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The Carburetors
The Carburetors is a Norwegian hard rock band from Oslo, formed in 2001. Their music is based on boogie rock and roll and heavy metal and has been described as a mix of Chuck Berry and Motörhead. History The band released their first album ''Pain Is Temporary, Glory Is Forever'' on FaceFront Records in 2004 after several singles on CD and 7". Two video-tracks were produced from the album, and the one for "Burnout" was the second most-aired music video in Norway during summer 2003. Their second album ''Loud Enough to Raise the Dead'' was released in March 2006. The music video for "Rock 'n' Roll Forever" was filmed at Oslo Spektrum and director by Bjørn Opsahl, who had also directed the video for "Burnout." Also in 2005, they contributed to the Kiss tribute album '' Gods of Thunder: A Norwegian Tribute to Kiss'' and ''Leaving Home - A Norwegian Tribute to the Ramones''. The Carburetors released their third album ''Rock'n'Roll Forever'', which featured nine old and six new so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Foss Al-Jabri
Nora Foss al-Jabri ( ar, نورا فوز الجابري ) (born 29 January 1996 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian singer. Beginnings She was born to an Iraqi father and an ethnic Norwegian mother. She started singing when she was eight years old and took singing lessons regularly. She became known in Norway because of her version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". At first it got some radio play but the big success came after her sister posted a video in a singing contest on the Norwegian video site "snutter10". The video became popular, getting her more attention. She has since appeared on numerous television shows and concerts. She also sang three songs on Norwegian children's music band Lyriaka's album called ''Lyriaka i jungelen''. In ''Norske Talenter'' (2008) She participated in the talent show Norske Talenter in 2008. After she sang " Somewhere Over the Rainbow", the judges described her as talented and technically skilled singer, who sounded older than her age. She fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidun Sæther
Reidun is an Old Norse name for girls and women, mostly given in Norway. The name Reidun consists of the elements ''Hreiðr'', meaning ''house'' and ''unnr'', sometimes translated as ''to wave''. Another translation for ''unnr'' would be ''elska'', meaning ''to love''. The first part of the name, ''Hreiðr'', can also be translated with ''nest''. With the last 2 translations the name Reidun would refer to a woman who loves her home or nest. Reidun was most popular as a name in the 1930s and 1940s There are 9195 women in Norway who have Reidunn as their first name. The name Reidun has only rarely been given as a first name in the 21st century. The name is sometimes spelled as Reidunn. In Sweden the name Reidun has become rare, so it is far below the top 100 list of women's names in Sweden. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song " Running Scared" by the duo Ell & Nikki. It was the first time Azerbaijan hosted the contestonly four years after the country made its debut. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV), the contest was held at the Baku Crystal Hall, and consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 24 May, and a final on 26 May 2012. The three live shows were presented by Azerbaijani television presenter Leyla Aliyeva, newsreader Nargiz Birk-Petersen and singer Eldar Gasimov who was one of the previous edition's winners. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. returned to the contest for the first time since . Meanwhile, withdrew due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. also did not participate due to financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodi Grand Prix 2012
Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Norwegian entry was selected through Melodi Grand Prix 2012, a national selection consisting of three semi-finals and a final, organised by the Norwegian broadcaster NRK. Tooji represented Norway with the song "Stay", which qualified from the second semi-final and went on to place 26th (last) in the final, scoring 7 points. Before Eurovision Melodi Grand Prix 2012 ''Melodi Grand Prix 2012'' was the 50th edition of the Norwegian national final ''Melodi Grand Prix'' and selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The competition consisted of three semi-finals and a final in different cities across Norway, hosted by Marte Stokstad and Per Sundnes. The shows were televised on NRK1 as well as streamed online at NRK's official website ''nrk.no''. The final was also broadcast online at the official Eurovision Song Contest website ''eurovision.tv''. Format The competition consisted of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Publishing
