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Alan O'Day

Alan Earle O'Day (October 3, 1940 – May 17, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for writing and singing "Undercover Angel," a million-selling Gold-certified American No. 1 hit in 1977. He also wrote songs for many other notable performers, such as 1974's Helen Reddy No. 1 hit "Angie Baby" and the Righteous Brothers' No. 3 Gold hit "Rock and Roll Heaven". In the 1980s he moved from pop music to television, co-writing nearly 100 songs for the Saturday morning Muppet Babies series, and in the 1990s he wrote and performed music on the National Geographic series Really Wild Animals. O'Day also collaborated with Tatsuro Yamashita on a series of popular songs in Japan including "Your Eyes", "Magic Ways", "Christmas Eve" and "Fragile" (which rapper Tyler, the Creator interpolated in "Gone, Gone / Thank You").

Early years
O'Day was born in Hollywood, California, United States, the only child of Earle and Jeannette O'Day, who both worked at the Pasadena Star-News. Earle took newspaper photos and did publicity for the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce. Jeannette wrote for the Star News, as well as being a schoolteacher in Thermal, California, and other schools in the Coachella Valley.

O'Day stated that he remembered creating melodies on a xylophone at the age of six. By the fifth grade, his favorite artist was Spike Jones, and he was serenading his classmates on the ukulele. At Coachella Valley Union High School, after participating in a band called The Imperials, he started his own rock'n'roll band, The Shoves, with heavy influences from Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Fats Domino, who appeared on KABC-TV/Los Angeles' Hub Talent Show on August 25, 1958. A third band, The Renés (O'Day, Oscar Arias, Eddie Arias, Ernie Gurrola, Sal Velasquez, Johnny Alvarez and Don Duarte), played Latin and Mexican standards mixed with rock and roll tunes and gave him the opportunity to write his own songs. In 1958, R&B pioneer Johnny Otis auditioned the Renés after an auditioning singer they were backing didn't pass muster. Impressed with their playing and the O'Day compositions, Otis recorded and produced the band performing three O'Day originals and a few covers at El Dorado Studios in Hollywood over a few sessions, but the recordings were never released as all the members of the Renés were minors.

In 1961, he found work via a friend from high school, Arch Hall Jr., whose father, Arch Hall Sr., was an independent movie producer. The senior Hall wrote and produced films that starred the junior Hall, and O'Day helped out with the sound, in 1962, acting as music editor on the film Eegah and musical director on Wild Guitar, sound recorder on 1963's The Sadist, and sound mixer on the 1964 What's Up Front! After Eegah, Arch Jr. and O'Day put together a four-piece band (called The Archers) played in clubs on the Sunset Strip such as Whisky a Go Go and Pandora's Box and served as the backing band for Dobie Gray.

Around 1965, O'Day was in the band Alan & Bob & Denny, a show group that did pop songs and some comedy. They played nightclubs in the Pasadena and Hollywood area, and were on The Ed Sullivan Show on November 14, 1965, as the backup band for singer-actress-comedian Virginia O'Brien.

Songwriter
In 1969, he signed with E.H. Morris Music, followed by Warner Brothers Music in 1971, writing "The Drum", which became a hit single for Bobby Sherman. In 1974, three more of his songs did well: "Train of Thought", recorded by Cher, "Rock And Roll Heaven", recorded by The Righteous Brothers, and "Angie Baby", recorded by Helen Reddy.

"Angie Baby" hit No. 1 at the end of December 1974 and became one of Reddy's biggest-selling singles. In a 2006 article, O'Day said the song took three months to write; originally, it was loosely based on the character in the Beatles' "Lady Madonna". To make the character ("Angie") more interesting, he based her on a neighbor girl he had known who seemed "socially retarded". O'Day also thought of his own childhood; an only child who was often ill, many of his days were spent in bed with a radio to keep him company. O'Day showed the unfinished song to his therapist, who pointed out that the character's reactions were not those of a retarded person; O'Day then switched Angie from mentally "slow" to "crazy". This expanded to her living in a dream world of lovers, inspired by the songs on her radio. When an evil-minded neighbor tries to enter her room to take advantage of the girl, he is instead drawn into her reality, literally shrinking him down into her radio, "never to be found."

Solo career
O'Day released his first solo album, Caress Me Pretty Music in 1973. The album was not a major commercial success and he temporarily put his recording career on hiatus.

In 1977, Warner Bros. Records formed Pacific Records as a label for their composers who also performed. O'Day was the first and only artist signed to the label, and its first release was "Undercover Angel." The song, which he described as a "nocturnal novelette," was released in February 1977. Within a few months it had become No. 1 in the country, and has sold approximately two million copies. It was also a hit in Australia, reaching No. 9 on the Australian Singles Chart. ("Undercover Angel" also landed O'Day in an exclusive club as one of only a handful of writers/performers to pen a No. 1 hit for themselves and a No. 1 for another artist.)

A follow-up single, "Started Out Dancing, Ended Up Making Love" stalled at No. 73, marking O'Day's second and last appearance on the US chart. Three years later, in March 1980, a song called "Skinny Girls" reached No. 11 on the Australian Singles Chart. In 1981, O'Day co-wrote "Your Eyes" with singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, which became a hit in Japan. This was one of many collaborations between O'Day and Yamashita, including songs such as "Fragile" and "Theme From Big Wave".

O'Day left Warner Brothers in 1982 to write and self-publish. In 1983, he was invited to Tokyo to co-write six more songs with Yamashita for his album Big Wave. The collaboration yielded a Gold Disc Award in Japan.

