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| Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Artist(s) | Ben Cramer |
| Language | Dutch |
| Composer(s) | Pierre Kartner |
| Lyricist(s) | Pierre Kartner |
| Conductor | Harry van Hoof |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 14th |
| Final points | 69 |
| Appearance chronology | |
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| I See a Star (1974) ? | |
“De oude muzikant” (”The old musician”) was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, performed in Dutch by Ben Cramer.
The song is a ballad, with Cramer describing the titular “old musician”, who lives in Paris. He explains that the character had once been famous and wealthy, but that he is now reduced to the life of an anonymous street musician - with even his friends deserting him. Cramer also recorded the song in English (as “The Old Street Musician”), French (”Pour être vraiment sincère”) and German (”Der alte musikant”).
The song was performed thirteenth on the night, following Sweden’s Nova with “You’re Summer” and preceding Ireland’s Maxi with “Do I Dream”. At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, placing 14th in a field of 17.
It was succeeded as Dutch representative at the 1974 Contest by Mouth & MacNeal with “I See A Star”.
References and external links
- Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1973
- Detailed info and lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush, “De oude muzikant”
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A Very Special Christmas (series)
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A Very Special Christmas is the title of an ongoing series of Christmas music compilation albums that benefit Special Olympics. It features songs performed by artists from a variety of genres, such as U2, Stevie Nicks, Bon Jovi, Madonna, No Doubt, Whitney Houston, Run–D.M.C., Willie Nelson and Bruce Springsteen.
A Very Special Christmas was the brainchild of music producer Jimmy Iovine, who wanted to produce a Christmas album as a memorial to his father. The idea of the record benefiting Special Olympics was suggested by Iovine’s wife Vicki, as she was a volunteer for the organization. Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, the founders of A&M Records, along with Bobby Shriver, helped the Iovines realize the project. Since the release of the first album in 1987, the series has raised over $100 million for Special Olympics, more than any other benefit series. The album cover art is designed by artist Keith Haring.
A Very Special Christmas series
- A Very Special Christmas - 1987
- A Very Special Christmas 2 - 1992
- A Very Special Christmas 3 - 1997
- A Very Special Christmas Live - 1999
- A Very Special Christmas 5 - 2001
- A Very Special Acoustic Christmas - 2003
- A Very Special Christmas 7 - 2009
Jazz to the World and World Christmas
In 1995, the jazz-oriented Jazz to the World was released by Blue Note Records. The following year, World Christmas, which focused on diverse artists from around the globe, was released by Blue Note subsidiary Metro Blue Records. Although they are not part of the main A Very Special Christmas series, the proceeds from these albums also benefit Special Olympics.
Jazz to the World
- “Winter Wonderland” - Herb Alpert/Jeff Lorber
- “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” - Lou Rawls/Dianne Reeves
- “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” - Fourplay
- “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” - Diana Krall
- “O Tannenbaum” - Stanley Clarke/George Duke/Everette Harp
- “Let It Snow” - Michael Franks/Carla Bley/Steve Swallow
- “The Christmas Waltz” - The Brecker Brothers/Steve Kahn
- “The Little Drummer Boy” - Cassandra Wilson
- “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” - Herbie Hancock/Eliane Elias
- “O come, O come, Emmanuel” - John McLaughlin
- “Christmas Blues” - Holly Cole
- “Angels We Have Heard on High” - Steps Ahead
- “The Christmas Song” - Anita Baker
- “What Child Is This?” - Chick Corea
- “Winter Wonderland” - Dave Koz
- “Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant” - Dr. John
World Christmas
- “Angels We Have Heard on High/Les Anges Dans Nos Compagnes” - Papa Wemba/Mino Cinelu
- “We Three Kings” - Bob Berg/Jim Beard/Zakir Hussain/Mark Ledford
- “Go Tell It on the Mountain” - John Scofield/The Wild Magnolias
- “O Holy Night” (Zan Vevede) - Angélique Kidjo
- “Michaux Veillait/Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” - The Caribbean Jazz Project
- “Natal” - Cesária Évora
- “Ave Maria” - Deep Forest/Louka Kanza