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) is a North American music publishing company and is part of the Universal Music Group. It was formerly known as MCA Music Publishing until it merged with PolyGram. Universal Music Publishing is the world's second largest music publishing company, behind Sony Music Publishing. UMPG's catalogue consists of over three million songs, with offices in over 30 countries. History In 1998, Seagram acquired PolyGram for $10.4 billion. PolyGram's music business was merged into Seagram's MCA Records. The merger was effected in January 1999, forming a new company named Universal Music Group. The merger also included both record labels' music publishers. The PolyGram catalog included Dick James Music, Welk Music, Cedarwood Publishing, and Sweden Music. MCA had been in the music publishing business since 1964, when it acquired Lou Levy's Leeds Music. In August 2000, UMPG acquired Rondor Music from Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss for roughly $400 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Hate People Records
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''i'' (pronounced ), plural '' ies''. History In the Phoenician alphabet, the letter may have originated in a hieroglyph for an arm that represented a voiced pharyngeal fricative () in Egyptian, but was reassigned to (as in English "yes") by Semites, because their word for "arm" began with that sound. This letter could also be used to represent , the close front unrounded vowel, mainly in foreign words. The Greeks adopted a form of this Phoenician ''yodh'' as their letter ''iota'' () to represent , the same as in the Old Italic alphabet. In Latin (as in Modern Greek), it was also used to represent and this use persists in the languages that descended from Latin. The modern letter ' j' originated as a variation of 'i', and both were used interchangeably for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Wheels Records
Evil, in a general sense, is defined as the opposite or absence of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, although in everyday usage it is often more narrowly used to talk about profound wickedness and against common good. It is generally seen as taking multiple possible forms, such as the form of personal moral evil commonly associated with the word, or impersonal natural evil (as in the case of natural disasters or illnesses), and in religious thought, the form of the demonic or supernatural/eternal. While some religions, world views, and philosophies focus on "good versus evil", others deny evil's existence and usefulness in describing people. Evil can denote profound immorality, but typically not without some basis in the understanding of the human condition, where strife and suffering (cf. Hinduism) are the true roots of evil. In certain religious contexts, evil has been described as a supernatural force. Definitions of evil vary, as does the analysis of its motive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodog Records
Calvin Edward Ayre (born May 25, 1961, in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian- Antiguan entrepreneur based in Antigua and Barbuda. He is the founder of the Ayre Group and Bodog entertainment brand. In 2000, Ayre launched online gambling company Bodog, the success of which made him a billionaire. Ayre's notoriety increased in the mid-2000s as online gaming's popularity surged, landing him on the cover of ''Forbes'' magazine's 2006 annual Billionaires edition and ''Star'' magazine's "Most Eligible Billionaire Bachelors" list in late 2007. In 2012, Ayre was indicted by the US Attorney for Maryland on charges of illegal gambling and money laundering. Despite the Antiguan government's view that the charges against Ayre were “completely contrary to binding international agreements,” in 2017, he pled guilty to a single misdemeanor charge and all other charges against him were dropped. In August 2017, Ayre was appointed as an Economic Envoy for Antigua and Barbuda to advise on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Norwegian Tribute To Kiss
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Opsahl
Bjorn Opsahl (born 10 August 1968) is a Norwegian photographer, director and lecturer from Oslo. Opsahl debuted as an artist with the exhibition "Deadscapes" in 2005 at the Henie Onstad Art Centre, and followed up with "Ask the Dust" on Stenersen Museum in 2009. Opsahl was photographer and judge on ''Norway's Next Top Model'' (season 4 & 5, all episodes) Sweden's Next Top Model (season 4, episode 10). He was also the judge and photographer for all episodes of Norway's Miss Universe pageant in 2005. After moving to Los Angeles in 2008, he participated in the tattoo artist Kat Von D's television show LA Ink (Season 3, episode 13). Opsahl teaches photography and directing at Nordic School of Photography in Oslo, and has held a number of workshops and lectures around the country since 2005. In 2011 he started working with the Scandinavian talkshow Skavlan which ends in autumn 2014 with a book and exhibitions in Oslo and Stockholm. Opsahl are portraying Skavlan's guests backstage, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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