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Avalon (Roxy Music album)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Avalon, released in 1982, was Roxy Music`s eighth (and, to date, final) studio album. Recorded in 1981-82 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, it is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the band`s later work. It was a huge commercial success, hitting #1 in the UK (for 3 weeks) and staying on the album charts for over a year. Although it only climbed as high as #53, Avalon is notable as the band`s only platinum record in the US. Bryan Ferry`s girlfriend (and soon-to-be wife) Lucy Helmore appeared on the cover wearing a medieval helmet and carrying a falcon, evoking King Arthur`s last journey to the mysterious land of Avalon and continuing...
The Old Grey Whistle Test
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Old Grey Whistle Test (usually abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) was an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971 to 1987. It took over the BBC2 late night slot from "Disco Two", which had been running since January 1970, while continuing to feature non-chart music. It was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers. According to presenter Bob Harris, the programme derived its name from a Tin Pan Alley phrase from years before. When they got the first pressing of a record they would play it to people they called the old greys—doormen in grey suits. The songs they could remember and whistle, having heard it just once or twice, had passed the old grey whistle test.
RDRAM
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Direct Rambus DRAM or DRDRAM (sometimes just called Rambus DRAM or RDRAM) is a type of synchronous dynamic RAM. RDRAM was developed by Rambus inc., in the mid-1990s as a replacement for then-prevalent DIMM SDRAM memory architecture.
Mnemonic major system
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Major System (also called the phonetic number system, phonetic mnemonic system, or Herigone`s mnemonic system) is a mnemonic technique used to aid in memorizing numbers.
Milo Yiannopoulos
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Milo Yiannopoulos (born October 18, 1984), formerly Milo Wagner, is a British journalist and entrepreneur. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Kernel, an online magazine focusing on European start-up technology. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in Britain`s digital economy by Wired UK in 2011 and again in 2012, and he is a member of the Courvoisier The Future 500 network, a network of entrepreneurs and "revolutionary characters" (Wired).
Desnudate
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Desnudate" is a song by American recording artist Christina Aguilera, from her sixth studio album Bionic (2010). The song was written by Aguilera, Claude Kelly and co-written and produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. It is a dance song, with elements of latin music. Lyrically, it is described as a raunchy song, where Aguilera plays a Dominatrix that is going to release every fantasy of her partner.
Simone Vaturi
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Simone Vaturi (born 20 July 1988 in Milan) is an Italian ice dancer. With partner Lorenza Alessandrini, he is the 2009 and 2010 Italian junior national champion.
Luther Stickell
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Luther Stickell is a supporting fictional character from the Mission: Impossible film series. The character first appeared in Mission: Impossible in 1996 and is the only character besides Ethan Hunt to appear in all four films.
George Washington Steele
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Washington Steele (December 13, 1839– July 12, 1922) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who twice served as a Congressman for Indiana, from 1881 to 1889 and again from 1895 to 1903. Steele also was the first Governor of Oklahoma Territory and was instrumental in developing the state`s public education system and its two largest universities.
Simon Lees
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Simon Lees – Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Producer
The Sleeper Awakes
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Sleeper Awakes (1910) is a dystopian novel by H. G. Wells about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. The main character awakes to see his dreams realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities.
Peter Rochegune Munch
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Peter Rochegune Munch (in Danish usually referred to as P. Munch) (1870–1948) was a leading Danish historian and politician. He was a leading member of the Radikale Venstre, and represented Langeland in parliament.
In Country
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In Country is a 1989 American drama film produced and directed by Norman Jewison, starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd. The screenplay by Frank Pierson and Cynthia Cidre was based on the novel by Bobbie Ann Mason. The original music score was composed by James Horner. Willis earned a best supporting actor Golden Globe nomination for his role.
Furman Bisher
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Furman Bisher (born November 4, 1918) is a columnist for the Gwinnett Daily Post in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He ended his retirement from writing on January 4th, 2010.
Santa Maria in Trastevere
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Basilica of Our Lady in Trastevere (Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere) is a titular minor basilica, one of the oldest churches in Rome, and perhaps the first in which mass was openly celebrated. The basic floor plan and wall structure of the church date back to the 340s AD.
Renault 19
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Renault 19 is a small family car that was produced by the French car manufacturer Renault between 1988 and 2000.
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