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Fishnet stockings

In the field of textiles, fishnet is hosiery with an open, diamond shaped knit; it is most often used as a material for stockings, tights or bodystockings. Fishnet is available in a multitude of colors, although it is most often sported in traditional matte black. Fishnet is commonly worn on the legs and arms by practitioners of goth and punk fashion, but is also commonly worn by the mainstream as a fashion statement. Generally considered to be a sexy garment, it may serve as a component of sexual fetishism. Fishnets are used mostly as a type of undergarment, and inasmuch as it defines curves by applying a grid close to the body it generally accentuates the wearer's muscular definition.

In culture[link]

Roller derby athletes at an equipment check wearing three weaves of fishnet stockings ranging from coarse to fine.

• Fishnet stockings are commonplace roller derby regalia.^[1][2]
• DC Comics features two superheroines who have incorporated fishnet stockings into their crime-fighting costume, Black Canary^[3] and Zatanna.^[4]
• Cucumber Sandwiches & Fishnet Tights – A book by Margaret Walker (2006)^[5]
• The Stray Cats recorded a song entitled "Fishnet Stockings" on their European debut album in 1981.
• Some characters from Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja wear undershirts made of fishnet.
• Nearly every major character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show is seen wearing fishnets during the film.
• In the anime and manga One Piece the surgeon of the pirate crew Thriller Bark, Dr. Hogback, wears a fishnet shirt. His character and the whole Thriller Bark are based on horror movies, so he may be based on The Rocky Horror Picture Show itself. Nico Robin in the Thriller Bark arc wears fishnet stockings. Kalifa of CP9 also wears fishnets. Zambai of the Franky Family wears fishnets under his armor.
• "Fishnet Inc" is a cast which performs live before and during the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Naro Theater in Norfolk, Virginia.^[6] It is named after the fishnets worn in the movie.
• Morris Day recorded the song "Fishnet" for the album Daydreaming in 1987. The song had airplay on several urban contemporary stations and ultimately reached No. 23 on the Billboard charts during 1988.^[7] However, the title and/or content of the song made airplay very limited in some cities. The song was remixed for a club mix album in 1994, and Day added a live version to his It's About Time album in 2004.

References[link]

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Morris E. Day (born December 13, 1957) is an American musician, composer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of The Time.

Musical career[link]

1970s and 1980s[link]

In high school, Day was in a band with Prince and André Cymone and the trio formed an early band managed by Day's mother called "Grand Central," later renamed "Champagne." Later, Prince embarked on a solo career but retained Cymone for his backing band. The two began to plan a side-group that would focus more on R&B, while Prince would continue to explore various musical styles. The Time was composed of 4 members from an earlier funk group called "Flyte Tyme," but the lead singer had not been chosen. Charles Cobb was considered but he turned it down. Sue Ann Carwell was auditioned; and Alexander O'Neal nearly became The Time's lead singer, but dropped out due to payment negotiations. Day, who was now in a band called "Enterprise", allowed Prince to have a song called "Partyup" for his Dirty Mind album, and Prince would soon return the favor by giving Day the job of lead singer. Day would suggest guitarist Jesse Johnson, who completed the band's ensemble.

The Time's most prolific and visible period came in 1984, when Day played the antagonist to Prince in his feature films Purple Rain and Graffiti Bridge, which helped establish Day's playboy stage presence. Typically escorted by his valet, "Jerome" (Jerome Benton), Day won fans with his exaggerated vanity ("Jerome bring me my mirror!") and strutting bravado ("Ain't nobody bad like me!"), acting as a comic foil to Prince's romantic, sensitive lead. This persona was further exploited for comic effect on The Time's records, on songs such as "Chili Sauce" and "If the Kid Can't Make You Come" from the album Ice Cream Castle.

That album, the group's most popular, is best remembered for the infectious singles "Jungle Love" and the Rufus Thomas influenced, "The Bird." With their palpable pop energy and catchy choruses, both songs were hits on both urban and pop radio.

In 1984, Day appeared on a duet with singer Vanity on "Mechanical Emotion" from her debut album Wild Animal. With the breakup of The Time that same year, Day began his solo career. The low sales of his solo albums such as 1987's Daydreaming (which spawned the single "Fishnet") and his most commercially viable solo album, Guaranteed were a blow to his career.

In 1986 Morris Day married Judith Day. They were married for 22 years—until 2008. They had three children together.

