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Talk:Era

This could stand a good disambiguation? Are there any votes in favor or against? Emperorbma

Is this a disambiguation page?
This seems to be an article to me, not a disambiguation page. Should we liberate the page and remove the tag?--Commander Keane 17:04, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree. The page lost its disambiguation characteristic on 10 October 2005 when Fastifex greatly expanded it. I'm removing the tag. — Joe Kress 06:39, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Against: there's some common ground shared by all meanings: time, interval etc., and ERA exists now. What would be acceptable however, would be moving this page to Era (time), and moving ERA to Era.  Said: Rursus   ☻   10:06, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup
--Jerzy•t 15:00, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Geological era must not be buried in the next to last 'graph of the main secn.
 * 2) Check the Manual of Style, and see if the Dab ERA (for both "era" and "ERA")isn't a terrible mistake in violation of guidelines. At the very least, the ToP Dab should read more like "For other uses of this noun and abbreviations ER, see ERA, but my guess is that the smallest change that would bring it into conformance is renaming ERA to Era (disambiguation). (Not that i recommend that as part of the long-term configuation.)
 * 3) My guess is that this is a lexicographer's etymology-and-usage article that has taken over the more encyclopedic material that is now buried in it. I'm not arguing for discarding that part of the content, but even tho i'm unsure what direction it should progress in, i'm pretty sure the focus is badly off.

 * I'll try some simpleton restructurings against the mess you pinpoint (for starters):
 * Add headings for regnal, geology and other eras,
 * add one sentence or subordinate clause in the intro for "regnal", "geology" and other as fit.
 *  Said: Rursus   ☻   08:50, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Ěŏö — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CC8C:3480:512A:FEE4:75C3:E2D1 (talk) 00:45, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Rating level
Trying to rate this article. Candidate ratings are stub and start. Start means it contains some relevant info, but something's missing. Stub may mean that too, but that it is in a state of flux or mess. I rate this article being a stub, because it's still messy and lacking more on science/astronomy and a separation between social science and colloquial/medial use. Social science are kind of sciences.  Said: Rursus   ☻   10:01, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Bantogen era
WHAT? -- Infinitynerd (talk) 02:39, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Use in other languages
I'm not sure I've got sources for this, but in English the word era is widely synonymous with the words epoch, period, time, etc, while in other languages this is much less so. In French, the word era is still associated with the religious term Christian era (Anno Domini), and so it is perhaps less used as a general term for any given moment of history. ADM (talk) 22:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC) uhh please tell me how long an era is!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.105.127.191 (talk) 21:02, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

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Roman and Greek Pages
I think that any Ancient Roman or Greek related pages in particular ought to use the Common Era CE/BCE format. Since they were not Christian regions, yet have lots of articles written about them, the more neutral and academically accepted style is CE/BCE. — Moops  ⋠ T ⋡ 18:53, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Your opinion has been noted. I don't know if you've got around to reading WP:ERA, but when you do you will see an article by article approach is needed. Johnbod (talk) 05:13, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:Epoch (disambiguation)

Anyone opposed to a good dose of disambiguation? Emperorbma

The Epochs is a band from New York... I dunno if you can make a page for them seeing as they aren't very well known, but yeah, they're pretty much amazing. :]

Apple2
There was an early (even for the Apple II) game that used the high res mode of the Apple II named Epoch.

Definition of epoch in terms of geology was incorrect, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_(geology)#Terminology or merriam-webster.com, definition 2b for epoch epochs are less than a period and greater than an age —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.224.249.177 (talk) 18:00, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Clinical trial
I removed the entry below because it had no article linked. If there is an article that mentions this trial, please include a link to it. Otherwise it does not belong on this page per MOS:DABMENTION.
 * EPOCH, Enhanced Peri-Operative Care for High-risk surgical patients, a large pragmatic clinical trial of a quality improvement intervention to implement an integrated care pathway designed to improve outcomes for patients requiring emergency laparotomy.

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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geologic timescale

Nice idea! The template should be expanded ; thinking about having all periods in one table with the current period (in ref to the article) having epochs and the current epoch not being a link (just bolded). We could even have color-coded heading bars to indicate either period (probably too many colors..) or era. --mav 07:03 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I think it's an excelent idea to expand the template to the periods. More than that i think it's megalomania. Each period has too many subdivisions see Jurassic for instance. Actually this project came to remind me the promisse i made myself to colaborate more in the geologic pages... Muriel

Top navigational templates
In attempting to utilize the EasyTimeline feature to create better navigational boxes for the geologic time periods, I have created a few working models at User:Moverton/Sandbox/Timeline. Maybe you can think of something that I have forgotten that would improve them. —Mike 09:15, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)

Project directory
Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 00:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