In February 2013, the label 1st Phase Records released a new album titled Make Me Believe. Co-produced by Alan O'Day and Ken Kaufman featuring country music recording artist Paul Scott, including two new original songs co-written by O'Day: "Uh-Uh (What She Wants)," and an unofficial NASCAR national anthem titled "NASCAR CRAZY". NASCAR Crazy" is a co-write by Alan O'Day and Ken Kaufman.

Television
In 1983, O'Day met San Francisco's singer-songwriter Janis Liebhart, with whom he co-wrote a children's song for a new Saturday morning animated TV show, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies. Within eight years they had written almost 100 songs for the program, which won an Emmy Award, and has since been syndicated internationally.

The collaboration continued after Muppet Babies, as O'Day and Liebhart co-wrote for other children-focused projects, including National Geographic's Really Wild Animals, a series of videos which they helped produce and on which they also sang. They also worked on some children's products for Alaska Video.

O'Day lived in Nashville, to write and perform, and was also a musical and creative consultant. In 2012, he wrote and sang the title tune for the film, You Don't Say.

Death
O'Day died on May 17, 2013, in Westwood, California after a battle with brain cancer. His interment was at Coachella Valley Public Cemetery in Coachella, California.

Awards

 * "Angie Baby", US gold record
 * "Undercover Angel", US gold record
 * "Muppet Babies", nominated for an Emmy Award
 * "Really Wild Animals", Parents' Choice Award
 * "Big Wave" Tatsuro Yamashita collaboration, Gold Disk Award, Japan

Albums

 * 1973: Songs by Alan O'Day (vol. 1)
 * 1973: Caress Me Pretty Music
 * 1977: Appetizers
 * 1979: Oh Johnny!
 * 1994: Music from National Geographic's Really Wild Animals, (Janis Liebhart & Alan O'Day)
 * 2001: Undercover Angel 2001 (City Man Music, BMI, Warner/Chappell Music, ASCAP 634479217920)
 * 2008: I Hear Voices

Singles

 * 1964: "I Want a Girl for Xmas" (as Alan O'Day & the Knights)
 * 1970: "Heavy Church" / "House on Sunrise Avenue"  (co-produced by Snuff Garrett)
 * 1973: "Somewhere She Is Sleeping"  (produced by Dallas Smith)
 * 1977: "Undercover Angel" / "Just You" (#1 U.S., #1 CAN, #4 NZ, #9 AUS, #43 UK )
 * 1977: "Started Out Dancing, Ended Up Making Love" / "Angie Baby" (#73 U.S., #39 NZ, #72 CAN )
 * 1977: "Soldier of Fortune" (#103 U.S. )
 * 1978: "Satisfied"
 * 1979: "Oh Johnny!" / "People Who Talk to Themselves" (#124 U.S. )
 * 1980: "Skinny Girls" / "Oh Johnny!" (#11 AUS, #110 U.S. ) (above six produced by Steve Barri)
 * 2008: "I Hear Voices"
 * 2012: "You Don't Say"

