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Blur (band) Members
Blur, Blurry, Blurring, Blurred or Blurr, may refer to: Optics and images * Bokeh, the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus parts of an image * Box blur, a graphic-art effect * Deblurring, process of removing blurring artifacts from images * Defocus aberration, blurring of an image due to incorrect focus * Fogging (censorship), censored blurring * Gaussian blur, a graphic-art effect * Motion blur, blurring of an image due to movement of the subject or imaging system Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Red Blue Blur, or The Blur, an alternate identity for Clark Kent in ''Smallville'' * The Atlanta Blur or The Blur, a character in the Marvel MAX comic Supreme Power * Blurr (Transformers), ''Transformers'' fictional robot superheroes Films * ''Blurred'' (film), a 2002 Australian film * ''Blurs'' (film), a 2011 Croatian film * ''Blurr'', a 2022 Indian horror thriller film by Ajay Bahl Music * Blur (band), an English rock band Albums * ''Blur'' (Blur albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokeh
In photography, bokeh ( or ; ) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in out-of-focus parts of an image, whether foreground or background or both. It is created by using a wide aperture lens. Some photographers incorrectly restrict use of the term bokeh to the appearance of bright spots in the out-of-focus area caused by circles of confusion. Bokeh has also been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause very different bokeh effects. Some lens designs blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce distracting or unpleasant blurring ("good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively). Photographers may deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions, accentuating their lens's bokeh. Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is ofte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unwritten Law Discography
American rock band Unwritten Law has released seven studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, two video albums, eleven singles, one demo, and thirteen music videos. Unwritten Law formed in 1990 in Poway, California with an initial lineup of singer Scott Russo, guitarists Steve Morris and Rob Brewer, bassist John Bell, and drummer Wade Youman. They released their six-song demo in 1992 and the EP '' Blurr'' in 1993. Their debut album '' Blue Room'' was released in 1994 through local label Red Eye Records. The band then signed to Epic Records, who re-released ''Blue Room'' and put out 1996's '' Oz Factor'', supported by singles for "Lame", " Denied", and "Superman", the latter of which became the band's first music video. Bell then left the group and the band signed to Interscope Records, bringing in Pivit bassist Micah Albao for the recording of 1998's '' Unwritten Law''. By the time of the album's release Pat "PK" Kim had become their permanent bassist. ''Unwritten Law'' was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Kovach
Bill Kovach (, born 1932) is an American journalist, former Washington bureau chief of ''The New York Times'', former editor of the '' Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', and co-author of the book ''The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and The Public Should Expect''. Biography Born in 1932 in East Tennessee to Albanian parents, Kovach planned, after attending college at East Tennessee State University, to go to graduate school in marine biology. After four years in the U.S. Navy, a summer job at the ''Johnson City Press Chronicle'' in Johnson City, Tennessee persuaded him to go into journalism. Kovach covered the civil rights movement, politics and Appalachian poverty for the '' Nashville Tennessean'' from 1960 to 1967. In 1965, he was involved in a fight for public access to the legislature, when he refused to leave a committee hearing following a call for executive session. The state senate passed a resolution revoking his floor privileges. ''The Tennessean' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Rosenstiel
Tom Rosenstiel is an American author, journalist, press critic, researcher and academic. He is the Eleanor Merrill Visiting Professor on the Future of Journalism at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. He was for the previous nine years the executive director of the American Press Institute. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Rosenstiel was founder and for 16 years director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), a research organization that studies the news media and is part of the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. His first novel, ''Shining City'', was published by Ecco of HarperCollins in February 2017 and his second, "The Good Lie," in 2019. A journalist for more than 30 years, Rosenstiel worked as a media critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' and chief congressional correspondent for ''Newsweek'' magazine and as co-founder and vice chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. Among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blur (video Game)
''Blur'' (stylized as ''blur'') is a 2010 Arcade racing, arcade-style racing vehicular combat game, vehicular combat video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision. ''Blur'' features a racing style that incorporates real world cars and locales with arcade style handling and Vehicular combat game, vehicular combat. The game is a spiritual successor to the ''Project Gotham Racing'' series. ''Blur'' was the penultimate game developed by Bizarre Creations before they were shut down by Activision on February 18, 2011. Gameplay The gameplay in ''Blur'' is centered on vehicular combat. The game tracks present eight different powerups that the cars can pick up. Each car can carry a maximum of three powerups at any given time, that they can then switch and activate at will, or discard. Out of the eight powerups, five of them are weapons, with the remaining ones being a defensive shield, a repair wrench that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudden Sky
