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Bad Religion discography The discography of Bad Religion, an American punk rock band, consists of 16 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, one box set, two extended plays (EPs), 29 singles, five video albums and 23 music videos. Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1980, the band originally featured vocalist Greg Graffin, guitarist Brett Gurewitz, bassist Jay Bentley and drummer Jay Ziskrout, who released their self-titled debut EP in February 1981 on Gurewitz's label Epitaph Records. Pete Finestone replaced Ziskrout before the release of the band's full-length debut album "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?" in 1982. The following year's "Into the Unknown" featured bassist Paul Dedona and drummer Davy Goldman, before Bentley and Finestone returned to the band and Greg Hetson joined as second guitarist.
Shenandoah (band) Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Ralph Ezell (bass guitar, backing vocals), Stan Thorn (keyboards, backing vocals), Jim Seales (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Mike McGuire (drums, background vocals). Thorn and Ezell left the band in the mid-1990s, with Rocky Thacker taking over on bass guitar; Keyboardist Stan Munsey joined the line up in 1995. The band split up in 1997 after Raybon left. Seales, Munsey, Thacker and McGuire reformed the band in 2000 with lead singer Brent Lamb, who was in turn replaced by Curtis Wright and then by Jimmy Yeary. Ezell rejoined in the early 2000s, and after his 2007 death, he was replaced by Mike Folsom. Raybon returned to the band in 2014. That same year, Jamie Michael replaced the retiring Jim Seales on lead guitar.
American Lesion American Lesion is a solo album by Greg Graffin, the lead singer of the punk band Bad Religion. Like the album "Into the Unknown", this album is a massive departure for Graffin, whose songs generally revolve around loud guitars and harmonies. "American Lesion" for the most part features Graffin's voice alone, and each song features acoustic guitar or piano rather than electric guitars. The song "Cease" (track 6 on this album) is a slow piano ballad that is also featured on Bad Religion's album "The Gray Race" as a fast-paced punk rock song. The album was re-released by Epitaph Records on September 15, 2008.
Bad Religion Bad Religion is an American punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. They make extensive use of three-part vocal harmonies (which they refer to in their album liner notes as the "oozin' aahs") and guitar solos, and are known for their lyrics, which cover topics such as criticism of religion, political commentary and society in general. The band's lineup has changed several times over its lifespan, with lead vocalist Greg Graffin being the only consistent member; the current lineup, however, features three of the band's four original members (Graffin, Brett Gurewitz and Jay Bentley). To date, Bad Religion has released sixteen studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, three EPs (one of which is composed of covers of Christmas songs) and two DVDs (which were both recorded live). They are considered to be one of the best-selling punk rock acts of all time, having sold over five million albums worldwide.
Marty Raybon Marty Raybon (born December 8, 1959) is an American country music artist. He is known primarily for his role as the lead singer of the band Shenandoah, a role which he held from 1985 to 1997, until he rejoined the band in 2014. He recorded his first solo album, "Marty Raybon", in 1995 on Sparrow Records. Before leaving Shenandoah in 1997, he and his brother Tim formed a duo known as the Raybon Brothers, which had crossover success that year with the hit single "Butterfly Kisses".
Millport (Greg Graffin album) Millport is the third solo album by Bad Religion lead singer Greg Graffin, released on March 10, 2017.
List of High School DxD episodes High School DxD is an anime series adapted from the light novels of the same title written by Ichie Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero. Produced by TNK, directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa, and written by Takao Yoshioka, the anime aired on AT-X from January 6, 2012 to March 23, 2012. The second season called High School DxD New (ハイスクール<ruby ><rb>D×D</rb><rp> (</rp><rt >ディーディー</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> <ruby ><rb>NEW</rb><rp> (</rp><rt >ニュー</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> , Haisukūru Dī Dī Nyū ) aired from July 7, 2013 to September 22, 2013. The third season called High School DxD BorN (ハイスクール<ruby ><rb>D×D</rb><rp> (</rp><rt >ディーディー</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> <ruby ><rb>BorN</rb><rp> (</rp><rt >ボーン</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> , Haisukūru Dī Dī Bōn ) aired from April 4, 2015 to June 20, 2015. Set during the struggle among the devils, fallen angels, and angels, the story follows the adventures of Issei Hyodo. Issei is a perverted high school student who is nearly killed by his first date, who is revealed to be a fallen angel. He is revived by Rias Gremory, who is a crimson-haired school beauty that is actually a devil. Issei becomes her servant. The first season adapts material from the first two volumes of the light novels and a few side stories from Volume 8. The second season continues with the third and fourth volumes of the light novels. It is split between two arcs: The Excalibur of the Moonlit Schoolyard (月光校庭のエクスカリバー , Gekkō Kōtei no Ekusukaribā ) and The Vampire of the Empty Classroom (停止教室のヴァンパイア , Teishi Kyōshitsu no Vanpaia ) . The first ten episodes of the third season adapts material from the fifth to the seventh volumes of the light novels, while the last two episodes form an original self-contained story arc.
Doctor Puppet Doctor Puppet (also known as The Doctor Puppet) is a US/UK stop-motion science fiction animation fan series that celebrates the top selling BBC TV series, "Doctor Who" and its rich history through hand-crafted puppets and original stories. Created by Alisa Stern in 2012 in her New York apartment, Doctor Puppet consists of a Tumblr blog, an eight episode series of short films featuring the likenesses of the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) and other Doctors and characters from the BBC TV series, other short films with the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), three Christmas specials, music videos, behind the scenes documentaries and Google Hangouts with the creative team. The series is composed and narrated by UK film score composer Scott Ampleford.
