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A Pagan Day

All songs were written by Genesis P-Orridge and Alex Ferguson, with the exception of Translucent Carriages written by Tom Rapp of the group Pearls Before Swine.

Abram Molarsky

In 1922 a writer for The Boston Evening Transcript visited Molarsky's summer studio in Gloucester and wrote that the paintings had "a rich and translucent patina of color."

Callier effect

On the other hand, in a diffused bright-field setup (see Fig. 2) the illumination of the film is provided through a translucent slab (diffuser), and each point of the film receives light from all the directions.

Celebratory lighting

Later sets had some transparent purple bulbs (a representation of black, similar to blacklight), a few even have transparent green, or a translucent or semi-opaque lime green (possibly representing slime as in Ghostbusters, or creatures like goblins or space aliens).

Coconut jelly

Nata de coco, a chewy, translucent, jelly-like food product produced by the bacterial fermentation of coconut water

DeWain Valentine

Often associated with the Light and Space movement in the 1960s, he is best known for his translucent glass (such as Diamond Column in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art), fiberglass and cast polyester resin sculptures having slick surfaces suggestive of machine made objects.

FOR Swimming

The Asati dome is highly translucent and requires no lighting during daytime hours with an added thermaliner to reduce heating costs.

Heathrow Terminal 5 station

Although situated underground, parts of the station's roofing are made of translucent ETFE laminate panels, allowing natural daylight to flood down both ends of all six platforms.

Katoomba Scenic World

The new Skyway was built by Doppelmayr and CWA Constructions, and features a 72 person cabin with sections of liquid crystal glass that turns a raised section of the floor from translucent to transparent as the ride progresses.

Kibbie Dome

The football field runs east-west, but even with the new translucent upper end walls (2009 and 2011), sun location is not a major visibility issue.

Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1

The 12" version of this record features "edited" versions of the songs as they appear on the CD. It was released on translucent white vinyl in an edition of 500. "FOR YVES TANGUY" is etched in side A of the vinyl. "IT'S JUST A PHASE WE'RE GOING THROUGH" is etched on side B.

Negligee

Although the evening-dresses style of nightwear made moves towards the modern negligee style—translucent bodices, lace trimming, bows, exemplified in 1941 by a photo of Rita Hayworth in Life—it was only after World War II that nightwear changed from being primarily utilitarian to being primarily sensual or even erotic; the negligee emerged strongly as a form of lingerie.

New York City Ballet

Philip Johnson and John Burgee's stage setting of translucent tubing was designed by to be hung and lit in different architectural configurations throughout the entire festival.

Pauline de Rothschild

She is buried on the grounds of Château Mouton Rothschild in Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, beneath a translucent tomb made of Lalique glass and marble.

Phoradendron californicum

The Seri people consider desert mistletoe fruit ripe and harvestable once it turns translucent.

Ronde-bosse

The technique can be used with both translucent and opaque enamel, but more commonly the later; translucent enamel is mostly found on reliefs using ronde bosse, such as a plaque with the Entombment of Christ in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The Crystal Cat

"The Crystal Cat" is a song by Baltimore electronic musician Dan Deacon, released as a 7" single on blue translucent vinyl in 2007.

Translucent Flashbacks – The Singles

Translucent Flashbacks is a compilation album released in 1995 and combines the first three Spacemen 3 singles and all their B-sides.


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