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 ..., 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 date ... www.askoxford.com. asktheexperts faq aboutwordorigins brassmonkeys DEFAULTSORT BrassMonkeyColloquial ... that it is cold enough to freeze the tail, nose, ears, and whiskers off a brassmonkey or hot enough to scald the throat or singe the hair of a brassmonkey. All of these variations imply that an actual monkey is the subject of the metaphor. Or date April 2011 The first recorded use of the phrase brass ..., hands, feet and flesh are as cold and senseless as the toes of a brassmonkey in winter. The second ... 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 ... July 21, 2005 work World Wide Words author Michael Quinion title BrassMonkey weather url ... has The little feller, now, is smart s a whip, an could talk the tail off a brassmonkey . ref name ... the gall of a brassmonkey . ref name as quoted by Quinion Thomas Wolfe 1900 1938 wrote in one of his ... a brassmonkey that s how cold it gets. Supposed etymology It is often stated that the phrase originated from the use of a brass tray, called a monkey , to hold Round shot cannonballs on warships in the 16th ... does not record the term monkey or brassmonkey being used in this way. The purported method of storage ... 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 , meaning something solid and inert that can only be affected by extremes, or meaning an extreme 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 2000 motorcycle enthusiasts from New Zealand and abroad. The rally gets its name from the fact that the venue is extremely cold being within 50km of Ophir, New Zealand Ophir where New Zealand s coldest ever temperature, 21.6 deg C, was recorded Brassmonkeycolloquialexpression cold enough to freeze the balls off a brassmonkey . To warm up rally goers, the site boasts what is described as the biggest bonfire ever. . 2010 will mark the event s 30 sup th sup 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 http www.nzlive.com nzlivecom the brassmonkey motorcycle rally The BrassMonkey Motorcycle Rally New Zealand Culture Online http www.aatravel.co.nz 101 Regional101 BrassMonkey Motorcycle Rally.html BrassMonkey Motorcycle Rally at the AA Travel Home http www.youtube.com watch?v chbXZNp8N8I 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 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 Inc. Heublein Company in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. It was fairly inexpensive and provided a portable alternative to regular ..., 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 beer, wine, and hard alcohol ..., after an alleged World War II spy , named H. E. Rasske . Sales and popularity of Heublein s BrassMonkey increased in the 1980s after the release of the Beastie Boys BrassMonkey song song with the same ... 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 ... 35B3 4800225 39F88CF2 prod1 ref References Reflist See also BrassMonkey song DEFAULTSORT BrassMonkey Cocktail Category Cocktails with rum cocktail stub it BrassMonkey ... more details
Infobox Film name BrassMonkey image 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 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 crime film stub ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2007 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 group Beastie Boys . It was a single released from their first album Licensed to Ill . It is also on the Solid Gold Hits album. 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 Aperitif for Destruction album. 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 align left Chart 1987 align left Peak br Position align left U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 align center 48 align left U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Hip Hop Songs align center 83 hip hop song stub Category Hip hop songs ... 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 br 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 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 career. Kirkpatrick had also played with Steeleye Span for a time, and worked with Carthy in the Albion Band Albion Country Band . The two formed an occasional trio with Evans ... . BrassMonkey was formed with the addition of Williams and Brinsford after initially being billed as The Martin ..., in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire . The band recorded only two albums BrassMonkey 1983 and See How ... 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 .... BrassMonkey 1983 See How It Runs 1986 The Complete BrassMonkey 1993 compilation of the first two ..., 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
