Davis Deluxe was formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee by band namesake, Gary Davis and Steve Logan. Davis had been a band member and back-up player for numerous well known artists as well as having been an opening act as a solo artist for such musical greats as, Kris Kristofferson, Tim Buckley, Billy Swan, Hoyt Axton, Mickey Newbury, Muddy Waters, Randy Bachman, Arlo Guthrie, Dave Van Ronk, Lightin' Hopkins, Jesse Winchester, B.J. Thomas and many others. Logan was a respected studio musician who had recorded on numerous gold albums in Nashville and toured for years with Johnny Cash.
Personnel changes in the group over the years included mostly Davis' personal friends, most of which were famed Nashville session players such as drummer Kenny Buttrey (Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Jimmy Buffett, Elvis Presley, The Pointer Sisters, Bob Seeger, Area Code 615, Barefoot Jerry), guitarist Bucky Barrett (Ray Charles, Neil Young, Lenny Breau, Roy Orbison), and bassists Jimmy Johnson (Vince Gill, Delbert McClinton), Mike Smoot (Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris), Steve Carmen (Joe Cocker, Peter Frampton, Gladys Knight), and others.
The band released a half dozen recordings in the early to mid-1980s, all of which were highly reviewed by both regional and national publications, including Billboard Magazine, Nashville's Music Row Magazine, Spin Magazine and many others. The band was pursued by Ahmet Ertegün himself, founder of Atlantic Records, as well as by other major labels, including EMI and The Beatle's label, Apple.
Band founder Gary Davis abandoned Nashville and the major label scene and moved to Miami, then eventually to New Orleans. The group continued on into the early 1990s, however no further recordings were released. Davis continues to write and perform as an Americana styled solo/acoustic act and tours mainly in the southern United States. Logan retired from music. Barrett runs a successful studio in Nashville, Johnson is still with Vince Gill, Buttrey died in 2004, and bassist Steve Carmen is presently battling cancer.
Personnel changes in the group over the years included mostly Davis' personal friends, most of which were famed Nashville session players such as drummer Kenny Buttrey (Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Jimmy Buffett, Elvis Presley, The Pointer Sisters, Bob Seeger, Area Code 615, Barefoot Jerry), guitarist Bucky Barrett (Ray Charles, Neil Young, Lenny Breau, Roy Orbison), and bassists Jimmy Johnson (Vince Gill, Delbert McClinton), Mike Smoot (Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris), Steve Carmen (Joe Cocker, Peter Frampton, Gladys Knight), and others.
The band released a half dozen recordings in the early to mid-1980s, all of which were highly reviewed by both regional and national publications, including Billboard Magazine, Nashville's Music Row Magazine, Spin Magazine and many others. The band was pursued by Ahmet Ertegün himself, founder of Atlantic Records, as well as by other major labels, including EMI and The Beatle's label, Apple.
Band founder Gary Davis abandoned Nashville and the major label scene and moved to Miami, then eventually to New Orleans. The group continued on into the early 1990s, however no further recordings were released. Davis continues to write and perform as an Americana styled solo/acoustic act and tours mainly in the southern United States. Logan retired from music. Barrett runs a successful studio in Nashville, Johnson is still with Vince Gill, Buttrey died in 2004, and bassist Steve Carmen is presently battling cancer.
The Tamara Bane Gallery opened its doors in the early 1980s to host exhibitions for established and upcoming Artists, known for its cutting edge exhibitions and its ownership interests in 5 longstanding websites that have been all deleted and or transferred abroad as of January 2009. The Tamara Bane Gallery decade old website www.tamarabanegallery.com was linked to more than three other longstanding websites including www.taboogallery.com www.rbeditions.com www.worldofpinup.com that had numerous order pages which have been not filed ongoing during the bankruptcy process and mentioned on record while much of the very same arts depicted on aforementioned websites show up on history of other websites / servers including eBay and mac.com servers.