1990s[link]

It wasn't until 1990 that The Time scored a #1 R&B hit with "Jerk Out," a Dance-funk cut from their reunited fourth album, Pandemonium. This album also featured the original members of the band. The same year, Day formed his own girl band (not unlike Prince's Vanity 6/Apollonia 6) called The Day Zs. The group's first and only album release was produced by Day and he sang on one of the tracks called "Green Acres."

From that high point, Day's success began to wane. The general decline of Prince's popularity soon after did not help and Day's public visibility, and his creative output waned considerably.

2000 to present[link]

Day came out of his self-imposed retirement because of his fans' support. Day has remained a popular concert draw since the late 1990s, fronting a revamped lineup of The Time, including originals Jellybean Johnson on drums and Monte Moir on keyboards. The band was invited to perform on Prince's direct to video concert film, "Rave Un2 The Year 2000", in December 1999.

Day has also appeared regularly in local television commercials for a Toyota dealership in the Atlanta area.

As of 2007, Day is band leader on the TV One program Baisden After Dark.

He reunited with the original members of The Time after 18 years for a performance with Rihanna at the 50th Grammy Awards show.

Morris Day and The Time performed at the 2008 HR Florida State Conference.

Acting career[link]

Day continued to act in films from time to time in small parts (including a brief but memorable turn in Richard Pryor's Moving, and the Andrew Dice Clay (1990 film) The Adventures of Ford Fairlane). Day's presence on the screen decreased until, in 2001, he returned to film in Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, performing "Jungle Love" with The Time and dancing with the movie's stars in the film's coda, and being introduced emphatically by Jason Mewes' character as "Morris Day and The motherfuckin' Time!".

Day also appeared on the small screen in 1990 when he portrayed the character Lamarr on ABC's short-lived sitcom New Attitude. He guest-starred on the sitcom Eve as a pimp who wanted Eve's fashion boutique to design a flamboyant suit to match his witty personality, and appeared as himself in an episode on the series Moesha, attempting to file a lawsuit against Moesha's ex-boyfriend Q, who used a sample from "The Oak Tree" without permission. He also appeared on 227 in the 80's.

He appeared opposite James Avery and Matthew Stewart in a pilot called Heart & Soul.

Appearances in popular culture[link]

In the 1980s and 1990s, WWF wrestler "Birdman" Koko B. Ware used "The Bird" as his entrance theme.

He appeared with The Time at the end of the movie "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and was referred to as the main characters' favorite band.

In 1994, Day was featured on and provided the chorus and accompanying vocals for rapper K-Dee's song "Gigolos Get Lonely Too" from the Ass, Gas, or Cash (No One Rides for Free) album. This song was essentially a direct sampling of a similarly named "Gigolos Get Lonely Too", recorded by The Time in the 80's.

A song called "Morris Day" appears on the album Felt, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet by the hip-hop group Felt.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

The Time[link]

• The Time (Warner Bros., 1981)
• What Time Is It? (Warner Bros., 1982)
• Ice Cream Castle (Warner Bros., 1984)
• Pandemonium (Paisley Park Records, 1990) #18 US
• Condensate (as The Original 7ven)( Saguaro Road Records 2011)

Solo[link]

• Color of Success (Warner Bros., 1985)
• Daydreaming (Warner Bros., 1987)
• Guaranteed (Reprise, 1992)
• It's About Time (Hollywood, 2004)

Singles[link]

Solo[link]

The Time[link]

Filmography[link]

With Prince[link]

• Graffiti Bridge
• Purple Rain

Other appearances[link]

• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Moesha
• Moving
• The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
• Eve

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Morris Day at the Internet Movie Database

Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer live in Salzburg, 2006
Background information
Born	(1959-04-10) April 10, 1959 (age 53) Massapequa, New York, United States
Genres	Rockabilly, rock and roll, swing revival, jump blues
Occupations	Guitarist, musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1979–present
Associated acts	The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Bloodless Pharoahs, Stray Cats, The Tomcats
Website	www.briansetzer.com
Notable instruments
Gretsch Brian Setzer Signature Models

Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He first found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly revival group Stray Cats, and revitalized his career in the late 1990s with his Swing revival band, The Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Biography[link]

Career[link]

Setzer was born in Massapequa, New York. Beginning in January 1979, he fronted the popular rockabilly band, the Stray Cats.

After performing locally from New York to Philadelphia under various band names with no real success, singer and lead guitarist Setzer, drummer Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) and bassist Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) decided in June 1980 to go to London, England where they believed people would better appreciate their sound and style.^[1]

To obtain the money for their plane tickets, Setzer, Rocker and Phantom went to Sam Ash Music on 48th Street to sell their instruments and gear to the store, for enough money for three one-way plane tickets. Upon their arrival, they decided to call themselves the "Stray Cats", a name suggested by Rocker because of their status as 'strays'. After performing for only a few months they drew the attention of the British record producer Dave Edmunds, and released a series of successful singles in the UK, which countered the already-entrenched punk scene in London.