- “We Wish You a Merry Christmas/Rumba Navidene” - Vocal Sampling
- “Boas Festas” - Gilberto Gil/Caetano Veloso/Eliane Elias
- “Cascabel/Jingle Bells” - Yomo Toro and the Boricua All Stars
- “The Twelve Days of Christmas” - Mino Cinelu/Dianne Reeves
- “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” - Joshua Redman/Marcus Miller/Lalah Hathaway
- “Navidad” - Gipsy Kings
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- Special Olympics official website
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The Wine-Dark Sea
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| Author | Patrick O’Brian |
| Cover artist | Geoff Hunt |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Aubrey-Maturin series |
| Genre(s) | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Harper Collins (UK) |
| Publication date | 1993 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio Book (Cassette, CD) |
| Pages | 261 pp (first edition, hardback) & 262 pp (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-393-03558-1, (first edition, hardback) & ISBN 0-393-31244-5 (paperback edition UK) |
| OCLC Number | 27975129 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823/.914 20 |
| LC Classification | PR6029.B55 W5 1993 |
| Preceded by | Clarissa Oakes |
| Followed by | The Commodore |
The Wine-Dark Sea (1993) is the sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and became Patrick O’Brian’s first bestseller in the United States. Again the novel features the pair of Captain Aubrey and his sea-surgeon Stephen Maturin and their vessel of many years, the Surprise. The novel’s title is the English translation of a line from Homer.
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The narrative opens with the close pursuit of an American privateer, the Franklin, by the Surprise in the South Pacific, interrupted by an undersea volcanic eruption which completely disables the former and severely damages the latter. The Franklin is easily taken as most of its crew are either dead, severely wounded or drunk, and Monsieur Dutourd, its French owner, is taken on board. A wealthy philanthropist, he intended to colonise a South Pacific island, Moahu, and establish a paradise of equality, justice, and little labour, after first enriching himself by committing piracy on assorted British whalers and merchantmen, and then wiping out the island’s hostile native population.
Maturin recognises Dutourd from earlier days in the high society salons of Paris, and takes pains to hide his identity from the Frenchman. Aubrey, meanwhile, finds that not only does Dutourd not know the basic courtesies of life at sea, but does not have a letter of marque permitting him to operate the Franklin as a privateer. The Franklin having taken several British ships as prizes, Dutourd’s legal status is that of a pirate, liable to be hanged.
An American whaler is taken by the Surprise and the Franklin, and a British sailor on the whaler tells Aubrey of a French ship — the Alastor — turned a true pirate, unlike the Franklin, flying the black flag and demanding immediate surrender or death of its victims. The Franklin encounters the Alastor first and is outmatched, but the Surprise overcomes the pirates, with Aubrey receiving severe wounds to his eye from wadding and his thigh from a pike thrust.
The story now turns to Maturin’s secret mission to Peru. He is put ashore to incite revolution against the Spanish colonial government and makes valuable contact among local military and government officials sympathetic to Peruvian independence. He is also aided by Aubrey’s illegitimate son, Sam Panda, a prominent official in the Catholic Church and close to becoming a prelate. Stephen also meets Dr Geary from the Three Graces and is able to secure a passage home for Mr Martin who has been severely laid low by what he presumed was the Sydney pox, but in fact which turned out to be simply bad salt sores.
His task as an intelligence agent is suddenly made harder owing to Dutourd’s escape and arrival in Callao (aided by the Surprise’s Knipperdolling crewmembers). He raises a hue and cry, denouncing Maturin on the eve of the carefully engineered revolution, as an English spy. Aubrey, meanwhile, sails in a small boat with a few crewmen from the Franklin to San Lorenzo to warn Maturin of Dutourd’s escape. After many days of hard sailing against the wind in appalling weather conditions, they finally reach the harbour and are taken on board the Surprise by Captain Pullings. Once he has recovered, he receives a welcome visit from his illegitimate son and Sam updates him on the local political situation.
