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unusual facts about Stuff



April Maiya

The brand was featured in Maxim, Stuff, FHM publications in the U.S. and Patricia Field boutique which subsequently landed the bikinis on HBO's popular Sex and the City series.

Barry Horne

Keith Mann writes that the nature of police interest in animal rights activists was such that working alone was safer, and Horne was anyway a reserved man, happy to go out alone and "do stuff," as he put it.

Billy Brown of London Town

Billy Brown was also a mascot on sorties over Berlin during the war, with the advice "I trust it suffers no deflection, this stuff is for the Hun's correction" (i.e. Adolf Hitler.).

Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen

He swipes string-section sounds (icy and twangy by turns) from the moderns, steals chords from Bartók's string quartets, throws in some Hollywood soundtrack stuff, conks on the bare piano strings, and fools around with counter-rhythms.

Core fonts for the Web

It included the proprietary fonts Andale Mono, Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana and Webdings, all of them in TrueType font format packaged in executable files (".exe") for Microsoft Windows and in BinHexed Stuff-It archives (".sit.hqx") for Macintosh.

Cosmik Debris

It concerns the Mystery Man, a typical guru or psychic, offering to help the narrator reach Nervanna sic for a "nominal service charge," and the narrator's refusal to buy into his act, "Look here, brother, who you jiving with that cosmik debris?" When the Mystery Man gets pushy, Zappa as the narrator tells how he snatched the crystal ball, hypnotized the Mystery Man, stole his stuff and blew his mind.

Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits

In her review of the book published in Folklore, the journal of the Folklore Society, the English folklorist Jacqueline Simpson described Wilby's theories as "bold stuff", but argued that while "I found her theory stimulating", she did not think that it was "wholly convincing".

Éric Cyr

Cyr was seated next to Rogers on Qantas Flight 25, and according to Rogers, he passed her a note saying "what's up sexy, you are very cut (sic) it is bad that you are 15 the law is very strick (sic) about that kind of stuff but I may have to do an execption (sic) this time ..." Rogers claimed that Cyr subsequently "tricked" her into meeting him in one of the airplane's lavatories, where they engaged in sex for approximately thirty minutes.

FastEcho

You could also use FastEcho if you were a BBS user and did all your mail stuff offline like QWK and Blue Wave users did.

Five Alive

American rock band The Hold Steady album Almost Killed Me song "Knuckles" contains the line "I've been trying to get people to call me SunnyD. 'Cause I've got the good stuff kids go for. People keep calling me Five Alive."

For Lack of a Better Name

"Ghosts 'n' Stuff" is primarily played on contemporary radio stations and it was featured on a promo for the Canadian version of So You Think You Can Dance.

GAA Confidential

The book takes a broad look at the Gaelic Athletic Association, and attendant Irish culture, and is divided into sections: The Introduction, The History, The Set-up, The Games, The Competitions, The Fans, The Media, The Arts & Culture, The Look, and The Other Stuff That Wouldn't Fit Anywhere Else.

Harvey Molotch

More recently in Where Stuff Comes From, Molotch builds on the work of Howard S. Becker and Bruno Latour, to show how objects and physical artifacts are joint result of various types of actors, most particularly product designers operating within frameworks of technology, regulation, mass tastes, and corporate profits.

Heather Rene Smith

She also appears in an episode of Playboy TV's "Hot Babes Doing Stuff Naked" (Camping - Episode 18), where she goes camping with three other Playmates (Lindsay Wagner - Miss November 2007, Sara Jean Underwood - 2007 Playmate of the Year, & Nicole Voss - Miss August 2006).

Hold It Now, Hit It

The song contains samples from "The Return of Leroy" by The Jimmy Castor Bunch, "Drop the Bomb" and "Let's Get Small" by Trouble Funk, "Funky Stuff" by Kool & The Gang, "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James, "Christmas Rappin'" by Kurtis Blow and "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh.

I'm the Slime

"I am gross and perverted. I'm obsessed 'n deranged. I have existed for years, but very little had changed. I am the tool of the Government and industry too, for I am destined to rule and regulate you. I may be vile and pernicious, but you can't look away. I make you think I'm delicious, with the stuff that I say. I am the best you can get. Have you guessed me yet?"

I'm Waiting Here

Stereogum writer Tom Breihan said the song "isn't exactly 'low-down blues,' but you could see how it's Lynch’s version of the stuff. It's a smothered torch song with a narcotized vocal from his guest" and drew comparisons between it and Lynch's "beautiful, faraway" material produced with Julee Cruise for the television series Twin Peaks.

If The Beatles Had Read Hunter ... The Singles

The title referred to a quote "that if the writer Hunter S. Thompson had been a presiding influence over The Beatles, then they might have looked and sounded like The Wonder Stuff"

Kadaicha

Kadaicha is a 1988 Australian horror film directed by James Bogle who called it "just very commercial stuff".

Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center

A replica of the X-1 flown by Chuck Yeager, Glamorous Glennis, used in the filming of The Right Stuff

Kåre Hedebrant

Hedebrant is member of a band called The Broadcasting Service, who play alternative rock, "stuff like The Hives".

Kids Stuff

From 11 pm EST to Midnight EST (one hour), a bock called Big Kids Stuff plays music from old television shows and artists (i.e. Schoolhouse Rock!, The Muppets, "Weird Al" Yankovic, old Hanna-Barbera shows, etc.)

