Bo or BO may refer to

People

Bo (given name), name origin, plus people with the name

Bo (surname), name origin, plus people with the surname

*Bo (Chinese name), Chinese family names

Bo people (China), extinct minority population in Southern China famous for hanging coffins

Bo people of Laos, see List of ethnic groups in Laos

*Bo language, extinct language spoken by the Bo people in Laos

Bo (tribe) of the Andaman Islands

*Their extinct Aka-Bo language

Robert Belinsky, Major League Baseball player

Shorthand

Medicine

Bacterial overgrowth, medical disorder of malabsorption

Bowel obstruction

Bronchiolitis obliterans

Math and science

''BO,'' in mathematics, the classifying space of the orthogonal group

In chemistry and physics, the Born–Oppenheimer approximation

Transportation

BO, the reporting marks for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

BO, IATA airline code for Bouraq Indonesia Airlines

BO, UIC classification for the railroad locomotive wheel arrangement 0-4-0 in the Whyte notation, consisting of two independently powered axles and hence four wheels

Language and country codes

bo, the language code for Standard Tibetan in ISO 639-1

Belarus (''BO''), FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO digram country code

Bolivia (''BO''), WMO and ISO 2-letter country code

*.bo, ccTLD for Bolivia

Organizations

Biarritz Olympique (''BO''), French rugby union club

Business Objects (company)

Culture

Body odor

Box office

Böhse Onkelz, German rock band

''Bo'' (film), Belgian film, directed by Hans Herbots

Software

''Call of Duty: Black Ops'', a first-person shooter video game

Back Orifice, remote administration software

Places

Bő, village in Hungary

Bø (disambiguation), various places in Norway

Bo, Sierra Leone, a city

Bo-Kaap, area of Cape Town, South Africa

Bo Rai, township and district in Trat Province, Eastern Thailand

Le Bô, commune in the Calvados ''département'' of France

Religion and culture

Táin Bó, genre of early Irish literature

Bojagi, or ''bo'', Korean wrapping cloth

Bō, east Asian quarterstaff, staff weapon used in the martial art Bōjutsu

Bo (parsha), fifteenth weekly Torah reading

Sacred fig, aka Bo tree, the sacred fig under which Siddhartha Gautama was enlightened

Kol Bo, Jewish ritual and civil laws

Fictional characters

Bo Duke, one of the main characters from ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' television series

Face of Boe, ''Doctor Who'' character

Bo' Rai Cho, character from ''Mortal Kombat''

Little Bo Peep, character from a nursery rhyme

Bo Peep, a character from the Toy Story series.

Bo Brady, popular and long serving character from Days of Our Lives

Bo, what everyone calls an orphan named Boniface in Cornelia Funke's novel, ''The Thief Lord''

Bo, a cartoon character in Muse magazine

Bo Sinclair, a character in the movie, ''House of Wax (2005 film)''

Other

Bankon language, also known as Bo, Abo, Abaw, a language in Cameroon

Bo (dog), Portuguese Water Dog belonging to Barack Obama

''Bo' Selecta!'', British comedy

''BABO'', also BA:BO, 2008 South Korean film

''Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain'', first in the Legacy of Kain video game series

''Bo (film)'', a Belgium film starring Ella-June Henrard as an underage escort; directed by Hans Herbots.

See also

Pages that begin with "Bo"

BOH (disambiguation)

B&O; (disambiguation)

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Name	Ivri Lider
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Ivri Lider
Birth date	February 10, 1974
Origin	Givat Haim (Ihud), Israel
Instruments	Vocals, Piano, Guitar
Genre	Pop rock, Rock, Adult contemporary
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer
Years active	1997–present
Label	Helicon
Website	www.ivrilider.com }}

Ivri Lider (, born 10 February, 1974) is an Israeli pop rock singer-songwriter. He is one of the biggest-selling contemporary artists in Israeli music, and has won the Male Singer of the Year honor from major Israeli national and local radio stations since entering the Israeli music scene in the late 1990s. His sales stand at over 200,000 records.

Early life

Lider took his first musical steps while still in high school, when he joined a group called Kach Ossot Kullan ("Everyone Does It This Way"), whose gigs included a performance at the Roxanne club in Tel Aviv.

A commission to compose music for ''Kisses'' and ''October'' for Anat Danieli's dance ensemble was followed by an invitation from Ohad Naharin to compose the music for ''Kaamos'', which Naharin choreographed for NDT, a Dutch dance company. Lider subsequently composed the music for "Z\NA", for the Batsheva Dance Company. At the same time, he signed a recording contract with Helicon Records and began work on his first album.

Music career

His self-penned debut album, ''Melattef Umeshakker'' (Caressing And Lying), produced by Yo'ad Nevo, was released in 1997. The singles "Leonardo" and "Tamid Ahava" (Always Love) were chart toppers, and the album went platinum, selling over 40,000 copies in Israel. His second studio album, ''Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at'' (Nothing Is Better Than Almost), was released two years later. Written entirely by Lider, who co-produced it with Nevo, the album included hit singles such as "Hultzat Passim" (Striped Shirt), "Hakos Ha'khula" (The Blue Glass), and the title track, "Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at". The album went platinum.

Lider's second concert tour, ''Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at'', ran for 150 shows, and he won many prestigious awards, including Performer of the Year, awarded at the Israeli Music Industry's ''Tamuz 2000'' ceremony.

The success of his first two albums and his tours established Lider as an important singer-songwriter of the younger generation.

In 2001, Lider produced Sharon Haziz's third album, ''Panassim'' (Headlights),and wrote the title song, which features them singing together.

In January 2002 Lider spoke openly about his sexual orientation in a cover-story interview to the daily newspaper ''Ma'ariv'', which attracted a lot of attention. He later said, "On a personal level, I felt complete and happy with my life and who I am, and I didn’t see any reason to not talk about it. It seemed strange to have an interview and not to talk about it, about my boyfriend, about my life. On a less personal level, I felt it’s kind of my obligation. When you’re an artist and you’re doing well and you’re successful, you get a lot of love and appreciation and energy and good things from people, and I think you need to give it back. Maybe I can influence people and help younger people that struggle — help them to be able to change their views, and stuff like that." Lider refused to be drawn into the debate about the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade. He did, however, accept a booking to play at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras' "Fair Day" in Camperdown, Australia on Sunday, 21 February 2010.

January 2002 saw the release of Lider's third studio album, ''Ha'anashim Hachadashim'' (The New People). This time out, the production was a solo run for Lider, who came up with a new electronic sound. ''Ha'anashim Hachadashim'' produced a number of hits, including "Batei Kaffe" (Coffee Houses), "Al Kav Hamayim" (On the Water Line). and a moving rendition of Ehud Manor's "Geshem Acharon" ("Last Rain") that was especially recorded for the ''Shirutron'', the annual fundraising program organised by the Galei Zahal and Galgalatz radio stations. Sales of ''Ha'anashim Hachadashim'' stand at over 30,000 copies.

During the same year, Lider collaborated with Idan Raichel, who was at the time playing keyboards in his band. Lider produced and arranged the song "Bo'i" (Come), which went on to become a major chart topper for Raichel. He also composed original music for a film that gay Israeli Eytan Fox dircted, the Gal Uchovsky film ''Yossi & Jagger''. The soundtrack included a cover of Rita's hit "Bo" (Come), sung by Lider. This new interpretation received positive reviews. and became one of 2003's most popular tracks on the radio.

In addition to his ''Ha'anashim Hachadashim'' performance, Lider also collaborated with the actress Meital Duhan. Their show "Love and Sex During the Days of Awe" combined music, theatre. and recitation that were especially put together for this show. He also published a book of poems he had written over the last decade. During the summer, he toured with ''Electro Live'', a show in which he featured new treatments of many of his hit songs - with special electronic arrangements accompanied by innovative video art. Also in 2002, he received the Lyricist of the Year award from ACUM, Israeli's copyright collection society.

In 2004 Lider composed music for another Fox-Uchovsky film, ''Walk on Water'', the soundtrack of which included a rendition of the classic Esther and Avi Ofarim hit "Cinderella Rockefeller" sung by Rita and Lider, as well as a remix of Lider's "Mary La'Netzach" (Mary Forever). During 2004 Lider collaborated with Gilad Shmueli, co-produced Gilad Seggev's debut album ''Achshav Tov'' (Its OK Now), and began working on his fourth album.

Right after he finished working on his new tracks, he decided to perform them to a live audience before actually putting them on the record, taking part in the festival of ''Ha'Psanter Me'are'ach'' (The Piano Presents). Singing his new songs accompanied only by a piano, he gave the audience a unique and intimate experience - an appetizer before the songs were arranged, produced, and recorded for the album.

''Ze Lo Otto Davar'' (It's Not The Same Thing) was released in February 2005, and immediately became a success. The album had Lider deciding to use the computer as a recording device only, and created a clean and completely different sound. An orchestra of 40 musicians played the stringed instruments that can be heard throughout the album. The result was apparent early on when the first single to be released, "Zachiti Le'ehov" ("I Was Blessed To Have Loved"), became a major hit. This was followed by "Nissim" (a common name in Israel), "Lehavin Et Hamayim" ("Understanding the Water"). and the album's title track. Sales of "Ze Lo Otto Davar" are in excess of 30,000. The album was also released in a limited double CD pack together with a bonus CD called ''Fight!'', including electronic versions of some of Lider's hits such as "Bo", "Mary La'Netzach", and "Hultzat Passim".

The album gave rise to a tour in which Lider was accompanied by nine musicians, including a string quartet. The tour conveyed the atmosphere of the album, and included new arrangements of some of his hits. In the first show on the tour, which was held in Tel Aviv on April 21, 2005, in front of thousands of fans, he was joined on stage by Rita, Berry Sakharof, and Assaf Amdursky. The show was recorded for the ''Live'' album.

In October 2005 Lider received with the "Male Singer of the Year" award from all the major national and local radio stations.

Lider worked on a third soundtrack of another Fox-Uchovsky film, ''The Bubble'', in which he also appeared as himself singing the theme song of the movie, a heartwarming rendition of the Gershwin classic, "The Man I Love". The film released in 2006 in Israel, and 2007 in the U.S.

In 2008 Lider launched a new Hebrew album and announced an upcoming English album. The music video for his English-language song "Jesse" has gotten a lot of airtime on LOGO TV, and ''Out'' magazine recognized him as a member of the "Out 100" for 2007.

For Israel's 2008 International Music Awards Lider recorded a quiet and melancholic version of Katy Perry's hit "I Kissed a Girl".

Discography

Albums

Year	Album
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Movie soundtracks

Yossi & Jagger (2002) - original score and theme song "Bo" (Let's)

Walk on Water (2004) - original score and theme song "Cinderella Rockafella" duet with Rita

The Bubble (2006) - original score and theme song "The Man I Love"

Group members since 2005

Ivri Lider

Yehonatan Sason Fridge

Amir Rosiano

Barak Kram

Adiel Alexander Goldestein

Roni Arditti

Ariel Tuchman

Yogev Mazouz

Assaf Amdursky

See also

LGBT rights in Israel

References

External links

Official website

Official YouTube channel

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name	Bo Burnham
background	solo_singer
birth name	Robert Burnham
birth date	August 21, 1990
origin	Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
instrument	Vocals, guitar, electric piano, ukulele
genre	Comedy, satire
occupation	Singer–songwriter, actor, rapper, comedian
years active	2006–present
label	Comedy Central Records
website	}}

Robert "Bo" Burnham (born ) is an American comedian, singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and Internet celebrity. Writing comedic and satirical songs with a politically incorrect slant, he achieved fame when his YouTube videos took off; they have received more than 70 million views . Comedy Central Records released both his first EP (''Bo Fo Sho'', June 2008) and his first full-length self-titled album (March 2009). On January 29, 2011, it was announced that Burnham finished #1 overall in voting in 2011's Comedy Central Stand-up Showdown.

Personal life

Bo Burnham was born the youngest of three on August 21, 1990 to Patricia and Scott Burnham.

In February 2008, Patricia was a staff nurse at Burnham's school, and Scott owned a North Shore, Massachusetts construction company. Their two older children, Pete and Samm, were concurrently enrolled in their third and second years at Cornell University and Suffolk Law School, respectively.

