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unusual facts about The Shoes


The Dog and Everything

The two recorded the band's first album, Bandshell with producer Jeff Murphy, formerly of The Shoes fame.



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Earth shoe

The shoes were introduced in the United States in New York City on April 1, 1970, three weeks before the first Earth Day.

Folklore of Lancashire

# Cramp is effectually prevented by placing the shoes with the toes just peeping from beneath the coverlet; the same is also prevented by tying the garter round the left leg below the knee.

Jackie Chan Stuntmaster

Made by Radical Entertainment, the game sees the player in the shoes of Jackie Chan who must fight his way past numerous villains in different locations across the city of New York.

Jelly shoes

In March 1981, Haag struck a deal to distribute Grendene's plastic shoes in the southeastern US through a new company named Grendha, which introduced the shoes during the 1982 World's Fair.

Kashi Kicks

The shoes are endorsed by a number of members of the hip hop and professional athletic communities including George Clinton, Flavor Flav, Talib Kweli, Joey Porter, and Ginuwine.

Like Mike 2: Streetball

Jerome retrieves the shoes, which are soon afterward hit by lightning, giving their wearer the ability to play as well as Michael Jordan.

Locomotor effects of shoes

Depending on the characteristics of the shoes, the effects are various, ranging from alteration in balance and posture, muscle activity of different muscles as measured by electromyography (EMG), and the impact force.

Oniomania

The shoes of Imelda Marcos are sometimes taken as a sign of compulsive buying disorder.

Pura Lopez

But in all their glory the shoes appeared in the movie Manolete with Adrien Brody.

Unification Shoes

The North Korean portion of the shoes is manufactured at the Kaesong Industrial Region.

Vocal jazz

Blinded shortly after birth by a hospital complication, Schuur's 3½ octave range has earned her a place playing with the Count Basie Orchestra, filling the shoes Billie Holiday left behind, for which she won a Grammy Award.