Johnny J. Blair "Singer at Large" is an American singer-songwriter. Known for a lively stage persona, Blair's influences include David Bowie, Brian Wilson, Erik Satie, George Gershwin, Motown, and British Invasion Rock. His music is described as an innovative brand of maverick pop; a fast-paced mix of old-school soul, psychedelia, punk/new wave, and the melodicism of classical, gospel, jazz, and world beat music. Spotlight Magazine dubbed him "the Harry Houdini of rock 'n' roll" for his "escape from typecasts."
Lyrically, Blair's vocabulary is influenced by The Bible, classic comedy (Charlie Chaplin, Marx Brothers) the poetry of T.S. Eliot, and the writings of Raymond Chandler, Graham Greene, and John Steinbeck. Common subjects are urban allegories, apocalyptic justice, surreal road trips, and offbeat nostalgia.
Blair's concert set includes originals joined to covers from glam rock to Motown to show tunes to spirituals. Besides making music for commercials, documentaries, and films, he has produced a variety of artists and has performed and/or recorded with John Bechdel (Fear Factory, Killing Joke), Eric Biondo/Beyondo, The Badlees, Ron Dante, Mike Garson (David Bowie), Sandy Gennaro, Julie Miller, Prairie Prince (The Tubes, Todd Rundgren), Michael Roe, and Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown), Chris von Sneidern and, most notably, with Monkee Davy Jones. Blair recorded and toured with Jones until his death in 2012. Blair was also the touring bassist/vocalist for The Monkees on their acclaimed 45th Anniversary tour of the UK and USA in 2011.
Now based in San Francisco, Blair is currently working on new recordings—including a project of unfinished material by Davy Jones, a compilation, and a full album of all new material.
Blair's selected discography
Dancin’ So Hard (single) Produced by Rick Anderson (The Tubes), 1980
Care Package (self-released), EP 1983
Door in the Water (Morada), full-length vinyl LP 1985; remastered as download album 2005
Johnny J Blair, a.k.a. "The Green Album" (Unknown Potential), full-length 1987
Yellow House (Unknown Potential), full length 1988
Suspension Britches in San Francisco (compilation 1989 to 1991) (Unknown Potential), full length 1991
She's Not Some Animal (Unknown Potential), EP 1997
Fire (CJAM) CD 2000, reissued 2006 on Foldback Records/Wampus Multimedia
Exotic Animals & Beaches of Pennsylvania (CJAM), CD 2001
Snapshots (CJAM), 2002
The Complete Mr. Beat Vol. 3 (Comic Library International) 2002 bonus CD with comic book; collaboration with comic artist-writer Chris Yambar
After Hours: a Tribute to the Music of Lou Reed (Wampus Multimedia) with Blair's cover of "Sunday Morning", backed by members of The Badlees, CD 2003
Treadmarks (Wampus Multimedia) CD 2005
Word2Soul Project (CJAM) CD, 2006 collaboration of several pop and gospel singers, featuring Blair as producer, musician, and singer
Grateful (Foldback Records/Wampus Multimedia) CD 2007
I Like the Street (Wampus Multimedia) CD 2011
The Sky Cries EP 2012, collaboration with Samuel Bowen
If I Could Dress Like Clive Owen (Music for Films Not Yet Made) (Singer at Large) download compilation album 2013
Lyrically, Blair's vocabulary is influenced by The Bible, classic comedy (Charlie Chaplin, Marx Brothers) the poetry of T.S. Eliot, and the writings of Raymond Chandler, Graham Greene, and John Steinbeck. Common subjects are urban allegories, apocalyptic justice, surreal road trips, and offbeat nostalgia.
Blair's concert set includes originals joined to covers from glam rock to Motown to show tunes to spirituals. Besides making music for commercials, documentaries, and films, he has produced a variety of artists and has performed and/or recorded with John Bechdel (Fear Factory, Killing Joke), Eric Biondo/Beyondo, The Badlees, Ron Dante, Mike Garson (David Bowie), Sandy Gennaro, Julie Miller, Prairie Prince (The Tubes, Todd Rundgren), Michael Roe, and Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown), Chris von Sneidern and, most notably, with Monkee Davy Jones. Blair recorded and toured with Jones until his death in 2012. Blair was also the touring bassist/vocalist for The Monkees on their acclaimed 45th Anniversary tour of the UK and USA in 2011.
