About the colloquialexpression other uses of the term Brassmonkey disambiguation Image Stanthorpe brassmonkey 1942.jpg thumb The BrassMonkey of Stanthorpe, Queensland the place known for its brassmonkey weather , complete with a set of balls The phrase cold enough to freeze the balls off or on a brassmonkey is a colloquialexpression used by some English language English speakers. The reference to the Testicle testes as the term balls is commonly understood to mean of the brassmonkey appears ... humour, rather than a source of the expression, of which variants predate it. Beverage A brassmonkey is one of any number of citrus flavored BrassMonkey cocktail alcoholic drinks . Citation needed ... MonkeyColloquialExpression Category Nautical slang ..., and whiskers off a brassmonkey or hot enough to scald the throat or singe the hair of a brassmonkey ... of the phrase brassmonkey appears in the humorous essay On Enjoying Life by Eldridge Gerry Paige ... of Shorty s, It was ot enough to melt the nose h off a brassmonkey . The first recorded use of freezing a brassmonkey dates from 1857, appearing in C.A. Abbey, Before the Mast , p. 108 It would freeze the tail off a brassmonkey . ref Lighter, J.E. ref Michael Quinion s World Wide Words ... title BrassMonkey weather url http worldwidewords.org. qa qa bra1.htm ref The Story of Waitstill ... the tail off a brassmonkey . ref name as quoted by Quinion as quoted by Quinion. ref The Ivory Trail , by Talbot Mundy 1919 has He has the gall of a brassmonkey . ref name as quoted by Quinion Thomas ... said, It would freeze the balls off a brassmonkey that s how cold it gets. Currently, 3rd Platoon ... as the Brass Monkeys. citation needed date December 2010 A racehorse named BrassMonkey is buried ... The brassmonkey is the nickname of the house flag of the Cunard Line , adopted in 1878, a lion ... BrassMonkey song BrassMonkey from their album Licensed to Ill , although the song s lyrics are focused ... more details
wiktionary BrassMonkey is the name of various people and things. In several cases, the people and things were named after, or as an allusion to, the colloquialexpression. BrassMonkey band , an English folk band BrassMonkey cocktail , an alcoholic drink Brassmonkeycolloquialexpression , as used by many English speakers to indicate extremes, especially of cold BrassMonkey film BrassMonkey film , a 1948 film BrassMonkey song BrassMonkey song , a song on the Beastie Boys 1986 debut album Licensed to Ill Brass Monkeys , an Australian sitcom BrassMonkey, a character in Salman Rushdie s novel Midnight s Children K2 BrassMonkey , a K2 bike that started production in 2000 and stopped in 2002 disambig ... more details
orphan date July 2009 The BrassMonkey Motorcycle Rally is a motorcycle rally rally held annually in Oturehua , Central Otago in New Zealand. The event is held every year over the weekend on which the Queen s Birthday New Zealand Queen s birthday is celebrated , usually the first weekend of June. Organised by the Otago Motorcycle Club, the event attracts around 2,000 motorcycle enthusiasts from New Zealand and abroad. The rally gets its name from colloquialexpressionBrassmonkeycolloquialexpression cold enough to freeze the balls off a brassmonkey , owing to the fact that the venue is extremely cold, being within convert 50 km abbr on of Ophir, New Zealand Ophir where New Zealand s coldest ever temperature of 21.6 degrees Celsius was recorded. To warm up rally goers, the site boasts what is described as the biggest bonfire ever. 2010 was the event s 30th anniversary. ref http www.stuff.co.nz timaru herald photos multimedia 3813147 2010 Brassmonkey 2010 BrassMonkey , Timaru Herald ref References reflist External links http www.brassmonkeyrally.org.nz 4.htm Official website of the rally rally stub Category Motorcycle rallies ... more details
