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The Phenomenauts

The Phenomenauts are a musical band from Oakland, California, that combine several styles of music with a futuristic science fiction theme. Their sound uses elements from rock and roll, punk, glam, garage rock and new wave styles of music. They call their style "rocket roll".

The band is known for throwing sudden, unexpected shows at places where they are not invited. They often play in front of existing concerts where crowds have already gathered. They gained notoriety in 2003 for sneaking into the Warped Tour, following the tour in their own vehicle and performing at each stop for several weeks.

The Phenomenauts perform under a space and science fiction persona. Each band member uses a stage name and dress in uniform. Most of the band's songs revolve around science, space, robots, and the future. The band has even decorated their vehicles to match their theme. Their live shows often feature special effects like clouds of smoke or lasers, and they are known to shoot toilet paper into the crowd and set their drum cymbals on fire.

The Phenomenauts also use their music to promote science education and learning. They have played and promoted events such as the Bay Area Science Festival and the March for Science. In 2015 they released the album I'm With Neil, a tribute to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and the public radio program Science Friday.

Band formation and Rockets And Robots (2000–02)
The Phenomenauts were formed in 2000 in Oakland, California, which the band refers to as "Earth's capital". They were formed from the band Space Patrol, a 1980s cover band that played on homemade instruments. Space Patrol members included Commander Angel Nova, Corporal JoeBot, and Major Jimmy Boom. The trio added bass player Captain Chreehos and formed The Phenomenauts —a name which means "to pilot an unusual experience".

In 2002 The Phenomenauts released their first album, Rockets And Robots. It was self-published on their own label, Arlington Lab Recordings. The album was well received "by radio stations and audiences surrounding the Bay Area". It rose on the music charts on local college stations such as KSSU in Sacramento and KALX in Berkeley. Rockets and Robots was also reviewed favorably in local music publications; for instance, Zero Magazine wrote, "What separates this East Bay foursome from all the other bands of this type is their sense of humor and songwriting craft".

Band manager Colonel Reehotch explained that recording the first album was "a process [of] 'Delusional Exploration'. Rockets and Robots was an experiment to take the Phenomenauts rock show ... and translate it to your mind. So that if you had never seen the band before and listened to the album you could paint the picture of the show in your imagination".

Later in 2002 The Phenomenauts won two awards. They were chosen as California's Best Live Band by the East Bay Express, and called the Best Lifestyle Music artist by SF Weekly.

After touring to support their debut album, the band signed with Springman Records. "After a year of touring up and down the Bay ... Avi [the] owner of Springman Records ... saw us at the Gilman. He said, ‘You guys are something I want to be a part of’. ... It was one of our best ideas to work together". In the spring of 2003, Rockets and Robots was remastered and re-issued on Springman Records.

Expansion and mini-albums (2002–04)
Leading up to their second full-length album The Phenomenauts released two smaller works. These releases, in turn, were preceded by the band adding a fifth member to their lineup—Professor Greg Arius playing synthesizer. This gave the group an "extra layer" and type of sound. Then in 2003 the band released Mission Transmission, a 7-inch vinyl containing two new songs. To celebrate The Phenomenauts went on their first European tour in November 2003 with fellow punk/rockabilly band Demented Are Go. This was followed by their second mini-album Pre-Entry in 2004. Pre-Entry had live versions of the two Transmission songs as well as three new ones.

Re-Entry (2004)
The Phenomenauts released their second full-length album Re-Entry later in 2004. "With the new record ... the band felt really comfortable about the vision and going into the studio. We didn't worry so much about [making] a movie this time as we did trying to capture the energy of the songs". Shortly after releasing Re-Entry, the Phenomenauts were a finalist for the "Not So Silent Night" concert held by San Francisco radio station Live 105.

Discussing their music-making process, the band noted that trying out songs live before they were recorded "enabled the band to sort through their best material, and eliminate any excess fat". While it had been two years since their previous album release, the band was "glad [they had] waited until [they] had enough 'A' material".

Both Pre-Entry and Re-Entry were engineered by Chris Dugan at Nu-Tone Studios, who later went on to win a Grammy as an audio engineer for Green Day. Through heavy touring and promotion the album charted at No. 10 on the College Media Journal (CMJ) Top 25. The band also played and interviewed on G4 TV's Screen Savers’ Live Music Fridays to promote the album.

In late 2005 the Phenomenauts lineup changed, with Corporal JoeBot departing the band. He was replaced by a new member who went by the name Corporal JoeBot 2.0. Then in late 2006 the band released a music video for the Re-Entry song "Mission". The video appeared on the front page of both YouTube and MySpace, receiving more than 430,000 combined views.

For All Mankind (2008)
The Phenomenauts released their third full-length album For All Mankind in 2008,  on Springman Records imprint Silver Sprocket. The band said the album was "inspired by new wave and 70's punk", and "serves as a call to arms to defenders of science and honor across the galaxy". The album contained the track "Science And Honor", which explained the band's motto and philosophy.

At release the physical copies of the album were sold with extra items, including a die-cast metal pin, a 24-page color booklet, and a package that folded out to make a rocket ship. The band explained that they added these items to give fans an extra reason to purchase the album: "The biggest negative right now is that CDs just don't sell. Vinyl actually is selling more than CDs, because it's got some extra flavor to it. It has something people want to hold in their hand. [We added the items] for that reason. ... I think it's people wanting to reach out and touch a piece of the band—to hold something they have created, [it] gets them a little closer".

The album was reviewed favorably in local publications such as East Bay Express, which wrote, "The Phenomenauts come roaring out of the gate at warp speed on their third album". To promote the album The Phenomenauts went on two tours. The first was a United States national tour with The A.K.A.s. They followed up with an international tour across the U.S. and Canada with San Francisco band The Re-Volts. The band also collaborated with Emmy Award winning writer Rich Fogel and Eisner Award winning artist Erica Henderson to create an animated music video for the song "Infinite Frontier".

In February 2009 The Phenomenauts lineup changed again, with JoeBot 2.0 and Captain Chreehos leaving. Two new members took their place: Leftenant AR-7 on guitar and vocals, and Deck Chief Nick Wayzar playing bass.

Electric Sheep (2010)
In 2010 The Phenomenauts released the digital-only mini-album Electric Sheep, containing four new songs. The album featured AR7's first songwriting and singing with the band. The band departed on their second European tour, "Operation: Europe!", to promote the album after release.

Between Electric Sheep and their next album the band changed bass players. Nick Wayzar was replaced by Chief Engineer Atom Bomb, playing the Stand-Down Bass.

Escape Velocity (2013–present)
In 2013 the Phenomenauts ran an online fundraiser for their next album, to raise money for studio time and to cover a tour. Fans could bid to vote on naming the album, or on other items such as playing laser tag or bowling with the band.

The album was released in 2014 with the title Escape Velocity, an album they hoped "encourages people to break free of their own limitations". The band described the album sound as a departure from their previous albums. Rather than focusing on one style or theme, Escape Velocity was a combination of "second half of the 20th century Rock and Roll". It combined many different sounds including 50s Rock and Roll, 60s Soul music, 70s glam, and early 80s punk rock. Nova said "musically, it's more diverse than anything we’ve ever recorded". The Phenomenauts used the album launch to visually rebrand. Atom Bomb designed a new logo, and Nova designed new uniforms.

A Huffington Post reviewer said that Escape Velocity stepped away from the "pure rockabilly music" of the band's previous albums. They felt the work had a "more polished ... clean ... and futuristic style" in songs like "Infinity Plus One", but kept "fast hooks" and was "right at home at a ... sock hop" with songs like "Rocket Soul". A For The Love Of Punk reviewer noted "[it] reminds me of a modern, punk rock Chuck Berry that’s about science". The band went on their third European tour at the end of 2014 to promote the album, playing in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.

In 2015 Ripley Clipse joined the band playing keyboard, taking over from Professor Arius.

Starting in 2015 the Escape Velocity song "Theme for Oakland" was used as the official after-game celebration song for the Oakland Athletics. The song was used again in 2017 in a series of commercials promoting the Athletics and the city.

In February 2020, The Phenomenauts issued a statement on the band's Facebook page, announcing the firing of Angel Nova from the group, stating, "We recently learned that a member of our band has violated these principles. So as a band, we’ve made the decision to move forward without Angel Nova. We do not condone his actions and find them completely unacceptable. We respect the privacy of those involved – their stories are not ours to tell, so we would like to focus on what we can do moving forward. We are thankful to the brave people who have come forward to tell their stories and we’ll continue to support survivors of sexual and emotional abuse." While not specifically mentioning what allegations led to Nova's removal, the band encouraged fans to support anti-sexual abuse and anti-domestic violence support organizations.

Commando performances
The Phenomenauts earned a reputation for "staging commando performances" at venues where they were not booked, and were often unwelcome. They played "on the sidewalk in front of the venue" after a show at The Fillmore, and had shows "cut short by security guards" after sneaking backstage at the 2003 California Music Awards. "Security couldn’t figure out how to unplug us cause we brought our own power source. ... Eventually, between songs they asked us to stop but they were kind of powerless".

The band frequently staged performances in front of other venues, where crowds had already gathered:

"'When we first started, we used to take a car battery and an inverter and put it together and then plug a bunch of amplifiers into it and strap it all to a dolly. And then we’d get out of a van that looked like a spaceship ... and we would just start rocking. We’d blast smoke off, and people just didn’t know what the hell was going on. We’re all wearing space outfits ... and we’d just kind of plop down in front of a concert, ... play a show and people loved it. ... We’d play three or four songs and we’d get out of there as fast as we could'."

Sneaking into the Warped Tour
The band gained notoriety in 2002 and 2003 for sneaking onto the Warped Tour. In 2002 they "found an open gate in the back, hid behind a dumpster and then quickly set up in front of the stage and started playing". In San Francisco "a security guard told them to get a move on. However, while loading their gear—in full 'uniform'—into the group's 'space van', another security guard ... assumed they were supposed to be there ... [and] kindly directed them to the official artist entrance". In Portland 2003 they drove their tour van into the backstage area "and cooked breakfast for the technical crew", including "the people that actually make the passes". Once they had laminated all-access, photo-ID passes the Phenomenauts followed the tour from city to city in their own vehicle. They set up their own gear each time and played sets for another six full weeks.