JOINING
How do i join this project.Crocadog 18:16, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 17:52, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

New Geotimeboxes
AMK152 proposed, in a series of edits on 27 December 2006, a geotimebox for various articles dealing with the Geologic time scale. For example: AMK152's edit of Hadean looked like this. See discussion at Template talk:Geotimebox. --

Susquehanna river predates Atlantic Ocean?
The article on the Susquehanna River contains the following paragraph, which I found bizarre:

 * Geologically, the river is extremely ancient, often regarded as the oldest or second oldest major system in the world. It is far older than the mountains through which it turns - the flow of the ancient Susquehanna was so strong that it was able to cut through the mountains even as they were forming from the collision of Africa and North America some 300 million years ago. Remarkably, the river's age means that it actually predates the Atlantic Ocean.

This all sounds very strange and implausible to me, and I was not able to confirm any of it independently. Many sources agree that the New River is the oldest in North America, and that the Nile is the oldest in the world. The Nile article says that the ancestral Nile only dates back 25MY.

Is any of this paragraph true? If not, can someone please correct (or delete) it? If it is true, please accept my apologies for bothering you about it.

Thanks. -- Dominus 01:14, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I attempted to add a little bit of clarity to it, but since I'm not a geologist and Google searches didn't turn up much, I'd still suggest someone who knows what they're talking about should modify the paragraph again. I did add at least some sort of a citation and explanation, but it definitely still needs work TimBilly1224 23:06, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


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Hooverphonic

Hooverphonic is a Belgian band that was formed in October 1995. Though originally categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a singular genre, but rather encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and a mixture of others. The band originally called themselves Hoover, but later changed their name to Hooverphonic after discovering other groups were already using the Hoover name and to avoid any legal issues with the vacuum cleaner company.

Since their formation, Hooverphonic's lineup consisted of bassist Alex Callier, guitarist Raymond Geerts, and various lead singers. Prominent ones included Liesje Sadonius (1996–1997), Geike Arnaert (1997–2008, 2020–present), Noémie Wolfs (2010–2015), and Luka Cruysberghs (2018–2020).

The band were set to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with their song "Release Me". However, on March 18, 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They instead represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "The Wrong Place".

A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
The original members of the group were vocalist Esther Lybeert, keyboardist Frank Duchêne, bassist Alex Callier, and guitarist Raymond Geerts. Lybeert recorded several demos with the group; however, she backed out of the band on the day they were to sign their contract with Sony Music. The band then brought in Liesje Sadonius to record the album. Sadonius left Hooverphonic on amicable terms shortly after the release of A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular. Kyoko Baertsoen, singer for fellow Belgian trip hop band Lunascape, filled in for Sadonius for three months of a European tour in 1997 before Geike Arnaert was made the permanent singer later that year.

The band achieved international recognition through the inclusion of the Stereophonic track "2Wicky" on the soundtrack to Bernardo Bertolucci's 1996 film Stealing Beauty. "2Wicky" also appeared on the soundtracks of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Heights. The track's main riff is sampled from Isaac Hayes' recording of the 1960s hit "Walk On By".

Additional session musicians for Stereophonic include Eric Bosteels, a session drummer with Hooverphonic from 1997 to 1998 (replaced by Mario Goossens until 2005) and David Poltrock, a keyboard player with the group on and off from 1998 until 2005. In 1998, Hooverphonic also contributed to the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses with their cover of "Shake the Disease".

Blue Wonder Power Milk
After an extensive European tour with artists such as Massive Attack, Morcheeba, and Apollo 440, and a tour opening for Fiona Apple in the United States in 1997, the band released Blue Wonder Power Milk in 1998 with 18-year-old Arnaert on vocals. A marked departure from their debut, the album is driven less by breakbeats and samples, and more by organic string elements and traditional song structures.

The single "Club Montepulciano" was a hit in native Belgium and a minor college hit in the U.S., while "Renaissance Affair" was featured in the North American commercial campaign for the new Volkswagen Vapor Beetle. "This Strange Effect" and "Eden" were both featured in American cell phone commercials: "This Strange Effect" for the Motorola SLVR, and in 2006, "Eden" for the Cingular 8525. "Eden" was also used in the 1998 slasher film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. At the time of their release, both songs were also featured in two separate third-season episodes of La Femme Nikita. Shortly afterwards, Sarah Brightman recorded a cover of "Eden" on her 1998 album Eden. Yoko Kanno samples the opening track "Battersea" in "Cyberbird", on the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 2.

At this point, Frank Duchêne decided to quit the band: "Having made two successful albums for Sony Music with his band Hooverphonic, and after extensive touring as support for Fiona Apple, Moloko & Massive Attack, he was unhappy with the project and near the end of 1998, decided to leave"

Early 2000s: The Magnificent Tree
The band followed up Blue Wonder Power Milk with 2000's The Magnificent Tree, which expands on the sound of Milk with a warmer, more approachable sound. Highlights from the album are the string-laden "Out of Sight", "Mad About You", and the title track.

The same year, Hooverphonic was asked to write a song specifically for the opening ceremony of the 2000 European Football Championship, which took place in Brussels, Belgium. The result — a 12-minute-long track called "Visions," Hooverphonic's performance at the opening ceremony was heard/seen by more than 1 billion people.

On the heels of Tree's success, the band became the first Belgian outfit to headline the Belgian Rock Werchter musical festival in 2001.

2002: Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane
2002 saw the group shifting gears again, this time releasing the concept album Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane. The album tells the story of the fictional title character, a celebrity and singer catapulted into stardom at the expense of her relationship with her twin sister. Driven to the brink of insanity by the pressures of fame, Jackie quits show business and returns home to attempt reconciliation, where her sister kills them both with a poisoned last supper.

Jackie Cane retains the dreamy elements of Hooverphonic's previous works, most notably on songs "Nirvana Blue" and "Human Interest" (which contains references to "Echoes" by Pink Floyd), but tracks like "The World Is Mine" (the first single) and "Day After Day" have a clear Broadway influence and quality to them. The album went platinum in Belgium and won the group ZAMU’s Best Pop/Rock Band and Best Album awards in 2002.

2003: Sit Down and Listen to Hooverphonic
In 2003, the band released an album performed live in a studio with an orchestra entitled Sit Down and Listen to Hooverphonic, featuring a selection of songs from the band’s body of work, as well as the new songs "Antarctica" and "The Last Thing I Need Is You", and a cover of Lee Hazlewood's "My Autumn’s Done Come". The band launched into an extended European tour in September 2003, performing in over 100 concert halls.

2005: No More Sweet Music
The band's fifth studio album, a double CD entitled No More Sweet Music/More Sweet Music, was released in December 2005. Both CDs include the same 11 tracks, however, they are all different versions.

2006: Singles '96–'06
In 2006 the band left Sony/BMG, complaining of lack of label support for No More Sweet Music. A greatest hits album (Singles '96–'06) was released to end the relation with Sony/BMG. The band went on to work without a label.

2007–2008: The President of the LSD Golf Club
In an interview for the Spanish TV program Nosolomusica, Alex Callier gave some hints of a new, more psychedelic orientation for the band's forthcoming music. During a show in Moscow (October 2007), the band revealed the first single of the new album, "Expedition Impossible".

The President of the LSD Golf Club was released in October 2007 in Belgium and the Netherlands. The album was released in Europe in March 2008. Following the release, the lead singer of the band, Geike Arnaert, announced on 10 October 2008 she would be leaving the band to pursue a solo career. Arnaert had been working on solo material for a few months. The last concert Hooverphonic did with Geike was on 13 December 2008 in Tele-Club, Ekaterinburg, Russia. It was filmed by the local MTV station and was shown on Russian TV in 2009.

2010s: The Night Before, With Orchestra, Reflection and In Wonderland
On 4 November 2010, the new lead singer Noémie Wolfs was announced on De Laatste Show at the VRT, the Flemish public broadcasting organization.

On 29 October 2010, Hooverphonic announced a new single on their website. The videoclip showcased fourteen possible singers but only one of them, Noémie Wolfs, proved to be the real successor to Geike Arnaert. The single "The Night Before" introduced the new singer and was followed on November 26 by the release of the full-length album The Night Before. The album went platinum in Belgium soon after its release.

On 9 November 2011 they announced the re-release of their first album, A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular.

Three more albums were released in the following years featuring Wolfs as main vocalist: the orchestral album With Orchestra and the live album With Orchestra Live in 2012, and the studio album Reflection in 2013. With Orchestra Live features orchestral renditions of songs spanning the Hooverphonic entire career performed live at the Koningin Elisabethzaal in Antwerp. The performance was also released on DVD. In 2016, all the songs from the concert were uploaded on the band's official YouTube channel in high definition. With more than 100 million views, the "Mad About You" performance is the most watched video of Hooverphonic. On 26 March 2015, Hooverphonic announced that Wolfs would be leaving the band "in mutual agreement". The band's ninth studio album, In Wonderland (2016), featured vocals from Janie Price, Emilie Satt, Litlo Tinz, Christa Jérôme, Tjeerd Bomhof and Felix Howard. Anton Marin, of the design agency Power & Glory, who had been the band's official house illustrator and designer since their debut, released a special comic strip based on the lyrics of Hooverphonic's hit single Badaboum.

