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Wormwood may refer to: Biology * Several plants of the genus ''Artemisia'': ** ''Artemisia abrotanum'', southern wormwood ** ''Artemisia absinthium'', common wormwood, grande wormwood or absinthe wormwood ** ''Artemisia annua'', sweet wormwood or annual wormwood ** ''Artemisia herba-alba'', white wormwood, the wormwood of the Bible ** '' Artemisia pontica'', Roman wormwood ** ''Artemisia verlotiorum'' ** ''Artemisia vulgaris'' * A caterpillar that eats some of the above: ** ''Cucullia absinthii'', a caterpillar/moth in the family Noctuidae Places * Wormwood Scrubs, an open space in the Hammersmith area of West London ** HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, a prison in West London * Wormwood Street, in the City of London * Wormwood Forest, former name of the Red Forest in Ukraine, surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant within the Exclusion Zone Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * Wormwood, a character in C. S. Lewis's ''The Screwtape Letters'' * Matilda Wormwood, the title ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artemisia (genus)
''Artemisia'' () is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 and 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names for various species in the genus include mugwort, wormwood, and sagebrush. ''Artemisia'' comprises hardy herbaceous plants and shrubs, which are known for the powerful chemical constituents in their essential oils. ''Artemisia'' species grow in temperate climates of both hemispheres, usually in dry or semiarid habitats. Notable species include '' A. vulgaris'' (common mugwort), '' A. tridentata'' (big sagebrush), '' A. annua'' (sagewort), '' A. absinthium'' (wormwood), ''A. dracunculus'' (tarragon), and '' A. abrotanum'' (southernwood). The leaves of many species are covered with white hairs. Most species have strong aromas and bitter tastes from terpenoids and sesquiterpene lactones, which discourage herbivory, and may have had a selective advantage. The small flowers are wind-pollinated. ''Artemisia'' species are used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wormwood (TV Series)
''Wormwood'' is an Australian children's television program that premiered on Channel Ten on 4 October 2007. It also screened in 2008 on the ABC, as part of the Rollercoaster show. It also premiered on Foxtel's Disney channel on August the 2nd 6pm, Saturday 2008. There are 13 episodes based on the stories by Paul Jennings. Storyline The town of Wormwood is a weird place. The town's main economy is worm farming and selling 'worm poo' but things start to get really weird when the kids meet the Nose of Wormwood, a kid playing banjo, and a monster with indigestion that lives in the forest pond. Cast *Kelly Paterniti as Danni Bourke *Nick Stevenson as Ned Bourke *Karli-Rae Grogan as Sally Schnozz *Valentina Barron as Jarrod Schnozz * Shannon Lively as Hairball *David Moran as Ken Schnozz *Igor Sas Igor Sas is an Australian film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his work on children's television series such as ''Parallax'', ''Wormwood'', ''Lockie Leonard'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wormwood (Moe Album)
''Wormwood'' is an album by Moe. It was released on February 4, 2003 by Fatboy Records. ''Wormwood'' is considered an interesting album for the way it was recorded. The band took live recordings of their new songs from various Summer 2002 shows onward and interlaced them with studio takes. For this reason, there are sometimes cheers of the crowd evident (such as during the beginning of "Bullet"). Additionally, the album can be viewed as one seamless track, with the instrumental tracks bridging the gaps (segues) into the next. 2004 Jammy Award winner for best studio album. Track listing #"Not Coming Down" ( Schnier) – 3:55 #"Wormwood" (moe.) – 4:48 #"Okayalright" ( Derhak) – 4:12 #"Rumble Strip" (moe.) – 1:12 #"Gone" (lyrics: Schnier, Derhak; music: Schnier) – 5:27 #"Organs" (Schnier) – 0:49 #"Crab Eyes" (lyrics: Derhak, Garvey, Schnier; music: moe.) – 5:04 #"Bullet" (lyrics: Garvey; music: moe.) – 7:45 #"Kyle's Song" (moe.) – 7:54 #"Bend Sinister" (moe.) – 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wormwood (Marduk Album)
''Wormwood'' is the eleventh studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded at Endarker Studio by Magnus Devo Andersson and released on 21 September in Europe and 13 October in U.S. by Regain Records. It is the first Marduk album to feature drummer Lars Broddesson. "Phosphorous Redeemer" was made available on the band's official MySpace page in the run-up to the album's release. Track listing Credits Marduk *Marduk - songwriting (1–5, 7–10) music (6) ** Mortuus – vocals ** Morgan (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) – guitar ** Devo (Magnus Andersson) – bass; engineering, production ** Lars Broddesson – drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ... Other personnel *Belfagor (Mika Hakola) - lyrics (6) Charts References 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doomriders
Doomriders is an American stoner/ sludge metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band has released three albums on Deathwish, Inc. The band's vocalist/guitarist Nate Newton also plays bass in Converge and guitar in Old Man Gloom. Jebb Riley formerly played bass in There Were Wires. Doomriders have toured with Coliseum and Saviours. The band began work on their third studio album in 2011 with an expected release date in 2013 through Deathwish. Doomriders released ''Grand Blood'' on October 15, 2013. In October 2014, Chris Pupecki and former Doomriders drummer Chris Bevilacqua released a self-titled EP through Magic Bullet Records under the name Wormwood. Band members Current members * Nate Newton – guitar, vocals * Chris Pupecki – guitar * Q – drums (2010–present) * Chris Johnson – bass Former members * John-Robert Conners – drums * Chris Bevilacqua – drums * Jebb Riley – bass, vocals Discography Studio albums * '' Black Thunder'' (2005, Deathwish) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronicles Of Wormwood