Other uses BrassMonkey disambiguation WPMIXInfobox iba name BrassMonkey image caption type cocktail flaming dark rum yes light rum yes served rocks garnish drinkware highball ingredients One part dark rum One part vodka One part orange juice prep Stir together and serve over ice. notes footnotes BrassMonkey is a name given to a number of different cocktail recipes. As with many lesser known cocktails that are named after colloquial expressions, there are some wildly differing recipes that share the same name. It can refer to a cocktail consisting of equal parts beer , usually Olde English 800 , and orange juice , or to a mixture of gin, triple sec, tequila, orange juice, sour mix and grapefruit juice ref http www.thevirtualbar.com Ingredients GrapefruitJuice.html ref , or to a mixture of rum, vodka and orange juice with or without Galliano liqueur Galliano . An alternative version of the brassmonkey is a 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor that has been consumed to the top of the label and then filled with orange juice. There was a premixed cocktail called BrassMonkey produced by the Heublein ... production facilities in the Hartford, Connecticut area. BrassMonkey was available in bottles from half pint up to 750 mL. At the time that BrassMonkey was released, liquor stores carried mostly ... and popularity of Heublein s BrassMonkey increased in the 1980s after the release of the Beastie Boys BrassMonkey song song with the same title as the beverage. ref Adweek April 6th 1987 ref In 1982 ... in 1997. After several years of absence from the market the BrassMonkey premixed cocktail has recently been re released as The Club BrassMonkey . Produced by The Club Distilling Company of Stamford Ct. BrassMonkey is currently sold in liquor stores along with other premixed alcoholic beverages under ... old school hip hop tune BrassMonkey song , released by the Beastie Boys in 1987. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT BrassMonkey Cocktail Category Cocktails with rum cocktail stub it BrassMonkey ... more details
Infobox Film name BrassMonkey image size caption director Thornton Freeland producer N.A. Bronsten br David Coplan writer Alec Coppel br Denny Freeman writer Denny Freeman br Wiliam Freshman br Vernon Sylvaine narrator starring Carroll Levis br Carole Landis music Buddy Bradley br Sid Colin br Dr. Bernard Grun br Noel Langley cinematography Basil Emmott br Bert Mason editing David Hawkins distributor United Artists released 1948 runtime 100 min. country United Kingdom language English language English budget preceded by followed by image BrassMonkey VideoCover.jpeg BrassMonkey 1948 is a British crime drama film directed by Thornton Freeland , starring Carroll Levis , formerly a radio variety show host, and American actress Carole Landis . This was Landis last film. Cast Carroll Levis as Himself Carole Landis as Kay Sheldon Herbert Lom as Peter Hobart Avril Angers as Herself Ernest Thesiger as Ryder Harris Edward Underdown as Max Taylor Henry Edwards actor Henry Edwards as Inspector Miller Henry Worthington actor Henry Worthington as Rodney Terry Thomas as Himself Leslie Hutchinson Leslie Hutch Hutchinson as Hutch Campbell Cotts as A.J. Gilroy External links imdb title 0040186 BrassMonkey Amg movie 85880 BrassMonkey Category 1948 films Category British films Category English language films Category Black and white films Category Crime thriller films Thornton Freeland crime film stub ... more details
Infobox musical artist name BrassMonkey background group or band alias origin England genre England English Folk music years active 1982 1987, 1998 present label Topic Records Topic associated acts The Watersons br Waterson Carthy br Martin Carthy br John Kirkpatrick musician John Kirkpatrick current members John Kirkpatrick musician John Kirkpatrick br Martin Carthy br Roger Williams trombonist Roger Williams br Martin Brinsford br Paul Archibald past members Howard Evans musician Howard Evans br Richard Cheetham musician Richard Cheetham BrassMonkey are an England English folk music folk band from the 1980s, who reunited in the late 1990s. They were innovative in their use of a brass instrument brass section which was atypical for English folk music. The band originally consisted of Martin Carthy singer vocal s, guitar , mandolin , John Kirkpatrick musician John Kirkpatrick vocals, accordion , concertina , Howard Evans musician Howard Evans trumpet , Roger Williams trombonist Roger Williams trombone , Martin Brinsford born 17 August 1944, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire harmonica , percussion instrument percussion , saxophone . Carthy was a well established musician at their formation, having been a member of Steeleye Span and The Watersons , as well as leading a successful solo ... on Carthy s albums Because It s There 1979 and Out of the Cut 1982 . BrassMonkey was formed with the addition ... under Lyne, Lancashire . The band recorded only two albums BrassMonkey 1983 and See How it Runs ... CD under the title The Complete BrassMonkey 1993 . ref cite web author David Suff year 1993 title The Complete BrassMonkey sleeve notes work www.watersoncarthy.com url http www.watersoncarthy.com ... Head of Steam on 20 April 2009. Discography All released on Topic Records unless otherwise noted. BrassMonkey 1983 See How It Runs 1986 The Complete BrassMonkey 1993 compilation of the first two albums ..., Highpoint compilation Head of Steam 2009 References Reflist DEFAULTSORT BrassMonkey Category English ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 orphan date November 2009 The K2 Sports K2 BrassMonkey is a K2 bicycle bike that started production in 2000 and stopped in 2002. It was part of K2 s monkey line, such as Flyin Monkey, Bumpy Monkey, K2 Disco Monkey Disco Monkey and the Funky Monkey, and was designed as a freeride bike for hardcore trail riding with occasional jumps. It was made in 3 sizes Small, Medium, and Large and came only in Matte Brass Color. They are extremely stiff and light frames from TIG welded 7005 aluminum . Comes stock with Noleen Mega Air front fork giving it good 4 of travel,which later was replaced with Manitou Black Elite 100 with 3.15 4.00 adjustable travel. Also it had mixed mountain components such as Cane Creek AL Headset, TruVativ Firex cold forged, 22 32 44 teeth and later RaceFace Prodigy DH 22 32 44 teeth crankset, with TruVativ Hollow Spline bottom bracket replaced by TruVativ Sealex XR XC, Magura Clara discs brakes and brake levers, Easton EA70 Monkey Bar handlebar with Titec Big AL handlebar stem. The bike also featured 9 Speed Shimano Deore XT RapidFire SL shift levers and Shimano Deore LX front Deore XT rear derailleurs. For seating it had Titec Vegas Berserker saddle with Titec Knock DH seatpost. It used Vuelta Excalibur Freeride rims in front and rear replaced by Shimano XT Hubbed WTBs in 2003 , which were wearing Geax Blade 26 X 2.25 tires. The weight for that bike was approximately 28 30 lbs depending on size and production year. Specifications class wikitable border 0 YEAR 2000 2001 2002 COLOR Matte Brass Matte Brass Matte Brass MSRP 1599.00 1649.00 1549.00 WEIGHT 28.0 lbs 29.8 lbs FRAME MTB Zero G MTB Zero G MTB Zero G FRAME MATERIAL 7005 Butted Aluminum 7005 Butted Aluminum 7005 Butted Aluminum BRAKE DISK MOUNT Yes Yes Yes ... mm 14 ga Stainless Steel NIPPLES BrassBrassBrass SADDLE Titec Berserker Titec Berserker Titec Berserker ... AL 1 1 8 threadless Cane Creek Tank HANDLEBAR Easton EA 70 Monkey Bar Easton EA 70 Monkey Bar K2 ... more details
Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name BrassMonkey Cover BrassMonkeyBeastieBoys.jpg Artist Beastie Boys from Album Licensed to Ill B side Released start date 1987 1 5 Format 7 Recorded 1986 Genre Hip hop music Hip hop Length 2 37 Label Def Jam Columbia Records Writer Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin Producer Rick Rubin Certification Gold small Recording Industry Association of America RIAA small Last single Paul Revere song Paul Revere br 1986 This single BrassMonkey br 1987 Next single You Gotta Fight for Your Right To Party br 1987 Misc BrassMonkey is a song by the New York Hip hop music hip hop group Beastie Boys . It was a single released from their first album Licensed to Ill . It is also on the Beastie Boys compilation album Solid Gold Hits . It samples Bring It Here by Wild Sugar. The song features the Roland TR 808 drum machine. It is covered by Richard Cheese on his album Aperitif for Destruction 2005 . The song is named after BrassMonkey cocktail an alcoholic drink of the same name , and is mentioned several times throughout the song. Charts class wikitable Chart 1987 Peak br position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 ref cite web url http www.billboard.com search ?keyword beastie boys artist beastie boys chart history 1007?f 379&g Singles class artist title Beastie Boys Album & Song Chart History work Billboard publisher Nielsen Business Media, Inc. accessdate 2011 05 10 ref align center 48 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Hip Hop Songs ref cite web url http www.billboard.com search ?keyword beastie boys artist beastie boys chart history 1007?f 367&g Singles class artist title Beastie Boys Album & Song Chart History work Billboard publisher Nielsen Business Media, Inc. accessdate 2011 05 10 ref align center 83 References reflist External links YouTube id nBbQyXZvkbA title Beastie Boys BrassMonkey Beastie Boys Category 1987 singles Category Beastie Boys songs Category Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America hiphop song ... more details