Credits
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 * "Theme from Eegah", 1961 (co-written and recorded by Arch Hall Jr & the Archers)
 * "Wild Guitar", 1962 (co-written and recorded by Arch Hall Jr & the Archers)
 * "Yes I Will", 1962 (recorded by Arch Hall Jr & the Archers)
 * "Funky Funky Feelin", 1964 (recorded by Dobie Gray)
 * "No Top (Just a Suit)", 1964 co-written by Charlene Groman (recorded by Danny Hamilton)
 * "Back to Oklahoma", 1970 (recorded by Ned Miller)
 * "Heavy Church", 1970 (recorded by Three Dog Night and Al Wilson)
 * "House on Sunrise Avenue", 1970 (recorded by Bonnie Guitar)
 * "American Movie", 1971 (recorded by Peggy Lee not-yet-released)
 * "Are You Old Enough", 1971 (recorded by Mark Lindsay)
 * "Caress Me Pretty Music", 1971 (recorded by David Clayton-Thomas, Susan Hart, Dewey Martin, Anne Murray, Patrick Norman, Tony Orlando & Dawn, Lon Satton, Bobby Sherman, & Foster Sylvers,)
 * "The Drum", 1971 (recorded by Bobby Sherman), No. 29 U.S. (Other recordings by Marti Caine, Pete Fountain, Lill-Babs & the Mills Brothers)
 * "Gifts", 1971 (recorded by Bells, Tony Christie, Saori Minami & Bobby Sherman as "Tonight I Chipped a Piece Off of the Sun")
 * "Good Time Song", 1971 co-written with Artie Wayne (recorded by Bobby Sherman)
 * "You Better Start Singing Soon", 1971 (recorded by Mike Clifford)
 * "American Family", 1972 (recorded by Larry Carlton, Raiders, & the Vogues)
 * "Easy Evil" 1972 (recorded by Long John Baldry,Sonny Bottari U.S. #139, Captain & Tennille, Larry Carlton, Climax, Coven, Jackie DeShannon, Friends of Distinction, Patsy Gallant, Gary Glitter, Bobby Hart, Hedva & David, Marcia Hines, Mieko Hirota, Walter Jackson, John Kay U.S. #92, Peggy Lee, Lettermen, Lulu, New Birth, Johnny Nicol, Tony Orlando & Dawn, Genya Ravan, Merl Saunders, Marlena Shaw, Nancy Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Sugarloaf, Sylvia U.S. R&B #61, Three Dog Night, Sarah Vaughan, John Travolta, Travis Wammack U.S. #85 and Nancy Wilson, among others)
 * "Spin Away", 1972 (recorded by Lettermen, Saori Minami & Ted Neeley)
 * "Day Becomes Night", 1973  (recorded by Bobby Sherman)
 * "Dirty Movies", 1973 (recorded by Flash Cadillac)
 * "Do Me Wrong, But Do Me", 1973 (recorded by Mel Carter, Chris Christian, Homo-sapiens, Jack Jones, Johnny Mathis, Megan McDonough, Julie Rogers, Wilma Reading & not-yet-released Barbra Streisand)
 * "Flashback", 1973 (recorded by The 5th Dimension, co-written with Artie Wayne, #82 US, #30 US AC, #75 US R&B, #60 Australia) (Other recordings by Paul Anka #100 U.S., Cilla Black, Blue Swede, Cher, Stein Ingebrigtsen, Tom Jones, & Bjorn Skifs)
 * "Get It Off, Get It On", 1973 (recorded by Saori Minami, produced by George Clinton)
 * "Like A Main Theme", 1973 (recorded by Nana Mouskouri)
 * "Rubberene", 1973 co-written with Mat Camison & Maurice Vidalin (recorded by Davy Jones)
 * "Angie Baby", 1974 (recorded by Helen Reddy), No. 1 U.S., produced by Joe Wissert. (Other recordings by Ray Conniff, Chelsea Cullen, Syd Dale, Barbara Dickson, Anne Lise Gjostel, George Greeley, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Hanne Krogh as "Rare Lina", Stephanie Lai as "Mo Wei Ai Shang Be!", Reg Livermore, Paul Mauriat, Pete Moore, Erick Sermon on "Hip Hop Radio", Uncle Devil Show & Sylvie Vartan.)
 * "Every Man Wants Another Man's Woman", 1974 (recorded by Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gene Redding & Sami Jo).
 * "Real Emotion", 1974 (recorded by Anne Murray)
 * "Rock and Roll Heaven", 1974, co-written by Johnny Stevenson (recorded by The Righteous Brothers), No. 3 U.S., produced by Dennis Lambert, Eddie Lambert, and Brian Potter. (Other recordings by Climax No. 102 U.S. Flash Cadillac, Sonny Geraci, Ricky May, Ronnie McDowell/Bill Medley/John Schneider as "Country Heaven" and Zdravko Colic.)
 * "Rock 'n' Roll ABC's", 1974 (recorded by Freddie Cannon No. 107 U.S. )
 * "Train of Thought", 1974 (recorded by Cher) – No. 18 U.S ., No. 22 Canada, produced by Snuff Garrett. (Other recordings by Gene Pitney, Steppenwolf & Sylvia Vartan)
 * "Annie Annie Over", 1975 (recorded by Steppenwolf)
 * "Blue Finger Lou", 1975 (recorded by Anne Murray)  (Also recorded by Vicki Brown, Bobby Edwards, Family Four, Donny Most, Tony Orlando & Dawn, & Gro Anita Schonn, )
 * "Catch My Breath", 1977 (recorded by Helen Reddy & not-yet-released Anne Murray)
 * "I Know Who I Am", 1977 (recorded by Robin Frederick)
 * "Undercover Angel", 1977 (recorded by Leslie Cheung, Jurgen Drews as "Unnahbarer Engel", Grethe Kausland, Pete Moore, Wess as "Se Non Fossi Matto", Kari Tapio as "Unten Enkelit" & Sylvie Vartan as "Mon Ciel de Lit".)
 * "Satisfied", 1978 (recorded by Mary MacGregor)
 * "Love at First Night", 1979 (recorded by Kim Hart, Australia Top 10, New Zealand Top 20)
 * "Every Night", 1980 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita) (Also recorded by Mariya Takeuchi)
 * "Dear Daisy", 1982 (recorded by Sonny Shroyer)
 * "Your Eyes", 1982 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita) (Also recorded by Jun Fukamachi, Marilyn Martin, Bonnie Pink, Diane Reeves,& Mariya Takeuchi,)
 * "I Love You Eyes", 1983 (recorded by Ray Price)
 * "Talk Crazy to Me", 1983 co-written by Margaret Harris (recorded by Girl Talk, Mie & Pia Zadora)
 * "Ballad 20 (The Next Thing To You)" co-written by Major Stanfield & Kazuko Kobayashi (recorded by Masahiko Kondo)
 * "Hungry", 1984 co-written by K.A. Parker (recorded by Mie & Priscilla Wright)
 * "I Love You (Part 2), 1984 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita) (Also recorded by 14 Karat Soul)
 * "Jody", 1984 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita) (Also recorded by Jeffrey Foskett, & Kalapana)
 * "Magic Ways", 1984 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita)
 * "Only With You", 1984 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita) (Also recorded by Jeffrey Foskett)
 * "Theme from the Big Wave", 1984 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita)
 * "Mermaid", 1985 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita)
 * "One Step Beyond", 1985 co-written by Steven A. Williams (recorded by Arashi & Shonentai)
 * "Lady Blue", 1986 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita) (Also recorded by Tom Keane)
 * "Replace the Face", 1987 (recorded by Dave Mason & Steppenwolf)
 * "Girl in White," 1988 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita) (Also recorded by 14 Karat Soul & Tom Keane)
 * "Love and Let Live" 1988 (recorded by Olivia Newton-John)
 * "Christmas Eve (English version)", 1991 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita) (Other recordings by All 4 One, Beni, Commodores, Charlie Green, Eric Martin, Idina Menzel, Modern Folk Quartet & Pentatonix)
 * "Get Back in Love", 1992 co-written by Tatsuro Yamashita. (recorded by 14 Karat Soul)
 * "There's Only One Ariel" 1992 co-written by Janis Liebhart (recorded by Kath Souci/Aleta Braxton/Angie Jaree/Janis Liebart/Susie Stevens on Little Mermaid: Songs from the Sea)
 * "Fish", 1996 co-written by Tatsuro Yamashita (recorded by Jeffrey Foskett)
 * "Fragile", 1998 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita) (Interpolated by Tyler, the Creator in "Gone, Gone / Thank You").
 * "Wangan Skier (Here We Go Now)", 1998 co-written by Tatsuro Yamashita (recorded by Shonentai), No. 15 Japan
 * "Love Can Go the Distance", 2000 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita), No. 18 Japan (Also recorded by Jeffrey Foskett)
 * "My Summer Love", 2005 co-written by Yoshiyuki Sahashi (recorded by Emi Fujita)
 * "Window Shopping", 2005 co-written by Seiji Kameda (recorded by Emi Fujita)
 * "Angel of the Light", 2008 (co-written and recorded by Tatsuro Yamashita), No. 4 Japan
 * "Shy Boy", 2008 (co-written and recorded by Ryan Laird)
 * "Elmo Didn't Mean To", 2011, co-written by Christine Ferraro & Janis Liebhart (Recorded by Elmo)

