text: McLaren Vale

text: Gittisham

text: John Reynell

text: Victoria

text: Yankalilla

text: Normanville

text: River Torrens

text: Underdale

text: Shiraz

text: Muscatel

text: Marion, South Australia

text: A. M. Bickford and Sons

text: W. N. Crowder

text: Brompton

text: McLaren Vale

text: Alexander Charles Kelly

text: Mile End

text: Geelong, Victoria

text: Phylloxera

text: Waikerie

text: West Torrens Council

text: Colyton, Devon

text: Marion

text: Kensington

text: Ballarat, Victoria

text: Sir Edwin Smith

categories: 1830 births,1912 deaths,Australian winemakers,People from Devon

paragraph: Thomas Hardy (winemaker)

paragraph: Thomas Hardy (14 January 1830 – 10 January 1912) was a winemaker in the McLaren Vale, South Australia. He has been called the "Father of the South Australian Wine Industry".

paragraph: Section::::History.

paragraph: Thomas Hardy was born in Gittisham in Devon. He and Joanna Holbrook, whom he later married, arrived in South Australia on the "British Empire" on 14 August 1850. While on the voyage he acted as schoolmaster to the boys on board, while one Mrs. J. Gillard is reported as having taught the girls, however that name does not appear on passenger lists. He soon found work with John Reynell at Reynella Farm, and learned much of winemaking from the German fellow-workers. After two years he left for the goldfields of Victoria, where he was quite successful working with a butcher and droving cattle to the diggings from Yankalilla. He then started work on a station near Normanville. In 1853 he purchased a property of on the River Torrens which he called "Bankside", now Underdale, near the present Hardys Road.

paragraph: In 1854 he planted of fruit trees, mainly oranges, and of Shiraz vines which he enlarged in 1856, then added an acre of Muscatel table grapes in 1861. He made his first wine in 1857 and exported two hogsheads to England in 1859, one of the first exports of wine from South Australia. By 1863 his vineyards covered of Grenache, Mataro, Muscat, Roussillon, Shiraz and Zante grapes. He also purchased grapes from other vignerons in the Adelaide area. By 1879 his vintage had reached 27,000 gallons (100,000 litres).

paragraph: He purchased "Brookside" of at Marion, South Australia in April 1862, planted it with grapes and put John Western in charge. Western was followed in 1884 by son-in-law Arthur Quick, who took it over in 1910.

paragraph: In 1874 Hardy, with A. M. Bickford and Sons, W. N. Crowder and others founded a bottle works in Chief Street, Brompton which began production in 1875, and eventually became the South Australian Glass Works Co. Ltd.

paragraph: The Tintara winery at McLaren Vale was built by Dr. Alexander Charles Kelly and purchased by Hardy in 1877 and was used for wine production until 1927. In 1878 or 1879 he expanded his McLaren Vale holding by purchasing a disused flour mill and the Bellevue Hotel (both of which still stand).

paragraph: He started Adelaide's first wine bar.

paragraph: In 1881 he built a four-storey warehouse, head office and bottling cellars "Tintara House" (demolished 1961) at 87–89 Currie Street.

paragraph: In 1887 he founded Thomas Hardy and Sons Ltd. with his three sons James J. Hardy, Thomas N. Hardy and Robert B. Hardy, and Joseph Rowe Osborn.

paragraph: Hardy planted specimens of various grape varieties at Adelaide Botanic Gardens, but these were subsequently removed to provide more open space for recreation purposes.

paragraph: He founded a jam manufacturing company with premises at Dequetteville Terrace later occupied by Adelaide Malting and Brewing Company and now a block of luxury apartments.

paragraph: The Mile End cellars were built in 1893. Around this time Thomas Hardy and Sons were South Australia's largest wine producers.

paragraph: The Bankside winery was destroyed by fire in 1904. It was not rebuilt.

paragraph: He oversaw the destruction of a Geelong, Victorian vineyard infected with Phylloxera and was a prime mover in writing the Phylloxera Act of 1879.

paragraph: Section::::Later developments.

paragraph: Around 1910 management of the company passed to his son Robert, followed in 1928 by Robert's nephew (Thomas' grandson) Thomas Mayfield Hardy.

paragraph: Bankside was sold to F. G. Gill. The homestead was demolished in 1962.

paragraph: In 1976 the company acquired Emu Wines with a high export profile and vineyards in Western Australia.

paragraph: Hardy's had at McLaren Vale and other vineyards at Dorrien, Keppoch and Waikerie.

paragraph: Section::::Personal.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society for many years, and in 1904 was elected president.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the Chamber of Manufactures

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the Agricultural Bureau

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the West Torrens School Board of Advice

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the Winegrowers Association

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the West Torrens Council

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: His sister Martha (ca.1830 – 25 May 1909) married Frederick Stoward.

paragraph: In 1854 he married Joanna or Johanna Holbrook (ca.1827 – 24 January 1868). He married a second time, to his cousin Eliza Hardy (ca.1834 – 27 November 1886) of Colyton, Devon on 29 September 1869. His children included:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anna Elizabeth (3 January 1854 – 15 May 1931), a nurse, was her father's aide and companion.

paragraph: BULLET::::- James Joseph "Jim" (30 October 1855 – 14 June 1904)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Caroline Adelaide (1857 – 5 June 1885) married Arthur Quick of "Brookside", Marion

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thomas Nathaniel "Tom" (ca.1862 – 15 June 1911) married J. L. "Louie" Mayfield ( – 12 October 1910) of "Ivanhoe", Kensington on 12 November 1889

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Burrough "Bob" ( – 16 August 1927) married Esther Lavinia Simpson of Gilberton on 5 January 1893. Managing director 1912–1924.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gertrude Mary (ca.October 1877 – 30 July 1878)

paragraph: BULLET::::- youngest daughter Eliza J. Hardy ( – 3 March 1911) married William V. Anstis of Ballarat, Victoria

paragraph: Section::::Recognition.

paragraph: At the Adelaide Exhibition of 1881 he was awarded a trophy valued at 100 guineas awarded by Sir Edwin Smith for the "exhibit of greatest national importance to the State".

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bishop, Geoffrey C. "The Vineyards of Adelaide" Lynton publications, Blackwood, South Australia

paragraph: BULLET::::- O'Neill, Sally, 'Hardy, Thomas (1830–1912)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hardy-thomas-3716/text5767, accessed 7 September 2012.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.hardys.com.au/pages/hardys/hardys.jsp

description: Australian winemaker

wikidata_label: Thomas Hardy

wikipedia_title: Thomas Hardy (winemaker)


text:
saxophonist
composer
Radio France
Gérard Badini
Duke Ellington
Stan Getz
Dee Dee Bridgewater
La Scala
Maceo Parker
Bennie Maupin
Dimitri From Paris
Alexander Scriabin
Radio France
Official site
France Musique

categories: French musicians,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Jérôme Badini

paragraph: Jérôme Badini is a French saxophonist, composer and founder of the electro-sax style. He was appointed jazz producer at Radio France in 2010.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Jérôme Badini is son of Gérard Badini, a sax player and conductor who worked with Duke Ellington, Stan Getz and Dee Dee Bridgewater, among others, and grandson of an opera singer at La Scala.

paragraph: Jérôme Badini started his career as a composer and played tenor saxophone in a number of jazz and pop bands in Europe. He is the founder of the electro-sax style, which has inspired a number of international artists. Fueled on Maceo Parker and Bennie Maupin, it has been said that the sax is a trance-maker in his hands. The style of Jérôme Badini can be described as a powerhouse sound, terse and hypnotic, like a DJ at a bank of turntables, spinning the melody into a tight, seductive frenzy. He played in many of the most famous clubs and concert halls in the world, including Ibiza, New York, Miami and Paris.

paragraph: In 2001, he met with Alexkid through Dimitri From Paris and composed with him the ballad "Trindade" for "Trip Do Brasil" (Sony Music). In 2002, with David Duriez, he recorded "Get On Down" (2020 Vision). In 2004, he has composed and produced his first album, "'Round The Clock" (Super Bad Trax), a 12 track journey to the enchanted world of Super Bad, the tenor sax adventurer!

paragraph: In 2006, he has worked for the first time with his father's orchestra, mixing and producing "Scriabin's Groove", setting Alexander Scriabin piano pieces opposite their transpositions into the idiom of jazz. In 2007, Jean-Philippe Audin (VideoCello), Jérôme Badini (ElectroSax) and Judith Darmont (VideoKeyboard) created the MovieSonic concept, mixing on stage music, photo and video triggered through their digitally enhanced instruments.

paragraph: Since 2010, Jérôme Badini is producer at Radio France and now presents the radio show "Les légendes du jazz", on France Musique.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Trip Do Brasil" (Sony Music, 2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Get On Down" (2020 Vision, 2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Foreground" (Super Bad Trax / IC Music, 2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "'Round The Clock" (Super Bad Trax / IC Music, 2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Scriabin's Groove" (Super Bad Trax, 2006)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official site

paragraph: BULLET::::- France Musique

description: French musician

wikidata_label: Jerome Badini

wikipedia_title: Jérôme Badini


text:
Andhra Pradesh
Padma Bhushan
Kovur
Nellore district
British India
Sanskrit
Madras
Pachaiyappa's College
Madras University
Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu
Kakinada
Vizianagaram
Andhra University
Bombay University
Secunderabad
Sangraha Andhra Vignana Kosham
Pattabhiram
Mamidipudi Anandam
Rajya Sabha
Shanta Sinha
Mamidipudi Pattabhiram
The Hindu
Mamidipudi Nagarjuna
Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation
Secunderabad
Shantha Sinha
Ramon Magsaysay Award

categories: Writers from Andhra Pradesh,Scientists from Andhra Pradesh,Andhra University faculty,People from Nellore district,1982 deaths,Indian political writers,1889 births,20th-century Indian non-fiction writers,Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education,Telugu writers

paragraph: Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya

paragraph: Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya (8 January 1889 – 13 January 1982) was a multidisciplined person and financial and political scientist and historical writer of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was recipient of Padma Bhushan in 1968 by Indian Government.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: He was born in Purini village of Kovur taluq in Nellore district, British India, in 1889 to Venkatesayya and Narasamma. After primary education in Telugu and Sanskrit he went to Madras for higher studies. He joined the Pachaiyappa's College and completed B.A. in 1907 from Madras University. While working as a Tutor in the Pachiappa's college, he took his M.A. degree in History, Economics and Politics in 1910 from the same university. He actively participated in the Indian Independence Movement during the study period.

paragraph: Section::::Teaching.

paragraph: On the invitation of Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu, he joined Pithapuram Raja College in Kakinada as History lecturer from 1910 to 1914. He later worked as lecturer in Economics and Politics at Maharajah college, Vizianagaram till 1927. He was teacher to prince Alak Narayana Gajapathi. He was appointed as Diwan of Vizianagaram Samsthanam in 1927.

paragraph: He joined as principal of Venkatagiri Raja College in Nellore from 1928 to 1931. Later he joined Andhra University as reader in 1931 and became professor in 1938 and retired as principal of University college in 1944.

paragraph: He was invited by Bombay University to head the Political and Social Sciences department between 1949 and 1952.

paragraph: He died peacefully at his residence at Secunderabad in 1982 at the age of 93 years.

paragraph: Section::::Literary works.

paragraph: He wrote many books on Indian history, constitution, encyclopedia, panchayati raj and politics.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chief Editor of Sangraha Andhra Vignana Kosham published by Andhra Vignana Kosha Samithi, Hyderabad (1958–1969)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Panchayati raj in Andhra Pradesh, published by State Chamber of Panchayati Raj in 1967

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mārutunna samājaṃ, nā jñāpakālu, Telugu Vidyārthi Pracuraṇalu, 1981

paragraph: BULLET::::- Āndhralō svātantryasamaramu, Saṃskr̥tika Vyavahāraśākha, Āndhrapradēś Prabhutvamu, 1972

paragraph: BULLET::::- Evariki mī ōṭu?, Yaṃ. Śēṣācalaṃ aṇḍ Kampenī, 1951

paragraph: BULLET::::- The freedom struggle in Andhra Pradesh (Andhra), Andhra Pradesh State Committee Appointed for the Compilation of a History of the Freedom Struggle in Andhra Pradesh (Andhra), 1965

paragraph: BULLET::::- Free and fair elections, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1966

paragraph: BULLET::::- The fundamental rights of man in theory and practice, Hind kitabs, 1944

paragraph: BULLET::::- The general election in the city of Bombay, 1952, Vora, 1953

paragraph: BULLET::::- Indian federalism, Arnold-Heinemann Publishers (India), 1975

paragraph: BULLET::::- Local government in India, Allied Publishers, 1969

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mana paripālakulu, 1962

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mana śāsana sabhalu, 1963

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mānavahakkyulu, lēka, Prāthamika svatva siddhantamu, Jātīya Jñāna Mandiramu, 1946

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pāriśrāmika viplavaṃ, 1964

paragraph: BULLET::::- Some aspects of democratic politics in India, University of Mysore, 1967

paragraph: BULLET::::- Some theories of federalism, University of Poona, 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vidyāraṅgaṃ, nāḍu-nēḍu, Telugu Vidyārthi Pracuraṇalu, 1982

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vidyārthulaku okamāṭa, 1965

paragraph: BULLET::::- The welfare state and the socialist state, Triveni Publishers, 1962

paragraph: BULLET::::- Āndhralō svātantryasamaramu, 1972

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: He married Venkamma and they had ten children: Annapurna, Godavari, Mamidipudi Narasimham, Mamidipudi Seetharam, Mamidipudi Anandam, Mamidipudi Venkateswarlu, Pattabhiram, Mamidipudi Krishnamurti, and Mamidipudi Simhachalam and Vaidehi.

paragraph: Mamidipudi Anandam is a Chartered Accountant and twice Rajya Sabha member. Shanta Sinha is daughter of Anandam. She was awarded Padma Shri and also the Ramon Magsaysay in the year 2004. Mamidipudi Ravindra Vikram was Chartered Accountant Director of Indian Bank and Indian Overseas Bank and son of Anandam.

paragraph: Mamidipudi Pattabhiram was Associate Editor of The Hindu. Mamidipudi Krishnamurthi retired as the Chief Controller of R& D, Government of India and is presently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of M.Venkatarangaiya Foundation. Mamidipudi Nagarjuna was the son of Pattabhiram. He was IAS, Special Officer for District Primary Education Project and earlier served as Collector at Guntur district and in a primary health project earlier. He died in Mumbai while undergoing treatment at the Tata Memorial Cancer hospital for Leukaemia. He was 47 and is survived by his wife and two sons.

paragraph: Section::::Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation.

paragraph: Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation was established in his memory in 1981 and presently working from Secunderabad. Their fields of working are Child Rights, Health and Natural Resource Management.

paragraph: Shantha Sinha, Secretary of the Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya (MV) Foundation, won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 2003.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Luminaries of Andhra Pradesh, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderbad, 2005.

description: Indian historian

wikidata_label: Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya

wikipedia_title: Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya


text: Italia

text: high jump

text: Luca Toso

text: Daniele Pagani

text: Verona

text: Verona

text: Record

text: national championship

text: Italian Athletics Championships

text: High jump

text: Italian Athletics Indoor Championships

text: High jump

text: Italian records in athletics

text: Italian all-time top lists - High jump

paragraph: Marcello Benvenuti

paragraph: Marcello Benvenuti (born 26 April 1964) is a retired Italian high jumper.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He became Italian high jump champion in 1989, rivalling with Luca Toso and Daniele Pagani. He also became indoor champion in 1989. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in September 1989 in Verona. This was the Italian record.

paragraph: Section::::National records.

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 2.33 m, Verona, 20 September 1989. Record held until 2 August 2015.

paragraph: Section::::National titles.

paragraph: Marcello Benvenuti has won 3 times the individual national championship.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Italian Athletics Championships

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 1989

paragraph: BULLET::::- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 1989, 1992

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Italian records in athletics

paragraph: BULLET::::- Men's high jump Italian record progression

paragraph: BULLET::::- Italian all-time top lists - High jump

description: Italian high jumper

wikidata_label: Marcello Benvenuti

wikipedia_title: Marcello Benvenuti


text:
Oleśnica
Koźle
Bytom
Ścinawa
Koźle
Bytom
Ścinawa
Konrad III the Old
Oleśnica
House of Piast
Battle of Grunwald
Teutonic Order
Konrad IV
Koźle
Bytom
Konrad V Kantner
Oleśnica
Konrad VIII the Younger
Ścinawa
Kątach (Kanth)
Bierutów
Wołów
Janusz the Younger
Janusz I of Warsaw

paragraph: Konrad VII the White

paragraph: Konrad VII the White (; aft. 1396 – 14 February 1452) was a Duke of Oels / Oleśnica, Koźle, half of Bytom and half of Ścinawa during 1416–1427 (with his brothers as co-rulers), sole Duke of Koźle and half of Bytom during 1427–1450, Duke of Oleśnica during 1421–1450 (until 1439 with his brother as co-ruler) and sole Duke of half of Ścinawa during 1447–1450.

paragraph: He was the fourth son of Konrad III the Old, Duke of Oleśnica, by his wife Judith. Like his three older and one younger brothers, at the baptism he received the name of Konrad, which was characteristic in this branch of the House of Piast.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: At a young age, he fought in the famous Battle of Grunwald (1410) on the side of the Teutonic Order and was taken captive by the Polish, but was soon released.

paragraph: Konrad VII began his rule over the family lands only in 1416, when all his brother (including him) attained his majority. The older brother, Konrad IV renounced in favor of his brothers the government over the Duchy. Konrad VII and his brothers remained as co-rulers until 1427, when a second division of the Duchy was made: Kornad VII obtained Koźle and half of Bytom.

paragraph: After the death of his brother Konrad V Kantner in 1439, Konrad VII obtain Oleśnica, this time as a regent on behalf of his nephews, Konrad V's sons, who were effectively excluded from the government. After the death of Konrad VIII the Younger (5 September 1444), Konrad VII inherited half of Ścinawa; three years later (9 August 1447), Konrad VII also inherited Kątach (Kanth) and Bierutów after Konrad IV's death.

paragraph: In 1449 he obtain Wołów after the death of his sister-in-law Margareta (widow of Konrad V), who ruled this land as her ; however, one year later, in 1450, he was finally deposed by the sons of Konrad V. He died two years later.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages.

paragraph: By 2 February 1437 Konrad VII married firstly Katharina (d. bef. 20 Jun 1449), whose origins are unknown. They had no children.

paragraph: By 7 March 1450 Konrad VII remarried. According to some sources the name of his second wife is unknown, and others stated that she was Dorothea (d. aft. 16 July 1450), daughter of Janusz the Younger, eldest son and heir of Duke Janusz I of Warsaw. Like his first marriage, this union was also childless.

description: Polish duke

wikidata_label: Konrad VII the White

wikipedia_title: Konrad VII the White


text: contemporary artist

text: abstract painter

text: photographer

text: Bronx

text: New York

text: Western Europe

text: Prague

text: Rocky mountains

text: Denver

text: Colorado

text: mixed media

text: Middle East

text: Egypt

text: scuba diving

text: Red Sea

text: Abstract Expressionism

text: Mark Rothko

text: Barnett Newman

text: Info. and photos from exhibition

text: Abstract Expressionism

text: Limmattaler Zeitung

text: Article as PDF

text: Swiss Television Video Portal

text: Article as PDF

text: Limmattal

text: Article as PDF

text: Article as PDF

text: article online in German

text: Joseph Pisani Official Web Site

text: Facebook Fan Page

text: Joseph Pisani Official Twitter Page

text: Joseph Pisani on Instagram

text: Joseph Pisani Official YouTube Channel

categories: 21st-century American painters,20th-century American painters,21st-century American photographers,American male painters,American contemporary artists,Artists from New York City,Abstract painters,Abstract expressionist artists,Living people,Photographers from New York City

paragraph: Joseph Pisani

paragraph: Joseph Pisani is an American contemporary artist, abstract painter, and photographer, living in Zurich, Switzerland.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Joseph Pisani was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, by a second-generation Italian family with strong ethnic roots. He was originally taught to draw and paint by his grandmother at around the age of seven.

paragraph: He left New York in 1994 and traveled throughout America, including visits to forty-two of the fifty states, before setting off on a "backpack" solo tour of Western Europe. He stayed in Prague for a time, and in 1996 settled in the Rocky mountains, West of Denver, Colorado. As well as painting and drawing, he began to design and produce furniture and to experiment with wood sculpture and mixed media.