Refimprove date November 2010 Brass Monkeys is an Australian sitcom that screened in 1984 on the Seven Network . The series was produced by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler, who are known for comedy series Kingswood Country and Hey Dad . The title comes from the colloquialexpressionBrassmonkeycolloquialexpression cold enough to freeze the balls off a brassmonkey , in reference to the cold climate of the Antarctic. Brass Monkeys is the story of a pretty female doctor who joins a group of men confined to the lonely isolation of an Australian Antarctic Territory Australian Antarctic expedition station. Cast Graeme Blundell as Noddy Paul Chubb as Big Eye Kevin Golsby as OIC Ross Hohnen as Rex Margie McCrae as Dr. Sally Newman Colin McEwan as Nick Doug Scroope as Cookie Bill Young as Martin Lightfoot References references External links imdb title id 0084990 title Brass Monkeys Category Australian television sitcoms Category Seven Network shows Category 1984 Australian television series debuts Category 1980s Australian television series ... more details
Other uses File Brass.jpg thumb Brass Dice die This is correct. Please click on the link to see the proper singular plural forms , along with zinc and copper samples. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc ... books?id nopKAAAAMAAJ&pg PA29 ref Brass is a substitutional alloy . It is used for decoration for its ... in Brass instrument musical instruments such as horns and bells for its acoustic properties. It is also used in zipper s. Because it is softer than most other metals in general use, brass is often ... Macrostructure of rolled and annealed brass magnification 400X.jpg thumb right Microstructure of rolled and annealed brass 400X magnification The Ductility malleability and acoustics acoustic properties of brass have made it the metal of choice for brass musical instrument s such as the trombone , tuba ... made from brass. In Reed pipe organ pipes of the reed family, brass strips called tongues are used as the reeds, which beat against the shallot or beat through the shallot in the case of a free reed . Brass has higher malleability than bronze or zinc. The relatively low melting point of brass 900 to 940 ... easy material to cast. By varying the proportions of copper and zinc, the properties of the brass can be changed, allowing hard and soft brasses. The density of brass is approximately .303 ... United Kingdom quote brass casting, 8400 8700... brass rolled and drawn, 8430 8730 ref equivalent to 8.4 to 8.73 grams per cubic centimetre . Today almost 90 of all brass alloys are recycled ... brass is not ferromagnetic , it can be separated from ferrous scrap by passing the scrap near a powerful magnet. Brass scrap is collected and transported to the foundry where it is melted and recast ... and size. Aluminium makes brass stronger and more corrosion resistant. Aluminium also causes a highly ... make brass wear and tear resistant. Lead content To enhance the machinability of brass, lead is often ... of the brass, it tends to migrate towards the grain boundaries in the form of globules as it cools ... more details
