Posts

Showing posts from October, 2018

Expo 2010

Image
2010 Shanghai Expo 2010 logo Overview BIE-class Universal exposition Category International Registered Exhibition Name Expo 2010 Motto Better City – Better Life (城市,让生活更美好) Area 528 hectares (1,300 acres) Visitors 73,000,000 Participant(s) Countries 192 Location Country China City Shanghai Coordinates 31°11′39″N 121°29′11″E  /  31.194118°N 121.486387°E  / 31.194118; 121.486387 Coordinates: 31°11′39″N 121°29′11″E  /  31.194118°N 121.486387°E  / 31.194118; 121.486387 Timeline Awarded 3 December 2002  ( 2002-12-03 ) Opening 30 April 2010  ( 2010-04-30 ) Closure 31 October 2010  ( 2010-10-31 ) Universal expositions Previous Expo 2005 in Aichi Next Expo 2015 in Milan Specialized expositions Previous Expo 2008 in Zaragoza Next Expo 2012 in Yeosu Horticultural expositions Previous Royal Flora Ratchaphruek in Chiang Mai Next Floriade 2012 in Venlo Internet Web...

Indie rock

Image
Indie rock Stylistic origins Alternative rock indie pop post-punk college rock Cultural origins Late 1970s to early 1980s, United States and United Kingdom Derivative forms Chillwave chamber pop grunge Subgenres Emo math rock noise pop post-punk revival sadcore/slowcore shoegazing Fusion genres Alternative dance alternative R&B grindie indie folk new rave Other topics Britpop DIY ethic hipster jangle pop lo-fi noise rock post-rock timeline of alternative rock Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with "alternative rock". As grunge and punk revival bands in the US, and then Britpop bands in the UK, broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider...