Foster may refer to:

Places

Foster, California (disambiguation)

* Foster, San Diego County, California

* Foster, Siskiyou County, California

Foster, Indiana, USA

Foster, Missouri, USA

Foster, Nebraska, USA

Foster, Oregon, USA

Foster, Rhode Island, USA

Foster, Wisconsin (disambiguation)

* Foster, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA

* Foster, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, USA

Foster, Victoria, Australia

Foster City, California, USA

Foster Island (disambiguation)

Fiction

''Foster'' (film), an upcoming British film based on the short film of the same name

''Ellen Foster'', 1987 novel by American author Kaye Gibbons

Foster, one of the YTV Fuzzpaws

''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', animated television series

Rita Foster, character in the film ''Cypher''

Robert Foster, protagonist character in the adventure game Beneath a Steel Sky

Other uses

Foster (surname)

Foster, to take care of:

*Foster care

*Fosterage

Foster (CTA), elevated transit station in Evanston, Illinois, USA

Foster, Rastrick and Company, British steam locomotive manufacturer

Foster's Group, Australian beer producer

* Foster's Lager

Foster's rule (island rule), principle in evolutionary biology

William Foster & Co., British agricultural machinery company

Foster Mill, in Cambridge, England

Foster Brooks American Actor, the lovable lush

Foster and Partners An architectural firm.

Foster the dog in General Hospital Characters

See also

Fosters (disambiguation)

Forster (disambiguation)

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name	Pumped Up Kicks
cover	PumpedUpKicks.jpg
artist	Foster the People
album	Torches
released	14 September 2010
format	Digital download, 12-inch single
recorded	2009
genre	Indie pop, alternative rock, neo-psychedelia
length	3:58 (album version)3:26 (radio edit)
label	Columbia
writer	Mark Foster
producer	Mark Foster
certification	Platinum (RIAA)
this single	"Pumped Up Kicks"(2011)
next single	"Helena Beat"(2011)
misc	}}

"Pumped Up Kicks" is a song by American indie pop group Foster the People. It was written and recorded by frontman Mark Foster at Mophonics in the Venice district of Los Angeles. "Pumped Up Kicks" can be considered both a crossover hit and a sleeper hit, as it received airplay on modern rock stations soon after its release in September 2010, and in the early summer of 2011 began seeing noticeable airplay on contemporary hit radio stations. The song has thus far reached number 3 in the US on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Composition

When "Pumped Up Kicks" was first recorded, frontman Mark Foster played all of the song's instruments for what he thought was going to be just a demo, but the version he recorded ended up as the final version on ''Torches''. The song is about a troubled and delusional youth with homicidal thoughts. Foster said, "I was trying to get inside the head of an isolated, psychotic kid." He stated in an interview with KROQ-FM that the lyrics were written to "bring awareness" to the issue of gun violence amongst youth, which he feels is an epidemic perpetuated by "lack of family, lack of love, and isolation". Contrasting with the dark lyrics of the song, the music, written before the lyrics, is upbeat, with a heavy bassline and a mixture of acoustic and electronic elements. Foster said, "It's a 'fuck you' song to the hipsters in a way—but it's a song the hipsters are going to want to dance to." Jeffery Berg of ''Frontier Psychiatrist'' said, "I was so engrossed with the cheery melody of its chorus that it took me a few listens to discover that the lyrics suggest dark, Columbine revenge," Some say that the song is most likely a reference to the Westroads Mall shooting in Omaha, Nebraska the shooter being Robert A. Hawkins and the first lyrics of the song are "Robert's got a quick hand," and also a similar situation suggested in the song when the alleged shooter steals his dad's revolver, when in real life Hawkins stole his dad's AKM assault rifle. However, the band's publicist told an Omaha World Herald reporter "This is completely false. The character name in the song is just a coincidence."

Certain lyrics of the song were digitally removed for MTVU, due to references to guns and bullets.