The Phenomenauts were officially invited back to play on the Warped Tour in 2004, with a press release that read "The Phenomenauts have been announced as the official Breakfast Band for this years Vans Warped Tour". A Philadelphia Inquirer review of the tour called The Phenomenauts "one of the best performances", saying they "played a swinging amalgam of dusty garage rock and new wave".

The band declined an offer to join Warped Tour again in 2005. Instead they played with The Aquabats and the Epoxies on the "Teenage Pajamas from Outer Space Tour".

The band noted that playing the Warped Tour led to many introductions and collaborations with other artists. Through contacts from the Warped Tour, they opened for Les Claypool of Primus at his 2005 New Year's Eve show, and worked with children's author Sandra Boynton on the album Dog Train.

Theatrics and theme
The Phenomenauts perform under a space and science fiction persona, and are fully committed to their theme. Each band member uses a stage name. They wear uniforms. They call their shows "missions" and their fans "cadets". They even wear uniforms when not performing, considering themselves to be "always on duty".

Each live show begins with the band's signature launch status check. Commander Nova instructs "Give me a go, no-go to Rock", and the band makes sure that all equipment (and the audience) are working. Once the show is declared "Cleared to rock" the band kicks off a 10-second launch countdown and leaps into the first song.

Live shows
The Phenomenauts gained praise for their stylized live shows and performances. The San Francisco Chronicle said "it is live where the Phenomenauts truly excel", and a Huffington Post reviewer noted they had "a live show that explodes on the stage". Thrasher Magazine said The Phenomenauts "put on one of the best live shows you'll ever see". Colonel Reehotch, the band's Mission Operations Specialist commented that "The Phenomenauts really are at their visual best on a big stage".

During performances the band wears uniforms of their own design and uses custom-made "Phenoma-gadgets". This includes items such as the "Theramatic Helmerator" – a helmet with a wireless theremin that sounds like "old Star Trek episodes". The "Streamerator", created by Professor Greg Arius, blows rolls of toilet paper into the crowd. They blast clouds of carbon dioxide and use inflatable models of Earth. They have been known to use dry-ice blasts and set cymbals on fire.

The band believes their special effects, act, and devices are an integral part of the show. "It’s important to us", explained Leftenant AR-7, "because we want to just blow the lid off of every place we play. We want to give the most entertaining show — visually and aurally — that we can". Drummer Jimmy Boom noted "[We're] trying to encompass it all. We're not just audio. We're not just visual. We try to say hi to the crowd. The best effects are the ones that actually touch the crowd – when they can feel the cold of the . We're trying to hit as many senses as possible". Ronen Kauffman from the Issue Oriented podcast commented that The Phenomenauts were "revisiting the rift between performer and audience, and helping to break that down".

In 2008 Professor Arius' "Streamerator 2000" was featured in Issue 8 of Make magazine. The band Green Day borrowed the device for their 21st Century Breakdown tour in 2009.

Phenomenaut vehicles
The Phenomenauts have customized their own fleet of vehicles to match their science fiction theme. It started with a car, which the band nicknamed "The Phenomenator". The vehicles are covered with electronic gadgets such as remote controls, stereo components, and computer parts, all spray-painted silver. The trend continued with their first tour van, which they named "The Phenomabomber".

Nova was inspired to create his own space-themed vehicle by watching Mystery Science Theater 3000. "I noticed one night ... [that] stuff was just glued on and painted the same color, and it just made it look spacey. So I ... did it [to my car] and it looked really cool. Everyone was driving around staring at the PhenomaBomber, and I realized if I had a band name on there it would be a moving billboard".

The Phenomenaut vehicles even made impressions on interviewers, with Frank Meyer from G4 TV noting "It [isn't] everyday that a metallic space-van pulls up ... and five guys dressed in space suits pile out".

Command Center
When they are not touring the Phenomenauts hang out at their personal top-secret "Command Center". The Command Center is a large converted warehouse located in the industrial heart of Oakland. The Command Center serves as home, rehearsal den, and performance space. It has a musical stage for performing and sub-stage hot tub. The band also uses it to host regular parties.

To create the Command Center the band "set up their own rehearsal studio, completely transforming a typical storage area [and decorating it] to look like outer space". Then they began hosting parties "to showcase their unusual music and worldview".

Commander Nova explains: "it's not easy to break into San Francisco when you've never played anywhere. ... We didn't feel like starting from scratch, so we ... made the place all nice and had shows here. And before long, there were 200 people seeing us. And then we stepped out, and we already had a draw". JoeBot expands: "It’s one of the only venues in (the Bay Area) that can get an audience from San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley, which is an odd thing. ... We must be on to something to have all these people show up".

The Command Center was featured in a three-page spread in Punk Rock Confidential, and appears in the independent feature film Punk Rock Holocaust.

Musical style
The Phenomenauts combine the music styles of many genres, including punk, new wave, garage rock, psychobilly and doo-wop. Their songs contain fast drum beats and guitar riffs, often combined with doo-wop style lyric repetition or callback. Commander Nova describes the formation of the band's style as taking all of their favorite styles of music, "cramm[ing] them all in and launch[ing] it straight into orbit. Also, we put a little more get up and go into it. ... [A] higher punk-to-rock ratio".

Reviewers have described the band as everything from "mixes the mantra-style punk of The Clash with the lovable lunacy of Devo" to combining "upbeat, happy, dance vibrations" with a thrash that "sound[s] like they brought it back ... from the future". A Zero Magazine reviewer called out the song "Mission" as "an excellent example of the Phenomenauts’ versatility". "Mission" covers several music styles, "with a big punk chorus of 'Oh, Oh,' the thumping stand-up bass..., keyboard and a ‘50s style guitar twang". But the reaction from the band is that they've created a style all their own. "We find it fascinating when people call us a punk band, or a rockabilly band, or a ska band. We fit into all categories and none of them. We have roots in punk and new wave and all the other things we listen to, but we're our own thing".

Regardless of the tune, the Phenomenauts' songs deal with the subjects of science, outer space, and robots. "We’re trying to take smartness and nerdiness and jam it together with cool and sexy and have ... all of those things happening at the same time". The band truly believes in the topics both on and off the stage. The members are interested in science, astronomy, technology and humanity.

The band believes that using a theme of space and the future allows them more freedom to write about present-day issues. The song "Earth Is The Best" calls for inspiration and caring about the planet. "The Tale Of Europa" considers how isolated cultures might react to new visitors and traditions.

Corporal JoeBot attests that the Phenomenauts' music can help push forward ideas and make the world a better place. "A lot of bigger music industry corporations want a watered down, formulaic, non-confrontational musical direction. There’s no challenge. I believe that can change, and that we can make a difference".

Creative process
When creating their music The Phenomenauts consider themselves a working democracy: "All songs were communally written and arranged". In an interview Nova stated "different people come in with different song ideas, and then we all collaborate". For the album Escape Velocity, bassist Atom Bomb noted "For instance, one week we gave ourselves a homework assignment. We had to each bring in a new song to the next practice".

Promoting science and learning
The Phenomenauts' motto is "Science and Honor". The phrase was captured in the song "Science And Honor" on their 2008 album For All Mankind. But the words are "more than just a nifty catchphrase" says Commander Angel Nova. "'Science and Honor' has become a genuine way of life. Science is the search for truth, without any kind of agenda, ... and honor is honesty and integrity. ... So, honest search for truth and don't be a jerk, what more do you need to live by? It's something that I actually honestly believe in".

The band has done several shows and releases promoting science and learning. Nova said "it is especially great when we can trick someone into learning something". In 2011 they played at the Sacramento Freethought Day, an event "encouraging ... science and the First Amendment". In 2014 they played the Bay Area Science Festival. In 2017 the Phenomenauts played at the March for Science in Las Vegas and an event at the Chabot Space and Science Center.

In 2008 The Phenomenauts were invited on a tour of NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. The visit included meetings with astronauts, scientists, and "hands-on experience with space station parts" and training facilities. They also ran a seven-stop "Large Hadron Collider" tour around the Western United States to celebrate the completion of the Large Hadron Collider.

I'm With Neil video and album
In 2012 the Phenomenauts released the music video "I'm With Neil", an homage to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. The band said the video was "chock-full of the scientist’s best media appearances ... to encourage our fans to love him too". Tyson said he was "simultaneously flattered and weirded out".

In 2015 the Phenomenauts released a new recording of "I'm with Neil" on a two-song album of the same name. The album was released as a collectable 7-inch EP, paying tribute to Tyson and the public radio program Science Friday for "science, education, exploration, and progress". The band decided to make the release because "We're all excited and inspired by science, [and] by the prospect of using that knowledge to make tomorrow better than today. ... It is one of the best ways to inspire everyone to work toward a better future". The band donates a portion of the proceeds to the Harlem Educational Activities Fund, an educational non-profit where Tyson is a member of the board of trustees.

Tours
The Phenomenauts have toured with many bands, including The Slackers, The Aquabats, and The Epoxies. They have travelled across the United States on several headlining tours with support from acts like The A.K.A.'s, Teenage Bottlerocket and Kepi Ghoulie. They have played at San Diego Comic-Con, San Francisco Comic-Con, several years at the Maker Faire in 2006 and 2010, as well as the KerPunk Music Festival in London, England.

Bay Area Punk rated the Phenomenauts the "#3 most prolific Bay Area punk band" for performing at least 239 shows in the Bay Area alone from 2000 to 2014.

Comic books
In 2011 Silver Sprocket published the Phenomenauts comic book Adventures in the Third Dimension!. The comic was written by Emmy winner Rich Fogel, with art by Eisner winner Erica Henderson, as well as Mitch Clem, Nation of Amanda, Nicholas Kole, Claire Hummel, Stephen R. Buell, and Chris Wisnia. The 48-page comic contains five short stories about the Phenomenauts' adventures. It also has articles such as a word search and "Get To Know Your Phenomenauts" biography.

The comic was used to promote the mini-album Electric Sheep. Each comic was sold with a collectible colored vinyl EP containing two Electric Sheep songs, as well as a digital download code.

