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Pen Pals (magazine)
Penpals, people who regularly write to each other. Pen Pals or penpals may also refer to: Music * Pen Pals (band), a indie folk band from the United States *"Penpals", by Sloan from ''Twice Removed'' *"Penpals", a track from ''Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood"'' Other uses * "Pen Pals" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), an episode of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' * "Pen Pals" (''The Ren & Stimpy Show''), an episode of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' * ''Pen Pals'', a 1992 film starring Bai Ling Bai Ling (, born October 10, 1966) is a Chinese American actress and musician. After acting in numerous Chinese productions, she played small roles in American films such as '' The Crow'' (1994) and '' Nixon'' (1995) before starring as the femal ... * ''Penpal'' (novel), a 2012 self-published horror/thriller novel by Dathan Auerbach {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penpals
Pen pals (or penfriends, penpals, pen-pals) are people who regularly write to each other, particularly via postal mail. Pen pals are usually strangers whose relationship is based primarily, or even solely, on their exchange of letters. Occasionally, pen pals may already have a relationship that is not regularly conducted in person. Purposes A pen pal relationship is often used to practice reading and writing in a foreign language, to improve literacy, to learn more about other countries and lifestyles, and to make friendships. While the expansion of the Internet has reduced the number of traditional pen pals, pen pal clubs can nowadays be found on the Internet, in magazine columns, newspapers, and sometimes through clubs or special interest groups. Sometimes pen pals are used in schools. Organizations Many pen pals meet each other through organizations that bring people together for this purpose. Organizations can be split into three main categories: free, partial subscription ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pen Pals (band)
The Pen Pals are an indie folk music group composed of artists Jetty Rae and Heath McNease. The group is known for its minimalist style and layered vocal harmonies. To date, they have released 2 albums: 'Gold' (2016) and 'I Disappear' (2017), the latter of which is said to have 'introspective lyrics of loss, sorrow, perseverance and hope'. The group itself has been cited as a 'gentler, more harmonic version of The Civil Wars'. Discography The Pen Pals have released 2 albums in their career: Gold (2015) Released on September 17, 2015 described by one reviewer as "folk pop". The album spent 5 days as the most downloaded on NoiseTrade NoiseTrade was a global online audio and book direct-to-fan distribution platform. It was based in Nashville, Tennessee. It enables its users to upload original music and books and give away for free without digital rights management to anyone .... The theme of the album is a romance that begins and ends with summer. I Disappear (2017) Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twice Removed
''Twice Removed'' is the second album by Canadian rock band Sloan, released on Geffen Records in 1994. The album took seven weeks and cost $120,000 to record. More melodic than their previous album, '' Smeared'', Geffen gave the record little promotion because it defied the label's commercially dominant grunge rock style of the time. The band and Geffen parted ways after ''Twice Removeds release. After the band's trouble with the label, they took time off from touring and writing and were broken up for a brief period. Commercial performance ''Twice Removed'' peaked at No. 25 on the ''RPM'' Canadian Albums Chart. By February 1997, the album had sold 58,000 units in Canada. The album was certified Gold in Canada on October 20, 1998. In the United States, the album has sold 14,000 units to date according to Nielsen Soundscan. Legacy In 1996, the music magazine ''Chart'' conducted a reader poll to determine the best Canadian albums of all time. ''Twice Removed'' topped that poll. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Suite Inspired By Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood"
''Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood"'' is an album by the English pianist Stan Tracey and his quartet, that was released by the Columbia subsidiary of EMI in 1965. The music was written in response to the 1953 BBC radio play ''Under Milk Wood'', by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. It has often been cited as one of the best jazz recordings made in the United Kingdom. Reception In a review of the album for ''BBC Music Magazine'', Chris Parker wrote: "Tracey’s startlingly percussive, eccentric piano style and his close rapport with tenorman Bobby Wellins do bring Thelonious Monk and Charlie Rouse to mind, but the cogent pungency of the compositions (in catchy mid-tempo tunes or in haunting ballads like ‘Starless and Bible Black’ and the title-track) is all his own". In a series of articles for ''The Guardian'' newspaper titled "50 great moments in jazz", John Fordham wrote of the album: "''Under Milk Wood'' was an evocative collection of sparky themes inspi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Generation)
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns 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 pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Generation
Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to: Publications and literature * ''Next Generation'' (magazine), video game magazine that was made by the now defunct Imagine Media publishing company * Next Generation poets (2004), list of young and middle-aged figures from British poetry Technology Next generation often means a new state of the art: * AMD Next Generation Microarchitecture (other), AMD products * Next Generation Air Transportation System, the Federal Aviation Administration's massive overhaul of the national airspace system * Next Generation Internet (other), various projects intended to drastically increase the speed of the Internet * Next Generation Networking, emerging computer network architectures and technologies * Next-generation lithography, lithography technology slated to replace photolithography beyond the 32 nm node * Next-Generation Secure Computing Base, software architecture designed by Microsoft * NextGen Healthcare Infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pen Pals (The Ren & Stimpy Show)
"Pen Pals" is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 18, 1995. Plot Ren and Stimpy (characters), Ren and Stimpy are vagrants of society, living in a mobile home owned by Ren's mother for the last decade. Ren is angered by the advertisement of a high-end prison with luxuries when a policeman arrives to confiscate the mobile home for Ren's illegal activity. Remembering the prison advertisement and angry at Stimpy's mockery, he decided to commit crimes to enter the prison, imagining a life of luxury. The duo somehow acquire a missile offscreen and uses it to instigate a bank robbery, which the police arrive in tanks to take them to a dog pound. They shoot the duo, causing the missile to explode, making the policemen escape and severely injuring the duo. They decide to break into the prison with a grappling hook, which beheads the taxidermized body of the policeman's dog Rascal. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ren & Stimpy Show
''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', commonly referred to as simply ''Ren & Stimpy'', is an American animated Comedy film, comedy television series created by John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon. The series follows the misadventures of Ren Höek, an emotionally unstable and psychotic chihuahua (dog), chihuahua dog; and Stimpy, a good-natured and dimwitted Manx cat. Originally produced by Spümcø, the series aired on Nickelodeon from August 11, 1991, to December 16, 1995, with its last episode airing on MTV on October 20, 1996, spanning a total of five seasons and 52 episodes. The third to be aired of the original three Nickelodeon animated series known as "Nicktoons", alongside ''Doug (TV series), Doug'' and ''Rugrats'', it is one of the progenitor series of the brand. The series received widespread critical acclaim for its visuals, animation, and surreal nature. However, it generated significant controversy for its Black comedy, dark humor, Innuendo, sexual innuendos, Adult animation, adul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bai Ling
Bai Ling (, born October 10, 1966) is a Chinese American actress and musician. After acting in numerous Chinese productions, she played small roles in American films such as '' The Crow'' (1994) and '' Nixon'' (1995) before starring as the female lead in '' Red Corner'' (1997). She then went on to portray roles in '' Wild Wild West'' (1999), '' Anna and the King'' (1999), '' Taxi 3'' (2003), '' Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'' (2004), '' Southland Tales'' (2006), and '' Crank: High Voltage'' (2009). She won the Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 Hong Kong Film Awards and the 2004 Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan for her role in '' Dumplings'' (2004). Early life Bai was born in Chengdu. Her father, Bai Yuxiang (), was a musician in the People's Liberation Army, and later a music teacher. Her mother, Chen Binbin (), was a dancer, stage actress, and literature teacher at Sichuan University; Bai's maternal grandfather was a military officer of the Kuomintang army, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
