A straitjacket is a garment shaped like a jacket with overlong sleeves and is typically used to restrain a person who may otherwise cause harm to themselves or others. Once the arms are inserted into the straitjacket's sleeves, they are then crossed across the chest. The end of the sleeves are then tied to the back of the wearer, ensuring that the arms are kept close to the chest with as little movement as possible.

Although ''straitjacket'' is the most common spelling, ''strait-jacket'' is also frequently used, and in Scotland ''strait-waistcoat'', which is generally deemed archaic. Straitjackets are also known as camisoles.

The straitjacket's effectiveness as a restraint makes it of special interest in escapology. The straitjacket is also a staple prop in stage magic and is sometimes used in bondage games.

The negative connotations of the straitjacket as an instrument of torture come from the earlier Victorian era of medicine. Physical restraint was then extensively used both as treatment for mental illness and as a means of pacifying patients in understaffed asylums.

Due to the strength of the material, canvas or duck cloth is often used for making institutional straitjackets. However, leather or PVC is most often used for recreational or fashion wear.

History

Prior to the development of psychoanalysis and psychiatric medications, mental health was largely a mystery. Doctors simply did not know how to treat mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety disorders. As a result, doctors attempted a variety of treatments that seem cruel by modern standards. The straitjacket is one of these treatments. At the height of its use, it was considered more humane than traditional restraints made of ropes or chains.

Before the American Civil War, the mentally ill were often placed in poorhouses, workhouses, or prisons when their families could no longer care for them. Patients were often forced to live with criminals and were treated likewise: locked in a cell or even chained to walls. By the 1860s, Americans wanted to provide better assistance to the less fortunate, including the mentally ill. The number of facilities devoted to the care of people with mental disorders increased significantly. These facilities, meant to be places of refuge, were referred to as ''insane asylums''. Between 1825 and 1865, the number of asylums in the United States increased from 9 to 62.

The establishment of asylums did not mean that treatment greatly improved. Because doctors did not understand what caused the behavior of their patients, they often listed the possible causes of mental illness as religious excitement, sunstroke, or even reading novels. They believed that the patient had lost all control over their morals and that strict discipline was necessary to help the patient regain self-control. Asylums often employed straitjackets to restrain patients who could not control themselves.

Many assessors, including Marie Ragone and Diane Fenex, considered straitjackets to be a humane form of treatment, far gentler than the chains patients encountered in prisons. The restraint supposedly applied no pressure to the body or limbs and did not cause skin abrasions. Moreover, straitjackets allowed some freedom of movement. Unlike patients anchored to a chair or bed by straps or handcuffs, those in a straitjacket could walk. Some registered nurse specialists even recommended restrained individuals stroll outdoors, thereby reaping the benefits of both control and fresh air.

While considered humane by some, straitjackets were frequently misused. Over time, asylums filled with patients and lacked adequate staff to provide proper care. The attendants generally were not trained to work with the mentally ill (some even feared the patients) and resorted to restraints to maintain order and calm.

Nowadays, due to advanced psychiatric studies dealing with the key signs of movement, the straitjacket has been more commonly replaced with a psychiatric belt buckle used as a balance between the need to measure signs and keep the patient restrained.

Security

The security of a straitjacket depends very much on its size, which should be as small as practicable to be secure. A jacket that is tight at the chest and armpits will make it much more difficult for the wearer to pull the arms out of the sleeves.

The sleeves of the jacket are typically sewn shut at the ends—a significant restraint in itself because it restrains the use of the hands. The arms are then folded across the front, with the ends of the sleeves wrapping around to fasten or tie behind the back. On some jackets, the sleeve-ends are not anchored to the garment to allow the fastening or knot to rotate away from the wearer's hands as they move their arms, making it more difficult to undo. Some straitjackets are even designed to have the person's arms crossed behind him/her rather than in front to ensure restraint even more.

Most jackets feature a crotch-strap to prevent the jacket from simply being pulled up and off. Some sport loops at the front and/or sides; the sleeves are threaded through these to prevent the arms from being raised over the head. Friction buckles are commonly used to fasten institutional jackets with webbing or cloth straps because they are very difficult to open without a free pair of hands.

To allow the wearer to more quickly escape and re-enter the jacket, gimmicked jackets intended for stage magic tend to omit arm loops, fasten with simpler types of buckles, or leave hidden openings in the sleeves.

Safety

Wearing an institutional straitjacket for long periods of time can be quite painful. Blood tends to pool in the elbows, where swelling may then occur. The hands may become numb from lack of proper circulation, and due to bone and muscle stiffness the upper arms and shoulders may experience excruciating pain. Thrashing around while in a straitjacket is a common, but mostly ineffective, method of attempting to move and stretch the arms.

Some jackets intended for fetish use include additional restraining features like wrist straps, lockable fastenings or opt to cross the arms behind the back. Again, these should be used cautiously and never for long periods, as they can interfere with circulation or make the jacket difficult to release in the event of emergency.

Escape techniques

To remove a straitjacket with both back and crotch-straps, it is not necessary to be able to dislocate one's shoulders in order to gain the slack necessary to pull an arm out of the sleeves. The necessity of this ability was fictitiously created by Harry Houdini and his brother Hardeen to try to lessen the amount of competition. Harry Houdini later in his career published his technical handling of the escape in a newspaper. Escape artists around the world commonly continue this rumor to "spice up" the escape. Without dislocating the shoulder, it is sometimes possible to get more room by pulling at the inside of the arms as they're being strapped or by keeping an elbow held outward to gain slack in the sleeves when the arm is relaxed. Another way to gain slack is to take and hold a deep breath while the jacket is being done up.

It is possible for one person to put a willing volunteer into a straitjacket, but it generally takes at least two people to jacket a struggling person.

