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The God Machine (band) Albums
The God Machine may refer to: * ''The God Machine'' (novel), a 1968 novel by Martin Caidin *The God Machine (band), a US/UK rock band * The God Machine (comedic prop), a comedic prop featured in the "This Week in God" segments on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' * ''The God Machine'' (comics), a 2008 comic book series from Archaia Studios Press *''The God Machine'', a 2009 novel by J. G. Sandom *''The God Machine'', a 1973 novel by William John Watkins *''The God-Machine Chronicle'', a sourcebook for the World of Darkness role-playing games *"God Machine", a song by Acid Bath from ''When the Kite String Pops'' * ''The God Machine'' (album), a studio album by the German power metal band Blind Guardian, released in September 2022 *''Thegodmachine'', studio album by the American metalcore band Phinehas, released in September 2011 See also *''Deus ex machina'', a plot device that originated in the drama of Ancient Greece *God helmet The God helmet is an experimental apparatus origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The God Machine (novel)
''The God Machine'' is a science-fiction novel by American writer Martin Caidin first published in 1968. Set in the near future, the novel tells the story of a top-secret cybernetic technician, Steve Rand, one of the brains behind Project 79, a top-secret US government project dedicated to creating artificial intelligence. Rand survives an attempt on his life before he realizes that Project 79 has gained sentience and is trying to control the minds of humans and take over the world. Assisted by a security agent and a mathematician, Rand sets out to destroy Project 79 before it is too late. This early work by Caidin includes a discussion of bionics, the replacement of human body parts with machinery. Caidin revisited this theme a few years later in his novel, ''Cyborg'', which was eventually adapted into the 1970s television series ''The Six Million Dollar Man ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The God Machine (band)
The God Machine was an alternative rock band, active in the first half of the 1990s. Its members were all from San Diego, California, but they all lived and performed mainly in the United Kingdom and across Europe. The band consisted of three members, Robin Proper-Sheppard (guitar/vocals), Jimmy Fernandez (bass) and Ronald Austin aka Austin Lynn Austin (drums), and they first performed officially under the name The God Machine in 1991. They released an EP, ''Purity'' with the Eve record label, and were later given a recording contract with Fiction Records. They released two albums in their career, both with their trademark dark and industrial-sounding alternative rock, before Fernandez suddenly died from brain hemorrhage. Their single release of "Home", peaked at No. 65 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1993. Proper-Sheppard went on to form The Flower Shop Recordings label, and bands Sophia and The May Queens. In 2020, after nearly 3 decades, Austin formed and launched h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The God Machine (comedic Prop)
This is a list of recurring segments featured on ''The Daily Show''. This list is incomplete for ''The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn'' and ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. During ''The Daily Show''s first ten years, a significant part of its airtime was devoted to different branded recurring segments, usually hosted by the show's correspondents. After the 2005 launch of ''The Colbert Report'', which was largely made up of different recurring segments, the time devoted to such segments on ''The Daily Show'' has declined. Normal commentary segments about ongoing news stories can also have recurring titles to help sort them and talk about continuation. Current segments Your Moment of Zen (July 22, 1996 – present) Your Moment of Zen is a segment that occurs at the end of every show. The segment was introduced when the show began. In it, the host would end the show and a random selection of humorous videos would be shown, usually a clip that relates to one of the topics that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The God Machine (comics)
''The God Machine'' is a 2010 graphic novel published by Archaia Studios Press. It is written and illustrated by Chandra Free. Plot summary After the death of his girlfriend, Sith, Guy Salvatore can no longer make sense of his own world. He has hallucinations of monsters that besiege him with requests and threaten his life wherever he goes. He is completely unsure if these manifestations are real or are born in his mind. As the line between reality and insanity is blurred Guy comes across a man who calls himself Satan and claims holds the answers to all of Guy’s worries. Satan restores Guy's hope promising Sith is still alive, but the two Gods that oversee existence let her be ripped from her world by unknown forces. She is now drifting through dimensional planes known as “Dream Worlds.” Satan pleads Guy to use his power to leave his world’s plane, search for Sith, and seek retribution from the Gods that caused the ordeal. The chapter takes place in the present day in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Watkins