Monkey Island may refer to tocright Places Nanwan Monkey Island , a nature reserve in Hainan, China Monkey Island, North Carolina , a remote, natural island located in Currituck Sound, North Carolina Monkey Island, in the Grand Lake o the Cherokees in northeast Oklahoma Monkey Island, in the woodland area of Coltness Coltness, Wishaw , North Lanarkshire, Scotland Monkey Island, Yokosuka, Kanagawa , a historic island fort Monkey Island, Bray , in the River Thames Monkey Island, Cayo Santiago , Puerto Rico also a name sometimes used for Mona Island, Puerto Rico Angaur Monkey Island, Palau other name Angaur Zoo enclosures Monkey Island , a division of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Cleveland Ohio, where monkeys were kept outside with no cages or walls on an island Monkey Island , an area that used to be in the San Francisco Zoo , where monkeys were kept outside with no cages or walls on an island Monkey Island , an area that was at the entrance of the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Gardens from 1935 1998. The Zoo was called Lincoln Park Zoo back then. Video games Monkey Island series Monkey Island series , an adventure game series The Secret of Monkey Island , a 1990 computer game Monkey Island 2 LeChuck s Revenge , a 1991 sequel The Curse of Monkey Island , the 1997 third game Escape from Monkey Island , the 2000 fourth game Tales of Monkey Island , a 2009 five part episodic video game in the series World of Monkey Island World of Monkey Island , locations, items and characters of the Monkey Island game series Other Monkey Island album Monkey Island album , a 1977 album by The J. Geils Band Monkey Island is a nautical term for a ship s upper bridge. See brassmonkeycolloquialexpressionbrassmonkeyMonkey Island book Monkey Island book , a book about homelessness geared towards middle school children References Reflist disambiguation de Monkey Island Begriffskl rung gl Monkey Island it Monkey Island disambigua ... more details
for other uses Monkey disambiguation Refimprove date October 2008 Infobox short story See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Monkey author Stephen King country United States language English language English genre Horror fiction Horror short story published in Skeleton Crew publication type Magazine publisher media type Print Periodical pub date November 1980 preceded by followed by The Monkey is a short story by Stephen King , first published in Gallery magazine Gallery magazine in 1980. It was significantly revised and published in King s collection Skeleton Crew in 1985. Plot summary The story centers on a cymbal banging monkey toy that is possessed by an evil spirit. Every time the monkey claps its little cymbals together, a nearby living thing dies. The monkey is found in a family s attic in an old toy chest by two young brothers, unknowing that their father had been tormented by the monkey years ago, when it worked its lethal magic paranormal enchantment on his family and friends. The dad takes the monkey and throws it in the lake in his backyard. The story ends with an excerpt of a newspaper article which reports on a mysterious die off of fish in the lake. Similar stories The X Files episode Chinga , scripted by Stephen King, deals with a cursed doll and bears similarities to The Monkey . This doll, which deals out suffering in much the same way as the monkey, also finds itself sinking to the bottom of a lake at the end of the episode. The film The Devil s Gift is very similar to The Monkey, leading some to believe that the filmmakers ... entity of the episode possesses a toy monkey with cymbals, which turned on the garbage disposal while a plumber was working with the sink. See also portal Novels Cymbal banging monkey toy References reflist External links http www.horrorking.com skeleton.html The Monkey The story at HorrorKing.com http www.StephenKing.com King s official website Skeleton Crew Stephen King DEFAULTSORT Monkey, The Category ... more details
Macaque , an old world species of monkey native to Southeast Asia thumb A monkey is a primate of the Haplorrhini suborder and simian infraorder, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey , but excluding ape s. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species ... monkey may originate in a German language German version of the Reynard Reynard the Fox fable, published .... ref cite web url http www.etymonline.com index.php?term monkey title Monkey author date work publisher accessdate ref In English, no very clear distinction was originally made between ape and monkey ... that it is either a synonym for monkey or is used to mean a tailless humanlike primate. ref name EB11Ape ... Dictionary, 4th Ed http www.yourdictionary.com monkeyMonkey ref Due to its size up to convert ... monkey. Also, a few monkey species have the word ape in their common name, such as the Barbary Macaque ... it excludes hominoids apes and humans . Thus the term monkey no longer refers to a recognized ... right thumb Common Squirrel Monkey File Macaca fascicularis in Lopburi.JPG right thumb Crab eating Macaque in Thailand The following list shows where the various monkey families bolded are placed ... tarsier Tarsiidae tarsiers Infraorder Simian Simiiformes simians Parvorder New World monkey Platyrrhini ... capuchin s and squirrel monkey s 14 species Family night monkey Aotidae night monkeys 11 species Family ... 24 species Parvorder Catarrhini Superfamily Old World monkey Cercopithecoidea Family Old World monkey Cercopithecidae Old World monkeys 135 species Superfamily Ape Hominoidea apes Family Gibbon Hylobatidae ... with humans The many species of monkey have varied relationships with humans. Some are Pet monkey kept as pets , others used as model organism s in laboratories or in space missions. They may be killed in monkey drive s when they threatened agriculture, or used as service animal s for the disabled. In some areas, some species of monkey are considered agricultural Pest organism pest s, and can ... more details
wiktionary brass tacks In Colloquialism colloquial English, Brass tacks often get down to brass tacks refers to the fundamental or essential elements of a topic. Brass Tacks may refer to Brass Tacks Records , a record label Brass Tacks TV series , Pakistan TV series Operation Brasstacks , a military exercise by the Indian Army executed in 1986 disambig ... more details
Low brass may refer to Low brass , a copper zinc alloy Low brass, a categorization of brass instrument s disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
The City of Brass is one of the stories of the One Thousand and One Nights Arabian Nights . City of Brass poem City of Brass is a poem by Rudyard Kipling . The City of Brass Dungeons & Dragons City of Brass is a fictional location in the Dungeons & Dragons game. disambig ... more details
wiktionary brassBrass is a metal alloy of copper and zinc. Brass may also refer to Brass board game , a board game set in England during the industrial revolution Brass comics , a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe Brass film Brass film , a 1923 silent film romance Brass instrument , a musical instrument where the sound is produced by the vibration of the players lips Brass TV series Brass TV series , a 1980s British television series starring Timothy West Brass album Brass , an album by Minibosses Brass, Nigeria , a city in Bayelsa State, Nigeria Brass , the metallic body of a cartridge case , usually made of brass Horse brass , a plaque used to decorate shire horses Monumental brass , commemorative plates laid down in British and European churches Very important official s, in particular high ranking military officials People with the surname Brass Chris Brass born 1975 , English footballer Jim Brass , a character on the television series CSI Crime Scene Investigation Leonard John Brass 1900 1971 , Australian botanist Tinto Brass born 1933 , Italian filmmaker disambig de Brass it Brass ja sv Brass ... more details
Brass Construction was an United States American funk musical ensemble group formed in Brooklyn , New York in 1968. They were originally known as Dynamic Soul, ref name Soul http www.soulwalking.co.uk Brass 20Construction.html Soulwalking.co.uk accessed May 2010 ref and went on to record a string of hit single s and album s through to 1985. Career Signed in 1975 by Sid Maurer, and former Epic Records promotion man Fred Frank, they scored two United States US Billboard Hot 100 entries in 1976 the most successful being Movin , which hit 14. They had much more success on the US Hot Dance Club Play record chart chart , with nine chart entries, including Movin , which reached record chart 1 . Singer Pianist Flautist Arranger Randy Muller went on to score a number of Rhythm and blues R&B hit record hits with Skyy band Skyy . Over the years, Brass Construction members have included Wade Williamston ... trombone , Joseph Arthur Wong guitar , and Randy Muller. ref name BrassBrass Construction played a concert on November 28, 2005 at the Bataclan Arena in Paris , France . ref name Brass http www.brassconstruction.com ... music sampled in 1989 by Gang Starr on Positivity , and on Gimme by Jill Scott 2001 . Brass Construction ... was sampled in 1988 on I Ain t Tha 1 by N.W.A while What s on Your Mind Expression was sampled in 1988 ... by DJ Quik 1995 . ref http www.whosampled.com artist Brass 20Construction Whosampled.com accessed ... 