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The Birch The Birch is a national undergraduate journal of Eastern European and Eurasian culture. The journal, which is run by undergraduates at Columbia University, is the first exclusively undergraduate journal of Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian studies in America.
The Birmingham News The Birmingham News is the principal daily newspaper for Birmingham, Alabama, United States, and the largest newspaper in Alabama with an average daily circulation of 148,827. The paper is owned by Advance Publications.
The Birth The Birth is a special hour long episode of The Cosby Show. Shown on November 10, 1988, the episode features the birth of Nelson and Winnie - Sondra and Elvin's twin children, and Cliff and Claire Huxtable's first grandchildren.
The Birth of Japan , also called The Three Treasures, is a 1959 Japanese tokusatsu fantasy epic film. Telling the story of the creation of Japan according to Japanese mythology, specifically the Shinto religion, it is considered Japan's answer to The Ten Commandments.
The Birth of Tragedy The Birth of Tragedy (Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik, 1872) is a 19th Century work of philosophy by Friedrich Nietzsche. The full title translates as The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music.
The Birth of Venus (Bouguereau) The Birth of Venus (La Naissance de VĂ©nus) is one of the most famous paintings by 19th century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It depicts not the actual birth of Venus from the sea, but the transportation of Venus in a shell (a visual metaphor for the vulva) from the sea to Paphos in Cyprus.
The Birthday Party (play) The Birthday Party is the second play by Harold Pinter. Although it is now one of Pinter's best-known plays, The Birthday Party was a commercial and mostly critical failure when originally performed in the West End in 1958.
The Birthplace The Birthplace is a short story by Henry James, first published in his collection The Better Sort in 1903. A witty satire on the excesses of bardolatry, the story reflects James's skepticism about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays.
The Biscuit Brothers The Biscuit Brothers is a half-hour television program produced in Austin, Texas. The show uses a mixture of live-action, puppetry, and animation to teach music and cultural communication through music to 3-7 year-olds and their families.
The Bishop David Brown School The Bishop David Brown School (formerly named Sheerwater Secondary School) is a mixed comprehensive school for children aged 11 to 16 years. Located on Albert Drive in Woking, Surrey, England, it is notable for the following former pupils:
The Bishop's Avenue The Bishop's Avenue London, N2 in the London Borough of Barnet is one of London's most exclusive residential thoroughfares. It is named after the Bishop's Wood, originally owned by the Bishop of London through which it runs.
The Bishop's School (La Jolla, California) The Bishop's School is a private college preparatory Episcopalian day school located in La Jolla, California, USA. Originally a boarding school for girls with a short-lived downtown San Diego day school component, upon a merger with the San Miguel School of San Diego, California in 1971, it became co-educational and, in June 1983, the boarding department was closed.
The Bishop's Stortford High School The Bishop’s Stortford High School is a six-form all-ability secondary school, with an integrated sixth form, located in Hertfordshire, England, UK. The School admits boys aged 11 to 16 in the first five forms, with a mixed sixth form of boys and girls aged 16 to 18.
The Bishop's Wife The Bishop's Wife is a 1947 romantic comedy film which tells the story of an angel who comes to Earth to help a bishop with his problems. It stars Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven and Monty Woolley, supported by James Gleason, Gladys Cooper and Elsa Lanchester.
The Bite Fight The Bite Fight (also known in some circles as "Bite Night" or "Bite of the Century") is a name sometimes used to identify the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield on June 28, 1997, in which Tyson bit off a portion of Holyfield's ear.
The Bitter Suite "The Bitter Suite" is an episode of the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess, Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) are tricked into fighting each other after a falling out, which leads them to being trapped in the world of Illusyia, where images of Ares (Kevin Smith) and Callisto still hope to pit them against each other in a battle to the death. Xena and Gabrielle are partly guided through Illusyia by an image of their sidekick Joxer.
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant) is a 1972 German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It is a witty tragedy of lovesickness and one of Fassbinder’s most powerful plays and films.
The Bitter Withy The Bitter Withy is an English folk song reflecting an unusual and apocryphilic vernacular idea of Jesus Christ. The withy of the title is the Willow and song gives an explanation as to why the willow tree rots from the centre out, rather than the outside in.