For a jacket without a front strap, the most common way to escape is to hoist the arms over the head before undoing the crotch strap and at least the strap at the back of the neck. This allows the jacket to simply be peeled off upward over the head. The straitjacket escape was popularized by Houdini, who "discovered" it. Houdini first did it behind a curtain, forcing the audience to listen to thumps while watching a billowing curtain for many minutes. He found the trick went over better when the audience could see his struggles. In one of his later and more popular acts, he would perform the straitjacket escape while hung upside down from a crane.

World records

Las Vegas escape artist Jackson Rayne set a new Guinness World Record for "Fastest Escape from a Straitjacket" using a regulated Posey straitjacket in a time of 7.26 seconds on November 17, 2009, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Matt the Knife set a new Guinness World Record for "Fastest Escape from a Straitjacket" using a Posey Straitjacket with the front arm loop, side arm loops, and pelvic strap in a time of 18.8 seconds on September 17, 2007 at The Media Hotel in Beijing, China.

Jonathan Edmiston "Danger Nate" set a new Guinness World Record for "Fastest Straitjacket Escape" using a Posey Straitjacket with the front arm loop, side arm loops, and pelvic strap in a time of 20.72 seconds on July 4, 2007 at the Independence Day Celebration on the US Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan.

On September 4, 2010, on the Fox News channel show Fox and Friends, Alexanderia the Great set a record for an extreme strait jacket escape. She escaped a regulation strait jacket secured with 50 feet of 1/4 inch chain and 10 padlocks in 2:37. The Universal Records Database officiated over the record.

On October 8, 2007 Cliff Gerstman (American) escaped from a straitjacket while floating in zero gravity. The escape was performed in an airplane flown by Zero G Inc. and sponsored by Northrup-Grumman. This was the world's first zero gravity straitjacket escape and took 40 seconds to complete.

On August 5, 2006, Michal Angelo set a new record by escaping from a regulation straitjacket while being fully submerged under water in a time of 29.1 seconds, beating the previous 38.59 second record by Ben Bradshaw.

On June 19, 2005, Ben Bradshaw from Australia performed a Posey Straitjacket escape using four backstraps, an arm loop, a crotch strap, arm straps and self-tightening clasps. He managed to escape in a time of 50.08 seconds on the Guinness World Records studio in Sydney, beating the previous 81.24-second record by David Straitjacket.

On January 8, 2005, at the Arndale Centre, Manchester UK, David Straitjacket set the Guinness World Record for the fastest straitjacket escape in a time of 81.24 seconds.

On September 27, 2003, James Peters (UK) escaped from a Posey straitjacket 193 times in eight hours at the YMCA in Chelmsford, Essex.

On ''Mindfreak'', Criss Angel set a world record when he escaped from 2 straitjackets at once while hanging from a crane over Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

On Dick Clark's 1980's weekly television show, Mr. Escape Steve Baker successfully escaped from two straitjackets while hanging upside down over the stage. His first attempt ended in a minor muscle injury however he repeated the stunt and was successful.

On March 6th 2011 Roslyn Walker became the first person to escape from a regulation Posey straitjacket complete with front and side loops and have his arms secured behind his back during the Secret Escape Challenge meeting in Essex. It took him 14 minutes and 27 seconds to free himself .

Notes

References

Wiktionary: 1870 citation for straightjacket/camisole

Chris Fowler, Stars and Stripes. July 4, 2007. Sailor to mark holiday by wiggling out a straitjacket record. Retrieved on 26 March 2008.

Chris Fowler, Stars and Stripes. August 15, 2007. It’s official: Sailor sets a Guinness world record. Retrieved on 26 March 2008.

Philip Ewing, Navy Times. August 31, 2007 Sailor sets world record in straitjacket escape. Retrieved on 26 March 2008.

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name	Alanis Morissette
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birth name	Alanis Nadine Morissette
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Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, ''Alanis'' and ''Now Is the Time,'' under MCA Records Canada.

Her first international album was the rock-influenced ''Jagged Little Pill'', released in 1995. ''Jagged'' has sold more than 33 million units globally and became the best-selling debut album in music history. Her following album, ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'', was released in 1998 and was a success as well. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, which include ''Under Rug Swept'', ''So-Called Chaos'' and ''Flavors of Entanglement''. Morissette has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide.

Early life

Morissette was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Georgia Mary Ann (née Feuerstein), a Hungarian-born teacher, and Alan Richard Morissette, a French-Canadian high school principal. She has a twin brother Wade Morissette (also a musician) who was born 12 minutes after her. Morissette's parents were devout Catholics. She attended Glebe Collegiate Institute (Ottawa, Canada) for high school.

Music career

1990–92: ''Alanis'' and ''Now Is the Time''

In 1991 MCA Records Canada released Morissette's debut album, ''Alanis'', in Canada only. Morissette co-wrote every track on the album with its producer, Leslie Howe. By the time it was released, she had dropped her stage name and was credited simply as Alanis. The dance-pop album went platinum, and its first single, "Too Hot", reached the top twenty on the ''RPM'' singles chart. Subsequent singles "Walk Away" and "Feel Your Love" reached the top forty. Morissette's popularity, style of music and appearance, particularly that of her hair, led her to become known as the Debbie Gibson of Canada; comparisons to Tiffany were also common. During the same period, she was a concert opening act for rapper Vanilla Ice. Morissette was nominated for three 1992 Juno Awards: Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year (which she won), Single of the Year and Best Dance Recording (both for "Too Hot").

In 1992, she released her second album, ''Now Is the Time'', a ballad-driven record that featured less glitzy production than ''Alanis'' and contained more thoughtful lyrics. Morissette wrote the songs with the album's producer, Leslie Howe, and Serge Côté. She said of the album, "people could go, 'Boo, hiss, hiss, this girl's like another Tiffany or whatever.' But the way I look at it ... people will like your next album if it's a suck-ass one." As with ''Alanis'', ''Now Is the Time'' was released only in Canada and produced three top forty singles—"An Emotion Away", the minor adult contemporary hit "No Apologies" and "(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time". It was a commercial failure, however, selling only a little more than half the copies of her first album. With her two-album deal with MCA Records Canada complete, Morissette was left without a major label contract.

