This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

hahaha

Hurricane #1 were a UK indie/Britpop band, formed in 1996 by former Ride guitarist Andy Bell, along with vocalist / guitarist Alex Lowe, bassist Will Pepper and drummer Gareth Farmer. Signed to Creation Records (along with fellow bands such as Oasis, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream) they released their debut album in 1997, entitled Hurricane #1. This included their first single, "Step Into My World", which reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart (and a remix of which reached number 19 in 1997),[1] and other less successful singles "Just Another Illusion" and "Chain Reaction". Their other biggest hit single was "Only The Strongest Will Survive", which also reached number 19 in 1998,[1] and which featured on their second album, Only The Strongest Will Survive.

Bell quit the band in 1999 to become the new guitar player for Gay Dad.

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

what's unusual about a wiki entry for a band noting the year and reason that they split up?

Audition also found its place at the number 11 spot in Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments for its infamous torture scene. It is here that Rob Zombie and John Landis claim that the film is extremely disturbing.

Harold's best friend & roommate, free spirit Kumar, is not afraid to let go of his inhibitions, making Harold the symbolic personification of the suppressed Asian-American employee and student in the United States. Harold, at times, lets go of his inhibitions, but only during moments of extreme duress, to the point where he amazes even the free-spirited Kumar. Harold is the yin to Kumar's yang, with the both of them being united through their enjoyment of cannabis smoking after a long day's work and or leisurely fun (such as aboard an airplane in the sequel, and an after work "Friday night special" in the first film).

A bit of Punky Brewster o_0:

After suffering from gigantomastia as a teen, Frye underwent a breast reduction three months before her 16th birthday

what's unusual about a wiki entry for a band noting the year and reason that they split up?

― Man GoGo (sic), Sunday, 14 June 2009 03:47 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Apart from that 10 minutes after accepting the Gay Dad job, he got offered Oasis instead?

So they should leave it out?! I don't get it.

probably echoes of Why do people who hate music write about music?

The cover photo was taken by Robert Mapplethorpe using natural light in a penthouse in Greenwich Village. The triangle of light on the wall was the product of the afternoon sun. The record company wanted to make various changes to the photo including airbrushing out Patti Smith's moustache but Smith overruled such attempts.

Accidentally read that last line as including airbrushing out Patti Smith's moustache but Smith overruled such armpits.

Albums by Black Lace

1984 Black Lace
1984 Party Party
1985 Party Party 2
1986 Party Crazy
1987 16 Greatest Party Hits
1990 20 All Time Party Favourites
1991 Black Lace Bukkake Party Album
1993 Action Party
1995 Saturday Night
1997 Greatest Hits
1998 What a Party

I thought the lol about the Hurricaine entry was the whole "became X for Gay Dad" meme.

yes

but it's not unusual. he did leave My Singer's A Boxer So Don't Mess to join Gay Dad. this is like linking Gay Dad's wiki and going "lol it mentions Gay Dad!"

Apparently this is true. General Santa Ana played a key role in inventing chewing gum.

In 1869, exiled former Mexican president and general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (infamous for his victory over the Alamo defenders) was living in New Jersey. He brought a ton of Mexican chicle with him, in hopes of selling it to raise funds to help him return to power in his own country. He persuaded Thomas Adams of Staten Island, New York to buy it. Adams, a photographer and inventor, intended to vulcanize the chicle for use as a rubber substitute. Adams' efforts at vulcanization failed, but he noticed that Santa Anna liked to chew the chicle, which the ancient Mayans had done. Disappointed with the rubber experiments, Adams boiled a small batch of chicle in his kitchen to create a chewing gum. He gave some to a local store to see if people would buy it; they did and he began production.

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" is one of Robert Frost's most famous poems. Written in 1923 , this poem was published in The Yale Review in October of that year. It was later published in a collection called 'New Hampshire' (1923), which featured other notable poems of Frost such as Two Look at Two and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Some say the poem helped Frost to win a Pulitzer Prize. Only eight lines long, this poem is still considered one of Frost's best. "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is also featured in the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and its film adaptation.

Stylistic devices

The relatively simple rhyme scheme is as follows:
AABBCCDD

The poem's meter is Iambic Trimeter.

nothing lasts forever and ever!!!!!

