different sounds can be created by striking "open hi-hats" (without the pedal depressed, which creates a noisy sound nicknamed "sloppy hats") or a crisp "closed hi-hats" sound (with the pedal pressed down). life, as it is, does not frighten me, since i have made my peace with the universe as i find it, and bow to its laws. after the second world war, the club started back up as a mixed choir. when you know exactly who you are and what you're capable of, you learn to trust yourself. (he eventually made $90,000 on the film.) it was their biggest away win in their history. 