rock carvings in Northern England has sparked a quest among experts to find out exactly what they are.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/1998/05/980527184936.htm (1281 words)

	Aboriginal Art
		Aboriginal people in the Kakadu area paint rock images rarely now.
		Among the reasons for this are the fact that Aboriginal people no longer live in rock shelters and there are fewer people with the necessary knowledge to allow them to paint at certain sites.
		In spite of this, rock art remains relevant to Bininj/Mungguy: the works depict objects still used, animals still hunted, and activities people still do.
	www.deh.gov.au /parks/kakadu/artculture/art (473 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - Australia
		Aboriginals would often paint their prey before a hunt, believing this would bring luck and increase its abundance.
		The rock art is tangible and dramatic evidence of the richness of the traditional culture which Aboriginal people view with considerable pride.
		As well as being extremely important to the traditional owners of Kakadu who would like us to learn more about their culture when we visit the park, this treasure of rock art is an important historic and scientific record of human occupation of the region.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20011001_log_transcript.html (589 words)

	Ubirr (40,000? B.C.-present) \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The rock art of the Australian Aborigines represents the longest continuously practiced series of artistic traditions anywhere in the world.
		Pre-Estuarine rock art is characterized by a variety of images in red ocher pigments.
		Pre-Estuarine rock paintings also include depictions of extinct animals and enigmatic beings that combine the features of humans and wild yams.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/ubir/hd_ubir.htm (321 words)

	The Rock, An aboriginal Vision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The aboriginal people have a culture and history of helping and welcoming strangers, but you must observe and respect their cultural sensitivities.
		The elders say that they are the masters of their hunger and no amount of coercion or money will see you involved with their people in a close and revealing way, preferring to stay aloof and keep their insights to their beliefs to themselves.
		A lot of art wants for interpretation, some pieces are what the observer feels as he looks upon the piece and witnesses the artists inner expression.
	www.kremlinrock.com (287 words)

	Yoginis yogic arts studio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ancient rock paintings, done by the Aboriginal people in natural ochres and clays for as long as 50,000 years, form the visual aspect of the well known Songlines of the Aboriginal clans.
		Her research speaks to a highly developed belief system of gender reciprocity existing in the Aboriginal clan and to a highly developed form of communication between the sexes through the use of string.
		Her writing and lectures tie the ancient rock paintings and the contemporary painting styles together, both examples of a deeply embedded belief system.
	www.yoginis.org /biogrove.htm (422 words)

	Articles - Indigenous Australian music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Contemporary musical styles such as rock and roll, country, hip hop and reggae have all featured a variety of notable indigenous Australian performers.
		Aborigines used the didgeridoo to communicate over long distances, as well as to accompany songs, and the instrument is commonly considered the national instrument of Australian Aborigines.
		Contemporary Australian Aboriginal music continues the earlier traditions and also represents a fusion with contemporary mainstream styles of music, such as rock and country music.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Australian_Aboriginal_music (742 words)

	50,000 years of Aboriginal Rock Art
		Some really sacred Rock Art are not for viewing Some rock paintings are of the really special spiritual significance, bearing the strongest psychological and ritual values.
		Some rock paintings are really,really sacred, and unfortunately not open to tourist eyesand even to most aborigines except for certain “initiated” elders who have proven their worth as custodians.
		Aboriginal rock art is recognised as the world's oldest and longest continuous living tradition.
	www.upfromaustralia.com /50yearofcavp.html (388 words)

	wimmera.com.au - Wimmera Recreation
		Once a meeting place for the Jardwadjali people and their predecessors, Billimina's single massive rock art panel is covered to above head height with over 2,500 motifs, most of which consist of red ochre bar stokes that possibly acted as 'tallies' for initiations or some other sacred ritual.
		Hand impressions are a common motif in rock art throughout the world.
		Aboriginal people, like many Asian cultures, associate the colour white with death and the spirit world.
	www.wimmera.com.au /wimmera/2_aboriginal_rock_art.htm (717 words)

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