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)" was a single released by The Jam after the success of the album The Gift. Although it did not appear on any of the band's studio albums it charted at #2 in the UK Singles chart when released on 18th September 1982.
The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show, also called Cartoon Town, was a Chicago children's television program that aired on WFLD and later WGN-TV from 1968 to 1974. It starred Bill Jackson (the BJ of the title) and his puppets.
The Black and White Minstrel Show The Black and White Minstrel Show was a British television series that ran from 1958 until 1978. It was a weekly light entertainment and variety show presenting traditional American 'Deep South' and Country songs, as well as show and music hall numbers, usually performed in blackface, and with lavish costumes.
The Black Angel's Death Song "The Black Angel's Death Song" is a song by The Velvet Underground, from their debut album The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967). It was written by Lou Reed and John Cale and is 3 minutes 12 seconds long.
The Black Arrow The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, which can be classed genre-wise as an historical adventure novel and a romance. It first appeared as a serial, 1883-1884, beginning in Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature, vol.
The Black Book of Capitalism The Black Book of Capitalism (in French: Livre Noir du Capitalisme) is a controversial work published in 1998, in reaction to The Black Book of Communism (1997) by editions of Le Temps des Cerises.It is written by a variety of individuals, notably historians], [[sociologists, economists, trade unionists and writers.
The Black Book: Imbalance of Power and Wealth in the Sudan The Black Book: Imbalance of Power and Wealth in the Sudan, known commonly as the Black Book (Arabic: الكتاب الأسود al-kitab al-aswad), is a manuscript purporting to detail a pattern of disproportionate political control by the people of northern Sudan and marginalization of the rest of the country. It was published in two parts, the first in May 2000 and the second on August 2002.
The Black Box "The Black Box" is not the first boxset with Gasolin'. In 1981 "A Box Full of Gas" was released containing "Gas 5", "Efter endnu en dag", "Gør det noget" and an ep with these songs: "Marken er høstet", "Skru op", "Som et strejf af en dråbe" and "Det er en kold tid".
The Black Boy The Black Boy is a popular public house near the bottom of Cartway, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. The Black Boy's excellent beer cellar and friendly atmosphere make it a popular destination for locals and tourists alike.
The Black Cat (nightclub) The Black Cat is a nightclub in Washington, DC on 14th Street, NW in the U Street-Cardozo neighborhood, a few blocks from the 9:30 Club. It is served by the U St/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo stop on the Washington Metro.
The Black Cauldron (film) The Black Cauldron (also known as Taran and the Magic Cauldron in some countries) is the twenty-fifth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions, and originally released to theatres on July 24, 1985 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution.
The Black Cauldron (novel) The Black Cauldron is the second book in Lloyd Alexander's five-part novel series The Chronicles of Prydain (first published in 1964). The story centers on the adventures of Taran, an Assistant Pig-Keeper in the magical land of Prydain, as he joins in a quest to capture the eponymous vessel, a magical device which can be used to create armies of the undead.
The Black Cloud The Black Cloud is a science fiction novel written by famed astrophysicist Fred Hoyle. Published in 1957, the book details the arrival of an enormous interstellar cloud of gas that enters the solar system and threatens to destroy all life on Earth by blocking the Sun's radiation.
The Black Company (novel) The Black Company is the first novel in Glen Cook's ongoing series, The Black Company. The book combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy as it describes the dealings of an elite mercenary unit, the Black Company, with the Lady, ruler of the Northern Empire.
The Black Crook The Black Crook is considered to be the first piece of musical theatre that conforms to the modern notion of a "book musical." It opened on September 12 1866 at Niblo's Garden on Broadway, New York City and ran for a record-breaking 475 performances.
The Black Crowes The Black Crowes are a blues-oriented hard rock jam band that have sold over 15 million albums and were hailed by Melody Maker as "The Most Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World." The band has toured with acts such as Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Jimmy Page, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Oasis, AC/DC and Lenny Kravitz.
The Black Dahlia (novel) The Black Dahlia is a neo-noir novel by James Ellroy taking inspiration from the true story of the murder of Elizabeth Short. It is widely considered the book that elevated Ellroy out of typical genre writer status and with which he started to garner critical attention as a serious writer of literature.