Now based in San Francisco, Blair is currently working on new recordings—including a project of unfinished material by Davy Jones, a compilation, and a full album of all new material.
Blair's selected discography
Dancin’ So Hard (single) Produced by Rick Anderson (The Tubes), 1980
Care Package (self-released), EP 1983
Door in the Water (Morada), full-length vinyl LP 1985; remastered as download album 2005
Johnny J Blair, a.k.a. "The Green Album" (Unknown Potential), full-length 1987
Yellow House (Unknown Potential), full length 1988
Suspension Britches in San Francisco (compilation 1989 to 1991) (Unknown Potential), full length 1991
She's Not Some Animal (Unknown Potential), EP 1997
Fire (CJAM) CD 2000, reissued 2006 on Foldback Records/Wampus Multimedia
Exotic Animals & Beaches of Pennsylvania (CJAM), CD 2001
Snapshots (CJAM), 2002
The Complete Mr. Beat Vol. 3 (Comic Library International) 2002 bonus CD with comic book; collaboration with comic artist-writer Chris Yambar
After Hours: a Tribute to the Music of Lou Reed (Wampus Multimedia) with Blair's cover of "Sunday Morning", backed by members of The Badlees, CD 2003
Treadmarks (Wampus Multimedia) CD 2005
Word2Soul Project (CJAM) CD, 2006 collaboration of several pop and gospel singers, featuring Blair as producer, musician, and singer
Grateful (Foldback Records/Wampus Multimedia) CD 2007
I Like the Street (Wampus Multimedia) CD 2011
The Sky Cries EP 2012, collaboration with Samuel Bowen
If I Could Dress Like Clive Owen (Music for Films Not Yet Made) (Singer at Large) download compilation album 2013
Judith Theresa Ward (née Judith Minna Ward, 10 January 1949) is a British woman known for being a victim of a miscarriage of justices in 1974 for the bombing of Euston Station in 1973, and of the National Defence College and M62 coach bombings in 1974. Her conviction was quashed and she was released from prison on 11 May 1992. She had confessed due to a mental illness that led her to attention seeking behaviour and the making of false confessions. She spent 18 years in prison and eventually wrote a book about her conviction.
Background
Ward was born in Stockport. After leaving school she worked as a horse-riding instructor, including working in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. She briefly enlisted in the Women's Royal Army Corps in 1971 but went absent without leave and returned to Dundalk. After a few months she returned to Aldershot and gave herself up, claiming to have been the subject of an Irish Republican Army recruitment attempt; she was discharged from the WRAC. After this, she moved again to the riding school in Dundalk where she worked for another year.
During this time she managed to get into the Thiepval Barracks, headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. She was detained by the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary and told them she was looking over the details of security measures, but she was not prosecuted. In August 1973, Ward left Dundalk and moved to London where she worked as a chambermaid in a hotel. By the end of the year she was living again in Stockport, and early in 1974 she worked for Chipperfield's Circus.
Events
On 10 September 1973, the Provisional IRA bombed Euston Station, causing "xtensive but superficial damage" and some injuries. On 4 February 1974, a bomb destroyed a bus on the M62 motorway, killing nine soldiers and three civilians. The National Defence College in Latimer, Buckinghamshire was bombed on 12 February 1974, but caused no serious damage. Detective Chief Superintendent George Oldfield led the investigation into the M62 bomb. Ward was arrested on 14 February 1974 by police investigating the M62 coach bomb and made a statement admitting responsibility. Although she retracted her confession, on 4 November she was convicted of all three bombings.
This was one of a series of miscarriages of justice during the latter half of the 20th century.
