"Dinner Lady Arms" is a song by the English rock band The Darkness.
Origin and recording
The song is about longing.
Justin Hawkins elaborated on a Rolling Stone interview, were he stated: "That's just a sweet story about an elderly couple who get back together after a long time," he explains. "I suppose it's an English thing, 'dinner lady arms,' but the lady who serves you lunch at school tends to have these flaps of skin on the underside of her arms. And the song also talks about the man being bald and sullen -- so it's about finding something that you're attracted to that doesn't age, you know?"
It is the fourth track in the bands sophomore album One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back and it was recorded at Chapel Studios, South Thoresby, Lincolnshire; Paul Smith Music Studios, London.
Release history
The song has been released in three different albums:
On 28 November 2005 on the bands second album One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back.
On 1 April 2008 in the first compilation album "The Platinum Collection".
On 4 August 2008 in the second compilation album "2 in 1: Permission to Land/One Way Ticket to Hell".
Critical reception
PopMatters praised "the palm-muted guitars that propel Dinner Lady Arms".
Rolling Stone highly praised the song, stating "Highland-jig rock with a Chinese-opera vocal twist. Dinner Lady Arms struts like a chip off Permission's "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," but the mix deadens the swagger. The guitars cut like penknives, not sabers, and Justin's vocal fireworks seem to go off behind the boom of the band, instead of way out front as they did on Permission."
Drowned in Sound criticized the song saying it "feels like a twenty year old out-of-focus video shot at night in a petrol station forecourt".
AllMusic statess that "the soaring power ballad "Dinner Lady Arms" highlights the good-natured streak running through a surprising amount of the Darkness' songs."
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Personnel
*Justin Hawkins - vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, synthesizer, piano
*Dan Hawkins - rhythm and lead guitar
*Frankie Poullain - bass
*Ed Graham - drums
;Additional personnel
*Pedro Ferreira - production, mixing, engineering
*Mike Marsh - mastering
*Will Bartle - recording assistance
*Nick Taylor - mixing assistance
Origin and recording
The song is about longing.
Justin Hawkins elaborated on a Rolling Stone interview, were he stated: "That's just a sweet story about an elderly couple who get back together after a long time," he explains. "I suppose it's an English thing, 'dinner lady arms,' but the lady who serves you lunch at school tends to have these flaps of skin on the underside of her arms. And the song also talks about the man being bald and sullen -- so it's about finding something that you're attracted to that doesn't age, you know?"
It is the fourth track in the bands sophomore album One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back and it was recorded at Chapel Studios, South Thoresby, Lincolnshire; Paul Smith Music Studios, London.
Release history
The song has been released in three different albums:
On 28 November 2005 on the bands second album One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back.
On 1 April 2008 in the first compilation album "The Platinum Collection".
On 4 August 2008 in the second compilation album "2 in 1: Permission to Land/One Way Ticket to Hell".
Critical reception
PopMatters praised "the palm-muted guitars that propel Dinner Lady Arms".
Rolling Stone highly praised the song, stating "Highland-jig rock with a Chinese-opera vocal twist. Dinner Lady Arms struts like a chip off Permission's "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," but the mix deadens the swagger. The guitars cut like penknives, not sabers, and Justin's vocal fireworks seem to go off behind the boom of the band, instead of way out front as they did on Permission."
Drowned in Sound criticized the song saying it "feels like a twenty year old out-of-focus video shot at night in a petrol station forecourt".
AllMusic statess that "the soaring power ballad "Dinner Lady Arms" highlights the good-natured streak running through a surprising amount of the Darkness' songs."
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Personnel
*Justin Hawkins - vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, synthesizer, piano
*Dan Hawkins - rhythm and lead guitar
*Frankie Poullain - bass
*Ed Graham - drums
;Additional personnel
*Pedro Ferreira - production, mixing, engineering
*Mike Marsh - mastering
*Will Bartle - recording assistance
*Nick Taylor - mixing assistance
The T.I.M.E. Aqua Regia is an Indian Science quiz contest that was started in the year 2006. (Aqua Regia is Latin for "royal water", and is a name used for a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid.) The event is organized by Triumphant Institute of Management Education, a pan India professional coaching and test preparation company. Aqua Regia is now held annually for students of classes 8, 9 and 10
The 2007 edition of the event is well known for attracting over 2,40,000 contestants across India.
The competition is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for achieving maximum participation in a quiz contest. The Quiz Currently holds the Guinness World Record (TM) for the Largest Quiz Ever. Aqua Regia - The Science Quiz also features in the LIMCA Book of Records as the Largest Quiz in India
The event is conducted over 5 stages, where stages 2-5 are held live in cities across India. The on stage rounds follow a unique bidding format, where teams bid for each passed question they are confident of answering. Failure to answer a question that the team has bid for will result in the team losing points. According to the organisers, the quiz aims to test how the students apply science concepts to arrive at answers and helps to spread the message that learning can be fun.