Stephen, after a secret meeting with Gayongos, a wealthy merchant and revolutionary sympathiser, has departed on a mule into the mountains, to meet with the Vicar-General, Father O’Higgins, and to view the mountainous flora and fauna accompanied by Eduardo, his highly knowledgeable and amicable Peruvian Indian guide. The doctor sees numerous condors, flowering bromeliads, guanacos and vicuña. After leaving a Capuchin monastery, Eduardo receives a message that the revolution has failed due to Dutourd’s premature exposure and Maturin has to flee for his life. Trekking over the Andes mountains, Maturin and Eduardo are caught in a viento blanco (blizzard) and Stephen has to amputate two of his own frostbitten toes with a chisel - but being the indefatigable naturalist that he is, he is able to collect a considerable number of plant and animal specimens.
Having eventually made his way from Lima to Arica, and then taken ship from Valparaíso, Aubrey eventually picks Maturin up in Chile. Stephen informs him of three American China ships sailing from Boston. The Surprise sails to intercept them off Cape Horn but, as she prepares to engage them, is herself fired upon by a thirty-eight gun US frigate. After avoiding an iceberg, the Surprise is chased until her pursuer sails down a lane in the ice field that is a dead-end. The Surprise escapes but then loses her main mast and rudder after being struck by lightning. Jury-rigged, her crew spot a ship hull-down on the horizon and fear that it is the more powerful American frigate back in pursuit. However, the ship turns out to be the Berenice, a sixty-four-gun man-of-war commanded by Aubrey’s old friend Heneage Dundas, accompanied by an American clipper they have taken and are using as a tender. Dundas provisions them with spars, cordage, storage and a Pakenham substitute rudder (and the much-needed pepper that Maturin needs to preserve his specimens from the moth) and as the book ends the Surprise is homeward bound.
Characters in “The Wine-Dark Sea”
- Jack Aubrey - Captain (and purser) of HM Hired Vessel Surprise.
- Stephen Maturin - ship’s surgeon, friend to Jack and an intelligence officer.
- Captain Pullings - technically the captain of the Surprise, acting as its first officer; takes command of the Franklin
- Monsieur Dutourd - a rich French philanthropist
- Reverend Nathaniel Martin - assistant-surgeon and Stephen’s friend
- Mr Reade - a Midshipman
- Padeen Colman - Stephen’s servant and loblolly boy
- Killick - Jack’s steward
- Bonden - Jack’s coxswain
- Joe Plaice - Able Seaman
- Mr Grainger - acting Lieutenant (formerly forecastleman and a master mariner)
- Sam Norton - a Midshipman
- Henry Vidal - acting Second Lieutenant on the Surprise (formerly a forecastleman) and a master mariner; a Knipperdolling
- Mr Adams - captain’s clerk
- Sarah and Emily Sweeting - Melanesian girls rescued earlier by Maturin, rated as ships boys
- Sam Panda - Jack’s illegitimate son and a Roman Catholic Priest
- Eduardo - Maturin’s Inca Indian guide
- Don Bernardo O’Higgins - Vicar-General in Peru
- Pascual de Gayongos - a Catalan, wealthy merchant and revolutionary sympathiser
- General Hurtado - a high-ranked Peruvian General
- Heneage Dundas - Captain of the Berenice
- Joselito - Mule belonging to Don Bernardo O’Higgins and loaned to Stephen
Ships in “The Wine-Dark Sea”
The British:
- HM Hired Vessel Surprise - an elderly twenty-eight gun frigate
- The Three Graces
- HMS Berenice - sixty-four-gun man-of-war
The French:
- the Alastor - a French pirate ship
- the Alastor’s launch - used by Jack to sail to Callao
The American:
- the Franklin (captured)
- American whaler - captured by the Surprise/Franklin
- Nootka fur trader - captured by the Franklin
- thirty-eight gun frigate
- The Ringle - a Baltimore clipper (Berenice’s tender)
Literary significance & criticism
Reviews
“lf Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the prose of Patrick O’Brian.” —Time
“They’re funny, they’re exciting, they’re informative. . . there are legions of us who gladly ship out time and time again under Captain Aubrey.” —The New Yorker
“Addictively readable.” —Chicago Tribune
Editions
- Audio Edition Recorded Books, LLC; Unabridged Audio edition narrated by Patrick Tull (ISBN 141930903X)
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Thomas M. Foglietta
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 1st district |
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| Born | December 3, 1928 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 13, 2004 (aged 75) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Saint Joseph’s University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Thomas Michael “Tom” Foglietta (December 3, 1928 – November 13, 2004) was United States Ambassador to Italy and an American politician from the state of Pennsylvania , most notable for his time in the House of Representatives from 1981 to 1997.