paragraph: In 1998 he traveled again in Europe and the Middle East and found "an interesting spot hidden between two worlds" in the South Sinai, Egypt, where he discovered scuba diving. The influence of the colorful underwater life of the Red Sea is apparent in paintings, such as "The Secrets of the Underwater World", and "Deep (Approximately 63 Meters Below the Red Sea)".

paragraph: Pisani continues to travel extensively, visiting seventy-one countries to date and uses his travel, along with philosophy, as the main source of inspiration for his art.

paragraph: Section::::Art.

paragraph: Pisani's is influenced by the Abstract Expressionism of Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. However, unlike Rothko, who purposely avoided giving titles to his work, because he did not want to influence viewers, Pisani deliberately lends clues through the poetic titles of his paintings:

paragraph: Section::::Recent exhibitions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017 November 7. - 18., Kulturpark, Zurich, Switzerland, "art braille kanthari", charity auction and exhibition with Stefan Puttaert, Director of Sotheby's Zurich, and Christine Meier.*

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017 January - 18. March, Galerie Le Sud, Zurich, Switzerland "The Smoke that Thunders", Under the patronage of the permanent mission of Zambia to the United Nations (UNO), Geneva.*

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014 January, Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, Bergdietikon, Switzerland "How to do Everything in Just One Lifetime", Under the Patronage of the US Consulate in Zurich*

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013 October, Galleria Fogga, Helsinki, Finland, "Oneironauts (Explorers of the Dream World)"*

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011 Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, Bergdietikon, Switzerland, "Chaos Within - 40 Years Pisani", Under the Patronage of the US Consulate in Zurich*

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011 Gallery Ferin, Helsinki, Finland, "When The Morning Star Begins to Fade"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009-28 November 2010, 2009 - January 16, 2010, Gallery Eule-Art, Davos, Switzerland "Fire & Ice"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 15 April 2009, Artseefeld, Zurich, Switzerland "AGENT 488"*

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4 February 2008, United Nations Office Geneva, "Oh Sweet Serendipity" Special Showing in Association with Sri Lanka's 60th Independence Anniversary* Info. and photos from exhibition

paragraph: BULLET::::- 19 January 2008 - February 23, 2008, Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, Weiningen, Switzerland, “Oh Sweet Serendipity” Under the Patronage of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations office in Geneva*

paragraph: BULLET::::- 29 September 2007 - December 23, 2007, Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, Ost Tirol, Austria, “Kunst Verbindet” — together with Le Corbusier, Hans Peter Profunser, Marianne Liegl...

paragraph: BULLET::::- 27 January 2007 - February 25, 2007, Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, Weiningen, Switzerland, “Magic Cube” — together with Jan Janczak, Paul Cartier, Paul Racle...

paragraph: BULLET::::- 26 October 2006–Present (Permanent Exhibit), Consulate of the USA in Zurich, Switzerland, “All the Colors of My Memories from Home”*

paragraph: BULLET::::- 18 November 2006 - December 23, Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, Weiningen, Switzerland, ”Train Station” — together with Charles Sambono (Zambia), Gerry Mayer (Austria)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 September - November, Zurich, Switzerland, *“That Lasting Tingle of Déjà Vu”*, Under the patronage of the consulate of the USA in Zurich

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Abstract Expressionism

paragraph: Section::::Footnotes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mordasini, Marco, Ausdrucksstark mit Liebe zum Detail "Chaos Within" Eröffnung, Limmattaler Zeitung, August 30, 2011, Page 16 Article as PDF

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Every Great Journey Begins with a Dream" Joseph Pisani Lecture sponsored by the US Embassy in Finland and conducted at the American Resource Center at the National Library of Finland, Helsinki, March 31, 2011 Link to US Embassy in Finland web site news

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joseph Pisani: Guest on Swiss Television Talk Show "Aeschbacher", April 4, 2008 Swiss Television Video Portal

paragraph: BULLET::::- Natalie Isenring "Ein Nomade mit satändigem Sitz in Zürich", "Tages Anzeiger", January 24, 2008, Page 58 (Article as PDF)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Santosh Brivio "Eine künstlerische Reiseerzählung", "Limmattal Zeitung", January 21, 2008, Page 11 (Article as PDF )

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kristina Pranter-Kreuzer "Kunstwelt zu Gast in Außervillgraten", "Kleine Zeitung", October 2, 2007 (Article as PDF)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paulina Szczesniak, "Glanzlichter der Woche (Highlights of the Week)", "Zueritipp", No. 43, October 26, 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sabine Schweizer, "Individuals: The Conceptual Artist", "Inside Switzerland", Spring 2007, No. 1

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vera Huotelin, "When the Sun is a Carpet", "Schaffhauser Nachrichten", May 8, 2006 (article online in German)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Abstract Painter", "Schweizer Touristik", April 7, 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- Silvano Cerutti, "World Traveling Painter", "20 Minuten Week", May 26, 2005

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joseph Pisani Official Web Site

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joseph Pisani Art, Photography and Travel Blog

paragraph: BULLET::::- Listing at SIK ISEA - Swiss Institute for Art Research

paragraph: BULLET::::- Facebook Fan Page

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joseph Pisani Official Twitter Page

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joseph Pisani on Instagram

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joseph Pisani Official YouTube Channel

description: American artist and photographer

enwikiquote_title: Joseph Pisani

wikidata_label: Joseph Pisani

wikipedia_title: Joseph Pisani


text: Syracuse University

text: First District

text: Lavity Stoutt

text: Fifth District

text: Willard Wheatley

text: International Business Companies Act

text: justice of the peace

text: Rotary Club

text: Dolphin Discovery

text: Colombian Emeralds International

text: trust company

text: no-confidence motion

text: Legislative Council

text: general election

text: Queen's evidence

text: Brink's-Mat bullion robbery

text: OBE

text: cancer

text: Orlando Smith

text: Obituary in "The Times"

text: Video: The Story of the IBC Act

text: "Virgin Islands Daily News" obituary

categories: United Party (British Virgin Islands) politicians,Deaths from cancer in Florida,1931 births,Chief Ministers of the British Virgin Islands,2007 deaths,British Virgin Islands politicians

paragraph: Cyril Romney

paragraph: Cyril Brandtford Romney (1 March 1931 - 19 July 2007) served as Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 1983 to 1986. He also served as a member of the Legislative Council of the British Virgin Islands from 1979 to 1995. He was the first BVIslander to hold the post of Financial Secretary, and was also a business leader in the Territory and the region.

paragraph: After an early career as a teacher, he studied economics at Inter-American University of Puerto Rico and then pursued a master's program in economics and political science at Syracuse University in New York.

paragraph: Section::::Politics.

paragraph: Cyril Romney's first foray into politics was in 1975, when he stood as an independent candidate in the First District against Lavity Stoutt. He lost, but was subsequently elected in 1979 as the representative for the Fifth District and became a member of the opposition. He served a second political term from 1983 to 1986 and was Chief Minister of a coalition government with the United Party led by Willard Wheatley. During Romney's term as Chief Minister the International Business Companies Act, which was responsible for so much of the Territory's economic success, came into force.

paragraph: In 1986 Romney's ruling coalition lost power after calling an early election, but he was re-elected and continued to serve on the opposition benches for two more consecutive terms. In both 1995 and 1999, he tried unsuccessfully to recapture the Fifth District seat standing on a pro-independence platform.

paragraph: Romney was a permanent justice of the peace, a founding member of the Rotary Club of Tortola and a member of the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association.

paragraph: Section::::Business interests.

paragraph: Romney had wide ranging commercial interests, including commercial and residential real estate development, and various aspects of the tourism industry. He was closely involved in the BVI's cruise ship industry; he founded a local travel agency, Travel Plan, in 1969 and a taxi company in 1979. He also purchased one of the Territory's major hotel chains, Prospect Reef, and opened a local franchise of Dolphin Discovery. He also opened the British Virgin Islands franchise of Colombian Emeralds International.

paragraph: In addition to his commercial interests, Romney was for many years an active member of the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board and he initiated several strategies for promoting the Territory.

paragraph: Section::::Alleged money laundering.

paragraph: Whilst serving as Chief Minister Romney was the 99% owner of a trust company called Financial Management Trust, which had been linked with laundering drugs money. Although Romney was not personally implicated in the money laundering scheme, he was serving as Chief Minister at the time, the Legislative Council resolved to debate a no-confidence motion. To preempt the motion, Romney dissolved the Legislative Council and called a general election, which he lost.

paragraph: Romney was never personally implicated, and argued that the day-to-day running of the company was conducted by the manager, Shaun Murphy, who later turned Queen's evidence in relation to the Brink's-Mat bullion robbery. Because of trade licensing laws in the British Virgin Islands it is not uncommon for prominent local businessmen to appear as owners of businesses where they have little to do with the running of the business. However Romney was not awarded the customary OBE given to political leaders in British Overseas Territories by the Queen.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Romney died on 19 July 2007 in a Florida hospital after a long battle with cancer. He was survived by five daughters and several grandchildren. On his death he was given an official government funeral. Chief Minister Orlando Smith said Romney's death marked the end of an era for the British Virgin Islands, stating: "Our community lost a leader and a hero today."

