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The term “horror movie” first appeared in the writings of critics in response to the release of Universal’s Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931). The term has since come to describe any film that strives to elicit the emotion of fear, disgust, and shock. A large collection of classic scary movies have screenplays that are based [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged A Nightmare on Elm Street, Bannane Head, Beware! The Blob, British Broadcasting Corporation, Captain, Caril Ann Fugate, catholic church, Central State Hospital, Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Charles Starkweather, Child's Play, Chuck Russell, Crest Service Station, David Brown, Douglas, Dracula, Ed Gein, Edmund Kemper, Entertainment Weekly Inc., Estes Park, film, Frank Mundus, Freddy Krueger, Gary M. Heidnik, Gary Oldman, George Pollard Jr., Grady, halloween, Henderson Island, herman melville, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Jack Palance, jaws, Jerry Brudos, Larry Hagman, Luther Miles Schulze, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Natural Born Killers, Necrophiles, Newgate Prison, Oliver Stone, painter and author, Peter Benchley, Psycho, Raymond Bishop, Robbie Mannheim, Robert Eugene Otto, Robert Jensen, Roland Doe, Ronald Edwin Hunkeler, Sawney Bean, Scream, Speculative fiction, Stanley Hotel, Stephen King, Steve McQueen, Steven Spielberg, Sultan Mehmed II, The Blob, The Exorcist, The Hills Have Eyes, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the Washington Post, The Washington Post Company, Theodore Roosevelt, Timberline Lodge, Wes Craven, William Friedkin, William Peter Blatty
Music has often been a source of controversy in modern society. Attempts have been made to censor and destroy music that has been deemed offensive and inappropriate. Here, I have assembled ten of the most controversial pieces of music ever released. I have chosen them based on two criteria: if they were revolutionary pieces of music that challenged [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Monday, October 17, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Music · Tagged Abel Meeropol, America, American Communist Party, Billie Holiday, British Broadcasting Corporation, court conductor, eminem, Ethel Rosenberg, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hermann Levi, Igor Stravinsky, Independent Broadcasting Authority, Jasmine Veillete, john cage, julius rosenberg, Levee Breaks, Louie Louie, Ludwig, Marshall Mathers LP, media exposure, Munich Opera, Music, N.W.A, Never Mind the Bollocks, official UK Singles Chart, queen, Rapp-Coudert committee, Richard Berry, Richard Wagner, Rodney King, Straight Outta Compton, The Blue Aeroplanes, The Sex Pistols, Thomas Shipp, Tipper Gore, Todd Rundgren, Wave, XTC, XTC lead singer
Eighteen is a special time in a person’s life. In most countries, 18-years-old is when an individual is legally considered an adult and can assume control over their actions and decisions. As we move into the 21st century, the age of maturity has risen. A 15-year-old boy living in the Middle Ages had greater responsibilities [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Monday, September 19, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged Actor, advocate for AIDS research and public education, After You've Gone, AIDS, Akhenaten, Akhetaten, alabama, Alabama,United States, Alexander Severus, Allied Control Council, Antioch, artist, Aruba, BBC, Berlin, Berlin,Germany, Beths Grammar School, bishop, blood product, brain death, Britain, Britain's Got Talent, British Broadcasting Corporation, British Columbia, British Columbia,Canada, Caracalla, carpenter, Charles Carlton, Checkpoint Charlie, Chile, club Carlos'n Charlie, Colorado, Colorado,United States, Columbine High School, communist government, Cultural anthropology, denmark, Denver, Denver,Colorado,United States, Disappeared people, disease, disorder, Dylan Klebold, East Germany, Edmund, egypt, Elton John, Emaji, emperor, Eric Harris, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, Erich Schreiber, F-16, factor, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Flores Ramírez, Food and Drug Administration, France, gene therapy, George Herbert, Germany, Great Britain, Greta Van Susteren, Hamilton Heights High School, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, head, Helmut Kulbeik, Hemophilia A, Henry Frederick, Henry Frederick Stuart, hereditary blood coagulation disorder, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Howard Carter, Ichinomiya Hospital, Ichinomiya Hospital in Japan, Inc., Indiana, Indiana,United States, injury, Ireland, ITV police, James M. Wilson, Jamie, Japan, Jesse Gelsinger, Joran van der Sloot, Jordan, Jordan van der Sloot, Julia Maesa, Julia Soaemias, Kansas, Kansas,United States, Karl Norman Bishop, Kent, Kevin, Kimberly Bergalis, King, King Arthur, Kinjirareta Mariko, Knowledge, Kokomo, Kokomo,Indiana,United States, lead researcher, Lima, Lima Superior Court, Lima,Lima