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Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with many more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca.
Living snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica, in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and on most smaller land masses — exceptions include some large islands, such as Ireland and New Zealand, and many small islands of the Atlantic and central Pacific. More than 20 families are currently recognized, comprising about 500 genera and about 3,400 species. They range in size from the tiny, 10 cm-long thread snake to the Reticulated python of up to 8.7 meters (29 ft) in length. The fossil species Titanoboa cerrejonensis was 15 meters (49 ft) long. Snakes are thought to have evolved from either burrowing or aquatic lizards during the mid-Cretaceous period, and the earliest known fossils date to around 112 Ma ago. The diversity of modern snakes appeared during the Paleocene period (c 66 to 56 Ma ago).
Jonathan Smith (born January 27, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and international DJ who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004. He then went solo and released a new album in 2010 called Crunk Rock.
Lil' Jon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Frederick Douglass High School.
After working as a DJ for Atlanta night clubs, he started working for So So Def Recordings between 1993 and 2000. The group signed to the Atlanta-based Mirror Image Records and were distributed by Ichiban Records. In 1997, Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz debuted with Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album. It included singles "Who U Wit?" and "Shawty Freak a Lil' Sumthin'", the latter of which came out in 1998. Both singles charted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 70 and No. 62 respectively. In 2000 Jon took part in starting up his own label BME Recordings and signed a distribution agreement with Norcross, Georgia based Southern Music Distribution. There he released his break through album titled We Still Crunk. Among the tracks on that project was the hit single "I Like Dem Girlz", which reached No. 55 on the R&B chart and No. 3 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart.
Dillon Francis | |
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Birth name | Dillon Hart Francis |
Born | (1987-10-05) October 5, 1987 (age 25) Los Angeles, California, United States |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Genres | Dubstep, electro house, Trap, moombahcore and moombahton |
Occupations | DJ and record producer |
Years active | Since 2010; 3 years ago (2010) |
Labels | Dim Mak Records, Fly Eye Records, Fool's Gold Records, Mad Decent and OWSLA |
Associated acts | A-Trak, Diplo, Doctor P, Example, Calvin Harris, Kill the Noise and Munchi |
Website | dillonfrancis.com |
Dillon Hart Francis (born October 5, 1987) also known by his stage name, "Tiësto",is an American electronic-dance musician, known for being one of the pioneers of moombahton, a fusion genre of house music and reggaeton, and moombahcore, a sub-genre of electronic-dance music deviating from moombahton.
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He was born in Los Angeles, California.[citation needed] [1]
Francis first rose to fame after gaining the respect of American producer Diplo and eventually collaborating on the song "Que Que". His song "Masta Blasta", originally a 130 BpM house track, was edited after inspiration from Dutch musician Munchi and eventually ended up as the moombahton track that brought him to fame.[2]
He has released works on multiple labels including Dim Mak Records, Mad Decent[3] and OWSLA.[4]
In February 2012, Francis became the first moombahton artist to achieve the number-one spot atop the Beatport Top 5 Releases Chart with the release of his extended play Something, Something, Awesome.[5]
In late 2012, he embarked on his Wet & Reckless tour across North America, as well as supporting the English electronic-music trio Nero on their Welcome Reality tour and English musician Flux Pavilion on his Standing on a Hill tour.[6]
In 2013 he announced a headlining 'Wurld Turr'[7] across the USA and Canada, as well as confirming that his debut album would be released in 2013. He also gained prominence by being announced as one of MTV Clubland's Artists to watch in 2013 [8], alongside acts such as Kill The Noise and Otto Knows.
Year | Album | Label |
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2010 | Swashbuckler | Play Me Records |
2011 | Westside! | Mad Decent |
2011 | Ultra (with Cory Enemy) | — |
2011 | Bossa Rocka | Top Billin |
2011 | Que Que (Remixes) (Diplo and Dillon Francis, featuring Maluca) | Mad Decent |
2012 | Something, Something, Awesome. | OWSLA |
2012 | Money Makin (Remixes) (with A-Trak) | Fool's Gold Records |
Year | Song | Label |
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2011 | "I.D.G.A.F.O.S." | Mad Decent |
2012 | "Money Makin" (with A-Trak) | Fool's Gold Records |
2012 | "Masta Blasta (The Rebirth)" | Mad Decent |
2012 | "Bootleg Fireworks (Burning Up)" | Fly Eye Records |
2013 | "Bootleg Fireworks (Burning Up) (The Rebirth) | Fly Eye Records |
Year | Song | Album | Label |
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2011 | "Beautician 2.0" | Mad Decent Vol. 1 | Mad Decent |
2012 | "Music Is Dead" (with Doctor P) | Mr Mongoose's Fantastic Weekend EP | Circus Records |
2012 | "Fiyah" | Straight Up Electro House! Vol. 7 | Straight Up |
2012 | "Epidemic" (with Jack Beats) | Careless | OWSLA |
2012 | "Here 2 China" (with Calvin Harris & Dizzee Rascal) | 18 Months | Fly Eye Records |
2012 | "Someone to Die For" (with Example) | The Evolution of Man | Data Records |
Year | Song | Artist |
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2010 | "Lassitude" | DJ Fresh and Sigma |