Release

The song debuted on supergoodmusic.com in early 2010 in their weekly newsletter, ''The Concert Blast''. It was first performed live at the Stand Up Charity Benefit in Venice during the first weekend of February 2010. "Pumped Up Kicks" was featured on Nylon's coverage of Fashion Week in February 2010 and emerged on YouTube in February 2010. It went viral after a popular German blog gave it a very positive review. The song was released as the debut single from the group in 2010 in North America and serves as the lead single from their debut self-titled EP. Nearly five months after the release of the EP, the song would appear on the band's debut album ''Torches''. It was released in the United Kingdom on 19 June; with the album ''Torches'' released the following week.

The song received its first widespread radio play on Sirius XM Radio's Alt Nation channel in August 2010. One month later, University of Maryland's radio station WMUC gave the song its terrestrial radio debut on its alternative rock show "Ctrl Alt Delete." On 23 May 2011, BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James selected the song as his ''Record of the Week'' - which ran until 27 May. During this time, James released an accompanying video of him dancing to the song; which he entitled and promoted "The Bum Dance".

The official remix of the single "Pumped Up Kicks" was released by New York City-duo The Knocks in April 2011, under the name "Pumped Up Kicks (The Knocks Speeding Bullet Remix)", and was made available to those subscribed to the band's emailing list.

The song placed at No. 32 in the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2010, a big achievement due to the band being relatively unknown in Australia at the time. In the U.S., it topped the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart, reached the top 5 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and has been certified Gold by the RIAA. It has sold 1,003,000 copies in the US.

The song was covered by Weezer during their 2011 North American Tour, at the Orange County Fair on August 4, 2011. Mark Foster said in reaction to this, "Nine years ago, I met Rivers Cuomo at a party, and I had my acoustic guitar with me. He taught me how to play 'Say It Ain't So.' So nine years later, to watch him play one of my songs - it was wild. I can't wait to meet him and remind him of that story."

Music video

The music video directed by Josef Geiger was filmed at multiple locations in Los Angeles with insert footage from San Francisco and features the band playing a show in a small bar. There are also cuts to band members doing other activities, such as playing frisbee, drinking beer, and surfing. The video peaked at #21 on the MuchMusic Countdown in Canada.

Track listing

Charts

!Chart (2011)	!Peakposition
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)
US
! Country	! Date	! Format	! Label
! United States	14 September 2010	Vinyl
! United Kingdom	19 June 2011	Digital Download

References

External links

[[Category:2011 singles">Top Heatseekers US [[Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)

Release history

! Country	! Date	! Format	! Label
! United States	14 September 2010	Vinyl
! United Kingdom	19 June 2011	Digital Download

References

External links

[[Category:2011 singles Category:Foster the People songs Category:Billboard Alternative Songs number-one singles Category:English-language songs Category:Debut singles Category:Columbia Records singles

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name	The Walls
background	group_or_band
origin	Ireland
genre	Rock
years active	1998–present
label	Dirtbird Records
associated acts	The Stunning
website	The Walls Official Website
current members	Joe WallSteve WallJon O'ConnellRory DoylePastCarl Harms }}

The Walls are an Irish rock band. They were formed in 1998 by two ex-members of The Stunning.

Members

Steve Wall

Joe Wall

Carl Harms (Guitar/Keyboards) ''(left February 2004)''

Rory Doyle (Drums)

Jon O'Connell (Bass) ''(joined February 2004)''

Biography

1998–2000

Brothers Steve and Joe Wall (previously of The Stunning) returned to Ireland after a two-year failed label stint in London. Their Camden housemate Carl Harms joined the band on guitar and keyboard duties. Drummer Rory Doyle joined soon afterwards. They set up their own label, Earshot Records (later changing it to Dirtbird Records) and recorded and released a string of singles. A remix of one of the album tracks, "Bone Deep", clicked with radio and became a nationwide hit. Many of the songs have featured on a number of TV series and feature films such as ''Bachelors Walk'', ''Dead Bodies'', ''Goldfish Memory'' and ''On the Edge'' (starring Cillian Murphy).

