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Against The Current (other)
Against the Current may refer to: Film * ''Against the Current'' (film), a 2009 film starring Joseph Fiennes, Elizabeth Reaser and Justin Kirk Print media * '' Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas'', 1979 book * ''Against the Current'' (journal), the journal of the American socialist group Solidarity * ''Against the Current: How Albert Schweitzer Inspired a Young Man's Journey'', 2014 book about Mark Huntington Higgins Music * Against the Current (band), a band signed by Fueled By Ramen * ''Against the Current'', also known as '' Contra La Corriente'', a 1997 album by Marc Anthony * ''Boats Against the Current ''Boats Against the Current'' is a 1977 album by Eric Carmen. The title is taken from a line in the novel ''The Great Gatsby'' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” It was ...'', a 1977 album by Eric Carmen See also * Countercurrent (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Against The Current (film)
''Against the Current'' is a 2009 American drama film released by Ambush Entertainment directed by Peter Callahan and starring Joseph Fiennes, Pell James, Justin Kirk, Elizabeth Reaser, Martin Shakar, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Mary Tyler Moore (in her final film role). Plot Paul Thompson (Joseph Fiennes) is a writer who lost his wife and child a few years back. He and his best friend, Jeff (Justin Kirk), have talked about swimming the length of the Hudson River since they were kids. Paul asks Jeff to come along with him on his trip to finally swim the river. Jeff agrees and brings along one of his friends, Liz (Elizabeth Reaser). Paul is determined to reach the end of the river by a certain date, August 28. Jeff and Liz have no idea the importance of the date Paul has chosen until they realize that the date they are supposed to finish the swim is the anniversary of his family's death. Paul tells them that on that date, he is planning on killing himself. Paul's confession causes Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essays In The History Of Ideas
An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal and informal: formal essays are characterized by "serious purpose, dignity, logical organization, length," whereas the informal essay is characterized by "the personal element (self-revelation, individual tastes and experiences, confidential manner), humor, graceful style, rambling structure, unconventionality or novelty of theme," etc. Essays are commonly used as literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g., Alexander Pope's ''An Essay on Criticism'' and ''An Essay on Man''). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke's ''An E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Against The Current (journal)
Solidarity is a revolutionary multi-tendency socialist organization in the United States, associated with the journal ''Against the Current''. Solidarity is an organizational descendant of the International Socialists, a Third Camp Marxist organization which argued that the Soviet Union was not a "degenerated workers' state" (as orthodox Trotskyists argue) but rather "bureaucratic collectivism," a new and especially repressive class society. Solidarity describes itself as "a democratic, revolutionary socialist, feminist, anti-racist organization." Its roots are in strains of the Trotskyist tradition but has departed from many aspects of traditional Leninism and Trotskyism. It is more loosely organized than most " democratic centralist" groups, and it does not see itself as the vanguard of the working class or the nucleus of a vanguard. It was formed in 1986 from a fusion of the International Socialists, Workers Power, and Socialist Unity. The former two groups had recentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Huntington Higgins
Mark Huntington Higgins (June 26, 1940 – July 25, 1960) was an American student employed in Lambarene, Gabon, West Africa by Albert Schweitzer from May 1959 to June 1960. Early and personal life Mark Huntington Higgins was born to Carter Chapin Higgins and Katharine Bigelow. His paternal grandfather John Woodman Higgins founded the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, Mass. His older brother was Dick Higgins and his younger sister is Lisa Higgins Null. Mark Higgins was schooled in Worcester and at Milton Academy. Following graduation from prep school, he spent one year in psychiatric rehabilitation before leveraging his family's connections to go to work for the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambarene, Gabon, Africa. At the Schweitzer Hospital, he was assigned general handyman duties and progressed to becoming a medical technician who assisted a team of American cardiologists in identifying the causes of heart disease among certain tribes of Gabon. Higgins ventured from the Schw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Against The Current (band)
Against the Current (often abbreviated as ATC) is an American pop-rock band from Poughkeepsie, New York, formed in 2011. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Chrissy Costanza, guitarist Dan Gow, and drummer Will Ferri. The band quickly gained a sizeable online following after posting covers of various popular songs on YouTube. The band's first EP, ''Infinity'', was released in May 2014 under their own label. The band followed ''Infinity'' with their next EP, ''Gravity'', which was released on February 17, 2015. Shortly afterward, they signed to record label Fueled by Ramen. Their debut studio album, '' In Our Bones'' was released on May 20, 2016. Their second studio album, ''Past Lives'' was released on September 28, 2018. Their third EP, ''Fever'', was released on July 23, 2021. On January 10, 2022 the single Wildfire was released. In August 2022 the band announced their departure from Fueled by Ramen, which made them independent again. On December 2, 2022 they released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contra La Corriente (Marc Anthony Album)
''Contra la Corriente'' (''Against the Current'') is the third studio album released by American singer Marc Anthony on October 21, 1997 by RMM Records. The album was produced by Puerto Rican musician Angel "Cucco" Peña, with most of the songs written by Panamanian composer Omar Alfanno. The album was well received by critics who praised the vocals of Anthony as well as the songs. The album produced six singles, four of which peaked on the top ten on the Hot Latin Tracks chart. Promoted by a sold-out concert in Madison Square Garden, ''Contra la Corriente'' became the first salsa album to reach number one on the Top Latin Albums chart and to chart on the ''Billboard'' 200. ''Contra la Corriente'' received a Grammy Award and a Latin Billboard Award, and was named the eighth best album of 1997 by ''Time'' magazine. It has sold over 400,000 copies as of 2000. The album received a gold certification for shipping of 500,000 copies in the United States. This was the last album tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boats Against The Current
''Boats Against the Current'' is a 1977 album by Eric Carmen. The title is taken from a line in the novel ''The Great Gatsby'' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” It was Carmen's second solo LP, after the Raspberries disbanded. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard album chart for the week ending October 8, 1977. The album yielded two charting singles, the title track as well as " She Did It." " She Did It" is the bigger hit from this album, which reached #23 ''Billboard'' and #15 '' Cash Box'', as well as #11 in Canada. The title track subsequently reached #88 ''Billboard'' and #92 ''Cash Box''. "Marathon Man" was released as a third single in March 1978 but failed to chart. "Love Is All That Matters" melody is lifted from Tschaikovsky's "Fifth Symphony, Second Movement." Guest musicians on this album included back-up vocals by several of the Beach Boys and Burton Cummings (formerly of the Guess Who), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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