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Foglietta was born on December 3, 1928 in a house on 7th and Clymer Streets in South Philadelphia, and graduated from South Catholic High School in the city. Foglietta’s father, Michael, was a Republican committeeman, ward leader and clerk of quarter sessions who was ultimately elected to Philadelphia City Council in 1947. He received his bachelor’s degree from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia in 1949, and his Juris Doctor from the Temple University law school in 1952. After graduating from law school, he entered private practice.
In 1955, Foglietta ran for Philadelphia City Council. Foglietta won, becoming the youngest person ever elected to that body. Foglietta served on the Council for 20 years. In 1975, he ran for mayor of Philadelphia, coming in third place to Frank Rizzo. Following his defeat, Foglietta became a regional director for the U.S. Department of Labor.
Congressional career
Congressional portrait
In the 1980 elections, Foglietta won in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District, running as an independent. Foglietta defeated Congressman Michael “Ozzie” Myers who had been convicted in the Abscam bribery scandal. Following his election, Foglietta switched parties and became a Democrat, stating “I belonged to the progressive faction of the Republican Party — a faction that is no longer in existence.” In Congress, Foglietta concentrated his energies on foreign affairs and the preservation of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, which was slated for closure by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Foglietta made international headlines in 1985 when he was assaulted by Korean police officers in Seoul while accompanying then-South Korean dissident Kim Dae Jung on his flight home. The two formed a lifelong friendship and in 1999, Foglietta received a South Korean human rights award for supporting democracy there, while Kim received Philadelphia’s Liberty Medal. Foglietta later served on the House Appropriations Committee where he worked to secure federal funding for the restoration of various Philadelphia historic Sites including Independence Hall and Washington Square. Foglietta was also well known for founding the Congressional Urban Caucus, a legislative service organization dedicated to promoting urban policy issues in the House.
As Ambassador to Italy
Foglietta served in the House until 1997, when he resigned and was appointed ambassador to Italy by President Bill Clinton. Upon his nomination, the Philadelphia Daily News published an editorial that stated: “In 68 years, Thomas Michael Foglietta will have made it from a rowhouse at 7th and Clymer to the embassy in Rome on a smile and a trustworthy handshake. Which, as it turns out, is an excellent way to travel.” The 1998 Cavalese cable-car disaster happened during his tenure in Rome; in the accident, a U.S. military aircraft flew too low, severing a gondola cable, resulting in the deaths of 20 skiers. Foglietta visited the accident site and knelt in prayer, offering apologies on behalf of the United States. An editorial in La Republicca, an Italian newspaper remarked: “Yesterday it was up to Ambassador Thomas Foglietta to do something we Italians do less and less. Foglietta expressed his apologies on behalf of President Clinton and the American people for that terrible tragedy and kneeled down in prayer for the poor victims.”
Foglietta died in 2004 following complications from surgery and was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Philadelphia. Upon his death the Philadelphia Daily News stated “in a city famous for brass-knuckle politics, Foglietta outlasted almost all of his rivals, and did it with a style that was all his own — with a love for earthy food and well-tailored threads and a disarmingly courtly manner.”
References
- “Ambassador Thomas M. Foglietta”. www.usembassy.it. United States Department of State. Ambassador Thomas M. Foglietta. Archived from the original on 2001-01-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20010128005200/www.usembassy.it/mission/amb/bio-en.htm.
- “Meet Tom Foglietta-His Bio”. www.house.gov. United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 1997-04-14. http://www.house.gov/foglietta/bio.htm.
- “Thomas M. Foglietta (D)”. CQ’s Politics in America - THE 104th CONGRESS. Congressional Quarterly. 1996. Archived from the original on 1997-06-14. http://www.house.gov/foglietta/polinam.htm.