Region,Peru, Littleton, Littleton,Colorado,United States, London, London,Greater London,United Kingdom, Magic Johnson, Malaria, manager, Marcus Belby, Marcus Opellius Macrinus, Mary, media coverage, Mercedes, Metro Bar, Michael Jackson, minor injuries, Mountain Brook, Mountain Brook High School, Mountain Brook,Alabama,United States, murder, musician, Natalee Holloway, New York, New York City, New York City,New York,United States, New York,United States, Nippon Television, Nippon Television Network Corporation, ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania,United States, peru, Peter Fechter, Peter-Fechter-Stelle memorial, pharaoh, Phil Donahue, phrase Yukko Syndrome, physician, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh,New York,United States, pneumonia, Praetorian camp, Praetorian Guard, prince, Prince of Wales, prosecutor, queen, Queen of Scots, R&B musician, recently Filipino actor, reported missing in Lima, REpublic of Ireland, Rob Knox, Rolf Friedrich, Roman pantheon, Ronnie Caldwell, Rookie of the Year, Ryan White, Scotland, Second Presbyterian Church on Meridian Street in Indianapolis, services, severe disease, Singer, Sol Invictus, Soviet Union, spokesman for AIDS research, Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramírez, Sun Music, Sun Music Agency building, Sun Music building, teacher, teenage bricklayer, The Bill, the University of Pennsylvania, Third Legion, Tokyo, Tokyo,Japan, treatment for infants born with severe disease, Trevor McDonald, Trust, Tutankhamun, typhoid fever, U.S. Congress, United Kingdom, United States, University of Colorado, University of Pennsylvania, USA Today, wales, Wayne Harris, West Germany, Westminster Abbey, Wichita, Wichita,Kansas,United States, X-linked genetic disease, Yukiko Okada
The term Internet meme is used to describe a concept that spreads via the Internet. The idea may take the form of a video, picture, website, phrase or just a word. The meme will move from person to person via social networking websites, blogs, news sources and other web-based services. Internet memes can spread rapidly, [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Monday, August 1, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Internet, Photos · Tagged accidental Internet visits, advertising space, Ahmad Bhat, Alberta, Alexandra Thomas, ambassador, anti-genetics, BBC, Benedict, Boston Bruins, boxer, British Broadcasting Corporation, British Columbia, Caddyshack, canada, cancer, Charles Vacanti, china, cigar-smoking golf player, Clifford Coonan, CNN, CNN America, Crasher Squirrel, culture, Daily Mail, Daily Mail photographer, Dell, Dell Aktiebolag, Demand Media, Demand Media Sweden AB, Due, Dustin Steller, facebook, Facebook Inc, Food & Drug Administration, Forest Gump, France, Gateway, Getty Images, Hollywood actor, Homer Simpson, Inc., India, Indian Army, Internet bloggers, Internet campaign, Internet history, Internet hits, internet meme, Internet memes, Internet phenomenon, Internet showing Keanu Reeves, Internet trend, Internet video, Internet vigilantes, investment analyst, Israel, iStockphoto, iStockphoto Inc, Jackson, Jammu and Kashmir, Jennifer Chandra, Jinshan District, Joseph Vacanti, Kansas City, Kashmir, Keanu Reeves, kim jong il, Lake Minnewanka, large Internet meme, London, Mark Pain, Melissa Brandts, Middle East Times, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Minnesota, National Geographic, National Post, newfound Internet fame, oil paintings, online media, Ontario, Parker Ito, photojournalist, Poland, Popular culture, Qian Zhijun, Richard Lam, Ron Asadorian, Rupesh Shingadia, Ryder, Ryder System, Salman Rushdie, Saugeen-Maitland Hall, Scotland, Scott Jones, Sean G. McCormack, Shakeel Bhat, Shanghai, social networking websites, South Korea, Splash News photographer, Stanley Cup Championship, subway car, teacher, term Internet meme, the 2010 Ryder Cup, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The London Free Press, the National Geographic, The New York Times, The New York Times Co, the Splash News, THE TIMES HERALD COMPANY, the Times of India, tiger woods, Times of India, Times of India Group, Toronto Star, Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd, Turning Point, Turning Point Project, United Kingdom, United States, University of Western Ontario, University of Western Ontario in London, UWO's party, Vacanti mouse
London is home to over 8 million people and being British they are born with a beer glass in hand and an incredible thirst. This is why the English pub was invented and London has several thousand public houses to choose from. It’s a hard job trying to find out the top 10 best pubs [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Food, Travel · Tagged Actor, Ale, architect, bar, BBC, beer, black friar, Blind Beggar, Bo, British Broadcasting Corporation, car plant, cheshire cheese, cittie of yorke, Deep Purple, Districts of England, Drinking culture, Dudley Moore, Ealing, eastbrook, fleet street, food, ford, Ford Motor Company, Ford plant, Forester, Greater London, guide to london pubs, guitarist, Holborn, hospitality_Recreation, London, london pub guide, London pubs, Louise, Major, Pint, Princess, Princess Louise, pub designer, Public house, queen, red lion, Reggie, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie Kray, salisbury, Salvation Army, Thames, the falcon, Travel, travel england, travel london, United Kingdom, Victorian pub, Whitechapel, William Booth, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, York
