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Let's Bottle Bohemia

# "The Irish Keep Gate-crashing" – 3:05 / "A City Of Long Nights" (hidden track) – 7:02 (both songs: Strings arranged and conducted by Van Dyke Parks)


1975 Race of Champions

Roelof Wunderink made his début in the Ensign, whilst Tony Trimmer qualified well in the new Safir car (previously known as a Token) and Maurizio Flammini was a non-starter after crashing heavily in practice.

1983 Paris–Roubaix

Despite crashing twice, Hennie Kuiper maintained a position in the lead group, and knowing that Moser possessed the superior finish, Kuiper attacked from distance.

2010: The Graphic Action Game

2010: The Graphic Action Game is a puzzle/maze game with elements from 2010: Odyssey Two where the player must save the Discovery from crashing onto the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io.

Abbas Doran

Knowing that he was the most wanted pilot in Iraq and also the key IRIAF mission planner, he chose to die crashing his plane into the Al-Rashid Hotel.

Aldo Andretti

Aldo continued racing on the USAC and IMCA circuits, but in 1969 Aldo suffered severe damage to his face after crashing into a fence, and quit racing.

Andy Caldecott

During the 2006 Dakar Rally he won the third stage, but later died from a neck injury when crashing during the ninth stage, 250 km into the 599 km special stage from Nouakchott to Kiffa.

Appuldurcombe House

It was badly damaged in the Second World War, when a Dornier Do 217 that was engaged in a mine laying mission turned inland and dropped its final mine very close to the house on 7 February 1943 before crashing into St Martin's Down.

Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty

Sir Joshua Wainwright, a crusader for the Knights Templar in the year 1222, battles the evil Vandal Savage, who steals a shipment of gold and tries to bring a mysterious meteor crashing to Earth.

Belavia

On 14 February 2008, Belavia Flight 1834, a Bombardier CRJ-100ER en route from Yerevan, Armenia, to Minsk hit its left wing on the runway during takeoff from Zvartnots International Airport, subsequently crashing on the ground, flipping over and coming to a stop inverted near the runway.

Bill Heine

Heine employed Buckley again in 1986 to design a 25 ft fibreglass sculpture of a shark that appears to be crashing through the roof of his own house in the Headington area of Oxford, creating a somewhat controversial local landmark.

Calibishie

Stretching from the rugged mountains of Pennville, through the picturesque fishing village of Calibishie, to the crashing surf of the Marigot beaches, the Calibishie Coast is one of the few areas in the world where you can travel from the seashore to rain forest in little more than a mile.

Capsula

The Austin Chronicle wrote about Capsula live show at APF: "Capsula’s dark wave rock – surfing basslines, needling leads, and kit-crashing propulsion – pushes the motoring thrust of early Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with its own distinct pulse. These aren’t musicians playing at a band, they’re a fabulous gilded snake, writhing on a big stage while plying seismic garage rock."

Coyotes in popular culture

Coyote appears as an animal in The Book of Sorrows by Walter Wangerin, Jr., wherein scrawny Ferric accidentally sets in motion a chain of events that bring Heaven and Hell crashing down upon the land.

Crashing Las Vegas

Crashing Las Vegas is a 1956 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys.

Ed Samples

Samples raced at tracks such as Lakewood Speedway in the early, pre-World War II era of stock car racing; in the track's 1941 Labor Day event he battled for the lead before crashing out of the race.

Grand Veymont

On 10 February 2007, a twin-engine light aircraft flying from London to Cannes disappeared in a snowstorm over le Grand Veymont, crashing into the mountainside and killing all three people aboard.

Hibaldstow

It involved a train crashing into a Renault Espace to show the dangers of jumping the red lights at level crossings.

Igor Šarčević

At the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York, He finished 32nd in the two-man event while crashing out in the four-man event.

Jagorawi Toll Road

It was revealed that Dul was driving a black Mitsubishi Lancer, as he lost control of his car and hit the metal separator while going home from Bogor to Jakarta, crashing an oncoming Daihatsu Gran Max and a Toyota Avanza.

Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics

American television stations aired footage of the four-man Jamaican team, and despite crashing during the third run and finishing last overall, went on to inspire the 1993 film Cool Runnings.

JAT Flight 367

The aircraft, piloted by captain Ludvig Razdrih, broke into two pieces and spun out of control, crashing near the village of Srbská Kamenice in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).

Kegworth air disaster

Just before crossing the M1 motorway, the tail struck the ground and the aircraft bounced back into the air and over the motorway, knocking down trees and a lamp post before crashing on the far embankment and breaking into three sections approximately 519yd (1/4 mile) short from the active runway's paved surface and approximately 689yd (1/3 mile) from its threshold.