1993–97: Move to Los Angeles and ''Jagged Little Pill''

In 1993 Morissette's publisher MCA Music Publishing introduced her to manager Scott Welch. Welch told HitQuarters he was impressed by her "spectacular voice", her character and her lyrics. At the time she was still living at home with her parents. Together they decided it would be best for her career to move to Toronto and start writing with other people. After graduating from high school, Morissette moved from Ottawa to Toronto. Her publisher funded part of her development and when she met producer and songwriter Glen Ballard, he believed in her talent enough to let her use his studio. The two wrote and recorded Morissette's first internationally released album, ''Jagged Little Pill'', and by the spring of 1995, she had signed a deal with Maverick Records. According to manager Welch every label they had approached had passed on Morissette apart from Maverick.

Maverick Records released ''Jagged Little Pill'' internationally in 1995. The album was expected only to sell enough for Morissette to make a follow-up, but the situation changed quickly when KROQ-FM, an influential Los Angeles modern rock radio station, began playing "You Oughta Know", the album's first single. The song instantly garnered attention for its scathing, explicit lyrics, and a subsequent music video went into heavy rotation on MTV and MuchMusic.

After the success of "You Oughta Know", the album's other hit singles helped send ''Jagged Little Pill'' to the top of the charts. "All I Really Want" and "Hand In My Pocket" followed, but the fourth U.S. single, "Ironic", became Morissette's biggest hit. "You Learn" and "Head over Feet", the fifth and sixth singles, respectively, kept ''Jagged Little Pill'' in the top twenty on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart for more than a year. According to the RIAA, ''Jagged Little Pill'' sold more than 16 million copies in the U.S.; it sold 33 million worldwide, making it the third biggest selling album by a female artist. Morissette's popularity grew significantly in Canada, where the album was certified twelve times platinum and produced four ''RPM'' chart-toppers: "Hand In My Pocket", "Ironic", "You Learn", and "Head over Feet". The album was also a bestseller in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Morissette's success with ''Jagged Little Pill'' was credited with leading to the introduction of female singers such as Shakira, Tracy Bonham, Meredith Brooks, Patti Rothberg and, in the early 2000s, Pink and fellow Canadian Avril Lavigne. She was criticized for collaborating with producer and supposed image-maker Ballard, and her previous albums also proved a hindrance for her respectability. Morissette and the album won six Juno Awards in 1996: Album of the Year, Single of the Year ("You Oughta Know"), Female Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Best Rock Album. At the 1996 Grammy Awards, she won Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, Best Rock Song (both for "You Oughta Know"), Best Rock Album and Album of the Year.

Later in 1996, Morissette embarked on an eighteen-month world tour in support of ''Jagged Little Pill,'' beginning in small clubs and ending in large venues. Taylor Hawkins, who later joined the Foo Fighters, was the tour's drummer. "Ironic" was nominated for two 1997 Grammy Awards—Record of the Year and Best Music Video, Short Form—and won Single of the Year at the 1997 Juno Awards, where Morissette also won Songwriter of the Year and the International Achievement Award. The video ''Jagged Little Pill, Live,'' which was co-directed by Morissette and chronicled the bulk of her tour, won a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form.

Following the stressful tour, Morissette started practicing Iyengar Yoga for balancing, and after the last December 1996 show, she headed to India for six weeks, accompanied by her mother, two aunts and two female friends.

1998–2000: ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' and ''Alanis Unplugged''

Morissette was featured as a guest vocalist on Ringo Starr's cover of "Drift Away" on his 1998 album, ''Vertical Man'', and on the songs "Don't Drink the Water" and "Spoon" on the Dave Matthews Band album ''Before These Crowded Streets''. She recorded the song "Uninvited" for the soundtrack to the 1998 film ''City of Angels''. Although the track was never commercially released as a single, it received widespread radio airplay in the U.S. At the 1999 Grammy Awards, it won in the categories of Best Rock Song and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, and was nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. Later in 1998, Morissette released her fourth album, ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'', which she wrote and produced with Glen Ballard.

Privately, the label hoped to sell a million copies of the album on initial release; instead, it debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart with first-week sales of 469,000 copies—a record, at the time, for the highest first-week sales of an album by a female artist. The wordy, personal lyrics on ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' alienated many fans, and after the album sold considerably less than ''Jagged Little Pill'', many labelled it an example of the sophomore jinx. However, it received positive reviews, including a four-star review from ''Rolling Stone''. In Canada, it won the Juno Award for Best Album and was certified four times platinum. "Thank U", the album's only major international hit single, was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance; the music video, which featured Morissette nude, generated mild controversy. Morissette herself directed the videos for "Unsent" and "So Pure", which won, respectively, the MuchMusic Video Award for Best Director and the Juno Award for Video of the Year. The "So Pure" video features actor Dash Mihok, with whom Morissette was in a relationship at the time.

Morissette contributed vocals to "Mercy", "Hope", "Innocence", and "Faith", four tracks on Jonathan Elias's project ''The Prayer Cycle'', which was released in 1999. The same year, she released the live acoustic album ''Alanis Unplugged'', which was recorded during her appearance on the television show ''MTV Unplugged''. It featured tracks from her previous two albums alongside four new songs, including "King of Pain" (a cover of The Police song) and "No Pressure over Cappuccino", which Morissette wrote with her main guitar player, Nick Lashley. The recording of the ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' track "That I Would Be Good", released as a single, became a minor hit on hot adult contemporary radio in America. Also in 1999, Morissette released a live version of her song "Are You Still Mad" on the charity album ''Live in the X Lounge II''. For her live rendition of "So Pure" at Woodstock '99, she was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 2001 Grammy Awards. During summer 1999, Alanis toured with singer/songwriter Tori Amos on the 5 And A Half Weeks Tour in support of Amos' album ''To Venus And Back''.