2020s: Looking For Stars, Eurovision Song Contest and Geike Arnaert’s return
In April 2018, Hooverphonic introduced their new singer Luka Cruysberghs. Cruysberghs provided vocals for the band's tenth studio album Looking For Stars, anticipated by the single "Romantic".

Hooverphonic were supposed to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with their song "Release Me". The event was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hooverphonic was the only Eurovision entrant for 2020 who refused to take part in the "Love Shine a Light" performance, where entrants each contributed sections of the song, although a photograph of Cruysberghs was included with the other participants making a hand heart at the end.

On 9 November 2020, Cruysberghs was abruptly fired from the band to make way for the return of Geike Arnaert. Also on the same day, they released a new version of "Mad About You" for the song's 20th anniversary.

They participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "The Wrong Place". They finished the contest in 19th place with 74 points.

In May 2021, the band released their eleventh studio album overall and sixth to feature Arnaert as vocalist, Hidden Stories. The album featured the singles The Wrong Place, Thinking About You, Lift Me Up and Belgium In The Rain.

On March 21, 2024 Hooverphonic released the album Fake Is The New Dope, preceded by the singles Don't Think (2023), Por Favor (2023), Then I Found You (2023), the title track (2024) and The Best Day Of Our Life (2024). Belgian newspaper De Standaard headlined: Hooverphonic surprises with introspective new album.

Band members
Current members
 * Alex Callier — bass guitar, keyboards, programming (1995–present)
 * Raymond Geerts — lead guitar (1995–present)
 * Geike Arnaert — lead vocals (1997–2008; 2020–present)

Former members
 * Esther Lybeert — lead vocals (1995–1996)
 * Frank Duchêne — keyboards (1995–1998)
 * Liesje Sadonius — lead vocals (1996–1997)
 * Kyoko Baertsoen — lead vocals (1997)
 * Noémie Wolfs — lead vocals (2010–2015)
 * Luka Cruysberghs — lead vocals (2018–2020)

Discography

 * A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (1996)
 * Blue Wonder Power Milk (1998)
 * The Magnificent Tree (2000)
 * Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane (2002)
 * No More Sweet Music/More Sweet Music (2005)
 * The President of the LSD Golf Club (2007)
 * The Night Before (2010)
 * Reflection (2013)
 * In Wonderland (2016)
 * Looking for Stars (2018)
 * Hidden Stories (2021)
 * Fake Is the New Dope (2024)

Use of music in television and movies
Hooverphonic's music has also appeared in a number of commercials and other TV series:
 * "2Wicky" has appeared in numerous movies, including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Permanent Midnight, The Interview, Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty, as well as an episode of Entourage. "2Wicky" and "Inhaler" were also featured on episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and are also on the series soundtrack.
 * "Eden" is included on the soundtrack of the film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and in episode 10 of season three of the series La Femme Nikita.
 * "Renaissance Affair" and "This Strange Effect" were used in the Belgian movie Shades, as was "Shades" (the theme composed for the film). "Renaissance Affair" was also used in the US in a Volkswagen New Beetle TV ad circa 2000. Alex Callier worked as the composer for the movie. "This Strange Effect" was also used in the 20th episode of La Femme Nikita.
 * "Battersea" was used in the 1999 pilot of the NBC TV series Third Watch and in the end of the show's last episode ("Goodbye to Camelot"), in 2005.
 * "Mad About You" was used in the CBS TV series Cold Case, in the third-season episode "Sanctuary". The song was also featured in the film A Lot Like Love during the New Year's Eve sequence, in the 2002 film New Best Friend, and in Driven. Netflix also used this song in The Umbrella Academy season 1, episode 8 titled "I Heard a Rumor".
 * "The World is Mine" was featured as the theme song of the UK television series Mile High (2003–2005), which follows the lives of an airline crew at the fictional UK airline "Fresh!".

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Morcheeba

Morcheeba are an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist Skye Edwards and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey. They mix influences from trip hop, rock, folk rock and downtempo, and have produced ten regular studio albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten. Edwards left the band in 2003, after which the brothers used a number of singers before she rejoined in 2009. They recruit additional members for their live performances and have toured internationally. In 2014 Paul Godfrey resigned from the band. Edwards and Ross Godfrey later formed Skye & Ross and released a self-titled album in September 2016. Their latest studio album as Morcheeba, Blackest Blue, was released in May 2021 and was preceded by singles "Sounds of Blue", "Oh Oh Yeah" and "The Moon". It features collaborations with Brad Barr from The Barr Brothers, and Duke Garwood, whom Edwards described as "a diamond geezer".