In 2015 a six-page Phenomenauts mini-comic, Ghost Ship, was produced by Alice Hill and Johnny Dalton.

Video game
In 2006 the Phenomenauts video game Space Flight was released by Smiley Crew Productions. Space Flight is a 2D, horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up. It was written in Flash. Programming and voice acting were done by Noah Wilson, with art direction and design by Katie Horn.

In Space Flight the player pilots the Phenomenauts' vehicle The Phenomenator. They move around the screen to collect power-ups and avoid explosive space mines. The player must shoot obstacles such as asteroids and enemy ships.

Space Flight features a "Story Mode", where players navigate through 10 "missions" and defeat powerful boss characters. It also offers a "Marathon Mode" with endless play, where players work to attain a high score.

While running Space Flight plays music from The Phenomenauts' album Re-Entry. The game was awarded "Daily 3rd Place" on Newgrounds on May 4, 2006.

Discography

 * Rockets And Robots (2002, CD, 8-Track, Arlington Lab Recordings / 2003, CD, Springman Records )
 * Mission Transmission (2003, 7-inch, Springman Records ) – two live songs, later re-released on Re-Entry and Electric Sheep
 * Pre-Entry (2004, EP-CD, Springman Records) – five songs, two live. All later re-released on Re-Entry
 * Re-Entry (2004, CD, Springman Records; LP, 2007 )
 * Beyond Warped Live Music Series (2005, DualDisc/DVD-Audio, Immergent Records)
 * For All Mankind (2008, CD, Silver Sprocket)
 * Electric Sheep (2010, Electronic EP, Silver Sprocket)
 * Escape Velocity (2014, Vinyl, CD, Digital, Silver Sprocket)
 * I'm with Neil (2015, EP, Digital, Silver Sprocket)

Compilations

 * The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show (2003, CD, Springman Records) – 8. "Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul)"
 * Dog Train: A Wild Ride on the Rock and Roll Side (2005, book and audio CD)  – 12. "(Don't Give Me That) Broccoli"
 * Vans Warped Tour '05 (2005 Tour Compilation) (2005, CD, SideOneDummy Records) – 24. "Mission"
 * Go Cat Go! A Tribute to the Stray Cats (2006, CD, Hairball 8) – 1. "Cry baby"
 * Hooligans United: A Tribute to Rancid (2015, CD & Vinyl, Smelvis Records) – 4. "Life Won't Wait" (feat. Vic Ruggiero)

Filmography

 * Punk Rock Holocaust (2004), as themselves – Chapter 12, "Space Fight". Music video for "The Year 2000" appears in DVD Special Features
 * Dead And Deader (2006) – "Galactic Pioneers" plays during ending credits

Band members
Current and past band members are known only by their stage names, which fit their humorous science fiction theme.

 * Major Jimmy Boom — drums, backing vocals (founder )
 * Leftenant AR-7 — vocals, guitar, keys (joined 2009 )
 * Chief Engineer Atom Bomb – bass, backing vocals, sanitation administrator (joined approx. 2012 )
 * Lunar Captain Ripley Clipse – synthesizer, MOOG, backing vocals, guitar (joined 2015 )

Past members

 * Corporal JoeBot 1.0 — vocals, guitar, theremin (founder to approx. 2006 )
 * Captain Chreehos – double bass, backing vocals (founder to 2009 )
 * Professor Greg Arius – synthesizer, MOOG, backing vocals (joined 2002 to approx. 2014 )
 * Corporal JoeBot 2.0 — vocals, guitar (joined approx. 2006 to 2009 )
 * Angel Nova – vocals, guitar, bass (founder to 2020)
 * Fritz M. Static – vocals, guitar, keys (joined approx. 2008 to approx. 2014)
 * Deck Chief Nick Wayzar – double bass, backing vocals (joined 2009 to approx. 2011 )
 * Agent Ion O'Clast – chaos engineering, keyboard (joined approx. 2012 to 2014 )
 * Colonel Reehotch — talent manager ("mission operation specialist") (founder )

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Sick (The Young Ones)

"Sick" is the eleventh episode of British sitcom The Young Ones. It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. It was first aired on BBC2 on 12 June 1984. The episode features the song "Our House", performed by Madness, the only band to appear on the show twice.

Plot
All four flatmates have caught colds and are recuperating at their home, with all but Mike complaining and making nuisances of themselves in various ways. Neil develops a severe sneezing fit that causes large amounts of mucus to spew from his nose. Mike visits a local chemist's shop to get some medicine, but is thrown out by a female employee after trying to flirt with her. Neil's sneezes trigger a series of altercations on the street outside the house that grows into a block-wide riot; the band Madness are drawn into the chaos while performing their song "Our House". Meanwhile, Vyvyan tapes Rick's laundry bag over Neil's head to contain the mucus, and later tries to cure him through acupuncture by hammering nails into his head.

During the riot, a criminal named Brian Damage escapes police custody and takes the four hostage at their home, holding them at gunpoint. Brian Damage inadvertently cures Neil's sneezes by headbutting him so that he falls backward onto one of Vyvyan's nails. The group receive a brief visit from Vyvyan's mother, who proves to be as rude and uncouth as he is. Meanwhile, Neil suddenly remembers that his parents are coming to tea that afternoon. Upon their arrival, Neil's parents are concerned about their son's decision to star on The Young Ones. They suggest that the programme should be more age-appropriate in the manner of The Good Life. However, Vyvyan is outraged by this idea and angrily tears down the show's title card when it appears.

The scene abruptly changes to the backyard, loosely parodying The Good Life, with the four fully recovered and ineptly trying to start a garden. Irritated by Neil's constant talk about seeds and growing things, Rick knocks him out with a shovel blow to the head, and later buries him under a freshly delivered load of manure fertiliser for fear of having killed him. Triplicates of Neil rise from the pile that night. While Rick is asleep in his bed, he has a nightmare about being put on trial by Vyvyan and Mike for killing Neil. As a group of girls in the courtroom offer to strip naked for Rick, his conscience scolds him for ignoring his guilt over Neil's death. As Rick tearfully wishes that he would see Neil again, all three Neils enter the house, which terrifies Rick. Vyvyan and Mike join Rick and Neil in the living room, whereupon the back wall of the house opens up to reveal a variety show stage, on which Brian Damage and Neil's parents wave and blow kisses to the audience as the show's closing credits roll.

Characters
Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson), Rick (Rik Mayall), Neil (Nigel Planer), and Mike (Christopher Ryan). Alexei Sayle starred as escaped convict Brian Damage. Brian Oulton and Peggy Thorpe-Bates appear as Neil's parents.

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Are these guys the ones who helped Nadar's campain hoping it would take away votes from the Democrats in the 2004 Presidential election?
 * What, did you hear that rumor from the same people that taught you how to spell Ralph Nader? 64.221.15.66 (talk) 03:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Astro-turfing the Tea Party Movement
Does anyone have any info on whether or not CSE has astro-turfed the Tea Party Movement, as suggested in the documentary "(Astro) Turf Wars" by Taki Oldham? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.248.156.135 (talk) 17:15, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Could be true, but this would be considered a primary source. http://web.archive.org/web/20020821185019/http://www.cse.org/tea/about.php --Vidkun (talk) 18:45, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Disputed citation
I added a dispute tag because the claim that CSE purchased the Tax Foundation in 1989 is inaccurate. The citation provided for this claim is not sufficient (it's an article from 1989 saying that this will happen in the future, but it does not claim that it did happen.) CSE provided financial support and shared office space with the Tax Foundation for a few years in the early 90s, but the two were always legally independent. Furthermore, there is no citation for the fact that the relationship lasted until 2004.Nkasprak (talk) 19:08, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Changed to disputed-inline — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 20:52, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Nkasprak - do you have access to the 990's for the Tax Foundation (or CSE) from this time period? While I they can be acquired from the IRS, since you work at the Tax Foundation, I thought you'd have easier access.  If they confirm the error, posting and citing them would forever resolve the issues with this article.--E8 (talk) 22:13, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Draffan Apex source
, what is the basis for your position that this is a reliable source: --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 05:44, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Can you link to an WP:RSN discussion on Apex? Thanks. Hugh (talk) 05:47, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Do I need to? It's the burden of the editor seeking to include content to establish verifiability. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 06:02, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Never mind. There were two cited sources written by Draffan with very similar names, one published by a reputable publisher, the other published by a not-so-reputable publisher. I conflated the two. My apologies. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 06:08, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

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Adolph Coors Foundation

The Adolph Coors Foundation was founded in 1975 with funds from the Adolph Coors Jr. Trust. Adolph Coors II was the son of the founder of the Coors Brewing Company in Golden, Colorado. The foundation has awarded $135.3 million USD since 1975. It focuses its efforts generally within the state of Colorado.

In 1993, the foundation provided the endowment funds for the creation of the Castle Rock Foundation, which awards grants to causes throughout the United States. In part, the organization states that "All Americans are educated, particularly in the wisdom of the free enterprise system, traditional Judeo-Christian values and the rule of law."

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George Hillyard

George Whiteside Hillyard (6 February 1864 – 24 March 1943) was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom. Under his supervision as secretary of the All England Club from 1907 to 1925, the Wimbledon Championships moved to its current site at Church Road. Hillyard also excelled at cricket and golf.

Early years
George Whiteside Hillyard was born in Hanwell, Middlesex on 6 February 1864, the only child of George Wright Hillyard (1817–1896) and his second wife Mary Mansfield (1827–?). His father had been a police officer at Welwyn, Hertfordshire by 1840 and later worked in the Nottingham County Jail before becoming superintendent at the Central London District School in West London in 1861. After his first wife Lucy had died in early 1862, he married Mary Mansfield in December the same year.

In 1877, at 13 years old, Hillyard was sent to the Britannia Royal Naval College as a cadet. In 1879, he was promoted to midshipman and was assigned to HMS Bacchante (1876) which toured the colonies of the British Empire around the world from 1880 to 1882. Among his fellow midshipmen were Prince Albert and Prince George (later King George V).

Hillyard resigned from the Navy with the rank of sub-lieutenant on 2 October 1885. His last posting was aboard HMS Minotaur (1863).