''Sudden Sky'' is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band Crown the Empire. It was released on July 19, 2019 through Rise Records and was produced by Drew Fulk. It is the band's first album not to feature vocalist Dave Escamilla since their EP '' Limitless'', who departed from the group in January 2017. It is also the last album to feature the band's drummer Brent Taddie before he left the band in January 2022. Background On June 27, 2019, Rise Records' YouTube channel released a video titled, "Crown The Empire - The Making of the 'Sudden Sky' Album Cover." The cover was designed through three-dimensional full-body scans of all the band members, which bassist Hayden Tree described as "making hemselvesseem like an art installation in a 3D, futuristic manner." In the aforementioned video, guitarist Brandon Hoover explained that each member's poses were direct depictions of the emotions they felt throughout the course of making the album: Tree also explained in the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blurry (Stand Atlantic Song)
"Blurry" is a song by American rock band Puddle of Mudd. It was released on October 16, 2001, as the second single from the band's debut album '' Come Clean'' (2001). It was 2002's most successful rock song in the United States, topping the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Tracks charts as well as their year-end listings. "Blurry" also found success outside the US, reaching the top 20 in Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. It appears in the opening trailer, end credits, and fourth mission cutscene ("First Flight") of the 2004 video game Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. Background Puddle of Mudd played small shows in the Kansas City area for most of the 1990s with little mainstream success. However, singer Wes Scantlin got a demo tape to Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst when Limp Bizkit were in town on October 12, 1999, on the Family Values Tour, and Durst's label Flawless Records signed him to a recording contract. Unimpressed with Scantlin's bandmates, Flawle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA 13
''FIFA 13 ''is a Association football, football Simulation video game, simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. The game was released in late September 2012 in most regions with the Japanese release being in October. It is the first game in the series to use the PlayStation Move on the PlayStation 3 and the Kinect sensor on the Xbox 360. ''FIFA 13'' included new features to the ''FIFA'' franchise such as the First Touch Control and new celebrations were also added. A demo of the game was released on 11 September 2012, with the following teams being playable: Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City F.C., Manchester City, Juventus FC, Juventus, A.C. Milan, Arsenal F.C., Arsenal, and was downloaded a record 1.99 million times within three days. Features A new additional feature in ''FIFA 13'' is to support Kinect for Xbox 360 and PlayStation Move for PlayStation 3. The Wii U version includes some exclusive touch- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Came As Romans (album)
''We Came as Romans'' is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band We Came as Romans. It was released on July 24, 2015 through Equal Vision Records. As with '' Tracing Back Roots'', the album continues to see a departure of the band's metalcore sound found in their previous albums, in favor of a melodic rock sound. The album's first single, "The World I Used to Know", was released on May 26, 2015. This is the last album released during long time drummer Eric Choi’s tenure with the band before his departure in early October 2016. This is also the band's final album on Equal Vision Records. The album sold 22,600 copies in its first week, being considered a solid release despite selling less than their 2013 record, ''Tracing Back Roots'', that sold over 26,500 copies in its debut week. Genre According to ''Kill Your Stereo'', the band continues to "grow out of their heavier metalcore roots and move towards a more alternative metal, melodic direction" with their self-ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stigma (Wage War Album)
'' Stigma ''is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Wage War. The album was released on June 21, 2024, through Fearless Records and was produced by Drew Fulk. Release On March 21, 2024, the band released the first single, "Magnetic". On April 12, the band released the second single "Nail5". On the same day, the band announced the album's title, release date, cover, and tracklist. The release date was set for June 21, 2024. On May 17, the band released the third single "Tombstone". Critical reception ''Stigma'' received mostly positive reviews from critics. '' Blabbermouth.net'' stated that "Wage War's evolution shows on "Stigma" with lead single "Magnetic". This is a soft, ethereal song, which is unusual for the band and gives a nod to contemporaries Bad Omens and Sleep Token. "Magnetic" has pop vocals, with heavy effects on Briton Bond's vocal lines, and rich guitars, making this a very pop-friendly song. It's also the most mainstream-sounding song these gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever Neverland
''Forever Neverland'' is the second studio album by Danish singer and songwriter MØ. It was released on 19 October 2018 via Chess Club Records, RCA Victor, and Columbia Records. It is her first full-length release since her debut studio album '' No Mythologies to Follow'' (2014), and comes after her second EP '' When I Was Young'' (2017). The album was preceded by four singles: " Sun in Our Eyes" with Diplo, "Way Down", "Imaginary Friend" and "Blur". The album also features collaborations with Charli XCX, What So Not, Two Feet and Empress Of. The album received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its bold pop production, introspective themes, and MØ's effort to define her artistic identity beyond her previous collaborations. Some reviewers found the production occasionally oversaturated, though others highlighted its consistency and personal tone. ''Forever Neverland'' debuted at number one on the Danish Albums Chart and appeared on several year-end best alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