Burnham attended the all-boys' Catholic high school, St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts, where he was on the school honor roll and was involved in theatre and the campus ministry program. The school's assistant principal, Wendy Olson, remarked in a February 2008 interview that while "[t]he Bo on YouTube is not the Bo we see around here, [...] no one at St. John's is surprised at his creativity or that he's pursuing his dream, which is to make a name for himself." Burnham graduated from St. John's in Spring 2008.

Burnham applied to New York University (NYU), University of Southern California (USC), and Yale University, and was accepted to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Although expected to begin attending in Autumn 2008, he deferred his enrollment for a year to focus on his burgeoning media career. Burnham later related that his first year on tour while friends had gone to college made him to fucking die. I'd be on the road, in South Dakota, looking on Facebook at all my friends at parties."

, Burnham was reported to be dating a girl from "a nearby suburban town". Subsequently, in an interview conducted at the 2011 Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny, Burnham revealed that he has a "girlfriend of five years".

Home-grown music

Burnham was performing skits ("Bo Shows") in his home by age three, and grew up listening to boomer-generation comedians like George Carlin and Richard Pryor.

As detailed by Burnham himself, 2006 was the beginning of what would become his musical comedy career. Rehearsing a play at St. John's that summer, Burnham began writing songs about teenage angst and debuting them to his fellow high school thespians. He then videotaped himself performing two songs and posted them to the video-sharing website YouTube in December 2006, so that his older brother Pete could watch them from college. While response to his videos on YouTube ("My Whole Family... " and "My 'little' secret...") was initially unexceptional, when they were copied to Break.com they became an overnight sensation, with traffic to his videos multiplying over 111 times.

Accompanying himself on guitar or electric piano, Burnham continued to release self-described "pubescent musical comedy" songs and videos online as his fame and recognition grew. Described by ''The Boston Globe''s Joseph P. Kahn as "simultaneously wholesome and disturbing, intimate in a folksy-creepy sort of way," Burnham wrote and released R-rated songs about white supremacy, Helen Keller's disabilities, homosexuality, and more. All of Burnham's home-released videos were self-recorded in and around his family's home in Hamilton, Massachusetts, most in his bedroom. Occasionally jokingly addressing his audience in his videos, ("Hello, Internet pedophiles,") Burnham rarely changes expression or camera angle while performing—simply setting the video camera on a stack of books. Speaking with ''The A.V. Club'' in 2009, Burnham expressed his intent to give his productions a "do-it-yourself [feel], almost like voyeurism".

In Autumn 2007, Douglas Edley, talent agent from The Gersh Agency, had Burnham recommended to him by his assistant. The next day Edley called Burnham and told him: "I gotta represent you." Said Edley in a February 2008 telephone interview: "He's definitely the youngest comedian I've worked with - he was getting ready for his SATs when I called - but the quality of his writing is amazing." It was this call from Edley—whom Burnham had initially thought to be "a very advanced Internet predator"—that was Burnham's wake-up call as to his potential professional success. In addition to Burnham, Edley also represents several top-tier comedians, including Drew Carey and Dave Chappelle.

Career

Represented by Douglas Edley, Burnham recorded a performance in London for Comedy Central's ''The World Stands Up'' in January 2008 (aired ), and signed a four-record deal with Comedy Central Records. Comedy Central Records released Burnham's first EP, the six-song ''Bo Fo Sho'', as an online release-only album on . Burnham's first full album, the self-titled ''Bo Burnham'', was released by Comedy Central Records on .

Burnham has performed his music in the United States, including Cobb's Comedy Club, YouTube Live in San Francisco, Caroline's Comedy Club in New York City, and internationally in London and Montreal. In August 2010, Burnham was nominated for "Best Comedy Show" at the 2010 Edinburgh Comedy Awards—"the world’s most prestigious comedy prize" with a £10,000 cash prize—after his inaugural performance (of ''Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words'') at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He was instead awarded the "Panel Prize"—carrying a £5,000 prize—for "the show or act who has most captured the comedy spirit of the 2010 Fringe."

Compared to Ben Folds, Eminem, and Andrew Dice Clay, Burnham's music and performances tackle such taboo subjects as race, gender, human sexuality, and sex. Burnham describes his on-stage persona as a "more arrogant, stuck-up version [of] himself." When speaking with ''The Detroit News'' about his rapping, he expressed his intent to honor and respect the perspective and culture of hip-hop music.

