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Tom Smith (filker)
Tom Smith is an American singer-songwriter from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who got his start in the filk music community. He is a fourteen-time winner of the Pegasus Award for excellence in filking, including awards for his "A Boy and His Frog", "307 Ale", and "The Return of the King (Uh-huh)", and was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 2005. Career His nickname, "The World's Fastest Filker", comes from numerous instances of "instafilk", i.e., quickly-written or improvised songs. He has improvised entire concert sets, and his album ''Badgers and Gophers and Squirrels Oh My: The 24-Hour Project'', inspired by Scott McCloud's 24-Hour Comics Day, features seventeen songs written in twenty-four hours. In May 2006, he released the album ''The Last Hero on Earth'', a comic opera which has twenty songs, all written in one day, to the same plot. In August 2006, emulating Jonathan Coulton's ''Thing a Week'', he began ''iTom'', a project where he released a new song every week for a y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Washtenaw County. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor List of metropolitan statistical areas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Washtenaw County. Ann Arbor is also included in the Metro Detroit, Greater Detroit Combined statistical area, Combined Statistical Area and the Great Lakes megalopolis, the most populated and largest Megaregions of the United States, megalopolis in North America. Ann Arbor is home to the University of Michigan. The university significantly shapes Ann Arbor's economy as it employs about 30,000 workers, including about 12,000 in the University of Michigan Health System, medical center. The city's economy is also centered on high technology, with several companies drawn to the area by the university's research and development infrastructure. Ann A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babylon Park
''Babylon Park'' is a spoof of ''Babylon 5'' and ''South Park'' that debuted on the internet in 1998, created by Christopher Russo. It presents the ''Babylon 5'' cast with ''South Park'' character designs. It spawned several short films, including later productions with actual cast and crew from ''Babylon 5''. ''Babylon Park'' was born from a comment Christopher Russo made on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated: "Oh my God, they killed Koshi!" That comment spawned a website expounding on the joke. Shortly after the debut of that site, Russo was approached by the Atlanta, Georgia-based NicholsFilm group, who desired to make a short fan film based on the concept. Russo granted permission, and ''Babylon Park: The Movie'' made its debut at the 1998 DragonCon, along with Russo's own short ''Spoohunter''. The movie portion was written and directed by Alyssa Gobelle, and was an instant hit not only with fans, but with the ''Babylon 5'' cast and crew, many of whom were in attendance at the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandcamp
Bandcamp is an American online audio distribution platform founded in 2007 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with headquarters in Oakland, California, US. On March 2, 2022, Bandcamp was acquired by Epic Games. History Bandcamp was founded in 2007 by Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, headquartered in Oakland, California, US. In 2010, the site enabled embedding in other websites and shared links on social media sites. As of August 2020, half of Bandcamp's revenue was from sales for physical products. In November 2020, Bandcamp launched Bandcamp Live, a ticketed live-streaming service for artists. The service is an integrated feature of the Bandcamp website. Fees on tickets were waived until March 31, 2021, and became 10% from then. Bandcamp provides vinyl pressing services for artists. After a 50-artist pilot in 2020, the company opened limited access to 10,000 artists in e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OVFF 2008 - Tom Smith (3495712926)
The Pegasus Award is the premier award for filk music and is annually hosted at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest (OVFF). Awards The Pegasus Awards were founded to recognize and honor excellence in filking. As science fiction (sci-fi) became better known and widespread within society in the 20th century as a distinct literary genre, many fans expressed themselves through works of music and art, including filking. The Pegasus Awards formally recognise filking or fan music as a fine lens that the sci-fi community shares with particular fiction-based cultural ideas. Anyone with an interest in filk can nominate songs or individuals for the awards, and anyone can vote. It is not necessary to be a member of the convention to be involved in the nomination and voting process. Currently awards are given in six categories: Best Song, Best Performer, Best Writer/Composer, Best Classic Song and two topical categories that vary from year to year. Some examples of past categories include: Best Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Positive
Randal Keith Milholland (born November 25, 1975), better known as R. K. Milholland, is an American webcomic author. His works include ''#Something Positive, Something Positive'', ''#New Gold Dreams, New Gold Dreams'', ''Midnight Macabre'', ''Classically Positive'' and ''Super Stupor''. In 2022, he took over as author of the Popeye (comic strip), Sunday edition of the Popeye syndicated comic strip. History Raised in Bedford, Texas, Milholland attended Harwood Junior High and Trinity High School (Euless, Texas), Trinity High School in neighboring Euless, Texas. During high school he won several awards for his editorial cartoons. He went on to enroll in the art department at the University of North Texas where he spent four years. Milholland moved to Boston in the spring of 1999. He worked odd jobs, including stints at a dot com startup, scientific non-profit, medical billing and medical research companies. During this time he started the ''Something Positive'' webcomic, in respons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subway (restaurant)