2001–2004

The Walls heard rumour of a second Slane Castle date for U2 (as the first concert had sold out in hours). They sent four copies of their album to the band. Bono loved it and offered The Walls a support slot. That day the band played to their biggest crowd to date – around 80,000 people. "To the Bright and Shining Sun" was their next single. That June they supported Red Hot Chili Peppers. They spent the next year gigging while building their own studio in Dublin.

In February 2004, original member Carl Harms decided to leave the band to make his own record. They recruited bassist Jon O’Connell, who had just 2 weeks to learn all the songs before a two week tour of the new EU accession states: Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. "To the Bright and Shining Sun" also featured on the EA Sports soundtrack for the UEFA Euro 2004 official licenced game.

2004 - 2006

For the next album, the band went to Studio Black Box in France to record with producer and ex-The Frames guitarist David Odlum. Originally scheduled for a release date in September 2004, The Walls decided to hold their album until the new year. U2 were releasing ''How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'' that autumn and according to Steve ''"we thought that it would be a fair and gentlemanly gesture to stand back and give them a fair crack of the whip, so to speak"''.

In October 2004, they released a taster - "Drowning Pool" - a blistering, spleen-venting, blues explosion, 2min 52sec long. It took people by surprise and divided opinion - exactly what the band wanted. They supported Bob Dylan to a capacity crowd in Galway that summer and played a storming set that showed there were changes afoot in The Walls sound. They christened the album ''New Dawn Breaking'' after the final track on the record. It went straight into the Irish charts at No. 5 in its first week of release in June 2005 and has produced four hit singles: "To the Bright and Shining Sun", "Passing Through", "Drowning Pool" and "Black and Blue".

2007

The band kicked off 2007 with a gig in Dubai and are presently negotiating gig offers in France, Italy, the Czech Republic and China. They also supported Crowded House on their Australian comeback tour before retreating into their studio to work on album number three.

2008

Discography

Studio albums

''Hi-Lo'' (released May 2000).

''New Dawn Breaking'' (released June 2005) (reached No. 5 in Irish charts)

Singles and albums

"The Night I Called It A Day" (Single, released Feb 1999)

"Broken Boy" (Single, released Sept 1999)

"Something's Wrong" (Single, released Apr 2000)

''Hi-Lo'' (Album, released May 2000). A remix of one of the album tracks, Bone Deep, was popular in Ireland. Some songs featured on TV series and feature films: Bachelors Walk, Dead Bodies, Goldfish Memory and On the Edge (starring Cillian Murphy).

"To the Bright and Shining Sun" (Single, released 2002) reached No. 11 in the Irish charts.

"Drowning Pool" (single, released 2004)

''New Dawn Breaking'' (Album, released June 2005) reached No. 5 in Irish charts and has produced four hit singles: "To the Bright and Shining Sun", "Passing Through", "Drowning Pool" and "Black and Blue".

"Carrying the Fire" / "Phantom Power" (double-A sided single, released Jun 2010)

"Bird In A Cage EP" (4 Track EP, released Mar 2011)

Cover versions

Cover version of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody" on ''Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1''

Cover version of Natasha Bedingfield's "These Words" on ''Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 2''

Cover version of U2's "With or without you" on ''Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 3''

Career highlights

Supported U2 at Slane Castle, 2001

Supported Red Hot Chili Peppers, 2002

Supported Bob Dylan, Galway, 2005

Supported Crowded House, Australia, 2007

References

External links

Official band website, contains free MP3s; gig info, photos, Walls shop, press releases etc.

The Walls at MySpace, contains some sample MP3s.

