Crawfordsville, Indiana
Crawfordsville is a city in Montgomery County in west central Indiana, U. S. 49 mi. west by northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,915; the city is the county seat of Montgomery County, the only chartered city and largest populated place in the county. Crawfordsville is part of a broader Indianapolis combined statistical area, although the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area is only thirty miles north, it is home to Wabash College, ranked by Forbes as #12 in the United States for undergraduate studies in 2008. The city was founded in 1823 on the bank of Sugar Creek, a southern tributary of the Wabash River and named for U. S. Treasury Secretary William H. Crawford. Crawfordsville was founded adjacent to Sugar Creek, a southern tributary of the Wabash River, in 1823 by Virginian Major Ambrose Whitlock, U. S. army, who served under Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the Northwest Indian War. The city was named for fellow Virginian William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Madison and Monroe at that time.
Whitlock was the first settler in the town. In 1813, Williamson Dunn, Henry Ristine, Major Ambrose Whitlock noted that the site of present-day Crawfordsville was ideal for settlement, surrounded by deciduous forest and arable land, with water provided by a nearby creek named Sugar Creek, they returned a decade to find at least one cabin built. In 1821, William and Jennie Offield had built a cabin on a little creek to be known as Offield Creek, four miles southwest of the future site of Crawfordsville. Major Whitlock laid out the town in March 1823. Crawfordsville was named in honor of William H. Crawford, a native Virginian, the cabinet officer who had issued Whitlock's commission as Receiver of Public Lands. According to a diary of Sanford C. Cox, one of the first schoolmasters in the area, in 1824: "Crawfordsville is the only town between Terre Haute and Fort Wayne... Maj. Ristine keeps tavern in a two-story log house and Jonathan Powers has a little grocery. There are two stores, Smith's near the land office, Issac C.
Elston's, near the tavern... David Vance sheriff, it was incorporated as a town in 1834, following a failed attempt three years earlier. In November 1832, Wabash College was founded in Crawfordsville as "The Wabash Teachers Seminary and Manual Labor College". On December 18, 1833, the Crawfordsville Record carried a paid announcement of the opening of this school. Today, it is one of only three remaining all-male liberal arts colleges in the country, has a student body of around 900. In 1842, 9-year-old Horace Hovey discovered remarkably well-preserved Pentacrinites or Crinoids along the banks of Sugar Creek, which drew researchers and fossil enthusiasts to the area. Crawfordsville grew in size and amenities, adding such necessities as a fire department, it gained status as a city in 1865. In 1862, Joseph F. Tuttle, after whom Tuttle Grade School was named in 1906 and Tuttle Junior High School was named in 1960, became President of Wabash College and served for 30 years. "He was an eloquent preacher, a sound administrator and an astute handler of public relations."
Joseph Tuttle, together with his administrators, worked to improve relations in Crawfordsville between "Town and Gown". Several future and past Civil War generals lived in Crawfordsville at different times. Generals Lew Wallace and Mahlon D. Manson spent most their lives in the town. Generals Edward Canby and John P. Hawkins spent some of their youth in Crawfordsville. General Henry B. Carrington lived in the town after the war, taught military science at Wabash College. Several other future generals were students at Wabash before the war, including Joseph J. Reynolds, John C. Black, Speed S. Fry, Charles Cruft, William H. Morgan. In 1880, prominent local citizen Lew Wallace produced Crawfordsville's most famous literary work, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, a historical novel dealing with the beginnings of Christianity in the Mediterranean world. In addition to Wallace, Crawfordsville lived up to its nickname "The Athens of Indiana" by being the hometown of a number of authors, including Maurice Thompson, Mary Hannah Krout, Caroline Virginia Krout, Susan Wallace, Will H. Thompson, Meredith Nicholson.
Hoosiers have long believed that the first basketball game in Indiana occurred in Crawfordsville YMCA between the teams from Crawfordsville's and Lafayette's YMCAs on March 16, 1894. Recent research, conclusively shows that while Crawfordsville was among the first dozen or so Indiana communities to adopt the sport, it was not the first place basketball was played in Indiana. Crawfordsville had a vibrant basketball playing culture from early on with teams from the local YMCA, Wabash College, Crawfordsville High School, a business college competing against each other. Crawfordsville was the site for one of the earliest intercollegiate basketball games between Wabash College and Purdue University in 1894 at the city's YMCA. In 1882, one of the first Rotary Jails in the country opened, it served from 1882 until 1972. The Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence is now a museum and listed on the National Register of Historic Places; the beginning of the 20th century marked important steps for Crawfordsville, as Culver Union Hospital and the Carnegie Library were built in 1902.
