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The ¡Alarma! Chronicles
The ¡Alarma! Chronicles is the name of a short story written by Terry Scott Taylor. The story was originally included in four albums released by the rock band Daniel Amos. Part one was included in their 1981 release, '' ¡Alarma!'', part two was included in their 1983 release, ''Doppelgänger'', part three was included in their 1984 release, ''Vox Humana The vox humana (; Spanish and ; ; , also a term for a ''celeste'' stop, q.v.) is a short-resonator reed stop on the pipe organ, so named because of its supposed resemblance to the human voice. As a rule, the stop is used with a tremulant, whi ...'' and the final part was included in their 1986 release, '' Fearful Symmetry''. Each album musically and conceptually followed the themes of each part of the story. The entire story was then released in its entirety in the 200 page hardcover book ''The ¡Alarma! Chronicles'' in 1999. That book also included three CDs with all of the music from the four previously mentioned albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Scott Taylor
Terry Scott Taylor (born May 24, 1950) is an American songwriter, record producer, writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Camarillo Eddy). Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative music group, Lost Dogs. ''Knowledge & Innocence'' ''Knowledge & Innocence'', released in 1986 as Terry Scott Taylor's first solo album, is an introspective album dedicated to Taylor's grandfather. Lyrically referencing the 1789 poetry collection ''Songs of Innocence'' by William Blake, references found also in Taylor's other work such as the Daniel Amos band album ''Fearful Symmetry''. "Song of Innocence", a duet with Randy Stonehill singing, in Taylor's words, a breathy "soulful and sweet" vocal, was released as a single. Influence Numerous people have named Taylor and Daniel Amos as an influence over the years including Jonathan Coulton. Discography * ''Knowledge & Innocence'' (1986) * ''A Briefing for the Ascent'' (1987) * ''Neve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, Myth, mythic tales, Folklore genre, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables, and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. Definition The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella, novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. The short story is sometimes referred to as a genre. Determining what exactly defines a short story remains problematic. A classic definition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Amos
Daniel Amos (aka D. A., Dä) is an American Christian rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, Steve Baxter (musician), Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars. The band currently consists of Taylor, guitarist Greg Flesch and drummer Ed McTaggart. Over the band's career, they have included keyboardist Mark Cook, drummer Alex MacDougall, bassist Tim Chandler and keyboardist Rob Watson (musician), Rob Watson with sounds that experimented with country rock, rock music, rock, New wave music, new wave and alternative rock. Beginnings The roots of Daniel Amos began to grow out of Jubal's Last Band, an acoustic quartet consisting of Taylor, Kenny Paxton, Chuck Starnes and Steve Baxter, who spent their time performing for Bible study groups and at coffee shops throughout Southern California. In 1974, JLB recorded a demo tape together and eventually lost Starnes and Paxton. Bassist Marty Dieckmeyer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
¡Alarma! (album)
''¡Alarma!'' is the fourth studio album by Christian rock band Daniel Amos, issued on Newpax Records in April 1981. It is the first album in their '' ¡Alarma! Chronicles'' series and one of the earliest records in the Christian alternative rock genre. Background ''¡Alarma!'', released weeks after the band's Beatles- and Beach Boys-influenced '' Horrendous Disc'', took a decidedly new wave direction along the lines of Elvis Costello or Talking Heads. Lyrically, the album contains social commentary so harsh that ''CCM'' described it as "perhaps the most scathing ever put out by a Christian label." Other critics offered the following assessments: "the most exciting release of the year"; "brash, new and intensely creative" and "possibly the most significant album in the genre of Christian rock". ''¡Alarma!'' was the first of a four-part series of albums by DA entitled '' The ¡Alarma! Chronicles'', which also included the albums ''Doppelgänger A doppelgänger ( ), somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doppelgänger (Daniel Amos Album)
''Doppelgänger'' is the fifth studio album by Christian alternative rock band Daniel Amos issued on their own Alarma! Records label in 1983. It is the second album in their '' ¡Alarma! Chronicles'' album cycle. Content ''Doppelgänger'' is much darker than the album that preceded it, '' ¡Alarma!''. The album starts with the eerie backward sounds of "Hollow Man" (inspired by T. S. Eliot's poem, ''The Hollow Men''). Taylor's lyrics to "I Didn't Build it For Me", "Autographs for the Sick", and "New Car" were sharp attacks on televangelists, anticipating the Jimmy Swaggart/Jim Bakker/Robert Tilton scandals of 1987–88. ''Doppelgänger'' is the second of a four-part series of albums by DA entitled '' The ¡Alarma! Chronicles'', which also includes '' ¡Alarma!'', ''Vox Humana'' and '' Fearful Symmetry''. In the tour that followed the release, the band presented a full multimedia event, complete with video screens synchronized to the music, something that was unusual in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vox Humana (Daniel Amos Album)
''Vox Humana'' is the sixth studio album by Christian alternative rock band Daniel Amos, released on Refuge Records in 1984. It is the third album in their '' ¡Alarma! Chronicles'' album cycle. Background ''Vox Humana'' was a much brighter album than its predecessor, ''Doppelgänger'', and included catchy, synthesizer-driven pop songs with lyrics about technology's role in American culture. "Travelog" was a song about a television-obsessed man "basking in the blue light". Danish author Søren Kierkegaard, Polish poet Czesław Miłosz, and Britons Malcolm Muggeridge and William Blake are all quoted in the liner notes of the album. DA also included a tribute to Blake with the ballad, "William Blake." "Dance Stop", a song condemning nuclear arms escalation, asked listeners to dance to the song and stop suddenly when the word "stop" is sung. Due to the fast, upbeat punk rock style of the song, it is nearly impossible to follow the song's musical directions. The song went on to beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fearful Symmetry (album)
''Fearful Symmetry'' is the seventh studio album by Christian alternative rock band Daniel Amos, issued on Frontline Records in 1986. It is the fourth and final album in their '' ¡Alarma! Chronicles'' album cycle and the first of three albums the band issued under the shortened moniker DA. Background ''Fearful Symmetry'' is a lush, synthesizer driven pop album, lyrically wrapped in puzzles that the listener has to decipher. Nearly every song on ''Fearful Symmetry'' in some way deals with pain or darkness - from the William Blake-inspired "Sleep Silent Child", a song about death, to "Strong Points, Weak Points", a song about doubt. The album title comes from a line in ''The Tyger'' by William Blake. The album ends on an upbeat note however, with the touching ballad, "Beautiful One". ''Fearful Symmetry'' was the final chapter of a four-part series of albums by DA entitled '' The ¡Alarma! Chronicles'', which also included the albums '' ¡Alarma!'', ''Doppelgänger'', and ''Vox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Short Stories
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. * January 25 – The 6.2 Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people. February * February 7 – Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein. * February 11 – Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231. * February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate. * February 16 ** In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters. ** Across Europe, Kurdish protestors take over embassies and hold hostages afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