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I find certain aspects to be too polemical. . . as with the following:

{Matthiessen's politics were left-wing, socialist if not dogmatically Marxist (as he felt his {Christianity was incompatible with Marxist atheism). Since he was already financially secure, {Matthiessen donated an inheritance he received in the late 1940s to his friend and Marxist {economist Paul Sweezy; Sweezy used the money to achieve his ambition of founding a new {journal, which became Monthly Review.

Matthiessen was "left-wing" admittedly, but this seems too partsian in this particualr case esp. in reagrds to its connection to "dogmatically Marxist" which is not only wrong in spirit, but in content as well. He hardly was, given such others as Hicks et. al. Also: I have no bone to pick with Sweezy, but our conclusion seems to implie we do: "his ambition."

Any thoughts about making this better -- we certainly should make it more extensive. The American Renaissance article, for example, should link directly to the literature section and not to the arch./furn. section as these are merely secondary.

contog I also find certain portions of this article to be somewhat homophobic ... and more given to poopularist accounts of Matt. and not considering his own work, or more extensive biographical info, all of which is available.

-c

If you choose to revert, please have a discussion. My above points stand.

 * First, thanks for contributing, and welcome to Wikipedia. I would request that you not delete material without providing something more by way of justification; this is already a slender article.  Please feel free to add more to it, though, and fix the wording that you have a problem with; as you say, there is much more to be written about Matthiessen, and what is already here is just a brief summary of the important facts about him.  Apart from your dismissive tone, I don't understand the complaints about "polemic" or "partisanship" here -- the point of the article's characterization of Matthiessen's politics is that he was a Christian socialist, not an orthodox Marxist, despite his funding of Sweezy's Monthly Review founding (with which I also have no bone to pick, and I don't see what you mean about the article's wording at all).  Your allegation of "homophobia" in the article is also puzzling and not very productive, but the new text about Matthiessen's sexual orientation does seem improved. -- Rbellin|Talk 06:18, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hardly meant to be dismissive. Apologies. Matt.- is one of my "areas," and admittedly, I need patience. You've done quite a nice job here. Although, to appease a slight peave. . . could we agree to then change the "if not dogmatically . . ." to "though not dogmatically . . ."

 * I think that looks quite reasonable, and I hope you'll add more to the article, as I only know a bit about Matthiessen's biography (and not that much about his work outside American Renaissance, really, either). Your expertise is welcome!  Have a look around Wikipedia -- for instance, you might want to look at Featured articles for an example of the community's best work and the kind of writing it encourages -- and then please do come back and expand this article.  (By the way, you can sign your comments by typing four tildes: ~ .)  -- Rbellin|Talk 06:34, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Monthly Review founding

 * Regarding the founding of Monthly Review: Matthiessen gave the money to Sweezy in 1948, when Matthiessen was still very much alive. Here is the account from Monthly Review 51:1 (which I ought to have added to the reference list, and will now add):

 * In late autumn 1948, after the debacle of Henry Wallace's independent presidential campaign, which both men had supported, Matthiessen visited Sweezy at the family farm in New Hampshire where Paul was residing, having resigned from Harvard a few years before. After a walk outdoors, they were sitting by the fire, having a drink. Out of the blue, Matty informed Paul that he had unexpectedly inherited a considerable trust fund after his father had died as a result of an automobile accident in California. Matty was a full professor at Harvard, a successful author, with no dependents. He didn't need the money. Would Paul like it to start that magazine he and Leo Huberman were always talking about?

 * This windfall-a commitment of $5,000 for three years in succession, totalling $15,000, or $75,000 in today's purchasing power-made the launching of Monthly Review possible.(n1)

 * (n1) Francis Otto Matthiessen (1902-1950), afflicted by a profound sense of isolation and hopelessness as a gay man and a radical in the context of deepening Cold War anti-radicalism, committed suicide in 1950. His life and work were commemorated in Monthly Review 2 (October 1950), the first of such extra-thick special issues; see also the superb appraisal by Leo Marx, "Double Consciousness and the Cultural Politics of F.O. Matthiessen," Monthly Review 34 (February 1983): 34-55. The executors of his state honored the original pledge at the slightly, reduced level of $4,000 in each of the remaining two years. The story of Matthiessen's crucial role was recounted by Paul Sweezy in his address at MR's thirtieth birthday celebration, May 1979, tape recording, Oral History of the American Left, Tamiment Institute, New York University.
 * Rbellin|Talk 06:56, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This is great. Between the two of us we'll make this a nice page. And I enjoy the back and forth. Just wait till I get ahold of your Foucault pages.