Delmore Schwartz had the rock star, Lou Reed, as one of his students at Syracuse University and reportedly told Reed at one point, "You can write—and if you ever sell out and there's a Heaven from which you can be haunted, I'll haunt you," and Reed never forgot..[citation needed]

In November 2006, Furtado revealed that she once turned down US$ 500,000 to pose fully-clothed in Playboy.[35]

from the reference:

And although the singer turned it down - she says she still wouldn't rule it out.

"I (was) offered half a million dollars to pose fully clothed," she said. "(To do it would be a) vanity thing, an egotistical thing Its not to say that I would never do it. Its intriguing, its very tempting. Its got to be under the right terms. We will see what happens."

Nelly Retardo never more aptly mocked

Gay Dad were one of the last UK Britpop bands to be launched in the late 1990s. They generated massive news media interest and had moderate chart success, but they failed to sustain their popularity and broke up in 2002. The best-known line-up of the band (during their most successful period) was Cliff Jones (guitarist/vocalist), James Riseboro (keyboardist), Nigel Hoyle (bassist), Charley Stone (guitarist) and Nicholas "Baz" Crowe (drummer).

lol!

Seeing the reference in the Low thread about Travis from Days of the New being on A&E's Intervention ended up leading me to this nugget from the Tantric wiki page:

On March 9th 2009, Tantric announced through MySpace that their new album will be entitled Mind Control and that the band were in the process of recording the album. Produced by Brett Hestla (Creed), they have announced a tentative release date of August 4th, released exclusively through Arby's store locations, with the title track released to radio in June.

Really? Arby's?

that needs placement on the LOL thread

Do we have those anymore?

LOL threads or Arby's?

cause I haven't had Arby's in over a decade

huh gigantomastia, never heard of it.

An early case study dates to 1670. The initial patient died four months after the onset of enlargement. One breast removed after a woman's death weighed 64 lb.

what the

Black Lace also appeared as themselves in the 1986 Film "Rita, Sue and Bob Too" performing the song "Gang Bang"

The Arby's thing is actually making me giggle, I don't know why!

it is without question the most giggle-worthy music-distribution scheme I have ever heard of

"Yeah, I'd like a Beef n' Cheddar, with curly fries, a coke... and say, is that the new Tantric album? I'll have one of those too."

"the blazing new album Mind Control, available exclusively at ... you like roast beef, right?"

Black Lace also appeared as themselves in the 1986 Film "Rita, Sue and Bob Too" performing the song "Gang Bang"

Anybody who's never heard that should get right on it btw.

An early case study dates to 1670. The initial patient died four months after the onset of enlargement. One breast removed after a woman's death weighed 64 lb.

― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, June 19, 2009 4:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i've heard of this, it was 1/3 of her body weight i think???

I did some googling on the Arby's thing and apparently some members of Tantric used to work at Arby's before they started the band, so I think this is a pretty fun (and I guess meaningful, for them) joke.

Exhumator had an industrial thrash metal sound, but its members weren't into the style.[8]

This is the first Cage album ever that contains no misogyny in the form of the word "bitch". It is not said once.

Also recently Red Stripe began sponsoring the International Festival of Thumb Wrestling held annually in Mason City, Iowa. Red Stripe Vice President of Marketing Randolph Samuelson III was the first black man to win this festival, and it has held a special place in his heart since he broke the color barrier and won the championship in 1971.

lol @ tantric w/horsey sauce

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disambiguation_(disambiguation)

damn you, ) .

In Utero is featured article, it lists its chart positions, and then 2 years later it finally hits the charts in Wallonia. (that probably happens a lot, but i still found it amusing)

The chicken fingers are often diced and stuffed in a baked potato topped with butter, Cheddar cheese, and cream gravy.

^^^ have never heard of this, but think it sounds kind of delicious???

The Jackson 5's influence on later performers has been profound, inspiring a number of performers from diverse fields, including pop emo band Dashboard Confessional,[3]

Notable posters have included Momus,[2] Simon Reynolds, PappaWheelie, Philip Sherburne, Drew Daniel of Matmos and The Soft Pink Truth,[3] John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats,[4] Frank Kogan, Ned Raggett,[5] former The Wire editor Mark Sinker, former Village Voice music editor Chuck Eddy, Peter Chung (creator of Æon Flux) and Fluxblog author Fatthew Perpetua. (citation needed)

A++

Cartoon Network showing

When Cartoon Network aired the film, a mild profanity was left uncensored during the scene where the robot first appears, only three inches tall, and Walter orders it to "Get me a juice box, Biotch" The word was censored, however, for the second showing.