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General Tso's chicken
General Tso's chicken
Traditional Chinese: 左宗堂雞
Simplified Chinese: 左宗堂鸡
[show]Transliterations
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin: Zuǒ Zōngtáng jī
Yue (Cantonese)
- Jyutping: zo2 zung1 tong4 gai1
- IPA: jo2 jung1 tong4 gai1
General Gau's chicken
Traditional Chinese: 左公雞
Simplified Chinese: 左公鸡
[show]Transliterations
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin: Zuǒ gōng jī
Yue (Cantonese)
- Jyutping: zo1 gung1 gai1
- IPA: jo2 gung1 gai1
General Tso's chicken is a sweet and spicy deep-fried Hunan Chinese dish that is popularly served in American and Canadian Chinese restaurants. The origins of the dish are unclear. The dish is largely unknown in China and other lands home to the Chinese diaspora.[1] One theory is that the dish was a classic specialty from Hunan province, invented by General Tso's wife and served for him and his officers upon every military victory, although this theory is generally considered to be apocryphal.[2] Many sources claim it was introduced to New York City in the early 1970s as an example of Hunan and Szechuan-style cooking.[1][3]
Contents [hide]
1 Overview
2 Name
2.1 Regional differences
2.2 Pronunciation
3 Controversy over origins
4 Notes
5 References
6 See also
7 External links
[edit] Overview
General Tso's Chicken commonly consists of dark-meat tidbits of chicken that are deep-fried and seasoned with ginger, garlic, soy sauce, rice vinegar, Shaoxing wine or sherry, sugar, sesame oil, scallions, and hot chili peppers, and often served with steamed broccoli. Tomato paste (or ketchup) is sometimes also included as an ingredient.[4][5]
Though relatively inexpensive to produce, General Tso's chicken is often listed as a "Chef's Specialty" at Chinese restaurants in North America, commanding a higher price than other items.[6] Many restaurants, especially in areas with many vegetarians, also serve General Tso's Tofu or General Tso's Soy Protein.[7] Other variants substitute shrimp, beef, or even pork for the chicken.[8][9]
[edit] Name
It is unclear how the dish came to bear the name of Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠, 1812-1885), a Qing Dynasty general from Hunan. Zuo himself is unlikely ever to have tasted the dish.[3] Also, there are contradictory accounts as to the origin of the dish. In her book The Chinese Kitchen, Eileen Yin-Fei Lo states that the dish is a:
version of a classic recipe from Hunan known usually as jeung bau gai kau, a simple description of the dish as boned chunks of chicken, customarily thigh and leg meat, cooked with sauce over high heat. It later became known as chung tong gai,*[›] which translates as “ancestor meeting place chicken.†This, on transplanted restaurant menus, became either, in English, some general or, in Chinese characters, Tso chung gai, or Tso chung tong gai, which translate as “Tso ancestor meeting place chicken.â€[10][dubious – discuss]
According to the Taiwanese/Chinese word-of-mouth stories, the chicken was invented by General Zuo's wife, made for him after a victorious battle. He liked it so much that upon following victorious battles, he would have it made for all of his commanding officers as reward. It is however possible that this story was invented by the former family chef of the prominent Republican-era politician Tan Yankai, who simply put General Zuo's name on it to honor him, and to associate the dish with the famous man.
According to a New York Times Magazine article, the recipe was invented by chef Peng Chang-kuei, who had been an apprentice of Cao Jingchen's, a famous early 20th century Chinese chef. Peng was the Nationalist government banquets' chef and fled with Chiang Kai-shek's forces to Taiwan during the Chinese civil war. There, he continued his career as official chef until 1973, when he moved to New York to open a restaurant. It is there that Peng started inventing new dishes and modifying traditional ones; one new dish, General Tso's chicken, was originally prepared without sugar, and subsequently altered to suit the tastes of "non-Hunanese people." The popularity of the dish has now led to it being "adopted" by local Hunanese chefs and food writers.[1]
General Tso's chicken
[edit] Regional differences
The dish is typically called General Gau's chicken in Massachusetts and surrounding New England states in the United States. General Gau was a General in the Chinese army.[citation needed] In parts of Canada, this dish is known as General Tao's, and less commonly, General George's chicken. In other regions and restaurants, it is also known or mispronounced as General Tsao's, General Zhou's, General Mac's, General Gao's, Chou's, General Tzo's, General To's, General So's, General Joe's, Jordan Chicken, and General Toso's. It is also known as General Chow's and General Tso's prominently in the New Jersey area and simply General Chicken in parts of Northern California. In some states, including Illinois, the dish is called Governor's Chicken. At the United States Naval Academy, the dish is served in the main mess hall, King Hall, as "Admiral Tso's Chicken," reflecting a nautical theme. The Pei Wei chain of chinese restaurants has a "Pei Wei Spicy" preparation (which can be served with chicken or other types of meat and vegetables). The menu says "our version of General Chu" in parentheses. It is made with "chile vinegar sauce, scallion, garlic, snap peas, carrot."
[edit] Pronunciation
Zuo Zongtang's surname is properly pronounced in Chinese as zuŏ (pinyin) (IPA: /tsuɔ/). The "Tso" in General Tso might be approximated as "so", but correct pronunciation of Mandarin is not necessarily intuitive for English speakers. See Chinese romanization.
[edit] Controversy over origins
Peng's Restaurant on East 44th Street in New York City claims that it was the first restaurant in the city to serve General Tso's chicken. Since the dish (and cuisine) was new, Chef Peng made it the house specialty in spite of the dish's commonplace ingredients.[1] A review of Peng's in 1977 mentions that their “General Tso's chicken was a stir-fried masterpiece, sizzling hot both in flavor and temperatureâ€.[11]
New York's Shun Lee Palaces, East (155 E. 55th St.) and West (43 W. 65th St.) also claims that it was the first restaurant to serve General Tso's chicken and that it was invented by a Chinese immigrant chef named T. T. Wang in 1972. Michael Tong, owner of New York's Shun Lee Palaces, says, "We opened the first Hunanese restaurant in the whole country, and the four dishes we offered you will see on the menu of practically every Hunanese restaurant in America today. They all copied from us."[3]
[edit] Notes
^ *: Chung tong gai is a transliteration of “ancestral meeting hall chicken†from Cantonese; zuo zong tang ji is the standard name of General Tso's chicken as transliterated from Mandarin.
[edit] References
^ a b c d Dunlop, Fuchsia (February 4, 2007), "Hunan Resources", The New York Times Magazine: Section 6, Page 75, <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/magazine/04food.t.html?ex=1328245200&en=166828055e4a18df&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss>. Retrieved on 2007-04-24
^ Lukacs, Paul (March 6, 2007). Wine With. . . Chinese Take-Out (General Tso's Chicken). Wine Review Online. Retrieved on 2007-04-24.
^ a b c Browning, Michael (April 17, 2002), "Who Was General Tso And Why Are We Eating His Chicken?", The Washington Post, <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A59302-2002Apr16>. Retrieved on 2007-02-24
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^ Lo, Eileen Yin-Fei (1999). "Transplanting Chinese Foods in the West", The Chinese Kitchen, calligraphy by San Yan Wong, 1st Edition, New York, New York: William Morrow and Company, 416. ISBN 0-688-15826-9.
^ Sheraton, Mimi (March 18, 1977), "A Touch of Hunan, A Taste of Italy", The New York Times: New Jersey Weekly section, Page 68, <http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10816FD385D167493CAA81788D85F438785F9>. Retrieved on 2007-04-26
[edit] See also
Sesame chicken
Orange chicken
Crispy fried chicken
Chicken Tikka Masala, another syncretic dish seen as symbolizing its particular cuisine.
[edit] External links
The Definitive General Tso's Chicken Page
Recipe for General Tso's chicken
“Who Was General Tso And Why Are We Eating His Chicken?†Article from The Washington Post
Exploration of term
“Hunan Resources†Article from The New York Times Magazine about the origin and propagation of the dish
A history of general tso's chicken's hunan origins in traditional chinese
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Pwn
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Pwn is a slang term that implies domination and/or humiliation of a rival. It sprang from the similar term "owned" and is used primarily in the Internet gaming culture to taunt an opponent that has just been soundly defeated. Examples include "pwnage" or "you just got pwned". It can also be used, especially by non-gamers, in the context of getting "pwned" by The Man.
In Internet security jargon, to "pwn" means "to compromise" or "to control", specifically another computer (server or PC), web site, gateway device, or application; it is synonymous with one of the definitions of hacking. An outside party who has "owned" or "pwned" a system has obtained unauthorized administrative control of the system.
The term was one of 16 to appear on the 2006 "List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness," released annually by Lake Superior State University.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Pronunciation
3 Use, online and in popular culture
4 References
5 See also
Etymology
The word "pwn" [2][3] may have arisen and spread as a typo (or fat-finger) of the word "own," arising from the proximity of the 'p' and 'o' keys on a standard English keyboard. Sometime in the 1980s, along with the advent of the hacker phenomenon, "pwned" became a synonym for "hacked" or "taken over by exploitation of a vulnerability." The word "pwn" remains in use as Internet social-culture slang meaning: to take unauthorized control of someone else or something belonging to someone else by exploiting a vulnerability.
Pronunciation
Given the recent development of the word and its primary use in written form only, there is no single accepted pronunciation of pwn; as w does not typically represent vowels in English.
Use, online and in popular culture
Some popular quotes involving "pwn" include:
The 2006 South Park episode, Make Love, Not Warcraft, satirized the game World of Warcraft. In the episode, the word is pronounced [poʊn] (pone), rhyming with "own".
"Looks like you're about to get pwned. Yeah!" - Eric Cartman (20m 30s into episode)
"That was such über-pwnage" - Kyle Broflovski (soon after above)
In Teen Girl Squad, "PØwned" appears on the screen and is pronounced by Strong Bad as "Puh-owned! Or however you say that!" Later the derivative "P4wned" appears, referring to a pawnshop and is pronounced "Puh-awned".[4]
During the telecast of the 2006 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, Daniel Negreanu tells Mike Matusow that Mike Sexton pwned ([poʊnd]; pond) Matusow with an especially good play. The closed-captioning, however, misinterpreted Negreanu's remark as "boned".
The Internet TV show Pure Pwnage claims that the word is pronounced "own", as it was a spelling mistake in the first place.
In the movie Employee of the Month, the character played by Dane Cook uses pwned (poned) during a competitive scene.
The vodcast Bikini News, in their episode Guide To Getting Your Crappy Video Seen Online!!!, states that by following their advice, "You'll pwn all of us!".
In popular Newgrounds series "Thwomps" Thwomp #1 can be heard saying "Pw3ed" (Pwinned).
References
^ Lake Superior State University 2007 List of Banished Words. Lake Superior State University. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
^ About.com, pwn - own, accessed 1 January 2006
^ Microsoft, Microsoft Security At Home: Child Safety, A parent's primer to computer slang, accessed 1 January 2006
^ http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs10.html
See also
Internet slang
Leet
Noob
Owned
Pure Pwnage
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Pwn is a slang term that implies domination and/or humiliation of a rival. It sprang from the similar term "owned" and is used primarily in the Internet gaming culture to taunt an opponent that has just been soundly defeated. Examples include "pwnage" or "you just got pwned". It can also be used, especially by non-gamers, in the context of getting "pwned" by The Man.
In Internet security jargon, to "pwn" means "to compromise" or "to control", specifically another computer (server or PC), web site, gateway device, or application; it is synonymous with one of the definitions of hacking. An outside party who has "owned" or "pwned" a system has obtained unauthorized administrative control of the system.
The term was one of 16 to appear on the 2006 "List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness," released annually by Lake Superior State University.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Pronunciation
3 Use, online and in popular culture
4 References
5 See also
Etymology
The word "pwn" [2][3] may have arisen and spread as a typo (or fat-finger) of the word "own," arising from the proximity of the 'p' and 'o' keys on a standard English keyboard. Sometime in the 1980s, along with the advent of the hacker phenomenon, "pwned" became a synonym for "hacked" or "taken over by exploitation of a vulnerability." The word "pwn" remains in use as Internet social-culture slang meaning: to take unauthorized control of someone else or something belonging to someone else by exploiting a vulnerability.
Pronunciation
Given the recent development of the word and its primary use in written form only, there is no single accepted pronunciation of pwn; as w does not typically represent vowels in English.
Use, online and in popular culture
Some popular quotes involving "pwn" include:
The 2006 South Park episode, Make Love, Not Warcraft, satirized the game World of Warcraft. In the episode, the word is pronounced [poʊn] (pone), rhyming with "own".
"Looks like you're about to get pwned. Yeah!" - Eric Cartman (20m 30s into episode)
"That was such über-pwnage" - Kyle Broflovski (soon after above)
In Teen Girl Squad, "PØwned" appears on the screen and is pronounced by Strong Bad as "Puh-owned! Or however you say that!" Later the derivative "P4wned" appears, referring to a pawnshop and is pronounced "Puh-awned".[4]
During the telecast of the 2006 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, Daniel Negreanu tells Mike Matusow that Mike Sexton pwned ([poʊnd]; pond) Matusow with an especially good play. The closed-captioning, however, misinterpreted Negreanu's remark as "boned".
The Internet TV show Pure Pwnage claims that the word is pronounced "own", as it was a spelling mistake in the first place.
In the movie Employee of the Month, the character played by Dane Cook uses pwned (poned) during a competitive scene.
The vodcast Bikini News, in their episode Guide To Getting Your Crappy Video Seen Online!!!, states that by following their advice, "You'll pwn all of us!".
In popular Newgrounds series "Thwomps" Thwomp #1 can be heard saying "Pw3ed" (Pwinned).
References
^ Lake Superior State University 2007 List of Banished Words. Lake Superior State University. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
^ About.com, pwn - own, accessed 1 January 2006
^ Microsoft, Microsoft Security At Home: Child Safety, A parent's primer to computer slang, accessed 1 January 2006
^ http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs10.html
See also
Internet slang
Leet
Noob
Owned
Pure Pwnage
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Malibu, California
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City of Malibu
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Location of Malibu in Los Angeles County, California
Coordinates: 34°1′50″N 118°46′43″W / 34.03056, -118.77861
Country United States
State California
County Los Angeles
Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2]
Government
- Mayor Ken Kearsley [1]
Area
- City 100.96 sq mi (261.50 km²)
- Land 19.87 sq mi (51.46 km²)
- Water 81.09 sq mi (210.03 km²)
Elevation 105 ft (32 m)
Population (2000)[3]
- City 12,575
- Density 632.9/sq mi (244.3/km²)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Zip Code 90263, 90264, 90265 [4]
Area code(s) 310
FIPS code 06-45246
GNIS feature ID 1668257
Website: http://www.ci.malibu.ca.us/
The Malibu pier near the famous Surfrider Beach
Dawn in the Santa Monica Mountains
The Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in central Malibu
View from Malibu Bluffs State Park. Camera facing West toward Point Dume.
The Paradise Cove pier in MalibuMalibu is an incorporated city located in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 12,575.
The city of Malibu is a 27-mile (43.5 km) strip of Pacific coastline; a beachfront community famous for its warm, sandy beaches, and for being the home of countless movie stars and others associated with the Southern California entertainment industries. Most Malibu residents live within a few hundred yards of Pacific Coast Highway (California State Route 1), which traverses the city; the city is also bounded (more or less) by Topanga Canyon to the east, the Santa Monica Mountains to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the south, and Ventura County to the west. Its beaches include Surfrider Beach, Zuma Beach, Malibu State Beach and Topanga State Beach; its neighboring parks include Malibu Creek State Park and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
A popular Malibu license plate frames reads, "Malibu: A Way of Life". Signs around the city proclaim "27 miles of scenic beauty".
90265 is the ZIP code for Malibu. Most of 90265 lies outside the incorporated area of the city, the U.S. Postal Service considers all addresses in that ZIP code to be Malibu addresses. Some real estate agents designate these adjoining areas "Malibu Post Office," though most simply designate anything in 90265 as Malibu.
Contents [hide]
1 Climate
2 History
3 Geography
4 Demographics
5 Education
6 Politics
7 Filming location
8 In popular media
9 Local media
10 Famous residents
11 References
12 External links
[edit] Climate
Malibu is set in a mediterranean climate, which is typical for beachfront communities of Southern California. The average summer daytime high is 78 °F (25.6 °C), whereas the winter nighttime low averages 49 °F (9.4 °C). Malibu receives an average of 15 inches (380 mm) of rain yearly, and is often covered with a marine layer due to its proximity to the coast. On average, one out of every three days in Malibu will have some sort of cloud cover until noon. Winters are generally mild and wet, whereas summers are warm and extremely dry, which makes the area prone to wildfires.
On January 17, 2007 Malibu picked up 3 inches (7.6 cm) of snow on Kanan Road, its first measurable snow in 50 years, and a record for the city. It stayed on the ground all day, due to the fact that the temperature only reached 48 °F (8.9 °C), another record for the day. It is unusual for temperatures to stay below 60 °F (15.6 °C) any day of the year in Malibu. [1]
[edit] History
Malibu was a part of the territory of the Chumash Nation of Native Americans. They named it "Humaliwo" or "the surf sounds loudly." The city's current name derives from this, as the "Hu" syllable isn't stressed.
Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo is believed to have moored at Malibu Lagoon, at the mouth of Malibu Creek, to obtain fresh water in 1542. The Spanish presence returned with the California mission system, and the area was part of a 13,000 acre (120 km²) land grant in 1802. That ranch passed intact to Frederick Hastings Rindge in 1891. He and his widow, Rhoda May Rindge, guarded their privacy zealously by hiring guards to evict all trespassers and fighting a lengthy court battle to prevent the building of a Southern Pacific railroad line. Few roads even entered the area before 1929, when the state won another court case and built what is now known as the Pacific Coast Highway. By then May Rindge was forced to subdivide her property and begin selling and leasing lots. The Rindge house, known as the Adamson House, is now part of Malibu Creek State Park and is situated between Malibu Lagoon and Surfrider Beach, beside the Malibu Pier that was originally built for the family yacht. The Malibu Colony was one of the first areas settled, and is on the opposite shore of the lagoon.
In 1926, in an effort to avoid selling land to stave off insolvency, Rhoda May Rindge created a small ceramic tile factory. At its height, the Malibu Potteries employed over 100 workers, and produced decorative tiles which furnish many Los Angeles-area public buildings and Beverly Hills residences. The factory, located one-half mile east of the pier, was ravaged by a fire in 1931. Although the factory partially reopened in 1932, it could not recover from the effects of the Great Depression and a steep downturn in Southern California construction projects. A distinct hybrid of Moorish and Arts and crafts designs, Malibu tile is considered highly collectible. Fine examples of the tiles may be seen at the Adamson House and Serra Retreat, a fifty-room mansion that was started in the 1920s as the main Rindge home on a hill overlooking the lagoon. The unfinished building was sold to the Franciscan Order in 1942 and is operated as a retreat facility. It burned in the 1970 fire and was rebuilt using many of the original tiles.
The laser was invented in 1960 at the Hughes Research Laboratory in Malibu.[2]
Also, Cat Stevens had his famous near-death experience there in 1976, when he nearly drowned while he was swimming. The accident led him to embrace Islam in 1977 and change his name to Yusuf Islam.
In 1997, Malibu Film Festival was founded by filmmaker David Katz to help independent filmmakers showcase their films to the film industry decision makers that call Malibu home. The festival is best known for its lavish parties and red carpet film premieres. The Malibu Film Festival website is: http://www.malibufilmfestival.com
In 1991 Malibu, long an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, achieved cityhood in order to allow for exercise of local control. Prior to incorporation the local residents had fought proposed developments including an offshore freeway, a nuclear power plant, and several sewerline plans. Actor Martin Sheen was named honorary mayor in 1989.[3]
See also: California wildfires of October 2007
On January 8, 2007 at approximately 5:00 p.m. a fire started in the vicinity of Bluffs Park, south of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. The fire hit near the Colony area, burning down four houses on Malibu Road, including the oceanfront home of Step By Step star Suzanne Somers.
On October 21, 2007 at approximately 5:00 a.m. a fire started off of Malibu Canyon Road. As of 1:00pm there were 500+ personnel on scene. 1,200+ acres burned with no containment. 200+ homes have been evacuated. Five homes confirmed to have been destroyed, with at least nine others damaged. Two commercial structures were completely destroyed. Castle Kashan and the Presbyterian Church have both been destroyed. No injuries as of this time. It is estimated the fire will continue to burn for two more days.
[edit] Geography
Malibu is located at 34°1′50″N, 118°46′43″W (34.030450, -118.778612)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 261.5 km² (101.0 mi²). Thus, Malibu is one of the largest cities in California and the United States in terms of land and water area. 51.5 km² (19.9 mi²) of it is land and 210.0 km² (81.1 mi²) of it is water (the city boundaries extend three miles into the ocean). The total area is 80.32% water. Malibu has a population density of 632.9 persons per square mile of land area.
Malibu's dry brush and steep clay slopes make it susceptible to fires, floods, and mudslides. Poor grading practices and over-irrigation or leaking pipes exacerbate the tendency for landslides.
A common and deeply-ingrained misconception amongst many Californians is that their coastline is uniformly north-south. Around Malibu (and Santa Barbara) the coastline runs almost entirely east-west, as does its main artery,Pacific Coast Highway. While traveling northbound on PCH through Malibu, one is actually traveling west. Likewise, the Pacific Ocean is due south and the inland Santa Monica Mountains are north. The result of this is many, not all, of Malibu's beaches actually face south.
Carbon Beach, Paradise Cove, Escondido Beach, Surfrider Beach, Broad Beach, Pirate's Cove, Westward Beach, Zuma Beach, and Trancas are places along the coast in Malibu. Point Dume forms the northern end of the Santa Monica Bay, and Point Dume Headlands Park affords a vista of stretching to the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Santa Catalina Island. Directly below the park, on the western side of the point, is Pirates Cove, named for rumrunners during prohibition who liked the secluded beach for offloading their cargo. Because of its seclusion, Pirate's Cove is now used as a nude beach. On the eastern side of the point is "Little Dume", an excellent surf spot which is accessible only by an unmarked trail below Wildlife Drive which has a locked gate. Surfers often paddle out from Paradise Cove to the area when the waves are breaking.
Like all California beaches, Malibu beaches are technically public land below the mean high tide line. Many large public beaches (Zuma Beach, Surfrider Beach) are easy to access, but such access is sometimes limited in some of the smaller and more remote beaches. Although access to most all Malibu beaches can be obtained after a bit of a walk, the issue of expanded public access is continuously addressed and debated by the City. Many Malibu homeowners favor limited public access expansions to some beaches, claiming that many visitors are less likely than residents to respect the beaches or private property.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 12,575 people, 5,137 households, and 3,164 families residing in the city. The population density was 244.4/km² (632.9/mi²). There were 6,126 housing units at an average density of 119.0/km² (308.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.91% White, 0.90% African American, 0.21% Native American, 2.49% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 1.67% from other races, and 2.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.48% of the population.
There were 5,137 households out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.4% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.86.
The age distribution was 19.6% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 32.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $102,031, and the median income for a family was $123,293. Males had a median income of $100,000+ versus $46,919 for females. The per capita income for the city was $74,336. About 3.2% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 1.1% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Education
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District serves Malibu.
Malibu High School provides secondary public education.
Pepperdine University, an independent college affiliated with the Church of Christ, is outside Malibu city limits, north of the Malibu Colony. It has its own ZIP code of 90263. [4] Malibu is also served by Santa Monica College, a community college in the neighboring city of Santa Monica.
[edit] Politics
Malibu residents tend to be politically left of center, like much of Los Angeles County. John Kerry won 60% of the vote in Malibu in 2004, compared to 39% for George W. Bush.
[edit] Filming location
Malibu has been used as a location or setting for countless films and television programs.
Surfrider Beach was home to Gidget, and surfing movies of the 1960s. Important scenes in the Planet of the Apes series were filmed at Point Dume. For an entire summer during the filming, the scale replica of the Statue of Liberty from the famous closing scene lay buried at the Southern end of Pirate's Cove. The hero's trailer in The Rockford Files was parked by the Paradise Cove Pier. Love American Style and the Mod Squad are among many TV series and commercials filmed in Paradise Cove. A 1978 film starring Suzanne Somers was entitled Zuma Beach. [5] In the 1990s and 2000s it was the setting for MTV Beach House, Malibu's Most Wanted, and Nickelodeon's Zoey 101. In the Coen Brothers 1998 motion picture The Big Lebowski, the fictional chief of police describes it thus: "We've got a nice, quiet beach community here, and I aim to keep it nice and quiet."
Malibu is setting for the television series Two and a Half Men. The television series So Little Time (2001) portrayed two Malibu teens (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) who attend the fictional school West Malibu High. Fictional teen star Hannah Montana\Miley Cyrus lives in Malibu. In the Fox TV series, "The O.C.", both the Cohen house and the Cooper homes were actually located in Malibu.[5]
In 2006, Bravo television aired Million Dollar Listing, a real-estate related show based on million dollar listings in Malibu, as well as Hollywood, including real-life Malibu agents such as Chris Cortazzo, Scotty Brown, Madison Hildebrand, and Lydia Simon. [6]
Malibu was the setting of the 52nd installment of the Goosebumps series: How I Learned to Fly.
Recently the Beach was used at night by British Girl Group Girls Aloud for the filming of their new video Call The Shots.
[edit] In popular media
Many products have been named for Malibu or its neighborhoods, none of which are made in the city or environs: Chevrolet Malibu, Malibu Barbie, Piper Malibu, Malibu Grand Prix, and Malibu Rum.
Rock band Incubus recorded an album entitled "Morning View", named after the street Morning View Drive in Malibu, where the band lived temporarily and recorded their album.
Courtney Love wrote a song entitled "Malibu", which was a single included in Hole's third album Celebrity Skin. A video featuring burning palm trees was made for the song.
Malibu Shores, a teen drama that aired on NBC, was set in Malibu.
[edit] Local media
Malibu's local news television station, TV-26 broadcasts to over 15,000 viewers in the surrounding area. Broadcast from Pepperdine University, TV-26 is a complete source of local Malibu news featuring community stories, weather and surfing conditions and updates on Malibu events.
Malibu's local radio station, KWVS 101.5 FM (kwvs.pepperdine.edu) also broadcasts on cable channel 6.
Malibu has three local newspapers, Graphic, available at graphic.pepperdine.edu, The Malibu Times, founded in 1946, and Malibu Surfside News.
[edit] Famous residents
Note: Malibu is notable for being a residence for celebrities; therefore, this list is incomplete.
Britney Spears- American pop star
Jamie Kennedy -American actor
Angelyne - Los Angeles "Billboard Queen"
Rick Allen - British drummer
Carlos Amezcua - Los Angeles television news anchor
Pamela Anderson - Canadian-born American actress
Jennifer Aniston - American actress
Kristen Bell - American actress
Melinda Bilson - Owner of the newport group, CEO of the Irvine Company
David Katz -American producer
Pierce Brosnan- Irish-born actor
Gary Busey - American actor
Adam Carolla- Radio Talk Show Host
Jim Carrey - Canadian actor and comedian
Johnny Carson - American actor, comedian
Cher - American singer
Dick Clark - American television personality; businessman
Courteney Cox - American actress
John Cusack - American actor
Danny DeVito - American actor, director, producer
David Duchovny - American actor
Bob Dylan - American singer
Lawrence Ellison - billionaire; founder of the Oracle Corporation
Melissa Etheridge - American singer
Sally Field - American actress
Kevin Garnett-NBA basketball player
David Geffen - American producer, record producer, theatrical producer, philanthropist
Richard Gere - American actor
Mel Gibson - Australian-born American actor, director, producer
Whoopi Goldberg - American actress, comedian
Josh Groban - American singer
Tom Hanks - American actor, producer
Goldie Hawn - American actress
Anthony Hopkins - actor
Kate Hudson - American actress
Incubus - American band
Jeffrey Katzenberg - American producer
Suge Knight, CEO of Death Row Records
Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer and songwriter
Tea Leoni - American actress
John Lydon(AKA Johhny Rotten) - British Punk Rocker,member of the Sex Pistols
Shannon Marketic - Model; Miss USA 1992
Merrill Markoe - American writer
Reggie Miller - retired NBA player
Tariq Nasheed - American author
Olivia Newton-John - Aussie, American Pop Singer, Actress
Jimmy Page - English guitarist
Victoria Principal - American actress and cosmetics executive
Martha Quinn - American actress, original MTV VJ and Sirius satellite radio show host
Robert Redford - American motion picture actor
Axl Rose - American singer
Diana Ross - American singer
Suzanne Somers - American actress and entrepreneur
Rick Springfield- Australian-American rock musician and actor
Steven Spielberg - American director
Barbra Streisand - American singer, actress
Dominique Swain - American actress
Jordan Tarlow - American singer
Charlize Theron- South African actress
Matt Groening- Creator of The Simpsons and Futurama Artist
See the Seeing Stars website for a continued list.
[edit] References
^ Malibu: Meet The Council. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
^ Incorporation Dates of California Cities. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
^ Malibu city, California - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
^ USPS - ZIP Code Lookup - Find a ZIP+ 4 Code By City Results. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
^ The O.C. Filming Locations
[edit] External links
Malibu Film Festival | official website
Malibu official website
LA County Disaster Communications Service ( DCS ) Malibu / Lost Hills Sheriff Station
California Heritage Museum: Malibu Pottery
Adamson House Historic Home
Serra Retreat
Tennis courts and the highway from maps.google
The Malibu Times
Malibu Surfside News
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City of Malibu
Seal
Location of Malibu in Los Angeles County, California
Coordinates: 34°1′50″N 118°46′43″W / 34.03056, -118.77861
Country United States
State California
County Los Angeles
Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2]
Government
- Mayor Ken Kearsley [1]
Area
- City 100.96 sq mi (261.50 km²)
- Land 19.87 sq mi (51.46 km²)
- Water 81.09 sq mi (210.03 km²)
Elevation 105 ft (32 m)
Population (2000)[3]
- City 12,575
- Density 632.9/sq mi (244.3/km²)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Zip Code 90263, 90264, 90265 [4]
Area code(s) 310
FIPS code 06-45246
GNIS feature ID 1668257
Website: http://www.ci.malibu.ca.us/
The Malibu pier near the famous Surfrider Beach
Dawn in the Santa Monica Mountains
The Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in central Malibu
View from Malibu Bluffs State Park. Camera facing West toward Point Dume.
The Paradise Cove pier in MalibuMalibu is an incorporated city located in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 12,575.
The city of Malibu is a 27-mile (43.5 km) strip of Pacific coastline; a beachfront community famous for its warm, sandy beaches, and for being the home of countless movie stars and others associated with the Southern California entertainment industries. Most Malibu residents live within a few hundred yards of Pacific Coast Highway (California State Route 1), which traverses the city; the city is also bounded (more or less) by Topanga Canyon to the east, the Santa Monica Mountains to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the south, and Ventura County to the west. Its beaches include Surfrider Beach, Zuma Beach, Malibu State Beach and Topanga State Beach; its neighboring parks include Malibu Creek State Park and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
A popular Malibu license plate frames reads, "Malibu: A Way of Life". Signs around the city proclaim "27 miles of scenic beauty".
90265 is the ZIP code for Malibu. Most of 90265 lies outside the incorporated area of the city, the U.S. Postal Service considers all addresses in that ZIP code to be Malibu addresses. Some real estate agents designate these adjoining areas "Malibu Post Office," though most simply designate anything in 90265 as Malibu.
Contents [hide]
1 Climate
2 History
3 Geography
4 Demographics
5 Education
6 Politics
7 Filming location
8 In popular media
9 Local media
10 Famous residents
11 References
12 External links
[edit] Climate
Malibu is set in a mediterranean climate, which is typical for beachfront communities of Southern California. The average summer daytime high is 78 °F (25.6 °C), whereas the winter nighttime low averages 49 °F (9.4 °C). Malibu receives an average of 15 inches (380 mm) of rain yearly, and is often covered with a marine layer due to its proximity to the coast. On average, one out of every three days in Malibu will have some sort of cloud cover until noon. Winters are generally mild and wet, whereas summers are warm and extremely dry, which makes the area prone to wildfires.
On January 17, 2007 Malibu picked up 3 inches (7.6 cm) of snow on Kanan Road, its first measurable snow in 50 years, and a record for the city. It stayed on the ground all day, due to the fact that the temperature only reached 48 °F (8.9 °C), another record for the day. It is unusual for temperatures to stay below 60 °F (15.6 °C) any day of the year in Malibu. [1]
[edit] History
Malibu was a part of the territory of the Chumash Nation of Native Americans. They named it "Humaliwo" or "the surf sounds loudly." The city's current name derives from this, as the "Hu" syllable isn't stressed.
Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo is believed to have moored at Malibu Lagoon, at the mouth of Malibu Creek, to obtain fresh water in 1542. The Spanish presence returned with the California mission system, and the area was part of a 13,000 acre (120 km²) land grant in 1802. That ranch passed intact to Frederick Hastings Rindge in 1891. He and his widow, Rhoda May Rindge, guarded their privacy zealously by hiring guards to evict all trespassers and fighting a lengthy court battle to prevent the building of a Southern Pacific railroad line. Few roads even entered the area before 1929, when the state won another court case and built what is now known as the Pacific Coast Highway. By then May Rindge was forced to subdivide her property and begin selling and leasing lots. The Rindge house, known as the Adamson House, is now part of Malibu Creek State Park and is situated between Malibu Lagoon and Surfrider Beach, beside the Malibu Pier that was originally built for the family yacht. The Malibu Colony was one of the first areas settled, and is on the opposite shore of the lagoon.