Tamara Bane was involved in exhibitions with Artist Mel Ramos, Ronnie Cutrone, Robert Williams, Todd Shoor, a defrauded Japanese artist whose federal case is detailed herein, other artists not mentioned and Olivia.
On about November 14, 2009 and Dec 08, 2009 there were POV / erasure of history of this vital html wiki record and some re-write of this html page of history. It is being restored regularly to reflect the facts of the art fraud case that is established on records federal courts of United States, PACER, reported in the LA Times, Los Angeles Business Journal and Dunn & Bradstreet online versions for reporting of facts from various independent sources.
Tamara Bane Gallery art fraud case is regarding ownership interests of Robert S. Bane and Tamara Feuer - Bane includes a third party action by Fabian Perez interests that concluded in current year 2009 court ordered sales of arts seized in/about April 2006 at storage venues of the Tamara Bane Gallery. Artist Hajime Sorayama represented by members of the firm of Attorney Paul Laurin won a $2.3 million judgment awarding damages against his publisher Robert Bane Ltd. and Robert Bane personally due to Bane's failure to properly account for the proceeds from sales of 33 original paintings. Of the 33 painting, 24 originals are being sought by Artist Sorayama and his New York representatives who are now coordinating a reward exchange system for those turning any of the 24 embezzled and stolen pieces or forged Sorayama arts of which samples are available to police authorities worldwide. The owners of Tamara Bane Gallery, whose fiduciary possession of the 33 Sorayama originals, makes them an ideal candidate to be helpful in providing information needed in finding such pieces as well and have been invited to do so with this notification. A third party claim by Fabian Perez was denied by the courts and the US marshal made a seizure of arts at two of the Tamara Bane Gallery related venues including substitute invoices, CoAs (certificates of authenticity) and arts including those of artist Fabian Perez whose arts are now being sold by court order in a liquidation by the defrauded creditor, artist Hajime Sorayama. Notable is that some liquidation art pieces also appear on eBay without being removed nor edited nor banned because the information herein is reliable fact that are current of courts' rulings from 2005 until at least end of Dec 2009 (if change occurs it will be reported.)
During the ongoing over 24 month old Chapter 7 bankruptcy, including Tamara Bane Gallery and its owners, it was ruled that there was/is embezzling in context of conversions. The sought after discharge of debt and new start was denied for good cause on court records. The court also found that Robert S. Bane and Tamara Feuer-Bane interests were dumping cut rate Sorayama limited editions through Ebay. The United States District Court in Los Angeles found that Bane perpetrated a continuing fraud against the well known artist whose works are part of the permanent collections of the Smithsonian and Museum of Modern Art in New York. Artist Sorayama also won the highest design honor that may be conferred by Japan. The court award included punitive damages against Robert S. Bane personally of $1 million and a permanent injunction against further dumping. From the late 1990s until at least March 2008, the well known websites of the ownership interests of Robert S. Bane and Tamara Feuer - Bane are www.tamarabanegallery.com www.taboogallery.com www.rbeditions.com www.worldofpinup.com . During about May 2007, and perhaps as early as late 2005, the websites started a series of transitions including new websites' names, including transfers abroad to Portugal of the longstanding websites and to mac.com servers.
Tamara Bane was involved in exhibitions with Artist Mel Ramos, Ronnie Cutrone, Robert Williams, Todd Shoor, a defrauded Japanese artist whose federal case is detailed herein, other artists not mentioned and Olivia.
On about November 14, 2009 and Dec 08, 2009 there were POV / erasure of history of this vital html wiki record and some re-write of this html page of history. It is being restored regularly to reflect the facts of the art fraud case that is established on records federal courts of United States, PACER, reported in the LA Times, Los Angeles Business Journal and Dunn & Bradstreet online versions for reporting of facts from various independent sources.
