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Wear Sunscreen
"Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young", commonly known by the title "Wear Sunscreen", is an essay written as a hypothetical commencement speech by columnist Mary Schmich, originally published in June 1997 in the ''Chicago Tribune''. The essay, giving various pieces of advice on how to live a happier life and avoid common frustrations, spread massively via viral email, is often erroneously described as a commencement speech given by author Kurt Vonnegut at MIT. The essay became the basis for a successful spoken word song released in 1997 by Baz Luhrmann, "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)", also known as "The Sunscreen Song"."The Sunscreen Song (class of '99)" is used as an alternative title on the cover of the single; see alsthe single's "Editorial Reviews" on Amazon anby the ''Washington Post''. The song reached number one in Ireland and the United Kingdom and inspired numerous parodies. ''Chicago Tribune'' column Mary Schmich's column "Advice, like youth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essay
An essay ( ) is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a Letter (message), letter, a term paper, paper, an article (publishing), article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal and informal: formal essays are characterized by "serious purpose, dignity, logical organization, length," whereas the informal essay is characterized by "the personal element (self-revelation, individual tastes and experiences, confidential manner), humor, graceful style, rambling structure, unconventionality or novelty of theme," etc. Essays are commonly used as literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in Poetry, verse have been dubbed essays (e.g., Alexander Pope's ''An Essay on Criticism'' and ''An Essay on Man''). While brevity usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is In The Air (song)
"Love Is in the Air" is a 1977 disco song by Australian singer John Paul Young. It was written by George Young (no relation) and Harry Vanda, and released as the lead single from Young's fourth studio album, '' Love Is in the Air'' (1978). The song became a worldwide hit in 1978, peaking at No. 3 on the Australian charts and No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it peaked at No. 7 on the pop chart and spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, his only U.S. top 40 hit. The song plays at 122 beats per minute, a typical 1970s disco rhythm. At the Australian 1978 King of Pop Awards, the song won Most Popular Australian Single. In 1992, a remix of the song was released and featured on the soundtrack to the Golden Globe-nominated film ''Strictly Ballroom''. A new music video was also produced. In 2017, the song was selected for preservation in the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia collection. Overview John Paul Young said of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple J Hottest 100
The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll presented by the publicly-funded Australian youth radio station Triple J. Members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite Music of Australia, Australian and alternative music of the year in an online poll conducted two weeks prior to the new year. The first countdown in 1989 was held in March, and then on various days in January and February until 1998 when it was mostly consistently held on Australia Day. Since 2017, the countdown has been held on the fourth weekend of January due to increasing Australia Day debate, controversy about Australia Day regarding its marking of the History of Australia (1788–1850), colonisation of Australia and dispossession of Indigenous Australians, Indigenous people. Typically, on the day after the Hottest 100, Triple J broadcasts the Hottest 200 (songs 200–101). The poll has grown from 500,000 votes in 2004 to a peak of over 3.2 million in 2019, and it has been referred to as "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county. Portland's population was 652,503, making it the List of United States cities by population, 28th most populous city in the United States, the sixth most populous on the West Coast of the United States, West Coast, and the third most populous in the Pacific Northwest after Seattle and Vancouver. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area, Oregon, Portland metropolitan area, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th most populous in the United States. Almost half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metro area. Named after Portland, Maine, which is itself named aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puretone
Josh Abrahams (born 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian musician who emerged from the underground dance music scene in the early 1990s. He has performed and recorded under the stage name Puretone, and is also known as The Pagan and Bassliners. Abrahams is a composer, producer, bass guitarist and electronic artist and has worked as a writer, music director and producer on albums and film soundtracks, and in television and theatre. His single, " Addicted to Bass", with singer Amiel Daemion, peaked at No. 15 in February 1999. Biography Abrahams was born in 1968 in Melbourne and started as a bass guitarist and singer in covers band Havana Moon in 1990. 1990–1995: Future Sound of Melbourne In 1990, Abrahams formed the techno group, Future Sound of Melbourne (FSOM) with drum and bass producer Davide Carbone and acid house DJ Steve Robbins. They released a number of singles and EPs on the Shock Records imprint, Candyline Records in Australian and releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quindon Tarver
Quindon Dan Tarver (August 4, 1982 – April 1, 2021) was an American singer. He was best known for his covers of Prince's " When Doves Cry" and Rozalla's " Everybody's Free" for the 1996 film '' William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet''. Life and career Tarver was born in Plano, Texas on August 4, 1982. He started out singing in a church choir. In 1996, he appeared as a choir boy in the Baz Luhrmann movie ''Romeo + Juliet'', singing at the titular couple Romeo Montague (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet Capulet (Claire Danes)'s secret wedding. Tarver's covers of " Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" and Prince's " When Doves Cry" were included on ''Romeo + Juliet''s soundtrack, which sold two million copies, earning double-platinum status. His album, ''Quindon'', was released in 1996 by Virgin Records and included the single "It's You That's on My Mind", which charted in Australia and New Zealand. Under the same management as then teen sensations Immature (later known as IMx), Smooth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo + Juliet