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Obituary in "The Times"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Video: The Story of the IBC Act

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- British Virgin Islands Government Information Service - Press Release No 299R/07.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Virgin Islands Daily News" obituary

description: Chief minister of the British Virgin Islands

wikidata_label: Cyril Romney

wikipedia_title: Cyril Romney


text:
Marseilles, France
1964 24 Hours of Le Mans
Nino Vaccarella
Ferrari 275 P
Scuderia Ferrari
sports cars
rallied
Abarth
Ecurie Filipinetti
Maranello Concessionaires
NART
Ferrari 250 GTO
Tour de France

categories: 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers,World Sportscar Championship drivers,French racing drivers,24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers,1927 births,Living people

paragraph: Jean Guichet

paragraph: Jean Guichet (born 10 August 1927 in Marseilles, France) is a French industrialist and former racing driver. He is most well known for winning the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans with co-driver Nino Vaccarella, driving a Ferrari 275 P for Scuderia Ferrari. Guichet raced sports cars and rallied from 1948 through the late 1970s. He began his racing career as a self-funded independent driver but would later drive for teams including Scuderia Ferrari, the Abarth works team, Ecurie Filipinetti, Maranello Concessionaires, and NART.

paragraph: Guichet is also known as the first owner of 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO chassis number 5111GT, one of only 36 produced. He successfully raced this car, including an overall win of the 1963 Tour de France with co-driver Jose Behra. Following Guichet's sale of the car in 1965 and multiple subsequent ownership changes, this car was sold privately in September 2013 for $52,000,000 USD. This broke the then-current record for world's most expensive car.

description: French racing driver

wikidata_label: Jean Guichet

wikipedia_title: Jean Guichet


text:
Bremen
Atlanta
Georgia
24 Hours of Le Mans
1985
Porsche 956
Joest Racing
Klaus Ludwig
Paolo Barilla
Interserie
Joest Racing
Porsche 962
24 Hours of Daytona
IMSA GTP
DTM
Opel Calibra
AVUS
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Atlanta
depression
suicide
Winters World

categories: 1949 births,Racing drivers from Bremen (state),German racing drivers,Sportspeople from Bremen,Suicides by firearm in Georgia (U.S. state),24 Hours of Le Mans drivers,Sportspeople from Atlanta,World Sportscar Championship drivers,2001 deaths,24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers,Racing drivers who committed suicide,German expatriates in the United States,24 Hours of Daytona drivers

paragraph: Louis Krages

paragraph: Louis Krages, more commonly known by his pseudonym John Winter, (2 August 1949 in Bremen – 11 January 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia) was a German racing driver and businessman.

paragraph: He used the pseudonym to prevent his family, mainly his mother, from learning about his "hobby".

paragraph: As John Winter, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1985 with the Porsche 956 of Joest Racing, with Klaus Ludwig and Paolo Barilla. Winter drove a single stint in the early hours of Sunday in support of his teammates. After the success and the publicity involved, his alter ego was revealed to his family when, the next day, his mother picked up a newspaper, with a picture of Krages on the rostrum.

paragraph: Winter spent many seasons competing in the German Interserie series, usually racing privately entered Porsches, taking the title in 1986. Winter was also a regular entrant at Le Mans, competing 10 times at the race. Apart from his victory, his best finish was third in a Joest Racing Porsche 962 in 1988. He would also win the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1991 for Joest in the same car and also drove in the IMSA GTP until 1993 when the series ended, making the car obsolete.

paragraph: In 1994, Winter, along with the team, defected to DTM, driving an Opel Calibra. In Round 10, Race 1 at AVUS, he was involved in fiery accident, in which his car disintegrated in a fireball. For the following year, driving a privateer Mercedes-Benz C-Class, he reverted to his real name, which he competed throughout the season and which was also his last.

paragraph: Krages sold off his business and emigrated to Atlanta where he started up a toy business.

paragraph: In 2001, suffering from problems in his business and from depression, he committed suicide by shooting himself, at his home.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Winters World

description: German racing driver

wikidata_label: Louis Krages

wikipedia_title: Louis Krages


text:
Danish
24 Hours of Le Mans
Varde
Macau Grand Prix
Formula Super Vee
Formula 1
European Le Mans Series profile

categories: American Le Mans Series drivers,Danish racing drivers,German Formula Three Championship drivers,People from Varde Municipality,European Le Mans Series drivers,International Formula 3000 drivers,1956 births,24 Hours of Le Mans drivers,World Sportscar Championship drivers,24 Hours of Spa drivers,Living people,24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers,24 Hours of Daytona drivers

paragraph: John Nielsen (racing driver)

paragraph: John Nielsen (born 7 February 1956) is a Danish former racing driver. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990.

paragraph: Nielsen was born in Varde. Prior to his win at Le Mans, he won the Macau Grand Prix in 1984. He was also a 3-time champion of the European Formula Super Vee Championship from 1979 to 1981. He is now a Formula 1 commentator for TV3+ in Denmark, but also works in public.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- European Le Mans Series profile

description: Danish racing driver

wikidata_label: John Nielsen

wikipedia_title: John Nielsen (racing driver)


text: Emperor

text: Trebizond

text: Alexios II of Trebizond

text: Djiadjak Jaqeli

text: Andronikos III

text: Constantinople

text: Manuel II

text: megas doux

text: megas domestikos

text: John the Eunuch

text: George Finlay

text: Byzantine Emperor

text: Andronikos III Palaiologos

text: Irene

text: John XIV Kalekas

text: Turkmen

text: Mount Minthrion

text: Irene Palaiologina

text: Irene of Trebizond

text: Alexios III

text: Fahreddin Kutlug beg

text: Aq Qoyunlu

text: Chalybia

categories: Grand Komnenos dynasty,Eastern Orthodox monarchs,1340 deaths,14th-century emperors of Trebizond

paragraph: Basil of Trebizond

paragraph: Basil Megas Komnenos () (died 6 April 1340) was Emperor of Trebizond from August 1332 until his death in 1340. Although Basil's reign was a period of stability during the civil war that dominated the pocket empire during the second quarter of the 14th century, some of that conflict had its origins in his marital actions.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Basil was a younger son of Emperor Alexios II of Trebizond and his wife Djiadjak Jaqeli. When his oldest brother Andronikos III assumed the throne in 1330 and killed his two brothers (Michael and George), Basil happened to be in Constantinople and escaped his brothers' fate.

paragraph: On the death of Andronikos III, his infant son Manuel II became emperor. However, Basil was invited from Constantinople to take the throne; Manuel was deposed in August 1332 and confined to a monastery. Basil purged the court of his brother and nephew's supporters (which included the "megas doux" Lekes Tzatzintzaios and his son the "megas domestikos" Tzambas), but the man he appointed as the new "megas doux", John the Eunuch, revolted in favor of the deposed Manuel. The revolt was crushed and to prevent further trouble the child was murdered in 1333, probably on Basil's order.

paragraph: Despite Basil's return, the factional strife continued. According to George Finlay, the great officers and principal nobles had become petty sovereigns, reducing the countryside to anarchy. The "Scholarioi", the militia of capital, became so insubordinate that Basil had to hire foreign mercenaries to protect his person, but through their arrogance and corruption they rapidly made themselves and their master hated. Such was his unpopularity with the people of the city, that when a solar eclipse took place they took it for a sign of divine wrath and forced the emperor to seek refuge in the citadel and tried to pelt him with stones.

paragraph: On 17 September 1334, Basil formed a marriage alliance with the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos by marrying his illegitimate daughter Irene. The affection between the two soon cooled, and Basil took a mistress also named Irene, by whom he fathered four illegitimate children. Whether or not he was actually divorced from his wife remains uncertain, but there is an interesting letter from the Patriarch of Constantinople, John XIV Kalekas, to Gregory the metropolitan of Trebizond. In this letter the Patriarch reprimands the metropolitan, and all the other ordained men at Trebizond, for the wickedness they had allowed to take place to the injury of the holy canons, and orders them to resolve this problem on the pain of alienating the main body of the Church. The local clergy, however, contented themselves with the pretense that they were actually honoring the legitimate empress in their services since they were honoring an Irene.

paragraph: The uneasy situation at the capital was exploited by the Turkmen Sheikh Hassan, who attacked Trebizond 5 July 1335. The fighting centered at the palisade of Saint Kerykios and on Mount Minthrion, but a providential rainstorm allowed the Trapezuntines to rout the attackers.

paragraph: Basil died 6 April 1340, apparently poisoned by his legitimate wife Irene Palaiologina, who promptly seized the throne.

paragraph: Section::::Children.

paragraph: The children of Basil and his second wife, Irene of Trebizond, were:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Alexios (1337–c. 1349)

paragraph: BULLET::::2. John, later renamed Alexios III (1338–1390)

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Maria, who married Fahreddin Kutlug beg, Emir of Aq Qoyunlu in 1352.

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Theodora, who married Hajji 'Umar, Emir of Chalybia () in 1358.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vougiouklaki Penelope, "Basil Grand Komnenos", "Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World: Asia Minor"

description: Emperor of Trebizond

wikidata_label: Basil of Trebizond

wikipedia_title: Basil of Trebizond


text:
Persian
vizier
Abbasid
Khurasan
al-Ma'mun
civil war
al-Amin
Kufa
Islam
Barmakids
Yahya ibn Khalid
Harun al-Rashid
al-Ma'mun
Khurasan
al-Amin
al-Hasan ibn Sahl
Fourth Fitna
Baghdad
Syria
al-Azraqi
Ibn Babuya
Karluk Turks
Kabul Shahi
Abbasid Caliphate
Ali al-Ridha
Merv
Persians
Iraq
Persophiles
Sasanian Empire
Sarakhs
List of Iranian scholars
List of Persian poets and authors
Iranian Intermezzo

categories: Converts to Islam from Zoroastrianism,Viziers of the Abbasid Caliphate,Year of birth unknown,Medieval Persian people,818 deaths,Persian–Arabic translators,Khurasan under the Abbasid Caliphate,Fourth Fitna,9th-century Iranian people

paragraph: Al-Fadl ibn Sahl

paragraph: Abu l-Abbas al-Fadl ibn Sahl ibn Zadhanfarukh al-Sarakhsi (; "Abu ’l-ʿAbbās al-Faḍl b. Sahl b. Zādānfarrūḫ as-Saraḫsī", died 818), titled Dhu 'l-Ri'āsatayn ("the man of the two commands"), was a famous Persian vizier of the Abbasid era in Khurasan, who served under Caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 813–832). He played a crucial role in the civil war between al-Ma'mun and his brother al-Amin (r. 809–813), and was the "de facto" ruler of the Caliphate until 817.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Fadl's father Sahl was a Zoroastrian from Kufa, who later converted to Islam and joined the Barmakids. At the urging of Barmakid Yahya ibn Khalid, Fadl also converted to Islam, probably in 806, and entered the service of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid and his son al-Ma'mun.

paragraph: Fadl realized very early on that after Harun al-Rashid's death, his throne was disputed between his sons, and urged al-Ma'mun, the son of a Persian concubine, to accompany his father on his expedition to Khurasan, to secure a power-base in Iranian lands. When the arrived events as accurately as Fadl had predicted it, al-Ma'mun made him his chief adviser, and his right hand during the civil war with his brother al-Amin.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: After defeating al-Amin, al-Ma'mun became the new Caliph throughout the eastern Islamic world, primarily the Iranian lands, and Fadl was appointed vizier and Emir of these areas. Because of his local role as civil and military leader he received the honorary title of ذو الرئاستين, meaning "the dual leadership of violence". In addition, he was rewarded with immense riches and an inheritable estate. Fadl's brother, al-Hasan ibn Sahl was also appointed Minister of Finance.