In 1926, in an effort to avoid selling land to stave off insolvency, Rhoda May Rindge created a small ceramic tile factory. At its height, the Malibu Potteries employed over 100 workers, and produced decorative tiles which furnish many Los Angeles-area public buildings and Beverly Hills residences. The factory, located one-half mile east of the pier, was ravaged by a fire in 1931. Although the factory partially reopened in 1932, it could not recover from the effects of the Great Depression and a steep downturn in Southern California construction projects. A distinct hybrid of Moorish and Arts and crafts designs, Malibu tile is considered highly collectible. Fine examples of the tiles may be seen at the Adamson House and Serra Retreat, a fifty-room mansion that was started in the 1920s as the main Rindge home on a hill overlooking the lagoon. The unfinished building was sold to the Franciscan Order in 1942 and is operated as a retreat facility. It burned in the 1970 fire and was rebuilt using many of the original tiles.
The laser was invented in 1960 at the Hughes Research Laboratory in Malibu.[2]
Also, Cat Stevens had his famous near-death experience there in 1976, when he nearly drowned while he was swimming. The accident led him to embrace Islam in 1977 and change his name to Yusuf Islam.
In 1997, Malibu Film Festival was founded by filmmaker David Katz to help independent filmmakers showcase their films to the film industry decision makers that call Malibu home. The festival is best known for its lavish parties and red carpet film premieres. The Malibu Film Festival website is: http://www.malibufilmfestival.com
In 1991 Malibu, long an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, achieved cityhood in order to allow for exercise of local control. Prior to incorporation the local residents had fought proposed developments including an offshore freeway, a nuclear power plant, and several sewerline plans. Actor Martin Sheen was named honorary mayor in 1989.[3]
See also: California wildfires of October 2007
On January 8, 2007 at approximately 5:00 p.m. a fire started in the vicinity of Bluffs Park, south of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. The fire hit near the Colony area, burning down four houses on Malibu Road, including the oceanfront home of Step By Step star Suzanne Somers.
On October 21, 2007 at approximately 5:00 a.m. a fire started off of Malibu Canyon Road. As of 1:00pm there were 500+ personnel on scene. 1,200+ acres burned with no containment. 200+ homes have been evacuated. Five homes confirmed to have been destroyed, with at least nine others damaged. Two commercial structures were completely destroyed. Castle Kashan and the Presbyterian Church have both been destroyed. No injuries as of this time. It is estimated the fire will continue to burn for two more days.
[edit] Geography
Malibu is located at 34°1′50″N, 118°46′43″W (34.030450, -118.778612)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 261.5 km² (101.0 mi²). Thus, Malibu is one of the largest cities in California and the United States in terms of land and water area. 51.5 km² (19.9 mi²) of it is land and 210.0 km² (81.1 mi²) of it is water (the city boundaries extend three miles into the ocean). The total area is 80.32% water. Malibu has a population density of 632.9 persons per square mile of land area.
Malibu's dry brush and steep clay slopes make it susceptible to fires, floods, and mudslides. Poor grading practices and over-irrigation or leaking pipes exacerbate the tendency for landslides.
A common and deeply-ingrained misconception amongst many Californians is that their coastline is uniformly north-south. Around Malibu (and Santa Barbara) the coastline runs almost entirely east-west, as does its main artery,Pacific Coast Highway. While traveling northbound on PCH through Malibu, one is actually traveling west. Likewise, the Pacific Ocean is due south and the inland Santa Monica Mountains are north. The result of this is many, not all, of Malibu's beaches actually face south.
Carbon Beach, Paradise Cove, Escondido Beach, Surfrider Beach, Broad Beach, Pirate's Cove, Westward Beach, Zuma Beach, and Trancas are places along the coast in Malibu. Point Dume forms the northern end of the Santa Monica Bay, and Point Dume Headlands Park affords a vista of stretching to the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Santa Catalina Island. Directly below the park, on the western side of the point, is Pirates Cove, named for rumrunners during prohibition who liked the secluded beach for offloading their cargo. Because of its seclusion, Pirate's Cove is now used as a nude beach. On the eastern side of the point is "Little Dume", an excellent surf spot which is accessible only by an unmarked trail below Wildlife Drive which has a locked gate. Surfers often paddle out from Paradise Cove to the area when the waves are breaking.
Like all California beaches, Malibu beaches are technically public land below the mean high tide line. Many large public beaches (Zuma Beach, Surfrider Beach) are easy to access, but such access is sometimes limited in some of the smaller and more remote beaches. Although access to most all Malibu beaches can be obtained after a bit of a walk, the issue of expanded public access is continuously addressed and debated by the City. Many Malibu homeowners favor limited public access expansions to some beaches, claiming that many visitors are less likely than residents to respect the beaches or private property.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 12,575 people, 5,137 households, and 3,164 families residing in the city. The population density was 244.4/km² (632.9/mi²). There were 6,126 housing units at an average density of 119.0/km² (308.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.91% White, 0.90% African American, 0.21% Native American, 2.49% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 1.67% from other races, and 2.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.48% of the population.
There were 5,137 households out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.4% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.86.
The age distribution was 19.6% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 32.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $102,031, and the median income for a family was $123,293. Males had a median income of $100,000+ versus $46,919 for females. The per capita income for the city was $74,336. About 3.2% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 1.1% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Education
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District serves Malibu.
Malibu High School provides secondary public education.
Pepperdine University, an independent college affiliated with the Church of Christ, is outside Malibu city limits, north of the Malibu Colony. It has its own ZIP code of 90263. [4] Malibu is also served by Santa Monica College, a community college in the neighboring city of Santa Monica.
[edit] Politics
Malibu residents tend to be politically left of center, like much of Los Angeles County. John Kerry won 60% of the vote in Malibu in 2004, compared to 39% for George W. Bush.
[edit] Filming location
Malibu has been used as a location or setting for countless films and television programs.
Surfrider Beach was home to Gidget, and surfing movies of the 1960s. Important scenes in the Planet of the Apes series were filmed at Point Dume. For an entire summer during the filming, the scale replica of the Statue of Liberty from the famous closing scene lay buried at the Southern end of Pirate's Cove. The hero's trailer in The Rockford Files was parked by the Paradise Cove Pier. Love American Style and the Mod Squad are among many TV series and commercials filmed in Paradise Cove. A 1978 film starring Suzanne Somers was entitled Zuma Beach. [5] In the 1990s and 2000s it was the setting for MTV Beach House, Malibu's Most Wanted, and Nickelodeon's Zoey 101. In the Coen Brothers 1998 motion picture The Big Lebowski, the fictional chief of police describes it thus: "We've got a nice, quiet beach community here, and I aim to keep it nice and quiet."
Malibu is setting for the television series Two and a Half Men. The television series So Little Time (2001) portrayed two Malibu teens (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) who attend the fictional school West Malibu High. Fictional teen star Hannah Montana\Miley Cyrus lives in Malibu. In the Fox TV series, "The O.C.", both the Cohen house and the Cooper homes were actually located in Malibu.[5]
In 2006, Bravo television aired Million Dollar Listing, a real-estate related show based on million dollar listings in Malibu, as well as Hollywood, including real-life Malibu agents such as Chris Cortazzo, Scotty Brown, Madison Hildebrand, and Lydia Simon. [6]
Malibu was the setting of the 52nd installment of the Goosebumps series: How I Learned to Fly.
Recently the Beach was used at night by British Girl Group Girls Aloud for the filming of their new video Call The Shots.
[edit] In popular media
Many products have been named for Malibu or its neighborhoods, none of which are made in the city or environs: Chevrolet Malibu, Malibu Barbie, Piper Malibu, Malibu Grand Prix, and Malibu Rum.
Rock band Incubus recorded an album entitled "Morning View", named after the street Morning View Drive in Malibu, where the band lived temporarily and recorded their album.
Courtney Love wrote a song entitled "Malibu", which was a single included in Hole's third album Celebrity Skin. A video featuring burning palm trees was made for the song.
Malibu Shores, a teen drama that aired on NBC, was set in Malibu.
[edit] Local media
Malibu's local news television station, TV-26 broadcasts to over 15,000 viewers in the surrounding area. Broadcast from Pepperdine University, TV-26 is a complete source of local Malibu news featuring community stories, weather and surfing conditions and updates on Malibu events.
Malibu's local radio station, KWVS 101.5 FM (kwvs.pepperdine.edu) also broadcasts on cable channel 6.
Malibu has three local newspapers, Graphic, available at graphic.pepperdine.edu, The Malibu Times, founded in 1946, and Malibu Surfside News.
[edit] Famous residents
Note: Malibu is notable for being a residence for celebrities; therefore, this list is incomplete.
Britney Spears- American pop star
Jamie Kennedy -American actor
Angelyne - Los Angeles "Billboard Queen"
Rick Allen - British drummer
Carlos Amezcua - Los Angeles television news anchor
Pamela Anderson - Canadian-born American actress
Jennifer Aniston - American actress
Kristen Bell - American actress
Melinda Bilson - Owner of the newport group, CEO of the Irvine Company
David Katz -American producer
Pierce Brosnan- Irish-born actor
Gary Busey - American actor
Adam Carolla- Radio Talk Show Host
Jim Carrey - Canadian actor and comedian
Johnny Carson - American actor, comedian
Cher - American singer
Dick Clark - American television personality; businessman
Courteney Cox - American actress
John Cusack - American actor
Danny DeVito - American actor, director, producer
David Duchovny - American actor
Bob Dylan - American singer
Lawrence Ellison - billionaire; founder of the Oracle Corporation
Melissa Etheridge - American singer
Sally Field - American actress
Kevin Garnett-NBA basketball player
David Geffen - American producer, record producer, theatrical producer, philanthropist
Richard Gere - American actor
Mel Gibson - Australian-born American actor, director, producer
Whoopi Goldberg - American actress, comedian
Josh Groban - American singer
Tom Hanks - American actor, producer
Goldie Hawn - American actress
Anthony Hopkins - actor
Kate Hudson - American actress
Incubus - American band
Jeffrey Katzenberg - American producer
Suge Knight, CEO of Death Row Records
Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer and songwriter
Tea Leoni - American actress
John Lydon(AKA Johhny Rotten) - British Punk Rocker,member of the Sex Pistols
Shannon Marketic - Model; Miss USA 1992
Merrill Markoe - American writer
Reggie Miller - retired NBA player
Tariq Nasheed - American author
Olivia Newton-John - Aussie, American Pop Singer, Actress
Jimmy Page - English guitarist
Victoria Principal - American actress and cosmetics executive
Martha Quinn - American actress, original MTV VJ and Sirius satellite radio show host
Robert Redford - American motion picture actor
Axl Rose - American singer
Diana Ross - American singer
Suzanne Somers - American actress and entrepreneur
Rick Springfield- Australian-American rock musician and actor
Steven Spielberg - American director
Barbra Streisand - American singer, actress
Dominique Swain - American actress
Jordan Tarlow - American singer
Charlize Theron- South African actress
Matt Groening- Creator of The Simpsons and Futurama Artist
See the Seeing Stars website for a continued list.
[edit] References
^ Malibu: Meet The Council. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
^ Incorporation Dates of California Cities. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
^ Malibu city, California - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
^ USPS - ZIP Code Lookup - Find a ZIP+ 4 Code By City Results. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
^ The O.C. Filming Locations
[edit] External links
Malibu Film Festival | official website
Malibu official website
LA County Disaster Communications Service ( DCS ) Malibu / Lost Hills Sheriff Station
California Heritage Museum: Malibu Pottery
Adamson House Historic Home
Serra Retreat
Tennis courts and the highway from maps.google
The Malibu Times
Malibu Surfside News
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Jones Soda Co.
Type Public (NASDAQ: JSDA)
Founded 1987
Headquarters Seattle, Washington
Products Soft drinks
Revenue $39.03 million
Net income $4.57 million
Website jonessoda.com
Jones Green Apple SodaJones Soda Co. is a U.S. beverage company based in Seattle, Washington. It bottles and distributes soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages, energy drinks, and candy. Jones Soda is a carbonated soft drink that has many unusual flavors that are not offered by other soft drink makers.
Peter van Stolk founded the Urban Juice and Soda Company Ltd. in 1987, intending to compete in the alternative products segment of the beverage industry. Until 1995, the company was a distributor of other beverage lines such as AriZona Iced Tea and Thomas Kemper sodas in western Canada. The Urban Juice and Soda Company changed its name to Jones Soda Co. on August 1, 2000, most likely hoping to benefit from the fact that over 85% of the total revenues came from the Jones Soda brand.
In November 2006, Jones Soda announced that the company would transition to using pure cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup in its products. On January 22, 2007, Jones Pure Cane Soda was launched in 12 ounce cans. This will be unique in the carbonated soft drink category compared to other national brands that are sweetened with corn syrup. By April 2007, all of the company's products switched to cane sugar, except for its energy drinks, which will change by the fall.[1]
Its offbeat bottle designs, flavors, and alternative marketing strategies have drawn many comparisons to The Coca-Cola Company's failed OK Soda.
Contents [hide]
1 Beverage Lines
1.1 Jones Soda
1.2 Slim and Sugar-Free
1.3 Whoop and Jones Energy
1.4 Jones Juicy Juice and Naturals
1.5 Jones Organics
1.6 24C
2 Non-Beverage Products
2.1 Flavored Lip Balm
2.2 Frozen Soda Pops
2.3 Carbonated Candy
3 Limited Editions
4 Labels
4.1 myJones
5 Marketing
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
[edit] Beverage Lines
[edit] Jones Soda
To help break into the soft drink marketplace, Jones pursued what it calls an "alternative distribution strategy" to attract consumer attention, selling soft drinks in venues such as clothing and music stores, tattoo and piercing parlors, and sporting equipment shops. Eventually Jones Soda was available nationwide in larger chain stores such as 7-Eleven, Safeway, Albertsons, Wal-Mart, Winn-Dixie, and Barnes & Noble. Recent business distribution deals have further expanded the company, placing some basic flavors in stores such as Meijer, World Market, and Panera.[1] On March 17, 2004, it announced a deal to distribute Jones Soda in over 3900 Starbucks locations in the United States,[2] though Starbucks no longer supplies Jones.[citation needed] On October 12, 2004, Jones Soda introduced 12oz cans for the first time with an exclusive distribution deal with Target Stores. Although Jones Soda is now based out of the United States it originated in Canada and is still known as a product of Canada.
Since the original six flavors were introduced, 22 additional flavors have been created: Root Beer, Vanilla Cola, FuFu Berry, Cream Soda, Blue Bubble Gum, Green Apple, Pineapple Upside Down, Crushed Melon, Pink, Happy, Fun, Peachy Keen, Fruit Punch, Strawberry & Cream, Orange & Cream, Berry Lemonade, Lemon Drop, Blueberry, Tangerine, Watermelon, Twisted Lime, and Chocolate Fudge[3]. Several flavors have since been retired including Happy, Peachy Keen, Fruit Punch, Fun, Chocolate Fudge, Strawberry & Cream, Pink, and Pineapple Upside Down.[4]
[edit] Slim and Sugar-Free
In January 1999, Jones introduced the “slim†line of diet sodas, but discontinued it in 2003 in favor of a sugar-free line. It is ironic as, when the company first began, a clear marketed difference from other more "mainstream" soft drinks was the lower sugar content the company's blends originally had. Its sugar-free formulas contain sucralose of the Splenda brand, but no acesulfame potassium or aspartame. Current Sugar-free flavors include: Green Apple, Black Cherry, Root Beer, Cream Soda, Ginger Ale, and Pink Grapefruit.
Though they are not labeled sugar-free, four flavors are considered "Mid-Calorie"[5]: Twisted Lime, Watermelon, Tangerine, and Blueberry. These flavors are sweetened with Splenda, but still include 21 grams of sugar (compared to approximately 45-50 grams in the regular sodas).
[edit] Whoop and Jones Energy
In October 1999, Jones introduced Jones Soda WhoopAss (later shortened to simply "WhoopAss"). Jones Energy is a second entry into the energy drink market and includes three flavors in 8.4oz cans: Mixed Berry, Lemon Lime, and Orange. Big Jones Energy and Sugar Free Jones Energy (both 16oz cans) are also available.
[edit] Jones Juicy Juice and Naturals
Jones Juice debuted in 2001 with Limes with Orange, Berry White, Dave, Black, Purple Carrot, and Fu Cran Fu. The line was renamed Jones Naturals in 2002 and later expanded to include Betty, Bananaberry, D'Peach Mode, Bada Bing!, Bohemian Raspberry, and Strawberry Manilow. Naturals do not have the fortunes under the caps, instead they have cartoon-like symbols. Naturals are sold in 20oz glass bottles, making them almost twice as big as Jones Soda. Naturals contain between 1 and 10 percent juice depending on the flavor. In Mid-2007, Jones Naturals were switched from the 20 oz. package to a 14 oz. packaging similar to that of the Jones Organic Tea line. This change also saw the discontinuation of the flavors Bada Bing! and Berry White. Taking their place in August 2007 were the new 14 oz. Naturals flavors "Açai = MC²" (a mixture of Pineapple and Açai flavors) and "Yourmommegranate."