2001–03: ''Under Rug Swept'' and ''Feast on Scraps''

In 2001, Morissette was featured with Stephanie McKay on the Tricky song "Excess", which is on his album ''Blowback.'' Morissette released her fifth studio album, ''Under Rug Swept,'' in February 2002. For the first time in her career, she took on the role of sole writer and producer of an album. Her band, comprising Joel Shearer, Nick Lashley, Chris Chaney, and Gary Novak, played the majority of the instruments; additional contributions came from Eric Avery, Dean DeLeo, Flea, and Meshell Ndegeocello.

''Under Rug Swept'' debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, eventually going platinum in Canada and selling one million copies in the U.S. It produced the hit single "Hands Clean", which topped the Canadian Singles Chart and received substantial radio play; for her work on "Hands Clean" and "So Unsexy", Morissette won a Juno Award for Producer of the Year. A second single, "Precious Illusions", was released, but it did not garner significant success outside Canada or U.S. hot AC radio.

Later in 2002, Morissette released the combination package ''Feast on Scraps,'' which includes a DVD of live concert and backstage documentary footage directed by her and a CD containing eight previously unreleased songs from the ''Under Rug Swept'' recording sessions. Preceded by the single "Simple Together", it sold roughly 70,000 copies in the U.S. and was nominated for a Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year.

2004–05: ''So-Called Chaos'', ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic'' and ''The Collection''

Morissette hosted the Juno Awards of 2004 dressed in a bathrobe, which she took off to reveal a flesh-colored bodysuit, a response to the era of censorship in the U.S. caused by Janet Jackson's breast-reveal incident during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. Morissette released her sixth studio album, ''So-Called Chaos'', in May 2004. She wrote the songs on her own again, and co-produced the album with Tim Thorney and pop music producer John Shanks. The album debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart to generally mixed critical reviews, and it became Morissette's lowest seller in the U.S. The lead single, "Everything", achieved major success on adult top 40 radio in America and was moderately popular elsewhere, particularly in Canada, although it failed to reach the top forty on the U.S. Hot 100. Because the first line of the song includes the word ''asshole'', American radio stations refused to play it, and the single version was changed to include the word ''nightmare'' instead. Two other singles, "Out Is Through" and "Eight Easy Steps", fared considerably worse commercially than "Everything", although a dance mix of "Eight Easy Steps" was a U.S. club hit.

Morissette embarked on a U.S. summer tour with long-time friends and fellow Canadians Barenaked Ladies, working with the non-profit environmental organization Reverb.

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of ''Jagged Little Pill'', Morissette released a studio acoustic version, ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic,'' in June 2005. The album was released exclusively through Starbucks' Hear Music retail concept through their coffee shops for a six-week run. The limited availability led to a dispute between Maverick Records and HMV North America, who retaliated by removing Morissette's other albums from sale for the duration of Starbucks's exclusive six-week sale. As of November 2010, ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic'' had sold 372,000 copies in the U.S., and a video for "Hand in My Pocket" received rotation on VH1 in America. The accompanying tour ran for two months in mid 2005, with Morissette playing small theatre venues. During the same period, Morissette was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.

Morissette opened for The Rolling Stones for a few dates of their A Bigger Bang Tour in the autumn of 2005.

Morissette released the greatest hits album ''Alanis Morissette: The Collection'' in late 2005. The lead single and only new track, a cover of Seal's "Crazy", was a U.S. adult top 40 and dance hit, but it achieved only minimal chart success elsewhere. A limited edition of ''The Collection'' features a DVD including a documentary with videos of two unreleased songs from Morissette's 1996 Can't Not Tour: "King of Intimidation" and "Can't Not". (A reworked version of "Can't Not" had also appeared on ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie''.) The DVD also includes a ninety-second clip of the unreleased video for the single "Joining You". As of November 2010, ''The Collection'' had sold 373,000 copies in the U.S., according to Soundscan.

Alanis performed two songs with Avril Lavigne: Morissette's "Ironic" and Lavigne's "Losing Grip".

2006–09: ''Flavors of Entanglement''/Leaving Maverick Records

2006 marked the first year in Morissette's musical career without a single concert appearance showcasing her own songs, with the exception of an appearance on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' in January when she performed "Wunderkind".

On April 1, 2007, Morissette released a tongue-in-cheek cover of The Black Eyed Peas's selection "My Humps", which she recorded in a slow, mournful voice, accompanied only by a piano. The accompanying YouTube-hosted video, in which she dances provocatively with a group of men and hits the ones who attempt to touch her "lady lumps", had received 16,465,653 views on February 15, 2009. Morissette did not take any interviews for a time to explain the song, and it was theorized that she did it as an April Fools' Day joke. Black Eyed Peas vocalist Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson responded by sending Morissette a buttocks-shaped cake with an approving note. On the verge of the release of her latest album, she finally elaborated on how the video came to be, citing that she became very much emotionally loaded while recording her new songs one after the other and one day she wished she could do a simple song like "My Humps" in a conversation with Guy Sigsworth and the joke just took a life of its own when they started working on it.

Morissette performed at a gig for The Nightwatchman, a.k.a. Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave fame, at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles in April 2007. The following June, she performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "O Canada", the American and Canadian national anthems, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Ottawa Senators and the Anaheim Ducks in Ottawa, Ontario. (The NHL requires arenas to perform both the American and Canadian national anthems at games involving teams from both countries.) In early 2008, Morissette participated in a tour with Matchbox Twenty and Mutemath as a special guest.

