In the textile industry, a hank refers to a unit of yarn or twine that is in a coiled form. This is often the best form for use with hand looms, compared to the cone form needed for power looms. Hanks come in a fixed length depending on the type of material, so the term hank is sometimes used as a unit of measure. For instance, a hank of linen is 270 metres, and a hank of cotton or silk is 768 metres. In beads, 1 hank = 3.333 fathoms = 6.667 yards = 20 feet = 6.096 metres.
In yarns for handcrafts such as knitting or crochet, hanks are not a fixed length, but are sold in units by weight, most commonly 50 grams. Depending on the thickness of the strand as well as the inherent density of the material, hanks can range widely in yardage per 50 gram unit; for example, 440 yards for a lace weight mohair, to 60 yards for a chunky weight cotton. Special treatments to the materials that add cost, such as mercerisation or labor-intensive hand-painting of colors, can influence a manufacturer's desired length per unit as well. Knitters and crocheters rewind the hanks into balls or centre-pull skeins prior to use, in order to prevent the yarn from becoming tangled.
Waylon Arnold Jennings (pronounced /welən dʒɛnɪŋz/; June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at eight and began performing at twelve on KVOW radio. He formed a band, The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI and KLLL. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings' first recording session, of "Jolie Blon" and "When Sin Stops (Love Begins)". Holly hired him to play bass. During the Winter Dance Party Tour, in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a plane to arrive to the next venue. Jennings gave up his seat in the plane to J. P. Richardson, who was suffering from a cold. The flight that carried Holly, Richardson and Ritchie Valens crashed, on the day later known as The Day the Music Died. Following the accident, Jennings worked as a D.J in Coolidge, Arizona and Phoenix. He formed a rockabilly club band, The Waylors. He recorded for independent label Trend Records, A&M Records before succeeding with RCA Victor after achieving creative control of his records.
Robert James "Bob" Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations. Kid Rock released several studio albums that mostly went unnoticed before his 1998 record Devil Without a Cause, released with Atlantic Records, sold 11 million albums behind the hits, "Bawitdaba", "Cowboy", and "Only God Knows Why". In 2000, he released The History of Rock, a compilation of remixed and remastered versions of songs from previous albums as well as the hit single, "American Bad Ass" and the previously unreleased "Abortion".
Kid Rock released the follow-up in 2001, Cocky. After a slow start, his country-flavored hit "Picture" with Sheryl Crow resurrected the album and it went gold as a single and pushed the album's sales over 5 million. It was followed by 2003's self-titled release, which went platinum in the USA and reached No. 8 on the Billboard charts. In 2006 he released Live Trucker, a greatest hits live album that went mostly unnoticed.
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With their marriage on the rocks, Helen and John desperately attempt to salvage their relationship. To that end, they visit the home of Sheryl, a lively yet mysterious housewife who befriends the unhappy couple. As the night progresses, Sheryl's intentions become more clear, even as she copes with the ever-bickering twosome. What results is anything but an ordinary gathering among friends.
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Powerful witch Morgan heads to a festival at a bed and breakfast nestled in the small town of Stevenson, Texas. There, she and her coven get more than they bargain for when they meet Reverend Montgomery, a man who has more than the church on his side. In this return of Morgan from the film Sinner, the passive witch must call up her greatest powers to save her coven and right the wrongs of the town and congregation.
Keywords: power, religion, suspense, witchcraft
He who leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own trap, but the blameless will receive good inheritance.
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Elwood, an honest lumberjack, refuses to make the switch from axe to saw. Hank, Elwood's boss, fires him for disregarding his instructions only solidifying Elwood's decision to move into the woods to begin a simpler life. While Elwood searches to find a life more in sync with nature Ellen, a news reporter, approaches Hank about doing a story on the turn of events. Hank realizing he must find his former employee to settle this matter before public humiliation sets out after Elwood to bring him back.
Keywords: axe, hermit, lumberjack
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Free-spirit Karen reluctantly returns home to Portland, Oregon and finds an unusual change: the old neighborhood has suddenly become predominantly Black. Trying to fit in with her new neighbors she also struggles to keep her own patchwork family in check...as she falls in love with the wrong guy at a very wrong time.
Keywords: african-american, independent-film, interracial-relationship, portland-oregon, title-directed-by-female
Eventually everyone grows up. Even your parents.
GIRLS and GUNS... A Doublecross Backfired!
Murder Stalks The Carnival
Caught In The Web Of A Vice Racket!
New! Different!
Tantalizing Teasers in a Riot of Fun!
Gorgeous Girls in the Hottest Burlesque Your Eyes Have Ever Seen
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During the Civil War Confederate prisoners of war choose to join the Union Army in its fight against Indians on the condition they won't have to fight against the Confederacy but old animosities between Unionists and Confederates resurface during their fragile alliance against the Indians.
Keywords: american-civil-war, apache, attack, battle, camp, capture, colonel, confederate, desert, devotion
UNFURLS THE BANNER TO HIGH ADVENTURE! (original print ad - all caps)
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Promoted and advertised as "The Million Dollar Serial", most of which appears to have been spent on advertising and the most elaborate pressbook ever put out by Universal on a serial (or 95% of their feature films for that matter), Universal's 51st sound-era serial (following "Sky Raiders" and before "Sea Raiders" and, to quote the late Oliver Drake who wrote the original story,..."we were lucky they didn't call it 'Land Raiders'), "Riders of Death Valley" remains a favorite for the 7-12 year-old kids who saw in on original release in 1941, and a major disappointment for those who came later and never saw it in the 35mm version shown on a screen in a 350-seat grind-house theatre, and now question what all the excitement was about. Hey, you had to have been there. Actually, it is just one long prolonged chase after another for the most part and, even worse, it is usually the 5-6 good guys running from 2-3 of the bad guys (which even had eight-year-old kids of 1941 wondering what's up with this?) and has lots of stock-footage cliffhangers from earlier Universal western serials and features. The plot has Jim Benton (Dick Foran) as the head of a vigilante group, known as the Riders of Death Valley, organized to protect the miners from the take-over plots hatched by Joseph Kirby (James Blaine) and Rance Davis (Monte Blue.) They hire Wolf Reade (Charles Bickford) and his motley crew to do their dirty work, and spend most of their time lamenting their choice of sub-contractee as Reade deals his employees as much misery as he does the "Riders" and miners. Benton's "Riders" are Tombstone (Buck Jones), Pancho (Leo Carrillo), Smokey (Noah Beery, Jr, who is a no-show in most episodes), Borax Bill (Big Boy Williams) and Tex (Glenn Strange.) Always worth watching just for Foran, Jones, Carillo, and Jeanne Kelly (Jean Brooks), and especially if one flash forwards the chase scenes, which will serve to basically make a seven chapter offering out of the original 15.
Keywords: 1880s, ambush, archive-footage, avalanche, b-movie, b-western, barfly, bartender, borax-mining, bridge
THE GREATEST SERIAL...ever made by the master serial-makers! (original posters)
A MILLION-DOLLAR SUPER SERIAL! With a thousand teeming thrills in 15 exciting chapters! (original posters)
'DESCENDING DOOM!" - Chapter 8 Of The Million Dollar Serial (chapter 8 original one-sheet poster)
Jim Benton: Let's Went!
I give the punishment
I take the brandishment
I am the one so hard on me
I am the implement
I am the battered one
(against? I give?) Myself to rape
I stay out in the sun
I am the one so pale
Taking it all too hard
Too serious and way too smart
Too analytical
Taking it on the chin?
Holding it deep within
Letting it hurt again
Dare not to swell with pride
Taking it on the chin
Nothing here works out
Nothing to cry about
I've ruined it negative
I killed it with my ?
Clock my attention span
The fingers of one hand
I count down 3-2-1
And start all over again
Nothing here works out
I should be more secure
Drink in the morning sun
My work could turn to fun
I give the punishment
I take the brandishment
I am so hard on me
I am the implement
Well, my old Uncle Joe, he's a proud Democrat
He's got FDR on his baseball cap
An' thinks the whole country's on a one-way track to hell
He says there's only one truck an' that's a Chevrolet
Everything else is money gone to waste
An' a lot more people oughtta learn to do for themselves
Well, I love how we can disagree
An' we can still be family.
Makes me think about Hank
How he played his songs
Made a long-haired pot-smokin' hippy wanna sing along
Makes me think about life an' all it's different roads
There's a million you can pick
But they're all gonna lead you back home
Yeah, we're livin' in some crazy days
We're all crazy in our diff'rent ways
But we can all get along
Without everybody thinkin' the same.
We got a big hair preacher on channel nineteen
A Maharaji on sixty-three
An' the good Lord's upstairs, tryin' to get them both on the phone
We got country boy's sayin' that rap just sucks
An' rappers sayin'country's all outta touch
But there's plenty of room for both on my radio
'Cause music ain't right or wrong
So tonight, let's just rock on an' on.
Makes me think about Hank
How he played his songs
Made a long-haired pot-smokin' hippy wanna sing along
Makes me think about life an' all it's different roads
There's a million you can pick
But they're all gonna lead you back home
Yeah, we're livin' in some crazy days
We're all crazy in our diff'rent ways
But we can all get along
Without everybody thinkin' the same.
(Aw, c'mon, yeah boy.)
Makes me think about life an' all it's different roads
There's a million you can pick
But they're all gonna lead you back home
Yeah, we're livin' in some crazy days
We're all crazy in our diff'rent ways
But we can all get along
Without everybody thinkin' the same
Yeah, the more things change
The more they stay the same
If I'll ever fall in love with someone you'll be the one
If I'll ever feel the feeling coming you'll be the one
If I'll ever decide to hold someone and say I love you true
Well I can promise this the one I kiss will be you
If I'll ever get my heart in shape dear to love once more
Then it'll be yours to break dear like the time bofere
If I'll ever decide that heartaches and sleepless nights are fun
If I wanna get hurt by a real expert you'll be the one
[ guitar - fiddle - piano ]
If I'll ever get my heart in shape...