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Tribulations (song)
"Tribulations" is a 2005 song by LCD Soundsystem. It is the seventh single from the band's eponymous debut album. The single's cover was designed by Michael Vadino for DFA Design. Use in popular culture The song is featured in the opening theme to the ''Sound Opinions'' radio show, the 2005 video game ''Project Gotham Racing 3'', the 2006 video game '' Driver: Parallel Lines'', and The Office ''The Office'' is the title of several mockumentary sitcoms based on a British series originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as '' The Office'' in 2001. The original series also starred Gervais as manager and primary charac ... episode " Night Out". It is additionally a playable song in '' Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party 2''. Music video The video for "Tribulations" was first aired in August 2005. It was directed by Dougal Wilson and produced by Colonel Blimp. It features James Murphy walking around through various screens, sometimes walking out of a scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem is an American Dance-punk#Contemporary dance-punk, dance-punk revival band from Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002 by James Murphy (electronic musician), James Murphy, of DFA Records. The band comprises Murphy (vocals, various instruments), Nancy Whang (synthesizer, keyboards, vocals), Pat Mahoney (drums), Tyler Pope (bass, guitar, synthesizer), Al Doyle (guitar, synthesizer, percussion), Matt Thornley (guitar, synthesizer, percussion), and Korey Richey (synthesizer, piano, percussion). They have been signed to DFA since their inception, and also signed to Columbia Records in 2016. The band began by recording and releasing multiple singles from 2002 to 2004, the first of which was "Losing My Edge", one of their signature songs. This led up to the release of their 2005 LCD Soundsystem (album), self-titled debut studio album. It garnered critical acclaim and a Grammy Award nomination for Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album, Best Electronic/Dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parallel Lines
''Parallel Lines'' is the third studio album by American rock band Blondie, released on September 8, 1978, by Chrysalis Records. An instant critical and commercial success, the album reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in February 1979 and proved to be the band's commercial breakthrough in the United States, where it reached No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in April 1979. In ''Billboard'' magazine, ''Parallel Lines'' was listed at No. 9 in its top pop albums year-end chart of 1979. The album spawned several successful singles, notably the international hit " Heart of Glass". Background Blondie's second studio album, '' Plastic Letters'' (1977), was their last album produced by Richard Gottehrer, whose sound had formed the basis of Blondie's new wave and punk output. During a tour of the west coast of the US in support of ''Plastic Letters'', Blondie encountered Australian producer Mike Chapman in California. Peter Leeds, Blondie's manager, conspired with Chrysalis Records to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Singles
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not tile the plane with copies of itself. It is the largest face any of the five regular three-dimensional regular Platonic solid can have. A conic is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LCD Soundsystem Songs
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other Electro-optic modulator, electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers to display information. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly but instead use a backlight or Reflector (photography), reflector to produce images in color or Monochrome monitor, monochrome. LCDs are available to display arbitrary images (as in a general-purpose computer display) or fixed images with low information content, which can be displayed or hidden: preset words, digits, and seven-segment displays (as in a digital clock) are all examples of devices with these displays. They use the same basic technology, except that arbitrary images are made from a matrix of small pixels, while other displays have larger elements. LCDs are used in a wide range of applications, including LCD televisions, computer monitors, Dashboard, instrument panels, flight instrument ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dougal Wilson
Dougal Stewart Wilson (born August 1971) is an English director of commercials, music videos and films. His work includes directing several John Lewis Christmas adverts and the Grammy-nominated music video for "Life in Technicolor II" (2009) by Coldplay. He made his feature film debut with ''Paddington in Peru'' (2024), the third instalment in the ''Paddington'' franchise. Early life and inspiration Wilson was born in Heswall, Merseyside in August 1971. In his youth, he played in a series of bands. Inspired by Stanley Kubrick's epic science fiction film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968), and interested in astronomy, Wilson decided to study natural sciences at Durham University. While studying, he began designing posters for university gigs and plays and making sets for some of those plays in his spare time. Wilson graduated from Durham in 1992. He was inspired to become a director after hearing a BBC Radio 4 interview with Ridley Scott and Alan Parker in which they said that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hottest Party 2
''Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2'', later released as in Japan, was announced by Konami on May 15, 2008 as part of the 10th anniversary of ''Dance Dance Revolution'' celebration. ''Hottest Party 2'' features the same gameplay as the first Hottest Party and introduces new gameplay modes, gimmicks, characters and graphical enhancements. The game also features an all-new soundtrack featuring licensed music from the past four decades as well as new Konami Originals. Hottest Party 2 was released on September 16, 2008 in North America. A teaser site for the Japanese release was launched on December 9, 2008 featuring new gameplay footage from the game. Development ''Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2'' was announced on May 15, 2008 alongside '' Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3'' and ''Dance Dance Revolution X'' by Konami on the DDR Online Community website as part of Game Day 2008. A sequel to the 2007 '' Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party'', Hottest Party 2 features m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Out (The Office)
"Night Out" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series ''The Office'' and the show's sixty-eighth episode overall. The episode was written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Ken Whittingham. It first aired in the United States on April 24, 2008 on NBC. "Night Out" was viewed by a measured audience of over 7.5 million people, bringing in the lowest number of estimated viewers that ''The Office'' received among 12 episodes. "Night Out" received mixed reviews from critics. In the episode, Michael Scott (Steve Carell) and Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) travel to New York City to party with Ryan Howard ( B. J. Novak). Ryan starts acting erratically, and it is revealed that he is under the influence of drugs. Meanwhile, the remaining employees are going to be forced to work on a Saturday. Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) proposes that they work late on Friday, so they do not have to come in the next day. Once Jim and his co-workers finish working, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Office (U
''The Office'' is the title of several mockumentary sitcoms based on a British series originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as ''The Office (British TV series), The Office'' in 2001. The original series also starred Gervais as manager and primary character David Brent. The two series were broadcast on BBC Two in 2001 and 2002, totalling 12 episodes, with two special episodes concluding the series in 2003. A follow up movie (''David Brent: Life on the Road'') starring Gervais and featuring his David Brent character was released in 2016. Versions of the original were subsequently made in Germany, the United States, and many other countries. The longest-running version of the series, the The Office (American TV series), American adaptation, ran for nine seasons on the NBC Television Network from 2005 to 2013, with a total of 201 episodes. According to Nielsen Ratings as of April 2019, the American version of ''The Office'' was the No. 1 streamed show on Netflix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Gotham Racing 3
''Project Gotham Racing 3'' is a 2005 arcade-style racing video game developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft Game Studios as the third entry of the ''Project Gotham Racing'' series. It was released exclusively for the Xbox 360 as a launch title in November 2005. The game was rated by ''Official Xbox Magazine'' as Xbox 360 "Game of the Year" (2005), as well as "Best 1st Person (Not Shooter) of the Year", because of its realistic inside-car view. A sequel, ''Project Gotham Racing 4'', was released in October 2007. Gameplay ''Project Gotham Racing 3'' offers players four cities—Las Vegas, London, New York City, and Tokyo—as well as the Nürburgring to race through. ''Project Gotham Racing 3'' features 80 licensed cars from over 30 manufacturers such as Ferrari, Dodge, and Lamborghini. The polygons used to make up a car model increases in ''Project Gotham Racing 3'', to between 80,000 and 100,000. The increased polygon count allows for smoother, less jagged-sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LCD Soundsystem (album)
''LCD Soundsystem'' is the debut studio album by American rock band LCD Soundsystem. It was released on January 24, 2005, jointly through DFA and Capitol Records in the United States and EMI elsewhere. The album encompasses genres that range from dance-punk to electronica to indie rock to dance music. The album was critically acclaimed upon release and was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. Many singles were released to promote the album, including the band's breakout " Daft Punk Is Playing at My House", which reached number one on the UK Dance Chart in March, 2005. Reception ''LCD Soundsystem'' received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 86, based on 35 reviews. Andy Kellman of AllMusic wrote that ''LCD Soundsystem'' "has few weak spots and unfolds smoothly as you listen to it from beginning to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Opinions
''Sound Opinions'' is an independent radio talk show and podcast based in Chicago. It focuses on the discussion of music genres, history, artists and albums. It airs weekly on over 150 public radio stations nationwide and is syndicated though the Public Radio Exchange. It is also available for download and streaming worldwide as a podcast. The show is hosted by Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot and features interviews with musicians and industry figures as well as dissections of classic albums and musical movements. Kot and DeRogatis also review recent record releases and share under-the-radar albums they call "Buried Treasures." ''Sound Opinions'' is an independent production, produced by Alex Claiborne and Andrew Gill. ''Sound Opinions'' was adapted for television by WTTW in Chicago. History ''Sound Opinions'' began life as a regular feature on Ed Schwartz's overnight program on WLUP-AM in 1993 featuring then Chicago Sun Times music critic Jim DeRogatis and Bill Wyman who was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disco Infiltrator
"Disco Infiltrator" is a song from the eponymous debut album by LCD Soundsystem. It was released on 6 June 2005 as the debut's sixth single. The song was written by LCD Soundsystem's frontman James Murphy and produced by Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy as The DFA. It contains a sample from Kraftwerk's "Home Computer". The B-side of the 7" release is a cover version of Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Slowdive" from their 1982 album, '' A Kiss in the Dreamhouse''. The cover was recorded during a live in-studio performance for XFM London Radio X is a British national commercial radio station focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, and owned by Global. The station launched in 1989 as a pirate radio station named Q102, before being renamed Xfm in 1992. The station b .... Track listing References LCD Soundsystem songs 2005 singles Songs written by James Murphy (electronic musician) 2005 songs DFA Records singles {{2000s-electronic-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