Kevin Winterbottom

Kevin Roy Winterbottom (1955 to 9 June 1976) was a South African Air Force (SAAF) pilot who chose to avoid crashing his stricken Impala jet aircraft in the Monument Park suburb of Pretoria by remaining with his aircraft to the end.

Kieran Mitchell

Kieran arrived to Ferndale after crashing his bike and started to flat with Claire Solomon (Emily Robins) and Libby Jeffries (Fleur Saville), whom he started to date.

Lionel Régal

He was born in Lentilly, France on 21 July 1975 and died crashing into a tree in Saint-Ursanne, Switzerland on 15 August 2010.

Mars Saga

The player takes the role of Tom Jetland, a down-on-his-luck space traveller trapped on Mars after crashing his ship.

McClellan–Palomar Airport

On January 24, 2006 a Cessna Citation V landing runway 24 on a flight from Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey, Idaho burst into flames after crashing into a self-storage facility adjacent to the airport.

Miguel Duhamel

He had a second place finish at the Sears Point 600 SuperSport race before his season was cut short by crashing at Road Atlanta.

Mike Menosky

Born in Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania, he was known as "Leaping Mike" for his daring, fence-crashing catches.

Nothing Left to Lose

"All I Need", "Crashing Down", and "Where We Gonna Go From Here" were all featured in season 3 episodes of the hit TV series Grey's Anatomy.

Okolehao

In Operation Pacific, a 1951 John Wayne movie, when Wayne's submarine crew get arrested for crashing and busting up a luau with the local Hawaiians asking for damages beyond Wayne's budget, he finds out the locals had illegal "okoolihau" which caused his men to get drunk.

Pegaso Z-102

In the 1953 Le Mans trials, driver Juan Jover was seriously injured after crashing at more than 200 km/h.

Peter Tomarken

The aircraft lost power shortly after takeoff and Tomarken attempted to turn back to the airport before crashing into Santa Monica Bay.

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

Alpha Video has released Region 0 DVDs of five of the eight Renfrew films: Fighting Mad, Crashing Thru, Yukon Flight, Murder on the Yukon and Sky Bandits.

Richard von Frankenberg

He took part in many 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 1950s, as well as in races at Mille Miglia, Montlhery, Monza and Nürburgring, often with a Porsche 550, the type of car he became famous for, when crashing over the banking of the AVUS in Berlin.

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.

After crashing out of four out of the first ten races of the season, Stenhouse was replaced by Brian Ickler for three races and Billy Johnson drove at Watkins Glen.

Ross McCormack

On 27 October 2009, McCormack was arrested in Cardiff Bay on a drink-driving charge after crashing his Range Rover into metal railings in the early hours of the morning.

She-Ra

She releases He-Man and jumps from a window, crashing into the Horde stables, landing atop Spirit who is transformed into Swift Wind, a winged talking unicorn.

Sleazy P. Martini

While fleeing the U.S. on possible drug charges, Sleazy ends up crashing his helicopter in Antarctica, where Gwar has been imprisoned by The Master, frozen inside a cavern.

SS Île de France

Before scrapping, the Ile de France was used as a floating prop for the 1960 disaster movie The Last Voyage with the name SS Claridon. During filming the ship was sunk partially, explosive devices were detonated in the interior, and the forward funnel was sent crashing into the deckhouse.

State Cinema

The cinema can also be seen in the music video for the Jamiroquai single Deeper Underground, the song was used for the Godzilla theme tune and the monster comes crashing through the cinema screen during the video.

Steve Grissom

He started 43rd after crashing in qualifying and finished 43rd in the race after a vibration in car on lap 2.In 2005, Grissom joined with Jay Robinson Racing to drive the #49 Advil Ford Taurus.

The Flight That Fought Back

The dramatic film, narrated by Kiefer Sutherland and a cast of actor playing hijackers, passengers and crew, reconstructs the events that led to Flight 93 crashing in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, approx 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Washington, D.C., during the September 11, 2001, attacks.

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.

Tom and Jerry: The Movie

Eventually, Aunt Figg and Lickboot end up with their 1955 Austin-Healey 100 stuck in the mud on a farm, and once they get out, they destroy a bridge by dragging their pet dog Ferdinand's skateboard across, causing Applecheek to fall into the river and crashing into Kiddie and Squawk.

United States Forces casualties in the war in Afghanistan

Most of the casualties were sustained during the Battle of Takur Ghar when a U.S. transport helicopter was shot down and another one was so badly damaged that it had to land or risk crashing also.

Utah Highway Patrol

In June 2006, Lt. Fred Swain, a 15-year UHP veteran, in charge of the Highway Patrol's DUI Squad (a section within the Highway Patrol tasked specifically with the enforcement of DUI laws), was charged with DUI after crashing his patrol car into a barrier on Bangerter Highway.

Winslow Homer

Other late works include sporting scenes such as Right and Left, as well as seascapes absent of human figures, mostly of waves crashing against rocks in varying light.


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