Dave, Black, Purple Carrot, Fu Cran Fu and Betty have also since been retired at various stages in the product's history.
[edit] Jones Organics
In 2005, Jones announced a new line in its series: Jones Organics.[6] The blends consist of six different tea-based flavors—two each of white tea, green tea and red tea. The bottles have a clean, minimal label (designed by Jason Gomez), as opposed to customized photos. The exact blends are: Strawberry White Tea, Cherry White Tea, Berry Green Tea, Mandarin Green Tea, Tropical Red Tea, and Peach Red Tea; each certified Organic by the USDA. This marks one of the few times that a rooibos-based beverage has been available outside of, for example, a tea store.
[edit] 24C
Jones came out with 24C sports drinks in 2006. The flavors include Cranberry Apple, Mandarin Orange, Lemon Lime, Tropical Citrus, Berry Pomegranate, and Peach Mango. They are vitamin enhanced water beverages that come in 20 oz plastic bottles.
[edit] Non-Beverage Products
[edit] Flavored Lip Balm
In October 2004, Jones announced a licensing agreement with Lime Lite Marketing to create Jones flavored lip balm. The line features UV-A and UV-B protection, SPF 15, Aloe Vera, and Vitamin E. Available flavors include: Green Apple, Fufu Berry, Orange & Cream, Strawberry Lime, Cream Soda, and Blue Bubble Gum.
[edit] Frozen Soda Pops
In early 2005, Jones Soda entered the "frozen novelty" market with their Jones Frozen Soda Pops.[7] They are currently available in Green Apple, Berry Lemonade, and Cherry soda flavors. The Jones Frozen Soda Pops are part of a three year licensing agreement with Kroger, and are currently available in Kroger stores.
[edit] Carbonated Candy
On October 19, 2005, a press statement was released in regards to Jones Soda's licensing agreement with Big Sky Brands[8] to produce a soda "flavor booster" candy. At the time, they announced that the candy's three different flavors would be Berry Lemonade, Fufu Berry, and Green Apple. The product was released in the United States in 2006.
In 2007, the lineup was increased to six flavors, the three new flavors being Orange & Cream, Cream Soda, and M.F. Grape. Big Sky Brands announced also a contest to incorporate 24 user-submitted photos of crazy, distorted sour face "cringes" onto new labeling of the "New Jones Soda Candy" line. The prizes included Jones Soda branded apparel and a year supply of the candy. The deadline for the contest was early February, but the new product has yet to hit the general market.
[edit] Limited Editions
Some of the offbeat Jones thanksgiving drinks: (from left) Wild Herb Stuffing, Turkey & Gravy, Pumpkin Pie, CranberryThe first special edition Jones was the Jones Hot Wheels Pack, created in July 2003 to honor of the 35th anniversary of Hot Wheels. The pack included a Hot Wheels Jones Soda Orange RV along with four themed bottles and was only available through the Jones Soda website.
In November 2003, Jones introduced a "Turkey & Gravy" seasonal flavor in honor of Thanksgiving. Demand was so overwhelming that Jones sold out within two hours, the bottles (both full and empty) fetching in excess of $10 a piece on auction sites such as eBay.
In 2004, it offered a complete, drinkable Thanksgiving dinner—five bottles—as a box set for $16. Turkey & Gravy was brought back, and the rest of the flavors were unique to this offering: Green Bean Casserole, Cranberry, Mashed Potatoes with Butter, and Fruitcake. The limited edition pack sold out in under an hour, temporarily crashing the company's email and Internet servers. Both years, people resold some seasonal bottles on auction sites such as eBay, with bids reaching as high as $100 a pack. Jones Soda's profits in both years were donated to the charity, Toys for Tots.
In 2005, Jones released Halloween Limited Edition 8 oz. can 4-packs, exclusively through Target. The four flavors included two originals (Candy Corn and Caramel Apple), as well as two renamed flavors (Strawberry Slime and Scary Berry Lemonade).
Flavors released at the end of October 2005 in many Target stores (and, eventually, via the Jones Soda website) included, as in 2004, five different varieties. "Turkey & Gravy" and "Cranberry" made a return from 2004, with three new additions: Wild Herb Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, and Brussels sprout. A list of wines, half-humorously included on a label of the front of the box, offered suggestions which would "match" with said flavors.
A second limited edition collection was also created in 2005, in part to celebrate the Seattle regional aspect of the company. This collection was also made available in other places across the US, including select Speedway, Kroger, and Cost Plus World Market stores. The flavors differed from the first 2005 limited edition and included in addition to Turkey & Gravy; Smoked Salmon Pâté, Corn on the Cob, Broccoli Casserole, and for dessert, Pecan Pie. As in years past, all profits from the Holiday Pack collections went to charities, in this case, St. Jude's Research Hospital and Toys for Tots.
In February 2006, Jones introduced the first Valentines Pack. Each pack contained two bottles of "Love Potion #6" soda, a Love Potion #6 flavored lip balm, a three-track sampler CD, a book of “Love Couponsâ€, and a coupon for two free bottles of customized myJones. In addition to selling the packs through retailers and their website, Jones partnered with the non-profit organization, Operation AC, to donate 10,000 packs to U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In September 2006, Jones released the 10th Anniversary Pack, which included two “current favorites†(Green Apple and Blue Bubblegum), two “original favorites†(Pineapple Upside Down and Raspberry), along with a Hot Wheels version of a Jones Van. The bottles were printed with special foil detailing and each pack was numbered with only 10,500 ever made, available only by ordering through their website.
The Halloween cans were available again in 2006 with the return of Candy Corn and Berried Alive (formerly Scary Berry Lemonade) and the new Spider Cider and Gruesome Grape (a renamed version of their regular flavor, MF Grape). Along with the cans, Limited Edition bottles were available in three flavors: Monster Mojito, Lemon Drop Dead, and Creepy Cranberry. Unlike previous Limited Edition bottles, these were available in the normal 4-pack carriers rather than special packages. Also in October 2006, Jones released the Berries and Cream Limited Edition pack to raise awareness for the Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation.[9]
The 2006 Holiday Pack introduced some new flavors in addition to the now classic Turkey & Gravy, including Sweet Potato, Dinner Roll, Pea, and Antacid (which included a disclaimer stating it had no medicinal qualities). The second 2006 pack was dubbed the Dessert Pack and included Cherry Pie, Banana Cream Pie, Key Lime Pie, Apple Pie, and Blueberry Pie. Proceeds once again went to St. Jude’s and Toys for Tots. Three additional flavors (Egg Nog, Sugar Plum, and Candy Cane) were also created in 4-packs similar to the special Halloween bottles.
2007 has seen the return of the Valentines Pack, which includes the two bottles of Love Potion #6, a pair of Jones-branded boxer shorts, a box of Necco Conversation hearts, and a "Spin the Bottle" board printed on the back of the box.
In September of 2007 Jones released their latest Halloween flavors to several Target stores. Monster Mojito, which first appeared in 2006, returned, as well as a new flavor, both available in 12 oz. glass bottles : Black Cat licorice, and Dread Licorice (Red Licorice flavor). Also available in 8 oz. can size are Sour Lemon Drop Dead, Gruesome Grape, Strawberry S'lime, and Candy Corn, each a returning, or modified, flavor that has been released. The 4 packs are also available in CVS/pharmacy stores.
They also have done a special bottle for the release of "Star Fox Adventures". It was merely the green apple flavor, but went under the label "Fox Fuel".
Late September 2007 saw Jones release a limited Seattle Seahawks-themed box set, complete with five new flavors: Natural Field Turf, Sports Cream, Perspiration, Dirt, and Sweet Victory. The set also includes a Seahawks 'Spirit of 12' flag.
[edit] Labels
Jones Soda continually changes the photographs on its Soda and Naturals labels. Except for Root Beer and certain Fufu Berry bottles, the photos are all black and white.[10] Its website features a database of several thousand submitted pictures, as well as an archived collection of internal company notes, detailing which pictures appeared when, on what flavors (for collectors of the images). Customers can also submit fortunes (similar to a fortune cookie) to be printed underneath the bottle cap.
The website sometimes asks for specific themes for photo uploads like the Patriot Photos or the Landmark Contest in order to create a special collection of labels. Recently, they have created a Signature series which includes photos and written signatures of Jones Soda Pro Athletes.
[edit] myJones
In 1999, Jones began selling myJones through a new section of their website[11] in order to meet the growing demand of people wanting to circumvent the photo selection process. myJones is a customizable 12-pack of bottles which anyone can have their picture and message on. The creation process involves uploading a picture (with an option photo credit up to 50 characters) and providing a customization (up to 7 lines of 50 characters). The fortunes under the caps are not customizable.
Above the picture on the label, the word "my" is added before "Jones Soda Co." to indicate it was customized and not bought at retail, in addition, the barcode is labeled "Not for Resale".
[edit] Marketing
Rather than the television or other mass media ads like other national companies, Jones chooses to focus on unique marketing techniques. Athletes such as Benji Weatherley,[12] Matt Hoffman,[13] and Bam Margera,[14] known as Jones Pro Riders, promote Jones by appearing with the logo (or often the actual product) at various events or on television appearances (During the episode of MTV Cribs featuring Bam Margera, he opened his fridge to reveal several bottles of Jones Soda). Another group of athletes, the Jones Emerging Athletes, also support Jones. The main reason for the use of athletes is most likely to further target the intended demographic of people in their teens and twenties.
Jones also employs two Jones Soda RVs which travel the West and East coasts of North America "handing out soda and talking to the people on the street."[15]
On May 23, 2007, the Seattle Seahawks chose Jones Soda as their official soft drink. Starting in the 2007 season, Qwest Field exclusively sells Jones Soda drinks at its concession stands. Jones Soda will also be available in bottles depicting Seahawks players both at football games and in supermarkets. The Seahawks used to sell soft drinks from the Coca-Cola Company; the Jones Soda deal makes the team the first in the NFL to sign an exclusive deal with a soft drink company other than Coca-Cola or Pepsi.[16] However, in honor of the NBC Sunday Night Football game on October 14, 2007, six new flavors were introduced, including "Cris Collinsworth FuFu Berry", along with the labeling and was collective named by Keith Olbermann as that week's "Worst Persons in the NFL" at halftime of the nationally telecast Seahawks' game against the New Orleans Saints.
[edit] See also
Jones Soda flavor list
[edit] References
^ Seattle soda maker ends the sweet talk, opts for sugar. Seattle Times. February 5, 2007.
^ Starbucks Distribution
^ http://www.jonessoda.com/stockstuff/pdf ... easter.pdf
^ http://www.jonessoda.com/files/products-retired.php
^ Jones Soda Co. Products: Sodas
^ Jonesorganics.com
^ Popsicles
^ Big Sky Brands
^ Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation
^ Sample Jones Soda labels URL last accessed January 3, 2007.
^ MyJones.com
^ Benji Weatherley - Jones Soda
^ Matt Hoffman - Jones Soda
^ Bam Margera - Jones Soda
^ Official "About Jones Soda Co." Page
^ http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/ ... a23ww.html
[edit] External links
Jones Soda Co. home page
Jones Soda Store. home page
Personalized myJones home page
Jones Soda Regional & National Holiday Packs review @I-Mockery
Jones Soda Valentine Pack review @I-Mockery
2005 Jones Soda Halloween Flavor Archive / Reviews @X-Entertainment
Jones Soda Reviews at BevNET.com
Kirb Takes the Jones Soda Challenge
Jones Soda Holiday Pack 2006 review @ Badmouth.net
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Jones Soda Co.
Type Public (NASDAQ: JSDA)
Founded 1987
Headquarters Seattle, Washington
Products Soft drinks
Revenue $39.03 million
Net income $4.57 million
Website jonessoda.com
Jones Green Apple SodaJones Soda Co. is a U.S. beverage company based in Seattle, Washington. It bottles and distributes soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages, energy drinks, and candy. Jones Soda is a carbonated soft drink that has many unusual flavors that are not offered by other soft drink makers.
Peter van Stolk founded the Urban Juice and Soda Company Ltd. in 1987, intending to compete in the alternative products segment of the beverage industry. Until 1995, the company was a distributor of other beverage lines such as AriZona Iced Tea and Thomas Kemper sodas in western Canada. The Urban Juice and Soda Company changed its name to Jones Soda Co. on August 1, 2000, most likely hoping to benefit from the fact that over 85% of the total revenues came from the Jones Soda brand.
In November 2006, Jones Soda announced that the company would transition to using pure cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup in its products. On January 22, 2007, Jones Pure Cane Soda was launched in 12 ounce cans. This will be unique in the carbonated soft drink category compared to other national brands that are sweetened with corn syrup. By April 2007, all of the company's products switched to cane sugar, except for its energy drinks, which will change by the fall.[1]
Its offbeat bottle designs, flavors, and alternative marketing strategies have drawn many comparisons to The Coca-Cola Company's failed OK Soda.
Contents [hide]
1 Beverage Lines
1.1 Jones Soda
1.2 Slim and Sugar-Free
1.3 Whoop and Jones Energy
1.4 Jones Juicy Juice and Naturals
1.5 Jones Organics
1.6 24C
2 Non-Beverage Products
2.1 Flavored Lip Balm
2.2 Frozen Soda Pops
2.3 Carbonated Candy
3 Limited Editions
4 Labels
4.1 myJones
5 Marketing
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
[edit] Beverage Lines
[edit] Jones Soda
To help break into the soft drink marketplace, Jones pursued what it calls an "alternative distribution strategy" to attract consumer attention, selling soft drinks in venues such as clothing and music stores, tattoo and piercing parlors, and sporting equipment shops. Eventually Jones Soda was available nationwide in larger chain stores such as 7-Eleven, Safeway, Albertsons, Wal-Mart, Winn-Dixie, and Barnes & Noble. Recent business distribution deals have further expanded the company, placing some basic flavors in stores such as Meijer, World Market, and Panera.[1] On March 17, 2004, it announced a deal to distribute Jones Soda in over 3900 Starbucks locations in the United States,[2] though Starbucks no longer supplies Jones.[citation needed] On October 12, 2004, Jones Soda introduced 12oz cans for the first time with an exclusive distribution deal with Target Stores. Although Jones Soda is now based out of the United States it originated in Canada and is still known as a product of Canada.
Since the original six flavors were introduced, 22 additional flavors have been created: Root Beer, Vanilla Cola, FuFu Berry, Cream Soda, Blue Bubble Gum, Green Apple, Pineapple Upside Down, Crushed Melon, Pink, Happy, Fun, Peachy Keen, Fruit Punch, Strawberry & Cream, Orange & Cream, Berry Lemonade, Lemon Drop, Blueberry, Tangerine, Watermelon, Twisted Lime, and Chocolate Fudge[3]. Several flavors have since been retired including Happy, Peachy Keen, Fruit Punch, Fun, Chocolate Fudge, Strawberry & Cream, Pink, and Pineapple Upside Down.[4]
[edit] Slim and Sugar-Free
In January 1999, Jones introduced the “slim†line of diet sodas, but discontinued it in 2003 in favor of a sugar-free line. It is ironic as, when the company first began, a clear marketed difference from other more "mainstream" soft drinks was the lower sugar content the company's blends originally had. Its sugar-free formulas contain sucralose of the Splenda brand, but no acesulfame potassium or aspartame. Current Sugar-free flavors include: Green Apple, Black Cherry, Root Beer, Cream Soda, Ginger Ale, and Pink Grapefruit.
Though they are not labeled sugar-free, four flavors are considered "Mid-Calorie"[5]: Twisted Lime, Watermelon, Tangerine, and Blueberry. These flavors are sweetened with Splenda, but still include 21 grams of sugar (compared to approximately 45-50 grams in the regular sodas).
[edit] Whoop and Jones Energy
In October 1999, Jones introduced Jones Soda WhoopAss (later shortened to simply "WhoopAss"). Jones Energy is a second entry into the energy drink market and includes three flavors in 8.4oz cans: Mixed Berry, Lemon Lime, and Orange. Big Jones Energy and Sugar Free Jones Energy (both 16oz cans) are also available.
[edit] Jones Juicy Juice and Naturals
Jones Juice debuted in 2001 with Limes with Orange, Berry White, Dave, Black, Purple Carrot, and Fu Cran Fu. The line was renamed Jones Naturals in 2002 and later expanded to include Betty, Bananaberry, D'Peach Mode, Bada Bing!, Bohemian Raspberry, and Strawberry Manilow. Naturals do not have the fortunes under the caps, instead they have cartoon-like symbols. Naturals are sold in 20oz glass bottles, making them almost twice as big as Jones Soda. Naturals contain between 1 and 10 percent juice depending on the flavor. In Mid-2007, Jones Naturals were switched from the 20 oz. package to a 14 oz. packaging similar to that of the Jones Organic Tea line. This change also saw the discontinuation of the flavors Bada Bing! and Berry White. Taking their place in August 2007 were the new 14 oz. Naturals flavors "Açai = MC²" (a mixture of Pineapple and Açai flavors) and "Yourmommegranate."