Category:Musical groups established in 1998 Category:Irish rock music groups

de:The Walls

Name	Marcus Albert Foster
Birth date	March 31, 1923
Birth place	Athens, Georgia
Death date	November 06, 1973
Death place	Oakland, California
Death cause	Murdered
Resting place	Mountain View Cemetery
Resting place coordinates
Ethnicity	African-American
Citizenship	American
Known for	Oakland's first African-American Superintendent; founded Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute; assassinated by SLA
Alma mater	B.A., Cheyney State College, 1947 Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania, 1971
Employer	Oakland Unified School District
Occupation	Educator
Years active	1957–1973
Home town	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Title	Superintendent
Term	1970–1973
Successor	Robert Blackburn
Spouse	Albertine Ramseur Foster
Children	1
Footnotes	}}

Marcus Albert Foster (March 31, 1923 – November 6, 1973) was a respected African-American educator who gained a national reputation for educational excellence while serving as principal of Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Associate Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia, and as the first black Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District in Oakland, California.

Early life and education

He was born in Athens, Georgia, later attending public schools in Philadelphia. He graduated from Cheyney State College and earned a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

From 1957 to 1970 he taught, was a school principal and associate superintendent for community relations. He moved to Oakland in 1970.

Murder

Foster was murdered in 1973 by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army. The SLA claimed they killed Foster because of his alleged support of a plan to create a student identification card system in Oakland that proponents claimed would help keep non-student drug-dealers off campus. In reality, Foster had opposed the identification cards and had worked to water down the plan. The SLA also objected to police officers in the schools, but again they were mistaken as to Foster's position; Foster had stated that he would not allow police officers in the schools. Foster was shot eight times with bullets that had been dipped in cyanide. His deputy, Robert Blackburn, was also shot, but survived. Joseph Remiro and Russ Little were sentenced to life in prison for their role in the attack. Little was later released on appeal. SLA leader Donald DeFreeze is suspected of being the other person present who shot Blackburn.

Foster is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. He is survived by his widow, Albertine Ramseur Foster, and his daughter, Rev. Marsha Foster Boyd, PhD, President of Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit, Michigan.

Honours and tributes

Before his death, Foster received a highly prestigious award for the person who had done the most for Philadelphia. After his death, several sites were named in his honor, including the athletic fields at Gratz High School, the Student Union building at Cheyney University, and the Marcus Foster Indoor Pool in Philadelphia featured in the movie ''Pride''. The School District of Philadelphia established the Marcus A. Foster Award, which is given annually to a School District administrator for noteworthy contributions in curriculum, instruction, school improvement or administration.

The Oakland portion of the state-mandated program to retrofit all schools for earthquake safety in the 1970s, during which dozens of schools were either retrofitted or demolished and rebuilt, was named the Marcus Foster Earthquake Safe program.

The Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute was founded by and later renamed in honor of Foster. In conjunction with Oakland-area business, the Institute awards 60 yearly scholarships ranging from $1000 to $2000 to Oakland high school students. Over 1,500 students have received these scholarships. The institute also regularly awards up to $2000 to Oakland public schools teachers who develop innovative educational projects.

References

Sources

Find A Grave

External links

Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute

Category:1923 births Category:1973 deaths Category:1973 murders in the United States Category:African American educators Category:American murder victims Category:Murdered educators Category:People from Athens, Georgia Category:People from Oakland, California Category:People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Category:American school superintendents Category:People murdered in California Category:Deaths by firearm in California Category:Murdered African-American people

name	Foster Brooks
birth date	May 11, 1912
birth place	Louisville, Kentucky
death date	December 20, 2001
death place	Encino, California
cause death	Heart Failure
years active	1952-1996
spouse	Loretta Brooks (1933-1950)Teri Brooks (1950-2001)
tonyawards	}}

Foster Brooks (May 11, 1912 – December 20, 2001) was an American actor and comedian most famous for his portrayal of a lovable drunken man in nightclub performances and television programs.

Biography

Foster Brooks was born in Louisville, Kentucky on May 11, 1912. He was one of eight sons. His career started in radio, most notably with station WHAS (AM) in Louisville. Brooks was a staff announcer, but his deep baritone voice was well-suited for singing as well. Brooks gained some measure of fame for his reporting of the Ohio River flood of 1937, where he was featured on emergency broadcasts by WHAS and also WSM (AM) out of Nashville, Tennessee. In 1952, Brooks appeared on local television in a short-lived spoof of Gene Autry and his "Singing Cowboys." He later worked in local broadcasting as a radio and TV personality in Buffalo and Rochester, New York before moving to the west coast to launch a career as a standup comic and character actor.