- ^ Foglietta, Tom. “Congressional Urban Caucus Home Page”. Archived from the original on 1997-08-06. http://web.archive.org/web/19970806162149/http://www.house.gov/foglietta/urban.htm.
External links
Media related to Thomas M. Foglietta at Wikimedia Commons- Thomas M. Foglietta at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
- Congressman Tom Fogiletta official Congressional website
- “Everybody Called Him Tommy: From Rowhouse to Envoy to Italy, Foglietta Kept the People’s Trust.” Nicole Weisensee Egan, Philadelphia Daily News, November 15, 2004. Page-05 Local
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The Institute for Catalan Studies, Catalan: Institut d’Estudis Catalans or IEC is an academic institution which seeks to undertake research and study into “all elements of Catalan culture”.
The IEC is known principally for its work in standardizing the Catalan language. The Institute’s current president is Salvador Giner, elected to the office for four years in June 2005. The IEC is based in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, and the second largest city in Spain.
Enric Prat de la Riba, the first President of the Mancomunitat de Catalunya, is credited with founding the Institute in 1907. The IEC is just one of a number of cultural and scientific institutions created at that time to lend greater prestige to the Catalan language and culture; others include the Biblioteca de Catalunya (Library of Catalonia), the Escola Industrial (Industrial School), the Escola Superior de Belles Arts (Higher School of Fine Arts) and the Escola del Treball (School of Labour), el Centre de Recerca Matemàtica. Prat de la Riba also created the Escola de l’Administració Local (School of Local Administration), in order to create a body of Catalan civil servants for the regional government.
The IEC inspired the creation of the Institut d’Estudis Occitans in Occitania. Occitania is an area in southern France where Occitan (often called Provençal) has been historically spoken.
Philological Section
The IEC’s Philological Section was founded in 1911. Antoni Maria Alcover served as its first president. Along with Pompeu Fabra, the Philological Section worked to establish a series of spelling norms that were approved by members in 1913. These became the foundation of modern written Catalan which are still in use today. Similarly, in 1917, the Diccionari Ortogràfic de l’Institut was published; it soon became a dictionary of spelling norms irredeemably tied to the reputation of former Institute Director Pompeu Fabra. The dictionary went through several editions, with the last released in 1937. This work and others were the basis of Fabra’s Dictionari General de la Llengua Catalana published in 1932, a general-purpose dictionary that became a standard reference work throughout the various Catalan-speaking regions.
Officially the IEC provides standards for Catalonia proper, Northern Catalonia (located in France), the Balearic Islands, and the Principality of Andorra (the only country where Catalan is the sole official language). The Valencian Region south of Catalonia has its own language academy, the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. In an area known as the Franja de Ponent, the eastern edge of Aragon adjacent to Catalonia where Catalan is spoken, the rules are used de facto although Catalan is not an official language.
Other IEC works of note include the Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana published in 1995, and the regionally sensitive Diccionari Català-Valencià-Balear (Catalan-Valencian-Balearic Dictionary). Notable members of the Philological Section currently include Josep Carner, Àngel Guimerà and Joan Maragall.
References
- ^ IEC. “IEC-Història”. IEC. http://www.iec.cat/gc/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=926&languageId=1&contentId=3062. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
External links
- IEC Website
- On-line IEC Catalan Dictionary
- Centennial of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans
- The ICE’s Mercè Rodoreda Foundation
- Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
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Haji Din Mohammad
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Haji Din Mohammed is an Afghan politician and the present Governor of the Kabul Province.
Biography
Haji Din Mohammad is a member of a distinguished family which has served the nation of Afghanistan for more than 150 years.
His great-grandfather, Wazir Arsala Khan, served as Foreign Minister of Afghanistan in 1869. One of Arsala Khan’s descendents, Taj Mohammad Khan, was a general at the Battle of Maiwand. Another descendent, Abdul Jabbar Khan, was Afghanistan’s first ambassador to Russia.