Other uses Image 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 postscript . ref Brass is a substitutional alloy . It is used ... and extensively in Brass instrument musical instruments such as horns and bells for its acoustic ... use, brass is often used in situations where it is important that sparks not be struck, as in fittings ... OSH Answers Non sparking tools ref Brass has a muted yellow color, which is somewhat similar .... In antiquity, polished brass was often used as a mirror. History Although forms of brass have been in use since prehistory , ref Thornton, C. P. 2007 Of brass and bronze in prehistoric southwest Asia ... the post medieval period because the zinc vapor which reacted with copper to make brass was not recognised ... of the nature of zinc and brass in Post Medieval Europe in Hook, D.R. and Gaimster ... London British Museum Occasional Papers 109 ref The King James Bible makes many references to brass . ref Cruden s Complete Concordance p. 55 ref The Shakespearean English form of the word brass can mean any bronze alloy, or copper, rather than the strict modern definition of brass. citation needed ... ores . ref name Craddock Craddock, P.T. and Eckstein, K 2003 Production of Brass in Antiquity by Direct ... British Museum p.226 7 ref By the Ancient Rome Roman period brass was being deliberately produced from metallic copper and zinc minerals using the Calamine brass cementation process and variations ... 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 , trumpet ... instrument and the harmonica is a free reed aerophone , both are also often made from brass ... more details
Britannica 1911 http www.1911encyclopedia.org MonkeyMonkey ref and is still in colloquial use. ref Webster s New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed http www.yourdictionary.com monkeyMonkey ref Calling either a simian is correct. Monkey could be defined as a non ape simian, or apes as a non monkey simian ... species of monkey native to Southeast Asia thumb 250px A monkey is any cercopithecoid Old World monkey or platyrrhine New World monkey primate. All primate s that are not prosimian s or ape s are monkeys. The 264 known extant monkey species represent two of the three groupings of simian primates ... Hierarchy of ranks parvorder New World monkey Platyrrhini , whereas the Old World monkeys superfamily Old World monkey Cercopithecoidea form part of the parvorder Catarrhini , which also includes ... mountains, Kerala , South India . According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the word monkey ... . ref cite web url http www.etymonline.com index.php?term monkey title Monkey author date work publisher accessdate ref The term monkey is an artificial grouping it is not a good taxon , but instead it is a Paraphyly ... ancestor species. The term monkey covers all New World monkey platyrrhines flat, broad noses and some ...&dq dawkins monkey paraphyletic&q accessdate 2008 08 24 postscript . ref Due to its size up to convert ... World monkey. Also, a few monkey species deceptively have the word ape in their common name, such as the Barbary ... right thumb Common Squirrel Monkey . Image Macaca fascicularis in Lopburi.JPG right thumb Crab eating Macaque in Thailand . The following list shows where the various monkey families bolded ... Tarsiidae tarsiers Infraorder Simian Simiiformes simians Parvorder New World monkey Platyrrhini ... night monkey Aotidae night monkeys 8 species Family Pitheciidae titis, sakis and uakaris 41 species ... World monkey Cercopithecoidea Family Old World monkey Cercopithecidae Old World monkeys 135 species ... dictionary monkey Definition of Monkey in Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary ref Including some ... 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 anthology 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 was 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. At the end of the story is an excerpt of a newspaper article, which talks about hundreds of dead fish floating 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. Incidentally, there are certain base line similarities between the argument of another Stephen ... 5th. Season 1997 1998 . The film The Devil s Gift is very similar to The Monkey, leading some to believe ... 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 SkeletonCrew Stephen King DEFAULTSORT Monkey, The Category 1980 short stories Category Horror short stories Category ... 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 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 ... 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
wiktionary brassBrass is a metal alloy of copper and zinc. Brass may also refer to Brass, Nigeria , a city in Bayelsa State, Nigeria Brass instrument , a musical instrument where the sound is produced by the vibration of the players lips Monumental brass , commemorative plates laid down in British and European churches Very important official s, in particular high ranking military officials Horse brass , a plaque used to decorate shire horses Brass TV series Brass TV series , a 1980s British television series starring Timothy West Brass album Brass , an album by Minibosses Brass comics , a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe Brass , the metallic body of a cartridge case , usually made of brassBrass board game , a board game set in England during the industrial revolution Brass film , a 1923 silent film romance 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 ja sv Brass ... 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. The City of Brass, one of The Antecedent Worlds, is a fictional diabolic location created by the writer game designer, K.S.Doernbach. disambig ... 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
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 References reflist See also Brass Quintet Repertoire Category Brass quintets Category Brass bands Quintet, brass Category ... 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 ... 1980s music groups fr Brass Construction ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 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 ... more details