The first of April is widely recognized and celebrated as All Fools’ Day. The master of irony, Mark Twain, once said that “April 1. is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four”. Believe it or not, some of the biggest companies and governments get [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Filed under Holidays, Humor · Tagged April Fools' Day, Associated Press, Asterix, Astronomer, AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS PTY LIMITED, author, Barry Cunliffe, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 2, Belgium, British Broadcasting Corporation, British Foreign Office, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, comics, Congress, Constantine, correspondent, Dallas, Edward Kennedy, European Union, favorite food, Feralmone, Fiction, France, Guinea, Hitler, Human Interest, Information Highway, Internet usage, John Dvorak, Joseph Boskin, Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect, King, Lannion, Minister, National Public Radio, Netherlands, normal food, notable history professor, Obelix, Oxford University, Patrick Galliou, Patrick Leahy, Patrick Moore, PC Magazine, Poland, president, Professor, Rene Goscinny, reporter, Rich Little, Richard Nixon, Sveriges Television, Sveriges Television Aktiebolag, Sweden, Texas, The Guardian, The Netherlands, the Times, THE TIMES HERALD COMPANY, Tristan Garel Jones, twitter, Twitter Inc, United Kingdom, United States, University of Brest
Halloween is one of the creepiest times of the year. The holiday was molded from ancient Celtic practices, religious rituals, and European folk traditions. Halloween is a time for celebration, candy, and ghostly superstition. The day has long been thought of a time when the dead come alive and watch over the land. These spirits [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Holidays, Travel · Tagged Africa, Albert, America, Americas, author, Battle of Okinawa, BBC, Blue Bell, Blue Bell Hill, British Broadcasting Corporation, Bryan Johnson, buffalo, Bund, Burke, Camp Scott, canada, Canadian National Railway, Canadian National Railway Company, castle site, Chidester Mill, Clinton, commander, Corll Candy Company, counselor, Crime, Crime in the United States, David Brooks, Dean, Dean Corll, Doris Denise Milner, Doylestown, Durham, East Africa, Eastern Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines Inc, Edinburgh, Egypt Road Bridge, Elmer Wayne Henley, emperor, Energy, energy surrounding, england, Europe, France, Gene Leroy Hart, Germany, Girl Scout camp, Great Britain, Guadalupita, halloween, Hare, Heights Boulevard, Heights Elementary School, Hirohito, Houston, Houston Heights, Human height, Inc., Indian Ocean, Japan, Japanese government, Japanese military, Jefferson County, Ku Klux Klan, L-1011, Lake Sam Rayburn, large archeological site, large mining boom, law indicating, Liberty Township, Lori Lee Farmer, mainstream media, Mariana Islands, Maud Hughes Bridge, Maud Hughes Road Bridge, Mayes County, Mayes County Jail, Medway, MERCAT TOURS, metal warehouse, Mexico, Michele Guse, Missouri, Mount Tapochau, Mun, Netherlands, New Jersey, New Mexico, Norrie Rowan, North Bridge, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oklahoma police, Pacific Ocean, Passaic County, PERA Building, priest, prince, Richard Cross, Richard Kuklinski, Rogue Hollow Bridge, Rogues’ Hollow Bridge, Saipan, Salem, Santa Fe River, Saskatchewan, Scotland, Screaming Bridge of Maud Hughes Road, Snake creek, South America, South Bridge, Spring creek, St. Louis, State Highway, Stockholm, Sweden, Södermanland, Tanzania, Texas, The Netherlands, Tim Kerley, transportation, United Kingdom, United States, United States Army, United States' Commonwealth Day, USD, Weird NJ, West Milford, Yellowstone River, Yi script
Life is the stories of all its heroes. The tiny ones, the unexpected ones, the scary ones and the big and ugly ones. And the most colorful one. Life is made of many stories. There’s the one that makes you giggle and the one that makes you well up. There’s also the red one, the [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals, Nature, Photos · Tagged Animals, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC nature, BBC’s Natural History Unit, bird of paradise, blue-footed booby, booby leafy sea dragon, British Broadcasting Corporation, chameleon, Clownfish, colorful animals, colorful wildlife, facebook, fish, flamingoes, Human Interest, lesser flamingo, monarch butterfly, Natural History Unit, Nature, nature programs, panther chameleon, pink flamingo, Sailfish, Salmon, Sockeye, Sockeye salmon, temminick's tragopan, top 10, TopTenz, weedy sea dragon