Marriage and tennis career
Hillyard had been already introduced to tennis at the age of ten by his uncle, who had set up a Sphairistike court in 1875. However, he didn't like what he called "pat-ball" at first, and preferred cricket. After his Navy service, however, the rules of the game had undergone significant changes and Hillyard became attracted to it. From 1887, he began to play tournaments.

Hillyard married Blanche Bingley (1863–1946) in Greenford on 13 July 1887, one week after the Wimbledon final. Blanche was the daughter of a wealthy tailoring business proprietor from London, and a successful tennis player. She had won the Wimbledon Championships in the previous year, and would win another five singles titles at Wimbledon alone until 1900. Blanche brought a considerable fortune into the marriage. Only five days after the wedding, the newly married couple competed at the Middlesex Championships at Chiswick Park, and won the mixed doubles title.

In 1889, Hillyard played the Wimbledon singles for the first time. He lost his quarter-final match against Harry Barlow in straight sets. He reached the doubles final twice at Wimbledon with Ernest Lewis in 1889 and 1890, but lost to the Renshaw brothers and Joshua Pim and Frank Stoker, respectively. Alongside Harry Scrivener, he won the doubles title at the British Covered Court Championships in 1890 and 1891. The following years, his focus shifted again to cricket, playing for Leicestershire, until 1896 when he won the singles, doubles, singles handicap and mixed doubles (with his wife) at Monte Carlo. In 1897, he won the first staging of the International German Championships at Hamburg, beating George Ball-Greene in five sets in the final. He repeated his success at Hamburg in 1900. At Wimbledon singles, early losses enabled him to win the All England Plate in 1898, and reach the final in 1899. At the 1901 Wimbledon singles, he beat Laurence Doherty in the third round before losing in the quarter-finals to Arthur Gore.

In 1905, at 41 years of age, Hillyard lost the final at the Bad Homburg tournament against Anthony Wilding. He entered the Wimbledon Championships 1906, conceding a walkover to Arthur Gore. Being assigned secretary of the All England Club in 1907, he never entered the Championships again. However, he did continue to play minor tournaments such as at Eastbourne, Yorkshire and Leicester until 1914. After the Great War, at 55 years of age, he competed at his home tournament at Leicester and even won the mixed doubles alongside Gladys Lamplough.

In 1908, he competed at the London Olympic Games and won the gold medal in doubles alongside Reginald Doherty. However, although being great fan of the Olympics in general, he was less enthusiastic about the idea of tennis being a part of it. In his book Forty Years of First Class Lawn Tennis, published in 1924, he wrote: "As for lawn tennis in conjunction with the Olympic Games, the whole thing is a inconguous farce. You could as well have Olympic cricket or Olympic golf. It is difficult to believe that players or public can treat the matter seriously or care two straws about it. Why it is wanted, or tolerated, when we already have the Davis Cup, is beyond my comprehension."

Cricket
During his time at the Navy, Hillyard played a lot of different sports, but concentrated on cricket, and even was captain of the cricket team for two years. Afterwards, he made his first appearance for Middlesex against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1886. Although initially quite successful, he soon thereafter realized he had great difficulties to compete on a first-class level. Consequently, from 1887 to 1890 he virtually retired, blaming his time at the Navy which allegedly had prevented him from practising more. However, in 1891, he took cricket up again and played some first-class matches for the MCC as well as the Gentlemen Players. Later that year, he participated in a trip of English cricketers to North America led by Lord Hawke in winter 1891/92. There, Hillyard played both first-class matches at Philadelphia. In 1894, Lord Hawke arranged another trip to North America, and Hillyard was again member of the party. At Philadelphia, he played in front of an audience of 10,000.

Upon his return, Hillyard occasionally played cricket for another two years, making a total of 49 first-class matches in his career. After 1896, he fully committed himself to tennis.

Thorpe Satchville
Hillyard and his wife lived at Leicestershire from at least 1893. In 1896, they moved into a large house with extensive grounds at Thorpe Satchville, a small village near Leicester. The mansion provided nine bedrooms as well as two tennis courts and a nine-hole golf course. The Hillyards frequently hosted popular house parties with tennis champions such as Norman Brookes, Harold Mahony, Anthony Wilding, May Sutton, Violet Pinckney and Dora Boothby as guests. Until 1914, almost every strong foreign player who played at Wimbledon stayed at the home of the Hillyards.

Secretary of the AEC, En-tout-cas
Hillyard, a long-time member of the All England Club along with his wife, was its secretary from 1907 to early 1925. One of his major concerns was the upkeep of the courts, and he insisted on high standards of court maintenance. In 1910, the club purchased a motor roller for the courts in order to replace the horse roller.

With the success of the Wimbledon tournament, the necessity to move the ground from his initial location at Worple Road to a larger site became obvious. This had been discussed as early as Hillyard became secretary in 1907, but searching for a better suitable site took time, and the outbreak of World War I further postponed the issue. From 1914 to 1918, Hillyard rejoined the Navy, leaving it with the rank of commander. After the war, the decision to build a new ground was confirmed in 1919. The new site was opened at the 1922 Wimbledon Championships. After the 1919 Wimbledon Championships, the decision to build a new ground was confirmed. As the secretary, Hillyard was probably heavily involved in the search for, and selection of the new site at Church Road, and worked together with architect Stanley Peach. The new site was opened at the 1922 Wimbledon Championships. Beside his secretary post, Hillyard also was an umpire at Wimbledon. From 1919 to 1932, he umpired every ladies final.

Being passionate about building perfect grass courts, Hillyard kept thinking about how to construct an equally good all-weather court. In 1909, he met Claude Brown, a manager of a nearly bankrupt brickyard at Syston near Leicester. Hillyard had been on a tennis tour in South Africa the winter before where he had played on courts made of crushed up ant heaps. He told this story to Brown, and both developed the idea of using crushed bricks for court surface. The first court was laid out at Hillyard's home at Thorpe Satchville, and was called En-tout-cas (literally "in all cases") upon the idea of a guest, a French lady. Brown renamed his company after it. By 1914, business boomed across England. An agent was hired for the United States market, and the company turned into a multimillion-pound business. When the Championships moved to its new site at Church Road in 1922, nine en-tout-cas courts were laid beside the grass courts. For many years, the British Junior Championships were played on clay surfaces from En-Tout-Cas.

Hillyard's relationship to the En-tout-cas company throughout the years is somewhat diffuse. Clearly, he was in the perfect position to promote the court surface, and he was certainly involved in the decision to construct en-tout-cas courts at the new Wimbledon grounds, giving them a marketing coup. In 1929, when being involved in the construction of a golf course – a job which was given to En-tout-cas on Hillyard's recommendation; he eventually disclosed that he was a director of En-tout-cas, thus obviously receiving income from the company.

Final years
In 1925, at an age of 61, Hillyard resigned from his position as secretary of the All England Club. In the same year, he sold his house at Thorpe Satchville, and the Hillyards moved to Bramfold, Pulborough, Sussex. Their new house was of similar size, and Hillyard again constructed two tennis courts, but began to focus on playing golf. Upon his initiative, a new golf course was completed at the West Sussex Golf Club, and opened on 8 August 1930.

Hillyard died at his home on 25 March 1943, aged 79. His wife Blanche was to survive him for three years. The couple had two children, Jack (1891–1983) and Marjorie (1895–?). Jack was also a tennis player, competing at Wimbledon in the 1920s and reaching the final of the All England Plate in 1924. Marjorie was mentally handicapped and stayed with her parents until the death of her mother. She spent the rest of her life at a care home in West Sussex.

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Zoe Goss

Zoe Jean Goss (born 6 December 1968) is an Australian former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium-fast and batting right-handed. She appeared in 12 Test matches and 65 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1987 and 2000, including playing at four World Cups. She played domestic cricket for Western Australia and Victoria.

Biography
Goss played her first game of cricket at the age of 11 for South Perth, scoring 36 not out and taking 0 for 15. In the 1985–86 season, at the age of 17, she made her debut for Western Australia. Goss played with Western Australia until 1995–96 when she moved to Victoria. Goss returned to play with WA in 1999–2000.

Goss was first selected in the Australian women's side for the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand in January 1987. Although having already established herself as a genuine fast bowler and a brilliant all-rounder at interstate level, it was not until the following Rose Bowl in January 1988 that she first produced an outstanding performance at international level. In the third match of the series in Wellington, Goss guided Australia to victory with an unbeaten 96, an innings that remained her highest One Day International score.

Goss scored 1099 ODI runs at an average of 29.70 including 7 fifties and took 64 wickets at an average of 19.15, her best bowling being 4 for 10 against Ireland in Christchurch during the 2000 World Cup.

Goss played in four World Cups for Australia, playing when Australia won the final in 1988, then again in their unsuccessful defence in 1993, as a squad member when Australia regained the trophy in 1997 and finally as a member of the Australian side that lost the 2000 final to New Zealand, her final match for Australia.

Goss's performances at Test level were not as impressive, averaging just 23.33 with a highest score of 48 and taking 20 wickets at an average of 25.55.

She was also named Player of the Series in the 1995–96 Australian Women's Cricket Championship and again in the 1996–97 Women's National Cricket League.

Despite her record in women's cricket, Goss's most famous cricketing appearance was in the Bradman Foundation charity match in Sydney in December 1994. Having been called into the Bradman XI side when rugby league player Paul Vautin withdrew due to illness, Goss scored 29 before taking 2 for 60 from her ten overs, including the wicket of Brian Lara who had broken the records for Highest Test Innings and Highest First-Class Innings earlier in the year.

After finishing her international career, Goss later went on to play for Tuart Hill Cricket Club in the WACA Women's Competition.

Goss was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for service to cricket.

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El Porvenir, Chiapas

El Porvenir (Spanish: "The Future") is a municipality and township in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

El Porvenir was given town status with the creation of the municipality on 13 January 1890. The city is also known as El Porvenir de Velasco Suárez. On July 31, 1976, the LII Constitutional Legislature of the Congress of the State of Chiapas added the surnames Velasco Suárez to the Municipal capital of El Porvenir, in honor to the eminent Mexican neurologist, Dr. Manuel Velasco Suárez (1914-2001), who was a governor of Chiapas during the period 1970-1976, but since 1982, it was restored only El Porvenir municipality, retaining that of El Porvenir de Velasco Suárez for the municipal seat.

The town (locality) of El Porvenir is located at an official elevation of 2,839 m (9,314 ft) above mean sea level in the Sierra Madre highlands of Chiapas, at 15.45556°N, -92.27944°W, close to the Guatemalan border. It is the second-highest municipal seat in Mexico, trailing only the seat of Emiliano Zapata Municipality, Tlaxcala. The municipality covers a total surface area of 121.70 km2 and, in the 2010 census, reported a population of 13,201 inhabitants. Of this total, 1,436 lived in the municipal seat, its only urban locality.

On August 27, 2001 President Vicente Fox attended a ceremony in El Porvenir in which the municipality was officially twinned with San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, thus symbolically uniting the country's industrial, developed north with its rural, underdeveloped south.

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Wilberforce Eaves

Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves MBE (10 December 1867 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian-born tennis player from the United Kingdom. At the 1908 London Olympics he won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles tournament.

Biography
Eaves was born in Melbourne, Australia, son of William and Eunice Eaves of St Kilda, Victoria.

He reached the Men's Singles All-Comers' final at the Wimbledon Championships in 1895 and lost against Wilfred Baddeley despite having had a match point in the third set. In 1897 he became the first non-American to reach the final in the U.S. National Singles Championships. He lost the final in five sets to American Robert Wrenn. He was particularly successful on clay courts at the Dinard International tournament in Brittany, France organized by the Dinard Lawn Tennis Club where he won that title ten times between (1894-1896) and (1902-1909).

Eaves won the Welsh Championships in 1895 and the Irish Championships in 1897, defeating Wilfred Baddeley in a five-set final. He became the Scottish singles champion in 1901 and won the British Covered Court Championships, played on wooden courts at Queen's Club in London three consecutive times from 1897 until 1899. He won against seven-time tournament champion Ernest Lewis and Wimbledon champions Laurence Doherty and Harold Mahony in the respective finals.

Qualified as a doctor of medicine, he served as a civil surgeon in the Boer War, and took a temporary commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the first week of World War I, on 10 August 1914, being promoted to Captain after a year's service. He was later awarded a MBE for his services and died in London, where he is buried in Greenwich Cemetery.

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YQB

YQB may refer to:

 * YQB, the IATA code for Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, Canada
 * YQB, the Pinyin code for Yangquan North railway station, Shanxi Province, China

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Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. Released as a two-part single in 1965, it was Brown's first song to reach the Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten, peaking at number eight, and was a number-one R&B hit, topping the charts for eight weeks. It won Brown his first Grammy Award, for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording.

Consolidating the rhythmic innovations of earlier James Brown recordings such as "I've Got Money" and "Out of Sight", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is considered seminal in the emergence of funk music as a distinct style. As Brown sings the praises of an old man brave enough to get out on the dance floor of a nightclub ("brand new bag" meaning new interest, taste, or way of doing something ), his band provides a horn-heavy backdrop with a prominent rhythm and an electric guitar riff for a hook. Both singer and musicians place overwhelming emphasis on the first beat of each measure ("on the One"). The song is Brown's first recording to feature Jimmy Nolen on guitar.

The taped recording of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" was edited and sped up for its single release, increasing the tempo and raising the pitch by a half step. In 1991, the recording was released in unedited form at its original speed on the box set Star Time. The track includes lead-in studio chatter, with Brown throatily (and presciently) shouting "This is a hit!" just before the drum and horn intro.

Legacy
In 2004, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" was ranked number 72 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. (In 2010, the magazine updated its list, and the song was moved up a rank to number 71.)

In 1999, the 1965 recording of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1)" by James Brown on King Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Other recordings
An instrumental version of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" was released as the B-side of Brown's 1965 single from Smash called "Try Me". He also recorded a big band jazz arrangement of the song with Louie Bellson's Orchestra for his 1970 album Soul on Top.

Live performances of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" appear on the albums Hot on the One, Live in New York, Soul Session Live, Live at the Apollo 1995, and the 2009 Expanded Edition of Live at the Garden. It is also featured in medleys on Love Power Peace and Say It Live and Loud.

Cover versions

 * In 1965, The Fabulous Echoes covered the song on their album Lovin' Feeling.
 * In 1965, Buddy Guy played the song participating in the European tour American Folk Blues Festival. The song is not on the record but in the movie that was made of the tour.
 * In 1965, The McCoys released a version of the song on their debut album, Hang on Sloopy.
 * In 1968, Atco Records released a single by Otis Redding, from the posthumously released LP In Person at the Whisky a Go Go.
 * In 1968, The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band released a version of the song on their album, Together.
 * In 1971, Fadoul, a Moroccan musician, covered the song in Arabic.
 * In 1974, The Residents recorded a German version of the song for their Third Reich N Roll album.
 * In 1987, Roger Troutman covered the song on his album Unlimited!.
 * In 1995, Jimmy Smith recorded an instrumental version on his album Damn!
 * In 1999, The Sugarman 3 covered the song on Sugar's Boogaloo.
 * In 2006, Bebi Dol covered the song on her album Čovek rado izvan sebe živi.
 * In 2007, Ubisoft remake this song for the game Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 covered by Franck Chapelat.
 * In 2018, fourteen year-old Courtney Hadwin covered the song in a broadcast performance on NBC's primetime TV show America's Got Talent.

Personnel

 * James Brown – lead vocals

with the James Brown Band:
 * Joe Dupars – trumpet
 * Ron Tooley – trumpet
 * Levi Rasbury – trombone
 * Wilmer Milton – trombone
 * Nat Jones – alto saxophone
 * Maceo Parker – tenor and baritone saxophones
 * St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
 * Eldee Williams – tenor saxophone
 * Al "Brisco" Clark – tenor saxophone
 * Nat Jones – organ
 * Jimmy Nolen – guitar
 * Sam Thomas or Bernard Odum – bass
 * Melvin Parker – drums

References and uses in popular culture
Pigbag's 1981 single "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" is an instrumental version of Brown's original.

"Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse", an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, was named for the song. The song's title was also referenced by The Simpsons episode "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge".

The 2013 musical Kinky Boots contains the line "Papa's got a brand new shoe" in the song "Everybody Say Yeah" (music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper).

Towards the end of one of the mixes of Public Enemy's 1994 song "Give It Up", Flavor Flav is heard to say "Papa's got a brand new bag." The same line is also heard in the rap part of Color Me Badd's 1991 single "Color Me Badd" and Big Daddy Kane's 1989 song "Warm It Up, Kane".

In 1990, the song was featured in an episode of The Wonder Years (season 3, episode 15), "The Tree House". Later it was featured in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire.

A remix of the song was played in the official Season 6 trailer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019).

Eminem's song "Just Lose It" features the lyric "Papa's got a brand new bag of toys".

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Selma's Choice

"Selma's Choice" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 21, 1993. In the episode, Selma decides to have a baby, inspired by her late aunt's advice that she not spend her life alone. She experiences what life with children is like by taking Bart and Lisa to the Duff Gardens amusement park, which does not go as planned.

The episode was written by David M. Stern and directed by Carlos Baeza.

Plot
On the day that Homer, Bart, and Lisa plan to go to the amusement park Duff Gardens, Marge tells them that her aunt Gladys has died, and the family must attend Gladys's funeral instead. On their way to the funeral home, the family picks up Marge's sisters, Patty and Selma.

After the funeral, the family watches Gladys's video will, in which she advises Patty and Selma not to die alone like she did. Selma is particularly affected and decides she wants a child. Attempting to find a suitable partner, Selma tries video dating, a love potion, and flirting with a teenage grocery store cashier. She then goes on a date with blind geriatric Hans Moleman, but decides she would not want children with him. Selma briefly considers artificial insemination.

When Homer gets food poisoning from eating an expired hoagie, Marge arranges for Selma to take Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens while she stays home to look after Homer. At Duff Gardens, Bart and Lisa run amok and eventually end up in the park's security office with Selma. Meanwhile, Homer starts to feel better, and he and Marge enjoy their day alone. Returning Bart and Lisa home, Selma asks Homer how he manages to raise kids every day. Deciding she does not need to have children to be happy, Selma adopts Jub-Jub, Gladys' pet iguana, for companionship.

Production
Writer David Stern said he wanted to go back to a "Patty and Selma episode", because it was sustained so well when he wrote "Principal Charming". He thought it was important to "keep these characters (Patty and Selma) alive." The animators had trouble with the size of the characters' pupils during the season. In this episode, they are noticeably larger. Julie Kavner did five voices in the scene where the family watches the video will. The scene of Great Aunt Gladys showing off her collection of potato chips was inspired by Myrtle Young, who appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Young said she was working in quality control at a potato chip factory, and collected potato chips that looked like, amongst other things, celebrities. The scene where Homer ate a chip is a reference to the Johnny Carson appearance, where, whilst Young was looking away, Johnny ate a chip from another bowl (not of the collection) and Young, thinking Johnny had ate a chip from her collection, was shocked, before Johnny cleared up the misunderstanding. Jub-Jub made his debut appearance in this episode; he was named by Conan O'Brien.

Though research is usually done when real languages are used on the show, the foreign language heard on Selma's ham radio is fictional.

Cultural references
The title is a reference to Sophie's Choice (1982). Marge's flashback of her and her sisters swimming in a lake is based on The Prince of Tides (1991). Later, Homer and Marge watch the movie Yentl (1983), the second reference to a movie starring and directed by Barbra Streisand. The singers at Duff Gardens, Hooray for Everything, are a parody of Up with People They are seen performing a kid-friendly version of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side". En route to Gladys's funeral, Homer and Bart start to sing "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" from The Wizard of Oz (1939). At the start of her video will, Great Aunt Gladys reads Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken". Duff Gardens is a parody of Busch Gardens, originally developed as a marketing vehicle for the Anheuser-Busch brewing company. The song and ride that Bart, Lisa, and Selma go on is a parody of "It's a Small World". The Duff Gardens parade is a parody of Disneyland's Main Street Electrical Parade. Lisa's hallucination after drinking the water on the ride is based on the work of Ralph Steadman, particularly for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Lisa's pronouncement "I am the Lizard Queen!" is a reference to "Celebration of the Lizard" and "Not to Touch the Earth" by The Doors. After acquiring Jub-Jub, Selma sings "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", a reference to the season four finale of the sitcom Murphy Brown, in which reporter Murphy Brown sings the song after giving birth to her baby.

Reception
"Selma's Choice" finished 27th in the weekly ratings for the week of January 18–24, 1993 with a Nielsen rating of 14.2.

Ken Tucker highlighted the episode in a review of the fourth season: "the Simpsons aren’t winking, rib-cage-nudging rebels; if anything, they’re touchingly sincere. Groening and company want to suggest that family life is so complicated, so full of inarticulated desires and fears, that it can never be reduced to a mere collection of wisecracks. The closest the series has ever come to offering a 'message' has been in a few episodes this season that mercilessly satirize the alcohol industry in the form of the profoundly cynical 'Duff' beer company ('Can’t get enough of that wonderful Duff' is its slogan). In one episode, Bart and Lisa’s Aunt Selma brings them to Duff Gardens amusement park, where they take in the 'beeraquarium' (soused fish swimming woozily in frothy suds) and the 'Beer Hall of Presidents' (a mechanical Abe Lincoln quaffs endless cans of Duff)."

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood said, "A nice episode for Selma and good for Marge and Homer as well. But it's the kids who provide the highlights in this one, with their antics at Duff Gardens."

In Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation, Chris Turner said it "Fills in with the usual grab bag of great gags" and "The episode had some crowd-pleasing moments." He went on to say, "The last few minutes of the show played out to continuous laughter [in the pub he was watching it in]".

In The A. V. Club, Nathan Rabin said Selma's adoption of Jub-Jub is "the perfect resolution to both Selma’s dilemma and an episode that’s both sour and sweet, quietly understanding and hilariously cruel."

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I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play)

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself is a 1999 American stage play written, directed, and produced by and starring Tyler Perry. The play marks the first official appearance of the well-known fictional character Madea, whom Perry portrays. Although the original production was not recorded, the live performance released on DVD and VHS was recorded in Washington, D.C., at the Lincoln Theatre in August 2002.

Act One
Vianne, who is in the middle of settling a bitter divorce with her ex-husband Anthony– a successful stockbroker - has moved in with her grandmother, Mable "Madea" Simmons. Madea is sick with complications from her diabetes. Another person Madea is helping out is Bobby, an ex-con. Bobby is Madea's handyman and usually cuts her grass. Both Madea and Vianne find him attractive, though Vianne would not like to admit it.

Vianne's niece, Keisha, is also staying with Madea. Keisha's mother, Maylee, shows up at her school wearing a blond wig and a mini-skirt, embarrassing Keisha. Maylee later pops up at the house, announcing her engagement to none other than Vianne's ex-husband, Anthony.

Keisha is resentful towards her mother for being away for so long. When Anthony calls, Maylee drops everything to assist him, leaving Keisha alone (Motherless Child).

Madea's daughter, Cora, arrives, announcing she only stays for the weekend as she lives out of town. Keisha confided in her aunt about her troubles with the kids at school, as they all bullied her except for one kid named Kelly. Madea's next-door neighbor, Mr. Brown, also drops by and brings in her mail.

While everyone is preparing for dinner, Bobby, taking a shower, runs downstairs to get some soap. While Bobby and Vianne flirt with each other, Madea can tell that Vianne secretly likes him. Dinner tensions are high as Bobby and Anthony debate their religious beliefs, and Anthony insults Madea. The family then reminisces over their time in the church choir, singing old gospel favorites (Old Time Mix).

Tensions blew soon after Anthony started insulting Vianne. Maylee and Vianne then get into a spat of their own. This leads a hurt Vianne to pull a knife on Anthony, alarming everybody. The entire family disperses, except Cora, who tries to calm Vianne down. Vianne, left with all the rubble of the night, tries to reflect (Lord, I'm Sorry).

Act Two
Bobby returns, flirting with Vianne, and tells her his story of how he was incarcerated. Vianne opens up about her past relationships & newfound doubts while Bobby assures her their relationship will be different (Let Me Hold You).

Maylee gets a call from the school nurse about Keisha. Anthony tells Maylee that she must either choose between their daughter, convinced she'd hinder his lifestyle. When Keisha arrives home, Maylee orders her to put her stuff down as they will go to the clinic. Keisha is pregnant with the neighbor boy, Kelly's child. Maylee insists she has an abortion. Cora tries to get through to her, but Maylee will not have it. It is revealed that Keisha was the product of a rape that Maylee endured at 13 at the hands of a man her mother let use her for drug money. With that, Maylee forces Keisha out of the house, and Cora is left alone, praying for her family's saving (In the Name of Jesus).

Madea gets a call from Eric Jones offering Bobby a job and relays the message to Bobby and Vianne. When Maylee and Keisha return from the clinic, Madea admonishes them. It is, however, too late, as Keisha is too far gone to get an abortion.

Vianne tries to get Maylee to understand that Anthony does not love her and that he is only marrying her to get back at Vianne. Maylee, upset, refuses to believe her. Bobby tells everyone about his job offer in California as Head Foreman but is reluctant to accept.

Vianne and Bobby force Madea upstairs as they talk about their future. Bobby wants marriage and kids, but Vianne does not see it for her right now. As they talk, the doorbell rings, and Mr. Brown is mad at Madea for giving his dog sleeping pills. Madea and Brown get into a light insulting match, leaving Vianne and Bobby to call the vet.

The next day, while Bobby is packing his bags, he runs into Anthony. Anthony tries to turn Bobby against Vianne, again insulting her weight. Bobby tells Anthony that Vianne never loved him. Anthony threatens Bobby to move away to California and leave Vianne alone for good. If he stays here, Anthony will call his probation officer and send him back to prison, seeing as they're old friends.

Police sirens are then heard, and Madea enters, running upstairs. Madea and Maylee were out getting their nails done when the nail salon employees began talking about Madea. One employee, in particular, insulted her, comparing her to Godzilla. So, she shot up the nail salon and hightailed home. Maylee comes back, angrily relaying the details to the boys.

Bobby debates whether to stay or take the job offer in California. Vianne tells him to follow his heart. Bobby realizes he wants to stay with Vianne even though she says she's not ready for a relationship. However, Bobby still walks out the door and heads for California. Madea tells Vianne that she needs to go after her man. After a few minutes of hesitation, Vianne decides to chase Bobby down before he leaves. However, when Vianne opens the door, Bobby is revealed to be standing right there. Bobby comes inside and proposes to Vianne, and under Madea's direction, she agrees.

Vianne drives Madea off to the casino. Maylee congratulates Bobby on the proposal, though she is admittedly jealous of their relationship. Cora reconciles Maylee and Keisha (It's Gonna Be Hallelujah).

Later that day, Maylee brings Anthony his bags and tells him he will drive home alone. Once Anthony leaves, Maylee apologizes to Vianne for everything. Cora gathers the family to reflect on all of the insight they've gained despite all that has caused them pain in the past (God is the Answer).

1999 Original Cast

 * Tyler Perry as Madea
 * Kisha Grandy as Vianne
 * Tyga Graham as Bobby
 * Tosha Moore as Maylee
 * Terri Brown-Britton (2000)
 * David Mann as Mr. Brown
 * Tamela Mann as Cora
 * Carl Pertile as Anthony

2002 Film Cast

 * Tyler Perry as Madea
 * Kisha Grandy as Vianne
 * Tyga Graham as Bobby
 * Donna Stewart as Maylee
 * Carl Pertile as Anthony
 * Elaine O'Neale as Keisha
 * Tamela Mann as Cora
 * David Mann as Mr. Brown

The Band

 * Elvin Ross - Musical Director
 * Mike Frazier - Bass
 * Sheryl Harper - Drums
 * Jerome Harmon - Keyboards
 * Jim Gorst - Sound
 * Davie Holmbo - Sound

Musical numbers
All songs written and/or produced by Tyler Perry and Elvin D. Ross.

Act One

 * "Overture" - Band
 * "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" - Vianne & Company
 * "Old Time Mix (consisting of Angels Watching Over Me / There's a Leak in This Old Building / I Know the Lord Will Make a Way)" – Brown, Maylee, Vianne, Cora and Company
 * "Silver & Gold" or "Bye Baby" - Vianne

Act Two

 * "Let Me Hold You" - Bobby
 * "It's Gonna Be Hallelujah" - Cora
 * "Lord, I'm Sorry" - Maylee
 * "Bye Baby (Reprise)" - Madea
 * "Kirk Franklin & The Family Medley" - Cora, Brown, Vianne & Company

Act One

 * "Overture / I Can Do Bad All By Myself" - Band & Company
 * "Motherless Child" – Keisha
 * "Old Time Mix (consisting of Angels Watching Over Me / There's a Leak in This Old Building / I Know the Lord Will Make a Way)" – Brown, Maylee, Vianne, Cora and Company
 * "Lord, I'm Sorry" – Vianne

Act Two

 * "Let Me Hold You" – Bobby
 * "In the Name of Jesus" – Cora
 * "It's Gonna Be Hallelujah" – Cora
 * "God Is the Answer" - Company

Production Trivia

 * Jamecia Bennett and Quan Howell originally had parts in the show that were cut early on in the original run.
 * Terri Brown-Britton of Trin-i-tee 5:7 would assume the role of Maylee early on into the tour.
 * Keisha was a new character instated in the 2002 performance. Her song, the spiritual, "Motherless Child" is a hold-over from Tyler Perry & T.D. Jakes' Woman, Thou Art Loosed!, which Elaine O'Neale also starred as Michelle.
 * Carl Pertile previously worked with Tyler Perry on his first play, I Know I've Been Changed. He later originated the role of Mike in Why Did I Get Married?. A show that Donna Stewart would also star in.
 * Kisha Grandy, Tamela Mann, and David Mann are original members of Kirk Franklin's group, The Family. In the shows that Kisha appeared, she would sing her rendition of the group's "Silver & Gold". While at the end, Kisha, Tamela, and David would close out the show with a medley of other memorable songs from their time with The Family.
 * On nights that Kisha didn't appear, "Bye Baby" would be sung in its place.
 * In the original show, "Let Me Hold You" included a second verse, in which Bobby proposes to Vianne.
 * Kelly Price was the original leading lady who was supposed to join the show, but pulled out at the last minute. She was supposed to play the role of "Aunt Lizzie", and sing a few of her own songs. Due to this sudden change, Madea's role was boosted over what was originally a short cameo, and the rest of her lines were split among the rest of the cast.
 * During the 2002 performance, there are mentions of characters and events that happen in the previously taped show, Madea's Family Reunion, such as the revelation between Cora's daughters, Lisa & Tina.