paragraph: Even though he emerged victorious during the Fourth Fitna, al-Ma'mun continued to face several revolts and a considerable resistance from the Arab aristocracy, especially in Baghdad and Syria. According to the historian al-Azraqi and Ibn Babuya, Fadl led several campaigns in Khurasan and the neighboring areas, and there the local rulers faced decisive defeats, including the Karluk Turks (whose leaders had to flee) and the Kabul Shahi. The significance of this victory can hardly be underestimated, since Fadl not only secured the eastern flank of the empire, but also for the influx of new mercenaries and military slaves made for al-Ma'mun's army.

paragraph: A significant turning point in history of the Abbasid Caliphate was the nomination of a Shiite Imam named Ali al-Ridha as al-Ma'mun's successor. The appointment of Ali al-Ridha as his successor, the general pro-Shiite attitude of the Caliph and the fact that al-Ma'mun continued reside in the Merv, a prominent city populated by Persians, and not in the Arab heartland of the Caliphate in Iraq, allowed the enemies of the Caliph, he and his consultants were seen as Persophiles and branded as "anti-Arab". Fadl was accused of secretly a Shiite takeover of the caliphate and trying to restore the Sasanian Empire. According to the some sources, Fadl later rejected a large sum of money from the Caliph and resigned from his office to live a quiet and ascetic life.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: On 13 February 818, Fadl was mysteriously found dead in a bathroom in Sarakhs, in northern Khurasan. According to various reports, he was circa 41–60 years old when he died. According to some rumors, the caliph himself had ordered his assassination. Within a short time later Ali Al-Ridha was also murdered. Most modern historians agree that it was al-Ma'mun who ordered the death of both men, despite his deep friendship and solidarity to them (with whom he was related by marriage), politics and the unity of the caliphate.

paragraph: Fadl was seen as a dynamic, sometimes violent and authoritarian politician, but was not selfish or greedy.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Iranian scholars

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Persian poets and authors

paragraph: BULLET::::- Iranian Intermezzo

description: Abbasid vizier

wikidata_label: Al-Fadl ibn Sahl

wikipedia_title: Al-Fadl ibn Sahl


text: Basque

text: rock

text: ska punk

text: Kortatu

text: crossover

text: Negu Gorriak

text: Irun

text: Basque Autonomous Community

text: Spain

text: Íñigo Muguruza

text: Jabier Muguruza

text: The Basque Ball

text: Basque Country

text: ska punk

text: Kortatu

text: ska

text: The Clash

text: Strummer

text: Donostia

text: Toots & the Maytals

text: Joseba Sarrionaindia

text: crossover

text: Negu Gorriak

text: Kaki Arkarazo

text: Dut

text: Basque language

text: social justice

text: U.S. government

text: globalization

text: fascists

text: Jamaican

text: electronic music

text: drum and bass

text: Basque traditional musical instruments

text: Kortatu

text: El estado de las cosas

text: Kolpez kolpe

text: Azken guda dantza

text: Negu Gorriak

text: Gure Jarrera

text: Gora Herria

text: Borreroak Baditu Milaka Aurpegi

text: Hipokrisiari Stop! Bilbo 93-X-30

text: Ideia Zabaldu

text: Ustelkeria

text: Salam, agur

text: Ireki ateak

text: Amodio eta gorrotozko kantak

text: Brigadistak Sound System

text: erREMIXak

text: FM 99.00 Dub Manifest

text: Korrika

text: In-komunikazioa

text: Irun Meets Bristol. Komunikazioa

text: Sala Apolo, Barcelona 21/01/04

text: Xomorroak

text: Euskal Herria Jamaika Clash

text: BASS-que Culture

text: Asthmatic Lion Sound Systema

categories: 21st-century Spanish singers,Spanish male singers,People from Irun,1963 births,Spanish musicians,Basque-language singers,21st-century Spanish musicians,Spanish rock singers,Basque musicians,Spanish songwriters,Rock en Español musicians,20th-century male singers,Basque singers,Living people,20th-century Spanish singers

paragraph: Fermin Muguruza

paragraph: Fermin Muguruza (20 April 1963) is a Basque rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, record label manager, and co-founder of the ska punk band Kortatu, active from 1983 to 1988, and of the crossover group Negu Gorriak, active from 1990 to 1996.

paragraph: Born in Irun, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain, he is the brother of musicians Íñigo Muguruza and Jabier Muguruza and is one of the personalities interviewed for the documentary film "The Basque Ball", released in 2003.

paragraph: Section::::Musical career.

paragraph: Muguruza has taken part in more than twenty albums, and is one of the most important artists from the Basque Country.

paragraph: In 1983 he founded a fusion ska punk band called Kortatu with his brother Iñigo and drummer Treku Armendariz, among the first to popularise ska in Spain. They were clearly influenced by The Clash, in fact, Muguruza decided to create the band after seeing Strummer's band in a gig in Donostia on May 2, 1981. His song "Sarri, Sarri", a Basque cover of Toots & the Maytals' "Chatty Chatty", grew into a highly popular song during the 80s, where he makes an explicit reference to Joseba Sarrionaindia's artful escape from prison in 1985.

paragraph: In 1988 the group disbanded, but Fermin and Iñigo would come together again in 1990 to create the crossover group Negu Gorriak, along with Kaki Arkarazo, who had produced Kortatu's last records. In 1997 he collaborated with Dut. More recently he has developed a solo career, always defending the use of the Basque language and the need for social justice.

paragraph: Section::::Views on society and politics.

paragraph: In interviews he has persistently denounced the policies of the Basque, Spanish and French governments and police bodies as well as of Spanish nationalist groups. At an international level, Fermin Muguruza holds acute left-wing views that lead him to criticize the U.S. government, corporations and the globalization process, all of which he denounces as imperialistic and homogenizing.

paragraph: In an interview with Freemuse, Muguruza speaks about his experience as a musician under the democracy of today. He has performed in concerts where fascists would come to his concerts with bombs, threatening him and his Basque hip-hop music. However, he experiences censorship within Spain for his political and social messages, but still performs and makes music, saying "authorities are afraid of my music because it is a tool against ignorance. And these authorities want the ignorance so that they can do what they want".

paragraph: Musically, he has been inspired by the, in his opinion, oppression of Spain over Basque Country. And although most of his lyrics are in Basque, his compositions are a melting pot of different cultures, with a big influence of Jamaican and electronic music (especially drum and bass), which he commonly mixes over Basque instruments. In his track "Euskal Herria Jamaika Clash!, Fermin Muguruza mixes Jamaican rhythms with sounds from Basque traditional musical instruments to produce unique musical hybrids that feature Basque heritage and culture.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Kortatu.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kortatu/Cicatriz/Jotakie/Kontuz Hi!" (1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kortatu" (1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "El estado de las cosas" (1986)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kolpez kolpe" (1988)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Azken guda dantza" (1988)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Negu Gorriak.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Negu Gorriak" (1990)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gure Jarrera" (1991)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gora Herria" (1991)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Borreroak Baditu Milaka Aurpegi" (1993)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hipokrisiari Stop! Bilbo 93-X-30" (1994)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ideia Zabaldu" (1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ustelkeria" (1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Salam, agur" (1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "1990-2001" (DVD + Live CD) (2005)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Fermin Muguruza eta Dut.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ireki ateak" (1997)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Fermin Muguruza.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Amodio eta gorrotozko kantak (1984-1998)" (1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Brigadistak Sound System" (1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "erREMIXak" (1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "FM 99.00 Dub Manifest" (2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Korrika". mundu bat euskarara bildu (2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In-komunikazioa" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Irun Meets Bristol. Komunikazioa" (2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sala Apolo, Barcelona 21/01/04" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "99-04" DVD + CD (2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Xomorroak" (Bizitza lorontzian) (2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Euskal Herria Jamaika Clash" (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "BASS-que Culture" DVD + Remix CD (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Asthmatic Lion Sound Systema" (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Asthmatic Lion REMIX + beste harribitxi batzuk" (2009)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- www.negugorriak.net

description: Basque musician, singer, songwriter, and producer

wikidata_label: Fermin Muguruza

wikipedia_title: Fermin Muguruza


text:
Kingston, Jamaica
deejay
dancehall
Early B
Dougla
Afro-Jamaican
Indian
deejays
Prince Jazzbo
U-Roy
sound system
Joe Gibbs
Winston Riley
Jah Thomas
Killamanjaro
Steely & Clevie
sugar daddies
dancehall
Nicodemus
Junior Demus
Nitty Gritty
Columbia Records
Sony Music
Junior Cat
Kris Kross
Alright
The Source magazine
The Notorious B.I.G.
Mary J. Blige
3rd Eye
Puff Daddy
Fats Domino
My Girl Josephine
Jack Radics
Prêt-à-Porter
Fly
Sugar Ray
Floored
India.Arie
Jadakiss
The Neptunes
112
Na Na Na Na
Yami Bolo
Michael Prophet
Linval Thompson
Nadine Sutherland
Sizzla
Madison Square Garden
Buju Banton
Barrington Levy
Barrington Levy
Buju Banton
Sizzla
Beenie Man
Nas
The Don
Life Is Good
Massive B
Shaggy
Trinidad
Si Boops Deh!
Boops!
Sweets for My Sweet
Cabin Stabbin
Don Dada
Good, the Bad, the Ugly & the Crazy
Nicodemus
Junior Demus
Junior Cat
The Struggle Continues
Mad Cobra
Reggaematic Diamond All-Stars
Wild Apache Productions
Super Cat at Dancehall Reggae

categories: Dancehall musicians,1963 births,Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica,Columbia Records artists,Living people,Reggae fusion artists,Jamaican reggae musicians

paragraph: Super Cat

paragraph: Super Cat (born William Anthony Maragh in Kingston, Jamaica, 25 June 1963) is a deejay who achieved widespread popularity during the late 1980s and early 1990s dancehall movement. His nickname, "Wild Apache", was given to him by his mentor Early B. He is the elder brother of reggae artist Junior Cat and is considered one of the greatest deejays within the Jamaican dance-hall scene to date.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born a Dougla, to a Afro-Jamaican mother and Indian father, Super Cat was raised in Kingston's tough Seivright Gardens neighbourhood, then known as Cockburn Pen, home to ground-breaking deejays like Prince Jazzbo and U-Roy. At the age of seven the Soul Imperial sound system allowed him to assist them at a local club called Bamboo Lawn. He auditioned for Joe Gibbs as a singer but was unsuccessful.