Morissette's seventh studio album, ''Flavors of Entanglement'', which was produced by Guy Sigsworth, was released in mid 2008. She has stated that in late 2008, she would embark on a North American headlining tour, but in the meantime she would be promoting the album internationally by performing at shows and festivals and making television and radio appearances. The album's first single was "Underneath", a video for which was submitted to the 2007 Elevate Film Festival, the purpose of which festival was to create documentaries, music videos, narratives and shorts regarding subjects to raise the level of human consciousness on the earth. On October 3, 2008, Morissette released the video for her latest single, "Not as We".

Morissette left Maverick Records after all promotion for ''Flavors'' was completed.

2010–present

Recently, Morissette has contributed to ''1 Giant Leap'', performing "Arrival" with Zap Mama and she has released an acoustic version of her song "Still" as part of a compilation from Music for Relief in support of the 2010 Haiti earthquake crisis. Morissette has also recorded a cover of the 1984 Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias hit, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", re-written as "To All the Boys I've Loved Before". Nelson played rhythm guitar on the recording.

In April 2010, Morissette released the song "I Remain", which she wrote for the ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' soundtrack.

On May 26, 2010, the season finale of ''American Idol'', Morissette performed a duet of her song "You Oughta Know" with Runner Up Crystal Bowersox.

Acting career

In 1986, Morissette had her first stint as an actor: five episodes of the children's television show ''You Can't Do That on Television''. She appeared on stage with the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society in 1985 and 1988.

In 1993, she appeared in the film ''Just One of the Girls'' starring Corey Haim, which she described as "horrible".

In 1999, Morissette delved into acting again, for the first time since 1993, appearing as God in the Kevin Smith comedy ''Dogma'' and contributing the song "Still" to its soundtrack. She also appeared in the hit HBO comedies ''Sex and the City'' and ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', appeared in the play ''The Vagina Monologues'', and had a brief role in the Brazilian hit soap opera "Celebridade" (''Celebrity'').

In late 2003, Morissette appeared in the Off-Broadway play ''The Exonerated'' as Charlie Jacobs, a death row inmate freed after proof surfaced that she was innocent. In April 2006, MTV News reported that Morissette would reprise her role in ''The Exonerated'' in London from May 23 until May 28.

She expanded her acting credentials with the July 2004 release of the Cole Porter biographical film ''De-Lovely'', in which she performed the song "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" and had a brief role as an anonymous stage performer. In February 2005, she made a guest appearance on the Canadian television show ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' with ''Dogma'' co-star Jason Mewes and director Kevin Smith.

In 2006, she guest starred in an episode of Lifetime's ''Lovespring International'' as a homeless woman named Lucinda, three episodes of FX's ''Nip/Tuck'', playing a lesbian named Poppy, and the mockumentary/documentary ''Pittsburgh'' as herself.

Morissette has appeared in eight episodes of ''Weeds'', playing Dr. Audra Kitson, a "no-nonsense obstetrician" who treats pregnant main character Nancy Botwin. Her first episode aired in July 2009.

In early 2010 Morissette returned to the stage, performing a one night engagement in ''An Oak Tree'', an experimental play in Los Angeles. The performance was a sell out. In April 2010 Morissette was confirmed in the cast of ''Weeds'' season six, performing again her role as Dr. Audra Kitson.

It was announced on Morissette's website that she will be starring in a film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel ''Radio Free Albemuth''. Morissette will play Sylvia, an ordinary woman in unexpected remission from lymphoma. Morissette stated that she is "...a big fan of Philip K. Dick's poetic and expansively imaginative books" and that she "feel[s] blessed to portray Sylvia, and to be part of this story being told in film".

Personal life

Morissette dated actor and comedian Dave Coulier, 15 years her senior, for a short time in the early 1990s. In a 2008 interview with the ''Calgary Herald'', Coulier claimed to be the ex-boyfriend who inspired Morissette's song "You Oughta Know". Morissette, however, has maintained her silence on the subject of the song.

Morissette met Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds at Drew Barrymore's birthday party in 2002, and the couple began dating soon after. They announced their engagement in June 2004. In February 2007, representatives for Morissette and Reynolds announced they had mutually decided to end their engagement. Morissette has stated that her album ''Flavors of Entanglement'' was created out of her grief after the break-up, saying that "it was cathartic".

On May 22, 2010, Morissette married rapper Mario “MC Souleye” Treadway in a private ceremony at their Los Angeles home. Their first child, Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway, was born on December 25, 2010.

Morissette is a vegan.

Discography

''Alanis'' (1991)

''Now Is the Time'' (1992)

''Jagged Little Pill'' (1995)

''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' (1998)

''Under Rug Swept'' (2002)

''So-Called Chaos'' (2004)

''Flavors of Entanglement'' (2008)

Filmography

Film
! Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
1999		God
2001	''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''	God	cameo
2004	''De-Lovely''	unnamed singer	sang "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love"
2005		herself	documentary
2010		Sylvie
2012		Herself
Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	! Notes
1986	''You Can't Do That on Television''	herself
2000	''Sex and the City''	Dawn
2002	''Curb Your Enthusiasm''	herself	episode "The Terrorist Attack"
2003	''Celebridade''	herself	Brazilian soap opera
2004	''American Dreams''	singer in the Lair	episode "What Dreams May Come"
2005	''Degrassi: The Next Generation''	principal	episode "Goin' down the Road: Part 1"
2006	''Lovespring International''	Lucinda
2006	''Nip/Tuck''	Poppy	three episodes
2009–2010		Dr. Audra Kitson
Stage
! Year	! Title	! Notes
1999	''The Vagina Monologues''
2004	''The Exonerated''	played Sunny Jacobs
2010	''An Oak Tree''

Tours

1991: Vanilla Ice tour (opening act)

1995: Jagged Little Pill/Intellectual Intercourse Tour

1996: Can't Not Tour

1998: Club Tour

1999: Junkie Tour

1999: Junkie Tour Australian Leg (with Garbage)

1999: 5 ½ Weeks Tour (with Tori Amos)

2000: One Tour

2001: Under Rug Swept Tour

2002: Toward Our Union Mended Tour

2003: All I Really Want/Feast on Scraps Tour

2004: So-Called Chaos/Au Naturale Tour (with Barenaked Ladies)

2005: Diamond Wink Tour

2008: Exile in America (with Matchbox Twenty and Mutemath)

2008: Flavors of Entanglement Tour

2009: Flavors of Entanglement South American Tour

Awards and nominations

See also

Canadian rock

Music of Canada

Best selling music artists

List of diamond-certified albums in Canada

List of best-selling albums worldwide

List of best-selling music artists

Further reading

Rock on the Net

Canadian chart positions courtesy of the ''RPM'' 100 Singles chart listings.