1995–2001: Beginnings and mainstream success
Originally from the small town of Saltwood, just north of Hythe, Kent, the Godfrey brothers—DJ/producer Paul Godfrey and multi-instrumentalist Ross Godfrey—moved to London when they were in their late teens. Sometime in the mid 1990s, at a party in Greenwich, the brothers met Skye Edwards, who was singing backup in a funk band, and also played guitar; before too long the three began recording songs together, and formed the trio Morcheeba. At first they produced tracks at their home studio, together with engineer Pete Norris.

They were eventually signed to China Records by Angus Blair (A&R) and the band released their debut Trigger Hippie EP, in October 1995. At the same time, Paul Ablett came on board as manager. The band's debut album, Who Can You Trust?, was released in April 1996 and fitted into the trip hop genre through a combination of Paul Godfrey's hip hop roots, Ross Godfrey's psychedelic rock influences and Edwards' soul-styled vocals. A second single, "Tape Loop", appeared in July 1996. The band began to play live around Europe and North America, with a live band that included five additional members. At this point, the band had outgrown the home recording set-up and the brothers purchased their own studio. In 1997, they contributed to the David Byrne album Feelings, participating in the recording and production of the release.

With a more professional recording set-up, the brothers began developing their ideas for a second album. Much of the material had already been written, and, with Norris involved again, the band moved towards a more mainstream sound. At the same time, Edwards appeared on the BBC charity single "Perfect Day". The follow-up, 1998's Big Calm, moved away from trip hop towards a more pop-oriented, song-based sound. This was exemplified by the band's reworking of "Moog Island" (from their debut) into the pop-song "The Music That We Hear". One of the album's singles, "The Sea", became a radio favourite. The album proved to be a big seller and ensured Morcheeba's success as a breakthrough act. In 1998, Morcheeba collaborated with Hubert Laws to record the classic song "Summer Time" for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody, a tribute to George Gershwin, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease.

In 2000, Morcheeba released their third album, Fragments of Freedom. This repeated the sales success of Big Calm but received a less positive critical response. The band's fourth album, Charango, was released in 2002 and saw a diminished role for Edwards. The singles "Otherwise" and "Way Beyond" followed. The lyrics for "Undress Me Now" were written with Lambchop's Kurt Wagner, while other collaborators on the album were with rappers Pace Won and Slick Rick. In January 2003, the band undertook their first significant tour of the US since 1998. In 2001, the Godfrey brothers contributed three songs to the Jim White album No Such Place.

2003–2008: Split and Dive Deep
By the end of 2003, the Godfrey brothers split with Edwards, citing creative and personal differences. Edwards received "a phone call from our manager saying that it was over. It was a relief to think we didn't have to continue". She was under the impression that the band had ceased to operate. A greatest hits compilation, Parts of the Process, helped to retain interest in the band and featured two new tracks: "What's Your Name" (featuring a rhyming cameo from Big Daddy Kane) and "Can't Stand It". At around the same time, they released the live DVD Morcheeba: From Brixton to Beijing. A decade later, Ross Godfrey reflected on this period, saying: "We just felt like we couldn't breathe, I'd been in the band and on the road since I was 18, so to have any kind of break from that was just amazing".

The two brothers reunited the year after, leaving Paul to explain that "Ross and I realised that Morcheeba was kind of our family company, and that we wanted very much to keep it going, hence the change". In 2005, Morcheeba released their fifth studio (and first post-Edwards) album, The Antidote. Daisy Martey (formerly of the band Noonday Underground) was recruited to replace Edwards as the album vocalist. However, Martey's period with the band was brief and she was sacked in the middle of the promotional tour, to be replaced by Jody Sternberg. Martey subsequently sued the band for breach of contract and defamation. Sternberg's own tenure with the band was similarly brief, and she only appeared to have been part of the band to fulfil tour dates. According to Ross, the entire episode "was difficult to say the least. It left us in near-ruin".

After a break of several years, Morcheeba released their sixth studio album, Dive Deep, in February 2008. On this album, the Godfrey brothers fell back into their role as producers, selecting five vocalists to perform their songs. The folk-rock singer Judie Tzuke, Norwegian born Thomas Dybdahl and blues singer/guitarist Bradley Burgess appeared as lead vocalists together with the Korean-American rapper Cool Calm Pete and French singer Manda (Amanda Zamolo). Both Manda and Burgess toured with Morcheeba as lead singers on their 2008 tour.