Culver operated as a not-for-profit, municipally-owned facility for 80 years, was sold to for-profit American Medical International, in 1984 was relocated from its original location near downtown to a new campus north of the city. The hospital's ownership was transferred to Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc. in 2000 and renamed S
Boris the Sprinkler
Boris the Sprinkler was a punk rock band that formed in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1992. Boris the Sprinkler was founded in Green Bay in 1992 by Reverend Nørb and Paul #1. Nørb and Paul played with Eric Lee and Ronny Johnny Kispert. Nørb, born Norb Rozek, had written for the music magazines Sick Teen and Maximum Rocknroll. Nørb's lyrics and the band's style were self-consciously irreverent, tongue-in-cheek, referential to other aspects of pop culture, influenced by punk rock groups such as The Dickies, The Rezillos, The Ramones; the group dressed in flamboyant styles such as "zebra-print tights and gold lamé body suits". Boris the Sprinkler released eight full-length albums over the period 1994-2000, including 1994's 8 Testicled Pogo Machine, 1998's End of the Century, two albums for Go-Kart Records, 1999's Suck and 2000's Gay; the group released numerous EPs and singles, among them 1995's Mutant Pop release "Drugs and Masturbation" and 1996's "Kill the Ramones". In 2013, Nørb published The Annotated Boris: Deconstructing the Lyrical Majesty of Boris the Sprinkler, a "line-by-line analysis" of songs he wrote for Boris the Sprinkler.
8-Testicled Pogo Machine Saucer to Saturn End of the Century Mega Anal Suck Group Sex Gay The Frozen Tundra of... Boris the Sprinkler Live Cincinnati 1999 V. M. Live Presents Boris the Sprinkler 11/1/96 Gratuitous 1998 Summer Tour 10" Banana Pad Riot! / Split with The Vindictives, Young Fresh Fellows & Mr. T Experience 8" flexi-disc with Less Than Jake, Sonic Dolls and Mulligan Stu 4Money She's Got a Lighter / It's My Style Grilled Cheese? / Bad Guy Reaction Male Model / Superball Eyes / Ejector Seat Beth / I Turned Into a Martian Drugs & Masturbation / Yeah Yeah / Yeah Yeah No Ready Steady Go True Grit / Poodle Party / Do the Mimi Hey Ed! / Attitude Sheena's Got a Microwave / Chipmunks Are Go! / Chemistry Set 113th Man / Son of Musical Interlude / Penalty Box / Can't Controllit Kill the Ramones / Kill the Sex Pistols Little Yellow Box / Why Don't We Do It in the Dumpster / Get Off the Phone New Wave Records / Yellow Pills / Hi, We're the Replacements Nikki The Sprinkler / Borisites Russian Robot / Do The Go / Got The Time Sick Sick Sick / Ultimatum / Busy Signals Rev. Nørb – vocals, guitar, harmonica Paul No. 1 – guitar, vocals Erik No. 1 – bass, guitar Ronny Johnny Kispert – drums Eric No. 2 – bass, recording engineer Paul No. 2 – drums Ric Six – bass Tim 00 – bass LP – guitar Rev. Nørb, The Annotated Boris: Deconstructing the Lyrical Majesty of Boris the Sprinkler.
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Dirt Bike Annie
Dirt Bike Annie was a rock band from Jersey City, New Jersey that played pop punk and power pop music. Founder and lead singer Adam Rabuck has gone on to form The Impulse International. Dirt Bike Annie was formed in 1993 by Adam Rabuck; the band's two other consistent members throughout the years were bassist/vocalist Dan Paquin and guitarist/vocalist Jeanie Lee. Drummers in the band include Mike Yannich, Heth Weinstein, Tommy Vinton from Too Much Joy, Dennis Donaghy. At the top of 1996, Dirt Bike Annie released their first 7" on their own label called Richie Records. During the early phase of the career of rapper mc chris, DBA performed as his backing band under their stage name,'The Lee Majors'. In 2003, the band contributed two songs to the Project Gotham Racing 2 soundtrack. After a decade of touring and releasing records, the group disbanded in 2005 when Lee and Paquin each left the band. One of their last shows together was on May 3 of that year, opening for mc chris at the Continental club in New York City.
Lee left the band first, Paquin decided to leave shortly thereafter. At that point, the remaining members decided it best to break up the band for good. In 2010, Rabuck and Mike Yannich played a 90-minute reunion set at the Insubordination Fest in Baltimore. Hit The Rock — Mutant Pop Records, 1999 Live Jersey City 2000: Sweatin' to the Oldies — Mutant Pop Records, 2000 It Ain't Easy Bein' Single — Dirt Nap Records, 2001 The Ellis Island Rendezvous — Stardumb Records, 2002 Split with The Popsters. Show Us Your Demons — Dirt Nap Records, 2003 It Ain't Easy Bein' Stupid EP — Richie Records, 1996 Choco-Berri Sugar Pops EP — Mutant Pop Records Night of the Living Rock and Roll Creation EP — Knock Knock Records The Wedding EP — Whoa Oh Records Split double EP with the Kung Fu Monkeys. Dirt Bike Annie page at Knock Knock Records
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho; the parallel 42 ° north delineates the southern boundary with Nevada. Oregon is one of only four states of the continental United States to have a coastline on the Pacific Ocean. Oregon was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before Western traders and settlers arrived. An autonomous government was formed in the Oregon Country in 1843 before the Oregon Territory was created in 1848. Oregon became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. Today, at 98,000 square miles, Oregon is the ninth largest and, with a population of 4 million, 27th most populous U. S. state. The capital, Salem, is the second most populous city in Oregon, with 169,798 residents. Portland, with 647,805, ranks as the 26th among U. S. cities. The Portland metropolitan area, which includes the city of Vancouver, Washington, to the north, ranks the 25th largest metro area in the nation, with a population of 2,453,168.
Oregon is one of the most geographically diverse states in the U. S. marked by volcanoes, abundant bodies of water, dense evergreen and mixed forests, as well as high deserts and semi-arid shrublands. At 11,249 feet, Mount Hood, a stratovolcano, is the state's highest point. Oregon's only national park, Crater Lake National Park, comprises the caldera surrounding Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States; the state is home to the single largest organism in the world, Armillaria ostoyae, a fungus that runs beneath 2,200 acres of the Malheur National Forest. Because of its diverse landscapes and waterways, Oregon's economy is powered by various forms of agriculture and hydroelectric power. Oregon is the top timber producer of the contiguous United States, the timber industry dominated the state's economy in the 20th century. Technology is another one of Oregon's major economic forces, beginning in the 1970s with the establishment of the Silicon Forest and the expansion of Tektronix and Intel.
Sportswear company Nike, Inc. headquartered in Beaverton, is the state's largest public corporation with an annual revenue of $30.6 billion. The earliest evidence of the name Oregon has Spanish origins; the term "orejón" comes from the historical chronicle Relación de la Alta y Baja California written by the new Spaniard Rodrigo Montezuma and made reference to the Columbia River when the Spanish explorers penetrated into the actual North American territory that became part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. This chronicle is the first topographical and linguistic source with respect to the place name Oregon. There are two other sources with Spanish origins, such as the name Oregano, which grows in the southern part of the region, it is most probable that the American territory was named by the Spaniards, as there are some populations in Spain such as "Arroyo del Oregón" considering that the individualization in Spanish language "El Orejón" with the mutation of the letter "g" instead of "j". Another early use of the name, spelled Ouragon, was in a 1765 petition by Major Robert Rogers to the Kingdom of Great Britain.
The term referred to the then-mythical River of the West. By 1778, the spelling had shifted to Oregon. In his 1765 petition, Rogers wrote: The rout...is from the Great Lakes towards the Head of the Mississippi, from thence to the River called by the Indians Ouragon... One theory is that the name comes from the French word ouragan, applied to the River of the West based on Native American tales of powerful Chinook winds on the lower Columbia River, or from firsthand French experience with the Chinook winds of the Great Plains. At the time, the River of the West was thought to rise in western Minnesota and flow west through the Great Plains. Joaquin Miller explained in Sunset magazine, in 1904, how Oregon's name was derived: The name, Oregon, is rounded down phonetically, from Ouve água—Oragua, Or-a-gon, Oregon—given by the same Portuguese navigator that named the Farallones after his first officer, it in a large way, means cascades:'Hear the waters.' You should steam up the Columbia and hear and feel the waters falling out of the clouds of Mount Hood to understand the full meaning of the name Ouve a água, Oregon.
Another account, endorsed as the "most plausible explanation" in the book Oregon Geographic Names, was advanced by George R. Stewart in a 1944 article in American Speech. According to Stewart, the name came from an engraver's error in a French map published in the early 18th century, on which the Ouisiconsink River was spelled "Ouaricon-sint", broken on two lines with the -sint below, so there appeared to be a river flowing to the west named "Ouaricon". According to the Oregon Tourism Commission, present-day Oregonians pronounce the state's name as "or-uh-gun, never or-ee-gone". After being drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2002, former Oregon Ducks quarterback Joey Harrington distributed "Orygun" stickers to members of the media as a reminder of how to pronounce the name of his home state; the stickers are sold by the University of Oregon Bookstore. Oregon is 295 miles north to south at longest distance, 395 miles east to west. With an area of 98,381 square miles, Oregon is larger than the United Kingdom.
