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Night Train (composition)
A night train is a train that rides overnight, usually conveying sleeping cars. Night Train or Nightrain may refer to: Film and television * ''Night Train'' (1959 film) (''Pociąg''), a Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz * ''Night Train'' (1998 film), a film directed by John Lynch * ''Night Train'' (1999 film), a film directed by Les Bernstien * ''Night Train'' (2007 film), a Chinese film directed by Diao Yi'nan * ''Night Train'' (2009 film), a thriller starring Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, and Steve Zahn *"Night Train", the ABC Mystery Movie broadcast as the final episode of the series '' B.L. Stryker'' on May 5, 1990 Music * Night Train (band), an Australian rock band *"Night Train", a scene from the opera ''Einstein on the Beach'', composed by Philip Glass Albums * ''Night Train'' (Oscar Peterson album), a 1962 album by the Oscar Peterson Trio * ''Night Train'' (Jason Aldean album), 2012 *Night Train (Bill Morrissey album), 1993 * ''Night Train'' (EP), a 2010 EP b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeping Car
The sleeping car or sleeper (often ) is a railway passenger car (rail), passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping. George Pullman was the American innovator of the sleeper car. The first such cars saw sporadic use on American and English railways in the 1830s; they could be configured for Coach (rail), coach seating during the day. History Possibly the earliest example of a sleeping car (or ''bed carriage'', as it was then called) was on the London & Birmingham and Grand Junction Railways between London and Lancashire, England. The bed carriage was first made available to first-class passengers in 1838. In the spring of 1839, the Cumberland Valley Railroad pioneered sleeping car service in America with a car named "Chambersburg", between Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Chambersburg and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A couple of years later a second car, the "Carlisle", was introduced into service. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train (Visage Song)
"Night Train" is the sixth single by the British pop group Visage, released by Polydor Records in June 1982. Background The song was the second single from the band's album '' The Anvil''. It was remixed for the single release with the assistance of John Luongo, and also available as a limited edition picture disc. The B-side of the single is a non-album track, "I'm Still Searching". This song was not available on any digital format until 2008 when a re-issue of ''The Anvil'' was released by Cherry Red Records. "Night Train" and "Whispers" (another track from ''The Anvil''), were used in Japanese adverts for TDK tapes in 1982. "Night Train" peaked at number 12 in the UK and was the band's final UK Top 40 hit until a remix of their first hit " Fade to Grey" was released in 1993. The "Night Train" promo video was directed by Jean-Claude Luyat and it features Francesca von Habsburg (who was Steve Strange's girlfriend at the time, as a backing vocalist, although she didn't perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train (radio Show)
A night train is a train that rides overnight, usually conveying sleeping cars. Night Train or Nightrain may refer to: Film and television * ''Night Train'' (1959 film) (''Pociąg''), a Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz * ''Night Train'' (1998 film), a film directed by John Lynch * ''Night Train'' (1999 film), a film directed by Les Bernstien * ''Night Train'' (2007 film), a Chinese film directed by Diao Yi'nan * ''Night Train'' (2009 film), a thriller starring Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, and Steve Zahn *"Night Train", the ABC Mystery Movie broadcast as the final episode of the series '' B.L. Stryker'' on May 5, 1990 Music * Night Train (band), an Australian rock band *"Night Train", a scene from the opera ''Einstein on the Beach'', composed by Philip Glass Albums * ''Night Train'' (Oscar Peterson album), a 1962 album by the Oscar Peterson Trio * ''Night Train'' (Jason Aldean album), 2012 * Night Train (Bill Morrissey album), 1993 * ''Night Train'' (EP), a 2010 EP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train (painting)
''Night Train'' (''Le train de nuit'') is a 1947 painting by Belgian artist Paul Delvaux, famous for his paintings of female nudes. The painting is 153 x 210 centimetres and is now in the Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ..., in Toyama, in Japan. Delvaux painted this artwork at a time when he felt trapped in a loveless marriage. He wished "to paint boredom, sadness and the desire to get away from it all... There is this nostalgic aspect about waiting rooms where people pass by briefly before leaving... I tried to capture the beauty of the waiting room in an empty station. People are not necessary, for a station has its own life".Quoted in ''La Lanterne'', 29 January, 1970. According to Christie's, this work is "a powerful poetic expression of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train (novel)
''Night Train'' (1997) is a comedic parody of American detective novels- by the author Martin Amis, named after the song " Night Train", which features twice in the novel. Plot summary This book is told from the perspective of Detective Mike Hoolihan, a female detective who is charged with the task of finding the motivation for Jennifer Rockwell's suicide (she shot herself in the head three times, supposedly). Jennifer, a beautiful astrophysicist with a seemingly perfect life seems to have had no reason to kill herself. Thematically, the book touches on cosmology and chaos theory, and their relation to the human condition as a possible motive for suicide. Hoolihan is a recovering alcoholic and former homicide detective who lives with an obese man named Tobe in an unnamed American city. She reveals that she had been sexually abused as a child, revolted violently against the abuse at the age of ten, and then pursued a number of affairs with abusive or unworthy men. Despite her di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train (test)
