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Andrew W.K
Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier (born May 9, 1979), known professionally as Andrew W.K., is an American conceptual performance artist, rock singer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor. Raised in Michigan, Wilkes-Krier began his musical career in the mid-1990s. He performed in a number of local bands before eventually moving to New York, where he produced his first recordings under the Andrew W.K. moniker. After gaining initial attention with the 2000 EP ''Girls Own Juice'', Wilkes-Krier rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album ''I Get Wet'' in November 2001. In the years following its release, Wilkes-Krier has undertaken a number of other musical and non-musical ventures including television and radio work, motivational speaking, and writing. Early life Andrew Wilkes-Krier was born in Stanford, California, and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His father is Professor James E. Krier, a legal scholar at the University of Michigan Law School and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News-Times
''The News-Times'' is a daily newspaper based in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. It is owned and operated by the Hearst Corporation. The paper covers Danbury, a city in Fairfield County in southwestern Connecticut, as well as the towns of Brookfield, New Fairfield, Newtown, Bethel, Ridgefield, Redding, Roxbury, New Milford, Sherman, Kent, Bridgewater, Washington and Southbury. ''The News-Times'' also owns and operates ''The Greater New Milford Spectrum'', a weekly newspaper that covers New Milford, Sherman, Kent, Washington, Bridgewater, and Roxbury. News coverage When it comes to covering different news stories, ''The News-Times'' reports on stories at the local, state, and even national level. Most crime stories that are published by ''The News-Times'' are often about events that occurred in the greater Danbury area. Their crime stories range from break-ins to homicides. The paper's local news coverage ranges from town politics, to infrastructure, to city t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenhills School
Greenhills School is an independent college preparatory school (grades 6–12) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Awards and recognition Greenhills Upper School was recognized as one of six national Intel Schools of Distinction in 2007 for excellence as one of the nation's top schools for science. The program recognizes one school for math and one for science in each of three school ranges (elementary, middle and high school). Athletics Greenhills School is a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) and offers the following sports: *Boys: tennis, baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, and track and field *Girls: tennis, basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball *Coed: equestrian and swimming. However, both the track and cross country teams have co-ed practices. The boys tennis team won the Division 4 Lower Peninsula state championship in 2003–4, 2006-7 and 2008-9 through 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayer Hawthorne
Andrew Mayer Cohen (born February 2, 1979), better known by his stage name Mayer Hawthorne, is an American singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, audio engineer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, California. Cohen performs and records in the groups Tuxedo and Jaded Incorporated and has been nominated for a Grammy award. Early life Cohen was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The stage name "Mayer Hawthorne" is a combination of Cohen's real middle name (Mayer) and Hawthorne Road, the street he grew up on. Cohen is a Jew, and had a Bar Mitzvah in 1992 at Temple Beth Emeth in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Career Hawthorne started out as a member of the group Athletic Mic League (as DJ Haircut), based in Ann Arbor, before moving to Los Angeles in 2005. He was signed to Stones Throw Records by label head Peanut Butter Wolf. Originally the Mayer Hawthorne tracks were created for sampling purposes and for pleasure, but upon hearing them Peanut Butter Wolf insisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Michigan School Of Music, Theatre & Dance
The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance is an undergraduate and graduate institution for the performing arts in the United States. It is part of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The school was founded by Calvin Brainerd Cady in 1880 as the Ann Arbor School of Music, and it was later incorporated into the University of Michigan with Cady joining the faculty. The School is located on the University of Michigan's North Campus, which is also home to the College of Engineering, the Stamps School of Art & Design, and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. History The school was founded in 1880. Administrators and Deans include Charles Sink, Earl V. Moore, James B. Wallace, Allen Britton, Paul Boylan, Karen Wolff (2000–05), Christopher Kendall (2005–15), Aaron Dworkin (2015-18), and David Gier (2018–present). The school was originally independent of the university. Notable alumni Well known alumni include playwright Arthur Miller, act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
