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Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Between a rock and a hard place, or simply a rock and a hard place, is an expression meaning having to choose between two difficult options. It may also refer to: __NOTOC__ Literature *''A Rock and a Hard Place'', a 1988 Vietnam War novel by David Sherman *''A Rock and a Hard Place: One Boy's Triumphant Story'', a 1993 memoir considered to be a literary hoax, supposedly by Anthony Godby Johnson * ''Between a Rock and a Hard Place'' (book), a 2004 autobiography by Aron Ralston Music * ''Between a Rock and a Hard Place'' (Australian Crawl album), 1985 * ''Between a Rock and a Hard Place'' (Artifacts album), 1994 * ''A Rock and a Hard Place'', a song by Sisters of Mercy from their 1985 album '' First and Last and Always'' * " Rock and a Hard Place", a 1989 single by the Rolling Stones * "(Between A) Rock and a Hard Place", a song by Cutting Crew from their 1989 album ''The Scattering'' * "Rock and a Hard Place" (Bailey Zimmerman song), a 2022 song by Bailey Zimmerman Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sherman
David Sherman (1958 - November 16, 2022) was an American novelist who dealt overwhelmingly with military themes at the small-unit tactical level. His experiences as a United States Marine informed his writings. Early life and education Sherman was born in Niles, Ohio in 1958. He grew up in Kansas, Texas, New Jersey and Omaha, Nebraska, from where he joined the United States Marine Corps soon after turning 18. After his departure from the U.S. Marine Corps, he moved to Philadelphia where he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He had a brief stint as a sculptor, winning awards for his work. Military career David Sherman enlisted in the US Marine Corps directly out of high school. He went through Boot Camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California and Infantry Training Regiment at Camp San Onofre, a part of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. He was promoted to Private First Class (PFC) prior to reporting to his first duty station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Forgery
Literary forgery (also known as literary mystification, literary fraud or literary hoax) is writing, such as a manuscript or a literary work, which is either deliberately misattributed to a historical or invented author, or is a purported memoir or other presumably Nonfiction, nonfictional writing deceptively presented as true when, in fact, it presents untrue or imaginary information or content. History Literary forgery may involve the work of a famous author whose writings have an established intrinsic, as well as monetary, value. In an attempt to gain the rewards of such a reputation, the forger often engages in two distinct activities. The forger produces a writing which resembles the Style (fiction), style of the known reputable author to whom the fake is to be attributed. The forger may also fake the physical alleged original manuscript. This is less common, as it requires a great deal of technical effort, such as imitating the ink and paper. The forger then claims that, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Godby Johnson
Anthony Godby Johnson is the subject and supposed author of the 1993 memoir ''A Rock and a Hard Place: One Boy's Triumphant Story''. Subsequent investigations suggest that Johnson may have been the literary creation of Vicki Johnson, who purported to be Johnson's adoptive mother. Writing career The book initially appeared as an autobiography, describing Johnson's survival of an abusive childhood at the hands of his parents and their friends, his adoption by a new family, and his subsequent contraction of HIV/AIDS. A second, lesser-known book was published under Johnson's name in 1994, entitled ''Love Letters to Hawaii from Aboard the A-Train''. Investigation When several magazines and journalists, including ''Newsweek'' and Keith Olbermann, attempted to investigate the claims of the book and profile Anthony, they contacted the woman who claimed to be his adoptive mother, Vicki Johnson. Suspicion was raised when it was learned that no one other than Vicki Johnson had actually se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between A Rock And A Hard Place (book)
''Between a Rock and a Hard Place'' is a 2004 autobiographical book by American mountain climber Aron Ralston. It details an incident that occurred in 2003 when Ralston was canyoneering in Bluejohn Canyon in the Utah desert, where he became trapped for five days. Synopsis The book predominantly recounts Ralston's experience being trapped in the canyon and how he was forced to amputate his own right arm with a dull multi-tool in order to free himself after the arm became trapped by a boulder. It also describes Ralston's childhood, how he took up outdoor activities after moving to Colorado from Indiana, how he came to be an obsessive outdoorsman and how he left his engineering career at Intel in Arizona to take up outdoor activities as much as possible. The book goes back and forth, in alternating chapters, between Ralston's past experiences and his entrapment in the slot canyon, and the efforts of his mother to find him. Included in some editions are pictures of his days in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between A Rock And A Hard Place (Australian Crawl Album)
''Between a Rock and a Hard Place'' was the final studio album from Australian rock band Australian Crawl. It was produced by English producer Adam Kidron (Ian Dury, Cabaret Voltaire, Aztec Camera). Disappointed with sales, the band was ready to split but had to go out on tour for the next year to pay off the enormous $400,000 cost of producing the album. Track listing All songs were written by James Reyne, except where otherwise noted. #"Two Can Play" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 3:48 #"I'd Do It" - 3:33 #"Divers Down" - 3:07 #"If This Is Love" - 3:26 #"Two Hearts" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 3:55 #"Trouble Spot Rock" - 4:46 #"You Told Me" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 3:06 #"My Day At The Beach" - 3:51 #"Always The Way" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 5:37 #"Newly Weds In The Morning" - 3:07 #"Land Of Hope And Glory" - 5:08 Personnel Credits (taken from album's back cover and liner notes):Australia Crawl - Between A Rock And A Hard Place (Album Back Cover and Liner notes), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between A Rock And A Hard Place (Artifacts Album)
''Between a Rock and a Hard Place'' is the first studio album by American hip hop duo Artifacts. It was released by Big Beat Records in October 25, 1994. It peaked at number 137 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, number 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart, and number 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine that ranks contemporary R&B, R&B and hip hop music, hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Th ... chart. Track listing Charts References External links * {{Authority control 1994 debut albums Artifacts (group) albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Buckwild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock And A Hard Place
"Rock and a Hard Place" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1989 album ''Steel Wheels''. It is the second single from the album, and remains the most recent ''Billboard'' top 40 hit by the band. Recording Credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Rock and a Hard Place" was recorded at Montserrat's AIR Studios and London's Olympic Studios in the spring months of 1989. On the song, Richards said in the liner notes to the 1993 compilation album '' Jump Back'' (on which it was included), "This was like going back to the way we worked in the early days, before '' Exile'', when we were living round the corner from each other in London. Mick and I hadn't got together in four years since '' Dirty Work'', but as soon as we met up in Barbados for a fortnight, with a couple guitars and pianos, everything was fine." At the time of release, Jagger said, "This is one of those songs like "Start Me Up", where the minute you hear the opening notes, you head for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scattering (album)
''The Scattering'' is the second studio album by the English new wave rock band Cutting Crew. It was released on 16 May 1989 in Canada and the USA on Virgin Records, and on 7 August 1989 in the United Kingdom on Siren Records. Despite including the US Adult Contemporary chart hit "Everything But My Pride", it met with little commercial or critical success. Background In 1986, Cutting Crew had had a number-one US hit "(I Just) Died in Your Arms", the top 10 hit "I've Been in Love Before", and another Top 40 song, "One for the Mockingbird". All three were released to varying levels of chart success in their native UK and across much of Europe. However, their debut album, ''Broadcast,'' was less successful, failing to reach the top 10 in the US and the top 40 in the UK. Executives of Virgin Records were keen on the band delivering a follow-up album that both was popular on its own and had multiple radio-friendly singles lined up. It was recorded mostly at Curtis Schwartz' Studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock And A Hard Place (Bailey Zimmerman Song)
"Rock and a Hard Place" is a song recorded by American country music singer Bailey Zimmerman. The song charted in June 2022, reaching number two on ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs. It was released on country radio on December 12, 2022. Content The song is about a male who is facing a relationship about to break up, describing the scenario as "''between a rock and a hard place''". Taste of Country writer Carmen Liptak wrote that Zimmerman has "gravelly, rock-informed vocal delivery and strong storytelling skills", and compared his style to Parker McCollum and Tucker Beathard. Commercial performance "Rock and a Hard Place" debuted at number two on the ''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...'' Hot Country Songs chart dated June 20, 2022. This peak was achieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legendary Journeys
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make It Or Break It
''Make It or Break It'' ( ''MIOBI)'' is an American teen/family drama television series that focused on the lives of teen gymnasts who strived to make it to the Olympic Games in 2012. The series was inspired by Touchstone's 2006 teen comedy-drama film ''Stick It''. It premiered on ABC Family on June 22, 2009, with 2.5 million viewers.The series ended after Season 3. The show was picked up for an additional 10 episodes on July 27, 2009, which started airing on January 4, 2010, bringing the total number of episodes in the first season to 20. In January 2010, the show was renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 28, 2010 at 10 pm. Starting on July 13, 2010, new episodes aired following ''Pretty Little Liars''. The show's second season resumed after a six-month hiatus on March 28, 2011. The series was renewed for a third season on September 16, 2011, which premiered on March 26, 2012. It was announced on April 26, 2012, that the series had ended and the third season woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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