Tamara Bane Gallery art fraud case is regarding ownership interests of Robert S. Bane and Tamara Feuer - Bane includes a third party action by Fabian Perez interests that concluded in current year 2009 court ordered sales of arts seized in/about April 2006 at storage venues of the Tamara Bane Gallery. Artist Hajime Sorayama represented by members of the firm of Attorney Paul Laurin won a $2.3 million judgment awarding damages against his publisher Robert Bane Ltd. and Robert Bane personally due to Bane's failure to properly account for the proceeds from sales of 33 original paintings. Of the 33 painting, 24 originals are being sought by Artist Sorayama and his New York representatives who are now coordinating a reward exchange system for those turning any of the 24 embezzled and stolen pieces or forged Sorayama arts of which samples are available to police authorities worldwide. The owners of Tamara Bane Gallery, whose fiduciary possession of the 33 Sorayama originals, makes them an ideal candidate to be helpful in providing information needed in finding such pieces as well and have been invited to do so with this notification. A third party claim by Fabian Perez was denied by the courts and the US marshal made a seizure of arts at two of the Tamara Bane Gallery related venues including substitute invoices, CoAs (certificates of authenticity) and arts including those of artist Fabian Perez whose arts are now being sold by court order in a liquidation by the defrauded creditor, artist Hajime Sorayama. Notable is that some liquidation art pieces also appear on eBay without being removed nor edited nor banned because the information herein is reliable fact that are current of courts' rulings from 2005 until at least end of Dec 2009 (if change occurs it will be reported.)
During the ongoing over 24 month old Chapter 7 bankruptcy, including Tamara Bane Gallery and its owners, it was ruled that there was/is embezzling in context of conversions. The sought after discharge of debt and new start was denied for good cause on court records. The court also found that Robert S. Bane and Tamara Feuer-Bane interests were dumping cut rate Sorayama limited editions through Ebay. The United States District Court in Los Angeles found that Bane perpetrated a continuing fraud against the well known artist whose works are part of the permanent collections of the Smithsonian and Museum of Modern Art in New York. Artist Sorayama also won the highest design honor that may be conferred by Japan. The court award included punitive damages against Robert S. Bane personally of $1 million and a permanent injunction against further dumping. From the late 1990s until at least March 2008, the well known websites of the ownership interests of Robert S. Bane and Tamara Feuer - Bane are www.tamarabanegallery.com www.taboogallery.com www.rbeditions.com www.worldofpinup.com . During about May 2007, and perhaps as early as late 2005, the websites started a series of transitions including new websites' names, including transfers abroad to Portugal of the longstanding websites and to mac.com servers.
John "Johnnie" Baggan (November 25, 1888 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA - ?) was a minor league baseball outfielder and manager.
Playing career
His playing career spanned 14 seasons, from 1910 to 1924 (he did not play in 1911). He hit over .300 four times in a season, and he finished with a .280 career average in 1,673 games. In 6,369 at-bats, he had 1,782 hits - 278 of which were doubles, 88 were triples and 26 were home runs.
Managing career
In 1924, at the age of 36, Baggan was one of either two or three managers for the Marshall Indians. The Baseball Reference Bullpen says that he and Bugs Young managed the Indians, while Baseball Reference Minors claims that Pete Daniels managed for them as well.
In 1925, Baggan was the manager for the Indians to start the season, eventually being replaced by Cecil Coombs.
Playing career
His playing career spanned 14 seasons, from 1910 to 1924 (he did not play in 1911). He hit over .300 four times in a season, and he finished with a .280 career average in 1,673 games. In 6,369 at-bats, he had 1,782 hits - 278 of which were doubles, 88 were triples and 26 were home runs.
Managing career
In 1924, at the age of 36, Baggan was one of either two or three managers for the Marshall Indians. The Baseball Reference Bullpen says that he and Bugs Young managed the Indians, while Baseball Reference Minors claims that Pete Daniels managed for them as well.
In 1925, Baggan was the manager for the Indians to start the season, eventually being replaced by Cecil Coombs.
Okashina Okashi - Strange Candy is a webcomic hosted on Comic Genesis, a free hosting provider for webcomics. It is drawn by Emily Snodgrass (Emi-chan) and written by Allison Brownlow (Tanzy), Karen Olympia (Kourin), and J. Baird (Xuanwu). It was started in 2001, with Brownlow as its first writer, with Olympia added to the team in October 2001.
