Departure Lounge (band) Albums
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Departure Lounge may refer to: * Departure lounge, part of an airport * Departure Lounge (band), a British musical group * ''Departure Lounge'', a 2006 novel by Chad Taylor See also *Departure (other) Departure, Departures or The Departure may refer to: Literal meaning * Departure, also called takeoff, the phase of flight from moving along the ground to flying in the air * Departures, the section of a transport hub designated for outgoing pass ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off and to land or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals, to maintain and monitor aircraft. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, airports also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation. Operating airports is extremely complicated, with a complex system of aircraft support services, passenger services, and aircraft control services contained within the operation. Thus airports can be major employers, as well as important hubs for tourism ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Departure Lounge (band)
Departure Lounge are an English alternative rock group consisting of: * Tim Keegan - lead vocals, guitar (ex-Ringo, Robyn Hitchcock, Homer) *Jake Kyle - bass, trumpet (ex-Blue Aeroplanes, Robyn Hitchcock) *Chris Anderson - guitar, keyboards, saxophone, oboe (ex-Supermodel, Map) *Lindsay Jamieson - drums, keyboards (ex-Supermodel, Deep Season) They were initially known as Tim Keegan & Departure Lounge, reflecting the fact that the band evolved from a solo project and Keegan was the singer and main lyricist. They released an album under this name in 1999 (the US version with different tracklisting as Departure Lounge in 2000), '' Out of Here'', which received warm reviews in both the general and music press (subsequent re-releases of the CD have changed the name to simply Departure Lounge). They assumed the simpler group name for their two subsequent albums, '' Jetlag Dreams'' (2001) and '' Too Late To Die Young'' (2002), both of which were released on former Cocteau Twins member Si ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chad Taylor (writer)
Chad Taylor (1964) is a New Zealand writer. Life Chad Taylor is a New Zealand author of novels, short stories and screenplays. He was born in Auckland. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts. He was the recipient of the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship for literature in 2001 and the University of Auckland Literary Fellow in 2003. His work has been translated in Germany, Italy and France. In 2006 he was one of 12 New Zealand authors invited to tour France for Les Belles Etrangeres. He appeared at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2012. He currently resides in New Zealand. Work Taylor's style can be described as neo-noir. His themes include murder and love, sex, reality, identity and life in an intense, urban environment. ''The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'' (1998) described him as: A writer of uncompromisingly contemporary fictions of transience and shifting realities in the modern city. Born and educated in Auckland, where his work is largely ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |