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For The Birds (book)
For the Birds may refer to: * ''For the Birds'' (film), a 2000 animated short by Disney/Pixar * ''For the Birds'' (The Frames album) * ''For the Birds'' (The Mess Hall album) * "For the Birds" (short story), a short story by Isaac Asimov * "For the Birds" (King short story), a short story by Stephen King * "For the Birds" (Stine short story), a Goosebumps story by R. L. Stine * "For the Birds", a song by The Julianna Hatfield Three from ''Become What You Are ''Become What You Are'' is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band the Juliana Hatfield Three, released on August 3, 1993, by Mammoth Records. The album includes the hit singles " My Sister" and "Spin the Bottle". Recording ...'' * "For the Birds", an episode of ''Dora and Friends: Into the City!'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Birds (film)
''For the Birds'' (stylized as ''for the birds'') is a 2000 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Ralph Eggleston. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2001. It premiered on June 5, 2000, at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France, and was shown alongside the theatrical release of the 2001 Disney/Pixar feature film '' Monsters, Inc.'' It is also available on home video versions of the film. In 2012, the short was re-rendered into 3D, and it was theatrically re-released alongside the 3D re-release of '' Monsters, Inc.'' The short was also released in 3D on '' Monsters, Inc.'' Blu-ray 3D, on February 19, 2013. Plot A small blue bird lands on a powerline and makes himself comfortable, only for a second bird to land close by. The two birds start squabbling, and are gradually joined by 13 others of the same species, all bickering for space. A large, awkward shoebill-like bird honks and waves at them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Birds (The Frames Album)
''For the Birds'' is the fourth studio album by Dublin based band The Frames. The album was first released in Ireland on 2 April 2001 on Plateau Records, the Frames' own indie label. The band's line-up for this album featured Glen Hansard on guitar and vocals, Colm Mac Con Iomaire on violin, Joseph Doyle on bass guitar and backing vocals, Dave Odlum on lead guitar and Dave Hingerty on drums. According to the album notes, recording took place in a wide variety of places: "recorded by Steve Albini, Craig Ward and David Odlum at ''Electrical Audio'', Chicago and in Ventry, Kerry at Joan's house with additional recording and mixing at various bedrooms and houses including ''Black Box'', La Dionae France, Trevor Hutchinson's, Mic Christopher's and Mrs Odlums." In May 2009 "For the Birds" was voted by writers of the Irish music website CLUAS.com as the best Irish album released between 1999 and 2009. On 30 March 2011 The Frames played the album in full at a 10th Anniversary gig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Birds (The Mess Hall Album)
''For the Birds'' is the fourth album from The Mess Hall The Mess Hall were a two-piece drums and guitar combo based in Sydney, Australia, specialising in "raw, edgy bluesy rock." The band consisted of Jed Kurzel (lead vocals/guitar) and Cec Condon (drums/backing vocals) for most of its tenure. The b ... and was released on 11 November 2009. It peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart. Track listing # "My Villain" # "Bell" # "Tijuana 500" # "Bare" # "Marlene" # "Silhouettes" # "New Ornithology" # "The Switch" # "Long Time Death" # "Swing Low" Personnel *Jed Kurzel – vocals, guitar *Cec Condon – drums, vocals References {{Authority control 2009 albums The Mess Hall albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Birds (short Story)
"For the Birds" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The editor of a proposed fashion magazine wanted a science fiction story about a clothing designer. Asimov agreed, and wrote the story in November 1978. It was accepted, but the proposed magazine never appeared, and Asimov sold the story to '' Asimov's Science Fiction''. "For the Birds" was published in the May 1980 issue of ''Asimov's'', and was reprinted in the 1983 collection ''The Winds of Change and Other Stories''. The story was one of three Asimov wrote in the late 1970s set among a series of O'Neill-type space habitat A space habitat (also called a space settlement, space colony, spacestead, space city, orbital habitat, orbital settlement, orbital colony, orbital stead or orbital city) is a more advanced form of living quarters than a space station or habit ...s. Plot summary Charles Modine is a fashion designer who has been hired by a company called Space Structures, Ltd. to desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Birds (King Short Story)
"For the Birds" is a short story by Stephen King. It was originally published in 1986 as part of the short story collection ''Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?''. Plot summary "For the Birds" is a one-page "science fiction joke". The story takes place in 1995, where pollution has resulted in the rooks that live in London dying off. Concerned that this will impact on tourism, the London City Council looks to source replacement rooks from a place with a similar climate until the pollution problem can be resolved. The Council appoints an ornithologist and sends him to Bangor, Maine where he begins incubating rooks. Impatient to see progress, the Council sends the ornithologist a daily telegram reading "Bred any good rooks lately?" Publication "For the Birds" was originally published in 1986 as part of ''Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?'', a collection of " shaggy dog tales". The punchline of King's story (a pun/malapropism based on the phrase "read any good books lately?") was borrowed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Fiction By Stephen King
This is a list of short fiction by Stephen King (b. 1947). This includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as poems. It is arranged chronologically by first publication. Major revisions of previously published pieces are also noted. Stephen King is sometimes credited with "nearly 400 short stories" (or a similarly large number). However, all the known published pieces of short fiction are tabulated below. In all, 209 works are listed. Most of these pieces have been collected in King's six short story collections: '' Night Shift'' (1978), ''Skeleton Crew'' (1985), ''Nightmares & Dreamscapes'' (1993), ''Everything's Eventual'' (2002), ''Just After Sunset'' (2008), and ''The Bazaar of Bad Dreams'' (2015); and in King's five novella collections: ''Different Seasons'' (1982), ''Four Past Midnight'' (1990), '' Hearts in Atlantis'' (1999), ''Full Dark, No Stars'' (2010), and ''If It Bleeds'' (2020). Some of these pieces, however, remain uncollected. 1950s 1959 1960s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Goosebumps Books
This is a list of books from the ''Goosebumps'' book series written by R. L. Stine and published by Scholastic. The first book, ''Welcome to Dead House'', was published in July 1992. Numerous spin-off series were written by Stine, including ''Goosebumps Series 2000'' (published from 1998 to 2000), ''Goosebumps Gold'' (which was never released), ''Give Yourself Goosebumps'' (1995 to 2000), ''Goosebumps HorrorLand'' (2008 to 2012) and ''Goosebumps Most Wanted'' (2012 to 2016). More than 400 million ''Goosebumps'' books have been sold,White, Michael (May 15, 2008)"Sony Acquires Movie Rights to `Goosebumps' Children's Books" ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved on November 25, 2010. making it the best-selling series of all time for several years.Foerstel, Herbert"Banned in the U.S.A.: a reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries" Greenwood Press, 2002. p. 222. At one point, ''Goosebumps'' sold 4 million books a month. A film based on the books was released on October 16, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Become What You Are
''Become What You Are'' is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band the Juliana Hatfield Three, released on August 3, 1993, by Mammoth Records. The album includes the hit singles " My Sister" and "Spin the Bottle". Recording and release The band's singer and guitarist, Juliana Hatfield, recorded ''Become What You Are'' with drummer Todd Philips, formerly of Moving Targets and Bullet LaVolta, and bassist Dean Fisher, who she met during high school in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Unlike her previous album ''Hey Babe'', which deals with personal topics, Hatfield decided to write songs about other things and make them more universal. The title of the album was inspired by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, whom Hatfield admired. The album was recorded at Hollywood Sound, mixed at Oceanway Studios and mastered at Precision Mastering in Los Angeles. It was released on August 3, 1993, by Mammoth Records. The song "Spin the Bottle" is featured on the soundtrack of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |