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Blue Plate Special (Mullan, Idaho)
Blue Plate Special may refer to: * Blue-plate special, a low-priced restaurant meal * ''Damon Runyon's Blue Plate Special'', 1934 short story collection by Damon Runyon * '' Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites'', a 2013 memoir by Kate Christensen * ''Blue Plate Specials Live ''Blue Plate Specials'' is a live album by The Specials, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). The material on the album is sourced from two separate performances: a 1980 concert by The Specials, and an earlier show when they were still known ...'', a 1999 ska album by the Specials * ''Blue Plate Special'' (Prairie Oyster album), 1996 * ''Blue Plate Special'' (Will Bernard album), 2008 {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-plate Special
A blue-plate special is a discount-priced meal that usually changes daily: a term used in the United States and Canada by restaurants, especially diners and cafes. The term was very common from the 1920s through the 1950s. , there are still a few restaurants and diners that offer blue-plate specials under that name, sometimes on blue plates, but it is a vanishing tradition. However, the phrase is still a common American colloquialism. A Web collection of 1930s prose gives this definition: "A Blue Plate Special is a low-priced daily diner special — a main course with all the fixins, a daily combo, a square for two bits." History The origin and explanation of the phrase are unclear. Michael Quinion cites a dictionary entry indicating that the blue plates were, more specifically, inexpensive divided plates that were decorated with a "blue willow" or similar blue pattern, such as those popularized by Spode and Wedgwood. One of his correspondents says that the first known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Runyon
Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short-story writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from Brooklyn or Midtown Manhattan. The adjective "Runyonesque" refers to this type of character and the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicts. He spun humorous and sentimental tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as "Nathan Detroit", "Benny Southstreet", "Big Jule", "Harry the Horse", "Good Time Charley", "Dave the Dude", or "The Seldom Seen Kid". His distinctive vernacular style is known as "Runyonese": a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in the present tense, and always devoid of contractions. He is credited with co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Autobiography Of My Appetites
An, AN, aN, or an may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Airlinair (IATA airline code AN) * Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy * AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey * Anime North, a Canadian anime convention * Ansett Australia, a major Australian airline group that is now defunct (IATA designator AN) * Apalachicola Northern Railroad (reporting mark AN) 1903–2002 ** AN Railway, a successor company, 2002– * Aryan Nations, a white supremacist religious organization * Australian National Railways Commission, an Australian rail operator from 1975 until 1987 * Antonov, a Ukrainian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturing and services company, as a model prefix Entertainment and media * Antv, an Indonesian television network * ''Astronomische Nachrichten'', or ''Astronomical Notes'', an international astronomy journal * ''Avisa Nordland'', a Norwegian newspaper * ''Sweet Bean'' (あん), a 2015 Japanese film also known as ''An'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Plate Specials Live
''Blue Plate Specials'' is a live album by The Specials, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). The material on the album is sourced from two separate performances: a 1980 concert by The Specials, and an earlier show when they were still known as either Coventry Automatics or the Special A.K.A.Allmusic.com entry http://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-plate-specials-live-mw0000049387 Track listing #"Gangsters" - 2:32 #"Do the Dog" - 2:13 #"Stupid Marriage" - 4:33 #"Nite Klub" - 3:16 #"Too Much Too Young" - 2:02 #"Little Bitch" - 2:44 #"Skinhead Moonstomp" - 2:42 #"Concrete Jungle" - 3:15 #"Rock & Roll Nightmare" - 1:59 #"Look But Don't Touch" - 4:23 #"It's Up to You" - 3:00 #"Jay Walker" - 3:10 #"(Dawning of A) New Era" - 2:41 #"Blank Expression" - 2:07 #"Wake Up" - 1:36 Personnel ;The Specials * Terry Hall - vocals *Neville Staple - vocals, percussion *Lynval Golding - vocals, rhythm guitar *Roddy Radiation Roddy Radiation (born Roderick James Byers, 5 May 1955 in Keresley, Cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Plate Special (Prairie Oyster Album)
''Blue Plate Special'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music group Prairie Oyster. It was released by Velvel Records on August 28, 1996. The album peaked at number 5 on the ''RPM'' Country Albums chart. Track listing #"She Won't Be Lonely Long" (Keith Glass) – 3:31 #"What'cha Gonna Do?" (Glass) – 3:37 #"The Water's Deep" (Russell deCarle) – 4:11 #"If My Broken Heart Would Ever Mend" (Joan Besen) – 2:38 #"Tonight There's a Blue Moon" (deCarle) – 4:57 #"Long Gone Daddy" (John Paul Allen, Glass) – 3:07 #"In the Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)" (Roger Miller) – 2:34 #"Unbelievable Love" (Besen) – 3:32 #"Sunday Drivers" (Allen) – 0:55 #"There She Goes" (Besen) – 3:33 #"One Way Track "One Way Track" is a song recorded by Canadian country music group Prairie Oyster. It was released in 1996 as the second single from their fifth studio album, ''Blue Plate Special''. It peaked at number 4 on the ''RPM Revolutions per minute ( ..." ( Willie P. Benne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