Verity Birdwood The Verity Birdwood series is a series of six murder mystery novels by Jennifer Rowe. Verity Birdwood is a "scrappy TV researcher" who detects criminals in novels set against Australian backgrounds.
Ruby Bentall Ruby Bentall (born 3 April 1988) is an English actress, known for playing Minnie in "Lark Rise to Candleford", Mary Bennet in "Lost in Austen" and Verity Poldark in the 2015 BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's "Poldark" novels.
Damon Dark Damon Dark is an independent public access TV series and web series from Australia about a heroic and obsessive investigator of UFO incidents and other strange cases, created by Australian writer, actor and film maker Adrian Sherlock. Damon James Dark became a dedicated alien investigator after a close encounter during his teenage years. He is associated with both the secret service and friendly aliens, including a character called Vincent Kosmos (an alien time traveller) and Trans-Dimensional Control (an alien law enforcement agency). The character of Damon Dark has appeared in a 5-week TV series on Community TV 31 in Melbourne Australia, a self-published novel ("Biodome") on Amazon's createspace platform and a long running web series on YouTube. He has also been involved in related web series "Young Damon Dark" and "Vincent Kosmos." He has also been the focus of a one actor stage drama. The character of Damon Dark has been played by Adrian Sherlock, Bruce Hughes, Aiden Sherlock and Jack Knoll. Damon Dark is a loner, dresses in black, has a huge experience of aliens and their technology. Damon is characterized by his high intelligence, idealistic moral outlook and wry sense of humor. His best friend in the series is the long-suffering Gary Sutton, played by actor Robert Trott. Damon Dark began in 1999, with a five-part weekly series on Melbourne's Community TV 31, (although the pilot was shot in 1996 and the show had been in development since 1990) following a screening of a 65-minute version of the story "Maddox" at the 57th World Science Fiction Convention (Aussiecon Three) held in Melbourne. The series was later revived as a YouTube webseries which inspired several related webseries, including "The Young Damon Dark Adventures" in which the character is played as a teenager, and Vincent Kosmos, (created by and starring Chris Heaven, , an Italian actor and musician, about a renegade alien character who is a friend of Damon.
Pig Bodine Seaman "Pig" Bodine is a fictional character appearing in many novels written by Thomas Pynchon. Bodine appears in "V." (1963), and recurs in "Gravity's Rainbow" (1973). Characters named Bodine also appear in "Mason & Dixon" (1997) and "Against the Day" (2006). He also occurs in the short-story "Low-lands" (1960, 1984). A character called "Fender-Belly Bodine," presumably an ancestor of "Pig," appears as a seaman in "Mason & Dixon". First developed in "V." as sidekick and comic foil to protagonist Benny Profane, Bodine reappears (set a decade or more earlier) in "Gravity's Rainbow". Another seafaring Bodine, referred to only as "O.I.C." (Officer in Command), briefly makes a cameo in "Against the Day", again in an appearance with no obvious purpose besides as an intertextual in-joke.
Madhu Rye Madhu Rye (Gujarati: મધુ રાય ) is a Gujarati playwright, novelist and story writer. Born in Gujarat and educated at Calcutta, he started writing in the 1960s and became known for his stories and plays. His experience at the University of Hawaii introduced him to experimental writing and improvisations as writing aid, which later lead to a movement against absurd theatre. He moved to the US in 1974 and has been since living there. He chiefly wrote novels, short stories and plays. His plays were successful and have been adapted into several languages and media. He has adapted his novels into plays and some plays into novels. The most notable is "Kimble Ravenswood" which later was loosely adapted into a Hindi TV series and a Hindi film, "What's Your Rashee?".
Walter Raymond Walter Raymond (13 March 1852 – 2 April 1931) was an English novelist. He wrote many novels between 1890 and 1928, primarily based in Somerset, and also wrote under the pseudonym Tom Cobbleigh. Some of his titles include "Gentleman Upcott's Daughter" (1892), "Love and Quiet Life" (1894), "Fortune's Darling" (1901), and "Verity Thurston" (1926). He died in Southampton on 2 April 1931 at the age of 79. Raymond's work is long out of print and currently gets little attention, although some novels are now available for free online.
Howard Spring Howard Spring (10 February 1889 – 3 May 1965) was a Welsh author and journalist who wrote in English. He began his writing career as a journalist but from 1934 produced a series of best-selling novels for adults and children. The most successful was "Fame Is the Spur" (1940), which was later adapted into "Fame is the Spur" starring Michael Redgrave and, later still the BBC TV series "Fame is the Spur" (1982) starring Tim Pigott-Smith and David Hayman.
Legenden om Ljusets rike Legenden om Ljusets rike or Sagnet om Lysets rike in some Scandinavian language (in English "The Legend of the Realm of Light"; this novel has not been translated into English) is a set of fantasy novels by Norwegian-Swedish writer Margit Sandemo. It includes twenty titles. This set of novels can be read in Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic and Polish. Margit Sandemo says that she wrote this series of novels because she wanted, like many other fiction writers, to portray her own view about an idealized world. Another reason to write Legenden om Ljusets rike was for the character called Marco who Sandemo created in the end of The Legend of the Ice People. She was so fond of him that she wanted to write more about Marco in the following series of novels. Those ideas took shape in her mind when she had written around half of Häxmästaren.