The Black Diamonds The Black Diamonds (BLK DMDS) are a underground band out of Perry, OH, made up of four members: Chad Van Gils (Vocals; Bagpipes; Percussion), Dylan Francis (Lead Guitar), Kevin Naughton (Bass Guitar), and John "Larry" Swatowski (Drums; Percussion). The band is semi-well known around the Metro-Cleveland area after winning Peabodys' "Battle of the Bands" concert in 2004, and playing several headline concerts at the Beachland Tavern and Beachland Ballroom.
The Black Dog The Black Dog was originally a restaurant and tavern, with an eponymous Black Dog, in Vineyard Haven on the island of Martha's Vineyard. It became well known for its souvenir t-shirts and expanded to sell other products with its Black Dog logo in a number of enterprises.
The Black Dwarf The Black Dwarf was a satirical Radical journal of early 19th century Britain. It was published by Thomas Jonathan Wooler, starting in January 1817 as an eight page newspaper, then later becoming a 32 page pamphlet.
The Black Dwarf (Ali) The Black Dwarf was a political and cultural newspaper published between May 1968 and 1972 by a collective of socialists in the United Kingdom. It is often identified with Tariq Ali who edited and published this newspaper until 1970, when the editorial board split between Leninist and non-Leninist currents.
The Black Dwarf (novel) Walter Scott's novel The Black Dwarf was part of his Tales of My Landlord, 1st series, published along with Old Mortality on 2 December 1816 by William Blackwood, Edinburgh, and John Murray, London. It was originally to be one of four volumes with separate stories in the series, but Old Mortality came to occupy three of them.
The Black Economy The Black Economy is a hidden part of the economy, where private cash transactions go unreported, and therefore untaxed. Therefore The Black Economy is a set of people, that get an income that is not recorded, so they do not have to pay tax.
The Black Eyed Peas The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip-hop (musical styles: pop-rap and alternative hip-hop) group from Los Angeles, California, who have enjoyed worldwide pop success. The group is currently composed of will.
The Black Fly Song The Black Fly Song is a song by Wade Hemsworth, written in 1949 or 1955 (sources disagree). A song about working in the wilds of Northern Ontario, it is an enduring classic of Canadian folk music, covered by a variety of other artists and made into an animated short film by the National Film Board in 1991.
The Black Gang The Black Gang was the trio Mike Watt formed in 1997 to record and tour behind his second solo album, Contemplating The Engine Room (Columbia Records, 1997). Of all of the "project" (semi-temporary) bands that he has formed since the disbanding of fIREHOSE in 1994, The Black Gang (named after Navy slang for sailors who work on a boat's or submarine's engine room) has gone through the most permeations of any of Watt's backing groups.
The Black Heart Procession The Black Heart Procession (occasionally spelled The Blackheart Procession) is an indie rock band from San Diego, CA, USA. The band was formed in 1997 by Pall Jenkins (member of the short-lived Ugly Casanova) and Tobias Nathaniel (both members of the band Three Mile Pilot).
The Black Hole The Black Hole is a 1979 science fiction movie directed for Walt Disney Productions by Gary Nelson. It stars Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins, and Ernest Borgnine.
The Black Island The Black Island (L'Île noire) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero.
The Black Knights The Black Knights were a Mersey Beat three-piece band formed in Liverpool in the early 1960s. Their lead singer and rhythm guitarist was Ken Griffiths, the bassist and backing vocalist was Bill Kenny, and the drummer was initially Taffy Jones and later Allan Schroeder, formerly of Cliff Roberts & the Rockers.
The Black Lotus The Black Lotus (TBL) is a demogroup which was founded in 1989 by two Swedish sceners who went by the handles Dickhead and Rubberduck. The group expanded itself into two major sections - the Swedish section mainly produced releases on the Amiga, while the Dutch section focused on the IBM PC.
The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements is a book published in 1863 by William Wells Brown which sketches the lives of individuals Brown determined had by their "own genius, capacity, and intellectual development, surmounted the many obstacles which slavery and prejudice have thrown in their way, and raised themselves to positions of honor and influence."
The Black Mass The Black Mass was a horror-fantasy radio drama produced by Erik Bauersfeld, a leading West Coast radio dramatist. The series aired on KPFA (Berkeley) and KPFK (Los Angeles) from 1960 to 1965 on an irregular schedule.