Baird has presented Okashina Okashi at national conferences as one of the three most important comics — alongside Penny Arcade and Dinosaur Comics — in the fields of education and public health for facilitating the development of art-based research methods and a variety of educational projects. Baird frequently uses the comics in his volunteer teaching exercises. This involvement began when Baird used the comic as part of his classroom exercises while teaching for Hess Educational Organization, an English education provider in the Republic of China and Singapore. Similarly, he used the comic again when he volunteered to teach the Create a Comic Project, a free after-school youth literacy library activity in New Haven, CT.
Snodgrass has appeared at some conventions, speaking on fan-run and amateur artist panels. Baird has also appeared at convention panels. Snodgrass is an amateur artist who does not make a living from her online strip.
In August 2007, Snodgrass branched out with a spin-off comic set in the Beauty Man Garden, a fictional chain of restaurants in Okashina Okashi. The comic was called Mini BMG. This attempt at another comic "fizzled pretty quickly" but Snodgrass hopes to relaunch it someday, hoping "to plan better and have more comics done."
Plot
A group of strangers are sucked into the alternate universe of UberTokyo. They must try to find a way home by using plotholes to teleport between dimensional realms. Each realm is a parody of a given genre of anime and manga, such as sports, sentai, and fantasy.
The comic archives are split into several distinct story arcs, called "Lands," each representing the world being visited in that arc. Known lands include Amazon Land, Land, Pr0n Land, Space Drama Land, Sports Land, and RPG Land. The lands are generally unrelated to each other, though some characters do appear in different lands (ex. a group of winged men from Space Drama Land playing as a Killer Croquet team in the Sports Land).
Recurring plot points in the series involve the Beauty Man Garden, a restaurant chain where all the waiters are bishounen and wear only extremely short aprons; a pair of cat boys, Spike and V, who monitor the group's progress from afar; and the schemes of Evil Overload Kerisu, the series' main antagonist, who wants the female main characters to serve as his groupies.
Characters
The cast consists of several groups of recurring members. The primary focus are the "Adventurers," who travel from land to land. The comic features several dozen secondary cast members who reappear from time to time, but are not included below.
*Ellie James, aka Eri-chan - One of the main characters of the comic, Eri-chan is 16 years old and from a high school in America. she came to Japan for a semester to study abroad, living with Keiko. She is well versed in various anime and manga and often cites examples or metaphors from obscure shows and books. Her favorite part of anime is pretty boys (aka bishounen), making her a natural fan of the Beauty Man Garden. Her nickname, Eri-chan, was given to her by Keiko. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010116.html OO #1].
*Keiko Hasegawa - Keiko is one of the main characters of the comic. She first met Eri-chan when the latter came to Japan to study abroad. Unlike the others, she rarely expresses enjoyment when finding herself in a new world and considers the traveling "a bother." She also points out the silliness of some situations the cast faces. Her romance with Takeshi ended tragically and she has been verbally cold to him since. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010116.html OO #1].
*Petra - Petra is the most violent member of the group and (appropriately) has access to hammer space and its myriad weapons. She seems to have formed a friendship with Lycidia and had a definite platonic relationship with Lymaran, who shared her love of destruction. She has an aversion to pretty things, though she can be somewhat romantic, as she was a lover with Hammon. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010118.html OO #2].
*Lycidia - Lycidia is the party's "evil genius." Her stated goal is to rule the world, using her substantial wealth and mastery of intrigue. Daisuke became her first loyal minion, though she continues to search for more resources to acquire. She frequently uses sarcasm and will insult others if they displease her. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010125.html OO #4].
*Eeichi Shinohara - Eeichi is a very perverted male. A singer and songwriter before joining the group, he is proficient with the guitar and some other instruments. The cast has not reacted well to songs he writers himself, however. Eeichi has sought "relations" with whatever pretty people he encounters - with mixed results. He was most often see with Hoshiki, as they both shared similar interests. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010123.html OO #3].