1976 Brass Construction I 1976 Brass Construction II 1977 Brass Construction III 1978 Brass Construction IV 1979 Brass Construction V 1980 Brass Construction VI 1982 Attitudes 1983 Conversations 1984 Renegades 1985 Conquest 1993 The Best of Brass Construction Movin & Changin 1997 Get Up To Get Down Brass Construction s Funky Feeling 1998 Brass Construction Live 2002 Classic Masters 2002 Movin ... Changin US R&B 24 1977 Ha Cha Cha Funktion US 51 US R&B 8 1977 What s On Your Mind Expression US ... and blues musical groups Category American soul musical groups fr Brass Construction ... more details
A brass mill is a mill factory mill which processes brass . Brass mills are common in England many date from long before the Industrial Revolution . Examples of brass mills include Brassmill Ross on Wye Saltford Brass Mill See also Calamine brass Latten William Champion metallurgist William Champion Further reading cite book title Bristol Brass first J. last Day publisher David & Charles year 1973 isbn 0715360655 Category Metallurgical facilities manufacturing stub ... more details
A brass quintet is a five piece musical ensemble composed of brass instrument s. The most common instrumentation ... horn , and one tuba or types of trombones Bass trombone bass trombone . As an ensemble type, the brass ... s to jazz and everything in between. The instrumentation for a brass quintet is very flexible ... brass quintet was started in the late 1940s by two different groups operating independently&mdash the Chicago Brass Quintet and the New York Brass Quintet . Two members of the Chicago Brass Quintet can arguably be credited with helping plant the seed for today s success of the brass quintet ... Brass , while Renold Schilke , trumpet player in the CBQ and master craftsman, was mentor to the entire group, successfully crafting the first ever matched set of gold plated quintet brass instruments. Canadian Brass has gone on to establish both the style and popularity of the quintet medium ... 500,000 quintet music books for performers around the world, affirming the rise of the brass quintet as a worldwide phenomenon. The wealth of new music for brass quintet can be attributed to the American Brass Quintet with over 100 premieres of new quintet works. Examples of notable brass quintets Only add entries to this list if they have an associated wikipedia article please. Age of Brass ref http www.ageofbrass.tk ref American Brass Quintet Annapolis Brass Quintet Atlantic Brass Quintet Boston Brass Canadian Brass Carolina Brass Chestnut Brass Company Chicago Brass Quintet Copper Street Brass Quintet ref http www.copperstreetbrass.com ref Dallas Brass ref http www.dallasbrass.com ref Empire Brass ref http www.gaudetebrass.com ref Gaudete Brass Hoodlebug Brass Itter Brass Mediterranean Chamber Brass Meridian Arts Ensemble New Age Brass New York Brass Quintet Oompah Brass Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Presidio Brass Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet Synergy Quintet Today s Brass Quintet ref http www.todaysbrass.com home.html ref References reflist See also Brass Quintet Repertoire Category ... more details
Itter Brass is a brass quintet from the Netherlands , founded in 1999. Current founding members, playing together since 1999 Stefan H ppner , trumpet Ronald Schroijen , trumpet Harold Geurtjes , trumpet,piccolo Jack Munnecom , French horn Hans Wouters , trombone Rob Geurts , tuba Itter Brass performs in Concerthalls and Churches around The Netherlands and Belgium. Itter Brass played the filmmusic for Zegen het geduld van de Pioniersvegetatie . br External links http www.itterbrass.nl Itter Brass Category Brass quintets ... more details
wiktionary bold as brass Bold as Brass may refer to Bold as Brass song Bold as Brass song , a single recorded by Split Enz for the 1977 album Dizrythmia Bold as Brass album Bold as Brass album , a 2010 studio album by Cliff Richard disambiguation Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