Background
Ward was born in Stockport. After leaving school she worked as a horse-riding instructor, including working in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. She briefly enlisted in the Women's Royal Army Corps in 1971 but went absent without leave and returned to Dundalk. After a few months she returned to Aldershot and gave herself up, claiming to have been the subject of an Irish Republican Army recruitment attempt; she was discharged from the WRAC. After this, she moved again to the riding school in Dundalk where she worked for another year.
During this time she managed to get into the Thiepval Barracks, headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. She was detained by the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary and told them she was looking over the details of security measures, but she was not prosecuted. In August 1973, Ward left Dundalk and moved to London where she worked as a chambermaid in a hotel. By the end of the year she was living again in Stockport, and early in 1974 she worked for Chipperfield's Circus.
Events
On 10 September 1973, the Provisional IRA bombed Euston Station, causing "xtensive but superficial damage" and some injuries. On 4 February 1974, a bomb destroyed a bus on the M62 motorway, killing nine soldiers and three civilians. The National Defence College in Latimer, Buckinghamshire was bombed on 12 February 1974, but caused no serious damage. Detective Chief Superintendent George Oldfield led the investigation into the M62 bomb. Ward was arrested on 14 February 1974 by police investigating the M62 coach bomb and made a statement admitting responsibility. Although she retracted her confession, on 4 November she was convicted of all three bombings.
This was one of a series of miscarriages of justice during the latter half of the 20th century.
Black Shuck Devil dog 2016 sequel.
P. Easter's work is heavily influenced by filmmakers Shane Meadows,Gaspar Noé,and Nicolas Roeg. Easter follows an unwavering mantra that film-making should always be fun and should never cost the earth to shoot a movie. P. Easter was recently interviewed for Devil Dog Shuck Returns (2016) in UK’s The Lowestoft Journal and Eastern Daily Press, and for "Stagger" (2016) in UK’s Guardian.
Found footage film with a new take on the folklore tales of the horrific beast terrorizing Suffolk and Norfolk England. Devil Dog Shuck Returns is the much anticipated sequel to “Black Shuck”.
P. Easter's work is heavily influenced by filmmakers Shane Meadows,Gaspar Noé,and Nicolas Roeg. Easter follows an unwavering mantra that film-making should always be fun and should never cost the earth to shoot a movie. P. Easter was recently interviewed for Devil Dog Shuck Returns (2016) in UK’s The Lowestoft Journal and Eastern Daily Press, and for "Stagger" (2016) in UK’s Guardian.
Found footage film with a new take on the folklore tales of the horrific beast terrorizing Suffolk and Norfolk England. Devil Dog Shuck Returns is the much anticipated sequel to “Black Shuck”.
Olaf Teschke is a German mathematician whose main interests are in algebraic geometry, digital mathematics libraries, and mathematical knowledge management.
He obtained a degree in mathematics (1997) at Humboldt University of Berlin, and also completed his dissertation on moduli spaces of vector bundles there under the supervision of Jürg Kramer and Herbert Kurke. His current work pertains mostly aspects of digital mathematics libraries, like the math coverage of the arXiv or the longevity of mathematical publications.
He worked at Humboldt University and Brandenburg University of Technology before joining FIZ Karlsruhe in 2008, where he became Managing Editor of zbMATH in 2009. In 2016, he also briefly acted as Editor-in-Chief of zbMATH.
In 2014 he was appointed to the Executive Board of the European Digital Mathematics Library, and also as a member of the Global Digital Mathematics Library Working Group of the IMU.
He obtained a degree in mathematics (1997) at Humboldt University of Berlin, and also completed his dissertation on moduli spaces of vector bundles there under the supervision of Jürg Kramer and Herbert Kurke. His current work pertains mostly aspects of digital mathematics libraries, like the math coverage of the arXiv or the longevity of mathematical publications.
He worked at Humboldt University and Brandenburg University of Technology before joining FIZ Karlsruhe in 2008, where he became Managing Editor of zbMATH in 2009. In 2016, he also briefly acted as Editor-in-Chief of zbMATH.
In 2014 he was appointed to the Executive Board of the European Digital Mathematics Library, and also as a member of the Global Digital Mathematics Library Working Group of the IMU.