After releasing several singles and two albums in England, the Stray Cats finally caught America's attention with the 1982 album Built for Speed, which included the two Top Ten hits, "Rock This Town" (#9) and "Stray Cat Strut" (#3). This album was basically a re-release of many of the songs from the two previous albums: the self-titled "Stray Cats" and "Gonna Ball" (they have never been released in America). Their follow-up 1983 album Rant 'N Rave with the Stray Cats included the two successful singles: "(She's) Sexy + 17" (#5), and "I Won't Stand In Your Way" (#35).

After only four years, the Stray Cats separated in 1984, but reunited briefly to record albums and mount tours several times all the way through the early 1990s. From 1985 to early 1986, Setzer was the lead guitarist for the touring version of Robert Plant's ensemble band, The Honeydrippers.

In the summer of 1986, Setzer released his first solo album, The Knife Feels Like Justice, which marked a huge move away from his trademark sound and towards a more mainstream 'rock-roots' sound, which was popularized at the time by such other artists such as John Cougar Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen. The album was given little promotion by his label and as a result it only found minor success, peaking at only number 45 on the Billboard US album charts. The album has become a cult favorite among those who understood the message Setzer was trying to attempt, such as the world's nuclear proliferation, the immigration issue, the understanding of religion and the 'working man's blues', such as unemployment, loneliness, etc.^{[citation needed]}

In 1987, Setzer played the part of Eddie Cochran in the biographical film on the life of Ritchie Valens, La Bamba.

Brian Setzer plays with his orchestra on June 29, 2006 in the East Room of the White House, during the entertainment following the official dinner in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visit to the United States.

In the mid-1990s Setzer once again resurrected an older form of youth-oriented music, swing and jump blues music, when he formed The Brian Setzer Orchestra, an ambitious 17-piece ensemble project, which released four studio albums, a Christmas disc and several live releases between 1994 and 2002. His group's biggest success (and Setzer's outside the Stray Cats) came in 1998 with the release of the album The Dirty Boogie which cracked the top ten on the US album charts and featured a hit single, a cover of Louis Prima's "Jump, Jive an' Wail".

Setzer continued to release solo-billed albums sporadically, including a solo live disc Rockin' By Myself in 1998. In 2001 he released an album titled Ignition with his new trio billed as the '68 Comeback Special. In 2003 he released Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy. A tribute album titled Rockabilly Riot Vol. 1: A Tribute To Sun Records was released on July 26, 2005, in the United States. An album simply titled 13 was released in October 2006.

On September 25, 2007, the Brian Setzer Orchestra released Wolfgang's Big Night Out which features Setzer's take on classical pieces, such as Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" and "Für Elise". Wolfgang earned Setzer his eighth Grammy nomination, this time for Best Classical Crossover album of the year.

On October 13, 2009, the Brian Setzer Orchestra released a new album titled Songs From Lonely Avenue. For the first time in Setzer's career, he was the sole writer on every song. Frank Comstock, the 87-year-old big band arranger whom Setzer collaborated with on Wolfgang's Big Night Out, orchestrated most of the horn parts for the album.

On December 14, 2009, Setzer was unable to complete a performance in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was briefly hospitalized because of "dehydration, high altitude sickness and vertigo,"^[2] After Colorado Springs, Albuquerque has the second highest elevation of any American city of more than 100,000 people and many visitors experience oxygen debt and require ER treatment.

Recent activity[link]

Johan Frandsen, frontman from Swedish band The Knockouts and Brian Setzer on stage at the Helsinki Ice Hall, Finland, July 2011 as part of the European leg of the Brian Sezter Rockabilly Riot 2011

In 2011, Setzer toured extensively throughout Europe. The premiere night of The Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot! Europe Tour 2011 was at the 10 year celebration of the Azkena Rock Festival^[3] on the June 25, Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain to crowds of over 50,000 people.

The tour then went onto dates in Zurich, Switzerland; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; Weert and Amsterdam in the Netherlands; Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne in Germany; and Peer in Belgium. The Scandinavia leg of the tour was in Copenhagen, Denmark, Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland ending at the Helsinki Ice Hall.