"Alanis Morissette – Artist Chart History". ''Billboard''. Retrieved August 23, 2006.

[ "Alanis Morissette – Billboard Singles"]. Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2006.

"Alanis Morissette". Mariah-charts.com. Retrieved August 23, 2006.

''Rock Chicks:The Hottest Female Rockers from the 1960s to Now'' by Stieven-Taylor, Alison (2007). Sydney. Rockpool Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921295-06-5

References

External links

Official website

Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill Review at Spectrum Fm

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''Mark Applebaum''' (born 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer and professor teaching at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. in composition from the University of California at San Diego where he studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Joji Yuasa, Rand Steiger, and Roger Reynolds. He received his bachelors degree from Carleton College where he studied composition with Phillip Rhodes and completed a senior thesis where he interviewed Conlon Nancarrow in Mexico City.

Discography

1996 "Mousetrap Music" [Innova]

1999 ''The Janus ReMixes'' [Innova]

1999 "Sonic Circuits VII" [Innova]

2002 "The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree" [Innova]

2003 "Cornucopia" [Capstone]

2003 "Mark Applebaum: Intellectual Property" [Innova]

2003 "Catfish" [Tzadik]

2004 "Oni Buchanan: Solo Piano" [Velvet Ear Records]

2004 "Martian Anthropology" [Innova]

2004 "Disciplines" [Innova]

2005 "56 1/2 ft." [Innova]

2005 "The Bible Without God" [Innova]

2006 "Asylum" [Innova]

2006 "[re]" [Everglade]

2008 "Sock Monkey" [Innova]

2008 "Escapement" [Everglade]

2010 "The Metaphysics of Notation" [Innova]

Notes

External links

Mark Applebaum's Website

Stanford Magazine "Heard This One?"

Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency #134

Progress Report: The State of the Art after Sixteen Years of Designing and Playing Electroacoustic Sound-Sculptures

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Coordinates	50°10′″N22°34′″N
name	Stef Lang
landscape	yes
background	solo_singer
birth name	Stephanie Jane Lang
born	December 30, 1988
origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Performer
genre	Pop, Rock
label	Universal/ Hipjoint Music-Nettwerk One/ H-Songs
distribution	Universal/Hipjoint Music
publisher	Nettwerk One/H-Songs
website	Stef Lang - Hipjoint Music }}

Stef Lang (born Stephanie Jane Lang, December 30, 1988) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, producer and performer who resides in ''Vancouver, BC''. Originally from the small town of ''Ladysmith, BC'' found on Vancouver Island, Lang moved to Vancouver at 17 to pursue her musical career. Lang played every pub, bar, club and café she could, meanwhile honing her songwriting craft. Known for her engaging performances and edgy lyrics, Lang released her first full-length album The Underdog (available on ''iTunes'' worldwide) in May 2010, distributed by Hipjoint Music/''Universal Music Canada''. Her hit single, 'Mr. Immature', achieved mainstream success when it peaked at #5 on ''The Billboard Chart for Canadian Emerging Artists''. Lang’s follow up single, 'Slave2Love' was dubbed the #1 most added song in Canadian Radio.

Personal life

Childhood

Lang was born on December 30, 1988 in ''Nanaimo, BC'' to her father Conrad (German) and her mother Manuelita (Filipino), creating a mixed heritage. She is the youngest of three children. After her parent’s divorce when she was 5, she followed her sister (Carla) and brother (Mark) who chose to live with their father. Lang was constantly on the move as a result of her father’s career as a land developer and home builder. She spent time in several locations across Vancouver Island and eventually settled in Ladysmith in 1998.

Lang started singing, dancing and playing piano at the age of 5. ''Celine Dion'' and ''Mariah Carey'' were her early influences.

Teen years

As a teen, Lang began performing in music festivals and high-school plays. At the age of 13, Lang competed in the ''PNE's'' Shaw Star Discovery Talent Competition. In 2002, she landed her first role in a commercial for ''Radio Disney''. That summer, she landed a second commercial singing and dancing alongside ''Jamie Lynn Spears'' (''Britney Spears’'' younger sister) for ''Hasbro’s'' E-Kara karaoke system.

At 14, Lang took an interest in the guitar. She took lessons for one summer, but quit shortly after and became self-taught. Lang began developing her interest in songwriting and found inspiration from artists like ''Tegan and Sara'', ''Ani DiFranco'' and ''Joni Mitchell''. She recorded her first independent album at a small studio in ''Cobble Hill, BC'', a self-titled CD which featured all original music. She was cast as the main character's younger self. The following year (2005) she recorded her second independent album in Victoria, entitled ''Music in Me'', which featured a combination of originals and covers. For her CD release, she organized a benefit concert for her town’s Christmas Food Bank.

Music

Career beginnings

In the spring of 2006, Lang won The Beat Music Awards, a talent competition hosted by Vancouver’s #1 Hit Music Station The Beat 94.5. She won a four-song recording deal with Hipjoint Productions where she worked with producers Mike James (Kelly Rowland) and Troy Samson (Moka Only, Kreesha Turner, Snoop Dogg).

After graduation, Lang packed her things and moved to Vancouver where Hipjoint Productions offered her an internship in the studio and office to learn more about the music industry. She spent this time honing her songwriting skills and learning how to run the studio.

