* Tap pants, a type of short typically made of lace, silk, or satin.

In the United States, DirecTV offers up to 84 channels of Sonic Tap, and Dish Network offers 95 channels, 65 provided by Sirius Satellite Radio, and 30 to 60 ( depending on type of subscription ) from Muzak for residential subscribers.

* Updhyan Tap: A person has to reside out of home for certain days ( usually 51 days ) and perform various rituals.

Guest's biggest role of the first two decades of his career is likely that of Nigel Tufnel in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap.

The film would start a genre of its own called mockumentary and become hugely influential on later similar films, such as This is Spinal Tap and Hard Core Logo.

The 1984 mockumentary This is Spinal Tap, a comedy based around a fictional 1970s rock band, was filmed in the style of a documentary and includes such details as fake album covers and historical videos done in the styles of the late 1960s and 1970s.

The 2000 comedy Best in Show, made by some of the same actors from This is Spinal Tap, was also done as a mockumentary, this time of various contestants at a fictional dog show.

The 2003 mockumentary A Mighty Wind was made by most of the same people behind This is Spinal Tap and Best in Show and was also done as a documentary of three 1960s folk bands doing a reunion concert.

He is known for his long-running role on The Simpsons, his work on Saturday Night Live, the comedy band Spinal Tap and his radio program Le Show.

This Is Spinal Tap and other mockumentary films of director Christopher Guest are created with a mix of scripted and unscripted material and Blue in the Face is a 1995 comedy directed by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster created in part by the improvisations filmed during the production of their movie Smoke.

and This is Spinal Tap.

Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sound of one's tap shoes hitting the floor as a percussive instrument.

Another well-known tap film is 1989's Tap, starring the late Gregory Hines and many of the old-time hoofers.

In the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, Spontaneous Human Combustion is included as the cause of death of one of the band's numerous former drummers.

The term " mockumentary " is thought to have been popularized in the mid-1980s when This Is Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner used it in interviews to describe that film.

It preceded Spinal Tap by a year, but is not known to have been an influence on the U. S. film.

This Is Spinal Tap is an American 1984 rock and roll musical mock documentary directed by Rob Reiner about the fictional heavy metal music band Spinal Tap.

Since its release, This Is Spinal Tap has received universal acclaim from critics and is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1984.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 4 stars out of 4 and wrote " This Is Spinal Tap is one of the funniest, most intelligent, most original films of the year.

Spinal Tap is not that much worse than, not that much different from, some successful rock bands.

Glenn Danzig had a similar reaction when comparing Spinal Tap to his former band The Misfits saying, " When I first saw Spinal Tap, I was like, ' Hey, this is my old band.

When Pete mentions an incident where his drummer complained that " the caviar in their dressing room was the wrong viscosity-for throwing ," the friend notes " This is Spinal Tap is obviously a true story.

On April 1, 2012, Google announced the release of " Gmail Tap ", an April Fools ' Day joke that allowed users to use Morse Code to send text from their mobile phones.

Shearer, Guest and McKean have since worked on several projects as their Spinal Tap characters.

* Tap shoes have metal plates mounted to the bottoms of the toe and heel.

The News from Lake Wobegon does not have a set structure, but features recurring characters and places such as the Chatterbox Café, the Sidetrack Tap, Pastor Ingqvist of the Lake Wobegon Lutheran Church and his successor Pastor Liz, Father Emil of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility Roman Catholic Church ( a parody of Our Lady of Perpetual Help ), the Lake Wobegon Whippets sports teams, various members of the Bunsen and Krebsbach families, and an assortment of nearby " Norwegian bachelor farmers.

His more recent films have included Teaching Mrs. Tingle ( 1999 ); Mystery, Alaska ( 1999 ); Best in Show ( 2000 ) ( in which he reunited with Christopher Guest ); Little Nicky ( 2000 ); The Guru ( 2002 ); And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself ( 2003 ); and A Mighty Wind ( 2003 ) ( in which The Folksmen are played by the actors who play Spinal Tap ).

These decorative umlauts have been parodied in film and fiction ; in the mockumentary film This Is Spın ̈ al Tap ( spelled with an umlaut mark over the n and a dotless i ), fictional rocker David St. Hubbins ( Michael McKean ) says, " It's like a pair of eyes.

Coil taps are most commonly found on single coil pickups, and involve an extra hook-up wire being included during the manufacture of the pickup so the guitarist can choose to have all the windings of the pickup included in the circuit, for a fatter, higher output sound with more midrange ; or switch the output to " Tap " into the windings at a point that is less than the full coil for a brighter, lower output, cleaner sound.

The members of his band have included Aben Eubanks on guitar, keys and vocals, later replaced by Aaron Tap.

Several of today's master tap dancers have performed with or been taught by the brothers: Dianne Walker, Sam Weber, Lane Alexander, Mark Mendonca, Terry Brock, Colburn Kids Tap / L. A, Channing Cook Holmes, Chris Baker, Artis Brienzo, Chester Whitmore, Tobius Tak, Carol Zee and Steve Zee.

The group disbanded in 1976, but the members have had occasion to work together since — notably the pairings of McKean and Lander as Lenny and Squiggy on the situation comedy Laverne & Shirley ( recording an album in character as " Lenny and the Squigtones ") and Shearer and McKean as members of the mock-rock band Spinal Tap.

* Brewery Tap: A public house originally found on-site or adjacent to a brewery and often showcasing its products to visitors ; although, now that so many breweries have closed, the house may be nowhere near an open brewery.

In 1996, Boynton began writing and producing songs — which she has described as " renegade children's music " — with composer Michael Ford ; these songs have been released as albums ( Rhinoceros Tap, Philadelphia Chickens, and Dog Train ) and also published as book and audio disc sets.

Rock has been the target of many spoofs and several spoof bands have gone on to have hit records, for example The Hee Bee Gee Bees and Spinal Tap in the U. S., and Bad News in the U. K. " Weird Al " Yankovic, now in his fourth decade of creating song parodies, has sold more than 12 million albums ( more than any comedy act in history ).

In the years since the film was made, the actors who portrayed the band members have played concerts and released music under the Spinal Tap name.

Fans of Spinal Tap have assembled details about the band based on fictional film, albums, concerts and related promotional material, including a discography

With the introduction of systems such as Shimano Total Integration, Campagnolo ErgoPower, and the more recent SRAM Double Tap systems, the majority of these issues have been addressed.

They have performed cover versions of songs by such groups as Radiohead, Primus, Black Sabbath, The Residents, and Spinal Tap, as well as approximately 50 original compositions.

Temple of the Dog performed " Hunger Strike " on October 3, 1991 at the Foundations Forum in Los Angeles, California ; a three-song set on October 6, 1991 at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood for the RIP Magazine 5th anniversary party ( Temple of the Dog played after secret headlining act Spinal Tap ); and " Hunger Strike " on both August 14, 1992 at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston, Virginia and September 13, 1992 at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in Irvine, California ( both shows were part of the Lollapalooza festival series in 1992 ).

* The final version of the song " Texas " is a playable track for the game Tap Tap Revenge 3.

The GXP trim comes with a new 6 speed automatic Transmission ( with Manual Tap Up / Down shifting capability ) paired to a 3. 6 L DOHC SFI V6 with engine, ( with a reported 0-60 mph time of 6. 9 seconds ).

Mambo Walks: Tap R on 2, cross over L on 3, tap L on 4, cross over R on 5, etc.

" Fa-Fa-Fa " is also featured as a free premium track on the iPhone / iPod Touch game Tap Tap Revenge 3.

*" Slap on Tap " ( 3 December 2001 )