*Hoshiko Yamano, aka Ho-chan - The most perverted female in the comic. She can even contemplate situations that make Eeichi blush and is famous for compiling lists of various activities. She recently became queen of an entire galactic empire and used her power to promote skimpy clothes for pretty boys everywhere. It's been revealed she sees Eeichi as her ideal mate, valuing his stamina. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010123.html OO #3]. First use of "Ho-chan": [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010619.html OO #54].
*Daisuke Dohmoto - Daisuke, 17, is the mysterious nerdy-looking who first summons the main cast to UberTokyo. He did it in an effort to create his own harem. He wound up serving as Lycidia's loyal minion for a time, and is now Ho-chan's court Jester. Of his family, only his father has been introduced and it's been implied there is something more to him than first met the eye. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010130.html OO #5].
*Takeshi Shirokane - Takeshi was (is?) Keiko's cross-dressing boyfriend. A star of the kendo team, he also moonlighted as a female pop idol. He first met Keiko and the others in a shoujo-style high school where he was Keiko's boyfriend until he apparently betrayed her by not refuting rumors begun by his fiance, Himeko. He is hopelessly infatuated with Keiko and pursued her through the multiverse. He even proposed marriage to her, only to be harshly declined. He has since returned to Nade Nade High School. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20011023.html OO #89].
*Yamichi - Yamichi is the newest member of the main cast. Appearing briefly in Sports Land, he works for Professor Li as his assistant, testing the professor's gadgets such as the Plothole Generator that allows for travel between dimensions. He is also the lead guitarist for the boyband Kaze. In an encounter with Eri-chan, the GURPS Rifts (Plothole) Generator was damaged, which has caused Yamichi to wander the multiverse trying to get home. He finally re-appeared in the RPG Land and joined the others. Eri-chan has a strong dislike for him, which is actually a plot on her behalf to try to create a "love triangle" involving herself, Yamichi, and her true love, Ulrich. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20041230.html OO #510].
Baird has presented Okashina Okashi at national conferences as one of the three most important comics — alongside Penny Arcade and Dinosaur Comics — in the fields of education and public health for facilitating the development of art-based research methods and a variety of educational projects. Baird frequently uses the comics in his volunteer teaching exercises. This involvement began when Baird used the comic as part of his classroom exercises while teaching for Hess Educational Organization, an English education provider in the Republic of China and Singapore. Similarly, he used the comic again when he volunteered to teach the Create a Comic Project, a free after-school youth literacy library activity in New Haven, CT.
Snodgrass has appeared at some conventions, speaking on fan-run and amateur artist panels. Baird has also appeared at convention panels. Snodgrass is an amateur artist who does not make a living from her online strip.
In August 2007, Snodgrass branched out with a spin-off comic set in the Beauty Man Garden, a fictional chain of restaurants in Okashina Okashi. The comic was called Mini BMG. This attempt at another comic "fizzled pretty quickly" but Snodgrass hopes to relaunch it someday, hoping "to plan better and have more comics done."
Plot
A group of strangers are sucked into the alternate universe of UberTokyo. They must try to find a way home by using plotholes to teleport between dimensional realms. Each realm is a parody of a given genre of anime and manga, such as sports, sentai, and fantasy.
The comic archives are split into several distinct story arcs, called "Lands," each representing the world being visited in that arc. Known lands include Amazon Land, Land, Pr0n Land, Space Drama Land, Sports Land, and RPG Land. The lands are generally unrelated to each other, though some characters do appear in different lands (ex. a group of winged men from Space Drama Land playing as a Killer Croquet team in the Sports Land).
Recurring plot points in the series involve the Beauty Man Garden, a restaurant chain where all the waiters are bishounen and wear only extremely short aprons; a pair of cat boys, Spike and V, who monitor the group's progress from afar; and the schemes of Evil Overload Kerisu, the series' main antagonist, who wants the female main characters to serve as his groupies.
