Lil Nas X, following in the footsteps of Elvis’s blue suede shoes and Prince’s James Brown-with-wings delirium, is a Black queer confessional pop hip-hop diva who put himself on the map with a viral single, recorded in about an hour, in which he appropriated the cowboy myst...
In 1971, Laine joined up withPaulandLinda McCartneyto form Wings, the post-Beatlesgroup that became one of the biggest acts of the '70s. He remained with the band until it broke up 10 years later, performing on all of their albums, includingBand on the Run, the 1973 chart-topper that ...
I occupied my time by looking at every moving bird. I was treated to a Great-crested Flycatcher, numerous Cedar Waxwings, and an Indigo Bunting. One time I pulled up the binoculars on a bird that looked black-and-white and was hanging out halfway up to the tops of the trees. A wood...
before meeting John Cleese, Graham Chapman, and Eric Idle while appearing onDo Not Adjust Your Set. Cleese introduced them to Terry Gilliam, and they soon launchedMonty Python's Flying Circuson the BBC. Following its run from 1969 to 1974, Jones co-directed...
He debuted at the Royal Opera House in 1960, again as Escamillo, and sang frequently at Covent Garden until 1978, with roles including Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande, Gunther in Götterdämmerung, and the title roles in Don Giovanni and The Flying Dutchman. A regular at the Bayreuth ...
As the Beatles had done with "Yesterday" on 'Help!' five years before, Paul McCartney buried "Maybe I'm Amazed" as the second-to-last song on 'McCartney.' He didn't even release the song as a single until 1976, when a live version from 'Wings Over America' peaked at No. 10. It...
An obvious owl-related name would be “Hooters” after the famous chicken-wing restaurant. I think I know the reason why that wings restaurant is called “Hooters”. When one eats chicken wings which are a little too spicy, your mouth burns, and you try to fan off your mouth and say“...
This next photo was my favorite of the Greater Scaup because it captured a “hidden” field mark – the extension of white on the wings. The Lesser Scaup does not have this amount of white. It was also nice to get a cleaner shot of one of the life birds from the other day – the...
Speed and Agility: These birds are speed demons, capable of flying at speeds exceeding 30 miles per hour. They also have the unique ability to fly backward and hover in midair, thanks to their ability to rotate their wings in a full circle. ...
A few years later, when Paul was the leader of the popular band Wings, they performed the song live and released it as a huge international smash hit single. “Man on the Moon” by REM REM’s 1992 hit “Man on the Moon” is filled with just about every sort of cultural reference. ...