File Brass Razoo.jpg thumb right 274px A Brass Razoo Brass razoo is an Australian English Australian phrase that was first recorded in military slang soldiers slang in World War I . It is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as a non existent coin of trivial value . ref name RichardsABC cite web url http www.abc.net.au newsradio txt s1437726.htm title Wordwatch Brass razoo author Kel Richards work ABC News Australia accessdate 2 March 2008 ref It is commonly used in the expression I haven t got a brass razoo , meaning the speaker is out of money. Whilst mock coins of 1 Razoo are popular see photograph , no actual monetary unit has ever been so named. Some speculate that the term arises from Egyptian or Indian currency. In one fictional dialogue, the razoo has been described as an Indian coin, famous for being the most worthless coin ever issued. ref name PascalOzEmail cite web url http members.ozemail.com.au jpascal comp3.htm title Value and price author J. Pascal work OzEmail accessdate 2 March 2008 ref Etymology Etymologists and lexicographer s have disputed and considered theories of the origins of the phrase, but most find no theory satisfactory. ref name LudowykANDC cite web url http www.anu.edu.au andc pubs ozwords April 2000 Brassrazoo.html title Brass Razoo Is it but a breath of wind? author Frederick Ludowyk work Australian National Dictionary Centre http www.anu.edu.au ANDC ANDC publisher Australian National University date April 2000 accessdate 2 March 2008 ref Origin Razoo may be a corruption of a solidus coin France sou , the smallest French coin. Brass is a common slang term for money . ref name RichardsABC Eric Partridge , in his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English , cites the M ori language M ori word rahu . Harry Orsman s Dictionary of New Zealand English 1997 makes a similar conjecture, though he seems more confident in his belief. ref name LudowykANDC As The Washington Post reported in December 2007, a Washington, D.C. firm established ... more details
Infobox Single Name Brass in Pocket Cover The Pretenders..jpg Artist The Pretenders Album Pretenders album Pretenders B side Swinging London Nervous But Shy Released November 1979 Format gramophone record 7 single Recorded 1979 Genre rock music Rock , New Wave music New Wave Length 3 09 Label Real Records Real , Sire Records Sire US Writer Chrissie Hynde , James Honeyman Scott Producer Chris Thomas record producer Chris Thomas Last single Kid br 1979 This single Brass in Pocket br 1979 Next single Talk of the Town br 1980 Brass in Pocket also known as Brass in Pocket I m Special is a single by The Pretenders . It was written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman Scott , and produced by Chris Thomas record producer Chris Thomas . Release The band s third single was their first success, scoring number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in January 1980 making it the first number one single of the 1980s , number one in Australia during May 1980, and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. The song takes its title from an expression Hynde heard from a member of Strangeways a Yorkshire based support band who was looking for his money brass , meaning money . During an interview with The Observer in 2004, Hynde revealed that she was initially reluctant to have the song released When we recorded the song I wasn t very happy with it and told my producer that he ... s Really Rockin Music Mix . Scarlett Johansson as Charlotte sings a karaoke version of Brass in Pocket in Lost in Translation film Lost in Translation . On November 27, 2010, Brass in Pocket was performed ... released a remastered edition of Suede album their debut album including a version of Brass in Pocket . Uses in popular culture Brass in Pocket was used in the background of several Television advertisement ... , while National City was based in nearby Cleveland . In Australia around 2006, Brass in Pocket ... gotta have some of your attention give it to me. Brass in Pocket is used in a 2011 in television 2011 ... more details
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