Moscow ( /ˈmɒskaʊ/ or /ˈmɒskoʊ/; Russian: Москва́, tr. Moskva; IPA: [mɐˈskva] ( listen)) is the capital and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural and scientific center of Russia and the continent. Moscow is the northernmost megacity on Earth, the most populous city in Europe, and the 6th largest city proper in the world. Its population, according to the results of the 2010 Census, is 11,503,501. Based on Forbes 2011, Moscow has the largest community of billionaires in the world.
Moscow is situated on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District of European Russia. In the course of its history the city has served as the capital of a progression of states, from the medieval Grand Duchy of Moscow and the subsequent Tsardom of Russia to the Soviet Union. Moscow is the site of the Moscow Kremlin, an ancient fortress that is today the residence of the Russian President and of the executive branch of the Government of Russia. The Kremlin is also one of several World Heritage Sites in the city. Both chambers of the Russian parliament (the State Duma and the Federation Council) also sit in Moscow.
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. They have sold over 25 million records worldwide. The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including two Brit Awards—winning Best British Dance Act twice, three MTV Video Music Awards, two Kerrang! Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards, and have twice been nominated for Grammy Awards.
The group's brand of music makes use of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno, industrial, and breakbeat in the early 1990s to big beat and electronic rock with punk vocal elements in later times. The current members include Liam Howlett (keyboardist and composer), Keith Flint (dancer and vocalist), and Maxim (MC and vocalist). Leeroy Thornhill (dancer and very rarely a live keyboardist) was a member of the band from 1990 to 2000, as was a female dancer and vocalist called Sharky who left the group during their early period. The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s, and have since then achieved immense popularity and worldwide renown.
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
Father Corbin: Do you understand forever?::Kokabiel: Do I understand forever? I've been ripping humans' heads off and defecating down their throats since eons before your ancestors began sprouting genitals!
Abraxis: Skip the genetalia and defecation and start at the beginning.::Kokabiel: In the beginning, there was swirling chaos and the piping of formless servitors!::Abraxis: Of the Jennifer North matter!
Jenny North: And you are?::Susan: Susan, the site supervisor.::Jenny North: Oh, from all those meetings! I didn't recognize you in natural light.
Nick: So the whole park project has become?::Joe: Urban stimulation project.::Nick: Sounds more like urban depressant. It's the zoning equivalent of mixing uppers and downers.::Joe: Hell yes. Taxpayer money feeding one crazy municipal... drug metaphor.
Joe: For the record, that's when we knew that something was wrong.::Jenny North: For the record, your mother sucks cocks in hell! Your mother is in heaven. Unfortunately, angels have no genetalia, so... she's kind of bored.
Father Corbin: As corporate priest, this matter fell under my purview.
Jenny North: I will gargle your sex organs for this! Gargle them in a fashion most excruciating! Ever had you sex organs gargled by a horse demon?::Joe: Is that a threat or a promise?
Jenny North: I cannot tell a lie! I'm the fucking George Washington of Hell, bitch!
Jenny North: You quote the treaty of Ghent at me, human? I, who command twenty legions of Hell.
Moscow: Orobos has knowingly shanghaied a corporate asset, body and soul.::Jenny North: Habeas corpus, bitch.