It is the ninth largest state in the United States. Oregon's highest point is the summit of Mount Hood, at 11,249 feet, its lowest point is the sea level of the Pacific Ocean along the Oregon Coas
High School Hellcats
High School Hellcats is an American 1958 film about a high school girl gang. The film stars Yvonne Lime, Bret Halsey, Jana Lund, it is part of a series of exploitation films about juvenile delinquents produced during the 1950s by American International Pictures. American International Pictures released the film as a double feature with Hot Rod Gang. Joyce Martin is a transfer student at her new school. On her first day, she is sized up by the leader of the Connie. For her first test of initiation, Joyce is tricked into wearing slacks to school though it is verboten by school policy. During class the teacher asks Joyce to be the blackboard volunteer, Joyce reluctantly gets up, Miss Davis asks her why she is wearing slacks. Humiliated, she cuts class and goes to a nearby coffee shop and meets the coffee shop employee Mike, a college student who takes night classes, as he must financially support himself. Joyce goes to a Hellcats meeting at an abandoned theater where she is introduced to the members of the Hellcats.
Connie explains to her the premise of the group: the Hellcats are a girl gang who rule the social order of the school. If she is invited to join, she will be popular. Joyce must undergo two more before initiation. Good grades aren’t allowed and she may only date Hellcat-approved boys. Joyce agrees but she secretly begins dating Mike; the girls meet to go shoplifting the next day. When they stop at the coffee shop afterward, Joyce is rude to Mike. Connie and Dolly tell her; the next initiation test requires Joyce to go up to Riff, with his girlfriend, ask him to be her date at a dance. To the furor of his girlfriend, he agrees. At the party, they decide to play a game of Sardines. In the dark, a scream is heard; when the lights come on, they find Connie’s body on the downstairs landing. She is dead, they agree to get out and not say anything. A couple of boys drop Joyce off near her house. Mike drives by and she jumps into his car; the boys come over and try to beat Mike up but he is able to fend them off.
Joyce and Mike go to his apartment. Joyce cries on his shoulder, says it was a terrible party, falls asleep in his arms. Joyce’s father is furious when she arrives home, her mother defends her. Joyce says. Connie is reported missing and the police start questioning students at the high school. Dolly, now running the Hellcats, reminds them to say nothing. Joyce does not tell her anything. Dolly leaves a note on Joyce's desk summoning her to a meeting that night. Mike gives her a ride to the abandoned theater, she tells him she will only be 10 minutes, just time enough to quit the Hellcats, he waits outside for her. Two of the Hellcats go to Miss Davis, they know that there is no meeting and they are worried that Dolly intends to teach Joyce a lesson. Miss Davis calls the police. On the balcony of the theater Dolly confronts Joyce, telling her that she pushed Connie out of jealousy because she was getting too friendly with Joyce. Dolly lunges toward Joyce with a knife but Joyce moves at the last moment and Dolly falls over the balcony to the floor below, dead.
The police arrive. Mike rushes in. Miss Davis arrives. Mike takes Joyce home. Miss Davis calls Joyce's parents to tell them, she tells them. Joyce’s parents are waiting on the doorstep, they hug Joyce. Joyce’s father pats Mike on the shoulder and they enter the house together; this movie was part of a two-picture deal between producers Charles "Buddy" Rogers, the husband of "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, Ferde Grofe Jr. son of the composer Ferde Grofe, in association with a nationwide competition in Dig Magazine. Mary Pickford put up $100,000 for each of the movies. Grofe Jr. had his name removed from the credits, fearing the low-brow nature of this and Hot Rod Gang would reflect poorly on his father. The film was shot with Holmby Park in the background. In October 1958, at an American International Pictures luncheon for the Theaters Owners Association of America, producer Jerry Wald said that the pictures like High School Hellcats are "not the type of picture on which we can build the market of the future.
While they may make a few dollars today, they will destroy us tomorrow." Producer James H. Nicholson responded by stating "I'd rather take my children to see these pictures than God's Little Acre" The film was condemned by PTA groups in Los AngelesDirector Edward Bernds stated that he "never made a dime" on High School Hellcats until it sold to TV. High School Hellcats on IMDb
Dillinger Four
Dillinger Four is an influential American punk rock band formed in 1994 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They have released four full-length studio albums. Since 1996, the band's lineup has been Patrick Costello on bass guitar and vocals, Erik Funk and Bill Morrisette on guitars and vocals, Lane Pederson on drums. Midwestern Songs of the Americas Versus God Situationist Comedy Civil War Live at First Avenue This Shit Is Genius Higher Aspirations: Tempered and Dismantled The Kids Are All Dead More Songs About Girlfriends and Bubblegum D4! The Bootleg The Rebel's Choice Dillinger Four / Pinhead Gunpowder Masters of War with Brother Mark Treehouse and Atmosphere "Farts are Jazz to Assholes" on Short Music for Short People "Our Science is Tight" and "Maximum Piss and Vinegar" on Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 3 "Like Sprewells on a Wheelchair" on Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 Belt Fighting the Man Plea for Peace/Take Action Vol. 2