Live from Uranus

The EP features a note from the band, which reads: "This stuff was recorded in Rochester, New York during our "Race Around Uranus" tour with blink-182 and Frenzal Rhomb. Anyway, everyone in LTJ is in love with Japan and can't wait until we can visit and play for you. Our shows are about silliness and free stuff. Tons and tons of thank yous go out to everyone who supports us and got our record! Hugs & Kisses, LTJ"

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D

Kevin Pollak as Director (voice) portrayed Joe Shea in From the Earth to the Moon and the voice of Pres. Eisenhower in The Right Stuff

Mary Ann Winkowski

The actor Jamie Kennedy, of Ghost Whisperer, said "I really don't believe in all this ghost stuff. I'm just happy to be paid."

Mary Jo Deschanel

The next year after acting in The Right Stuff, Deschanel played Betty Fernandez, the remarried former wife of the astronaut Dave Bowman (played by Keir Dullea), in the film 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

Nicholas Rush

Carlyle replied "My style is not what you’ve been doing. I can adapt and I can change and stuff like that, but I don’t think I would necessarily want to specifically for this," further saying he was not in the same mold as Richard Dean Anderson (Jack O'Neill) and Joe Flanigan (John Sheppard).

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

Clapton recounted: "I also enjoyed going back and playing the old stuff like 'Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out', which was how it all started back in Kingston so long ago".

O'Neal Compton

Harts of the West (1993) (TV series) - (episode "The Right Stuff")

Phineas and Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff

Phineas and Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff is a platform video game based on the animated television series, Phineas and Ferb.

Platform Post-production

The first programme ever edited in the building at 6 D’Arblay Street was ‘Freestyle’ for the BBC, and a host of other classic children’s programmes followed including: Art Attack, Beat the Boss, Chucklevision, It's a Mystery, Thomas and Friends, Horrible Histories, Ministry Of Curious Stuff and many others.

Richard Waldron

Walderne was the local magistrate whose stern Puritan action in 1662 toward three persistent Quaker women proselytisers became the stuff of condemnatory poetry by Whittier.

Safranin

The first aniline dye-stuff to be prepared on a manufacturing scale was mauveine, which was obtained by Sir William Henry Perkin by heating crude aniline with potassium bichromate and sulfuric acid.

Sanathnagar

The Sunday market on Sanathnagar-Erragadda main road is one of the busiest, selling all kinds of seconds goods and many other miscellaneous stuff.

Secret Records

Prince Buster – Sister Big Stuff (CD & Vinyl LP Limited Edition)

Social media

From Nicholas Carr, "As media theorist Marshall McLuhan pointed out in 1960s, media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation."

Souled American

He also recorded a CD under the name Good Stuff House in 2006 with members of the Chicago band Zelienople and occasionally performs and records with Chicago's Boxhead Ensemble.

Southfield Public Library

; Dr. Seuss prints: Singing Cats; Oh, the Places You’ll Go; Fox in Socks; A Plethora of Fish; Oh, The Stuff You Will Learn

Strange Overtones

Ranking 60th for the year, this song was one of several from Everything That Happens Will Happen Today which appeared on The Village Voices Pazz & Jop singles poll for 2008—"Life Is Long" placed 337, "My Big Nurse" was 350, "Everything That Happens" ended up at 748, and "I Feel My Stuff" reached 942.

Sunrise Over Sea

"Essentially what I learnt out of this process was, more so than ever, I'm the keeper of the music. I have the intuition and the foresight to pick the right players to my music. I've learned it's not always about having the same players for five, six or 10 years, it’s having the right chemistry for these songs at this time. Some of my favourite Jimi Hendrix music is off-the-cuff stuff with Band of Gypsys."

The Sims 3 Stuff packs

Released on June 5, 2012 in North America in Europe, this stuff pack includes Katy Perry-inspired furniture, outfits and hairstyles, including banana split couches and cotton candy trees.

The Singer Sang His Song

We thought that was going to be the A-side, but Atlantic convinced Robert, and Robert had been convinced by Vince and Colin 'cause they liked playing a bit more bluesy stuff, Robert said 'never again will I let anybody talk me into anything'.

The Stuff

Some of the substance props or stand-ins for the real Stuff used in the movie included lots of Häagen-Dazs ice cream, yogurt, and, for one scene involving an enormous avalanche-like effect of Stuff crashing through a wall, fire-extinguishing foam.

The Stuff of Legend

In 2010, Wilson was nominated for the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award for his work on The Stuff of Legend.

Tomcraft

His latest album, For The Queen, was a collaboration with Tobias David Lützenkirchen from their Great Stuff label, and while similar in style with previous Tomcraft releases, it is distinctive in a more narrative way, with less of the dance floor dimension of his previous works; he calls it a "feature album" and it is rich with collaborations and two covers.

Vomiting

Professor Cox of the University of Salford's Acoustic Research Centre said that "We are pre-programmed to be repulsed by horrible things such as vomiting, as it is fundamental to staying alive to avoid nasty stuff."

Wii no Ma

The senior executive at Fuji Television stated that if plans to make the Wii the centerpiece of the living room took off in a meaningful way, it would be "the stuff" of television producers' nightmares.

WonderCon

Retailer Joe Field (of Flying Colors Comics and Other Cool Stuff) and his partner Mike Friedrich owned and operated the convention for fifteen years.

WXPN-HD2

The slogan used to be :"NO RAP, no hard stuff, and no sleepy elevator music. Just the best songs on the radio. Y100..." There were some alternative songs at the time, but the playlist was overshadowed by many other songs from Ace of Base, U2, Stereo MCs ("Connected"), and Haddaway ("What Is Love").


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