L

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This edit by Lantog again deleted discussion of Matthiessen's late 1930s hospitalization for a nervous breakdown and his grief following Cheney's death as possible contributing factors in his suicide. (Since the motivations for his suicide are much debated, it seems necessary to include all the possibilities to me.) This edit deleted "Since he was already financially secure..." and the amount of Matthiessen's contribution to Sweezy's journal. There's no point at all to this, as far as I can tell; all the deleted material is basically factual and is well-sourced (the first from the Levin article, and the second from the Monthly Review citation just above). I find these deletions unmotivated and unhelpful, so I am restoring the material. -- Rbellin|Talk 15:08, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Their manner of presentation results in an odd POV issue. For the former issue of Matt., state of mind, shouldn't we have that take the form of a full sentence - and not a paranthetical aside that seems to merely gossip. As for the latter, the set-up of the sentence: Since he was already fin. secure -- seems to point to specific desires of you as writer to make a point and ultimately effects the non_POV point (about Matt.'s relationship to the Monthly) that you want to make. To appease me, why insist on Matt.'s financial secureness? 24.250.249.103 15:44, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't see what point you think I'm trying to make here -- Matthiessen's funding of the initial issues of MR is a fact forming part of his biography (and an interesting fact if you ask me). The fact that he was already well-off helps the reader understand the circumstances of this very substantial donation (otherwise it might lead to the misunderstanding that Matthiessen was impoverishing himself by making it). Regarding the parenthetical aside, please feel free to reword it into a separate sentence, but please don't delete substantive material like this. -- Rbellin|Talk 15:52, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"The James Family" by F.O. Matthiessen was Published by Knopf in 1961
This article ought to mention another contribution of F.O. Mathiessen to scholarship, "The James Family," published in 1947. The book as it stands is as valuable an addition to scholarship as any of his other works, but of coures "Amerian Renaissance" towers above them all. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.250.133.23 (talk)

 * Does anyone think this article would benefit with a full list of Matthiessen's publications? I'd like to add a "Publications" section.. Divine (talk) 16:19, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Source of Funding for the Harvard Professorship
The $1.5 million endowment for the Harvard Professorship actually came from "members of the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus" not from the Caucus itself. I know this because I was a leader of the fund raising effort. I don't know how to correct this, however, since this item accurately repeats the error made in the news media it cites. There is more information on the fund raising process at this link: http://hglc.org/matthiessen.html  Robert Mack Mergy (talk) 13:48, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out; I've made a quick change, but will incorporate your new source later today. Thanks again! — TAnthonyTalk 14:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

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 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:06, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Paternology
Orphan article. Google shows 3 hits for the term, all of them unrelated. Non-notable, unverifiable. Dave the Red (talk) 05:59, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete absent verification that it exists and is practiced by more than one person. Gazpacho 06:03, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleanup and rename to Patternology, which does garner at least 80 hits on Google, though they appear to be not all totally related. — flamingspinach | (talk) 06:20, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)
 * The article talks about the study paternity not patterns, the suggestion to move it to patternology (which is some new age healing technique, also un-encyclopedic) is not valid. I see no evidence in the scientific literature for paternology, delete--nixie 07:08, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Upon further inspection, you're absolutely right. I change my vote to delete. — flamingspinach | (talk) 15:31, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, neologism. Megan1967 08:58, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as neologism. FreplySpang (talk) 15:00, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to feminism. The article is about neither paternity nor patterns, but paternalism (e.g. the idea that males run society) as a focus of sociological study. However, it also says that this area is "yet to be completed and endorsed with facts and experiental knowledge", ergo it is not independently notable. -- 8^D gab 15:16, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)
 * Delete as neologism. There are no Google hits for the term as described in this article, and one vague hint that the word might be used somewhere in infectious disease or mycology (fungus) research.  (I've checked a stack of online and dead tree scientific references, and can't find it defined anywhere.) --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 19:04, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism. --Carnildo 22:38, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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This page needs much expansion. Where was he educated before university? Details about his time at Oxford (degree, college, etc.)? Why was he knighted? Rsie through the legal ranks? His time as governor? --Harro5 06:04, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree, it's a little patchy for such a notable person.  R o  gerthat  Talk  03:57, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

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Could someone please expand this article! On a side note, might be worth mentioning in the article, John Landy used to train around Central Park in Malvern East, Victoria. The oval is now named John Landy Oval. --Harro5 06:06, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * There is also Landy Field (not sure of the exact name?) in Geelong, used for athletics and track sports. -- Longhair | Talk 06:35, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Turned into bronze?
Neat quip about him being "turned into bronze" for looking back. I googled it, looking for something to cite, but the only references I can find are pages that are quoting Wikipedia. "Fact" tag added - citation would be great. (Comment from Rosuav) 122.110.204.15 (talk) 08:49, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Done  HiLo48 (talk) 03:56, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Governor infobox
We have just had an infobox added to the article. It is entirely about Landy's time as governor. I believe that is placing undue weight on what historically will be regarded as the less significant part of Landy's life. It does not reflect the balance of the rest of the article, which hardly mentions his time as governor.

That in itself is a problem in that what is in the lead about that time is disproportionate to the rest of the article. What we need is more info in the article itself about his governorship, and no infobox, unless it somehow covers a lot more of his life than just the 6 years as governor. HiLo48 (talk) 19:20, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Other Accomplishments Photo
The photo for this section has two problems. It is the same photo as at the top of the article. It is not other accomplishments it's him running again. Wouldn't it be better to have a photo of his as a governor here. QuentinUK (talk) 23:10, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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,, , , , , , John Landy has been nominated for an entry as a Recent Death on Wikipedia's Main Page. The listing is at In the news/Candidates. As you can see there, several referencing problems with the article have been identified. This is a plea to those who have recently edited the article to address those issues if they can. HiLo48 (talk) 06:57, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
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This page is a misspelling of Ageusia. Delete or turn into a redirect? Vengeful Cynic 06:06, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect (already done it). Someone misspelled it once, they'll misspell it again. --Mgreenbe 17:20, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

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Shire of Paroo

The Shire of Paroo is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre is the town of Cunnamulla. The Paroo Shire covers an area of 47623 km2. In the, the Shire of Paroo had a population of 1,679 people.