Ann Arbor Ice Cube The Ann Arbor Ice Cube (stylized as A²I³) is a 1,000-seat multi-purpose arena located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The ice arena is also the former home to the USA Hockey National Team Development Program competing in the Tier I Jr. Hockey United States Hockey League. The arena is also home to several local high school ice hockey teams, and is used by local figure skating clubs, youth, and adult rec. ice hockey leagues, as well as public skating.
St. Joseph Civic Arena The St. Joseph Civic Arena is a 3,800-seat multi-purpose arena built in 1980 in St. Joseph, Missouri USA. It is used mainly to host indoor sporting events, such as basketball, arena football and National Bull Riding Finals. It has hosted two American Professional Football League franchises, the St. Joseph Explorers in 2003 and the St. Joseph Storm in 2005. It hosted the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship in 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2011. It has and continues to host the National Federation of Professional Bullriders' National Finals, 2012 will mark their 14th year at the Civic Arena. The arena is also home to the Blacksnake Rollergirls MADE roller derby league.
Westside, Baltimore Westside Baltimore is the western portion of downtown Baltimore that includes Market Center and many of the newest developments in downtown Baltimore. It has increasingly become the preferred residential section of downtown. It is also home to the site of the "Superblock" project that will include hundreds of condos and apartments as well as a variety of retail and commercial space. The former home of Baltimore's many and famed department stores, Westside Baltimore is now anchored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore consisting of the University of Maryland Health System, University of Maryland School of Law and the University of Maryland Biopark. The Westside is also home to several performing arts centers, including the Hippodrome Theatre, Royal Farms Arena and the future home of the Everyman Theatre.
Adelaide Adrenaline The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based Adelaide, South Australia. They are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The team plays its home games at the Ice Arena, located in the suburb of Thebarton. The team were founded in 2008 as the Adelaide A's to replace the Adelaide Avalanche who had folded mid-season. They changed their to the Adrenaline the following season. The Adrenaline's best result in the regular season was in the 2012 season where they finished second in their conference and second overall. The team have qualified for the playoffs on four occasions, winning the Goodall Cup in 2009 and finishing runners-up in 2010.
Edge Ice Arena The Edge Ice Arena includes "The Edge on John Street", "The Water's Edge Aquatic Center", and The "Edge II Ice Arena" a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena located in Bensenville, Illinois. It had been used as the official training facility and practice arena for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League before the team built a new downtown Chicago training facility. The arena also had been used by Chicago Steel (USHL) from 2000-2015. The ice arena is also the home to the Robert Morris University Eagles Men's and Women's college ice hockey teams competing at the ACHA DI level. The Edge is also home to several local high school ice hockey teams, and is used by local figure skating clubs, youth, and adult rec. ice hockey leagues (the Chicago Blues), as well as public skating.
Pettigrew Green Arena Pettigrew Green Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment centre in Taradale near Napier, New Zealand. The centre opened in April 2003, and regularly hosts volleyball, basketball and netball matches for Hawke's Bay representative teams. The main court has a capacity of 2,500. The centre hosted an ANZ Championship match for the Central Pulse against the Adelaide Thunderbirds in Round 14 of the 2008 season. The Arena is also home to the Hawke's Bay Hawks.
Tiger Arena Tiger Arena is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is home to the Savannah State University Tigers basketball and volleyball teams. Tiger Arena has previously hosted the Georgia High School Association boys and girls playoffs (first round), the annual Georgia Athletic Coaches Association's North-South All-Star Game (2003-2008), and the Savannah Holiday Classic high school girls basketball tournament. It is also home to the Savannah Steam of American Indoor Football.
Winnipeg Arena Winnipeg Arena was an indoor arena located in the Polo Park district of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The arena was the city's premier ice hockey venue from 1955 to 2004 and is best remembered as the home of the first Winnipeg Jets franchise, which played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972 to 1979 and the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1979 to 1996. It was also home to junior and minor league teams such as the Manitoba Moose (1996–2004) and Winnipeg Warriors (1955–1961). The arena closed after the completion of the MTS Centre in November 2004 and was later demolished. A retail and commercial complex occupies the site today.
Ossian C. Bird Arena Ossian C. Bird Arena is an ice arena and recreational sport facility located in Athens, Ohio and owned and operated by Ohio University. The arena serves as the home for Ohio University ACHA Men's college ice hockey team that competes in the American Collegiate Hockey Association at the Division I level as a member of the Central States Collegiate Hockey League. Bird Arena is also home to the Ohio University Synchronized Skating Team who compete in the Open Collegiate division of synchronized skating.
Sports in Washington, D.C. Sports in the Washington, D.C. area include major league sports teams, popular college sports teams, and a variety of other team and individual sports. The Washington metro area is also home to several major sports venues including Capital One Arena, RFK Stadium, FedExField, and Nationals Park. Washington teams are widely known as some of the least successful in American sports, as no big four team has reached its sport's conference championship round since the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs and no team has won a championship since the Redskins won Super Bowl XXVI. The area is also home to two regional sports television networks, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, which is based in Bethesda, Maryland and Mid-Atlantic Sports Network.
2008 Football League Championship play-off Final The 2008 Football League Championship play-off Final was contested between Bristol City and Hull City. The match was won by Hull City through a 38th-minute goal from Dean Windass. The victory meant that this was the first time in the history of Hull City that they would be competing in the top flight of English Football. The match took place on 24 May 2008 in Wembley Stadium, London.