paragraph: He began appearing as a deejay under the name Cat-A-Rock, but soon switched to the name Super Cat. He also appeared as 'Wild Apache'. His first single "Mr. Walker", produced by Winston Riley, was released in 1981 and established his recording career. He went on to record for Jah Thomas ("Walkathon", on which he was billed as 'Super Cat the Indian'), but his career was interrupted by a period of incarceration. After his release he began working with Early B on the Killamanjaro sound system in 1984, and his debut album, "Si Boops Deh!", was released in the mid-1980s, and included the hit singles "Boops" (which was based on Steely & Clevie's updated "Feel Like Jumping" rhythm and sparked a craze for songs about sugar daddies), and "Cry Fi De Youth", establishing his style of dancehall with conscious lyrics.

paragraph: He started his own Wild Apache Productions label and began producing his own recordings, including the 1988 album "Sweets for My Sweet". He featured on the album "Cabin Stabbin" in 1991 along with Nicodemus and Junior Demus. He had been scheduled to perform at the One Love concert in the UK in 1991, but his appearance was cancelled after the shooting death of Nitty Gritty, for which Super Cat was initially suspected but cleared in 1992. Continuing success saw him move to the United States and sign a contract with Columbia Records, releasing one of the first dancehall albums on a major label, "Don Dada" (1992). The following year, Sony Music issued "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Crazy", teaming Super Cat with Nicodemus, Junior Demus and Junior Cat.

paragraph: Super Cat had a number of hit singles in the early 1990s, including "Don Dada", "Ghetto Red Hot" and "Dem No Worry We" with Heavy D. In 1992, he was featured on the remix of "Jump" with Kris Kross, and he also collaborated with them in 1993 for their song "Alright". These hits made him "The Source magazine" dance hall artist of the year in 1993. He was also an early collaborator with The Notorious B.I.G., featuring the then unknown artist (along with Mary J. Blige, 3rd Eye and Puff Daddy) on the B-side remix of "Dolly My Baby" in 1993. The title song, "Don Dada" was a reply to many jabs made by Ninjaman.

paragraph: His version of Fats Domino's "My Girl Josephine", performed with Jack Radics, was included in the soundtrack to the film "Prêt-à-Porter" in 1994. In 1997 he was featured on the number one hit "Fly" by Sugar Ray from their platinum album "Floored". He collaborated with India.Arie on her hit song "Video" in 2001, and with Jadakiss and The Neptunes on "The Don of Dons" in 2003. Also in 2003, he collaborated with 112 for their song "Na Na Na Na". Following the death of his longtime road manager Fred 'The Thunder' Donner in 2004, Super Cat released a multi-cd tribute album entitled "Reggaematic Diamond All-Stars" that featured contributions from Yami Bolo, Michael Prophet, Linval Thompson, Nadine Sutherland and Sizzla among others.

paragraph: Super Cat reappeared on the national reggae scene in 2009 for a show at Madison Square Garden with Buju Banton and Barrington Levy. He also headlined the 'Best of the Best' concert in Miami in 2008, with Assassin, Etana, Barrington Levy, Buju Banton, Junior Reid, Tony Matterhorn, Sizzla and Beenie Man.

paragraph: In 2012, his song "Dance Inna New York" was sampled for Nas' single "The Don", from the rapper's album "Life Is Good", with Cat adding vocals to the hook.

paragraph: Super Cat made a surprise appearance at Massive B's on Da Reggae Tip concert in September 2013 during the set of Shaggy. That same week, a mix of his work previously recorded during his time with The Neptunes label was released to the internet. In May 2014 he headlined the Reggae on the Bay festival in Trinidad.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Si Boops Deh!" (1985), Techniques

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Boops!" (1986), Nick Crompton

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sweets for My Sweet" (1988), Wild Apache

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cabin Stabbin" (1991), Wild Apache—with Nicodemus & Junior Demus

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Don Dada" (1992), Columbia/SME

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Good, the Bad, the Ugly & the Crazy" (1994), Columbia/SME—with Nicodemus, Junior Demus and Junior Cat

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Struggle Continues" (1995), Columbia/SME

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Take 2" (2003), Columbia/SME—with Mad Cobra

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Reggaematic Diamond All-Stars" (2004), Wild Apache

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:DVD.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pick of the Past" Keeling Reggae – with Nicodemus, Junior Demus, Louie Rankin, and Nick Crompton

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wild Apache Productions

paragraph: BULLET::::- [ Super Cat on Allmusic]

paragraph: BULLET::::- Super Cat at Dancehall Reggae

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paragraph: Hide (musician)

paragraph: , better known by his stage name hide, was a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is primarily known for his work as lead guitarist of the rock band X Japan. He was also a successful solo artist and a co-founder of the United States-based rock band Zilch.

paragraph: Hide sold millions of records, both solo and as a member of X Japan. X Japan rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, credited as founders of the Japanese visual kei movement. When they disbanded in 1997, he focused on his solo career which started four years prior and went on to enjoy significant popularity. At the height of his fame, while recording his third studio album and about to launch an international career with the newly formed Zilch, he died in 1998 of what was ruled a suicide by hanging. He was seen as an icon for Japanese youth rebelling against their country's conformist society, and his death was labeled "the end of an era".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:1964–1987: Early years and Saver Tiger.

paragraph: Hide was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Midorigaoka, Japan, on December 13, 1964 and went on to attend Yokosuka Tokiwa Junior High School. He was first exposed to rock music at the age of fifteen, through the album "Alive II" by Kiss. That same year his grandmother bought him his first electric guitar, a Gibson Les Paul.

paragraph: On March 11, 1980, Hide graduated from Tokiwa Junior High School. He then entered Zushi Kaisei Senior High School in Zushi, Kanagawa, where he entered the school's brass band as a club activity. He quit the band after a short time because he was assigned the clarinet while he wanted to play the trumpet. After this, he concentrated on guitar and in 1981 formed the band Saber Tiger. A year after their founding, they started playing shows at live houses in Yokosuka, such as Rock City. Their live performances featured shock elements such as mannequins and raw meat.

paragraph: In April 1983 he started studying cosmetology and fashion at the Hollywood University of Beauty and Fashion in present-day Roppongi Hills, from which he graduated in 1984. Later that year he took a nationwide examination and successfully obtained a beautician license. In July 1985 Saber Tiger released their self-titled EP, which included two songs, "Double Cross" and "Gold Digger". In November, the band contributed the song "Vampire" to the "Heavy Metal Force III" sampler, which also included songs by X.

paragraph: In 1986 the group changed its name to Saver Tiger to avoid confusion with a similarly named band from Sapporo (see Saber Tiger). Their first appearance with the new name was on the sampler "Devil Must Be Driven out with Devil", with their songs "Dead Angle" and "Emergency Express". They continued to perform in live houses and night clubs such as Meguro Rokumeikan, Omiya Freaks and Meguro Live Station until January 28, 1987, when Hide became tired of changing members and decided to end the band (vocalist Kyo and drummer Tetsu would both go on to D'erlanger), around the same time he was invited to join X. In 2001, Nippon Crown issued a three-volume release titled "Origin of hide", with the band credited as "Yokosuka Saver Tiger". Volumes 1 and 2 were live CDs, with some rehearsal recordings, while volume 3 was a concert VHS.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:1987–1997: X Japan.

paragraph: hide joined X Japan (then called X) in February 1987, becoming the band's lead guitarist and occasional songwriter, going on to compose songs like "Celebration", "Joker" and the single "Scars". X released their first album "Vanishing Vision", through drummer Yoshiki's own Extasy Records, on April 14, 1988 and toured extensively in support of the record. They would become one of the first Japanese acts to achieve mainstream success while on an independent label, and later widely credited as one of the pioneers of visual kei.

paragraph: X 's major label debut album, "Blue Blood", was released on April 21, 1989 and debuted at number six on the Oricon chart. Its success earned the band the "Grand Prix New Artist of the Year" award at the 4th annual Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1990. Their third album "Jealousy" was released on July 1, 1991 and debuted at number one, selling over 600,000 copies. It was later certified million by the RIAJ.

paragraph: Shortly after the release of "Art of Life", which also topped the Oricon, the members of X Japan took a break, to start solo projects. Around that time, the group also dropped most of its original visual kei aesthetics, except Hide who would still perform in wildly colorful outfits and with his trademark red, later pink, hair. "Dahlia", which would become the band's final album to date, was released on November 4, 1996 and once again, it reached the number one spot. In September 1997 it was announced that X Japan would disband, they performed their farewell show, aptly titled The Last Live, at the Tokyo Dome on December 31, 1997.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:1993–1998: Solo career.

paragraph: In early 1993, Hide recorded the song "Frozen Bug" with Inoran and J of Luna Sea, under the band name M*A*S*S, it was included on the sampler "Dance 2 Noise 004". He also starred in an art film titled "Seth et Holth", along with Tusk of . In 1994, he recorded and released his first solo album "Hide Your Face", which reached number 9 on the Oricon chart. In addition to all vocals and songwriting, he played most of the guitars and bass on some of the tracks. The album's musical style differed significantly from the speed metal anthems and power ballads of X Japan, leaning more towards alternative rock. He then went on the Hide Our Psychommunity Tour, for which a live band was hired that would later become his primary project, Hide with Spread Beaver.

paragraph: In 1996, Hide oversaw the production of the first release on his own record label LEMONed, an album from the band Zeppet Store. Prior to starting his own label, he would introduce bands he liked to Yoshiki, who then signed them to his own Extasy, as he had done with Zi:Kill, Luna Sea and Glay. His second solo album "Psyence" was released on September 2, it topped the Oricon and was followed by the Psyence a Go Go tour. He also formed a new band named Zilch in 1996, which apart from him and Spread Beaver programmer and percussionist I.N.A., was composed of American and British artists, such as Joey Castillo (Queens of the Stone Age), Paul Raven (Killing Joke) and Ray McVeigh (ex-The Professionals). After X Japan disbanded in 1997, he formally titled his solo project Hide with Spread Beaver, with his backing band considered full members. On August 26, 1997, he produced the Mix LEMONed Jelly event at four different Tokyo nightclubs on the same night. Several artists performed, including Hide backed only with I.N.A. as DJ.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Death.