Geography
The region incorporates the towns of Cunnamulla, Yowah, Eulo and Wyandra, with Cunnamulla being the hub of the Shire and is centrally situated on the crossroads of the Balonne and Mitchell Highways. Cunnamulla, meaning "long stretch of water", gets its name from the Warrego River which flows past the town. The Paroo Shire is bounded by the Open Mitchell Grass Flood Plains in the East to the Yowah opal fields where the Yowah nut is found and the Mulga lands to the West.

Main industries within the Shire are beef, goat, fat lamb, wool, opal mining and tourism. Located in a semi-arid zone, the region has temperatures in summer ranging from 15 degrees to 37 degrees Celsius and winter temperature ranges from 2 to 25 degrees Celsius.

History
Gunya (Kunya, Kunja, Kurnja) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gunya people. The Gunya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Paroo Shire Council, taking in Cunnamulla and extending north towards Augathella, east towards Bollon and west towards Thargomindah.

Paroo Division was established on 11 November 1879 as one of the original divisions proclaimed under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 799.

On 3 June 1880, the western part of the Paroo Division was separated to create the Bulloo Division.

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Paroo Division became the Shire of Paroo on 31 March 1903.

In 1924, a new shire hall was being built, but it was wrecked in a violent dust storm on 5 February. However, they were able to straighten and strengthen the building and it was finally opened on 6 December 1924 by the Minister for Public Instruction, Frank Brennan. In 2018, an inspection revealed the foundations of the building had shifted and the building was unsafe; it was demolished in 2019. In 2020, construction commenced on a new civic centre, which was officially opened on 28 April 2021 by the Queensland Deputy General for Local Government, Natalie Wilde, and Paroo Shire Mayor, Suzette Beresford.

Towns and localities
The Shire of Paroo includes the following settlements:

 * Barringun
 * Cunnamulla
 * Coongoola
 * Eulo
 * Humeburn
 * Tuen
 * Wyandra
 * Yowah

Amenities

The Paroo Shire Council Civic Centre is located on the corner of Stockyard Street and Louise Street in Cunnamulla. Paroo Shire Council operates public libraries at Cunnamulla, Wyandra and Yowah.

Chairmen and mayors

 * 1907: William Duncan Rankin
 * 1924: Mr Mackay
 * 1927: John Henry Kerr
 * 1952: Jack Tonkin
 * 1965–1988: Darby Land
 * 2006: Ian Tonkin
 * 2008–2012: Jo Sheppard
 * 2012–2020: Lindsay Godfrey
 * 2020–present: Suzette Catherine Beresford

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H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College

H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, or Newcomb College, was the coordinate women's college of Tulane University located in New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It was founded by Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1886 in memory of her daughter.

Newcomb was the first women's coordinate college within a United States university. This model was later used in partnerships such as Pembroke College at Brown University and Barnard College at Columbia University.

History

Josephine Louise Newcomb (born Josephine Louise Le Monnier, 1816–1901) established the college as a memorial to her daughter Sophie, who died in 1870 at the age of 15. Following an initial donation of $100,000, she made gifts totaling $3 million. She wanted to support a liberal academic education for young white women. Newcomb was influenced by Ida Richardson and the college was associated with the Progressive Movement from its earliest years.

Until its move in 1918 to its Broadway campus, Newcomb College was made up mostly of day students. Its move to its current site on the uptown campus of Tulane was also the occasion of development of dormitories and more campus life. Students at Newcomb College became increasingly sophisticated and the school's reputation grew.

The university had recruited Brandt V.B. Dixon as the first president of Newcomb College. To ensure girls and young women were academically prepared for college, Dixon established the Newcomb High School, which operated from 1888 to 1920. The preparatory school ensured that girls were ready to study at the college level, as some parents tried to send girls to Newcomb who were as young as 13 or 14, with little academic preparation. Dixon worked with faculty and students to continue to raise academic standards. By 1916, Newcomb had achieved a strong regional reputation and become "one of seven Southern schools which held a standard college designation within the Southern Association of College Women."

Art at Newcomb
Out of its art school, the college created the business of what became the renowned Newcomb Pottery. This reflected both a progressive interest in craft and parents' desire for their daughters to learn a practical, "industrial" skill in the economically difficult postwar years. It was first headed by Mary Given Sheerer, previously associated with the Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati. While the pottery did not employ that many women, some did find work there. Angela Gregory was artist-in-residence at Newcomb College. It produced more than 70,000 pieces before the pottery program closed in 1939. During these years, the college's art program expanded to include other arts and crafts, such as illustrated bookplates, jewelry, embroidery, and hand-bound books, the latter often given embossed leather covers and elaborate clasps.

In 2016, Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service and the Newcomb Art Museum was shown at the Princeton University Art Museum, ending its tour at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville.

Newcomb college founder Josephine Louise Newcomb and her family commissioned windows designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany for a chapel at the original site of Newcomb College. One of the commissions was for Resurrection, part of a triptych designed in memory of her daughter, Harriet Sophie Newcomb, for whom the college was named. Other Tiffany windows were designed for an area behind the altar of the original chapel in memory of Josephine's husband Warren Newcomb and her mother Mary Sophie LeMonnier.