William John Watkins (born 1942) is a science fiction writer and poet. In the 1970s and 1980s he was known for novels, but in the last decade he has primarily been a short story writer and poet. In 2002 he won the Rhysling Award for short poem for ''We Die as Angels''. Watkins was a professor of humanities and one of the founding faculty members of Brookdale Community College in New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ..., from which he retired in 2008. His middle-name is commonly written as "Jon." Bibliography Books * * * ''Clickwhistle'' (1973) * ''The Litany of Sh'reev'' (1976) (with Gene Snyder) * ''What Rough Beast'' (1980) * ''The Centrifugal Rickshaw Dancer'' (1985) (Legrange League) * ''Going to See the End of the Sky'' (1986) (Legrange League) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Darkness
''World of Darkness'' is a series of tabletop role-playing games, originally created by Mark Rein-Hagen for White Wolf Publishing. It began as an annual line of five games in 1991–1995, with '' Vampire: The Masquerade'', '' Werewolf: The Apocalypse'', ''Mage: The Ascension'', '' Wraith: The Oblivion'', and '' Changeling: The Dreaming'', along with off-shoots based on these. The series ended in 2004, and the reboot ''Chronicles of Darkness'' was launched the same year with a new line of games. In 2011, the original series was brought back, and the two have since been published concurrently. The games in the series have a shared setting, also named the World of Darkness, which is a dark, gothic-punk interpretation of the real world, where supernatural beings such as vampires and werewolves exist in secrecy. The original series' setting has a large focus on lore and overarching narrative, whereas ''Chronicles of Darkness'' setting has no such narrative and presents the details of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Kite String Pops
''When the Kite String Pops'' is the debut album of American heavy metal band Acid Bath. Released on August 8, 1994, it is considered an underground classic, and an early example of sludge metal. The album's artwork is a self-portrait made by notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy while in prison awaiting execution. Cover art The album's cover art is a painting by John Wayne Gacy named "Skull Clown" in which he depicts himself as his clown alter-ego, "Pogo the Clown". The balloons on the lower part contain both his nickname and his real name, J. W. Gacy. The use of artwork by a convicted serial killer caused controversy, with Rotten Records president Ron Peterson defending the decision by saying "It's America—you should be able to do what you want". Acid Bath's follow-up album, ''Paegan Terrorism Tactics'' continued the provocative streak by using artwork created by euthanasia proponent Jack Kevorkian. Themes On the Double Live Bootleg! DVD (2002), vocalist Dax Riggs int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The God Machine (album)
''The God Machine'' is the twelfth studio album by German power metal band Blind Guardian, released on 2 September 2022 through Nuclear Blast. This is the band's first regular studio album in seven years, following ''Beyond the Red Mirror'' (2015), marking the longest gap between two Blind Guardian studio albums (although a previous album was released three years earlier under the name "Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra"). Background and recording Production of ''The God Machine'' took place throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic; however some of the songs were written before 2020. Frontman Hansi Kürsch feared unforeseeable individual and social consequential damage from the pandemic. "For us, however, it was good from a creative point of view because we were able to take our time. We could think: What do we actually want? It has to represent us and it has to represent the time", Kürsch confirms the influence. "For me it could have been even a bit heavier. During the pre-produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thegodmachine
''Thegodmachine'' is the debut studio album by American metalcore band Phinehas. The band was signed to the independent Christian metal label, Red Cord Records, shortly after the album's production was finished. The album was physically released on July 19, 2011, and was later digitally released on September 30, 2011. It was produced by the band themselves and Jeff Darcy. Promotion and release The album received a physical release on July 19, 2011 and later a digital release on September 30. A music video was released for the song "I Am the Lion" on December 6. The video was directed by Josiah Bultima under the Red Epic moniker. "Crowns" was released as the second video from the album on April 17, 2012. The music video was directed by John Mediana. The third and final music video released from the album was "My Horses Are Many"; the video was released on October 19 and was directed by the band. The video shows the band at a mini-golf course in Wichita Falls, Texas on a day off fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deus Ex Machina
''Deus ex machina'' ( , ; plural: ''dei ex machina''; English "god out of the machine") is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence. Its function is generally to resolve an otherwise irresolvable plot situation, to surprise the audience, to bring the tale to a happy ending, or act as a comedic device. Origin of the expression ''Deus ex machina'' is a Latin calque . The term was coined from the conventions of ancient Greek theater, where actors who were playing gods were brought onto stage using a machine. The machine could be either a crane (''mechane'') used to lower actors from above or a riser that brought them up through a trapdoor. Aeschylus introduced the idea, and it was used often to resolve the conflict and conclude the drama. The device is associated mostly with Greek tragedy, although it also appeared in comedies. Ancient examples Aeschylus used the device in his '' Eume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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