The Black Mist Scandal (Japanese baseball) In Japanese baseball, the refers to a series of game fixing scandals in the professional leagues between 1969 and 1971. The fallout from these scandals resulted in several star players receiving long suspensions, salary cuts, or being banned from professional play entirely; the resulting abandonment of baseball by many fans in Japan also led to the sale of such illustrious teams as the Nishitetsu Lions and Toei Flyers (now the Seibu Lions and HokkaidĹŤ Nippon Ham Fighters).
The Black Museum The Black Museum was a 1951 radio crime drama program produced by Harry Alan Towers for the BBC and based on real-life cases from the files of Scotland Yard's Black Museum. Ira Marion wrote the scripts, and music for the series was composed and conducted by Sidney Torch.
The Black North The Black North is an expression sometimes used to describe Northern Ireland. Typically it refers to the majority presence of Protestants (whose main denominations include Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist) in the six counties that comprise Northern Ireland.
The Black Organization 10 Hundred Million Yen Robbery Case The Black Organization 10 Hundred Million (Or 1 Billion) Yen Robbery Case (黒の組織10億円強奪事件) is the twentieth episode of the fifth season of Case Closed. This episode was added to synchronize the anime with the manga.
The Black Rider The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets is a self-billed "musical fable" in the avant-garde tradition created through the collaboration of theatre director Robert Wilson, musician Tom Waits, and writer William S. Burroughs.
The Black Sessions The Black Sessions is a 3-disc (2 CD, 1 DVD) best-of album from Katatonia. It contains the material from Katatonia's recent era, which mainly consists of shoegaze/goth rock material, as well as some influences from doom metal.
The Black Shield of Falworth The Black Shield of Falworth is a 1954 film made by Universal Studios, produced by Robert Arthur and Melville Tucker and directed by Rudolph Maté. The screenplay was adapted by Oscar Brodney from Howard Pyle's novel Men of Iron and starred Tony Curtis as Myles Falworth, Janet Leigh as Lady Anne of Mackworth, David Farrar as the Earl of Alban, Herbert Marshall as the Earl of Mackworth, and Torin Thatcher as Sir James.
The Black Stallion The Black Stallion, known as "the Black" or "Shetan", is the title character from author Walter Farley's bestselling series about the wild stallion and his young friend Alec Ramsay. The series chronicles the story of the prize stallion of an Arab sheik, although it is the later books that furnish the background story of the Black.
The Black Star Project Founded by Phillip Jackson in 1996, The Black Star Project is one of the most dynamic educational reform organizations in the United States. Its focus is on eliminating the racial academic achievement gap by involving parents and communities in the education of children.
The Black Swan (novel) The Black Swan, published in 1999, is fantasy author Mercedes Lackey's retelling of Swan Lake. The story is conveyed mostly from the point of view of Odile, the daughter of the sorcerer Baron Eric Von Rothbart.
The Black Swans The Black Swans are an indie rock band known for their genre-defying sound and deeply personal and sad lyrics. Jerry DeCicca (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Noel Sayre (viola and violin) form the core of the band.
The Black Valley The Black Valley in County Kerry, is a remote location in the MacGillycuddys Reeks situated south of the Gap of Dunloe and north of Moll's Gap. The valley is also part of the Kerry Way, a walkers version of the Ring of Kerry beginning and ending in Killarney.
The Black Wall Street Records The Black Wall Street Records is a recording company founded by The Game and his half-brother Big Fase 100. The label is named after the The Black Wall Street, a segregated black business district in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the early 1900s, which was eventually burned to the ground in the Tulsa Race Riot.
The Black Waltz Kalmah's The Black Waltz is their fourth full-length album, and their first with keyboard player Marco Sneck. This CD finds them gravitating more towards thrash, which have often been cited as the Kokko brothers' primary musical influence.
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada is a reserve infantry regiment in 34 Brigade Group, Land Force Quebec Area. The regiment is located on rue de Bleury in Montreal, Canada, and is currently commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas MacKay.
The Blackfriars of Shrewsbury The Black Friars of Shrewsbury by Paul Marsden, the former Shrewsbury MP. A history of the Dominican friars who arrived in Shrewsbury, England in 1230 and built a church, cloisters, Lady Chapel and series of outbuildings.