Lang worked part time at a local grocery store as a check out clerk while gigging at clubs like The Roxy, The Railway Club, The Media Club, The Bourbon, The Main and The Rusty Gull. She also worked odd jobs as a cashier, retail sales clerk, server, hostess and as an extra on film sets.

Within 4 years, Lang had written over 250 songs and had recorded them as ‘Volumes’ at Hipjoint Productions. 2 EP’s were released, titled ‘Birth’ and ‘Blood and Bravery’. To date there are sixteen volumes of original music acoustically recorded by Stef Lang and head engineer Phil Lehmann.

In the spring of 2009, Lang penned a publishing deal with Nettwerk One/H-Songs, who launched the careers of Sarah McLachlan and Coldplay. Nettwerk is home to world renowned artists Sarah McLachlan, Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, k-os, Shawn Desman, Raine Maida, Barenaked Ladies, and Sum 41.

Song placements

Two of Lang's songs from her debut album The Underdog appeared in Degrassi: The Next Generation, a popular Canadian television series. Straitjacket - Season 9, Episode 18 - In Your Eyes Diamonds - Season 10, Episode 28 - Love Lockdown

Other placements include: Give A Little Bit - Used by CTV BC as a promo song for their "Making a Difference" campaign about giving back to the community. The Beat Of My Radio - Placed in The CW's High Society - A reality TV show about the life of New York socialite/fashion designer Tinsley Mortimer. Vulnerable - Placed in ABC's Rookie Blue, a Canadian police TV series starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith.

Showcases

2009 - Canadian Music Cafe during TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), sharing the same stage as Hawksley Workman, USS, Arkells, Terri Clark, K'naan, and City and Colour (Toronto). During the Festival, Lang also took part in four writing sessions with top industry writers Ron Lopata, Karen Kosowski, Greg Johnston, Rob Wells, and Hawksley Workman. 2010 - NXNE (North by Northeast) (Toronto). 2010 - L.A. Reid (three-time Grammy Award-winning American record executive, songwriter, and record producer) at Island Def Jam Records (New York). 2010 - CMJ (College Music Journal) (New York).

Tour

Winter 2007 - LA Tour

Spring 2010 - Western Canada Tour Fall 2010 - Cross Canada Tour

Discography

Self-released

Stephanie Lang: Independent debut full-length CD (2004)

Music In Me: Full-length CD (2005)

Commercially released

Birth: Commercial debut EP (2008)

Blood & Bravery: EP (2009)

The Underdog: Commercial debut full-length CD (2010)

Singles

Straitjacket (The Underdog)

Mr. Immature (The Underdog)

Slave2Love (The Underdog)

Co-writes

Dust in Gravity - Co-writing credit for Delerium's 'Dust In Gravity', featuring Kreesha Turner. The single hit #1 on the Billboard Dance/Club Chart. The Underdog - Co-written with Rob Wells (Backstreet Boys, Nick Lachey, Cyndi Lauper). Closet Freak - Co-written with Hawksley Workman and Greg Johnston. Lupe Fiasco - Lang invited by major label Atlantic Records to write a chorus for American rapper Lupe Fiasco's upcoming single.

Radio success

Mr. Immature - Hit #5 on The Billboard Chart for Canadian Emerging Artist. Slave2Love - Recently entered the American Music Chart - CANADA: HOT AC at #45 and is now at #43 and climbing. The single is also #12 on Mainstream Radio.

Nominations

Lang's hit single Mr. Immature has been nominated for two Canadian Radio Music Awards - Contemporary Hit Radio & Hot Adult Contemporary.

References

External links

Official Website

Official YouTube

Official Video - Slave2Love

Official Video - Mr. Immature

E-Kara Commercial

OurStage Profile

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Coordinates	50°10′″N22°34′″N
name	Greeley Estates
background	group_or_band
origin	Phoenix, Arizona, USA
genre	Metalcore, post-hardcore, emo (early)
years active	2002–present
label	Science, Tragic Hero, Ferret
associated acts	In Fear and Faith, Escape the Fate, Blessthefall
current members	Ryan Zimmerman Brandon Hackenson David Ludlow Chris JulianKyle Koelsch }}

Greeley Estates is an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona. Formed in 2002, the band has released five full-length studio albums and one EP. The group initially performed an emo and post-hardcore sound, but until some line-up changes later, they changed their sound, pursuing metalcore with their third studio album ''Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East'' (2008).

Greeley Estates signed to Tragic Hero Records and Ferret Music in 2009 and released their fourth full-length album ''No Rain, No Rainbow'' in 2010, which features an even heavier sound. The band released their fifth album ''The Death of Greeley Estates'' on August 9, 2011 (not to be confused with their 2005 DVD of the same name), to which its sound was cited by vocalist, Ryan Zimmerman as a hybrid between their past two studio albums. Greeley Estates' only remaining founding members are Zimmerman and guitarist, Brandon Hackenson.

Biography

Formation and early years (2002—2006)

The band was formed by Ryan Zimmerman, Brandon Hackenson, Dallas Smith, Jared Wallace, and Mike Coburn. The band name is derived from a sign in Colorado Ryan and Brandon saw on the way from Chicago to Phoenix. Mike Coburn left the band shortly before they started touring at the end of 2003. After a few fill-in drummers, Brian Champ soon became the main drummer for Greeley Estates. They went through a few bass players who all left Greeley Estates before they began touring the US. Jared Wallace "Outside of This" was then replaced by Josh Applebach. They released their debut album ''Outside of This'' in 2004, a music video produced for its title track accompanied it. In 2005 Greeley Estates had released the ''Caveat Emptor EP''.