2016 Football League Championship play-off Final The 2016 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match contested between Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2016 at 17:00. Hull City won 1–0 after a Mohamed Diamé goal in the 72nd minute, and was therefore promoted to the Premier League for the next season. Success in the final was estimated to be worth up to £170 million to the winning team.
2006 Football League Two play-off Final The 2006 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 28 May 2006, at the end of the 2005–06 season. It was the second League Two play-off final since the Football League's 2004 rebranding and the 20th play-off final in all at the fourth level of English football. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from League Two to League One, and was contested by Grimsby Town, who had finished fourth during the league season, and Cheltenham Town, who had finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating Lincoln City and Wycombe Wanderers respectively in the two-legged semi-finals. Steve Guinan scored the only goal of the final to ensure Cheltenham's return to the third level of English football after an absence of three seasons.
2013 Football League Championship play-off Final The 2013 Football League Championship play-off final was a football match contested by Crystal Palace and Watford on 27 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium to decide the third and final team to be promoted from Football League Championship to the Premier League for the 2013–14 season.
2006 Football League Championship play-off Final The 2006 Football League Championship play-off Final was an association football match played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 21 May 2006. It determined the third and final team in the 2005–06 football season to be promoted to the Premier League, the highest division in the English football league system. It was the last play-off final to be held at the Millennium Stadium, as the new Wembley Stadium was completed in time for the 2007 final.
2015–16 Football League The 2015–16 Football League (known as the Sky Bet Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of The Football League. It began on 7 August 2015 and concluded on 30 May 2016, with the League Two play-off final at Wembley Stadium. The Football League was contested through three Divisions; Championship, League One and League Two. The winners of the Championship, Burnley and runner-up Middlesbrough were automatically promoted to the Premier League and on 28 May 2016 were joined by the winner of the Championship play-off, Hull City. The bottom two teams in League Two, Dagenham & Redbridge and York City, were relegated to the National League.
2008 Football League Two play-off Final The 2008 Football League Two play-off Final, also known as the 2008 Coca-Cola League Two play-off Final due to sponsorship from Coca-Cola, was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 26 May 2008, at the end of the 2007–08 season.
2014 Football League Championship play-off Final The 2014 Football League Championship play-off final was a football match which was contested by Derby County and Queens Park Rangers on Saturday 24 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium. The winner, Queens Park Rangers, became the third and final team to be promoted from Football League Championship to the Premier League for the 2014–15 season.
2009 Football League Championship play-off Final The 2009 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 2009, at the end of the 2008–09 season. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from the Championship to the Premier League, and was contested by Sheffield United, who finished third during the league season, and Burnley, who finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating Preston North End and Reading respectively in the two-legged semi-finals. Burnley won the match 1–0, Wade Elliott scoring the only goal of the game.
2007 Football League Championship play-off Final The 2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, also known as the 2007 Coca-Cola Championship play-off Final due to sponsorship from Coca-Cola, was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2007, at the end of the 2006–07 season. It was the third Championship play-off final since the Football League's 2004 rebranding, the 21st play-off final in all at the second level of English football and the first of these matches to take place at the rebuilt Wembley. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from the Championship to the Premier League, and was contested by Derby County, who had finished third during the league season, and West Bromwich Albion, who had finished fourth. The teams reached the final by defeating Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.
Walking in the Air "Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs' 1978 children's book "The Snowman". The song forms the centrepiece of "The Snowman", which has become a seasonal favorite on British and Finnish television. The story relates the fleeting adventures of a young boy and a snowman who has come to life. In the second part of the story, the boy and the snowman fly to the North Pole. "Walking in the Air" is the theme for the journey. They attend a party of snowmen, at which the boy seems to be the only human until they meet Father Christmas with his reindeer, and the boy is given a scarf with a snowman pattern. In the film, the song was performed by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty, and reissued in 1985 (on Stiff Records) and 1987.
David Rendall David Rendall (born 11 October 1948) is an English operatic tenor.
John Mitchinson (tenor) John Mitchinson (born 31 March 1932) is an English operatic tenor.
John Kentish John William Kentish (21 January 1910 – 26 October 2006) was an English operatic tenor.
Nicholas Sharratt Nicholas Sharratt (born in Nottingham) is an English operatic tenor.
Peter Auty Peter Robert Auty (born 4 November 1969) is an English operatic tenor who has worked with most of the major opera companies in Britain and a number of companies in continental Europe.
Anthony Rolfe Johnson Anthony Rolfe Johnson CBE (5 November 1940 – 21 July 2010) was an English operatic tenor.
Powell Lloyd Harold Powell Lloyd (known as Powell Lloyd) (1900 – 1987) was an English operatic tenor and opera director and producer.
Charles Craig (tenor) Charles James Craig (3 December 191923 January 1997) was an English operatic tenor. He received early encouragement from Sir Thomas Beecham, and sang in his 1952 recording of "A Mass of Life" by Frederick Delius. He was known as one of "the most Italianate of English operatic tenors". From 1957 to 1980 he performed leading tenor roles at London's Royal Opera House and English National Opera. One of his most famous roles was Verdi's Otello, which he sang in Chicago, Vienna, Berlin, Naples, Munich, Venice, Salzburg, Turin, Lisbon, Düsseldorf.
David Hillman David Hillman (21 November 1934 – 8 August 2009) was an English operatic tenor who sang with all the leading opera companies in the United Kingdom.
Daniel Oliver (policymaker) Daniel Oliver (born March 10, 1939) is a former executive editor of "National Review" from 1973 to 1976 and chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from 1986 to 1990. He was chairman of the "National Review" board and a trustee of the magazine made so by William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of the publication.