Further gigs were held at the famous Brixton Academy, London and in Ireland, Dublin, the tour is planned to continue into Japan in September 2011. The Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot Tour! featured a special set with Slim Jim Phantom, and was supported on the majority shows by the cult Swedish punk rock band The Knockouts in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

Honors[link]

Setzer was awarded the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1999 Gibson Awards. As of 1999, the previous recipients of this award were B. B. King, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill and John Fogerty.

Since 2000, Setzer has earned three Grammy Awards: Best Pop Performance Duo/Group for "Jump Jive An' Wail", and two Best Pop Instrumental Performance awards for "Sleepwalk"^[4] and "Caravan".^[5] In December 2006 he received his seventh Grammy nomination for his version of "My Favorite Things", again in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category.

Personal life[link]

Setzer has been married three times: DeAnna Morgan from 1984 to 1992, with whom he has a son, Cody; Christine Schmidt, from 1994 to 2002, with whom he has two daughters; and Julie Reiten, a former singer with the Dustbunnies, in 2005 (they met when she auditioned - and was hired - as a back-up singer for the Brian Setzer Orchestra in 2000). Setzer and Reiten reside in Minneapolis.^[6]

Discography[link]

Bloodless Pharaohs[link]

• Marty Thau Presents 2 × 5 (1980)
• Brian Setzer and the Bloodless Pharaohs (1996, Collectables 687)^[7]

Brian Setzer & The Tomcats[link]

A series of live recordings were issued in 1997 by Collectables Records, and removed from sale within a year under threat of legal action.^[8]

• Rock This Town (Recorded Live on March 29, 1980) (Collectables 701)
• High School Confidential (Recorded Live on May 24, 1980) (Collectables 702)
• Stray Cat Strut (Recorded Live on May 24, 1980) (Collectables 703)
• Rip It Up! (Recorded Live on May 30, 1980) (Collectables 704)
• All Shook Up (Recorded Live on May 30, 1980) (Collectables 705)
• Shake Rattle & Roll (Recorded Live on May 31, 1980) (Collectables 706)
• Rockabilly Boogie (Recorded Live on October 10, 1980) (Collectables 707)

Stray Cats[link]

• Stray Cats (1981)
• Gonna Ball (1981)
• Built For Speed (1982) #2 (15 weeks) US
• Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats (1983) #14 US
• Rock Therapy (1986) #122 US
• Blast Off! (1989) #111 US
• Let's Go Faster! (1990)
• The Best of the Stray Cats: Rock This Town (1990)
• Choo Choo Hot Fish (1992)
• Original Cool (1993)
• Rumble in Brixton (2004)

The Brian Setzer Orchestra[link]

• The Brian Setzer Orchestra (1994) #158 US
• Guitar Slinger (1996)
• The Dirty Boogie (1998) #9 US
• Vavoom! (2000) #62 US
• Jumpin' East of Java (2001)
• Best of The Big Band (2002)
• Boogie Woogie Christmas (2002)
• The Ultimate Collection (2004)
• Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005)
• Wolfgang's Big Night Out (September 2007)
• The Best Of Collection - Christmas Rocks! (October 2008)
• Ultimate Christmas Collection (October 2008)
• Songs from Lonely Avenue (October 2009)
• Don't Mess With A Big Band (Live!) (July 2010)
• Christmas Comes Alive (October 2010)

Solo material[link]

• The Knife Feels Like Justice (1986) #45 US
• Live Nude Guitars (1988) #140 US
• Rockin' By Myself (1998)
• Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy (2003)
• Rockabilly Riot Vol. 1: A Tribute To Sun Records (2005)
• 13 (2006) #2 JAP
• Red Hot & Live (2007)
• Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL! (2011)

'68 Comeback special[link]

• Ignition (2001) #152 US

Filmography[link]

• La Bamba (1987)
• Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)
• The Great White Hype (1996)
• The Nanny - "The Bobbi Flekman Story'" (1997), as himself
• The Country Bears (2002), along with the '68 Comeback Special
• The Simpsons - "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" (2002)

Live DVDs[link]

• Brian Setzer Orchestra live In Japan (2001)
• Rumble In Brixton (2004)
• Brian Setzer Orchestra Live: Christmas Extravaganza (2005)
• One Rockin' Night ('95) (2007)
• Live In Montreal Jazz Festival ( 2010)

Other works and appearances[link]

• Composed and performed the theme song for the Disney cartoon show House Of Mouse.
• Appeared in a Bud Light commercial where his rehearsal session was interrupted by an elderly woman (recording pioneer Cordell Jackson) who could play rock-and-roll guitar.
• Setzer also performed on Tomoyasu Hotei's album Soul Sessions, on the tracks Back Streets of Tokyo and Take a Chance on Love.
• Appeared with the Brian Setzer Orchestra on an episode of The Nanny The Bobbi Flekman Story (1997)
• Setzer spoofed himself in a 2002 episode of popular animated series The Simpsons. He voiced himself as a "tutor" at a fictional Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp attended by Homer Simpson, and said (after his animated version participated in chasing Homer in a motorized devil's head): "I hope you won't judge the entire Brian Setzer Orchestra based on my actions."
• Appeared in The Country Bears Movie doing a music duel with one of the bears.