2009–2013: Reunion, Blood Like Lemonade and Head Up High
As a solo artist, Edwards remained with the same management company as Morcheeba—Chris Morrison the CM of CMO Management represented both artists—which led to a chance meeting in their London offices sometime in 2009. Edwards and the Godfrey brothers met again to discuss her possible involvement in a new project. Initially the singer was hesitant and pointed out that she "really enjoyed doing my solo stuff and writing my own lyrics". Eventually, Edwards rejoined the band and the trio began work on a new album, with Edwards still on tour promoting her solo album, Ross Godfrey living in California and Paul Godfrey in France. On 12 February 2010, NME revealed that Edwards was once again back with the band, which was confirmed by Paul Godfrey the day after on the band's Myspace blog. Edwards made her live return with the band at the Caprices Festival, Switzerland on 9 April 2010. Edwards' role in the band changed, as she had "become more confident" in her "ability as a singer and a songwriter", and found that during the recording process they were "more honest with each other", and thus they produced "a more honest record".

Morcheeba released their seventh album, Blood Like Lemonade, on PIAS in June 2010, preceded by the single "Even Though". It was produced by Paul Godfrey, who described the album as "a warm, fuzzy blanket of psychedelia", while Edwards described the lyrics as "having dark themes". She also remarked on how the brothers had made her part of the creative process again. An eighteen-month tour followed that saw the band play around the Americas and Europe.

Their eighth album, Head Up High, was released on 14 October 2013, again on PIAS. In 2014, the band toured Australia, with a line-up consisting of Skye Edwards (vocals), Ross Godfrey (guitars), Steve Gordon (bass), Richard Milner (keyboards), Martin Carling (drums) and James Anthony (decks).

2014–2016: Departure of Paul Godfrey and Skye & Ross release
In 2014, Paul Godfrey left the band. Ross Godfrey later explained that: "Paul and I had not been getting on musically, or personally for a long time, and after the Head Up High album in 2013, Paul told us he was leaving the band, and he wanted Skye and I to buy him out of his share of the name. We disagreed on how much it was worth so no deal was struck. Skye and I thought it best to just release the record we had made under our own names. There will be no more Morcheeba albums". Paul Godfrey has since established a recording studio, Sacrosync Sound, in Hastings and recorded a new album "Cool Your Soul" with Rachel Cuming under the moniker Morcheeba Productions.

Ross Godfrey and Skye Edwards announced a new project in 2016 named Skye & Ross. They have toured, and released an eponymous album on 2 September 2016. The band started as an acoustic duo but soon included Edwards' son Jaega (drums), her husband Steve Gordon (bass) and Godfrey's wife Amanda Zamolo (backing vocals). Edwards took responsibility for the lyrics while Ross Godfrey noted that the recording process was "a very organic experience".

2018–present: Blaze Away and Blackest Blue
Blaze Away, Morcheeba's ninth album, was released on 1 June 2018. The album featured the singles "Never Undo", "Blaze Away" and "It's Summertime". On 14 May 2021, Morcheeba released their tenth album, Blackest Blue. It features collaborations with Duke Garwood and Brad Barr and was preceded by singles "Sounds of Blue", "Oh Oh Yeah" and "The Moon". Blackest Blue did not enter the Official Albums UK Top 100 Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100. Skye and Ross didn’t approach the album with any preconceptions, and instead created an organic journey that represents everything great about Morcheeba. "Blackest Blue is about finding a way through the darkest of times and emerging the other side changed but intact”.

Skye Edwards revealed in a June 2023 interview that the band had begun working on their eleventh album with ten tracks in the demo phase.

From June to October 2024 the band are touring European festivals, including the 2024 Meltdown at London's South Bank Centre curated by Chaka Khan.

Media

 * "Never an Easy Way" (from Who Can You Trust? release) was used in the opening sequence of the episode "Passion" (season 2, episode 17) of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, partly under the narrative voiceover of the character Angel/Angelus (played by David Boreanaz).
 * "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" was featured heavily in Globo's 2000 telenovela Laços de Família, in which it was associated with the character of Íris Frank Lacerda (played by Deborah Secco) and her best friend Socorro (played by Mônica Siedler). It was also included in the telenovela's official soundtrack album released in November 2000.
 * "Everybody Loves a Loser" was featured in the first season for the television series Hung, and was included on its soundtrack album issued in June 2010.
 * "Be Yourself" was covered by the top 5 contestants of American Idol: Season 10. The recording was used in the show's weekly Ford commercial.
 * "Get Along" was used in episode 4 from season 1 of Body of Proof.
 * "On The Rhodes Again" (from Beats & B-Sides release) was used as source music in the film Traffic.
 * "Who Can You Trust" was used in the first episode of The Sopranos, as Tony Soprano sits by a pool.
 * The Shortcheeba remix of "Tape Loop" is featured on the enhanced version of Grand Theft Auto V 's "Non-Stop-Pop FM" radio station.
 * "Trigger Hippie" (from Who Can You Trust?) was used in the lingerie shop scene in the 1998 film Enemy of the State.
 * "The Sea" (from Big Calm) was used as the theme tune for the UK reality TV show Shipwrecked.
 * "World Looking In" was featured in the launch advert for the 2nd generation Ford Mondeo in the UK.
 * "Blood Like Lemonade" was featured in the beginning of episode 4 of The Umbrella Academy.
 * "Shoulder Holster" was used as the titles music for the first series of The 11 O'Clock Show.