paragraph: Hide died at age 33 on the morning of May 2, 1998. After a night out drinking, he was found hanged by a towel tied to a doorknob in his apartment in the Minami-Azabu district of Tokyo. He had returned to Japan just five days earlier, after a three-month stay in Los Angeles. On May 1, he and the members of Spread Beaver recorded for television shows and went out drinking, with his brother driving him home at roughly 6:30am the following morning. When found unconscious at around 7:30am, he was taken to a hospital in Hiroo, where he was pronounced dead at 8:52am.

paragraph: Authorities officially deemed Hide's death a suicide, and it was reported in the media as such. Within one week, three teenage fans had died in copycat suicides. At the wake on May 6, 10,000 people attended, a 19-year-old girl slit her wrists after laying flowers at the temple, and a car crash caused by sleep-deprived fans travelling from Osaka caused one death and seven serious injuries on a motorway. His remains were buried in Miura Reien in Miura, Kanagawa during a Buddhist memorial service. Approximately 50,000 people who attended his funeral at Tsukiji Hongan-ji on May 7, where 56 people were hospitalized and 197 people received medical treatment in first aid tents due to a mixture of emotional exhaustion and heat, with the funeral taking place on the warmest day of the year at that point, at 27 degrees Celsius (about 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

paragraph: Meanwhile, several of Hide's friends and colleagues stated that they believed the auto-strangulation to have been an accident, among them X Japan co-founder Yoshiki and former X bassist Taiji. This notion is supported by the fact that no suicide note was left and Taiji theorizes in his autobiography, that on the night of his death, Hide may have been practicing a technique to relieve upper back and neck pains which guitarists can suffer from continuous use of a shoulder strap. The technique involved was practiced by the X Japan members during their touring days and required the use of a towel and a doorknob or handle. According to Taiji, Hide may have fallen asleep in his intoxicated state, becoming caught and strangling himself.

paragraph: Zilch bassist Paul Raven said "I saw him a few days before he passed away, and I had no indication from him that anything was wrong other than that he was exhausted", but commented that Hide was "under a lot of stress", due to the recording schedule for the "Ja, Zoo" album. He went on to question the ultimate degree of Hide's involvement in the finished record, remarking that only three songs had been completed before he died. However, Hide's brother and manager stated in his 2010 book that six songs were completed by the time of his death. This is supported by the fact that I.N.A is credited with additional arrangement on four of the album's ten tracks.

paragraph: Section::::Posthumous.

paragraph: Later that month after his passing, the single "Pink Spider" was released, entering the Oricon chart at number one. The song was also named "Song of the Year" at the 13th Japan Gold Disc Awards and received the MTV Video Music Award in the category "Japan Viewers Choice". Sales were also strong for the follow-up single "Ever Free" which took its number one spot, while those of the single released prior to his death "Rocket Dive" would also see a substantial increase. American Journalist Neil Strauss commented on the trend saying that: "In just a few weeks, pop culture in Japan had gone from mourning Hide's death to consuming it."

paragraph: Zilch's debut album "3.2.1." was released in July and reached number 2 on the Oricon chart, the group would continue to perform and record for several years. While they never achieved mainstream success in the United States one of their songs was included on the soundtrack for "Heavy Metal 2000". "Ja, Zoo" was released in November of that year with the artist listed as 'hide with Spread Beaver', formally crediting his backing band, also reached the number 2 position and sold over a million copies by the end of the following year. Despite Hide's death, Spread Beaver went through with the 1998 Tribal Ja, Zoo Tour from October through November, performing live with the addition of recordings, drawing an audience of 50,000 people. Footage from the tour was later released on DVD in 2005.

paragraph: On May 1, 1999, a tribute album was released, titled "Tribute Spirits". It features covers of Hide's songs by several bands such as Buck-Tick, Luna Sea and Oblivion Dust, and solo artists including Tomoyasu Hotei and Cornelius. The album was released to coincide with the first anniversary of his death.

paragraph: A Hide museum was opened in his hometown of Yokosuka on July 20, 2000. It has been reported that Japan's Prime Minister at the time, Junichiro Koizumi, was influential in getting it built as he is a big fan of X Japan. The museum remained open, past its original three-year plan, for five years, before closing its doors on September 25, 2005 with an estimated 400,000 people visiting.

paragraph: Prior to his death, Hide and Yoshiki talked about restarting X Japan with a new vocalist in the year 2000. The surviving members of X Japan eventually reunited in 2007 and recorded a new song, "I.V.". It contains a previously unused guitar track by hide. Their first concert was held at the Tokyo Dome on March 28, 2008, during the performance of "Art of Life" a hologram of Hide (taken from footage of an "Art of Life" performance at the Tokyo Dome in 1993) played alongside the band. X Japan still considers Hide a member, and have introduced him at every concert they have performed since reuniting.

paragraph: As far back as July 8, 2007, Yoshiki announced to be in talks with several musicians regarding a Hide tribute concert set for 2008, in order to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his former bandmate's death. The Hide memorial summit was held on May 3 and 4 2008 at Ajinomoto Stadium, with X Japan, Dir en grey, D'espairsRay, Versailles and many others performing, Luna Sea and Phantasmagoria even reunited for one day to perform. Hide with Spread Beaver also performed, using studio and live recordings for Hide's vocals. Organizers planned for an estimated 100,000 fans to attend the two shows. Prior to the summit, there had been tribute shows held every year since 2000, where bands performed on Hide's birthday and this continues to this day.

paragraph: As with many other deceased musicians, re-issues, remixes, compilations and previously unreleased portions of Hide's work continue to be published. One of the most recent being "The Devolution Project", a release of his original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl, throughout 2010. On the 12th anniversary of his death, also in 2010, a memorial service was held at Tsukiji Hongan-ji with an estimated 35,000 people attending.

paragraph: In August 2010, Hide's management company Headwax Organization, which includes his brother Hiroshi, filed a lawsuit against Yoshiki's management Japan Music Agency, for using images of the former X Japan guitarist without a formal agreement in place. The claim states that in 2000 the two companies signed an agreement allowing Yoshiki and X Japan to use visual images of Hide during concerts. However, images were used at X Japan's August 14 and 15 shows at Nissan Stadium, when apparently the contract had expired.

paragraph: On March 8, 2011, a jukebox musical based on and featuring Hide's music debuted, named "Pink Spider" after his song of the same name. Hide had previously expressed his desire to make a"rock opera", and said that the story of "Pink Spider" is not finished in the single, it remains open, and the musical aims to follow this thought thread. The show stars both Nao Minamisawa and Hitomi Takahashi as Meru, a girl who likes rock music, struggling between the real world and a fictional one called Psychocommunity. Other cast members included Taka (defspiral) and J, with the backing band being the rest of defspiral. The production ran from March 8 to the 27 at the Tokyo Globe Theater and was then brought to Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagoya, Niigata, Sendai, and Sapporo in April. The musical production was overseen by I.N.A. A compilation album of the songs used in the musical (the original versions by hide) was released on March 2 and is titled ""Musical Number" -Rock Musical Pink Spider-".

paragraph: At the end of 2012, a special project titled Hide Rocket Dive 2013~2014 ~20th Solo Works & 50th of Birth Anniversary was announced. It includes films shown in several locations on May 2, including some overseas, the re-opening of the Hide museum and plans to hold another Hide memorial summit festival. Two tribute albums, following the first in 1999, were released on July 3, 2013 and contain twenty-five tracks covered by newer visual kei acts such as heidi., Sadie, Matenrou Opera and Screw. Two more tribute albums were released on August 28, the first being covers of Hide's songs in a classical music theme, and the latter his song's remixed by Spread Beaver member INA. Two additional tribute albums were released on December 18 as the final installments, one composed of covers by female recording artists such as Koda Kumi and Kanon Wakeshima, and the other by rock acts including D'erlanger and Kinniku Shōjo Tai. The Hide Museum 2013 was in Odaiba from June 27 to July 28, when it moved to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka for August 7 to September 8. The exhibition include life size wax dolls of hide. The new live concert film "hide Alive the Movie -hide Indian Summer Special Limited Edition-" was shown in theaters throughout Japan. Special limited tickets to see the movie came with a thirteen-track live CD of songs from the depicted concert, which was recorded on September 8, 1996 at Chiba Marine Stadium.

paragraph: In March 2013, Headwax Organization announced that Hide's grave site at Miura Reien was vandalized when unknown suspect(s) scratched the gravestone with a sharp object. They stated that if additional acts occur, the grave would be temporarily closed to the public. Hide "performed" with Super Band, a one-off band whose lineup altered per song, at Sodegaura Kaihin Koen on September 14, 2013 as part of Kishidan Banpaku 2013 hosted by Kishidan. Its members included J on bass, Hisashi Imai and Hisashi on guitar, Ken Morioka on keyboards, and Tetsu (D'erlanger) on drums. A previously unfinished song by Hide called has been completed by Yamaha and INA utilizing vocaloid technology to mimic the deceased musician's voice. The song was originally written and demoed for "Ja, Zoo" in 1998, took two years to finish and was included on an album by Universal Music released on December 10, 2014.

paragraph: "Junk Story", a theatrical documentary on Hide that includes interviews with friends, staff and fellow musicians who knew him, entered theaters across Japan on May 23, 2015. Hide with Spread Beaver performed on October 15, 2016 at Makuhari Messe alongside X Japan and Glay as part of the second day of the Visual Japan Summit. A special Hide 20th Memorial Super Live Spirits was held at Tokyo Otaiba Yagai Tokusetsu Stage J Chikuon on April 28 and 29, 2018. In addition to Hide with Spread Beaver on both nights, other acts that performed over the two days included Buck-Tick, Oblivion Dust, Mucc and Tomoyasu Hotei. A multimedia box set titled "hide 1998 ~Last Words~" and containing five CDs, a DVD and two books was released on May 2. All conducted within the last few months of his life, the CDs contain radio interviews Hide gave on Nippon Broadcasting System and Bay FM 78, the DVD contains footage shot in Los Angeles while recording "Ja, Zoo", and the books republish interviews he gave to magazines such as "Rockin'On Japan" and "Fool's Mate". On May 26, a documentary film titled "Hurry Go Round" was released in theaters. Another tribute album titled "Tribute Impulse" was released on June 6 and features acts such as Dragon Ash, Takanori Nishikawa and Miyavi.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Hide's younger brother Hiroshi was his chauffeur and manager until his last days. He took some of Hide's ashes with him to throw in the Santa Monica Bay, along with a bottle of wine. Hiroshi has a son whom, during the Hide Our Psychommunity Tour, Hide would bring onstage and sing to. Hiroshi is the president of Hide's management company Headwax Organization, and also appears on "Ja, Zoo" reading an excerpt on "Pink Cloud Assembly".