Musical equipment[link]

Brian Setzer has a very large guitar collection spanning many decades and brands. Setzer favours vintage equipment^[9] and hollow body guitars^[10] and is currently endorsed by Gretsch.^[11]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Brian Setzer web site
• Official Stray Cats web site
• Brian Setzer on Myspace
• Brian Setzer at the Internet Movie Database
• StarTribune article about life in Minneapolis

Emilio Cavallini
Born	1945 San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Fashion designer
Labels	Emilio Cavallini

Emilio Cavallini (born 1945 in San Miniato, Province of Pisa) is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his hosiery collections.

Biography[link]

From 1964 to 1966 he attended College in Florence “Universita’ di Firenze, Economia e Commercio”. He quit college because of this fascination with the world of fashion and went to the "Swinging London". He met Mary Quant, his passion for hosiery started and started to dress women’s legs with patterned hosiery. He developed pantyhoses with black/white patterns, dots, starts and skulls, stripes, animal and different kids of fishnets. He loved the fluorescent colors.

In 1970 he opened in San Miniato his own company, Stilnovo Spa. Besides Mary Quant he started producing for the most important brands such as Dior, Celine, Roberta di Camerino, Balenciaga, Gucci, Alexander McQueen and more..

In 1980 he launched his own brand of Emilio Cavallini hosiery. It was an immediate success, he started designing shoes, leather accessories, bathing suits and a full avante garde clothing line for young men and women. Licensees retail stores start to opened in Florence, Milan, Rome, Paris, Düsseldorf, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. He had a runway show in Paris with his line for men and in Milan for women. He became member for Milan Chamber of Fashion. In the 1980s he believed that the time to look for new clothing forms is over and he started to develop clothing without seams on special seamless machines with large cylinders that were intended for hosiey. He launches the collection in New York and continues developing a large tight that covers the whole body.

In 2009 Stilnovo S.p.A. produces 4 million fashion tights per year and sells worldwide. Currently he is working on a building and archive with the patterns and techniques he developed in 40 years of design. He also nourishes his passion for current and ancient art. This passion leads him to build art pieces of various forms and dimensions using tights as if they were strings, he uses his mathematical knowledge to figure out the tensions of yarns.

Awards, Prizes and Acknowledgments[link]

• In 1986 Italian President Francesco Cossiga made him “Cavaliere del lavoro”.
• In 1989 Italian President Francesco Cossiga made him “Ufficiale”
• In 1989 he won “Leone d’oro” prize in Venice for fashion.
• In 1993 Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro made him “Commendatore”.

Sources[link]

• Official Italian website of national acknowledgments
• Some Biographic Informations
• 1988 article about opening of Emilio Cavallini store in New York

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Emilio Cavallini designer profile at Fashion Model Directory
• Stilnovo S.p.A. Website

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Alice Beer (born 17 May 1965 in England) is an English television presenter, and was educated at the North London Collegiate School, a girls' independent school in Edgware, Middlesex.

Career[link]

A trained journalist, Beer's first job in 1987 was as a secretary on the BBC programme That's Life!. Since then she has worked her way up to being a researcher, producer on Kilroy and Gloria Live. Finally from 1992 until 1999 she was co presenter on the BBC consumer programme Watchdog with Anne Robinson.

After leaving Watchdog, she has led a roving reporter's life, appearing on shows such as Healthcheck, Face Value and Real Rakeovers, as well as reporting for programmes such as Holiday and Summer Holiday. She has also appeared as herself on Bremner, Bird and Fortune.

She was also a regular presenter on The Heaven and Earth Show, and did two series of Hot Property for Five. She currently presents a programme for BBC London 94.9.

Between December 2004 and February 2005, she presented a promotional video for Top Up TV. The looped film ran 19 hours each day on the Top Up TV Sampler channel. The channel was replaced by Xtraview before closing altogether in September 2005.

Beer and her husband Paul Pascoe live in London, and have twin-daughters. Beer is a patron of CLIC Sargent.^[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website