255 definitions by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫
In an effort to dominate robotic warfare, the secret organization known as "Black Ghost," transforms 9 humans into cybernetic soldiers. The problem is nobody asked them.
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 31, 2010
Irish Republican Army. Formed in 1969 as the clandestine armed wing of the political movement Sinn Fein, the IRA is devoted both to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and to unifying Ireland. The IRA conducted attacks until its cease-fire in 1997 and agreed to disarm as a part of the 1998 Belfast Agreement, which established the basis for peace in Northern Ireland. Dissension within the IRA over support for the Northern Ireland peace process resulted in the formation of two more radical splinter groups: Continuity IRA (CIRA), and the Real IRA (RIRA) in mid to late 1990s. The IRA, sometimes referred to as the PIRA to distinguish it from RIRA and CIRA, is organized into small, tightly-knit cells under the leadership of the Army Council.
Traditional IRA activities have included bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, punishment beatings, extortion, smuggling, and robberies. Before the cease-fire in 1997, the group had conducted bombing campaigns on various targets in Northern Ireland and Great Britain, including senior British Government officials, civilians, police, and British military targets. The groups refusal in late 2004 to allow photographic documentation of its decommissioning process was an obstacle to progress in implementing the Belfast Agreement and stalled talks. The group previously had disposed of light, medium, and heavy weapons, ammunition, and explosives in three rounds of decommissioning. However, the IRA is believed to retain the ability to conduct paramilitary operations. The groups extensive criminal activities reportedly provide the IRA and the political party Sinn Fein with millions of dollars each year; the IRA was implicated in two significant robberies in 2004, one involving almost $50 million.
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 13, 2011
Shogi is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese Xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan. Shogi means general's boardgame.
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ July 10, 2011
Rap from the Latino community has been around since rap's beginnings, but it didn't break into the pop mainstream until much later. The twin successes of Mellow Man Ace's "Mentirosa" and Kid Frost's "La Raza" in 1990 brought Latin Rap hallmarks, rapping in multilingual "Spanglish," Latin rhythms, and images of urban Latino lifestyles, to the pop charts. Mellow Man Ace's brother, Sen Dog, is a founding member of the most famous Latino rap act, Cypress Hill.
Latin Rap: Cypress Hill, B-Real, Sen Dog, Delinquent Habits, A Lighter Shade Of Brown, JV, Immortal Technique, Kurious, Omar Cruz, El Vuh, Tony Touch, Malverde, Pitbull, Termanology, Tres Coronas, Chino XL, Crooked Stilo, Pescozada, Reyes Del Bajo Mundo, N.O.R.E., Fat Joe, Terror Squad, Lil Cuete, Mr. Criminal, Mr. Shadow, Ese Menace, Ese Daz, Lil Rob, DeiT, Brownside, Don Cisco, T-Weaponz, Califa Thugs, SieteNueve, Soul Assassins, Psycho Realm, Sick Jacken, Kinto Sol, Krazy Race, La Coka Nostra, Down Aka Kilo, Lo Boy, Rico Pabon, Dido Brown, JenRO, Bori Puro, Young Sicc, Latin Alliance, Stunta, DarkRoom Familia, Aztlan Underground, Mr. Capone-E, Pedro Mo, Mellow Man Ace, Baby Bash, Frankie Cutlass, Control Machete, Sinful Aka El Pecador, Johnny J, Toxic Crow, Taje, Don Cisco, Cali Life Style, Juan Gotti, Kid Frost, Latino Velvet, and Orishas.
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ April 20, 2010
The effort to control events, animals, or persons by extraordinary means that are imitative or analogical in form.
For example, a doll or effigy may be stabbed or burned as a means of casting a spell upon a living being, or red ochre powder may be used to restore the glow of life to a pallid body.
Sympathetic magic, also known as imitative magic, is a type of magic based on imitation or correspondence.
Sympathetic magic, also known as imitative magic, is a type of magic based on imitation or correspondence.
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 4, 2010
To African Americans in the late nineteenth century, one literal sound of freedom was that of the military marching bands of the American Civil War. This music, combined with the Ragtime and blues styles that developed some time later, evolved to form one of the truly indigenous art forms of the United States. The "jas," or the Creole brothel, is thought to have been the birthplace as well as the namesake of the new sound of Jazz. Early traditional Jazz combined the complexity of Ragtime, the tight arrangement of marching band music, and the inventive, free spirit of the blues. It incorporated structured improvisations at its center while the band maintained a swing. The sound evolved dramatically throughout the twentieth century in various forms: from the New York City Bebop of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker to the Free Jazz of the Art Ensemble of Chicago; from the Fusion of Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock to the Hard Bop of Art Blakey. But throughout Jazz's great explorations, it has kept improvisation at its center, and as such it has always remained a music of freedom.
Jazz Musicians: Miles Davis, Arturo Sandoval, Maynard Ferguson, Louis Armstrong, Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Russell Gunn, Wallace Roney, Wynton Marsalis, Chris Botti, Kermit Ruffins, Chet Baker, Erik Truffaz, Rick Braun, Philip Dizack, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Farmer, Al Hirt, Herb Alpert, William "Lee" Hogans, Don Cherry, Roy Eldridge, Dave Douglas, Astrud Gilberto, Sonny Rollins, Don Braden, David Sanborn, Billy Childs, Charles Mingus, Diana Krall, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Bob Berg, David "Fathead" Newman, Ben Webster, Art Blakey, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Donald Byrd, Ornette Coleman, Max Roach, Gene Krupa, Jimmy Cleveland, Donald Malloy, Stan Getz, Clifford Brown, Alex Sipiagin, Corey Wilkes, and Harry Connick Jr.
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ October 6, 2009
Zeus’ name contains the root for ‘sky’ or ‘day’ in a number of languages (Latin dies) and the word ‘God’ (Latin dues).
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 4, 2010