National Champions
* 2006 -Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram
* 2007 - SSS Singhania, Mumbai
* 2008 - Sri Akhilandeshwari Vidyalaya, Trichy
* 2009 - All Saints High School, Hyderabad
* 2010 - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Hyderabad
National Runners Up
* 2007 -DPS, New Delhi
* 2008 - All Saints High School, Hyderabad
* 2009 - SSS Singhania, Mumbai
* 2010 - Vidyodaya School, Cochin
The 2007 edition of the event is well known for attracting over 2,40,000 contestants across India.
The competition is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for achieving maximum participation in a quiz contest. The Quiz Currently holds the Guinness World Record (TM) for the Largest Quiz Ever. Aqua Regia - The Science Quiz also features in the LIMCA Book of Records as the Largest Quiz in India
The event is conducted over 5 stages, where stages 2-5 are held live in cities across India. The on stage rounds follow a unique bidding format, where teams bid for each passed question they are confident of answering. Failure to answer a question that the team has bid for will result in the team losing points. According to the organisers, the quiz aims to test how the students apply science concepts to arrive at answers and helps to spread the message that learning can be fun.
National Champions
* 2006 -Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram
* 2007 - SSS Singhania, Mumbai
* 2008 - Sri Akhilandeshwari Vidyalaya, Trichy
* 2009 - All Saints High School, Hyderabad
* 2010 - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Hyderabad
National Runners Up
* 2007 -DPS, New Delhi
* 2008 - All Saints High School, Hyderabad
* 2009 - SSS Singhania, Mumbai
* 2010 - Vidyodaya School, Cochin
IMS provides help to students, right from career counseling to preparation for important entrance examinations (CAT, GMAT, GRE, MCA etc.). IMS has now grown into a nationwide chain with over 100 branches. In 1977, Nagesh Ragunath Rane, an ex-Indian Institutes of Management adjunct faculty, with a batch of just 7 students founded IMS.
About IMS
IMS was established in 1977 for providing training for management entrance exams. Today IMS is among India's largest educational companies with business interests in Test Preparation, Vocational Training, Publications, Admission Consulting and Business School.
It has been voted as the most trusted test prep brand in India and the 4th most trusted education brand in India as per the AC Neilsen and Brand Equity survey 2003. IMS Learning Resources has been at the forefront of education for more than 30 years and has steadily expanded with more than 10000 students every year and 150+ centers countrywide.
IMS Divisions
* IMS Test Prep
* IMS Proschool
* Campus Point
* IMS Admissions Consultancy
* IMS Publications
* Praxis Business School, Kolkata
About IMS
IMS was established in 1977 for providing training for management entrance exams. Today IMS is among India's largest educational companies with business interests in Test Preparation, Vocational Training, Publications, Admission Consulting and Business School.
It has been voted as the most trusted test prep brand in India and the 4th most trusted education brand in India as per the AC Neilsen and Brand Equity survey 2003. IMS Learning Resources has been at the forefront of education for more than 30 years and has steadily expanded with more than 10000 students every year and 150+ centers countrywide.
IMS Divisions
* IMS Test Prep
* IMS Proschool
* Campus Point
* IMS Admissions Consultancy
* IMS Publications
* Praxis Business School, Kolkata
Greg W. Locke (born January 8, 1980) is an New York City-based independent film director, screenwriter, editor, producer and music and film critic.
Career
Locke has worked as a record store manager and a freelance film and music critic, and was a co-host for the podcast Stage Banter in 2006. He moved to Seattle in 2008. He has filmed several DIY music videos and short films for bands and in 2009 began working on a film about the indie rock music scene in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Bibliography
Novels
*Kicking the Rub (2007)
*Actual Anger (2010)
Screenplays
*The Coterie Daze (Feature, 2009)
*a tidal bore (Short, 2009)
*He Hop Wave (Feature, 2012)
*Basement Jekyll Boogie (Short, 2013)
*Jorma at Night (Short, 2013)
*Forever Into Space (Feature, 2013)
Collections
*The Obviousness of Pain and Frustration (2012)
*Nibble Skipa (2012, collection of album reviews)
Filmography
*In a Single Day (2009)
*Guerilla Tourist (2009-2010, film series)
*Holler and the Moan (2011)
*(A Film Called) Jaz (2013)
*Too Many Days (2013)
*Forever Into Space (2014)
Artwork
*Aladroit Bux (2012)
Career
Locke has worked as a record store manager and a freelance film and music critic, and was a co-host for the podcast Stage Banter in 2006. He moved to Seattle in 2008. He has filmed several DIY music videos and short films for bands and in 2009 began working on a film about the indie rock music scene in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Bibliography
Novels
*Kicking the Rub (2007)
*Actual Anger (2010)
Screenplays
*The Coterie Daze (Feature, 2009)
*a tidal bore (Short, 2009)
*He Hop Wave (Feature, 2012)
*Basement Jekyll Boogie (Short, 2013)
*Jorma at Night (Short, 2013)
*Forever Into Space (Feature, 2013)
Collections
*The Obviousness of Pain and Frustration (2012)
*Nibble Skipa (2012, collection of album reviews)
Filmography
*In a Single Day (2009)
*Guerilla Tourist (2009-2010, film series)
*Holler and the Moan (2011)
*(A Film Called) Jaz (2013)
*Too Many Days (2013)
*Forever Into Space (2014)
Artwork
*Aladroit Bux (2012)