On the syndicated Steve Allen show of the 1960s, Allen introduced Brooks as an important movie producer. Brooks stumbled on stage doing his drunk act, fooling some of the other guests. Brooks claimed to be the executive in charge of editing movies for television. His biggest success, he said, was the famous movie ''The Three Commandments''.

Singer Perry Como discovered Brooks at a golf tournament in North Carolina in 1969, giving the comedian his major break. Como chose Brooks to open for him, and when a manager balked at the newcomer, Como refused to perform. The manager acquiesced, and Brooks was an instant hit.

Brooks regularly appeared on ''The Dean Martin Show'' television program in the 1970s (for which he garnered an Emmy nomination in 1974) as well as many situation comedies, talk shows, and a few films. Although he had only one basic signature character, he exhibited such extraordinary timing and subtlety that he was instantly recognized as one of the great comic performers of the time. His signature routine was the basis of a hit comedy album entitled ''Foster Brooks, The Lovable Lush'', released in the early 1970s. As his "Lovable Lush" character, Brooks usually portrayed a conventioneer who had had a few too many drinks — not falling-down drunk, but inebriated enough that he would mix up his words to comedic delight.

Brooks drew upon his own battles with alcohol for his act. However, during his period of greatest fame, Brooks rarely drank. Of giving up drinking to win a bet in 1964, Brooks said, "A fellow made me a $10 bet I couldn't quit, and I haven't had a drink since. At the time I needed the $10." He would occasionally make cameo appearances in which his character was perfectly sober, such as his appearance in a 1968 episode of ''Adam-12'' playing a straight-laced citizen who tries to get out of a parking ticket by dropping the name of an officer senior to the main characters.

In character, Brooks asked Dean Martin to join his group “Alcoholics Unanimous,” a play on Alcoholics Anonymous. He boasted he and Martin were charter members of the DUI Hall of Fame.

Brooks slurs to Martin, "his close friends are members of the CHP and LAPD" for his large number of DUI tickets.

Brooks appeared in the 1977 Johnny Cash television special, ''A Concert: Behind Prison Walls,'' where he portrayed himself as a drunken man and also sang the song "Half as Much".

Public sensibilities had changed regarding alcoholics and public drunkenness by the 1980s, so Brooks moved away from his drunk character. He had a recurring role as Mr. Sternhagen, Mindy's boss on ''Mork & Mindy''. For many years, his name was a moniker on a Louisville celebrity golf tournament benefiting Kosair Charities.

Brooks's brother, Tom, was a well-known entertainer in Louisville for many years. Tom Brooks played "Cactus," a hayseed character and sidekick to Randy Atcher on ''T-Bar-V Ranch'' and ''Hayloft Hoedown'', two popular local shows on WHAS-TV for many years in the 1950s and 1960s.

Years later Brooks was referred to on the Cartoon Network television show ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' (episode 45, "Switcheroo II"). He was featured in a scene that was cut before being aired, but the scene was later included on the ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' volume 3 DVD release. He is also referenced on an episode of ''Get a Life'' called "Paperboy 2000". On the March 1, 2010 episode of ''The Daily Show'', Jon Stewart referred to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's mispronunciation of a constituent's name by saying, "It's not supposed to end on a Foster Brooks hiccup."

Foster Brooks is referenced in the 2011 game Deus Ex: Human Revolution; an internal email gained through hacking is sent to a Foster Brooks referencing a "Another Year Sober" meeting.

Brooks died on December 20, 2001, at his home in Encino, California from heart failure. He was 89.

See also

List of people from Louisville, Kentucky

References

External links

Foster Brooks, Comedian Known for His Tipsy Persona, dies at 89

Kentucky Archivist: WHAS collection at Berea College

This Is True: Foster Brooks

Performing on Dean Martin show video clip

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