Haji Din Mohammad’s father, Amanullah Khan Jabbarkhail, served as a district administer in various parts of the country. Two of his uncles, Mohammad Rafiq Khan Jabbarkhail and Haji Zaman Khan Jabbarkhail, were members of the 7th session of the Afghan Parliament which worked to expand the rights of ordinary citizens under the monarchy.
Haji Din Mohammad’s brothers Abdul Haq and Haji Abdul Qadir were Mujahideen commanders who fought against the forces of the USSR during the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan from 1980 through 1989. In 2001, Abdul Haq was captured and executed by the Taliban while pursuing efforts to promote the formation of a broad-based representative government. Haji Abdul Qadir served as a Governor of Nangarhar Province after the Soviet Occupation and was credited with maintaining peace in the province during the years of civil conflict that followed the Soviet withdrawal. Haji Abdul Qadir served as a Vice President in the newly formed post-Taliban government of Hamid Karzai, but was assassinated by unknown assailants in 2002.
Haji Din Mohammad served as the deputy of the Hezb-e-Islami Party of Younus Khalis. He served as the Minister of National Security in Afghanistan’s Interim Government in Exile during the 1990s and as Minister of Education in the Mujahideen Government which was established after the collapse of the Communist government. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister in the same period, but resigned when infighting erupted among the rival factions of Ahmad Shah Massoud and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
During the Taliban Era, Haji Din Mohammad lived in exile and later helped Abdul Haq in his efforts to establish a broad-based post-Taliban government. Haji Din Mohammad’s son Ezatullah Sahil was captured and killed by the Taliban along with Abdul Haq in 2001.
Haji Din Mohammad and his brother Haji Nasrullah Baryalai Arsalai remain committed to the principles of inclusive government and reconciliation among competing factions in Afghanistan, and have been active in promoting the economic development and reconstruction of Afghan society after decades of chaos and violence.
Haji Din Mohammad became governor of the eastern province of Nangarhar after the assassination of his brother, Haji Abdul Qadir, in July 2002. He is also the brother of slain commander Abdul Haq.
References and footnotes
- ^ Interview: Nangarhar Province Governor On Elections, Drugs, And Security . - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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The Pride, Pt. 1 & 2
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
The Pride, Pt. 1 & 2
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| “The Pride (Part I & II)” | ||||
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| Single by The Isley Brothers | ||||
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| B-side | “The Pride (Part II)” | |||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Format | 7″ Single | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 5:34 | |||
| Label | T-Neck 2262 |
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| Writer(s) | Rudolph Isley O’Kelly Isley Ronald Isley Ernie Isley Marvin Isley Chris Jasper |
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“The Pride, Pt. 1 & 2″ is a 1977 funk song by The Isley Brothers, released on their T-Neck imprint. The song, which was the first single released from their album, Go For Your Guns, was written as a warning to politicians to be the leader that the people need and to others who want change reminding them that “the pride makes (them) feel that (they) belong”. The song was one of several socially-conscious political songs the Isleys recorded throughout the 1970s including “Fight the Power Pts. 1 & 2″ and “Harvest for the World”. While the song peaked at a dismal number sixty-three on the pop charts, it reached number-one on the R&B singles chart becoming the group’s third number one on the chart..
Personnel
- Ronald Isley: lead vocals
- Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley and O’Kelly Isley, Jr.: background vocals
- Ernie Isley: guitars and drums
- Marvin Isley: bass and percussion
- Chris Jasper: piano, keyboards, synthesizers and clavinet
| Preceded by “At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)” by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan |
Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles number one single April 23, 1977 |
Succeeded by “Got to Give It Up (Part 1) by Marvin Gaye |
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- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 278.
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Zardozi
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
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Zardozi (Hindi: ????????, Persian and Urdu: ??????) work is a type of embroidery in India and Pakistan. This style of embroidery has been in existence in India from the time of the Rig Veda. It prospered during the Mugal Emperor, Akbar, but later a loss of royal patronage and industrialization led to its decline. Today it is popular in the Indian cities of Lucknow, Bhopal, and Chennai.
The name zardozi is from Persian and means “sewing with gold”.
