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A one-man band or one-woman band is a musician who plays a number of instruments simultaneously using their hands, feet, limbs, and various mechanical and/or electronic contraptions. The simplest type of "one-person band" — a singer accompanying themselves on acoustic guitar and harmonica mounted in a metal "harp rack" below the mouth — is often used by buskers. More complicated setups may include wind instruments strapped around the neck, a large bass drum mounted on the musician's back with a beater which is connected to a foot pedal, cymbals strapped between the knees or triggered by a pedal mechanism, tambourines and maracas tied to the limbs, and a stringed instrument strapped over the shoulders (e.g., a banjo, ukulele or guitar). Since the development of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) in the 1980s, musicians have also incorporated chest-mounted MIDI drum pads, foot-mounted electronic drum triggers, and electronic pedal keyboards into their set-ups.
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Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist who achieved international fame and acclaim. Starting out in 1963 with the group The Wailers, he forged a distinctive songwriting and vocal style that would later resonate with audiences worldwide. The Wailers would go on to release some of the earliest reggae records with producer Lee "Scratch" Perry.
After the Wailers disbanded in 1974, Marley pursued a solo career upon his relocation to England that culminated in the release of the album Exodus in 1977, which established his worldwide reputation and produced his status as one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, with sales of more than 75 million records.Exodus stayed on the British album charts for fifty-six consecutive weeks. It included four UK hit singles: "Exodus", "Waiting in Vain", "Jamming", and "One Love". In 1978 he released the album Kaya, which included the hit singles "Is This Love" and "Satisfy My Soul".
Actors: Anna Robbins (actor), James Quinn (actor), Adam Stern-Rand (actor), Christina Gonzalez (producer), Christina Gonzalez (director), Nik Duggan (actor), Jeff Burgess (editor), Gabe Dubin (actor), Brianna Feingold (actor), Molly Griggs (actor), John McGovern (actor), Russell Badalamenti (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: David Magdael (miscellaneous crew), Danny Huston (actor), Barrie M. Osborne (producer), Geoffrey Rush (actor), Andy Wickens (miscellaneous crew), Jess Platt (miscellaneous crew), Lung Ti (actor), Tony Cox (actor), Kate Bosworth (actress), Javier Navarrete (composer), David M. Rodriguez (miscellaneous crew), Timothy White (producer), Jed Brophy (actor), James Acheson (costume designer), Michael Peyser (producer),
Plot: Yang, the world's finest swordsman, packs it in and leaves Japan to find an old friend in the Wild West rather than kill the infant queen of a rival clan. He carries the baby to his friend's desolate, broken-down town; the friend has died, so Yang reopens a laundry and settles down, hanging wet clothes, growing flowers, raising the infant, and finding himself attracted to Lynne, a red-haired woman with a tragic past. As long as Yang keeps his sword sheathed, his rivals won't find him, but a band of reprobate gunmen terrorize the town and threaten Lynne. Showdowns are inevitable, but once the sword is drawn, can Yang find rest, a home, and a family?
Keywords: 19th-century, alcoholic, ambiguous-ending, anti-hero, assassin, attempted-rape, baby, bamboo-forest, bare-chested-male, bathtubActors: Matthew Faber (actress), Laurel Nakadate (writer), Laurel Nakadate (director), Laurel Nakadate (editor), Linda Lay (actress), Melissa Rice (actress), Julie Potratz (actress), Susan Sarachek (actress), Owen Ashworth (actor), Elmer Parker (actor), Brian Patrick Collins (actor), Mary Nichols (actress), Bill Hargrave (actor), Bill White (actor), Stephen Bellinger (actor),
Plot: Stay the Same Never Change stars amateur actors in Kansas City. Though the story is scripted, the movie is shot in the actors' real homes, so that the end result is a mix of visual fact and narrative fiction. It's a story about people and the lives they're living while wanting more. Whether it's a family man looking for beauty or a young woman obsessed with polar bears and Oprah, the characters in this film reveal quiet lives full of sadness and desire.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Sarah Trost (costume designer), Phillip Roebuck (actor), Brandon Trost (producer), Brandon Trost (director), Nicholas Davis (editor),
Genres: Short,Actors: John Boorman (director), Michael J. Harker (miscellaneous crew), Jamie Brown (producer), Mike Medavoy (producer), David Wicht (producer), Carol A. Compton (miscellaneous crew), Greg Latter (actor), Brendan Gleeson (actor), Robert Chartoff (producer), Garrick Hagon (actor), John Boorman (producer), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), Juliette Binoche (actress), Leonard L. Thomas (miscellaneous crew), Dezi Rorich (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Langston Whitfield is a Washington Post journalist. His editor provocatively sends him to South Africa to cover the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, in which the perpetrators of murder and torture on both sides during Apartheid are invited to come forward and confront their victims. By telling the unvarnished truth and expressing contrition, they may be granted amnesty. Can the deep wounds of Apartheid be healed through reconciliation? Langston is deeply skeptical. He tracks down Col. De Jager, the most notorious torturer in the SA Police and tries to penetrate the mind of a monster, an experience that obliges him to confront his own demons. Anna Malan is an Afrikaans poet who is covering the hearings for radio. As a white South African she is shattered by the accounts of the cruelty and depravity committed by her fellow countrymen. Anna and Langston must both question their sense of identity. Where do they each belong? How responsible are they for what is done in the name of their respective countries? The moving testimony of the victims affects them deeply. In different ways they are both estranged from their families, and their shared experience draws them ever closer to each other. It is a story charting the unfathomable depths of human cruelty and the redeeming power of forgiveness and love.
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Keywords: 420, actor-playing-multiple-roles, animated-credits, annoyed-neighbor, breasts, character-name-in-title, comedy-team, disgruntled-hotel-manager, dope, double-actEv'rybody knows down Ladbroke Grove
You have to leap across the street
You can lose your life under a taxi cab
You gotta have eyes in your feet
You find a nice soft corner and you sit right down
Take up your guitar and play
Then the police come and say move along
So you move along all day.
I'm a one man band
Nobody cares or understands.
Is there anybody out there who could lend a hand
To my one man band?
For three days now I haven't eaten at all
I must be getting so thin
Soon my cap won't be large enough
To drop a half a crown in.
So hey
there
Mister
don't you look so sad
Don't look so ill at ease
I can play you any song you choose
To cheer up the life you lead.
I'm a one man band
. . .
And nobody hears the minstrel boy
As he sings his tale of woe
Nobody sees him disappear
And nobody sees him go.
So hey
there
Mister
don't you look so sad
. . .
I'm a one man band
. . .
look at the rain falling.