Operation Night Train was part of a series of chemical and biological warfare tests overseen by the Deseret Test Center as part of Project 112. The test was conducted near Fort Greely, Alaska from November 1963 to January 1964. The primary purpose of Night Train was to study the penetration of an arctic inversion by a biological aerosol cloud. The test's first purpose was to study the downwind travel and diffusion of this cloud when disseminated into different arctic meteorological regimes.NIGHT TRAIN Fact Sheet. Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs). Circa 2002. All documents about Night Train were considered classified by the Russian military until 2002, when the Department of Defense (DOD) released medically relevant information of all the chemical and biological warfare agent tests conducted under Project 112. Procedure A total of 18 biological trials were conducted for Night Train. The trials, meant to study the spread and behavior of biological warfare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas & Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Rev. W. Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Britt Allcroft. The series follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other anthropomorphised locomotives on the North Western Railway, including Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby. They work for the Fat Controller, who always wants his engines to be "really useful". In the United States, it was first broadcast along with the spin-off series ''Shining Time Station'' on PBS' PTV Park block in 1989. The rights to the series are currently owned by HIT Entertainment (a subsidiary of Mattel), which acquired Gullane En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arc Of A Diver
''Arc of a Diver'' is the second solo studio album by singer/multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood. Released in 1980, Winwood played all of the instruments on the album. Featuring his first solo hit, "While You See a Chance" (which peaked at number 7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States), this was Winwood's breakthrough album as a solo artist. It peaked at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, establishing him as a commercially viable act. The cover artwork for the album is by Tony Wright. He took inspiration from ''Jazz'' by Henri Matisse, notably ''VIII: Icarus''. Recording The album was recorded at Winwood's Netherturkdonic Studios, built at his farm in Gloucestershire; he played all the instruments, wrote all the music, and produced and engineered it himself. Critical reception Reviewing for ''The Village Voice'' in June 1981, Robert Christgau credited Winwood for overdubbing all his self-performed instruments, but still found his brand of "British- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Your Time (Scatman John Album)
''Take Your Time'' is the third studio album by Scatman John John Paul Larkin (March 13, 1942 – December 3, 1999), known professionally as Scatman John, was an American musician. A prolific jazz pianist and vocalist for several decades, he rose to prominence during the 1990s through his fusion of scat ... and the final released during his lifetime. It was released on June 1, 1999, six months before his death; although he suffered from lung cancer through most of the recording, he still managed to record and release the album. The album had four singles released from it. Scatmambo which was used in the German film '' Love Scenes from Planet Earth''. Japan got a double A side single, The Chickadee Song b/w Take Your Time. Take Your Time was issued in European countries, first with a 6 track release then a 4 track release with a memorial caption on the cover after his death. Ichi Ni San.... Go! was also released as a 3 track single in Europe, proving popular in Germany. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rickie Lee Jones (album)
''Rickie Lee Jones'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, released on February 28, 1979 by Warner Bros. Records. Background Jones had begun playing live in the Los Angeles area at the age of 21, and after meeting singer-songwriter Alfred Johnson, the pair began writing and performing live together (most notably at the Ala Carte club.) Two of their collaborations, "Weasel and the White Boys Cool" and "Company," would later be recorded for Jones' debut album. She also sang jazz standards, as well as a song penned by her father ("The Moon Is Made of Gold") in her live sets. Jones' performances around Los Angeles aroused interest from other local songwriters, as well as local record company executives. At a label showcase, Jones performed originals, including " Chuck E.'s in Love", "The Real Thing Is Back in Town" and "The Moon Is Made of Gold." This showcase performance, plus a demo containing "The Last Chance Texaco", "Easy Money", "Young Blood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apocalypse 91
''Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black'' is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on October 1, 1991, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. The album received critical acclaim, ranking at No. 2 in ''The Village Voice''s 1991 Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Recording and production ''Apocalypse 91'' was recorded at The Mix Palace in Long Island, New York and produced by The Bomb Squad and The Imperial Grand Ministers of Funk, which consisted of producers Stuart Robertz (fictional), Cerwin "C-Dawg" Depper (fictional), Gary "G-Wiz" Rinaldo, and The JBL. The album title is an allusion to the titles of the films ''Apocalypse Now'' and ''The Empire Strikes Back''. The group would take a new direction with their sound, partly out of necessity. According to Hank Shocklee, around this time, the disks for every track they had been working on for the past four to five years had been stolen. As a result, they had to rush to re-create their music and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing On The Ceiling
''Dancing on the Ceiling'' is the third solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on July 15, 1986. The album was originally to be titled ''Say You, Say Me'', after the Academy Award-winning track of the same name, but it was renamed to a different track's title after Richie rewrote several songs on the album. The album was released to generally positive reviews and it made No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 4 million copies. The album was Richie’s second with session guitarist Carlos Rios. Following this album's release, Richie went on a long hiatus, not releasing an album of entirely new material for another ten years. Background and recording Lionel Richie had risen to prominence as a member of the Commodores during the late 1970s, but after tensions arose in the band, he left in 1982. His first two solo albums, ''Lionel Richie'' (1982) and ''Can't Slow Down'' (1983), were runaway successes: ''Lionel Richie'' sold 4 million cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