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- ^ Zardozi in India- Zardozi Embroidery, Zardozi Work, Zardosi Embroidery in India, Indian Zari Embroidery
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- http://pyaremiyanzariwala.com
- Zari-Zardozi
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Rivingtons
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
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The Rivingtons were a 1960s doo-wop group, noted for being one of the loudest and most raucous of the genre. The group members were Lead vocalist Carl White (d. January 7, 1980), tenor Al Frazier (d. November 13, 2005, replaced by Madero White for a period in the late ’70s), baritone John “Sonny” Harris, and bass singer Turner “Rocky” Wilson Jr.
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Their first hit, “Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow” (Liberty #55427, 1962), like many such songs, began with the bass chanting nonsense syllables (in this case the title), followed by the tenor singing over repetitions of it. “Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow”, an even more baroque rewrite of the theme, failed to sell, but they returned to the charts the following year with the similar “The Bird’s The Word”. Conversely, the B-side of “Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow” is a song called “Waiting” (Liberty #55528), and indeed showcases the softer, more melodic talents of the group.
Previously The Rivingtons had been known as The Sharps and had already tasted chart action via Thurston Harris’ “Little Bitty Pretty One” in 1957, after which they appeared on several Duane Eddy recordings when any extraneous sounds of rebel yells were required (as on Eddy’s 1958 hit “Rebel Rouser”). They also recorded on Warner Brothers Records as “The Crenshaws” in 1961.
After the two hit singles, The Rivingtons struggled till the mid 60s to find another hit, and after the Columbia single “A Rose Growing In The Ruins” flopped, they called it a day.
However, “Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow” and “The Bird’s The Word” entered a life of their own, courtesy of a Minnesota group called The Trashmen, who recorded a song made up from the nonsense syllables, calling it “Surfin’ Bird”. The band cut the disc over a record shop and passed it off as their own work. It was a medley of the choruses without the verses. However the Rivingtons’ management reported it to their lawyers and the group were ordered to add the surnames of The Rivingtons to the credits, having the effect of causing the first pressings without The Rivingtons’ credit to become collectors items.
Carl White died at age 47, of acute tonsillitus, in his Los Angeles home. Al Frazier, Sonny Harris, and Rocky Wilson played the oldies circuit extensively throughout the ’80s, Replacing White with Clay Hammond until 1987, then Andrew Butler into the ’90s. In 1989, The Rivingtons appeared in an episode of L.A. Law, as a doo-wop group, “The Sensations”. They were later featured in an 1990 episode of Night Court, “Razing Bull” as Mac’s former group-mates “The Starlights”.
After the publicity surrounding the allegations in Billboard Magazine, The Trashmen had to share the writing credits on not only this recording but a later one as a sign of good faith. “Surfin’ Bird” itself was revived in the 1970s by the Ramones and The Cramps.
Discography
The Rivingtons released a number of records on the Liberty label, including:
Singles
- “Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow” b/w “Deep Water”
- “Kickapoo Joy Juice” b/w “My Reward”
- “Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow (The Bird)” b/w “Waiting”
- “The Bird’s The Word” b/w “I’m Losing My Grip”
- “The Shaky Bird (Part 1)” b/w “The Shaky Bird (Part 2)”
- “Cherry” b/w “Little Sally Walker”
- “The Weejee Walk” b/w “Fairy Tales”
Albums
- Doin’ The Bird (1962)
These songs are all collected in the release “The Liberty Years”, released on EMI America
References
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- ^ “Trashmen, The - Surfin’ Bird”. http://www.discogs.com/Trashmen-Surfin-Bird/release/1717702. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
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- ^ “Trashmen, The - Surfin’ Bird Reissue”. http://www.discogs.com/Trashmen-Surfin-Bird/release/1534364. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
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- ^ “Ramones - Rocket To Russia”. http://www.discogs.com/Ramones-Rocket-To-Russia/release/394413. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ “Cramps, The - Surfin’ Bird”. http://www.discogs.com/Cramps-Surfin-Bird/release/408656. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ “The Rivingtons at Discogs”. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rivingtons%2C+The. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ “Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow / Deep Water”. http://www.discogs.com/Rivingtons-Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow-Deep-Water/release/783248. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
External links
- The Rivingtons at Allmusic
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