According to Cordwainer Smith scholar Alan C. Elms, this speculation first reached print in Brian Aldiss's 1973 history of science fiction, Billion Year Spree ; Aldiss, in turn, claimed to have gotten the information from Leon Stover.

According to tradition, Brian Boru, ' High King ' of Ireland ( d. at the Battle of Clontarf, 1014 CE ) played the harp, as did many of the gentry in the country during the period of the Gaelic Lordship of Ireland ( ended c. 1607 CE with the " Flight of the Earls " following the Elizabethan Wars ).

It is reflected in Martin Scorsese's film adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis's novel The Last Temptation of Christ, in José Saramago's The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Jesus Christ Superstar, Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, Monty Python's The Life Of Brian, Jean-Claude La Marre's Color of the Cross and Hal Hartley's The Book of Life.

According to a 20-page search warrant affidavit signed by IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky, Grimsley told investigators he obtained amphetamines, anabolic steroids and human growth hormone from someone recommended to him by former Yankees trainer Brian McNamee.

According to Scorsese it was Brian De Palma who introduced him to Schrader.

According to author Brian Carroll, Lyons had been underestimated when he assumed office in 1932 and as leader he demonstrated: " a combination of honesty, native shrewdness, tact, administrative ability, common sense, good luck and good humour that kept him in the job longer than any previous Prime Minister except Hughes ".

According to Stuart Walton and Brian Glover, vermouth " is as far removed from the natural produce of the vine as it is possible for a fortified wine to get.

According to Brian Lapping, this was the first step ever taken towards directing help to areas with special needs, “ the reversal of the former position under which ministers had passed the burden of social help measures in housing, education and health to local authorities without passing them any money .”

According to Brian Lapping, this would have been Wilson ’ s largest reform of social security, had it been carried out.

" According to Brian Pennington, Ward's book " became a centerpiece in the British construction of Hinduism and in the political and economic domination of the subcontinent.

According to Brian A. Sparkes " The most detailed treatment in literature is to be found in the Argonautica ... however, we have detailed images of the episode, 150 years earlier, dated to around 400 BC.

According to Smart's October 1, 2009 US federal court testimony, after Smart had gone to bed on June 4, 2002, a man Smart identified as Brian Mitchell had entered her bedroom and had " placed his hand on my chest and then put the knife up to my neck.

According to Brian Doherty, writer for Reason magazine, " Malatesta could get tens of thousands, sometimes more than 100, 000, fans to show up whenever arrived in town.

According to Brian Walker, director of Oxfam, " a solidarity and compassion surged across our nation " from the broadcast of Year Zero.

According to Brian Copenhaver, " Kepler accused Fludd of being a theosophist, and Kepler was right ".

According to one account by Piers Paul Read ( 1978 ), in January 1963, shortly after the furore over the Airport Job had died down, Brian Field called Gordon Goody to a meeting at the Old Bailey and asked him whether he was interested in a large sum of money that only a large gang could steal.

According to Brian Leiter's Law School rankings, Davis ranks 23rd in the nation in terms of scholarly impact as measured by academic citations of tenure-stream faculty.

According to the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy ( 1999 – 2001 ) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Duncan Idaho is born on the planet Giedi Prime, under the Harkonnen Regime.

According to the film's conceptual designer Brian Froud, Labyrinth was first discussed between himself and director Jim Henson during a limousine ride on the way back from a special screening of their 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal.

According to Brian Harvey's book Russia In Space, there was also a real Soviet communications ship called the Vladislav Volkov, but it was sold by the Russian government following the fall of the USSR.

According to the Legends of Dune prequel trilogy ( 2002 – 2004 ) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Imperial House Corrino is founded by Viceroy Faykan Butler, the grandson of Xavier Harkonnen and grandnephew of Serena Butler.

According to the New York Post, someone in the social environment of Megan has told: " Megan has become a great stepmom, and Brian knows she'll be wonderful with the baby.

According to Brian Dunning of Skeptoid, folk tales of the Jersey Devil prior to 1909 calling it the " Leeds Devil " may have been created to discredit local politician Daniel Leeds who served as deputy to the colonial governor of New York and New Jersey in the 1700s, and folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand wrote that the spread of contemporary pop culture has overtaken traditional Jersey Devil legends.

According to Brian Eno, once a member of Roxy Music, Ladytron are " the best of English pop music ".

According to music historian, Ian McFarlane " made an enormous impact on Australian social life ".

According to Australian rock historian, Ian McFarlane, they had developed their " own distinctive sound as defined by Kuepper's frenetic, whirlwind guitar style and Bailey's arrogant snarl ".

According to Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, SPK were " at the forefront of the local post-punk, electronic / experimental movement of the late 1970s ... music progressed from discordant, industrial-strength metal noise to sophisticated and restrained dance-rock with strange attributes ".

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane the acronym SPK is variously given as " SoliPsiK, SepPuKu, Surgical Penis Klinik, System Planning Korporation and Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv ".

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, " longside Skyhooks, Sherbet was the most successful Australian pop band of the 1970s.

According to McFarlane, the owners of the Quebec franchise asked $ 200 per man selected ; but the amount received by the franchise is not recorded.

According to Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane, Rose Tattoo are " one of the most revered bands of all time.

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, their " tasteful, jangly brand of country-tinged folk rock was at odds with prevailing trends on Sydney's early 1980s, Detroit-besotted independent scene.

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, they " unashamedly plundered rock's past to arrive at an original sound that was always passionate, atmospheric and uplifting ... produced some of the most inspirational rock music heard in Australia ".

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, they " unashamedly plundered rock's past to arrive at an original sound that was always passionate, atmospheric and uplifting ... produced some of the most inspirational rock music heard in Australia ".

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane she provides " extraordinary, crystal-clear vocals [...] a soulfulness that was the mark of a truly gifted singer ".

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane in his Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop, Matthews provides " extraordinary, crystal-clear vocals [...] a soulfulness that was the mark of a truly gifted singer ".

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, " matched the band's fearless experimentation with a dark, unhinged sound that went from moments of eerie near-silence to full-tilt guitar noise ".

According to Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, Post is a stark, personal collection of acoustic songs that highlight Kelly's broadly based song writing skill.

According to Brian McFarlane, it was said that King Clancy started a thousand fights and never won one.

According to rock historian Ian McFarlane, these acetates are now " impossibly rare " and only two or three copies are known to have survived.

According to Australian rock music historia, Ian McFarlane, Particles had " a cult following around the inner-city Sydney scene courtesy of its delightful, melodious pop sound ".

According to Ian McFarlane, Australian rock music historian, " was full of some of the most lonely, spacious songs ever written, and it remains one of the best Australian albums of the 1980s.

According to Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, they " played a fiery fusion of hard funk, aggressive rock, psychedelia and soul ( somewhere between Funkadelic, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and the ' stoned soul picnic ' stylings of Sly and the Family Stone ).

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, " Despite being one of the most popular bands on the pub-rock circuit, The Johnnys never crossed over into the premier league ".

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, " Despite being one of the most popular bands on the pub-rock circuit, The Johnnys never crossed over into the premier league ".