''Chronicles of Wormwood'' is a comic series consisting of two mini-series and one one-shot, all written by Garth Ennis, drawn by Jacen Burrows, Oscar Jimenez, and others''Garth Ennis Talks Wormwood'' Comic Book Resources {{DEFAULTSORT:Chronicles Of Wormwood 2006 comics debuts Comics by Garth Ennis Comics set in New York City Mythology in comics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wormwood Review
The ''Wormwood Review'' was a literary magazine published from Fall 1959 to April 1999. Alan Kaufman (writer), Alan Kaufman considered the magazine to be "the greatest little magazine of all time." History and profile The ''Wormwood Review'' was first published in Fall 1959 in Mt. Hope, Connecticut. The founding editors were Alexander (Sandy) Taylor, James Scully (poet), James Scully, and Morton Felix. It was also edited and published by Marvin Malone. Later, the magazine moved to Stockton, California. Poets published by the magazine included Charles Bukowski, Gregory Corso, e.e. cummings, James Dickey, Jack Micheline, Peter Orlovsky, and William Wantling. The magazine organized the annual Wormwood Award. The last issue of the ''Wormwood Review'' was published in April 1999. Notable contributors *Douglas Blazek *Bertolt Brecht *Charles Bukowski *William S. Burroughs *Neeli Cherkovski *Gregory Corso *e.e. cummings *James Dickey *Jules Feiffer *Paul Fericano *Edsel Ford *Günter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentleman Corpse
A gentleman (Old French: ''gentilz hom'', gentle + man) is any man of good and courteous conduct. Originally, ''gentleman'' was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire and above a yeoman; by definition, the rank of ''gentleman'' comprised the younger sons of the younger sons of peers, and the younger sons of a baronet, a knight, and an esquire, in perpetual succession. As such, the connotation of the term ''gentleman'' captures the common denominator of gentility (and often a coat of arms); a right shared by the peerage and the gentry, the constituent classes of the British nobility. Therefore, the English social category of ''gentleman'' corresponds to the French ''gentilhomme'' (nobleman), which in Great Britain meant a member of the peerage of England. In that context, the historian Maurice Keen said that the social category of gentleman is "the nearest, contemporary English equivalent of the ''noblesse'' of France." In the 14th century, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wormwood (magazine)
''Wormwood: Writings about fantasy, supernatural and decadent literature'' is a magazine of literature and literary criticism, edited by Mark Valentine, and published semi-annually since 2003 by Tartarus Press. The first issue appeared in August 2003. As the subtitle indicates, the magazine focuses on fantasy and decadence, and especially on European authors of the past two centuries. Most of the selections are criticism articles or book reviews, although some previously unpublished fiction has recently appeared. Issues 1-14 featured a column titled "The Decadent World-View" by Brian Stableford, analyzing texts which provided particular influence on the French Decadents, particularly Charles Baudelaire. See also * List of literary magazines References * Suzi Feay, "Crowley's Tentacles", ''The Independent on Sunday ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Drama Of Paris
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] |
Terry Dowling
Terence William (Terry) Dowling (born 21 March 1947), is an Australian writer and journalist. He writes primarily speculative fiction though he considers himself an "imagier" – one who imagines, a term which liberates his writing from the constraints of specific genres. He has been called "among the best-loved local writers and most-awarded in and out of Australia, a writer who stubbornly hews his own path (one mapped ahead, it is true, by Cordwainer Smith, J. G. Ballard and Jack Vance)." He has been Guest of Honour at several Australian science fiction conventions (including Syncon 87 and Swancon 15) and regularly tutors workshops on fantasy writing at venues including the New South Wales Writers' Centre, University of Sydney's Centre for Continuing Education, the Powerhouse Museum, the University of Canberra's Centre for Creative Writing, the Perth Writer's Festival and the University of Western Australia Perth International Arts Festiva (for example, "Marvellous Journeys: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wormwood (Taylor Novel)
''Wormwood'' is a fantasy sequel to Graham Taylor's ''Shadowmancer''. It follows the adventures of Dr. Sabian Blake and his servant girl, Agetta Lamian. It is a Christian allegory. Like its predecessor, it was criticised for attacking other religions. Taylor professed that the work was against the kabbalah, which he saw as a practice that lead to Satan. Plot The story takes place in London, where Dr. Sabian Blake is sitting in his attic at the top of his house in Bloomsbury Square, looking out to space through his telescope, in search of a special star. He is told about this star by ''The Nemorensis'', an ancient book that holds many old and powerful secrets. It has predicted that the comet Wormwood (which was foretold in the book of Revelation) is hurtling towards the earth, and would spell certain doom for London and all other lands around her. As Blake is observing this, a series of cataclysmic and destructive events, referred to as a 'sky-quake', hits the city, the afterma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