William Frank Buckley Sr. William Frank Buckley Sr. (July 11, 1881 – October 5, 1958) was an American lawyer and oil developer. He became influential in Mexican politics during the military dictatorship of Victoriano Huerta but was later expelled when Álvaro Obregón became president. He became wealthy due to his interests in oil exploration and speculation. Buckley was the father of ten children, including William F. Buckley, Jr., the author and founder of "National Review" magazine, and of James L. Buckley, a U.S. Senator from New York (1971–1977). He was the grandfather of Christopher Buckley, an author and humorist.
Patricia Buckley Patricia Aldyen Austin Taylor "Pat" Buckley (July 1, 1926 – April 15, 2007) was a Canadian socialite, noted for her fundraising activities and her height, at just under six feet. She was the wife of conservative writer and activist William F. Buckley, Jr. and the mother of writer/satirist Christopher Buckley, their only child.
Priscilla Buckley Priscilla Langford Buckley (October 17, 1921 – March 25, 2012) was an American author who was the managing editor of "National Review" magazine and a sister of its founder William F. Buckley, Jr.. Another brother was retired federal judge and former United States Senator James L. Buckley who named his daughter after her and dedicated his 2010 book "Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State" to his sister.
Reid Buckley Fergus Reid Buckley (July 14, 1930 – April 14, 2014) was an American writer, speaker, and educator. Among his books is a history of his family, "An American Family—The Buckleys" (2008), which primarily focuses on his father, William Frank Buckley, Sr. Reid's brother, William F. Buckley, Jr., is the best known member of the family. He graduated from Yale University in 1952, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. He was born in Paris, France, where his father worked in the oil industry. Buckley's older brother was former New York Conservative United States Senator James L. Buckley, and his nephews were writer Christopher Buckley, and Media Research Center founder L. Brent Bozell III.
Jim Geraghty Jim Geraghty is a conservative blogger and regular contributor to "National Review Online" and "National Review". In addition to writing columns for "National Review", Geraghty also blogs for National Review Online and is a former reporter for States News Service.
The Human Life Review The Human Life Review is a quarterly journal published by the Human Life Foundation since 1975. It is devoted to explorations of life issues, primarily abortion, as well as neonaticide, medical genetics, prenatal testing, human cloning, fetal tissue experimentation, euthanasia and assisted suicide, and also publishes articles dealing with more general questions of family and society. It was founded by James Patrick McFadden, formerly associate publisher of "National Review", who had also founded the Human Life Foundation, and is now edited by his daughter, Maria McFadden. It was launched from the offices of "National Review", with the support of William F. Buckley.
Jay Nordlinger Jay Nordlinger is an American journalist. He is a senior editor of "National Review", the conservative magazine founded by William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1955, and a book fellow of the National Review Institute. He also writes a column, "Impromptus," for the magazine's website. He is also the music critic for "The New Criterion".
Review A review is an evaluation of a publication, service, or company such as a movie (a movie review), video game (video game review), musical composition (music review of a composition or recording), book (book review); a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, play, musical theater show, dance show, or art exhibition. In addition to a critical evaluation, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indicate its relative merit. More loosely, an author may review current events, trends, or items in the news. A compilation of reviews may itself be called a review. "The New York Review of Books", for instance, is a collection of essays on literature, culture, and current affairs. "National Review", founded by William F. Buckley, Jr., is an influential conservative magazine, and "Monthly Review" is a long-running socialist periodical.
William A. Rusher William Allen Rusher (July 19, 1923 – April 16, 2011) was an American lawyer, author, activist, speaker, debater, and conservative syndicated columnist. He was one of the founders of the conservative movement and was one of its most prominent spokesmen for thirty years as publisher of "National Review" magazine, which was edited by William F. Buckley, Jr. Historian Geoffrey Kabaservice argues that, "in many ways it was Rusher, not Buckley who was the founding father of the conservative movement as it currently exists. We have Rusher, not Buckley, to thank for the populist, operationally sophisticated, and occasionally extremist elements that characterize the contemporary movement."
Fancy Free (ballet) Fancy Free is a ballet by Jerome Robbins, subsequently ballet master of New York City Ballet, made on Ballet Theatre, predecessor of American Ballet Theatre, to a score by Leonard Bernstein, with scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Kermit Love and lighting by Ronald Bates. The premiere took place on Tuesday, 18 April 1944 at the old Metropolitan Opera House, New York. The NYCB premiere took place Thursday, 31 January 1980. "Fancy Free" was the inspiration for a successful musical, "On the Town", and a portion of the score was also used in the opening scenes of Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window".
Governing Council of the Cat Fancy The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) is a cat registry, established in 1910 and the largest organisation that registers pedigree cats in the United Kingdom. It was formed from a small number of cat clubs which were registering cats at the time when the modern cat fancy was in its first stages. It is considered to be the original prototype for cat fancy registries. It is an independent body with around 150 member clubs, including specialist breed clubs and area clubs covering particular regions. The GCCF became an incorporated company on 5 November 2010. It licenses cat shows put on by its affiliated clubs with about 135 shows per year. Pedigree cats shown at these shows can gain the titles Champion, Grand Champion, Imperial Grand Champion and Olympian. The latter having three levels, Bronze, Silver and Gold. The word Champion is replaced by Premier for neutered cats. The showing of non-pedigree cats (often referred to as Domestic shorthair and Domestic longhair) and Pedigree Pets is also popular at GCCF shows.
No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film "Top Hat", where it was introduced by Fred Astaire.