Dave, Black, Purple Carrot, Fu Cran Fu and Betty have also since been retired at various stages in the product's history.
[edit] Jones Organics
In 2005, Jones announced a new line in its series: Jones Organics.[6] The blends consist of six different tea-based flavors—two each of white tea, green tea and red tea. The bottles have a clean, minimal label (designed by Jason Gomez), as opposed to customized photos. The exact blends are: Strawberry White Tea, Cherry White Tea, Berry Green Tea, Mandarin Green Tea, Tropical Red Tea, and Peach Red Tea; each certified Organic by the USDA. This marks one of the few times that a rooibos-based beverage has been available outside of, for example, a tea store.
[edit] 24C
Jones came out with 24C sports drinks in 2006. The flavors include Cranberry Apple, Mandarin Orange, Lemon Lime, Tropical Citrus, Berry Pomegranate, and Peach Mango. They are vitamin enhanced water beverages that come in 20 oz plastic bottles.
[edit] Non-Beverage Products
[edit] Flavored Lip Balm
In October 2004, Jones announced a licensing agreement with Lime Lite Marketing to create Jones flavored lip balm. The line features UV-A and UV-B protection, SPF 15, Aloe Vera, and Vitamin E. Available flavors include: Green Apple, Fufu Berry, Orange & Cream, Strawberry Lime, Cream Soda, and Blue Bubble Gum.
[edit] Frozen Soda Pops
In early 2005, Jones Soda entered the "frozen novelty" market with their Jones Frozen Soda Pops.[7] They are currently available in Green Apple, Berry Lemonade, and Cherry soda flavors. The Jones Frozen Soda Pops are part of a three year licensing agreement with Kroger, and are currently available in Kroger stores.
[edit] Carbonated Candy
On October 19, 2005, a press statement was released in regards to Jones Soda's licensing agreement with Big Sky Brands[8] to produce a soda "flavor booster" candy. At the time, they announced that the candy's three different flavors would be Berry Lemonade, Fufu Berry, and Green Apple. The product was released in the United States in 2006.
In 2007, the lineup was increased to six flavors, the three new flavors being Orange & Cream, Cream Soda, and M.F. Grape. Big Sky Brands announced also a contest to incorporate 24 user-submitted photos of crazy, distorted sour face "cringes" onto new labeling of the "New Jones Soda Candy" line. The prizes included Jones Soda branded apparel and a year supply of the candy. The deadline for the contest was early February, but the new product has yet to hit the general market.
[edit] Limited Editions
Some of the offbeat Jones thanksgiving drinks: (from left) Wild Herb Stuffing, Turkey & Gravy, Pumpkin Pie, CranberryThe first special edition Jones was the Jones Hot Wheels Pack, created in July 2003 to honor of the 35th anniversary of Hot Wheels. The pack included a Hot Wheels Jones Soda Orange RV along with four themed bottles and was only available through the Jones Soda website.
In November 2003, Jones introduced a "Turkey & Gravy" seasonal flavor in honor of Thanksgiving. Demand was so overwhelming that Jones sold out within two hours, the bottles (both full and empty) fetching in excess of $10 a piece on auction sites such as eBay.
In 2004, it offered a complete, drinkable Thanksgiving dinner—five bottles—as a box set for $16. Turkey & Gravy was brought back, and the rest of the flavors were unique to this offering: Green Bean Casserole, Cranberry, Mashed Potatoes with Butter, and Fruitcake. The limited edition pack sold out in under an hour, temporarily crashing the company's email and Internet servers. Both years, people resold some seasonal bottles on auction sites such as eBay, with bids reaching as high as $100 a pack. Jones Soda's profits in both years were donated to the charity, Toys for Tots.
In 2005, Jones released Halloween Limited Edition 8 oz. can 4-packs, exclusively through Target. The four flavors included two originals (Candy Corn and Caramel Apple), as well as two renamed flavors (Strawberry Slime and Scary Berry Lemonade).
Flavors released at the end of October 2005 in many Target stores (and, eventually, via the Jones Soda website) included, as in 2004, five different varieties. "Turkey & Gravy" and "Cranberry" made a return from 2004, with three new additions: Wild Herb Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, and Brussels sprout. A list of wines, half-humorously included on a label of the front of the box, offered suggestions which would "match" with said flavors.
A second limited edition collection was also created in 2005, in part to celebrate the Seattle regional aspect of the company. This collection was also made available in other places across the US, including select Speedway, Kroger, and Cost Plus World Market stores. The flavors differed from the first 2005 limited edition and included in addition to Turkey & Gravy; Smoked Salmon Pâté, Corn on the Cob, Broccoli Casserole, and for dessert, Pecan Pie. As in years past, all profits from the Holiday Pack collections went to charities, in this case, St. Jude's Research Hospital and Toys for Tots.
In February 2006, Jones introduced the first Valentines Pack. Each pack contained two bottles of "Love Potion #6" soda, a Love Potion #6 flavored lip balm, a three-track sampler CD, a book of “Love Couponsâ€, and a coupon for two free bottles of customized myJones. In addition to selling the packs through retailers and their website, Jones partnered with the non-profit organization, Operation AC, to donate 10,000 packs to U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In September 2006, Jones released the 10th Anniversary Pack, which included two “current favorites†(Green Apple and Blue Bubblegum), two “original favorites†(Pineapple Upside Down and Raspberry), along with a Hot Wheels version of a Jones Van. The bottles were printed with special foil detailing and each pack was numbered with only 10,500 ever made, available only by ordering through their website.
The Halloween cans were available again in 2006 with the return of Candy Corn and Berried Alive (formerly Scary Berry Lemonade) and the new Spider Cider and Gruesome Grape (a renamed version of their regular flavor, MF Grape). Along with the cans, Limited Edition bottles were available in three flavors: Monster Mojito, Lemon Drop Dead, and Creepy Cranberry. Unlike previous Limited Edition bottles, these were available in the normal 4-pack carriers rather than special packages. Also in October 2006, Jones released the Berries and Cream Limited Edition pack to raise awareness for the Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation.[9]
The 2006 Holiday Pack introduced some new flavors in addition to the now classic Turkey & Gravy, including Sweet Potato, Dinner Roll, Pea, and Antacid (which included a disclaimer stating it had no medicinal qualities). The second 2006 pack was dubbed the Dessert Pack and included Cherry Pie, Banana Cream Pie, Key Lime Pie, Apple Pie, and Blueberry Pie. Proceeds once again went to St. Jude’s and Toys for Tots. Three additional flavors (Egg Nog, Sugar Plum, and Candy Cane) were also created in 4-packs similar to the special Halloween bottles.
2007 has seen the return of the Valentines Pack, which includes the two bottles of Love Potion #6, a pair of Jones-branded boxer shorts, a box of Necco Conversation hearts, and a "Spin the Bottle" board printed on the back of the box.
In September of 2007 Jones released their latest Halloween flavors to several Target stores. Monster Mojito, which first appeared in 2006, returned, as well as a new flavor, both available in 12 oz. glass bottles : Black Cat licorice, and Dread Licorice (Red Licorice flavor). Also available in 8 oz. can size are Sour Lemon Drop Dead, Gruesome Grape, Strawberry S'lime, and Candy Corn, each a returning, or modified, flavor that has been released. The 4 packs are also available in CVS/pharmacy stores.
They also have done a special bottle for the release of "Star Fox Adventures". It was merely the green apple flavor, but went under the label "Fox Fuel".
Late September 2007 saw Jones release a limited Seattle Seahawks-themed box set, complete with five new flavors: Natural Field Turf, Sports Cream, Perspiration, Dirt, and Sweet Victory. The set also includes a Seahawks 'Spirit of 12' flag.
[edit] Labels
Jones Soda continually changes the photographs on its Soda and Naturals labels. Except for Root Beer and certain Fufu Berry bottles, the photos are all black and white.[10] Its website features a database of several thousand submitted pictures, as well as an archived collection of internal company notes, detailing which pictures appeared when, on what flavors (for collectors of the images). Customers can also submit fortunes (similar to a fortune cookie) to be printed underneath the bottle cap.
The website sometimes asks for specific themes for photo uploads like the Patriot Photos or the Landmark Contest in order to create a special collection of labels. Recently, they have created a Signature series which includes photos and written signatures of Jones Soda Pro Athletes.
[edit] myJones
In 1999, Jones began selling myJones through a new section of their website[11] in order to meet the growing demand of people wanting to circumvent the photo selection process. myJones is a customizable 12-pack of bottles which anyone can have their picture and message on. The creation process involves uploading a picture (with an option photo credit up to 50 characters) and providing a customization (up to 7 lines of 50 characters). The fortunes under the caps are not customizable.
Above the picture on the label, the word "my" is added before "Jones Soda Co." to indicate it was customized and not bought at retail, in addition, the barcode is labeled "Not for Resale".
[edit] Marketing
Rather than the television or other mass media ads like other national companies, Jones chooses to focus on unique marketing techniques. Athletes such as Benji Weatherley,[12] Matt Hoffman,[13] and Bam Margera,[14] known as Jones Pro Riders, promote Jones by appearing with the logo (or often the actual product) at various events or on television appearances (During the episode of MTV Cribs featuring Bam Margera, he opened his fridge to reveal several bottles of Jones Soda). Another group of athletes, the Jones Emerging Athletes, also support Jones. The main reason for the use of athletes is most likely to further target the intended demographic of people in their teens and twenties.
Jones also employs two Jones Soda RVs which travel the West and East coasts of North America "handing out soda and talking to the people on the street."[15]
On May 23, 2007, the Seattle Seahawks chose Jones Soda as their official soft drink. Starting in the 2007 season, Qwest Field exclusively sells Jones Soda drinks at its concession stands. Jones Soda will also be available in bottles depicting Seahawks players both at football games and in supermarkets. The Seahawks used to sell soft drinks from the Coca-Cola Company; the Jones Soda deal makes the team the first in the NFL to sign an exclusive deal with a soft drink company other than Coca-Cola or Pepsi.[16] However, in honor of the NBC Sunday Night Football game on October 14, 2007, six new flavors were introduced, including "Cris Collinsworth FuFu Berry", along with the labeling and was collective named by Keith Olbermann as that week's "Worst Persons in the NFL" at halftime of the nationally telecast Seahawks' game against the New Orleans Saints.
[edit] See also
Jones Soda flavor list
[edit] References
^ Seattle soda maker ends the sweet talk, opts for sugar. Seattle Times. February 5, 2007.
^ Starbucks Distribution
^ http://www.jonessoda.com/stockstuff/pdf ... easter.pdf
^ http://www.jonessoda.com/files/products-retired.php
^ Jones Soda Co. Products: Sodas
^ Jonesorganics.com
^ Popsicles
^ Big Sky Brands
^ Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation
^ Sample Jones Soda labels URL last accessed January 3, 2007.
^ MyJones.com
^ Benji Weatherley - Jones Soda
^ Matt Hoffman - Jones Soda
^ Bam Margera - Jones Soda
^ Official "About Jones Soda Co." Page
^ http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/ ... a23ww.html
[edit] External links
Jones Soda Co. home page
Jones Soda Store. home page
Personalized myJones home page
Jones Soda Regional & National Holiday Packs review @I-Mockery
Jones Soda Valentine Pack review @I-Mockery
2005 Jones Soda Halloween Flavor Archive / Reviews @X-Entertainment
Jones Soda Reviews at BevNET.com
Kirb Takes the Jones Soda Challenge
Jones Soda Holiday Pack 2006 review @ Badmouth.net
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Soda"
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Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire performing during the Neon Bible tour on May 7, 2007
Background information
Origin Montreal, Québec, Canada
Genre(s) Alternative rock
Indie rock
Art rock
Baroque pop
Years active 2003–present
Label(s) Merge, Rough Trade, City Slang
Associated
acts Bell Orchestre
Final Fantasy
Website ArcadeFire.com
Members
Win Butler
Régine Chassagne
Richard Reed Parry
William Butler
Tim Kingsbury
Sarah Neufeld
Jeremy Gara
Former members
Howard Bilerman
Josh Deu
Brendan Reed
Myles Broscoe
Dane Mills
Tim Kyle
Arcade Fire (often known as "The Arcade Fire") is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2003 by the husband and wife team Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, the band's work features lush, anthemic arrangements and diverse instrumentation, necessitating a larger personnel than a traditional rock band. Their first release, Funeral made them one of the most critically acclaimed indie bands of 2004 and 2005.[1] In the UK, Uncut magazine made it their Album of the Year and it came second in both the NME Album of the Year list and the Album of the Year list published by Mojo magazine. It was followed in 2007 by the equally successful Neon Bible.
Contents [hide]
1 Personnel
2 History
2.1 Formation and early history
2.2 Funeral
2.3 Neon Bible
3 Discography
3.1 Albums
3.2 EPs
4 Notes and references
5 See also
6 External links
[edit] Personnel
In addition to founders Butler and Chassagne, other members include Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld and Jeremy Gara.
Howard Bilerman, who played drums on their debut album, Funeral, has since moved on to other projects. On the 'Funeral' shows, the touring band included horn player Pietro Amato and violinist Owen Pallett. Neufeld, Parry, and Amato also play in the instrumental band Bell Orchestre. Pallett, though not listed as a band member on the band's official site or in the album sleeve notes, both plays with the band live and, again according to the album sleeve notes, did the orchestral and string arrangements with Regine for both albums. Other members of the touring band are Marika Anthony-Shaw, a violist and former Lindsay Place High School strings teacher who played on Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light with Bell Orchestre, as well as horn players Colin Stetson and Kelly Pratt, who bring the Neon Bible touring band to ten on-stage members.
[edit] History
[edit] Formation and early history
Arcade Fire formed around the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. Starting in mid-2003, the current lineup solidified in late 2003/early 2004, when their first full-length album Funeral was recorded. Before this an eponymous EP (often referred to by fans as the Us Kids Know EP) had been sold at early shows. The EP was subsequently remastered and given a full release once the band started becoming more prominent. Arcade Fire are known for their enthralling live performances, as well as their use of a large number of musical instruments. In addition to mainstays guitar, drums, and bass guitar, members play piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, keyboard, French horn, accordion, hurdy gurdy and harp and mandolin. With several able musicians, Arcade Fire take most of their instrumental diversity on tour and band members switch instrumental duties throughout their shows. The number of instruments, along with a wide set of musical influences has provided a substantial number of resources on which to draw during the recording process. The promise shown by the band in their live shows allowed them to land a record contract with the independent record label Merge Records.
When asked about the rumour that the band's name refers to a fire in an arcade, Win Butler replied: "It's not a rumour, it's based on a story that someone told me. It's not an actual event, but one that I took to be real. I would say that it's probably something that the kid made up, but at the time I believed him."[2] The arcade in question was the Exeter arcade and bandstand in the town square of Exeter, New Hampshire, where both Butlers attended Phillips Exeter Academy preparatory school.[citation needed]
[edit] Funeral
Their first album, Funeral, debuted in September 2004 in Canada and in February 2005 in the UK. The title of the debut album was chosen because of the deaths of several relatives of band members during recording. These events created a somber atmosphere which influenced songs such as "Une année sans lumière" ("A Year Without Light"), "In the Backseat", and "Haiti", Chassagne's elegy to her lost homeland. "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" is based on their experiences of the North American ice storm in 1998.
David Bowie heard the band while on tour and brought them to the attention of label owners. Still without a major label backing, the success of the band and the album Funeral has been acclaimed as an Internet phenomenon. After a 9.7 rating from Pitchfork, Merge Records sold out their inventory of Funeral and it became the label's first album in the Billboard 200 chart.[3] The band booked small clubs for their 2004 tour but growing interest forced many venue changes, far beyond the band's expectations, and continued internationally into mid-2005 throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the SummerSonic Festival in Japan. Taking much of the summer of 2005 off, the band made six key festival appearances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the Sasquatch! Music Festival, Lollapalooza, Reading Festival in the UK, Electric Picnic in Ireland, and the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands. Funeral made many top ten album lists for 2004, with Pitchfork, Filter and No Ripcord crowning it the album of the year. With the release of Funeral in 2005 in the UK, Japan and Australia, Arcade Fire also made many top lists for 2005. The MTV2 2005 Review hosted by Zane Lowe named Funeral Album of the Year, and NME named Funeral Number 2[4] in their list of 2005's best albums and "Rebellion (Lies)" the best track. By November 2005, Funeral had gone gold in both Canada and the UK and sold in excess of half a million copies worldwide,[5] a phenomenal number for an independent release with minimal television or radio exposure. It has also surpassed Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea as the biggest selling Merge Records album to date.
Arcade Fire on the cover of the Canadian edition of Time magazine, April 4, 2005Arcade Fire were featured on the April 4, 2005 cover of Time Magazine's Canadian edition, and hailed as a band who "helped put Canadian music on the world map". On May 1, 2005, the band performed to approximately 15,000 fans at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival; their performance is often viewed as the highlight of Coachella 2005. [citation needed] In May 2005, the band signed a short-term publishing contract with EMI for Funeral and in June, the band released a new single, "Cold Wind", on Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends, the second soundtrack album to the popular HBO series Six Feet Under. The BBC used the track "Wake Up" on an advertisement for their autumn 2005 season and the tracks "Rebellion (Lies)" and "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" on adverts in January 2006. On September 9, 2005, the band appeared on the UK/US TV special Fashion Rocks, where David Bowie joined them for "Wake Up". This recording, as well as recordings by the collaboration of Bowie's "Life on Mars" and "Five Years", were made available on the iTunes Music Store in a virtual live EP. The same trip to New York City took them to the Late Show with David Letterman and a concert in Central Park. The Central Park Show had a surprise appearance by Bowie, and capped a great touring season for the band. On September 11, 2005, Arcade Fire appeared on the long-running BBC music series Top of the Pops, performing "Rebellion (Lies)" — on what was one of the band's first mainstream UK television appearances. The band also performed to a TV audience in Paris for Canal+, and the show was later screened on UK television's Channel 4. The band have scored two number one songs on MTV2 (UK) NME Chart Show, with "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" and a three week run with "Wake Up". However, this success followed Rough Trade Records's (the label that distributes Arcade Fire's music in the UK) decision at the last minute not to release "Wake Up" on CD, and only on 7" vinyl.
Arcade Fire's song "Wake Up" was played immediately before the Irish rock group U2 opened their concerts on their 2005-2007 Vertigo Tour; the band would subsequently open three shows for that tour, and at the third show, they appeared on stage during U2's encore to join them in a cover of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart".
Arcade Fire's album Funeral and their single "Cold Wind" were respectively nominated for Grammys in the best Alternative Rock Album and Best Song Written for Television, Film, or Other Media categories (Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends). On April 2, 2006, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Arcade Fire received the Juno Award for Songwriters Of The Year for three songs from Funeral: "Wake Up", "Rebellion (Lies)" and "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)".[6] The band was nominated for, but not awarded, three BRIT Awards; Best International Group, Best International Album and Best International Breakthrough Act.
Arcade Fire made an appearance on the BBC show Later with Jools Holland on May 12, 2005, performing "Power Out" and "Rebellion (Lies)".
On December 27, 2005, Funeral was ranked #1 on MTV2's "50 Greatest Albums of the Year" in the United Kingdom.
On October 22, 2007, Funeral was ranked #8 on the list of the Top 100 Canadian Albums of the past 50 years. [7]
[edit] Neon Bible
On June 26, 2006, Win Butler announced on the band's journal that work had been progressing on their new album and the band had committed 15 tracks to tape, using a wide variety of new instruments. These apparently include a pipe organ, and some recording took place in the living room of Win and Régine.[8] Butler also announced on his online diary, Win's Scrapbook, that the new album would be self-produced, saying that "after trying to decide if we should work with any producers we kind of realized that we already know how we want things to sound so we should just run after that sound as fast as we can and not rely on someone else to guide the good ship Arcade Fire." He also said the band were working with the engineers Scott Colburn and Marcus Dravs.
The first track officially released from Neon Bible was "Intervention" in December 2006 on iTunes. An error resulted in a second song, "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations", being on iTunes for a short time. The album was leaked to Peer to Peer channels on January 26, 2007 and was officially released March 5, 2007 in the UK, and March 6 in North America. Neon Bible premiered at No 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart & The Irish Album Charts and No 2 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 charts & The UK Top 40 Album Chart for the week of March 12, 2007.[9] The album was also No 1 on the Rock and Indie album charts. The first proper single, "Black Mirror", was announced in January 2007. "Black Mirror" reached the #1 spot on CBC Radio 3's R3-30 chart for five consecutive weeks, from March 22 to April 19, 2007, and was the first single by any band ever to spend more than two weeks atop that chart. In the UK, the first single is "Keep the Car Running". The album has gained much critical acclaim (even being mooted as a strong contender for album of the year), and because of its success saw the band proclaimed the most exciting act on the earth by British music magazine Q.
A tour in support of the new album was announced in December 2006. A five night residency in London, UK, took place from January 29 to February 2, 2007: three nights at St Johns Smith Square and two nights at Porchester Hall, both unusual venues for a "rock" or alternative band, as both venues are associated with classical, sit down concerts. These dates sold out within two minutes of going on sale. [10] On 20 January, the band played a mostly secret show at a church in the Mile End neighborhood in their hometown of Montreal, Quebec, and between February 6, 2007 and February 10, 2007, the band played five shows at Ukrainian Federation in Montreal. These shows marked the first public performances of the band in their hometown since November of 2005 when they supported U2 at the Bell Center, and the first headlining shows in Montreal since April 2005, a three-night stand at the Corona Theatre. Starting February 13, 2007, Arcade Fire performed five sold-out performances at Judson Memorial Church in New York City to promote Neon Bible.[11]
Arcade Fire played on Saturday Night Live on February 24, 2007, performing "Intervention" and "Keep the Car Running". [12] Owen Pallett wasn't present because he was recording for his own project, Final Fantasy. During the performance one of Win Butler's guitar strings broke prompting him to rip the strings from his acoustic guitar and smash it on the floor until it shattered. On this guitar, "sak vide pa kanpe" was written in duct tape across the front. A Haitian proverb meaning "that which is empty cannot stand up" in Creole, this was a reference to the extreme poverty of Haiti, the country of origin of Régine.
Arcade Fire's European tour was scheduled to take place between March 3, 2007 and April 3, 2007, and included dates at the London Brixton Academy and the Paris Olympia.[13] Win and William Butler appeared in an interview on the BBC TV programme The Culture Show about the band, shown on April 20, 2007. Part of the show was recorded at the Brixton Academy where the band played the title track from Neon Bible and a previously unheard version of The Clash's "The Guns of Brixton", performed as a tribute to the venue. On March 24 the band announced on their website that they were canceling the rest of their 2007 European tour due to Win suffering from "a sinus and bronchial infection."
Arcade Fire's North American tour lasted from April 26 to June 2, 2007. David Bowie selected Arcade Fire as one of the first acts for the High Line Festival in New York. The festival was curated by Bowie himself, and ran from May 9 to May 19, 2007.
From June 22 to August 26, they toured the Summer European festival circuit. They were second headliners at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, and they also played the Glastonbury Festival, the Oxegen Festival in Ireland, Roskilde Festival, T in the Park in Scotland and the Super Bock Super Rock, in Lisbon, Portugal. They headlined the Latitude Festival closing night in Suffolk, England on July 15, 2007.
On July 10, 2007, Neon Bible was revealed as being on the shortlist for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize. Patrick Watson was announced as the winner at a gala ceremony on September 24, 2007.[14][15][16] However, due to the band's preference not to participate in compilation albums, they were the only nominee not to have a track on the Polaris promotional compilation 2007 Polaris Music Prize. Some media initially reported that the Polaris committee had snubbed the band by excluding them, leading the band and the committee to issue a joint press release confirming that the band chose not to have a track included on the album.[17]
The Neon Bible tour continued into September 2007, with 25+ dates scheduled in North America and Europe through mid-November. The band will tour Australia and New Zealand for the first time in early 2008 as part of the 2008 Big Day Out festival. On October 14, 2007, the band made a surprise guest appearance at a Bruce Springsteen show in Ottawa, playing "State Trooper", "Born To Run" and "Keep the Car Running".
[edit] Discography
Main article: Arcade Fire discography
[edit] Albums
List of studio albums:
Funeral (September 14, 2004)
Neon Bible (March 6, 2007)
[edit] EPs
List of EPs:
Arcade Fire (EP) 2003 (2005 Re-release)
Live Ep (EP) 2005
[edit] Notes and references
^ "Montreal New Rock". The Ongoing History of New Music. Aired March 27, 2005 on CFNY.
^ Schreiber, Ryan, "Pitchfork Feature: Interview: The Arcade Fire", Pitchfork, February 14, 2005.
^ Pitchfork e-zine tells indie fans what's hot and not
^ NME defends album of year poll, The Guardian, December 2, 2005. Though Funeral ranked 2nd after Bloc Party's Silent Alarm, the Londonist blog charged that Funeral (and other music) had been artificially marked down. They later retracted their post.
^ Exclusive - Arcade Fire duet with Bowie released
^ Songwriter Of The Year (sponsored by SOCAN)
^ [1]
^ Arcade Fire Spills Droplets of Album Info
^ Arcade Fire's Neon Bible Debuts at #2
^ "Arcade Fire promise more tickets for UK gigs", "NME", December 8, 2006. Accessed July 23, 2007.
^ Testing Faith in a Church
^ http://snlarc.jt.org/ep.php?i=200702248
^ Return To The Neighbourhood - Arcade Fire album, single and tour
^ Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list. Retrieved on July 10, 2007.
^ Feist, Fire get Polaris noms. Retrieved on July 11, 2007.
^ Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees. Retrieved on July 11, 2007.
^ Joint Statement by Arcade Fire and the Polaris Music Prize. Retrieved on September 9, 2007.
[edit] See also
Canadian rock
Music of Canada
English-speaking Quebecer
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
The Arcade FireOfficial Site
Us Kids Know (Official fansite) - news, tour dates, forums, etc.
Neon Bible - the new album
Merge Records' Arcade Fire Bio
"Chemistry at Work: Arcade Fire Provokes Real Emotion" CBC Radio 3 Session; story by Helen Spitzer, photography by Joanne K.
NYT Magazine article on The Arcade Fire
Artist Page on Music Emissions
Arcade Fire at Rolling Stone
(French) Fan site
[hide] v • d • e Arcade Fire
Win Butler | Régine Chassagne | Richard Reed Parry | William Butler | Tim Kingsbury | Sarah Neufeld | Jeremy Gara
Howard Bilerman | Owen Pallett
Discography
Arcade Fire (EP) | Funeral | Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks) | Neon Bible
Singles
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) | Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) | Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) | Cold Wind | Rebellion (Lies) | Wake Up
Black Mirror | Keep the Car Running | Intervention | No Cars Go
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Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire performing during the Neon Bible tour on May 7, 2007
Background information
Origin Montreal, Québec, Canada
Genre(s) Alternative rock
Indie rock
Art rock
Baroque pop
Years active 2003–present
Label(s) Merge, Rough Trade, City Slang
Associated
acts Bell Orchestre
Final Fantasy
Website ArcadeFire.com
Members
Win Butler
Régine Chassagne
Richard Reed Parry
William Butler
Tim Kingsbury
Sarah Neufeld
Jeremy Gara
Former members
Howard Bilerman
Josh Deu
Brendan Reed
Myles Broscoe
Dane Mills
Tim Kyle
Arcade Fire (often known as "The Arcade Fire") is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2003 by the husband and wife team Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, the band's work features lush, anthemic arrangements and diverse instrumentation, necessitating a larger personnel than a traditional rock band. Their first release, Funeral made them one of the most critically acclaimed indie bands of 2004 and 2005.[1] In the UK, Uncut magazine made it their Album of the Year and it came second in both the NME Album of the Year list and the Album of the Year list published by Mojo magazine. It was followed in 2007 by the equally successful Neon Bible.
Contents [hide]
1 Personnel
2 History
2.1 Formation and early history
2.2 Funeral
2.3 Neon Bible
3 Discography
3.1 Albums
3.2 EPs
4 Notes and references
5 See also
6 External links
[edit] Personnel
In addition to founders Butler and Chassagne, other members include Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld and Jeremy Gara.
Howard Bilerman, who played drums on their debut album, Funeral, has since moved on to other projects. On the 'Funeral' shows, the touring band included horn player Pietro Amato and violinist Owen Pallett. Neufeld, Parry, and Amato also play in the instrumental band Bell Orchestre. Pallett, though not listed as a band member on the band's official site or in the album sleeve notes, both plays with the band live and, again according to the album sleeve notes, did the orchestral and string arrangements with Regine for both albums. Other members of the touring band are Marika Anthony-Shaw, a violist and former Lindsay Place High School strings teacher who played on Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light with Bell Orchestre, as well as horn players Colin Stetson and Kelly Pratt, who bring the Neon Bible touring band to ten on-stage members.
[edit] History
[edit] Formation and early history
Arcade Fire formed around the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. Starting in mid-2003, the current lineup solidified in late 2003/early 2004, when their first full-length album Funeral was recorded. Before this an eponymous EP (often referred to by fans as the Us Kids Know EP) had been sold at early shows. The EP was subsequently remastered and given a full release once the band started becoming more prominent. Arcade Fire are known for their enthralling live performances, as well as their use of a large number of musical instruments. In addition to mainstays guitar, drums, and bass guitar, members play piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, keyboard, French horn, accordion, hurdy gurdy and harp and mandolin. With several able musicians, Arcade Fire take most of their instrumental diversity on tour and band members switch instrumental duties throughout their shows. The number of instruments, along with a wide set of musical influences has provided a substantial number of resources on which to draw during the recording process. The promise shown by the band in their live shows allowed them to land a record contract with the independent record label Merge Records.
When asked about the rumour that the band's name refers to a fire in an arcade, Win Butler replied: "It's not a rumour, it's based on a story that someone told me. It's not an actual event, but one that I took to be real. I would say that it's probably something that the kid made up, but at the time I believed him."[2] The arcade in question was the Exeter arcade and bandstand in the town square of Exeter, New Hampshire, where both Butlers attended Phillips Exeter Academy preparatory school.[citation needed]
[edit] Funeral
Their first album, Funeral, debuted in September 2004 in Canada and in February 2005 in the UK. The title of the debut album was chosen because of the deaths of several relatives of band members during recording. These events created a somber atmosphere which influenced songs such as "Une année sans lumière" ("A Year Without Light"), "In the Backseat", and "Haiti", Chassagne's elegy to her lost homeland. "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" is based on their experiences of the North American ice storm in 1998.
David Bowie heard the band while on tour and brought them to the attention of label owners. Still without a major label backing, the success of the band and the album Funeral has been acclaimed as an Internet phenomenon. After a 9.7 rating from Pitchfork, Merge Records sold out their inventory of Funeral and it became the label's first album in the Billboard 200 chart.[3] The band booked small clubs for their 2004 tour but growing interest forced many venue changes, far beyond the band's expectations, and continued internationally into mid-2005 throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the SummerSonic Festival in Japan. Taking much of the summer of 2005 off, the band made six key festival appearances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the Sasquatch! Music Festival, Lollapalooza, Reading Festival in the UK, Electric Picnic in Ireland, and the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands. Funeral made many top ten album lists for 2004, with Pitchfork, Filter and No Ripcord crowning it the album of the year. With the release of Funeral in 2005 in the UK, Japan and Australia, Arcade Fire also made many top lists for 2005. The MTV2 2005 Review hosted by Zane Lowe named Funeral Album of the Year, and NME named Funeral Number 2[4] in their list of 2005's best albums and "Rebellion (Lies)" the best track. By November 2005, Funeral had gone gold in both Canada and the UK and sold in excess of half a million copies worldwide,[5] a phenomenal number for an independent release with minimal television or radio exposure. It has also surpassed Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea as the biggest selling Merge Records album to date.
Arcade Fire on the cover of the Canadian edition of Time magazine, April 4, 2005Arcade Fire were featured on the April 4, 2005 cover of Time Magazine's Canadian edition, and hailed as a band who "helped put Canadian music on the world map". On May 1, 2005, the band performed to approximately 15,000 fans at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival; their performance is often viewed as the highlight of Coachella 2005. [citation needed] In May 2005, the band signed a short-term publishing contract with EMI for Funeral and in June, the band released a new single, "Cold Wind", on Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends, the second soundtrack album to the popular HBO series Six Feet Under. The BBC used the track "Wake Up" on an advertisement for their autumn 2005 season and the tracks "Rebellion (Lies)" and "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" on adverts in January 2006. On September 9, 2005, the band appeared on the UK/US TV special Fashion Rocks, where David Bowie joined them for "Wake Up". This recording, as well as recordings by the collaboration of Bowie's "Life on Mars" and "Five Years", were made available on the iTunes Music Store in a virtual live EP. The same trip to New York City took them to the Late Show with David Letterman and a concert in Central Park. The Central Park Show had a surprise appearance by Bowie, and capped a great touring season for the band. On September 11, 2005, Arcade Fire appeared on the long-running BBC music series Top of the Pops, performing "Rebellion (Lies)" — on what was one of the band's first mainstream UK television appearances. The band also performed to a TV audience in Paris for Canal+, and the show was later screened on UK television's Channel 4. The band have scored two number one songs on MTV2 (UK) NME Chart Show, with "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" and a three week run with "Wake Up". However, this success followed Rough Trade Records's (the label that distributes Arcade Fire's music in the UK) decision at the last minute not to release "Wake Up" on CD, and only on 7" vinyl.
Arcade Fire's song "Wake Up" was played immediately before the Irish rock group U2 opened their concerts on their 2005-2007 Vertigo Tour; the band would subsequently open three shows for that tour, and at the third show, they appeared on stage during U2's encore to join them in a cover of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart".
Arcade Fire's album Funeral and their single "Cold Wind" were respectively nominated for Grammys in the best Alternative Rock Album and Best Song Written for Television, Film, or Other Media categories (Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends). On April 2, 2006, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Arcade Fire received the Juno Award for Songwriters Of The Year for three songs from Funeral: "Wake Up", "Rebellion (Lies)" and "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)".[6] The band was nominated for, but not awarded, three BRIT Awards; Best International Group, Best International Album and Best International Breakthrough Act.
Arcade Fire made an appearance on the BBC show Later with Jools Holland on May 12, 2005, performing "Power Out" and "Rebellion (Lies)".
On December 27, 2005, Funeral was ranked #1 on MTV2's "50 Greatest Albums of the Year" in the United Kingdom.
On October 22, 2007, Funeral was ranked #8 on the list of the Top 100 Canadian Albums of the past 50 years. [7]
[edit] Neon Bible
On June 26, 2006, Win Butler announced on the band's journal that work had been progressing on their new album and the band had committed 15 tracks to tape, using a wide variety of new instruments. These apparently include a pipe organ, and some recording took place in the living room of Win and Régine.[8] Butler also announced on his online diary, Win's Scrapbook, that the new album would be self-produced, saying that "after trying to decide if we should work with any producers we kind of realized that we already know how we want things to sound so we should just run after that sound as fast as we can and not rely on someone else to guide the good ship Arcade Fire." He also said the band were working with the engineers Scott Colburn and Marcus Dravs.
The first track officially released from Neon Bible was "Intervention" in December 2006 on iTunes. An error resulted in a second song, "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations", being on iTunes for a short time. The album was leaked to Peer to Peer channels on January 26, 2007 and was officially released March 5, 2007 in the UK, and March 6 in North America. Neon Bible premiered at No 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart & The Irish Album Charts and No 2 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 charts & The UK Top 40 Album Chart for the week of March 12, 2007.[9] The album was also No 1 on the Rock and Indie album charts. The first proper single, "Black Mirror", was announced in January 2007. "Black Mirror" reached the #1 spot on CBC Radio 3's R3-30 chart for five consecutive weeks, from March 22 to April 19, 2007, and was the first single by any band ever to spend more than two weeks atop that chart. In the UK, the first single is "Keep the Car Running". The album has gained much critical acclaim (even being mooted as a strong contender for album of the year), and because of its success saw the band proclaimed the most exciting act on the earth by British music magazine Q.
A tour in support of the new album was announced in December 2006. A five night residency in London, UK, took place from January 29 to February 2, 2007: three nights at St Johns Smith Square and two nights at Porchester Hall, both unusual venues for a "rock" or alternative band, as both venues are associated with classical, sit down concerts. These dates sold out within two minutes of going on sale. [10] On 20 January, the band played a mostly secret show at a church in the Mile End neighborhood in their hometown of Montreal, Quebec, and between February 6, 2007 and February 10, 2007, the band played five shows at Ukrainian Federation in Montreal. These shows marked the first public performances of the band in their hometown since November of 2005 when they supported U2 at the Bell Center, and the first headlining shows in Montreal since April 2005, a three-night stand at the Corona Theatre. Starting February 13, 2007, Arcade Fire performed five sold-out performances at Judson Memorial Church in New York City to promote Neon Bible.[11]
Arcade Fire played on Saturday Night Live on February 24, 2007, performing "Intervention" and "Keep the Car Running". [12] Owen Pallett wasn't present because he was recording for his own project, Final Fantasy. During the performance one of Win Butler's guitar strings broke prompting him to rip the strings from his acoustic guitar and smash it on the floor until it shattered. On this guitar, "sak vide pa kanpe" was written in duct tape across the front. A Haitian proverb meaning "that which is empty cannot stand up" in Creole, this was a reference to the extreme poverty of Haiti, the country of origin of Régine.
Arcade Fire's European tour was scheduled to take place between March 3, 2007 and April 3, 2007, and included dates at the London Brixton Academy and the Paris Olympia.[13] Win and William Butler appeared in an interview on the BBC TV programme The Culture Show about the band, shown on April 20, 2007. Part of the show was recorded at the Brixton Academy where the band played the title track from Neon Bible and a previously unheard version of The Clash's "The Guns of Brixton", performed as a tribute to the venue. On March 24 the band announced on their website that they were canceling the rest of their 2007 European tour due to Win suffering from "a sinus and bronchial infection."
Arcade Fire's North American tour lasted from April 26 to June 2, 2007. David Bowie selected Arcade Fire as one of the first acts for the High Line Festival in New York. The festival was curated by Bowie himself, and ran from May 9 to May 19, 2007.
From June 22 to August 26, they toured the Summer European festival circuit. They were second headliners at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, and they also played the Glastonbury Festival, the Oxegen Festival in Ireland, Roskilde Festival, T in the Park in Scotland and the Super Bock Super Rock, in Lisbon, Portugal. They headlined the Latitude Festival closing night in Suffolk, England on July 15, 2007.
On July 10, 2007, Neon Bible was revealed as being on the shortlist for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize. Patrick Watson was announced as the winner at a gala ceremony on September 24, 2007.[14][15][16] However, due to the band's preference not to participate in compilation albums, they were the only nominee not to have a track on the Polaris promotional compilation 2007 Polaris Music Prize. Some media initially reported that the Polaris committee had snubbed the band by excluding them, leading the band and the committee to issue a joint press release confirming that the band chose not to have a track included on the album.[17]
The Neon Bible tour continued into September 2007, with 25+ dates scheduled in North America and Europe through mid-November. The band will tour Australia and New Zealand for the first time in early 2008 as part of the 2008 Big Day Out festival. On October 14, 2007, the band made a surprise guest appearance at a Bruce Springsteen show in Ottawa, playing "State Trooper", "Born To Run" and "Keep the Car Running".
[edit] Discography
Main article: Arcade Fire discography
[edit] Albums
List of studio albums:
Funeral (September 14, 2004)
Neon Bible (March 6, 2007)
[edit] EPs
List of EPs:
Arcade Fire (EP) 2003 (2005 Re-release)
Live Ep (EP) 2005
[edit] Notes and references
^ "Montreal New Rock". The Ongoing History of New Music. Aired March 27, 2005 on CFNY.
^ Schreiber, Ryan, "Pitchfork Feature: Interview: The Arcade Fire", Pitchfork, February 14, 2005.
^ Pitchfork e-zine tells indie fans what's hot and not
^ NME defends album of year poll, The Guardian, December 2, 2005. Though Funeral ranked 2nd after Bloc Party's Silent Alarm, the Londonist blog charged that Funeral (and other music) had been artificially marked down. They later retracted their post.
^ Exclusive - Arcade Fire duet with Bowie released
^ Songwriter Of The Year (sponsored by SOCAN)
^ [1]
^ Arcade Fire Spills Droplets of Album Info
^ Arcade Fire's Neon Bible Debuts at #2
^ "Arcade Fire promise more tickets for UK gigs", "NME", December 8, 2006. Accessed July 23, 2007.
^ Testing Faith in a Church
^ http://snlarc.jt.org/ep.php?i=200702248
^ Return To The Neighbourhood - Arcade Fire album, single and tour
^ Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list. Retrieved on July 10, 2007.
^ Feist, Fire get Polaris noms. Retrieved on July 11, 2007.
^ Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees. Retrieved on July 11, 2007.
^ Joint Statement by Arcade Fire and the Polaris Music Prize. Retrieved on September 9, 2007.
[edit] See also
Canadian rock
Music of Canada
English-speaking Quebecer
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
The Arcade FireOfficial Site
Us Kids Know (Official fansite) - news, tour dates, forums, etc.
Neon Bible - the new album
Merge Records' Arcade Fire Bio
"Chemistry at Work: Arcade Fire Provokes Real Emotion" CBC Radio 3 Session; story by Helen Spitzer, photography by Joanne K.
NYT Magazine article on The Arcade Fire
Artist Page on Music Emissions
Arcade Fire at Rolling Stone
(French) Fan site
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Singles
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Lunar Park
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Lunar Park
Cover of Lunar Park
Author Bret Easton Ellis
Country USA
Language English
Genre(s) Horror
Publisher Knopf
Publication date August 16, 2005
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 320
ISBN ISBN 0-375-41291-3
Lunar Park is a combined semi-autobiographical novelization of the life of Bret Easton Ellis and is a ghost story in the vein of Stephen King. It was released by Knopf on August 16, 2005. It is notable for being the first book written by Ellis to use past tense narrative.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Characters
3 Trivia
4 Footnotes
5 External links
[edit] Plot summary
The novel begins with an inflated and parodic but reasonably accurate portrayal of Ellis' early fame. It details incidents (probably exaggerated) of his wild drug use and his publicly humiliating book tours to promote Glamorama . The novel dissolves into fiction as Ellis describes a liaison with an actress named Jayne Dennis, whom he later marries, and with whom he conceives an (initially) illegitimate child. From this point the fictional Ellis' life reflects the real Ellis' only in some descriptions of the past and possibly in his general sentiments.
Ellis and Jayne move to Midland, a (fictional) affluent suburban town outside New York City, which they no longer consider safe due to pervasive terrorist acts in a post-9/11 America. Fictional incidents include suicide bombings in Wal-Marts and a dirty bomb detonated in Florida[1][2]. Strange incidents start happening on a Halloween night, some involving Sarah's (Ellis's fictional stepdaughter) Terby doll.
As the novel progresses, the haunting of Ellis' McMansion and questions over the death of his father become increasingly prominent. With his history of drug use and alcoholism, his wife, children, and housekeeper are understandably skeptical of his claims that the house is haunted.
Jayne Dennis is a fictional character created by Ellis, but aside from the novel itself, Ellis has taken several other steps to create verisimilitude for her character. Although she does have a website[3], the site consists entirely of obviously doctored images and a fictional filmography. Ellis links to her site from his, but it is suspected he created Dennis' site himself; some authentication pages even request the user register at the official Lunar Park site. There is no profile for an actress of this name on either the Internet Movie Database or eonline.com. It is noted in a disclaimer on the stills page that the site is a work of fiction.
[edit] Characters
Several of the characters are fictionalized portrayals of real people. Most notable among these is Ellis himself, but others include friend and fellow author Jay McInerney and Ellis' late father.
Bret Easton Ellis - Novelist who rose to fame while still at college with his debut novel Less Than Zero; now lives in the suburbs with old flame Jayne Dennis. Considerable differences between this Ellis and the author himself, albeit crucial similarities within.
Jayne Dennis - Film star, married to Bret Easton Ellis. Said to have dated many men, including Q-Tip and Keanu Reeves amongst others.
Robby - Bret and Jayne's eleven-year-old son.
Sarah - Jayne's six-year-old daughter.
Robert Ellis - Bret's father, deceased.
Patrick Bateman - Serial killer from American Psycho. Rumored to be responsible for murders in the local suburbia.
Donald Kimball - Detective from American Psycho. Questions Ellis about the aforementioned Bateman-inspired murders.
Clayton - College student who strikingly resembles Patrick Bateman.
Aimee Light - A graduate student writing her thesis on Bret.
Jay McInerney - Easton's contemporary and friend; author of "Bright Lights Big City"
[edit] Trivia
Ellis told the Manchester Evening News that the Terby "is based on a Furby but also there was this bird-like doll that my older sister had and I wrote a short story about it when I was 7 or 8. She used to scare me with it, I’d go to my bedroom and get into bed and it’d be there, she’d hide it there just to scare me. Or I’d be walking up the stairs and she’d chase me with it. And I think that’s what I was channelling and it fitted in to all the other things that I was haunted by.â€[4]
Ellis told SCI FI Wire the book was an homage to Stephen King and comic books, and that he finished writing it in summer 2004. It is also a nominee for the World Fantasy Awards[5].
The book carries an epigraph from Hamlet 1.v.98. This connects with the theme of haunting by a father as well as the names in the book (e.g. Elsinore, Osric, Fortinbras).
As part of the fun, Ellis portrays himself as less literate than one presumes he is. 'He' misuses 'disinterestedly' twice, thinks 'imminently' means 'eminently', and claims never to have heard of the word 'mewling'.
Porcupine Tree's album Fear of a Blank Planet is heavily based on Lunar Park (Porcupine Tree website). However, the perspective in the album is shifted from the father (Ellis) to his son (Robby).
Palm-Star Entertainment has announced production of a movie version of Lunar Park with an expected release date in 2009.
[edit] Footnotes
^ Jeff Gomez. Dark Side of the Moon
^ Christine Thomas. Ellis writes himself into suburbs
^ http://www.jaynedennis.com
^ Behind Bret's mask
^ Lunar Exorcises Ellis' Ghosts
[edit] External links
Official website of Bret Easton Ellis
Fan website for Jayne Dennis
Official UK website for Lunar Park
Spike Magazine's review of Lunar Park
Collection of Lunar Park book reviews
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lunar Park
Cover of Lunar Park
Author Bret Easton Ellis
Country USA
Language English
Genre(s) Horror
Publisher Knopf
Publication date August 16, 2005
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 320
ISBN ISBN 0-375-41291-3
Lunar Park is a combined semi-autobiographical novelization of the life of Bret Easton Ellis and is a ghost story in the vein of Stephen King. It was released by Knopf on August 16, 2005. It is notable for being the first book written by Ellis to use past tense narrative.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Characters
3 Trivia
4 Footnotes
5 External links
[edit] Plot summary
The novel begins with an inflated and parodic but reasonably accurate portrayal of Ellis' early fame. It details incidents (probably exaggerated) of his wild drug use and his publicly humiliating book tours to promote Glamorama . The novel dissolves into fiction as Ellis describes a liaison with an actress named Jayne Dennis, whom he later marries, and with whom he conceives an (initially) illegitimate child. From this point the fictional Ellis' life reflects the real Ellis' only in some descriptions of the past and possibly in his general sentiments.
Ellis and Jayne move to Midland, a (fictional) affluent suburban town outside New York City, which they no longer consider safe due to pervasive terrorist acts in a post-9/11 America. Fictional incidents include suicide bombings in Wal-Marts and a dirty bomb detonated in Florida[1][2]. Strange incidents start happening on a Halloween night, some involving Sarah's (Ellis's fictional stepdaughter) Terby doll.
As the novel progresses, the haunting of Ellis' McMansion and questions over the death of his father become increasingly prominent. With his history of drug use and alcoholism, his wife, children, and housekeeper are understandably skeptical of his claims that the house is haunted.
Jayne Dennis is a fictional character created by Ellis, but aside from the novel itself, Ellis has taken several other steps to create verisimilitude for her character. Although she does have a website[3], the site consists entirely of obviously doctored images and a fictional filmography. Ellis links to her site from his, but it is suspected he created Dennis' site himself; some authentication pages even request the user register at the official Lunar Park site. There is no profile for an actress of this name on either the Internet Movie Database or eonline.com. It is noted in a disclaimer on the stills page that the site is a work of fiction.
[edit] Characters
Several of the characters are fictionalized portrayals of real people. Most notable among these is Ellis himself, but others include friend and fellow author Jay McInerney and Ellis' late father.
Bret Easton Ellis - Novelist who rose to fame while still at college with his debut novel Less Than Zero; now lives in the suburbs with old flame Jayne Dennis. Considerable differences between this Ellis and the author himself, albeit crucial similarities within.
Jayne Dennis - Film star, married to Bret Easton Ellis. Said to have dated many men, including Q-Tip and Keanu Reeves amongst others.
Robby - Bret and Jayne's eleven-year-old son.
Sarah - Jayne's six-year-old daughter.
Robert Ellis - Bret's father, deceased.
Patrick Bateman - Serial killer from American Psycho. Rumored to be responsible for murders in the local suburbia.
Donald Kimball - Detective from American Psycho. Questions Ellis about the aforementioned Bateman-inspired murders.
Clayton - College student who strikingly resembles Patrick Bateman.
Aimee Light - A graduate student writing her thesis on Bret.
Jay McInerney - Easton's contemporary and friend; author of "Bright Lights Big City"
[edit] Trivia
Ellis told the Manchester Evening News that the Terby "is based on a Furby but also there was this bird-like doll that my older sister had and I wrote a short story about it when I was 7 or 8. She used to scare me with it, I’d go to my bedroom and get into bed and it’d be there, she’d hide it there just to scare me. Or I’d be walking up the stairs and she’d chase me with it. And I think that’s what I was channelling and it fitted in to all the other things that I was haunted by.â€[4]
Ellis told SCI FI Wire the book was an homage to Stephen King and comic books, and that he finished writing it in summer 2004. It is also a nominee for the World Fantasy Awards[5].
The book carries an epigraph from Hamlet 1.v.98. This connects with the theme of haunting by a father as well as the names in the book (e.g. Elsinore, Osric, Fortinbras).
As part of the fun, Ellis portrays himself as less literate than one presumes he is. 'He' misuses 'disinterestedly' twice, thinks 'imminently' means 'eminently', and claims never to have heard of the word 'mewling'.