Greeley Estates was one of PureVolume’s top 10 unsigned artists with over a million plays—an accolade supported by having album sales in the top 10 on Smartpunk since October 2004. Their distribution record further secured them a position on the Smartpunk chart for "Sales of All Time". They signed to Record Collection, and they were on every date of the Vans Warped Tour in 2005. Also, Greeley Estates co-headlined the MySpace Fall Tour 2005. Other accomplishments include extensive touring, a DVD entitled ''The Death of Greeley Estates'' released in May 2005, playing on the Taste of Chaos tour and continual play on KEDJ 103.9 alternative rock radio in Phoenix.

In mid 2006 Greeley Estates recorded their second full length album ''Far from the Lies''.

On January 31, 2007, bassist Josh Applebach announced that he would leave Greeley Estates for a teaching career in Arizona. Bradley Murray (previously with Versus the Mirror) from Tucson, Arizona became their touring bassist. His first live appearance with the band was on February 3, 2007 in Safford, Arizona.

On June 3, 2007, guitarist Dallas Smith announced that he would be leaving the band in order to start up a family with his wife and expected twin daughters (he and his wife were to subsequently lose the pregnancy). He made this announcement via a Myspace bulletin and announced that his last show would be June 20, 2007 at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona. After their Mexican tour with Silverstein, Brad Murray left the band for personal reasons.

''Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East'' (2007—2008)

On September 4, 2007, Greeley Estates recorded their new album. The two new members of Greeley Estates include Alex Torres (previously with Eyes Set to Kill) and Joshua Ferguson (previously with Glory Nights) After the band finished recording their new album Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East, Joshua Ferguson left to complete his apprenticeship as a hair stylist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; personal reasons seem to be why he left.

Greeley Estates had announced Tyler Smith as their new bassist, who was formerly of In Fear and Faith. Smith played his first show with the band on February 9, 2008, at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona. In 2008 Greeley Estates had a track, entitled "Let The Evil Go East", on the Warped Tour 2008 compilation.

Their third album titled ''Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East'' was released May 6, 2008. For the track "Blue Morning" on their new album, Greeley Estates hired music video director Daniel Chesnut to create a high energy, intense video, to match the band's new persona.

On Friday, November 14, 2008, Greeley Estates announced that their newest bassist Tyler "Telle" Smith, found within the course of the same year, had left the band.

''No Rain, No Rainbow'' (2009—2010)

A song from the fourth album, entitled "Seven Hours" along with "Jealousy Breeds Killing Sprees", which features guest vocals Craig Mabbitt from Escape the Fate, were steamed online during November 2009. Another new song from album ''No Rain, No Rainbow'' entitled "Friends Are Friends for Never" was also streamed online.

As of June 12, 2010, guitarist Alex Torres announced his departure from the band via MySpace. In the blog, he stated; "Im not exactly sure how to say this, but as of a month ago, I let the guys know that I would be leaving the band.. and the "Oh, Sleeper" tour would be my last tour in Greeley Estates... To clear things up early, NO there is NO bad blood, and everyone is on good terms. Greeley has been my family since 2007, and that will NOT change."

Greeley Estates has been touring around the world, headlining many of these tours with bands including Vanna, Tides of man, A Bullet For Pretty Boy and The Crimson Armada.

Greeley Estates began work on their fifth studio album in 2010, originally expecting for an April or May release date.

''The Death of Greeley Estates'' (2011—present)

Ryan Zimmerman of Greeley Estates told ''AMP Magazine'', "We’re thinking of kind of combining the last two records, ''Go West'' and ''No Rain'', to kind of bring back some singing and have a little bit of melody but still have the heavy. I’m not sure yet on the lyrical direction."

"I think it’s a new challenge. I think trying to do something that we didn’t do on the record before-we want to have a little bit of a shock value each time. The last two albums were a shock to people as far as what was coming from Greeley Estates. We started off some of early albums with pop songs so we’ve changed a lot over the years but we want to kind of have that same approach going into this record too. We just want to try and figure out what we can do to combine the things we know our fans love and what we love to perform but also do something a little different."

The fifth album is expected to be released summer 2011, with producer Cory Spotts, who also produced the band's very first album ''Outside of This'' in 2004.

On June 1, 2011 the first single to the new album was released on the band's Facebook page, titled "The Last Dance." They have also announced that the album is titled The Death of Greeley Estates. The album was expected to be released August 2, but was changed to August 9, 2011. The cover art for the album was released on the band's Twitter. On June 7, another new song, "Friendly Neighborhood Visit" was released on Altpress. On July 7 the first track on the album titled "Straitjacket" was released on the band's Facebook page. The new album will be released a week early for fans to purchase at their tour.

Members

;Current

Brandon Hackenson - lead guitar (since 2002)

Ryan Zimmerman - lead vocals (since 2002)

Chris Julian - drums (since 2009)

Kyle Koelsch - bass guitar (since 2010)

David Ludlow - rhythm guitar (since 2010) bass guitar (2009–2010)

;Former

Tyler "Telle" Smith - bass player, backing vocals (2008)

Dallas Smith - rhythm guitar (2002–2007)

Brian Champ - drums (2004–2009)

Alex Torres - rhythm guitar (2007–2010)

Jared Weard - bass guitar (2002–2004)

Josh Applebach - bass guitar (2004–2007)

Mike Coburn - drums (2002–2003)

David Hubbard - drums (2003)

Discography

;Albums/EPs

Date	Album	Label	Peak Chart Position
			Billboard 200	Top Heatseekers
2004	''Outside of This''	Smartpunk, LLC
2005	''Caveat Emptor EP''	Record Collection
2006	''Far from the Lies''	Record Collection
2008	''Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East''	Science Records
2010	''No Rain, No Rainbow''	Tragic Hero Records
2011	''The Death of Greeley Estates''	Tragic Hero Records

;Singles

!Year	!Song	!Album
2006	"Outside of This"
2006	"Life Is A Garden"
2007	"Secret"
2008	"Blue Morning"
2010	"Loyal.com"
2011	"The Last Dance"

References

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