Cobalt ( /ˈkoʊbɒlt/ KOH-bolt or /ˈkoʊbɔːlt/ KOH-bawlt) is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27. It is found naturally only in chemically combined form. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
Cobalt-based blue pigments have been used since ancient times for jewelry and paints, and to impart a distinctive blue tint to glass, but the color was later thought by alchemists to be due to the known metal bismuth. Miners had long used the name kobold ore (German for goblin ore) for some of the blue-pigment producing minerals; they were named because they were poor in known metals and gave poisonous arsenic-containing fumes upon smelting. In 1735, such ores were found to be reducible to a new metal (the first discovered since ancient times), and this was ultimately named for the kobold.
Today, some cobalt is produced specifically from various metallic-lustered ores, for example cobaltite (CoAsS), but the main source of the element is as a by-product of copper and nickel mining. The copper belt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia yields most of the cobalt metal mined worldwide.
The Basics ( /ˈbæzɪtʃ/ BAZZ-ich) are a three-piece band from Melbourne, Australia, formed by Wally De Backer and Kris Schroeder in 2002. Their style has been described as anything from 'indie-pop' to 'rock'n'roll' to 'pop-rock', though their records show they span a wide range of genres, including reggae, ska, country, and electro-pop. They are "recognised as one of Australia's hardest-working bands".
With close to 1000 shows in their ten-year career, their live performances are well-known for their sense of humour and energy.
The Basics were formed after Kris met Wally at a party in Melbourne. The event was to see off the young aspiring producer, who was about to depart for Los Angeles, and together with a number of musician friends, the two jammed on some blues-rock standards. Later that night, they bonded over a mutual love of The Beatles, 70s and 80s cartoon theme songs and old Sierra adventure games.
Initially, they played around Melbourne as an acoustic guitar/drums combo, starting at The Opposition in Frankston and the House of Fools in Footscray, where in late 2002 they met Michael Hubbard and later invited him to join them on electric guitar. Though lacking any real experience with the instrument, Kris willingly purchased his first bass guitar, and the trio was born. During this time, the group start performing songs with more complicated three-part harmony.
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The luck of the of the once fearsome Frenetic Five has taken a turn for the worse. Between child support payments, transient living and an unapproachable mayor, the group find themselves fighting to survive. Follow the plight of the Frenetic Five as they attempt to regain Superhero status against all odds. Will they be the guardians of the city once again?
Keywords: bad-luck, child-support, city, comic-book, double-decker-bus, drunk, fan, mayor, super-hero, villain
Five down and out superheroes try to rise back to the top under the oppressive fist of the city's mayor.
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Big hair, big guns, big personalities, and a serious lack of wardrobe. She-Wolves of the Wasteland, a post-apocalyptic story that features women--lots and lots of women--who leave little to the imagination as they battle each other in various junkyards and gravel pits to determine the fate of the entire world.
Keywords: axe-murder, badlands, bare-breasts, character-name-in-title, childbirth, convertible, crotch-grab, electronic-music-score, end-of-the-world, erotica
Women Rule.
Sexploitation Sinema Has Never Been So Fun!
After the Conventional Wars, the Nuclear Wars, and the Chromosome Wars comes a survivor. Her mission... save the last man alive!
Reverend Mother: How does it feel to be the last man on Earth?::Guy: How does it feel to be the ugliest thing around?