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet or Romeo & Juliet may also refer to: Ballets * ''Romeo and Juliet'', a ballet score by Constant Lambert * Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Prokofiev), a 1935 ballet score by Sergei Prokofiev and choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky and with Konstantin Sergeyev in 1940 ** ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1955 ballet by Frederick Ashton ** Romeo and Juliet (Cranko), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Cranko), a 1962 ballet by John Cranko ** Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (MacMillan), a 1965 ballet by Kenneth MacMillan ** Romeo and Juliet (Neumeier) , ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Neumeier), a 1971 ballet by John Neumeier ** Romeo and Juliet (Nureyev), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Nureyev), a 1977 ballet by Rudolf Nureyev ** ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1979 ballet by Yury Grigorovich, Yuri Grigorovich ** Romeo and Juliet (Lavery), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Lavery), a 1991 setting of the balcony scene by Sean Lavery ** ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Perry (voice Actor)
Lee Perry (born 16 December 1959 in Australia) is an Australian voice actor known for portraying various characters in either direct-to-video or theatrically released animated movies such as '' $9.99'' (2008), ''Happy Feet'' (2006), and '' Happy Feet Two'' (2011). He has also appeared in live action in '' Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'' (2024). Career Perry's television voice overs include characters and narrations in '' Men in Black: The Series'', '' Always Greener'', '' Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars'' and '' Sisters of War''. Perry has voiced over many commercials, IVRs, radio/TV promos, ad campaigns and tour programs. In 1997, Perry provided the narration for Baz Luhrmann's version of the song "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)". Personal life Perry currently lives in Sydney, Australia. His brother, Alex Alex is a given name. Similar names are Alexander, Alexandra, Alexey or Alexis. People Multiple * Alex Brown (other), multiple people * Alex Cook (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rozalla
Rozalla Miller (born 18 March 1964), better known as simply Rozalla, is a Zimbabwean electronic music performer who was born in what was then Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). She is best known for her three 1991/92 hit singles " Faith (In the Power of Love)", "Are You Ready to Fly", and particularly " Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)", which has been remixed and re-issued several times. In December 2016, ''Billboard'' magazine ranked her as the 98th most successful dance artist of all-time. Musical career Rozalla began performing at a young age in her native Zambia singing in clubs and at events; then at age 13, she was singing on a children's TV show. Still in her teens, she relocated to Zimbabwe where she fronted various R&B cover bands before beginning her own recording career with a resultant five number-one hits on that nation's chart. In 1988, Rozalla relocated to London with her manager Chris Sergeant and worked with the Band of Gypsies, a production duo consisting of Nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)
"Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" is a song by Zambian-born Zimbabwean singer Rozalla, released in August 1991 by label Pulse-8 as the second single from her second album, '' Everybody's Free'' (1992). The song was written by Nigel Swanston and Tim Cox, and produced by Band of Gypsies. It had been a staple in the clubs in Ibiza and Mallorca in the summer of 1991, and hordes of recovering ravers were delighted to find "that tune about being free to feel good and stuff" was available to buy back home. Upon its release, the song reached number two in Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain, while entering the top 10 in Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the single reached number six, and in Zimbabwe, it peaked at number four. It also topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart. Several music videos have been made to promote the song. It is widely regarded as one of the biggest dance anthems of the 1990s and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nellee Hooper
Paul Andrew "Nellee" Hooper (born 15 March 1963) is a British record producer, remixer and songwriter known for his work with many major recording artists beginning in the late 1980s. He also debuted as a motion picture music composer with Scottish composer Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries for the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's ''Romeo + Juliet'' in 1996. Hooper has produced seven Grammy Award-winning recordings for artists including Smashing Pumpkins, U2, Soul II Soul, and Sinéad O'Connor. He has been awarded ''Q'''s Best Producer award and twice been ''Music Week'' Producer of the Year. Biography Born in Bristol, Hooper began his career in 1982 as a percussionist and backing vocalist with Bristol punk funk post-punk band Maximum Joy. He later became a DJ as a member of the Wild Bunch, the Bristol-based sound system and group that became Massive Attack. Between 1989 and 1992, he produced albums for Soul II Soul ('' Club Classics Vol. I''), Sinéad O'Connor ('' I D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Abrahams
Josh Abrahams (born 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian musician who emerged from the underground dance music scene in the early 1990s. He has performed and recorded under the stage name Puretone, and is also known as The Pagan and Bassliners. Abrahams is a composer, producer, bass guitarist and electronic artist and has worked as a writer, music director and producer on albums and film soundtracks, and in television and theatre. His single, " Addicted to Bass", with singer Amiel Daemion, peaked at No. 15 in February 1999. Biography Abrahams was born in 1968 in Melbourne and started as a bass guitarist and singer in covers band Havana Moon in 1990. 1990–1995: Future Sound of Melbourne In 1990, Abrahams formed the techno group, Future Sound of Melbourne (FSOM) with drum and bass producer Davide Carbone and acid house DJ Steve Robbins. They released a number of singles and EPs on the Shock Records imprint, Candyline Records in Australian and release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
