In New York he was well received by what was then only a small brave band of non-figurative artists, including Alexander Calder, George K. L. Morris, De Kooning, Holty and a few others.

All day long Mr. Podger, who was a straw-hat man in the summer, had worn the feather in the band of his broad-brimmed sunshield.

His eyes had the same dreadful rigid stare as Dr. Grimesby Roylott's when he was found before his open safe wearing the speckled band.

At one time it was the ambition of every saxophone player in every high school band in America to blow like Bird.

One of the rings was a white gold band with a diamond setting, valued at $900.

Such fascinating novelties in the score as the fugual treatment of `` On The Side Of The Angels '' and `` Politics And Poker '' were handled splendidly, and I thought Rudy Bond and his band of tuneful ward-heelers made `` Little Tin Box '' even better than it was done by the New York cast ; ;

Beginning with Reginald Fessenden's audio demonstrations in 1906, it was also the original method used for audio radio transmissions, and remains in use today by many forms of communication —" AM " is often used to refer to the mediumwave broadcast band ( see AM radio ).

He was given the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus, his cognomen possibly commemorating his father's victory at Thurii over a rebellious band of slaves.

The Alan Parsons Project was an English progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians.

The one occasion where the band was introduced as " The Alan Parsons Project " in a live performance was at Night of the Proms 1990 ( at the time of the group's break-up ), featuring all Project regulars except Woolfson who was present but behind the scenes, while Parsons stayed at the mixer except during the last song, where he played acoustic guitar.

* The New Wave band Missing Persons ' best-selling album was called Spring Session M.

Louisa May Alcott, who was ten years old at the time, later wrote of the experience in Transcendental Wild Oats ( 1873 ): " The band of brothers began by spading garden and field ; but a few days of it lessened their ardor amazingly.

The tempo of their arrangement was slowed to allow for the bagpipes, but it was based on Collins ': it began with a bagpipe solo introduction similar to her lone voice, then it was accompanied by the band of bagpipes and horns, whereas in her version she is backed up by a chorus.

Alaric's first appearance was as the leader of a mixed band of Goths and allied peoples who invaded Thrace in 391, who were stopped by the half-Vandal Roman General Stilicho.

In general, the larger the ensemble, the greater the need for a formal arrangement, although the early Count Basie big band was famous for its head arrangements, so called because they were worked out by the players themselves, memorized immediately and never written down.

Articolo 31 was a popular band from Milan, Italy, melding hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms.

Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986.

* Jon Anderson, singer with rock band Yes, was born there

In March 1964, " Elverket Spelmanslag " was up against another band in a talent contest, The Hep Stars.

Semiconductors and insulators are distinguished from metals because the valence band in any given metal is nearly filled with electrons under usual operating conditions, while very few ( semiconductor ) or virtually none ( insulator ) of them are available in the conduction band, the band immediately above the valence band.

Both sides claim they attempted to resolve the matter without legal action, but the ultimately complicated legal dispute ( involving royalties, publishing rights, and a number of other issues ) soon led to the courts, where Biafra was found liable for the royalties after the jury determined that he had committed fraud and malice, and was ordered to pay damages of nearly $ 200, 000, including $ 20, 000 in punitive damages, to the band members.

A show with the band Psychic TV led to him becoming full-time DJ with The Shamen, and touring with them on their ' Synergy ' tours for nearly two years.

In July, the Ramones crossed the Atlantic for two London shows that helped spark the nascent UK punk scene and affected its musical style —" instantly nearly every band speeded up ".

Watts-Russell nearly passed on the band, finding them too normal, " too rock ' n ' roll ", but signed them at the persuasion of his girlfriend.

Also in that year, " The Huckle-Buck ", recorded by band leader and saxophonist Paul Williams, was the # 1 R & B tune, remaining on top of the charts for nearly the entire year.

The valence band in any given metal is nearly filled with electrons under usual conditions.

On 9 June 2009 Mani stated that the band would reform if they were offered enough money but admitted that he's " very nearly given up " on trying to orchestrate a reunion and two months later told BBC Newsbeat how Ian Brown " isn't up for it at all ".

To present the ninth official Psyche album, the band appeared in concert in Bochum's Matrix and performed nearly all the new songs as well as some older works.

) Jones ' collaboration with the Shadows nearly prevented the future formation of Led Zeppelin, when the parties engaged in talks about the possibility of Jones replacing their bassist Brian Locking, who left the band in October 1963, but John Rostill was ultimately chosen to fill the position.

In the early 1940s, the band began a 10-year stint at the Trianon Ballroom in Chicago, regularly drawing crowds of nearly 7, 000.

" Eight Days a Week " is noteworthy as one of the first examples of the in-studio experimentation that the band would use extensively in the future ; in two recording sessions totalling nearly seven hours on 6 October devoted exclusively to this song, Lennon and McCartney tried one technique after another before settling on the eventual arrangement.

Featuring guest musician Yoshimi P-We and demonstrating more use of electronic instruments and computer manipulation than The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi is widely considered to be The Flaming Lips ' first critical and commercial success after nearly twenty years as a band.

It was recently announced that the band is nearly finished recording a cover album of King Crimson's album, In the Court of the Crimson King with bands New Fumes, Linear Downfall and Stardeath and White Dwarfs contributing.

The band returned to the studio in 2010, recording their first album of new material in nearly a decade.

As a result, the band nearly called it quits in 1996 after their final U. S. tour, a few years after Daugherty, Hindalong and Michaels moved from their homes in Southern California to Nashville, Tennessee, since much of the CCM industry is now based there.

While on a reconnaissance mission with his colleague, T. Quinctius Crispinus and a small band of 220 horsemen, the group was ambushed and nearly completely slaughtered by a much larger Carthaginian force of Numidian horsemen.

After the departure of the other band members, bassist Jerry Only took over as singer and recruited veteran punk rock musicians to continue the band. As the sole remaining member of the Misfits, Jerry Only took over lead vocal duties in addition to playing bass guitar and recruited veteran musicians Dez Cadena, former guitarist of Black Flag, and Marky Ramone, former drummer of the Ramones, for a Misfits 25th Anniversary Tour which lasted intermittently for nearly three years.

The band toured for nearly a year, opening for Black Sabbath and establishing a reputation for their performances.

After nearly 10 months of speculation and numerous rumors, Van Halen ( and David Lee Roth separately via his own website ) said that the band would be going on a tour of North America.

On the evening of the television show ( February 16 ) a crush of people nearly prevented the band from making it onstage.

Shifting record label politics and the unsuccessful album Liberty almost derailed the band, but after Cuccurullo offered them the use of his home studio ( named " Privacy ") in Battersea, Duran Duran was able to shift to a more comfortable and controlled music-making style.

With the stage located atop the jumping fountains, many had a horrific view as the band played and the coaster derailed.