Porcupine Tree's album Fear of a Blank Planet is heavily based on Lunar Park (Porcupine Tree website). However, the perspective in the album is shifted from the father (Ellis) to his son (Robby).
Palm-Star Entertainment has announced production of a movie version of Lunar Park with an expected release date in 2009.
[edit] Footnotes
^ Jeff Gomez. Dark Side of the Moon
^ Christine Thomas. Ellis writes himself into suburbs
^ http://www.jaynedennis.com
^ Behind Bret's mask
^ Lunar Exorcises Ellis' Ghosts
[edit] External links
Official website of Bret Easton Ellis
Fan website for Jayne Dennis
Official UK website for Lunar Park
Spike Magazine's review of Lunar Park
Collection of Lunar Park book reviews
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High Stakes Poker
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High Stakes Poker
High Stakes Poker logo
Format Poker series
Starring Gabe Kaplan
A. J. Benza
Daniel Negreanu
Doyle Brunson
Many other poker players
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 51 (airing in progress)
Production
Producer(s) Henry Orenstein
Location Nevada
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel GSN
Original run January 1, 2006 – Present
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary
High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em.
Contents [hide]
1 Programming history
2 Format
3 Noteworthy hands
4 Players
4.1 Other players in attendance, not playing
5 References
6 External links
[edit] Programming history
The first season of High Stakes Poker, taped at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, began broadcast in January 2006 and consisted of 13 episodes. The second season, taped at The Palms and consisting of 16 episodes, premiered on Monday, June 5, 2006. The third season, consisting of 13 episodes, was taped at the South Point Hotel & Casino and premiered on Monday, January 15, 2007. New players for this season included Jamie Gold, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Patrik Antonius, Paul Wasicka, David Benyamine, Brian Townsend and others. Returning players from previous seasons included Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Sammy Farha, Phil Laak, Jennifer Harman, Barry Greenstein, Erick Lindgren, Mike Matusow, Brad Booth and others.[1] GSN is currently running episodes from these seasons on its prime time schedule.
On April 2, 2007 GSN announced that High Stakes Poker was returning for a fourth season. As with the third season, the episodes were taped at the South Point Hotel & Casino. Taping was completed in May, 2007, and the season premiered on August 27, 2007. Returning players include Patrik Antonius, David Benyamine, Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Sam Farha, Jamie Gold, Barry Greenstein, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Jennifer Harman and Daniel Negreanu. Newcomers for the fourth season include Brandon Adams, Mike Baxter, Brian Brandon, Phil Galfond, Guy Laliberte, Bob Safai, Antonio Salorio and Haralabos Voulgaris. The season will reportedly include 17 episodes.[2][3] The network cited the show's strong ratings performance in younger demographics.[4] As of the second quarter of 2007, High Stakes Poker was GSN's highest rated show.[5]
[edit] Format
When it first aired, High Stakes Poker was unique among televised poker series because it did not take place in a tournament setting. Instead, the program showed a high stakes ring game. The minimum buy-in to the game is US$100,000, but players have bought in for as much as $1,000,000. For part of the fourth season, the minimum buy-in is $500,000.[2][6]
Unlike tournament poker, the chips involved represent real money. If a player loses his initial buy-in, that player may rebuy a minimum of $50,000. In addition, players may bring in and use cash instead of casino chips. Cash plays and stays as cash in the pot; it does not have to be converted into casino chips. Unlike tournament poker, blinds and antes are constant, instead of increasing as time goes on. High Stakes Poker has $300/$600 blinds with a $100 ante. The fourth season features three forced blinds of $300, $600 and $1,200, with a "straddle" or optional fourth blind of $2,400.[2][6]
The host is A.J. Benza alongside analyst, poker pro, and former star of Welcome Back, Kotter, Gabe Kaplan. The players include poker professionals along with amateurs such as Jerry Buss and Fred Chamanara. The show was created by executive producer Henry Orenstein. In season one, Daniel Negreanu confirmed in a post on his website's forums that all players were paid $1,250 per hour for taking part and that 13 episodes were edited down from 24 hours of actual play.[7] 2006 WSOP Main Event Champion Jamie Gold commented that players were paid for participating, though they had to put much more money at risk to get into the game. Gold also spoke about his interactions with other players, particularly Mike Matusow.[8]
[edit] Noteworthy hands
The largest pot was taken in Season 2, when Gus Hansen won $575,000 with four fives, beating Daniel Negreanu's full house.
The biggest successful bluff was in Season 3, when Brad Booth bluffed Phil Ivey off pocket kings with an inside straight draw. After Ivey raised $30,000 to make the pot $54,000, Booth re-raised another $300,000. The hands were K♥ K♦ vs 4♠ 2♠, with the board 3♦ 6♦ 7♠.
At the beginning of the fourth season, the players agreed that anyone who won a pot while holding the weakest possible hold 'em hand (2-7) would be paid $500.00 by every other player at the table. This led to several five-figure bluff bets that were calculated to pick up the $3,500 bonus (and the respect of the table) and Phil Hellmuth won the 2-7 bonus in the second televised hand of the season, making a $40,000 bet on the river that caused Mike Matusow to lay down pocket kings.[9]
The biggest unsuccessful bluff occurred as a result of this rule. Amateurs Antonio Salorio and Brian Brandon went to a raised flop with 72o and KK respectively. When Brandon flopped the nuts with K4K, Salorio continued to bet, eventually losing more than $100,000 before giving up when Brandon reraised on the turn.
[edit] Players
Brandon Adams (Season 4)
Daniel Alaei (Season 1–3)
Patrik Antonius (Season 3-4)
David Benyamine (Season 3-4)
Mike Baxter (Season 4)
Brad Booth (Season 2–3)
Brian Brandon (Season 4)
Doyle Brunson (Season 1–4)
Todd Brunson (Season 1–4)
Jerry Buss (Season 1)
Fred Chamanara (Season 1–2)
Johnny Chan (Season 1)
William Chen (Season 3)
John D'Agostino (Season 3)
Freddy Deeb (Season 1)
Eli Elezra (Season 1–4)
Antonio Esfandiari (Season 1–4)
Sam Farha (Season 1–4)
Phil Galfond (Season 4)
Chris Ferguson (Season 3)
Amnon Filippi (Season 2)
Ted Forrest (Season 1–2)
Jamie Gold (Season 3-4)
Barry Greenstein (Season 1–4)
David Grey (Season 2)
Gus Hansen (Season 2)
Jennifer Harman (Season 1-4)
Dan Harmetz (Season 3)
Phil Hellmuth Jr. (Season 1 & 4)
Phil Ivey (Season 3)
John Juanda (Season 2)
Gabe Kaplan (Season 3)
Phil Laak (Season 2–4)
Guy Laliberte (Season 4)
Erick Lindgren (Season 2–3)
Minh Ly (Season 2)
Mike Matusow (Season 2–4)
Michael Mizrachi (Season 2)
Amir Nasseri (Season 1)
Daniel Negreanu (Season 1–4)
Victor Ramdin (Season 3)
Bob Safai (Season 4)
Antonio Salorio (Season 4)
Daniel Shak (Season 3)
Shahram Sheikhan (Season 1–3)
Bob Stupak (Season 1)
Brian Townsend (Season 3)
Mimi Tran (Season 1)
IIIya Trincher (Season 3)
Haralabos Voulgaris (Season 4)
Paul Wasicka (Season 3)
David Williams (Season 3)
Corey Zeidman (Season 2)
[edit] Other players in attendance, not playing
Season 1: Marco Traniello, Minh Ly
Season 2: Jennifer Tilly, Kathy Liebert, Gavin Smith, Hoyt Corkins, Carmel Petresco, Gloria Matusow (Mike Matusow's mother), Ana Negreanu (Daniel Negreanu's mother) and Marco Traniello
Season 3: Carmel Petresco, Kaseem "Freddy" Deeb
[edit] References
^ High Stakes Poker Returns for Third Season Tonight. Card Player (2007-01-12). Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
^ a b c Jeff Haney (2007-05-16). Jeff Haney on how 'High Stakes Poker' is a good bet to become poker's most popular television program. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Erin Davis. Fourth Season of High Stakes Poker Returns on GSN. The Spread. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
^ GSN Announces the Fourth Season of High Stakes Poker. GSN (2007-04-02). Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
^ Linda Moss (2007-07-10). Game Over for Cronin at GSN. Multichannel News. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
^ a b Steve Horton (2007-08-11). The PokerNews Interview: Mori Eskandani. PokerNews. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
^ Daniel Negreanu (2006-01-30). are the players in "high stakes" on gsn comp'd?. Fullcontactpoker.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
^ Jamie Gold Goes Heads-Up With Wicked Chops Poker. WickedChopsPoker.com (2007-03). Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ Barry Carter (2007-08-28). High Stakes Poker is back for Season 4. Poker News. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
[edit] External links
Official site
'High Stakes Poker' Back for Second Season
Official Preview Video For Season Three
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Stakes_Poker"
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High Stakes Poker
High Stakes Poker logo
Format Poker series
Starring Gabe Kaplan
A. J. Benza
Daniel Negreanu
Doyle Brunson
Many other poker players
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 51 (airing in progress)
Production
Producer(s) Henry Orenstein
Location Nevada
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel GSN
Original run January 1, 2006 – Present
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary
High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em.
Contents [hide]
1 Programming history
2 Format
3 Noteworthy hands
4 Players
4.1 Other players in attendance, not playing
5 References
6 External links
[edit] Programming history
The first season of High Stakes Poker, taped at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, began broadcast in January 2006 and consisted of 13 episodes. The second season, taped at The Palms and consisting of 16 episodes, premiered on Monday, June 5, 2006. The third season, consisting of 13 episodes, was taped at the South Point Hotel & Casino and premiered on Monday, January 15, 2007. New players for this season included Jamie Gold, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Patrik Antonius, Paul Wasicka, David Benyamine, Brian Townsend and others. Returning players from previous seasons included Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Sammy Farha, Phil Laak, Jennifer Harman, Barry Greenstein, Erick Lindgren, Mike Matusow, Brad Booth and others.[1] GSN is currently running episodes from these seasons on its prime time schedule.
On April 2, 2007 GSN announced that High Stakes Poker was returning for a fourth season. As with the third season, the episodes were taped at the South Point Hotel & Casino. Taping was completed in May, 2007, and the season premiered on August 27, 2007. Returning players include Patrik Antonius, David Benyamine, Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Sam Farha, Jamie Gold, Barry Greenstein, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Jennifer Harman and Daniel Negreanu. Newcomers for the fourth season include Brandon Adams, Mike Baxter, Brian Brandon, Phil Galfond, Guy Laliberte, Bob Safai, Antonio Salorio and Haralabos Voulgaris. The season will reportedly include 17 episodes.[2][3] The network cited the show's strong ratings performance in younger demographics.[4] As of the second quarter of 2007, High Stakes Poker was GSN's highest rated show.[5]
[edit] Format
When it first aired, High Stakes Poker was unique among televised poker series because it did not take place in a tournament setting. Instead, the program showed a high stakes ring game. The minimum buy-in to the game is US$100,000, but players have bought in for as much as $1,000,000. For part of the fourth season, the minimum buy-in is $500,000.[2][6]
Unlike tournament poker, the chips involved represent real money. If a player loses his initial buy-in, that player may rebuy a minimum of $50,000. In addition, players may bring in and use cash instead of casino chips. Cash plays and stays as cash in the pot; it does not have to be converted into casino chips. Unlike tournament poker, blinds and antes are constant, instead of increasing as time goes on. High Stakes Poker has $300/$600 blinds with a $100 ante. The fourth season features three forced blinds of $300, $600 and $1,200, with a "straddle" or optional fourth blind of $2,400.[2][6]
The host is A.J. Benza alongside analyst, poker pro, and former star of Welcome Back, Kotter, Gabe Kaplan. The players include poker professionals along with amateurs such as Jerry Buss and Fred Chamanara. The show was created by executive producer Henry Orenstein. In season one, Daniel Negreanu confirmed in a post on his website's forums that all players were paid $1,250 per hour for taking part and that 13 episodes were edited down from 24 hours of actual play.[7] 2006 WSOP Main Event Champion Jamie Gold commented that players were paid for participating, though they had to put much more money at risk to get into the game. Gold also spoke about his interactions with other players, particularly Mike Matusow.[8]
[edit] Noteworthy hands
The largest pot was taken in Season 2, when Gus Hansen won $575,000 with four fives, beating Daniel Negreanu's full house.
The biggest successful bluff was in Season 3, when Brad Booth bluffed Phil Ivey off pocket kings with an inside straight draw. After Ivey raised $30,000 to make the pot $54,000, Booth re-raised another $300,000. The hands were K♥ K♦ vs 4♠ 2♠, with the board 3♦ 6♦ 7♠.
At the beginning of the fourth season, the players agreed that anyone who won a pot while holding the weakest possible hold 'em hand (2-7) would be paid $500.00 by every other player at the table. This led to several five-figure bluff bets that were calculated to pick up the $3,500 bonus (and the respect of the table) and Phil Hellmuth won the 2-7 bonus in the second televised hand of the season, making a $40,000 bet on the river that caused Mike Matusow to lay down pocket kings.[9]
The biggest unsuccessful bluff occurred as a result of this rule. Amateurs Antonio Salorio and Brian Brandon went to a raised flop with 72o and KK respectively. When Brandon flopped the nuts with K4K, Salorio continued to bet, eventually losing more than $100,000 before giving up when Brandon reraised on the turn.
[edit] Players
Brandon Adams (Season 4)
Daniel Alaei (Season 1–3)
Patrik Antonius (Season 3-4)
David Benyamine (Season 3-4)
Mike Baxter (Season 4)
Brad Booth (Season 2–3)
Brian Brandon (Season 4)
Doyle Brunson (Season 1–4)
Todd Brunson (Season 1–4)
Jerry Buss (Season 1)
Fred Chamanara (Season 1–2)
Johnny Chan (Season 1)
William Chen (Season 3)
John D'Agostino (Season 3)
Freddy Deeb (Season 1)
Eli Elezra (Season 1–4)
Antonio Esfandiari (Season 1–4)
Sam Farha (Season 1–4)
Phil Galfond (Season 4)
Chris Ferguson (Season 3)
Amnon Filippi (Season 2)
Ted Forrest (Season 1–2)
Jamie Gold (Season 3-4)
Barry Greenstein (Season 1–4)
David Grey (Season 2)
Gus Hansen (Season 2)
Jennifer Harman (Season 1-4)
Dan Harmetz (Season 3)
Phil Hellmuth Jr. (Season 1 & 4)
Phil Ivey (Season 3)
John Juanda (Season 2)
Gabe Kaplan (Season 3)
Phil Laak (Season 2–4)
Guy Laliberte (Season 4)
Erick Lindgren (Season 2–3)
Minh Ly (Season 2)
Mike Matusow (Season 2–4)
Michael Mizrachi (Season 2)
Amir Nasseri (Season 1)
Daniel Negreanu (Season 1–4)
Victor Ramdin (Season 3)
Bob Safai (Season 4)
Antonio Salorio (Season 4)
Daniel Shak (Season 3)
Shahram Sheikhan (Season 1–3)
Bob Stupak (Season 1)
Brian Townsend (Season 3)
Mimi Tran (Season 1)
IIIya Trincher (Season 3)
Haralabos Voulgaris (Season 4)
Paul Wasicka (Season 3)
David Williams (Season 3)
Corey Zeidman (Season 2)
[edit] Other players in attendance, not playing
Season 1: Marco Traniello, Minh Ly
Season 2: Jennifer Tilly, Kathy Liebert, Gavin Smith, Hoyt Corkins, Carmel Petresco, Gloria Matusow (Mike Matusow's mother), Ana Negreanu (Daniel Negreanu's mother) and Marco Traniello
Season 3: Carmel Petresco, Kaseem "Freddy" Deeb
[edit] References
^ High Stakes Poker Returns for Third Season Tonight. Card Player (2007-01-12). Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
^ a b c Jeff Haney (2007-05-16). Jeff Haney on how 'High Stakes Poker' is a good bet to become poker's most popular television program. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Erin Davis. Fourth Season of High Stakes Poker Returns on GSN. The Spread. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
^ GSN Announces the Fourth Season of High Stakes Poker. GSN (2007-04-02). Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
^ Linda Moss (2007-07-10). Game Over for Cronin at GSN. Multichannel News. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
^ a b Steve Horton (2007-08-11). The PokerNews Interview: Mori Eskandani. PokerNews. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
^ Daniel Negreanu (2006-01-30). are the players in "high stakes" on gsn comp'd?. Fullcontactpoker.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
^ Jamie Gold Goes Heads-Up With Wicked Chops Poker. WickedChopsPoker.com (2007-03). Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ Barry Carter (2007-08-28). High Stakes Poker is back for Season 4. Poker News. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
[edit] External links
Official site
'High Stakes Poker' Back for Second Season
Official Preview Video For Season Three
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Stakes_Poker"
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