The Blackout The Blackout, also written BLKOUT, is a professional wrestling stable appearing in Combat Zone Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Unplugged, and World Xtreme Wrestling. The current members are Ruckus, Eddie Kingston, Sabian, Joker, and Robbie Mireno (manager).
The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness At the time of this entry (January, 2007) The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness is the most thorough and comprehensive survey of contemporary scientific research and philosophical thought on consciousness available. Extensively peer reviewed, its 55 newly commissioned chapters, many by leading researchers in the Consciousness Studies field combine state of the art surveys with cutting-edge research.
The Blair Thumb The Blair Thumb, directed by Steve Oedekerk, is a parody of the movie The Blair Witch Project, It starts off with Stressy getting ready with the books Die,Die II, Unsteady Camera Moves and Don't Go into the woods.Then we meet Jish who has a pony tail and an army suit.
The Blair Witch Project (video games) The Blair Witch video games are a trilogy of action adventure games for Windows-based PCs based on the backstory of the movie The Blair Witch Project. All three games made use of the Nocturne Engine and were published by Gathering of Developers, although each of the three games was developed by a different team.
The Blake School The Blake School is a private, coeducational school serving students in grades PreKindergarten-12. The School is located on three campuses around the Twin Cities area in Minnesota: the Northrop Campus houses the Upper School (grades 9-12), and is in downtown Minneapolis; the Blake Campus is the location of administration offices, the middle school, and one-half of the Lower School, and is in Hopkins; the Highcroft Campus in Wayzata is the other half of the Lower School.
The Blame Game The Blame Game, a 30 minute game show first airing in 1998 on American channel MTV, pitted two ex's against each other in a fictional courtroom setting to decide who was to blame for their break-up. Representing each "ex" was a "counselor" who presented one of the ex's sides of the "case.
The Blandford Fly The Blandford Fly (Simulium posticalim) is a biting insect found locally around Blandford Forum and villages bordering the River Stour in Dorset, UK. Its larvae breed in the weedbeds of the slow flowing river and when the fly emerges,the female seeks a blood meal before mating.
The Blank Book The Blank Book is a companion book to A Series of Unfortunate Events, a series of novels by Lemony Snicket. It is a blank notebook, and is intended to be a commonplace book (commonplace books are featured extensively in the series).
The Blank Noise Project The Blank Noise Project is a community-public art project that seeks to confront street harassment, commonly known as eve teasing, in India. The project started out as a student project in an art school in Bangalore and has since spread out to other cities in India.
The Blank Slate The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature is a best-selling 2002 book by Steven Pinker arguing against tabula rasa models of psychology, arguing that the human mind is substantially shaped by evolutionary psychological adaptations.
The Blanton–Webster Band The Blanton–Webster Band is a three-CD album containing the master takes of all sixty-six recordings by Duke Ellington's Orchestra between 1939 and 1942, involving bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster. (This material has been collected by other record companies, most notably by Definitive Records in a four-CD set that offers the complete master takes of recordings between 1935 and 1942, including those of the "Ellington Unit" small group.
The Blast (periodical) The Blast was an anarchist magazine published by Alexander Berkman from 1916 through 1917. When Berkman left his position as editor of Mother Earth, he moved to San Francisco and began work on his own publishing project.
The Blasters The Blasters are a rock music group formed in 1979 in Downey, California by brothers Phil Alvin (vocals and guitar) and Dave Alvin (guitar), with bass guitarist John Bazz and drummer Bill Bateman. Their so-called "American Roots Music" was a blend of blues music, rockabilly, early rock and roll and rhythm and blues.
The Blazing World The Blazing World is a work of prose fiction by the seventeenth-century aristocratic writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, published in 1666. As its full title suggests, The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World is a fanciful depiction of a utopian kingdom that can be reached via the North Pole.
The Bleeders (album) The Bleeders was a self-titled re-release/repackaging of the Bleeders EP A Bleeding Heart and the later double a-side single release of All that Glitters/So Lonely by New Zealand band, The Bleeders released in 2005. It was released almost exclusively in Australia where the other releases were not available.
The Bleeding Hearts Band The Bleeding Hearts Band originally consisted of John 'Willie' Wilson, Andy Bown, Snowy White and Peter Wood. Although it has appeared as, and been credited as, a band, it has never been a band in the regular sense, but rather a group of musicians put together for a specific concert or show.
