Laswell

	Laswell Lasswell or Laswell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alva Lasswell (1905–1988), American Marine Corps officer who decoded the message that led to the death of Yamamoto Bill Laswell (born 1955), American bassist, producer and record label owner Butch Laswell (1958–1996), American stunt performer Fred Lasswell (1916–2001), American cartoonist Greg Laswell (born 1974), American musician, recording engineer, and producer * Harold Lasswell (1902–1978), American political scientist and communications theorist * Mary Lasswell (1905–1994), American author Shirley Slesinger Lasswell Shirley Slesinger Lasswell (May 27, 1923 – July 19, 2007) was an American marketer. She was the wife of comics artist Stephen Slesinger and, after his death, Fred Lasswell. She is furthermore best known for losing a lawsuit with The Walt Disn ... (1923–2007), American brand marketing pioneer {{surname, Lasswell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bill Laswell William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, world music, jazz, dub, and ambient styles. According to music critic Chris Brazier, "Laswell's pet concept is 'collision music' which involves bringing together musicians from wildly divergent but complementary spheres and seeing what comes out." The credo of one record label run by Laswell which typifies much of his work is "Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted". Although his bands may be credited under the same name and often feature the same roster of musicians, the styles and themes explored on different albums can vary dramatically. Material began as a noisy dance music band, but later albums concentrated on hip hop, jazz, or spoken word readings by William S. Burroughs. Most versions of the band Praxis have included guitarist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Greg Laswell Greg Laswell (born April 26, 1974) is an American musician, recording engineer, and record producer from San Diego, California. He attended high school at Valley Christian High School in Cerritos, California. He has released 7 studio albums: '' Good Movie'' in 2003, '' Through Toledo'' in 2006, '' Three Flights from Alto Nido'' in 2008, ''Take a Bow'' in 2010, ''Landline'' in 2012, ''I Was Going to be an Astronaut'' in 2014, ''Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet'' in 2016, and ''Next Time'' in 2018, as well as several EPs and special singles. Many of his songs have been featured in films and television shows. Career 1998–2002: Shillglen Greg Laswell was born in Long Beach, California. He moved to San Diego in 1993 and graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University. From 1998 through the early 2000s, Laswell was frontman for the San Diego-based band Shillglen. Members of the band included Chad Lansford (backing vocals and guitar), Justin Skeesuck (guitar), Michael de Neve (bass), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Butch Laswell Sherman Dwayne "Butch" Laswell (October 12, 1958 – March 10, 1996) was an American stunt performer and professional motorcycle stunt rider. Laswell died after sustaining injuries during a live stunt in front of a crowd of spectators, while attempting to carry out a dangerous motorcycle jump in Mesquite, Nevada. The accident was captured on camera. Career Laswell was a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, but grew up in Overton, Nevada. From a young age he became a fan of Evel Knievel, which is what first led him to pursue motorcycle stunt riding. At age 12 he began building ramps and jumping over his parents car on his bicycle. Laswell got his first motorcycle at age 15 and pursued desert motorcycle racing. By age 17 he was one of Nevada's top desert bike racers and achieved a professional status two years later. Laswell's true passion, however, was in motorcycle jumping. He began doing small performances and jumped over school buses and big rigs. One of Laswell's earliest achievements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alva B Alva may refer to: People * Alva (given name) * Alva (surname) * Alva Noto, German musician Carsten Nicolai (born 1965) Places Portugal * Alva, a civil parish in Castro Daire Municipality * Alva River, a tributary of the Mondego United States * Alva, Florida, a census-designated place * Alva Bridge, a bridge over the Caloosahatchee River * Alva, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Blaine, Maine, a town, named Alva before its incorporation * Alva, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Alva, Oklahoma, a city * Alva, Wyoming, an unincorporated community Elsewhere * Alva, Hansot, a village in Gujarat, India * Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, a small town * Alva, Gotland, a settlement in Sweden * 2353 Alva, an asteroid * Alva, Eldivan, Turkey Food and drink * Alva (grape), an alternative name for the Portuguese wine grape Roupeiro * Alva, an alternative name for the German wine grape Elbling * Halva or ''alva'', a sweet made of flour Other uses * Alupa d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fred Lasswell Fred D. Lasswell (July 25, 1916 – March 4, 2001) was an American cartoonist best known for his decades of work on the comic strip ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith''. Life and career Though born in Kennett, Missouri, Lasswell spent most of his childhood in Gainesville, Florida, where his family moved in 1918. In Florida, Lasswell lived on a rural property with no electricity or water, an experience that is generally credited with inspiring Lasswell's portrayal of the rural setting of ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith''. Lasswell began cartooning during his childhood; he was in third grade when his first comic strip, "Baseball Hits", was published in the school newspaper, "The Seminole Searchlight." He later began his professional career by working for '' Tampa Daily Times''. In 1933, Lasswell drew a poster advertising the Tampa Chamber of Commerce Jamboree, which attracted the attention of ''Barney Google'' creator Billy DeBeck. Impressed with the poster, DeBeck hired Lasswell to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Harold Lasswell Harold Dwight Lasswell (February 13, 1902December 18, 1978) was an American political scientist and communications theorist. He earned his bachelor's degree in philosophy and economics and was a PhD student at the University of Chicago. He was a professor of law at Yale University. He studied at the Universities of London, Geneva, Paris, and Berlin in the 1920s . He served as president of the American Political Science Association (APSA), of the American Society of International Law and of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS). He has been described as a "one-man university" whose "competence in, and contributions to, anthropology, communications, economics, law, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry and sociology are enough to make him a political scientist in the model of classical Greece." According to a biographical memorial written by Gabriel Almond at the time of Lasswell's death and published by the National Academies of Sciences in 1987, Lasswell "ranked among the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mary Lasswell Mary Lasswell Smith (February 8, 1905 – July 19, 1994) was a Scottish-born American writer of humorous novels about life in Southern California, Texas, Mexico, and Newark, New Jersey under the name Mary Lasswell. Writing career Her first book, ''Suds in Your Eye'' (1942) published by Houghton Mifflin, was described as "a crazy, funny story" about three impoverished but high-spirited and beer-loving elderly women. "The book was unlike most of the novels coming out of Southern California at the time", wrote Beatrice Sherman in ''The New York Times Book Review'' on December 13, 1942. This book was adapted into a Broadway Play by Jack Kirkland in 1944. ''Suds in Your Eye'' was followed by five other books about the same three women: Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Rasmussen, and Miss Tinkham, plus their handyman, only known as "Old-Timer," who never speaks. These included ''High Time'' (1944), ''One on the House'' (1949), ''Wait for the Wagon'' (1951), ''Tooner Schooner'' (1953), and ''Let's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]