Melody Time Melody Time (working title All in Fun) is a 1948 American live-action animated film and the 10th theatrically released animated feature produced by Walt Disney. It was released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on May 27, 1948. Made up of several sequences set to popular music and folk music, the film is, like "Make Mine Music" before it, the popular music version of "Fantasia" (an ambitious film that proved to be a commercial disappointment upon its original theatrical release). "Melody Time", while not meeting the artistic accomplishments of "Fantasia", was mildly successful. It is the fifth Disney package film following "Saludos Amigos", "The Three Caballeros", "Make Mine Music", and "Fun and Fancy Free".
African Cats African Cats is a 2011 nature documentary film directed by Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill about a pride of lions and a family of cheetahs trying to survive on the African savannah. The film was released theatrically by Disneynature on Earth Day, April 22, 2011. The film is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson (Patrick Stewart in the UK release). A portion of the proceeds for the film were donated to the African Wildlife Foundation and their effort to preserve Kenya's Amboseli Wildlife Corridor. The film's initiative with the African Wildlife Foundation is named "See African Cats, Save the Savanna," and as of May 2, 2011, ticket sales translated into 50,000 acres of land saved in Kenya.
(I'm Settin') Fancy Free "(I'm Settin') Fancy Free" (sometimes known as "I'm Setting Fancy Free" or simply "Fancy Free") is the title song written by Roy August and Jimbeau Hinson, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in August 1981 as the second single from the album "Fancy Free". The song reached No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart in November 1981, during The Oak Ridge Boys' peak of popularity, and it is considered one of their signature songs.
Pinto Colvig Vance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig (September 11, 1892 – October 3, 1967) was an American vaudeville actor, voice actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, and circus performer, whose schtick was playing the clarinet off-key while mugging. Colvig was the original Bozo The Clown, and the original voice of the Disney character Goofy. In 1993, he was posthumously made a Disney Legend for his contributions to Walt Disney films, including "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Fun and Fancy Free".
Cliff Edwards Clifton Avon Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971) — known as "Ukulele Ike" — was an American singer, actor and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' In The Rain" in 1929. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" (1940) and Fun and Fancy Free (1947).
On the Town (film) On the Town is a 1949 Technicolor musical film with music by Leonard Bernstein and Roger Edens and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It is an adaptation of the Broadway stage musical of the same name produced in 1944 (which itself is an adaptation of the Jerome Robbins ballet entitled "Fancy Free" which was also produced in 1944), although many changes in script and score were made from the original stage version; for instance, most of Bernstein's music was dropped in favor of new songs by Edens, who disliked the majority of the Bernstein score for being too complex and too operatic. This caused Bernstein to boycott the film.
Fun and Fancy Free Fun and Fancy Free is a 1947 American live-action animated musical fantasy comedy package film produced by Walt Disney and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the 9th Disney animated feature film and the fourth of the package films the studio produced in the 1940s in order to save money during World War II. The Disney package films of the late 1940s helped finance "Cinderella", and subsequent others, such as "Alice in Wonderland" and "Peter Pan".
String Quartet No. 4 (Nielsen) Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 4 in F major or Quartet for Two Violins, Viola and Cello in F major, Opus 44, was composed between February and July 1906. The last of Nielsen's four string quartets in the official series, its first public performance took place on 30 November 1907 in Copenhagen.
String Quartet No. 3 (Nielsen) Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 3 in E flat major or Quartet for Two Violins, Viola and Cello in E flat major, Opus 14, was composed in 1897 and 1898. The third of Nielsen's four string quartets in the official series, it was first performed privately in "Vor Forening" (Our Society) on 1 May 1899 with Anton Svendsen, Ludvig Holm, Frederik Marke and Ejler Jensen as performers.
String quintet A string quintet is a musical composition for five string players. As an extension to the string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello), a string quintet includes a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola (a so-called "viola quintet") or a second cello (a "cello quintet"), or occasionally a double bass.
Quartet movement in F major, B.120 (Dvořák) The Quartet Movement in F major B. 120, is the first movement of a projected string quartet in F major by Antonín Dvořák composed in early October 1881 to fulfill a commission from the Hellmesberger Quartet and abandoned in favour of the String Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61, B. 121.
List of string quartets by Béla Bartók The Hungarian composer Béla Bartók wrote six string quartets, each for the usual forces of two violins, viola and cello. Notable composers who have been influenced by them include Benjamin Britten, particularly in the Sonata in C for Cello and Piano (; ), Elliott Carter, who refers in the opening of his own First String Quartet to Bartók’s Sixth Quartet , Chen Yi , Edison Denisov, whose Second Quartet is closely related to Bartók’s Fifth Quartet , Franco Donatoni, who was deeply impressed when he heard a broadcast of Bartók's Fourth Quartet , Robert Fripp, who mentions them as an influence upon King Crimson , Miloslav Ištvan , György Kurtág, whose Opp. 1 and 28 both owe a great deal to Bartók's quartets (; ), György Ligeti, whose two string quartets both owe a great deal to Bartók’s quartets (; ), Bruno Maderna , George Perle, who credits the Bartók Fourth and Fifth Quartets as precedents for his use of arrays of chords related to one another by different types of symmetry , Walter Piston (; ), Kim Dzmitrïyevich Tsesakow , Wilfried Westerlinck , Stefan Wolpe, who explained in a public lecture how he had derived ideas from Bartók’s Fourth Quartet , and Xu Yongsan .
New World String Quartet The New World String Quartet was a classical music string quartet formed in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, in 1975 and active through the early 1990s. Founding members were: Yosef Yankelev and William Patterson, violins; Yuri Vasilaki, viola; and Ross Harbaugh, cello. These were also the members in a 1981 Minnesota Public Radio interview and performance. As of 1983, members were: Curtis J. Macomber and William Patterson, violins; Robert Dan, viola; and Ross T. Harbaugh, cello. These are also the members listed on the quartet's recording of Ben Johnston's
String Quartet (Webern) The String Quartet, Op. 28 by Anton Webern is written for the standard string quartet group of two violins, viola and cello. It was the last piece of chamber music that Webern wrote (his other late works include two cantatas Op. 29/31 and the "Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30").
String Quartet No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) The String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Opus 11, was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's first completed string quartet of three string quartets, published during his lifetime. (An earlier attempt had been abandoned after the first movement had been completed.) Composed in February 1871, it was premiered in Moscow on 16/28 March 1871 by four members of the Russian Musical Society: Ferdinand Laub and Ludvig Minkus, violins; Pryanishnikov, viola; and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, cello. Tchaikovsky subsequently arranged the second movement, "Andante cantabile", for cello and string orchestra.
String Quartet No. 1 (Ives) String Quartet No. 1 is one of the most studied works by composer Charles Ives. The piece is composed for the standard string quartet of two violins, a viola, and a cello. There are four movements:
String Quartet No. 2 (Nielsen) Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 2 in F minor or Quartet for Two Violins, Viola and Cello in F minor, Opus 5, was composed in 1890, partly in Denmark but mostly in Germany where the composer was travelling on a stipend. The second of Nielsen's four string quartets in the official series, it was first performed privately for Joseph Joachim on 18 November 1890 at the Hochschule für Ausübende Tonkunst in Berlin.
Russ Abbot Russ Abbot (born Russell A. Roberts; 18 September 1947) is an English musician, comedian and actor. He first came to public notice during the 1970s as the singer and drummer with British comedy showband the "Black Abbots", along with Leonard 'Lenny' Reynolds, later forging a prominent solo career as a television comedian with his own weekly show on British television.
Kevin Dunn (musician) Kevin Dunn (a/k/a Kevin McFoy Dunn), born 10 October 1951 in Jacksonville, Florida, is a guitarist, producer, and songwriter who first came to public notice in context of the fertile new wave scene that arose in Athens and Atlanta, GA, in the late 1970s. In 1975 he and collaborator Alfredo Villar formed the Fans, one of the first Southeastern bands for whom the influence of blues or country music was not primary, their chief inspiration lying instead in the British art rock of the era (Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Robert Fripp, etc.). The band issued three singles — the second of which, "Cars and Explosions" (b/w "Dangerous Goodbyes"), was produced by Mark Miller-Mundy and released on Dai Davies' Albion label — but, destabilized by artistic differences between the principals and disheartened by the failure of a protracted dalliance with A&M Records that had been championed by the label's then-head of A&R John Anthony, they disbanded in 1979.
Dream Street (UK TV series) Dream Street is a British children's television series that ran from 6 May 1999 to 2002 on "CITV". The show is narrated by British comedian Russ Abbot, and was aimed at children aged from 2 to 7. The show featured talking toy vehicles, which were radio controlled in real time. The series aired back on CITV around 2008.
La Belle Zélie Portrait of Madame Aymon, La Belle Zélie is an 1806 oil on canvas painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The painting is one of Ingres' early painted portraits, completed just before his first stay in Rome. It first came to public notice during a 1867 Ingres exhibition in Paris, and was acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen in 1870.
Steve Martin Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", and later as a frequent guest on "The Tonight Show". In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. Since the 1980s, having branched away from comedy, Martin has become a successful actor, as well as an author, playwright, pianist, and banjo player, eventually earning him an Emmy, Grammy, and American Comedy awards, among other honors.
Dream Street (song) "Dream Street" is the final single released from Janet Jackson's second album "Dream Street", following the first three single releases, "Two to the Power of Love", "Fast Girls", and "Don't Stand Another Chance". The title track was also scheduled to be released in 1984, but due to low sales the producers canceled these plans. Thanks to the TV show "Fame", "Dream Street" did get a music video.
Diana Dors Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English film actress and singer. She first came to public notice as a blonde bombshell in the style of American Marilyn Monroe, as promoted by her first husband, Dennis Hamilton, mostly via sex film-comedies and risqué modelling. When it turned out that Hamilton had been defrauding her for his own benefit, she had little choice but to play up to her established image, and she made tabloid headlines with the adult parties reportedly held at her house. Later, she showed a genuine talent for TV, recordings, and cabaret, and gained new popularity as a regular chat-show guest.
Dream Street (Janet Jackson album) Dream Street is the second studio album by American musician Janet Jackson, released on October 23, 1984, by A&M Records. More pop than her debut album's "bubblegum soul" feel, the album wasn't the runaway success that Janet's father Joseph thought it would be, peaking at number one hundred forty-seven on the "Billboard" 200 in 1984. The album did have one modest hit for Jackson, the top ten R&B single, "Don't Stand Another Chance", produced by brother Marlon. Also, the video for the song "Dream Street", her first music video, was shot during the shooting of the TV show "Fame".
Dream Street (Dream Street album) Dream Street is the first and only album by the boy band Dream Street. The songs "It Happens Every Time" and "I Say Yeah" were featured on Radio Disney albums. The song "They Don't Understand" was featured on the "" soundtrack.
Nancy Dell'Olio Nancy Dell'Olio (born 23 August 1961) is an Italian-British lawyer who first came to public notice as the girlfriend of Sven-Göran Eriksson, then manager of the England national football team.
Lawful Larceny Lawful Larceny is a 1930 American melodramatic film, directed by Lowell Sherman from Jane Murfin's screenplay. The screenplay, a melodrama, was based on the play of the same name by Samuel Shipman, which originally was a comedy. It starred a staple of the early RKO stable, Bebe Daniels, along with Kenneth Thomson, Olive Tell and Lowell Sherman, who reprised the role he had created in the original Broadway play. This film was a remake of the 1923 silent film version of the same name, produced by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
He Knew Women He Knew Women is a 1930 American comedy film, directed by Hugh Herbert, from a screenplay by him and William B. Jutte, which was adapted from S. N. Behrman's 1927 play "The Second Man". It starred Lowell Sherman and Alice Joyce, in her second to last film role. The film just broke even.
Convoy (1927 film) Convoy is a lost 1927 silent World War I drama starring Lowell Sherman and Dorothy Mackaill and released through First National Pictures. The film is an early producing credit for the Halperin Brothers, Victor and Edward, later of "White Zombie" fame, and is the final screen appearance of Broadway stars Gail Kane and Vincent Serrano.
High Stakes (1931 film) High Stakes is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy drama produced and released by RKO Pictures. The picture was directed by Lowell Sherman who also stars and marks the last starring screen appearance of silent screen diva Mae Murray. It is based on a 1924 Broadway play that starred Sherman playing the same role he plays in this film.
Tommy Atkins (director) Tommy Atkins was an American director of the silent and early sound film eras. Born on July 18, 1887 in Springfield, Massachusetts, he would make his entrance into the film industry as the assistant director to Ralph Ince on the 1920 silent film, "Out of the Snows". It would be another eight years before he would make another film, again as assistant director, this time for FBO Pictures, on another silent film, "Crooks Can't Win". He'd work as the assistant director on another sixteen films between 1928 and 1934, the most notable of which would be 1933's "Morning Glory", directed by Lowell Sherman and starring Katharine Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. In 1934 he would be given the chance to helm his first picture, "The Silver Streak", which was one of the top money-makers for RKO Pictures that year. He would only direct two more films, the second of which, "Hi, Gaucho!", he would also write the story for.
The Royal Bed The Royal Bed is a 1931 American Pre-Code American satirical comedy film produced by William LeBaron and distributed through RKO. The film was directed by and starred Lowell Sherman, along with Mary Astor and Anthony Bushell. The screenplay was adapted by J. Walter Ruben based on the 1928 play by Robert E. Sherwood titled "The Queen's Husband". It would be one of a handful of RKO pictures which was produced in both English and French language versions.
Born to Be Bad (1934 film) Born to Be Bad is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Lowell Sherman, and starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant.
What Price Hollywood? What Price Hollywood? is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Constance Bennett with Lowell Sherman. The screenplay by Gene Fowler, Rowland Brown, Ben Markson, and Jane Murfin is based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns and Louis Stevens.
You Never Know Women You Never Know Women is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film from director William Wellman that was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The stars of the picture are Florence Vidor, Lowell Sherman, and Clive Brook.
Midnight Mystery Midnight Mystery is a 1930 American mystery film directed by George B. Seitz, from a screenplay by Beulah Marie Dix, adapted from the play, "Hawk Island", by Howard Irving Young. Betty Compson starred, leading an ensemble cast which included Hugh Trevor, Lowell Sherman, Rita La Roy, Ivan Lebedeff, Raymond Hatton, June Clyde and Marcelle Corday.
List of 33 Best Football Players of the Year The List of 33 Best Football Players of the Year (Список 33 лучших футболистов сезона в СССР) was an annual award list of the former Soviet Union which ran from 1948-1991. It was compiled after each football season by the Presidium of the USSR Football Federation, following the proposal of the National Coaches' Council, which approved the list of the 33 best football players. The award was not related to the independent "Soviet Footballer of the Year" award which ran from 1964 until 1991 on a poll conducted among journalists, rather than among coaches.
Pooley Hubert Allison Thomas Stanislaus "Pooley" Hubert (April 6, 1901 – February 26, 1978) was one of the South's greatest American football players. He played quarterback for coach Wallace Wade's football teams at the University of Alabama from 1922 to 1925, leading Alabama to its first Rose Bowl victory in 1925, known as "the game that changed the South." Coach Wade called him "undoubtedly one of the greatest football players of all time." He later became the head football and basketball coach at the University of Southern Mississippi and the Virginia Military Institute. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964.
International rules football International rules football (Irish: "Peil na rialacha idirnáisiunta" ; also known as inter rules in Australia and compromise rules in Ireland) is a team sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players.
Pottstown Firebirds The Pottstown Firebirds were a professional American football minor league team and member of the Atlantic Coast Football League from 1968 to 1970. The Pottstown Firebirds were former NFL football players, former college football players, and former high school football players who loved to play the game of football. The Firebirds were originally a "farm club" of the Philadelphia Eagles and were provided with equipment/helmets already emblazoned with Eagle wings. Only a few Firebirds ever moved up to NFL teams. The Firebirds affiliation with the Philadelphia Eagles was short-lived and was withdrawn in 1970. The Pottstown Firebirds played their home games at Pottstown High School stadium. In their final two seasons of existence in Pottstown (1969 and 1970), the Firebirds won the league championship.