Subway is an American multinational fast food restaurant franchise that specializes in submarine sandwiches (subs), wraps, salads and drinks. Subway was founded by 17-year-old Fred DeLuca and financed by Peter Buck in 1965 as Pete's Super Submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut. After several name changes in the beginning years, it was finally renamed Subway in 1972, and a franchise operation began in 1974 with a second restaurant in Wallingford, Connecticut. Since then, it has expanded to become a global franchise. Subway serves an array of topping choices, allowing the customer to choose which toppings are included in their sandwich. The longtime Subway slogan, "Eat Fresh", is intended to indicate the fresh ingredients that are used in their sandwiches. It was the fastest-growing franchise in the world in 2015 and, as of June 2021, had 37,540 locations in more than 100 countries and territories. More than half its locations (21,796 or 58.1%) are in the United States. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and "Windows" are widely considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis's band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, and Keith Jarrett, Corea is considered one of the foremost jazz pianists of the post-John Coltrane era. Corea continued to collaborate frequently while exploring different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He won 27 Grammy Awards and was nominated more than 60 times. Early life and education Armando Corea was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on June 12, 1941, to parents Anna (née Zaccone) and Armando J. Corea. He was of southern Italian descent, his father having been born to an immigrant from Albi co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worm Quartet
Worm Quartet is a comedy music project created by Timothy F. Crist who uses the stage moniker ShoEboX and performs fast, synth-driven, pseudo-metal punk/pop. The band was formed in 1991 and its name is a reference to cartoons Crist used to draw. Worm Quartet's ''I Bit William Shatner'' was featured as a Top 5 song on the Dr. Demento Show in 2001, ''Frank's Not In The Band Anymore'' was Dr. Demento's 2nd most requested song of the year in 2002, ''Great Idea For A Song'' was the most requested song in 2004, ''You Were Wrong Cabinet Sanchez'' reached #15 in 2006, and ''Fueled By Angst'' reached #7 in 2014. ''The Ballad of Doctor Stopp'' was nominated for a Logan Award in 2013 after having previously won the Outstanding Original Comedy Song award in 2011, ''Fueled by Angst'', and ''Math is Bulls**t'' (featuring Insane Ian) were both nominated in 2015, and ''I Don't Matter'' (featuring Chris Mezzolesta) was nominated in 2017. History Pre-Music While in high school, Crist created a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudden Death (band)
Sudden Death is a comedy rap trio from Hardyston Township, New Jersey consisting of members Tom Rockwell ("Devo Spice"), Steve Fernino ("Piles"), and Thom Uliasz ("Professor Pastronamy"). They formed in 1986 and started releasing their music in 1991. Sudden Death has landed Dr. Demento's Funny #1 of the year three times. In 2002, while being featured with The great Luke Ski, they held #1 of the year with "Peter Parker". In 2005, they shared the top spot with Worm Quartet Worm Quartet is a comedy music project created by Timothy F. Crist who uses the stage moniker ShoEboX and performs fast, synth-driven, pseudo-metal punk/pop. The band was formed in 1991 and its name is a reference to cartoons Crist used to draw. ... for the song "Inner Voice". In 2007 they made history by having the top spot with "Cellular Degeneration," number two with "Getting Old Sucks," number four with "Pillagers," and guest vocals on number five with Seamonkey's "Anorexiac." Sudden Death is one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Luke Ski
Luke Collis Sienkowski (born January 14, 1974), better known as the great Luke Ski or simply as Luke Ski, is an American parody, filk, and Hip hop music, rap artist, who writes, records and performs comedy music. The decapitalization of "the great" in Sienkowski's stage name is his own preferred spelling, and the title has appeared as such on all of his albums to date. The name was partially inspired by the The Muppets, Muppets character Gonzo (Muppet), Gonzo, who often proclaimed himself "The Great Gonzo". Sienkowski had the most requested song on the Dr. Demento radio show in 2002, 2003, 2011, and 2014 with his songs "Peter Parker" featuring Sudden Death (band), Sudden Death, "Stealing Like a Hobbit", "Snoopy the Dogg", and "Fake Adult" respectively. Topics of his parodies have included ''The Lord of the Rings'', ''Star Wars'', ''Spider-Man'', Keanu Reeves and Hamlet. Sienkowski is best known for bringing parodies of rap and hip-hop to Science fiction convention, Science Fict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Balder
Robert T. Balder is a professional cartoonist and singer-songwriter. He graduated from Roanoke College with a major in English in 1993 and, after a variety of jobs, entered a seven-year career in IT, starting as a manager of database development, which he left for his current career. Comics As a comic author, he was first published in ''Scene'' magazine in 1998. Page 93 and on. In 2001, he started ''PartiallyClips'', a social commentary clip art webcomic also featured in the ''Anchorage Press'', ''Cleveland Free Times'', ''Concord Mirror'', ''East Bay Express'', ''Houston Press'', ''Manchester Mirror'', '' Metroland'', ''Nth Degree'', ''Salem Observer'' and the '' Other Paper''. He is also the writer for the '' Erfworld'' webcomic, which was listed as one of ''Time'' magazine's "Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2007". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGBH (FM)
WGBH (89.7 MHz; branded as GBH without the " W" since August 31, 2020) is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH is a member station of National Public Radio (NPR) and affiliate of Public Radio Exchange (PRX), which merged with Public Radio International (PRI; also owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation before it merged with PRX in 2018), and American Public Media (APM). The license-holder is WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns company flagship WGBH-TV and WGBX-TV, along with WGBY-TV in Springfield. The station, dubbed ''Boston Public Radio'' in 2009, renamed ''Boston's Local NPR'', broadcasts a news-and-information format during the daytime (including NPR News programs and PRX's ''The World'', which is a co-production of WGBH and PRX, and formerly the BBC World Service), and jazz music during the nighttime. Prior to December 1, 2009, the station had a mixed news and entertainment format, featuring local jazz and blues programs, with the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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