paragraph: During an interview for the television show "Rocket Punch!", recorded on May 1, 1998, Hide said he had a girlfriend. The identity of this girlfriend was never confirmed, as Hide died the following day.

paragraph: Section::::Equipment.

paragraph: Hide was a fan of Bow Wow guitarists Kyoji Yamamoto and Mitsuhiro Saito, and played the Mockingbird style guitar, which Saito used. Hide was rarely seen performing without a Fernandes guitar. He has many signature models with the company and owned a large repertoire of guitars by other manufacturers. His numerous signature models are still available for purchase today. One of his guitars, a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, was once owned by Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe.

paragraph: Section::::Songwriting and influence.

paragraph: Hide was influenced by hard rock bands such as Iron Maiden, AC/DC and Bow Wow as well as punk rock acts such as The Clash and The Sex Pistols. However, Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley was his idol and biggest influence. He preferred guitarists who make playing look "effortless" and who have "the skill, the looks and the attitude", naming Frehley, Jimmy Page and Joe Perry. He also cited Iron Maiden's self-titled debut album for teaching him how to arrange twin guitar parts.

paragraph: In X Japan, Hide is the second most credited songwriter and the only member other than Yoshiki to pen one of their singles. He appears to have been the most experimental as well, with the song "Xclamation" from 1989's "Blue Blood", co-composed with Taiji, including traditional Indian percussion, and the single, "Scars", being progressive metal. According to Alexey Eremenko of AllMusic, "Scars" and "Drain" from 1996's "Dahlia" were a glimpse into Hide's future experiments in industrial rock. "The Japan Times"s Philip Brasor commented that when Hide died, "Japanese metal lost its greatest practicing innovator."

paragraph: At the outset of his solo career, Hide experimented with instrumentations very different from what he usually had access to in X Japan. The "Hide Your Face" opening track "Psychommunity", for example, has four guitar tracks and employs a full string section. As another example, "Blue Sky Complex" features guitars in drop C tuning, a trumpet section, and an organ. His music is also of genres uncharacteristic of X, with the bulk of his catalog being considered alternative rock or hard rock. The title track of his second album "Psyence" is a big band/jazz composition with full brass, however, most songs on the record are clearly industrial rock with varying uses of guitar effects. Of note is that most bass guitar tracks on the album were played by Hide himself. Instrumentation and songwriting are less experimental on "Ja, Zoo", with most songs featuring a fairly conventional two guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards. Traditional piano and violins, and a Hammond B-3 organ do, however, make an appearance.

paragraph: His lyrics were often dark, with one TV host saying "A lot of what Hide did was grotesque. He's talked about suicide in his records for five years. But the fans who followed him always knew there was a Hide behind that who was a very solid character. He was very outspoken about freedom and doing what you want". His compositions "often set the tone of alienation and frustration for which X Japan was revered." Radio and TV host Bryan Burton-Lewis explained "In Japan, the image that we have of the X audience is rural kids going through a rebellion phase", "they all talk about how [hide] gave them something to live for." Japanese DJ Maki Yanai believes fans saw in him the rebel society would not allow them to be.

paragraph: Hide is regarded as very influential to not only contemporary Japanese musicians, but also to his generation. X Japan is considered one of the founders of visual kei, a movement among Japanese musicians comparable to Western glam, and subsequently are influences to many newer bands. When they disbanded, Hide was the only member to carry on with the look and had the most successful solo career. As such, acts that cite him specifically as an influence include D'espairsRay, Miya of Mucc, Nightmare's Hitsugi, Syu of Galneryus, Hizaki and Teru of Versailles, members from heidi., Naoto of Deathgaze, DuelJewel's Shun, Kouichi of Laputa, Jui from Vidoll, Reo of lynch., Dir en grey vocalist Kyo and guitarist Kaoru, each member of DaizyStripper, Kohshi from Flow, members of MarBell, Head Phones President frontwoman Anza, DJ Ozma, Ami Suzuki, Silver Ash leader Ling, Chiemi Ishimoto from Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, Marilyn Manson and Minami Momochi. Ryuichi stated that Hide was a big influence on Luna Sea.

paragraph: Hide has been compared to Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix with regards to his impact on Japanese youth, having been "elevated to a 'guitar god' status." According to Josephine Yun, Hide's "stage persona was insolent, in your face, taunting and belligerent, and it thrilled Japanese youth while horrifying older generations. Many Japanese felt stifled by convention and identified with his naughty rebelliousness; he became a cult figure." Neil Strauss claims Hide "despised the music business and wanted to change it" and that he said he felt "trapped in the image of a pop star." According to Strauss, he "represented a generation of fans who felt alienated, and his death represented the end of a genre." "Billboard"s Steve McClure concurred; his "death means the end of an era", adding "X were the first generation of visual kei bands[...] For the next generation of bands, it's like: "That's it. The torch has been passed to us.""

paragraph: Section::::Spread Beaver.

paragraph: Hide's backing band:

paragraph: BULLET::::- – percussion, programming, backing vocals 1993–1998, 2008, 2016, 2018 (Zilch, Dope HEADz, Sonic Storage)

paragraph: BULLET::::- – guitar, backing vocals 1994–1996 (Blizard, X-Ray, Twinzer)

paragraph: BULLET::::- – bass, acoustic guitar, backing and lead vocals 1994–1998, 2008, 2016, 2018 (Debonair, Madbeavers, Chirolyn & The Angels)

paragraph: BULLET::::- – drums 1994–1998, 2008, 2016, 2018 (44Magnum, Ziggy, Madbeavers, Rider Chips)

paragraph: BULLET::::- – keyboards, piano, guitar, backing and lead vocals 1994–1998, 2008, 2016, 2018 (Loopus, Ra:IN, Minimum Rockets)

paragraph: BULLET::::- – guitar, backing vocals 1996–1998, 2008, 2016, 2018 (Jewel, Virus, Media Youth, R, machine, Madbeavers, Lucy)

paragraph: BULLET::::- – guitar, backing vocals 1998, 2008, 2016, 2018 (Oblivion Dust, Spin Aqua, Sonic Storage, Vamps)

paragraph: X Japan guitarist Pata made numerous live appearances with the band and also appears on a couple studio recordings. Jennifer Finch and Demetra "Dee" Plakas, of American all-girl grunge band L7, supported Hide on a couple of TV performances in 1993 before Spread Beaver was formed, they also appear in the original promotional video for "Doubt".

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hide Your Face" (February 23, 1994)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Psyence" (September 2, 1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ja, Zoo" (November 21, 1998)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::References.:Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pink Cloudy Sky", by Masahiko "REM" Araki, Bauhaus, 1999,

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hide Days", Takarajimasha, 2003,

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hide Bible", by Akemi Oshima, Ongakusenkasha, 2008,

paragraph: BULLET::::- , by Hiroshi Matsumoto, Kodansha, 2010,

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official YouTube

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official LEMONed Shop website

alias:
Hideto Matsumoto
松本秀人

description: Japanese musician

wikidata_label: hide

wikipedia_title: Hide (musician)


text:
VC
DCM
Scottish
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
sergeant
Seaforth Highlanders
British Army
Third Ashanti Expedition
Ashanti
Maxim gun
second lieutenant
Black Watch
captain
Royal Scots
Northern Nigeria Regiment
mentioned in dispatches
Aro Expedition
Munster Field Force
Kano-Sokoto Expedition
major
World War I
Bedfordshire Regiment
Festubert
Cuinchy
Fort George
Edinburgh Castle
Monuments to Courage
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Scotland's Forgotten Valour
Profile with photograph

categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,British military personnel killed in World War I,Royal Scots officers,Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal,Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment officers,British Army personnel of World War I,Seaforth Highlanders soldiers,Royal West African Frontier Force officers,British military personnel of the War of the Golden Stool,People from Ross and Cromarty,British expatriates in Nigeria,1915 deaths,1869 births,British military personnel of the Kano-Sokoto Expedition,British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross,British military personnel of the Chitral Expedition,Black Watch officers

paragraph: John Mackenzie (VC)

paragraph: Major John Mackenzie, VC, DCM (22 November 1871 – 17 May 1915) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Mackenzie was 29 years old, and a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's), British Army, employed West African Field Force during the Third Ashanti Expedition when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 6 June 1900 at Dompoassi, Ashanti (now Ghana), Sergeant Mackenzie, after working two Maxim guns under heavy fire and being wounded while doing so, volunteered to clear the stockade of the enemy. This he did, most gallantly, leading the charge himself and driving the enemy headlong into the bush.

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: John Mackenzie was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Black Watch on 29 November 1900 and became a captain in the Royal Scots on 22 January 1904. During this time he also served on attachment with the Northern Nigeria Regiment. He was mentioned in dispatches for his work during the Aro Expedition (November 1901 to March 1902); also in 1906 when he was staff officer of the Munster Field Force and once more during the Kano-Sokoto Expedition.

paragraph: He was promoted to major during World War I and was commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment, where at Festubert on 17 May 1915, when leading his men, he was killed just after he had left the jumping off trench.

paragraph: Major Mackenzie is buried in the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, in Northern France.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders, Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland. His pipe banner is located in the Royal Scots Museum at Edinburgh Castle.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile with photograph

wikidata_label: John Mackenzie

wikipedia_title: John Mackenzie (VC)


text:
snowboard
2006 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics

categories: Olympic snowboarders of Australia,Australian male snowboarders,Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics,Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics,Living people

paragraph: Ben Mates

paragraph: Ben Mates (born 28 October 1983) is an Australian half-pipe snowboarder. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and placed 43rd and 36th in his qualification runs. He ranked 42nd out of 44 competitors and did not make the final.

paragraph: Mates also competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics and scored 28.3 on his first run and 29.6 on his second to leave him in ninth position.

description: Australian snowboarder

wikidata_label: Ben Mates

wikipedia_title: Ben Mates