Joanna Newsom fits most of these especially in her album Ys. Pink Floyd's and The Beatles's lyrics are interesting but sometimes nonsensical. Sunn O)) (That's the stylization, you can find it by looking up Sunn or Sunn O ) is interesting though they can be hard to understand since they're spoken very slowly over droning guitars (Some tracks are 18 minutes and maybe have 10 verses). Slint (has an album called Spiderland) describes stories in their music, they`re a good listen. There`re always Jazz classics like Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald. City and Colour also has some good lyrics. Hope this helps.

1) Of is correct 2) "Speech" is best, "speeches" is incorrect in this context 3) "Questions" is the correct way

My First Badminton Class on July, 22nd

I planned to go to a badminton training class (similar to how you would say 中文课 instead of 课的中文) which is on every Saturday starting half a month ago (can also say since but I think starting sounds better, originally with just "on every Saturday half a month ago" means the classes were happening every Saturday but stopped half a month ago). The gym where the class takes place isn't very far away from where I live, but walking there (this is just an exception with English grammar, we say "walking there" and "walking here" (usually "walking over here" actually)) still takes some time. Thus, taking the bus (have to have a concrete object here, uses collective "the" since it is a system and can't make reference to one bus) is the best choice. However, taking the bus to the gym is not convenient to me, for ("as" sounds more natural here maybe, for is all right) there is no bus going directly (I don't exactly like this wording and can't give much explanation, other options could also be "there is not direct bus there", "the bus doesn't directly go there", "there is no bus route without transfers", "there is no direct bus route", not all of these have the same meaning though they are roughly the same)  there and I have to transfer from one bus to another. Even worse, the bus I ("will" sounds like you will only do this once, this is a regular action so this conjugation is better) transfer to arrives at the stop almost 40mins later than the first bus I take (here "first" modifies "the bus" which is followed by the detail "I take"). Being too lazy to figure (I think this is what you wanted to say) out the fastest route, I chose the easiest way to reach my destination----walking.

On the day before the class, I was reading and playing on my (computer isn't a type of thing you can play, this way we use it as a description to where you are playing) computer until midnight. As a result, my (should use personal description as it is used to wake you up) alarm which should have woken me up at 8 A.M the next morning didn't wake me up (I think a better way to phrase this is "As a result, my alarm for 8 A.M. didn't wake me up). When I got up, It was already 8:40. I would definitely be late, but I still cannot give up going to the class because I had given it up for the same reason last Saturday, and being defeated by drowsiness and laziness for twice is shameful (should use the adjective and not the noun since it is describing the situation) :(. 

Finally, after 20-minute walking and having breakfast beside the gym, I went into the gym at 9:20 and saw a coach and some students had already started practicing on (just like how you'd say you are on a stage like in Chinese 在舞台上) the badminton court. The coach spotted me, and after a simple self-introduction I started my practice. I was extremely nervous because I had not even touched a badminton racket since I was 14 (I'm 20 now). When the badminton came to me, I could not hit it. The coach was patient, telling me not to be anxious. I gradually could hit the badminton and with my hits it (not sure how to explain, just sounds better in this situation) flew (an irregular verb) a high and far curve to the other side of the court.

I practiced for three hours and had never felt so physically tired (you might say it the other way around in speaking, but written is best like this) since senior high. I'm looking forward to the next time and I hope I will do a better job.

We're looking in the wrong place. We're looking for it in the wrong place. I'm going to take a bath and go to bed. Hope this helps.

Stuff is multiple things, but you use it with singular grammar. Like "that stuff", or "This stuff is in the way". Thing is one ("That thing", "A thing I'd like"), and if you say things to say multiple you use plural grammar. "These things", "Those things look nice". Also thing has a special meaning in certain expressions, if you say "He plays baseball in the rain, that's his thing", it means that him playing baseball is something that is unique to him or that he specializes in (like he is very good at playing baseball in the rain). Hope that clears it up.

Earth shattering means that the news was huge and shocking, like it possibly changed a lot around the world. Get off the ground here means get started or get established.

Yes. The accused in this case is singular, but if there were multiple accused then if you had used 'were' then it would be okay. In reference to an incident where people were injured, 'the injured' can work, and would be plural, can't think of any way you'd use it as a singular reference even if only one person was injured, in that case you'd use 'the victim', or 'the injured man/woman'. This kind of language is really common in news reports and fantasy/fiction stories but not very colloquial, it can sometimes be used in conversation when generally describing events, but we'd stick with the ones that describe more categories of people, like 'the rich', or 'the poor'. It gives a very specific tone, like saying 'The banished...' instead of 'The people banished from...' or 'The banished people...' sounds more like high fantasy. Saying the verb version can also give you this tone, so saying 'The impoverished...' instead of 'The poor...' has this effect as well (Though 'the impoverished' is not great, 'the impoverished people' sounds better to me', or if you want to say that they are generally not in good standing and not just financially you could say 'the downtrodden'). I guess some more other examples, 'The corrupt' (This would be used in story telling or rallying speech), 'The victorious', 'The defeated', 'The sullied' (Definite fantasy thing), 'The impure' (Fantasy), 'The righteous' (Would normally be used as 'the righteous people' but this is also sometimes used in stories). Those are all the examples I can think of right now.