Infobox Single Name Brass in Pocket Cover The Pretenders..jpg Artist The Pretenders Album Pretenders album Pretenders B side Released November 1979 Format gramophone record 7 single Recorded 1979 Genre rock music Rock , New Wave music New Wave Length 3 09 Label Sire Records Sire 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, it 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 a Yorkshire based support band who was looking for his 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 could release it over my dead body, but they eventually persuaded me. Music video In the accompanying music video for the single, Hynde portrays a waitress working in a greasy spoon who encounters a sleepy customer. She suddenly sees three men her band members approaching in a car outside. Hynde attempts to look elegant on their entrance and is clearly seen flirting with one of the men Pete Farndon after they ve been seated. Pete doesn t respond to her overtures. Just then, three ... a karaoke version of Brass in Pocket in Lost in Translation film Lost in Translation . On 27th November 2010, Brass in Pocket was performed on X Factor by Mary Byrne singer Mary Byrne . See also List ... more details
German Brass is a brass ensemble, founded 1974 as Brass Quintet by Enrique Crespo, named Deutsches Blechbl serquintett Solobl ser deutscher Spitzenorchester German Brass Quintet Soloists of German top level orchestras In 1985, to record the CD Bach 300 Johann Sebastian Bach born 1685 the group was extended to 10 performers and still makes music in this instrumentation. The group is well known as best performing professional brass ensemble in Germany. More than 20 CDs and 2 DVDs have been recorded to date. German Brass musicians are members of major German Symphony Orchestras and or are Professors at university schools of music. Current members trumpet s Matthias H fs Uwe K ller Werner Heckmann Christoph Baerwind trombone s Enrique Crespo Alexander Erbrich Crawford Uwe F ssel Horn instrument french horn Wolfgang Gaag Klaus Wallendorf Tuba Stefan Ambrosius External links http www.germanbrass.de official German Brass website Category Brass quintets Category Chamber music groups Category German musical groups Category Musical groups established in 1974 de German Brass eo German Brass ... more details
refimprove date September 2010 The Canadian Brass is a brass quintet founded by Dr. Charles Daellenbach ... Brass have recorded over 80 CDs and DVDs. They have commissioned, performed, and recorded hundreds of transcriptions and original works for brass quintet. Description and history Named the world s leading brass ensemble by The Washington Post , they perform a wide variety of musical styles, primarily ... and arrangements of pop, jazz, and Broadway material. The Canadian Brass known for their unique performance .... In 1979 Canadian Brass became the first chamber ensemble to solo the main stage at Carnegie Hall . As The New York Times reported, their sold out performance clearly establishes the Canadian Brass ... the spots open to brass players. Canadian Brass recordings are currently released by Toronto based ... hall in the world that the Canadian Brass has not played in. Citation needed date November 2010 Members ... brass ref Keith Dyrda, trombone , 2010 ref http www.canadianbrass.com p page 2010 05 the canadian brass is delighted to announce that trombonist keith dyrda is joining the group Announcement of Keith Dyrda joining the group at the Canadian Brass official website ref Chris Coletti, trumpet ref http ... Joy 1973 Royal Fanfare 1973 A Touch of Brass Canadian Brass in Paris 1973 Rag Ma Tazz 1974 Canadian Brass Pachelbel to Scott Joplin Joplin 1974 Unexplored Territory 1977 Canadian Brass Plus Organ 1977 Toccata, Fugues & Other Diversions 1977 Canadian Brass Encore 1977 Bells and Brass 1978, with Gordon ... Pachelbel Canon & Other Great Baroque Hits 1980 Christmas with the Canadian Brass 1981 The Village Band 1981 Champions 1983 Canadian Brass Greatest Hits 1983 High, Bright, Light and Clear 1983 Ain t Misbehavin and Other Fats Waller Hits 1984 Brass in Berlin 1984 Canadian Brass Live 1984 A Canadian Brass ... Up the Band &mdash Canadian Brass Plays George Gershwin Gershwin 1987 Johann Sebastian Bach Bach The Art of Fugue 1988 The Mozart Album 1988 Canadian Brass More Greatest Hits 1988 Best of the Canadian ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Brass Man title orig translator image Image BrassMan.jpg 200px Brass Man cover image caption Cover for Brass Man author Neal Asher illustrator cover artist Steve Rawlings country United Kingdom language English language English series Ian Cormac genre Science fiction novel publisher Macmillan Tor release date 2005 media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages 485 pp isbn 1 4050 0138 0 oclc 57485509 preceded by The Line of Polity followed by Polity Agent Brass Man is a 2005 science fiction novel by Neal Asher . It is the third novel in the Gridlinked sequence. References Cassada, Jackie. Brass Man. Library Journal 132.1 Jan. 2007 100 100. Brass Man. Publishers Weekly 253.45 13 Nov. 2006 38 39. BRASS MAN. Kirkus Reviews 74.20 15 Oct. 2006 1050 1050. Schroeder, Regina. Brass Man. Booklist 103.7 Dec. 2006 32. External links isfdb title id 186257 title Brass Man http www.sfrevu.com ISSUES 2004 Review.php?asin 1405001380 Review Category 2005 novels Category 2000s science fiction novels 2000s sf novel stub ... more details
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