Uphill

As Burnham progressed through his initial popularity to more mainstream audiences and venues, he received pushback from fellow comics who viewed his ascension via YouTube popularity as illegitimate.

Burnham's first experience with controversy regarding his music came on , when fifteen Westminster College students (members of the campus' Gay-Straight Alliance, Black Students Association, International Club, and Cultural Diversity Organization) protested his concert there that evening. Of the controversy, he said, "It's so ironic because gay bashers were the ones labeling me in high school, [...] I try and write satire that’s well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear and that’s what makes it comedy." The ''Columbia Daily Tribune'' related that at the end of his Westminster performance, Burnham was approached by a paraplegic fan. While Burnham was plainly uncomfortable and nervous, given that his music mocks the handicapped, the young fan instead related a blonde joke to the teenaged musician. Despite the college's admission that they had booked Burnham while ignorant of his content, dean of students John Comerford praised the opportunities for discourse the controversy brought the school.

Tours

''Fake I.D.'' – Autumn 2009 ''Bo Burnham and (No) Friends'' – Autumn 2010 ''Bo Burnham Live (UK Tour)'' – June 2011

Film

While performing at the Montreal Just for Laughs festival in 2008, Burnham met with the award-winning director and producer Judd Apatow. That September, Burnham negotiated with Universal Pictures to write and create the music for an Apatow-produced comedy film which he describes as the "anti-''High School Musical''", although Burnham insists the script isn't a parody of the Disney musicals, but an attempt to emulate the high school he attended. Hoping to star in the film he's writing, Burnham told ''Wired'' magazine that he's naming the star "Bo" in a "not-so-subtle hint [he] want[s] to be in it". In a interview with ''Boston's Weekly Dig'', Burnham elaborated on his work with the film. When he isn't performing, Burnham spends eight hours a day writing the music, and his nights writing the script, of which he's finished the first draft. Co-writing the screenplay with Burnham is his high school friend Luke Liacos. Burnham explained the script-writing opportunity is a boon to his comedy career, as the comedian had been having complications with censors and learning that his material wasn't well-suited to television. "It would work much better in a 90-minute format." In August 2010, Burnham told ''The Guardian'' that his script had been submitted. In an October 2010 interview with MTV, Burnham admitted that he doesn't know anything about the future of the project, and that it's all effectively up in the air as far as he knew.

In , viral marketing began appearing for ''Funny People'', in which Burnham stars in a NBC sitcom called ''Yo Teach!''. In the "promo", Burnham stars opposite Jason Schwartzman, as a student in the latter's English class.

On May 21, 2010, Burnham taped his first one-hour stand-up special entitled ''Words, Words, Words'' for Comedy Central from the House of Blues in Boston as part of the network's new "House of Comedy" series of stand-up specials. The special aired on Comedy Central on October 16, 2010. It was released on October 18, 2010.

Television

On September 7, 2010, ''Variety'' magazine reported that MTV had ordered a half-hour long television "put pilot" from Burnham "about a kid fresh out of high school who's pursing the new American dream of being a celebrity without having any talent." Burnham will write and executive produce alongside Dan Lagana, Luke Liacos, and Dave Becky.

Awards

At the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he was nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award and won both the Edinburgh Comedy Awards' panel prize and the Malcolm Hardee 'Act Most Likely to Win a Million Quid' Award.

Performance credits

Discography

''Bo Fo Sho'' (2008), Comedy Central Records – Released as an online-only EP ''Bo Burnham'' (2009), Comedy Central Records – Double-disc set containing the Compact Disc album, and a DVD with his ''Comedy Central Presents'' special, all of his YouTube videos, and other performances ''Words Words Words'' (2010), Comedy Central Records – A live performance paralleling the one hour special of the same name, also includes two studio tracks, "Words Words Words" and "Oh Bo".

Filmography

''Comedy Central Presents'' (), Himself – , Burnham is the youngest comedian to be featured thereon ''American Virgin'' (2009) ''Funny People'' (2009) – ''Yo Teach!'' Cast Member ''Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words'' (2010) - Himself ''Hall Pass'' (2011) - Bartender ''Sin Bin'' (2011) – Villainous student liaison

References

External links

Bo Burnham at Comedy Central

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