Characters
The cast consists of several groups of recurring members. The primary focus are the "Adventurers," who travel from land to land. The comic features several dozen secondary cast members who reappear from time to time, but are not included below.
*Ellie James, aka Eri-chan - One of the main characters of the comic, Eri-chan is 16 years old and from a high school in America. she came to Japan for a semester to study abroad, living with Keiko. She is well versed in various anime and manga and often cites examples or metaphors from obscure shows and books. Her favorite part of anime is pretty boys (aka bishounen), making her a natural fan of the Beauty Man Garden. Her nickname, Eri-chan, was given to her by Keiko. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010116.html OO #1].
*Keiko Hasegawa - Keiko is one of the main characters of the comic. She first met Eri-chan when the latter came to Japan to study abroad. Unlike the others, she rarely expresses enjoyment when finding herself in a new world and considers the traveling "a bother." She also points out the silliness of some situations the cast faces. Her romance with Takeshi ended tragically and she has been verbally cold to him since. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010116.html OO #1].
*Petra - Petra is the most violent member of the group and (appropriately) has access to hammer space and its myriad weapons. She seems to have formed a friendship with Lycidia and had a definite platonic relationship with Lymaran, who shared her love of destruction. She has an aversion to pretty things, though she can be somewhat romantic, as she was a lover with Hammon. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010118.html OO #2].
*Lycidia - Lycidia is the party's "evil genius." Her stated goal is to rule the world, using her substantial wealth and mastery of intrigue. Daisuke became her first loyal minion, though she continues to search for more resources to acquire. She frequently uses sarcasm and will insult others if they displease her. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010125.html OO #4].
*Eeichi Shinohara - Eeichi is a very perverted male. A singer and songwriter before joining the group, he is proficient with the guitar and some other instruments. The cast has not reacted well to songs he writers himself, however. Eeichi has sought "relations" with whatever pretty people he encounters - with mixed results. He was most often see with Hoshiki, as they both shared similar interests. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010123.html OO #3].
*Hoshiko Yamano, aka Ho-chan - The most perverted female in the comic. She can even contemplate situations that make Eeichi blush and is famous for compiling lists of various activities. She recently became queen of an entire galactic empire and used her power to promote skimpy clothes for pretty boys everywhere. It's been revealed she sees Eeichi as her ideal mate, valuing his stamina. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010123.html OO #3]. First use of "Ho-chan": [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010619.html OO #54].
*Daisuke Dohmoto - Daisuke, 17, is the mysterious nerdy-looking who first summons the main cast to UberTokyo. He did it in an effort to create his own harem. He wound up serving as Lycidia's loyal minion for a time, and is now Ho-chan's court Jester. Of his family, only his father has been introduced and it's been implied there is something more to him than first met the eye. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20010130.html OO #5].
*Takeshi Shirokane - Takeshi was (is?) Keiko's cross-dressing boyfriend. A star of the kendo team, he also moonlighted as a female pop idol. He first met Keiko and the others in a shoujo-style high school where he was Keiko's boyfriend until he apparently betrayed her by not refuting rumors begun by his fiance, Himeko. He is hopelessly infatuated with Keiko and pursued her through the multiverse. He even proposed marriage to her, only to be harshly declined. He has since returned to Nade Nade High School. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20011023.html OO #89].
*Yamichi - Yamichi is the newest member of the main cast. Appearing briefly in Sports Land, he works for Professor Li as his assistant, testing the professor's gadgets such as the Plothole Generator that allows for travel between dimensions. He is also the lead guitarist for the boyband Kaze. In an encounter with Eri-chan, the GURPS Rifts (Plothole) Generator was damaged, which has caused Yamichi to wander the multiverse trying to get home. He finally re-appeared in the RPG Land and joined the others. Eri-chan has a strong dislike for him, which is actually a plot on her behalf to try to create a "love triangle" involving herself, Yamichi, and her true love, Ulrich. First appearance: [http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20041230.html OO #510].