Film
10 years later, a film adaptation titled of the same name was theatrically released on September 11, 2009. The film has a completely different storyline from the play, focusing on an alcoholic club singer (Taraji P. Henson) whose niece and nephews are taken under Madea's wing. It received positive reviews and was commercially successful.

Vianne and Anthony were loosely adapted for A Madea Family Funeral.

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Alice Greene

Alice Norah Gertrude Greene (15 October 1879 – 26 October 1956) was a female English tennis player from the United Kingdom. She won a silver medal playing tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Sometimes referred to as Angela Greene in some references.

Early life
Greene was born at Upton, Northamptonshire on 15 October 1879, the daughter of Richard and Emma Greene. Her father Richard was a medical doctor and superintendent of the Northampton County Lunatic Asylum in Upton.

Tennis
At the October 1907 London Covered Courts Championships at the Queen's Club, Greene won the Ladies Single's title. Greene played at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and won a silver medal in the women's indoor singles event. Greene also placed fifth in the outdoor singles event. Greene was also an international field hockey player.

Later life
Greene moved to the island of Jersey where she died on 26 October 1956.

In 2010 her Olympic medals were auctioned.

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Agnes Water, Queensland

Agnes Water is a coastal town and a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, the locality of Agnes Water had a population of 2,729 people.

Geography
Agnes Water is in Central Queensland approximately 80 km south-east of the Bruce Highway, Queensland's major coastal route. It is accessed via the main road called Round Hill Road. It is 90 minutes south of Gladstone, and 90 minutes north of Bundaberg on the Discovery Coast. Agnes Water is the closest access point to the southern Great Barrier Reef. It is a neighbouring town of the Town of 1770.

Much of the area's natural beauty has been preserved through the establishment of Eurimbula National Park, covering more than 23,000 hectares and the nearby Joseph Banks Environmental Park, located on the headland originally known as Round Head.

History
Prior to European settlement Agnes Water was home to the Meerooni tribe who form the southern part of the Gurang nation.

The town of Agnes Water takes its name from pastoral holding first leased by Daniel Clowes in 1883, which he named after the coastal schooner Agnes, which was lost at sea in the area. The schooner left Bustard Head on 15 June 1873, en route from Mackay to Brisbane. Daniel Clowes remained there until his death in 1891. The gravestones of Clowes and his wife are near the present township.

There was saw milling in the locality in the 1890s and the wide beach was a popular venue, particularly as buggies could be driven onto the beach. It became a holiday destination, and weekend residences were built, notably on Round Hill where the Town of 1770 was officially named in 1936. However, the town was regarded as somewhat remote, and it was not until the road into the town was completely sealed in the mid-1990s that development really took off.

Agnes Water State School was opened on 29 January 1990.

Agnes Tavern opened in 1993.

The current Agnes Water Public Library opened in 2011 and had a minor refurbishment in 2016.

Discovery Christian College opened in 2015.

Goora Gan Steiner School opened in January 2017.

In 2018, Agnes Water became the first cryptocurrency town. Shops, hotels accept cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and NEM.

Demographics
In the, the locality of Agnes Water had a population of 1,814. This figure is made up of 942 males and 872 females with a median age of 41. The town's most common ancestries are English (32.4%), Australian (29.6%), Scottish (8.6%), Irish (7.8%) and German (4.8%).

In the, the locality of Agnes Water had a population of 2,210 people.

In the, the locality of Agnes Water had a population of 2,729 people.

Religion
The area of Agnes Water has two local churches - the Agnes Water Baptist Church and the Catholic Church. Both are located on Bicentennial Dve, a short drive from the centre of the area. Census data from 2011 shows that 32.3% of the population do not identify with a religion while 19.6% list Anglican as their religion, followed by Catholicism (16.1%).

Education
Agnes Water State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 1 Donohue Drive (-24.2139°N, 151.9105°W). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 215 students with 19 teachers (15 full-time equivalent) and 14 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent).

Goora Gan Steiner School is a private primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 71 Springs Road (-24.2125°N, 151.9102°W). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 12 students with 2 teachers and 1 non-teaching staff.

Discovery Christian College is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 2873 Round Hill Road (-24.22°N, 151.8933°W). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 160 students with 18 teachers (15 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).

The nearest government secondary school is Rosedale P-12 Campus in Rosedale, 64 km away from the centre of Agnes Water, accessed mostly by local buses that travel the route daily.

Only 7.1% of the population during the listed their education level as being over secondary school (i.e. tertiary or further education).

Facilities
The town has a visitor information centre on Round Hill Road. The town also hosts a community centre, coastal camping reserve, life-saving club, state primary school (1990), and a museum which houses the Miriam Vale Historical Society. The Agnes Water Library is at 71 Springs Road and is operated by the Gladstone Regional Council.

The local tourism and commerce group has created a website listing the natural attractions and all things to do while visiting the region.

The Agnes Water Ambulance station has 5 paramedics. The officer-in-charge Brett Schultz has served the Agnes Community for over ten years.

Creative Community
The 1770 Art Show which takes places each year in May. The town is also the inspiration behind the song "Sweet Agnes" released in 2022 by the band Railmotor. The album was recorded in Agnes Water over two weeks in June 2022.

Beaches and fishing
The main beach is 5.5 km long, running from Round Hill in the north down to Agnes Water. The beach is relatively straight and faces east-north-east. Most of the beach is backed by a low dune and natural vegetation. At the southern Agnes Water end there is an extensive foreshore reserve, including a camping reserve. The beach usually receives waves averaging about one metre, which combine with the medium sand to build a moderately steep high tide beach, with a continuous bar exposed at low tide. During and following higher swell, up to 30 rip channels are cut across the lower section of the bar and an outer bar forms along the central and northern sections of the beach. The rip channels will persist for some weeks during lower wave conditions. As well as the surf beach, Agnes Water is intersected by rocky headlands and has a stream behind the coastline. A relatively safe beach is located in the southern patrolled area.

Region highlights
Agnes Water is predominantly a tourist region that relies on the constant flow of visitors including families that visit the area in peak school holiday seasons and grey nomads that add to the local population in the months from May to September each year.

The bulk of local businesses are built around typical town needs and servicing the demands of visitors, with operators such as 1770 LARC! Tours and Scooteroos.

Agnes Water has a significantly high proportion of hospitality services per capita to meet the demand of local visitors.

Agnes Water is also home to one of Australia's most highly awarded tea companies, Tielka.

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I'm a little unclear as to why this article states that Amroth was the "last Silvan Elf Lord of Lórien". According to Amroth, he was Sindarin. (We could say "last Sindarin Lord of Lórien", working under the understanding that Celeborn, in the final analysis, is considered Telerin, but this might be somewhat confusing.) -Aranel (" Sarah ") 23:26, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Aye, but wasn't Amroth also king of Lórien? So that he would be the last Sindarin King in it (or the first even) might be more accurate. And since there are versions of there Celeborn and Galadriel-story, that Amroth is their son (unlikely), it seems even stranger that a father should succeed his soon as Lord. Hackeru  —Preceding comment was added at 10:32, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

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Does anyone know from which source the information about the elf-maiden who bore two halfelven sons that became the Princes of dol Amroth? --- Hackeru

The source is most likely the Silmarillion. I am not sure though.-- Ran da  l  l  l  in  03:10, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Af, found it, even thougn it appears to be "tradition" by the Dol Amrathians to say that they have an elf-maiden as ancestor, even though it is highly doubted (Tolkien did write that there were only three unions). Hackeru —Preceding comment was added at 10:29, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Merge this article with Minor places in Middle-earth?
See above title. Consider. Nimrodel seems to not be featured to much and could be consider a minor place. We can kill two birds with one edit by adding to above said article and pulling strings of wikiproject tighter. I have already written a short entry on the above said article and will leave it at that until greater consensus.Randalllin 05:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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Birdy (Peter Gabriel album)

Birdy is the first soundtrack and sixth album overall by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel for the movie of the same name, released in 1985. The album marked Gabriel's first work with producer Daniel Lanois. It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002.

Background
In addition to composing new pieces for the soundtrack, Gabriel also used instrumental themes and sections from earlier works to form the basis of some tracks. Of the album's twelve tracks, two adapt music from Gabriel's third album and three adapt music from Gabriel's fourth album. There are, however, no songs with lyrics on the album.

In an interview with Spin in 1986, Gabriel said, “Birdy was about the struggle of the spirit... It was about the interplay between the traumatized Birdy, the wounded victim, and his best friend, who’s ostensibly the tough one. But in the end, it’s Birdy who’s strong and his friend who’s cracking. When I saw the rough cut of the film, I knew I had to do it. It haunted me.”

Recalling his experience of working with Gabriel, Birdy director Alan Parker told Prog magazine in 2010, "We got on so well, he’s such a sweet man. It was such a refreshing change from working with megalomaniacs like Roger Waters. Peter’s record company were very difficult to begin with, and so I phoned them to ask if they’d mind if Peter took a little time to do this, and they said as long as it didn’t take more than a couple of months because Peter was already a year late or something. He had strong views and I would never be able to persuade him to do something he didn’t feel comfortable with, but we didn’t have any confrontation as such."

Reception
Released 18 March 1985, Birdy reached number 51 on the UK Albums Chart and number 162 on the US Billboard 200. The commercial performance exemplified Gabriel's strong cult following, according to biographer Daryl Easlea (2018), adding that the chart peaks are "still pretty impressive for what is essentially an album of sound collages." In their review, Rolling Stone noted the album's prioritisation of "mood over melodic content".

