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Woozy
Woozy may refer to: * Woozy (Oz), a fictional creature in the children's novel ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz'' * Woozy Winks, the sidekick of fictional superhero Plastic Man * "Woozy", a track by Faithless used in the soundtrack to '' The Beach'' * Woozy (artist), a Greek street artist * Woozy, a rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ... band from New Orleans See also * Wu Zi Mu, a character in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' * Woosie, nickname of golfer Ian Woosnam {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woozy (artist)
Woozy is the tag of Greek street artist and muralist Vaggelis Hoursoglou (born 1979). He has been painting large-scale murals for nearly 20 years in a number of countries around the world. His work has been a crucial aspect in the graffiti scene in Greece. Overview Vaggelis was born in 1979 in Athens-Greece, where he now lives and works. In 2004 he began his studies at the School of Fine Art in Athens, which he completed in 2010. During that period he spent a year at thSchool of Fine Arts in Lisbon Portugal as part of an exchange program. Since the completion of his studies, Vaggelis has worked on both commissioned and self-initiated projects in many countries around the world, including Denmark, Switzerland, China and Brazil. He has collaborated with numerous renowned street artists such as Blu, Loomit, NuncaCesand exhibited his work in various festivals includinChromopolisin Athens and the 201Mural exhibitionin China. Using an ample colour palette, Vaggelis does not li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woozy (band)
Woozy was an American experimental rock band from New Orleans. Career Woozy was formed in 2012. In 2013, the band released a split album with the dreamgaze band Dogtooth titled ''Somebody Else's Problem''. In September 2014, Woozy appeared on a split with Ex-Breathers, Ovlov and Gnarwhal. In October 2015, Woozy released their first full-length album titled ''Blistered''.- - In June 2016, allegations of sexual assault against Woozy member John St. Cyr were made public by Katryn Macko of the Florida band Naps. As a result, Woozy's other members Kara and Ian stated in a Facebook post that Woozy is no longer a band anymore. Band members *Kara Stafford (vocals, guitar) *John St. Cyr (vocals, guitar) *Ian Paine-Jesam (drums) Discography Studio albums *''Blistered'' (2015, Exploding In Sound Records, Community Records) Splits *''Somebody Else's Problem'' (2013) *''Woozy/Ex-Breathers/Gnarwhal/Ovlov'' (2014) References {{reflist American experimental rock groups Musical groups fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woozy (Oz)
This is a list of characters in the original Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum. The majority of characters listed here unless noted otherwise have appeared in multiple books under various plotlines. ''Land of Oz, Oz'' is made up of four divisions that surround the ''Emerald City'' in the center. The country as a whole was originally enchanted by a character named Queen Lurline, who is described in the Oz backstory. Additional characters were added in regions surrounding ''The Land of Oz'' (beyond the deserts) as the series progressed. Aside from the immigrant humans and Dorothy's and Betsy's pets, the characters here are each listed under what division they are most associated with in the storyline or storylines. Immigrant humans and pets Aunt Em and Uncle Henry Aunt Em and Uncle Henry appear in ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''. They are Dorothy Gale's guardian aunt and uncle. They live a joyless and gray life on a small farm on the prairies of Kansas. Neither of them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woozy Winks
Wolfgang "Woozy" Winks is a character appearing in comic books published by Quality Comics, and later DC Comics. He is the comic relief sidekick to the superhero Plastic Man, and first appeared in ''Police Comics'' #13 (November 1942). Winks has appeared as an on-again, off-again sideckick to Plastic Man ever since and has been called the "apotheosis" of a kind of stock character of theatrical buffoons that has existed since the time of William Shakespeare. In ''Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman'', Winks is named one of the "most unique" sidekicks in comics and the authors note that his portly shape and bumbling idiocy allowed for more comedy in Plastic Man stories. Fictional character biography Woozy Winks is a bumbling, inept, overweight and slobbish man who served primarily as a comic relief, much like other golden age sidekicks such as Doiby Dickles. In his first appearance, Woozy is a small-time crook with a unique superpower. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beach (film)
''The Beach'' is a 2000 adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle, from a screenplay by John Hodge, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, and Robert Carlyle. It was filmed on the Thai island of Ko Phi Phi Le. The film was a moderate box office success but received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. DiCaprio was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor (lost to John Travolta as Terl from '' Battlefield Earth'' and as Russ Richards in ''Lucky Numbers''). Plot Richard, a young American seeking adventure in Bangkok, stays in a drab travelers' hotel on Khao San Road where he meets a young French couple, Françoise and Étienne. He meets Daffy, who tells him of a pristine, uninhabited island in the Gulf of Thailand with a beautiful hidden beach. Daffy explains that he settled there in secret several years earlier, but difficulties arose and he left. Daffy com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Zi Mu
''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the fifth main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2002's '' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'', and the seventh installment overall. It was released in October 2004 for the PlayStation 2, in June 2005 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox, and in November 2010 for Mac OS X. The game is set within an open world environment that players can explore and interact with at their leisure. The story follows former gangster Carl "CJ" Johnson, who returns home following his mother's murder and is drawn back into his former gang and a life of crime while clashing with corrupt authorities and powerful criminals. Carl's journey takes him across the fictional U.S. state of San Andreas, which is heavily based on California and Nevada and encompasses three major cities: Los Santos (inspired by Los Angeles), San Fierro ( San Francisco) and Las Ventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