Noted New York Times art critic, author, and art historian John Canaday taught at Newcomb from 1934 to 1936 and later headed the art department from 1950 to 1952.

Interest in the Newcomb Art Department and the college's collections of art gave rise to support for the Newcomb Art Museum and sustained support and restoration of its collections during post-Katrina administrative adjustments. In July 2015 the Newcomb Art Museum officially became the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University.

Newcomb sports
Newcomb contributed greatly to the early development of basketball and other sports for women, which added to its reputation. The college was one of the first women's colleges to compete in national basketball games, along with northern women's colleges such as Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Vassar.

In 1895, Newcomb's physical education instructor Clara Gregory Baer published the handbook Basketball Rules for Women and Girls. The book described both the one-handed shot and the jump shot, which would not be adopted by men's basketball until 1936. The college had the first women's team to wear bloomers, a better solution for sports. On March 13, 1895, Newcomb students played the first public basketball game in the South before 560 other women at the Southern Athletic Club.

Newcomb ball, a game played as an alternative to volleyball, originated at Newcomb College and bears its name. The sport was very popular in the 1920s. The game is still played in various forms across the world.

Social changes
As it grew, the college reflected many social changes, such as the wider roles of women during and after World War II. Married women were included in admissions. The college began to offer more coeducational classes with Tulane University. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), in the early 1960s both the university and college integrated to adjust to a new moral imperative. The focus of the curriculum changed over the years, and women were offered more science and business classes. Women from Newcomb participated in a jazz funeral for the Equal Rights Amendment when the amendment failed to pass by the 1982 congressional deadline.

Restructuring
In December 2005 the Tulane University board of directors announced that the university would be reorganized on July 1, 2006, to accommodate needed changes due to losses following Hurricane Katrina. The board also approved the recommendation of a special Tulane Renewal task force to name a new, co-educational, single undergraduate college Newcomb-Tulane College.

This followed years of talk about restructuring. Some of the faculty had believed that Newcomb's separate status had adversely affected promotions, for instance, as well as other academic opportunities and had long encouraged a realignment within Tulane University. Since social changes of the 1970s, college and university discussions had centered on a different arrangement within the university.

Lawsuits
Arguing the "renewal" plan violated the donor's original intention of the gift, Newcomb's heirs filed and lost two suits against the university to invoke the restrictions of Newcomb's lifetime gifts and bequest in her will. The university stated that by naming Tulane her universal legatee in her will, Josephine Louise Newcomb placed no conditions on the use of her donations, but entrusted her gifts to the discretion of the Administrators of Tulane University.

After working its way through the Louisiana courts, the initial case filed in May 2006, Howard v. Tulane, was heard by the Louisiana Supreme Court. The court ruled on July 1, 2008, that the "successors" of a testator have standing to enforce the terms of a predecessor's will, though it did not rule specifically on the merits of the interpretation of Mrs. Newcomb's will. Instead the court returned the case to the trial court to require the plaintiffs to prove they are heirs. The plaintiffs dismissed their case.

Based on the Supreme Court's definition of "successor", a subsequent action, Montgomery v. Tulane, was filed in 2008 by Susan Henderson Montgomery, another great niece of Mrs. Newcomb and the plaintiff claiming to be a successor. After losing in New Orleans civil district court, the plaintiff filed an appeal to the state. On October 13, 2010, a state appeals court sided 3–2 with Tulane University. On February 18, 2011, the Louisiana Supreme Court voted, 4 to 2, with one abstention, to let a lower court's ruling in favor of Tulane stand. The plaintiffs in the case said that the lack of federal issues meant that the case would not be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and that the lawsuits were over.

H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College Institute
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College Institute (colloquially called Newcomb Institute ) is an umbrella organization that runs programs that were formerly operated by the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College. In its first year (2006–07), under the leadership of founding Interim Executive Director Rebecca Mark (Tulane Department of English), the non-academic Newcomb College Institute hosted 104 speakers and 110 different programs for women, men and guests at Tulane.

In May 2007, NCI inaugurated "Under the Oaks," a Commencement awards ceremony recognizing the accomplishments of Tulane University students involved in Newcomb Institute programs. It mimicked some of the Newcomb College traditions, such as the Daisy Chain, in which rising female seniors dress in white and carry a rope of greenery and fresh-cut daisies.

Molly Travis of the Tulane Department of English was appointed as the second Interim Executive Director at NCI, serving 2008–2009. Sally Kenney (formerly of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota) was named the official first permanent executive director of the Newcomb College Institute in June 2009, and arrived on campus January 2010. Anita Raj, PhD, MS (formerly of the University of California San Diego and founding director of the Center on Gender, Equity, and Health there) became the Executive Director of the Newcomb Institute in July of 2023.

Newcomb Institute's current mission as of January 4, 2024 is "We are an academic institute advancing research, training, and practice focused on gender equity and empowerment so all people, regardless of their social characteristics, can achieve their full potential academically, socially, professionally, and in positions of leadership. We work with students and community partners to create the next generation of gender equity scholars and leaders ."

Student body
Historically many Jewish girls from the Southern United States attended Newcomb. For one decade over one third of the girls in the school were Jewish. The school had the nickname, "Jewcomb," a nickname described by Eli S. Evans, author of The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South, as not elegant. Historically most graduates of the Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans attended Newcomb. Evans wrote that was because "Mardi Gras heavily intrudes itself in college life" at Newcomb and because the area's debutante season lasts from November to March.