In a retrospective review, Tom Demalon of AllMusic felt the album was a "successful companion piece" to Parker's film, providing a "moody and evocative" backdrop. He noted many of the tracks incorporate threads from Peter Gabriel's fourth album (1982) and warned that the album would disappoint listeners expecting Gabriel's more pop-leaning material, but said "its meditative nature makes it fine, reflective listening for the more adventurous." Steven Grant and Ira Robbins, writing for Trouser Press, also drew attention to the mix of new material and adaptations of earlier recordings, and felt that "[a]lthough it's uncommon to hear sustained instrumental work from someone so known for vocal music, the score is audibly identifiable, and provides a fascinating glimpse into his adaptational thinking." They described it as "[a] strongly affecting work, a major challenge met admirably with style and character."

Colin Larkin described it as a "haunting soundtrack" in The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, whilst in The Great Rock Discography, Martin C. Strong wrote how Gabriel transformed earlier material into "atmospheric mood pieces" with "impressive effect". Birdy was reissued on vinyl in 2017; reviewing the release for Uncut, John Lewis described Birdy as "interesting but fragmentary" but highlighted "Birdy's Flight" for being a heavy, drum-laden instrumental based on "Not One of Us". He also noted the album's significance, saying: "Many of the techniques explored on Birdy – particularly the experiments with ambient sound on 'Dressing the Wound' and 'Sketchpad with Trumpet and Voice' – would lay the groundwork for So, and both projects certainly shared many of the same personnel."

Track listing
All songs written by Peter Gabriel.

Personnel

 * Peter Gabriel – keyboards, production
 * Jon Hassell – trumpet
 * Ekome Dance Company – drums
 * Larry Fast – keyboards
 * Tony Levin – bass guitar, double bass, backing vocals
 * Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
 * David Rhodes – guitar, backing vocals
 * Manny Elias – drums
 * Morris Pert – drums, percussion
 * John Giblin – double bass, bass guitar

Technical personnel

 * David Stallbaumer – additional engineering

In popular culture
The piece "Birdy's Flight" was later used by Hong Kong film director John Woo as part of the score to his A Better Tomorrow films. Other parts of the score were used in Tsui Hark's 1986 movie Peking Opera Blues. The track "The Heat" was used in 1994 Movie Natural Born Killers and in the theatrical trailer of the 1993 movie Tombstone.

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Kevin Borich

Kevin Nicholas Borich (born 27 October 1948, Huapai, North Island, New Zealand)  is a New Zealand-born Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was the mainstay of the La De Da's, the leader of Kevin Borich Express, and a founding member of the Party Boys, as well as a session musician for numerous acts.

Borich wrote "Gonna See My Baby Tonight" for the La De Da's, which became a top 10 hit in 1971 on the Australian singles chart. He performed at some of Australia's biggest rock events including the 1972 Sunbury Pop Festival and the late 1970s Rockarena tours with 60,000 people, featuring Fleetwood Mac, Santana and The Little River Band. He played in two New Year's Eve celebrations at the Sydney Opera House with 70,000 people as well as support shows for international acts including Elton John, Status Quo, Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy.

Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane has described Borich as "one of the most celebrated guitar players in the history of Australian rock. He also remains an underrated songwriter, and his live reputation has rarely been reflected in record sales".

His son Lucius Borich joined Kevin Borich Express as a drummer and was later a member of Sydney-based progressive rock band Cog.

Early years
Kevin Borich was born in 1948 in Huapai north west of Auckland on New Zealand's North Island. He attended secondary school at Rutherford High School in Te Atatū Peninsula, a suburb of Auckland. In 1961, at the age of 12, Borich recorded a private single on Astor Records with sisters Judi and Sue Donaldson (later as New Zealand duo The Chicks). As a guitarist, Borich formed The Mergers in late 1963 with fellow students Brett Neilsen on drums and Trevor Wilson on bass guitar. Initially they performed covers of The Shadows' material as an instrumental band after school and on week-ends.

1964–1975: The La De Da's
With the addition of vocalist/rhythm guitarist Phil Key, The Mergers with Borich on lead guitar/vocals, Neilsen on drums/vocals and Wilson on bass guitar, were eventually renamed as the La De Da's in 1964 in Auckland, New Zealand. In June 1965 they recorded their debut single, "Little Girl", and later that year added Bruce Howard on keyboards. From 1966 to 1967 they had five New Zealand top 10 hits, "How is the Air Up There?", "On Top of the World", "Hey Baby", "All Purpose Low" and "Rosalie". By 1968 they were based in Sydney and recorded their concept album, The Happy Prince, in 1969 on EMI.

Line-up changes occurred, with Borich and Key joined by Peter Roberts on bass guitar and Keith Barber on drums by 1971's Australian Kent Music Report top 10 hit single, "Gonna See My Baby Tonight". It had been written by Borich, who had established a reputation as "Australia's guitar hero supremo" and regularly performed "All Along the Watchtower" using Jimi Hendrix' interpretation of the Bob Dylan song to close the La De Da's' live set.

In late January 1972, they appeared at the inaugural Sunbury Pop Festival and featured on the subsequent double album, Sunbury, released in October by EMI/HMV.

The La De Da's recorded further albums and singles and, despite critical acclaim, had little chart success. Only Borich remained throughout until he disbanded the group in 1975. After the La De Da's, Borich toured with John Paul Young & the Allstars for some months before forming a new band.

1976–1989: Kevin Borich Express to The Party Boys
Kevin Borich Express was formed in early 1976 by Borich on lead guitar, lead vocals and occasional flute with Harry Brus on bass guitar (ex-Blackfeather) and Barry Harvey on drums (Wild Cherries, Chain). They recorded a track, "The End of Me", before Brus and Harvey were soon replaced by Reuben San Fiansco on bass guitar and Gil Matthews on drums. Subsequent line-ups were typically a three piece with a succession of bass guitarists and drummers. They released their debut single, "Goin' Somewhere", in October using Fiansco, and John Annas on drums (Wendy Saddington Band). Following in March 1977 was their debut album, Celebration! with Annas, and Tim Partridge on bass guitar (Mighty Kong, The Johnny Rocco Band). The album was favoured by critics and peaked in the top 30 on the Australian albums charts.

In early 1977, Borich supported the tour by UK rock guitarist Jeff Beck. Mid-1977 saw the release of the band's follow-up album Lonely One. This was followed in October by supporting the Rockarena tour with Fleetwood Mac, Santana and Little River Band; Borich was invited on-stage to jam with Carlos Santana. In May 1978, the band toured the US in support of Australian heavy rockers AC/DC, with Annas, Paul Christie on bass guitar and keyboard player Tim Shafer (Gary Wright Band). This line-up recorded No Turning Back which was released in March 1979.

By mid-year, Partridge had returned with both Christie and Shafer departing, and together with Annas, Borich recorded Live!, using the 2JJ mobile studio equipment over performances in Melbourne and Wollongong. Live! contains one of the most incendiary and atmospheric versions of "Little Red Rooster" ever recorded, along with a number of Borich standards.

In July, Kevin Borich Express appeared on Renée Geyer's album Blues License. A European tour by Kevin Borich Express resulted in a compilation album being released in Germany. After the tour, John Watson (Heavy Division) replaced Annas on drums and the band recorded Angel's Hand in November 1979. Similar line-up changes continued into the early 1980s with Michael Deep replacing Partridge in April 1980. This line-up collaborated with solo artist Dutch Tilders to record Blues Had a Baby and They Called It Rock'n'Roll in 1981 on RCA Records. Kerry Jacobsen (Dragon) replaced Watson on drums for the Shy Boys Shy Girls mini-LP in late 1981. By mid-1982, Annas returned on drums, with Steve Balbi on bass guitar, and Andy Cowan on keyboards.

Later that year, Borich on guitar joined The Party Boys which was formed by previous band member Paul Christie (now ex-Mondo Rock) on bass guitar, drums and backing vocals, Harvey James (Sherbet) on guitar and Graham Bidstrup (The Angels) on drums. Initially a side-project, The Party Boys, had top 10 success with singles "He's Gonna Step on You Again" (#1, 1987) and "Hold Your Head Up" (#7, 1987), and albums Live at Several 21sts (#9, 1983) and The Party Boys (#1, 1987). Consequently, Kevin Borich Express output and touring was reduced during the 1980s. In 1989, Borich left The Party Boys and appeared in Jimmy Barnes band for the 1990 Two Fires tour.

Borich won 'Best Guitarist' at the 1977 and 1978 Australian Rock Music Awards.

1990–present
Borich continues to perform at Australian and international events, in 2011 featuring long time friend Harry Brus on bass and his son Lucius Borich on drums. This lineup released a double CD and DVD under the banner Borich X Borich Live at the Basement. Borich still utilises a spectrum of Australia's best musicians at different times, including John Annas returning on drums with Ian Lees on bass guitar (ex-Moving Pictures), and with two former members John Watson and Harry Brus. He released the CD/DVD package of Live at the Big Kahuna in 1995. A studio album was released in 1998, Heart Starter, with Lucius Borich of Cog on drums and Ben Rosen on bass guitar touring to promote it.

At the Gimme Ted benefit concert on 10 March 2001 Borich performed three songs. Over the 15 years since, he has continued to perform the Australian tour circuit and festivals with various line-ups, and released albums Nomad and Borich X Borich, recorded live at Circular Quay's The Basement. His latest studio album is Totem.

Borich won the Heritage Award at the 1999 Australian Blues Music Festival and was inducted into the Australian Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 2003.

In July 2023, Borich released the album Duets. It was preceded by the single "Keep It to Myself" with Tim Rogers.

Personal life
Borich has been married twice and has six children, the youngest three with his second wife Melissa Borich.

He was diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in May 2005 and undertook radiation and chemotherapies. The treatments resulted in the loss of his salivary glands and some hearing.

Cultural influences
Australian band TISM, on their 1990 album Hot Dogma, have tracks called "Kevin Borich Expressionism" Parts 1, 2 and 4. On the Collected Recordings 1986-1993 box set there is a track called "Kevin Borich Expressionism".

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