The Blessing Way (The X-Files) "The Blessing Way" is the third season premiere of The X-Files. The Cigarette Smoking Man works quickly to recover the stolen computer files, but finds himself thwarted by a man whom he hoped was dead.
The Blind Boys of Alabama The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939. As of 2006, they are still performing, including a number of the original members.
The Blind God The Blind God, in the science fiction novel Blade of Tyshalle, is described as a conscious, deliberately anthropomorphic metaphor for the threatening facet of human nature. It is one among the many themes to which Matthew Stover not only gives descriptive names, but also draws upon in his book.
The Blind Owl The Blind Owl (1937) (in Persian: بوف کور Boof-e koor) is Sadegh Hedayat's most enduring work of prose and a major literary work of 20th century Iran. Written in Persian it tells the story of a painter who sees in his macabre, feverish nightmares that "the presence of death annihilates all that is imaginary.
The Blind Watchmaker (album) The Blind Watchmaker is the fifth album by Mana ERG, released on June 15, 2004 (see 2004 in music). It builds on Mana ERG's ideas of coalescing forms of techno, drum 'n' bass, experimental and electronic ambient into a collage of modern music.
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard "The Blinding of Isaac Woodard" is a song written by folk performer Woody Guthrie for his 1946 album The Great Dust Storm. The lyrics were inspired by the 1946 aggravated assault and blinding of World War II veteran Isaac Woodward in a county jail in South Carolina.
The Blithedale Romance The Blithedale Romance (1852) was the third of the major romances of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Henry James (in Hawthorne, 1879) called it "the lightest, the brightest, the liveliest" of Hawthorne's "unhumorous fictions.
The Blitz The sustained bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 16 May 1941 in World War II. It was carried out by the Luftwaffe, and hit many towns and cities across the UK, but the main attack was concentrated on London.
The Blizzard The Blizzard (also known as Metel) is the second of five short stories that constitute The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin by Aleksandr Pushkin, and was later made into a film by film director Vladimir Basov. The film's soundtrack was written by Georgi Sviridov, who later modified the soundtrack into a musical suite of the same name.
The Blizzards The Blizzards are an Irish ska-pop band from Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland formed in 2003. The band is made up of Niall Breslin (Lead vocals & guitar), Justin Ryan (Lead guitar), Dec Murphy (Drums), Anthony Doran (Bass) and Aidan Lynch (Keyboards and acoustic guitar).
The Blob The Blob is an independently made American science-fiction film from 1958 depicting a blob-like alien that terrorizes the small community of Downingtown, PA. The film achieved instant success and today is recognized as one of the prototypes of the 1950s American sci-fi film.
The Block (Sydney) The Block is a colloquial but universally applied name given to a block of housing in Sydney, Australia, given to the Aboriginal Housing Corporation (AHC) as an project in Aboriginal-managed housing. The Block is probably the most famous feature of the suburb of Redfern, although in point of fact it is located on the western border of that suburb, on the edge of Darlington.
The Block at Orange The Block at Orange (formerly The City Shopping Center) is an open-air shopping mall developed by The Mills Corporation in Orange, California, a few miles southeast of Disneyland. It is popular with teenage skateboarders, housing Vans skatepark.
The Blockhouse The Blockhouse was a 1973 film based on an apparent true story in book form written by Jean Paul Clebert, directed by Clive Rees and starring Peter Sellers. Prisoners of World War II are trapped by Allied bombing on D-Day and wind up inside a German blockhouse, sealed in.
The Bloder Brothers The Bloder Brothers are recurring characters from the American late night sketch comedy television series Saturday Night Live played by Jimmy Fallon and Chris Parnell. The two brothers, Kip (Fallon) and Wayne (Parnell), make obnoxious jokes, no matter what situation, and laughing incessantly at themselves.
The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead is a one-woman play by Australian playwright Robert Hewett. It is presented as a series of seven individual monologues by characters who were affected by the actions of Rhonda Russell, the first character in the play.
The Blood Brothers The Blood Brothers is an experimental post-hardcore/art punk band formed in the Eastside suburbs of Seattle, Washington, USA in 1997. Members are: Jordan Blilie (vocals), Johnny Whitney (vocals), and Morgan Henderson (bass), along with Waxwing's Cody Votolato (guitar) and Mark Gajadhar (drums).

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