Band name
The name "Morcheeba" comes from the initials "MOR" (indicating Middle of the Road) and "cheeba", a slang term for cannabis.

Compilation albums and others

 * Beats & B-Sides (1998)
 * Back to Mine (2001)
 * Parts of the Process (2003) – No. 6 UK, BPI: Platinum
 * The Platinum Collection (2005)
 * The Works: A 3 CD Retrospective (2007)
 * The Best of Morcheeba 1995–2003 (2011)
 * Part of the Process – The Collection (2020)

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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Theme songs

Anyone disagree? Emperorbma 07:48 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure I follow what you're suggesting. Can you give an actual example? — Paul A 08:23 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)

 * Sure, Love Hina, Inu-yasha, Martian Successor Nadesico and Trigun have examples Emperorbma 08:28 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)

 * As far as I can tell, with that formatting, the number in the list will never be anything but "1." What's the point to it? Also, the standard is for song titles to be in double quotes, like "Official Song Name". Italics would be good for translations, when needed, I'd think. -- John Owens 08:33 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)

 * Love Hina is a special case because it has an OVA and a series... (Inuyasha was a better example.) — Emperorbma 08:36 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)

 * I see what you meant. Yeah, most won't go over 1 but some series have more than one end or opening (see Inuyasha). — Emperorbma

 * OK, I will revise the songs to use "" instead... I agree, but keep bold for readability. Emperorbma

 * OK how about revision 3.3.2? Any further ideas?  Emperorbma 09:17 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)

 * Should I place this up as a style suggestion page? Emperorbma 01:07 7 Jun 2003 (UTC)

 * What about Japanese characters (As Unicode character entities)? Do we want a space to put them as well? -- Pipian

 * Sounds good to me. I didn't do that b/c crosslinking kanji to hiragana takes me a few minutes. ^_^ Emperorbma

 * Of course. Just need the optional space in the style suggestion page for them, that's all. -- Pipian

 * Sho 'nuff. Going for suggestion version 3.4! Emperorbma 06:02 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Also can we move this to a separate page? (Done) Emperorbma 06:16 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)

 * New location proposed Theme Song Format (copied) and the corresponding Wikipedia talk:Theme Song Format. Emperorbma

 * I see no problems with it as it stands. Was going to raise an issue about season specific music, but that would start making the format get rather nasty in a hurry -- Pipian

 * It is hard to edit on the fly. The pump has high traffic. Emperorbma

 * Season specific music could either be done per episode or like "S1 eps 1-5". Emperorbma

--- See WikiProject Albums for an infobox. Tuf-Kat 14:13, Feb 11, 2004 (UTC)

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Project Directory
Hello. The WikiProject Council is currently in the process of developing a master directory of the existing WikiProjects to replace and update the existing WikiProject Council/Directory. These WikiProjects are of vital importance in helping wikipedia achieve its goal of becoming truly encyclopedic. Please review the following pages:
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 * User:Badbilltucker/History and society directory, and
 * User:Badbilltucker/Science directory

and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope to have the existing directory replaced by the updated and corrected version of the directory above by November 1. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 21:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry if you tried to update it before, and the corrections were gone. I have now put the new draft in the old directory pages, so the links should work better. My apologies for any confusion this may have caused you. B2T2 00:31, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 17:51, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I wanna join, I wanna join!!
Heyz, AznMyth Here. I wanna join this project. I even jazzed up the styling of the Project Template. Heres one of the one I have already created. {| style="background: transparent;"
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Theme Songs

 * Opening
 * "Telescope" by Sleepin' Johnny Fish

 * Ending
 * "Yume no Miyako Tokyo Life" (Dreamtown, Tokyo Life) by Akiko Nakagawa

WikiProject:Theme Songs
 * OVA (Happy Lesson OVA)
 * Opening: "C' " (C Dash) by Hikari Okamoto
 * Ending: "Place" by Five Moms
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Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:48, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!

Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

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John Thurso

John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso, (born 10 September 1953), known also as John Thurso, is a Scottish businessman, Liberal Democrat politician and hereditary peer who is notable for having served in the House of Lords both before and after a period in the House of Commons.

Born to the Sinclair family, Lord Thurso was educated at Eton College before entering management roles in the tourism and hospitality industry. He first joined Parliament in the House of Lords as a hereditary peer in 1995 and served until 1999, when he was among the majority of hereditary peers who were removed from Parliament following the House of Lords Act 1999.