School culture
Gentile and Jewish girls at Newcomb historically had separate social spheres. This was a continuation of the social separation that occurred on the secondary school level in New Orleans. The alumnae of gentile sororities screened prospective applicants and recommended them to the girls in the current gentile sororities. Historically, each period two rushes were held at the school; one for gentile sororities and one for Jewish sororities. This did not occur in the 1980s. A girl entering Newcomb would receive a letter in the mail over the summer and return a photograph of herself and a preference on whether she would participate in the gentile rush or the Jewish rush. These rush practices no longer existed by the 1980s. Jewish sororities used the Hillel foundation to get lists of names of Jewish first year students.

Several years before 1997 the school stopped the two rush system. There was no two rush system in place at Newcomb College by the 1980s.

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Josephine Louise Newcomb

Josephine Louise Newcomb (née Le Monnier; October 31, 1816 – April 7, 1901) was the philanthropist whose donations led to the founding of Newcomb College, the coordinate college for women within Tulane University.

Life
Josephine Louise Le Monnier was born in Baltimore on October 31, 1816, to Mary Sophia Waters and Alexander Le Monnier. She received her education in Baltimore and New Orleans. The latter city became her home at age fifteen, after the death of her mother. Other members of the family also lived in New Orleans, including her older sister Eleanor Anne and brother-in-law William Henderson. There, Le Monnier met Warren Newcomb; the couple married in Christ Church Cathedral on December 15, 1845.

They always split their time among various cities, notably New York City and Louisville, Kentucky, where they had a son, Warren, Jr., who died shortly after his birth in 1853. In New York, two years later, the couple had their second child, Harriott Sophie Newcomb. Sophie died in 1870 and her mother searched for many years for a suitable memorial.

Besides her donation to Tulane University for the women's college created in her daughter's name, Josephine Louise Newcomb was interested in a number of other causes and charities.

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Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Cumbey

Constance's threat that "And neither does the statement that "There is one thing that SqueakBox published that is utter defamatory and it is a promise, not a threat that (Constance) will take legal action UNLESS IT IS IMMEDIATELY REMOVED" certainly is against Wikipedian rules, y'know.   — Rickyrab | Talk 06:12, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ten horns
The following passage is contained in Constance's response:

 * SqueakBox's approach has been to delete facts that some might find as prophetic fulfillment -- e.g., the initial Reuters report I read on Javier Solana, the night of November 22, 1995 pointed out both as to the signing of a Treaty of Association with Israel and the forthcoming Barcelona Conference to be held in that Spanish city on November 27-28, 2005, that Solana held powers of attorney from THE EUROPEAN UNION and "THE TEN NATION WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION, A MILITARY FEDERATION". SqueakBox who through his Rastafarian filters believes this may be a "ten horn" tip off as contained in Daniel and Revelation prophecies in all the Jewish and Christian Bibles of the world (as to Daniel ones) and all the Christian Bibles as to Revelation/Apocalypse ones, chose to initially delete both the Barcelona Conference and the Western European Union references.

I would like to hear SqueakBox's comments on this statement. What is this "ten horn" thing? Is it actually relevant to the dispute? Peter Isotalo 13:44, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

See here for a Christian explanation. I am starting to write about this at Javier Solana Antichrist allegations. While my interest in Solana is as Spanish politician I am learning all about these Beast allegations, to which these 10 horn prophecies seem to play a central part. From what I know of Rastafari it doesn't even comment on this 10 horn prophecy, and I don't think Rastafari has anything to do with this dispute. From my perspective these Christians fear that a united EU with the military muscle of the WEU could represent a threat to US geopolitical interests. As a pro-EU European I object to her POV politics in the article as it was. wikipedia is no more the place for an anti EU rant than it is for an anti American rant. I am no expert on biblical prophecy, but it seems to me they are using the bible in order to justify their fears of a strong and united EU becoming another superpower. Wikipedia is not the place to pedeal that sort of belief. This is what I believe is behind the whole dispute, ie politics not religion. Hope this helps answer your question, --SqueakBox 18:17, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

Can Cumbey's legal threat be removed please?--SqueakBox 15:26, May 20, 2005 (UTC)


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Nonacosane

Nonacosane is a straight-chain hydrocarbon with a molecular formula of C29H60, and the structural formula CH3(CH2)27CH3. It has 1,590,507,121 constitutional isomers.

Nonacosane occurs naturally and has been reported to be a component of a pheromone of Orgyia leucostigma, and evidence suggests it plays a role in the chemical communication of several insects, including the female Anopheles stephensi (a mosquito).

Nonacosane has been identified within several essential oils. It can also be prepared synthetically.

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Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.

Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd., 545 U.S. 193 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court case with ramifications for patent law. The dispute dates to approximately 1996 and centers on a federal law known as the "FDA safe harbor" (§ 271(e)(1)).

While the Court refused to "quibble" with the Court of Appeals over its conclusion that the exemption “does not globally embrace all experimental activity that at some point, however attenuated, may lead to an FDA approval process,” the Court held that:
 * Basic scientific research on a particular compound, performed without the intent to develop a particular drug or a reasonable belief that the compound will cause the sort of physiological effect the researcher intends to induce, is surely not “reasonably related to the development and submission of information” to the FDA. It does not follow from this, however, that §271(e)(1)’s exemption from infringement categorically excludes either (1) experimentation on drugs that are not ultimately the subject of an FDA submission or (2) use of patented compounds in experiments that are not ultimately submitted to the FDA. Under certain conditions, we think the exemption is sufficiently broad to protect the use of patented compounds in both situations.


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Talk:Velocity (newspaper)

really?
It sounds very much like the newspaper's staff wrote this. Would someone like to take a more objective stab at this? "Overwhelmingly positive" reaction is probably a stretch for an ad-heavy tabloid aimed at the fraternity set. And who cares how old the staff is?

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I've been using this nick online for almost 5 or 7 years. I couldn't remember the exact time but I now have a new online nickname, Greenery. But still I love the nick Gross.

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