Thurso was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross at the 2001 general election, becoming the fifth generation of the Sinclair family to represent the Caithness area in the House of Commons. He held the seat until he was defeated at the 2015 general election by the Scottish National Party (SNP) candidate, Paul Monaghan. During his time serving in the Commons, Lord Thurso was chair of the Finance and Services Committee from 2010 to 2015. In 2016, Thurso returned to the House of Lords after winning a by-election to fill a vacancy among the remaining Liberal Democrat hereditary peers. He became chair of VisitScotland in 2016 and later became Lord Lieutenant of Caithness in 2017.

Education and early career
Thurso was born as John Archibald Sinclair to the high-profile Sinclair family and was educated in the Scottish town of Thurso and then at Eton College. He joined the Savoy Group as a management trainee in 1972, and worked for many years in the tourism and hospitality industry. He was a manager at the Lancaster Hotel in Paris (1981–1985) and founded the hotel at Cliveden (1985–1992) before becoming CEO of Granfel Holdings, owners of East Sussex National Golf Course (1992–1995). From 1995 until his election to Parliament in 2001, he was CEO of the Champneys Group. During his time in this job he featured in the TV documentary Trouble at the Top – Shape up with Lord Thurso.

House of Commons
Following his father's death in 1995, he took his seat in the House of Lords as the 3rd Viscount Thurso, where he became spokesman on tourism and later on food matters. Thurso spoke many times in the House of Lords in favour of Lords reform. His automatic right as a hereditary peer to sit in the House of Lords was abolished in 1999, and he did not attempt to remain in that capacity. At the 2001 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as the MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.

He served as Liberal Democrat Scotland spokesperson under Charles Kennedy, but was sacked by Sir Menzies Campbell. He has publicly gone against party policy by declaring his support for nuclear power, and by his criticism of 24-hour drinking and wind power.

Lord Thurso was sworn of the Privy Council in 2014. He lost his Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat at the 2015 general election to Paul Monaghan of the Scottish National Party (SNP). However, Lord Thurso had a good result in comparison with many Liberal Democrat candidates. Only four Scottish Liberal Democrat candidates were closer to winning their seats, including Alistair Carmichael, who was the only Liberal Democrat candidate in Scotland to retain his seat at that year's general election.

Return to the House of Lords and later career
Following the 2015 general election, Thurso became a board member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. In April 2016, he won a by-election to fill a vacancy in the House of Lords following the death of Lord Avebury. He won the support of all of the three members who were eligible to vote. In 2017, Thurso was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Caithness.

Thurso holds the presidencies of The Tourism Society and the Academy of Food and Wine Service. He is a fellow of the Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality (HCIMA) (FIH) and served as its Patron for six years, until June 2003. He was President of the British International Spa Association. On 7 March 2016, it was announced that Lord Thurso would become the chair of VisitScotland.

Personal life
Thurso comes from a family of Liberal parliamentarians. The former constituency of Caithness and Sutherland had been held by his grandfather, Archibald Sinclair, from 1922 until 1945. Archibald Sinclair was the 1st Viscount Thurso and a Liberal Party leader. Thurso has been married to Marion for 26 years and they have a daughter and two sons. The family live at Thurso, Caithness.

As a patron of the Bluebell Railway 50th Anniversary Appeal, on 24 April 2009, at the railway's Horsted Keynes station Thurso carried out the ceremonial renaming of the Battle of Britain class locomotive named after his grandfather, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air during that battle.

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Barb

Barb or the BARBs or variation may refer to:

People

 * Barb (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
 * Barb, a term used by fans of Nicki Minaj to refer to themselves
 * The Barbs, a band

Places

 * Barb, Ontario, Canada
 * DeKalb, Illinois, USA; nicknamed Barb City

Animals

 * Barb (feather), the branches issuing from the rachis of feathers
 * Barb (fish), common name for a range of freshwater fish
 * Barb horse, a breed from North Africa
 * Barb (pigeon), a breed of domestic pigeon
 * Australian Kelpie or barb, a breed of dog
 * The Barb (1863–1888), Australian Thoroughbred racehorse

Implements

 * Barding or barb, a type of armor for horses
 * A backward-facing point on a fish hook or similar implement, rendering extraction from the victim's flesh more difficult
 * A type of pipe fitting called barb, used to connect hosing (the ridges face backward, making insertion easy and removal difficult)
 * Barb, a shortened version of barbiturate, a drug that acts as a depressant for the central nervous system

Other uses

 * USS Barb, two US Navy submarines
 * Wind barbs for each station on a map of reported weather conditions
 * Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, which compiles television ratings in the United Kingdom
 * Berkeley Barb or The Barb, an underground newspaper of the late 1960s

title: Barb