2011 | "Spaceman" | Vaski |
2011 | "Transition" | DWNTWN |
2011 | "Take It Back" | Toddla T |
2011 | "Just Fall" | HeavyFeet, featuring Hannah T |
2011 | "Look at Me Now" | Chris Brown, featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes |
2011 | "Broken Hearts" | Kito and Reija Lee |
2011 | "Hitz" | Chase & Status, featuring Tinie Tempah |
2011 | "She Blows (The Whistle Tune)" | Time Takers |
2011 | "Swagger Jagger" | Cher Lloyd |
2011 | "Hits Me Like a Rock" | CSS |
2011 | "Louder" | DJ Fresh, featuring Sian Evans |
2011 | "Stereo Hearts" | Gym Class Heroes, featuring Adam Levine |
2011 | "Feel So Close" | Calvin Harris |
2011 | "A Woman Like Me" | Willy Joy |
2011 | "Turn It On" | Kissy Sell Out |
2011 | "Earthquakey People" | Steve Aoki, featuring Rivers Cuomo |
2011 | "Circles" | Digitalism |
2011 | "Kill the Noise" | Kill The Noise |
2011 | "Who Is Ready to Jump" | Chuckie |
2012 | "Pull Up, Wheel Up" | Sinden |
2012 | "Hulk" | Clockwork |
2012 | "Stars Come Out" | Zedd, featuring Heather Bright |
2012 | "Daydreamer" | Flux Pavilion, featuring Example |
2012 | "Control Freak" | Steve Aoki, featuring Blaqstarr and Kay |
2012 | "Finale" | Madeon |
2012 | "Where Did I Go?" (with Kill Paris) | Monsta |
2012 | "Like Home" | Nicky Romero, featuring Nervo |
2013 | "So Young So High" | Dada Life |
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Name | Francis, Dillon |
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Short description | DJ and record producer |
Date of birth | October 5, 1987 |
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Actors: Cornelia Stefan (miscellaneous crew), Vlad Paunescu (miscellaneous crew), Roel Reiné (director), Laura Sevier (miscellaneous crew), Mike Elliott (producer), Cassandra Barbour (miscellaneous crew), Mickey Rourke (actor), Anthony Michael Hall (actor), Danny Trejo (actor), Mike Elliott (actor), Constantin Barbulescu (actor), Albert T. Dickerson III (producer), Dina Meyer (actress), Emil Hostina (actor), Claudiu Trandafir (actor),
Plot: A gang overruns a small mining town murdering their own leader Guerrero (Trejo) in a cold-blooded power grab. Sentenced to eternity in hell he finds himself confronted by Satan himself (Rourke), offering a daring proposition: deliver the six souls of his former gang and he will escape damnation. With time running out, he sets out on a brutal rampage to avenge his own death.
Keywords: 19th-century, bare-breasts, deal-with-the-devil, devil, gang, gunfire, horse-riding, mining-town, murder, prostituteActors: Frank Eberling (miscellaneous crew), Walter Busch (actor), Walter Busch (writer), Walter Busch (producer), Walter Busch (director), Walter Busch (editor), Walter Busch (costume designer), Bobbi Wall (actress), Michael Scaglione (actor), Iain Dunn (actor), Mark Schubert (actor), Jay Bilmon (actor), Jennifer Burns (actor), Todd Francis (actor), Jason Richards (actor),
Plot: Holly, an aspiring documentary film maker and her fiance Jay begin hanging out with the SOB motorcycle club in small-town Florida. Holly wanted to document the biker subculture, but Jay got drawn into the club. They soon realize they are trapped in a life or death situation with no way out. Real, gritty, and constructed from 8 months of hand-held and surveillance camera footage, this is the fist time the public will get a true look inside an outlaw motorcycle club, or 1-percent MC.
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Audrey Wasilewski (actress), Michiel Reichwein (editor), Julia Stiles (actress), Shirley MacLaine (actress), Barbara Eden (actress), Alan Heim (editor), Jennifer Coolidge (actress), Alan Thicke (actor), Robert Costanzo (actor), Randy Quaid (actor), John Capodice (actor), Jack McGee (actor), Curt Clendenin (actor), Judith M. Brown (miscellaneous crew), Cassandra Barbour (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Carolina Mirabeau was raised 'free-spirited' with two sisters by eccentric, domineering grandma Millicent in the country. Carolina's city neighbor, talented and witty Jewish author Albert Morris, is her best friend, confident and the wacky family's favorite guest. Yet she begins dating Heath Pierson, an 'all too perfect' upper class brilliant Britton, whom she met in the TV studio where she's fired as dating show candidates-screener. But the past and some truths catch up with all of them.
Keywords: alcoholic, auto-impound-lot, birth, book, book-reading, book-signing, car-accident, character-name-in-title, christmas-party, female-protagonistActors: Danny Dimbort (producer), Trevor Short (producer), Mike Tristano (miscellaneous crew), Avi Lerner (producer), Frank Zagarino (actor), Stuart Wentzel (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Atkins (actor), Stephen Edwards (composer), Sam Bottoms (actor), Ricco Ross (actor), Aubrey Morris (actor), Musetta Vander (actress), Mark Phelan (actor), Christopher Neame (actor), Simon Giles (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: It has been 25 years since the ore spaceship Siberia was last heard from. Unfortunately, it is now on a collision course with the communications station Comstat 5 which is orbiting Mars. After one successful maneuver to avoid the Siberia, it rams Comstat 5 and the crew soon finds that the Siberia crew is dead and the reason that it has been missing for 25 years. But that reason is trying to destroy them all as it destroyed the Siberia crew.
Keywords: android, cyborg, dog, independent-film, number-in-title, numbered-sequel, roman-numeral-in-title, sequel, space, spaceshipActors: Gerry Quigley (writer), Ron Lea (actor), Gerry Quigley (actor), Johann Benét (actor), Norman Orenstein (composer), Thomas Hauff (actor), Tony Munch (actor), Christina Cox (actress), Robert Bergman (producer), Steve DiMarco (writer), Steve DiMarco (director), Steve DiMarco (producer), Steve DiMarco (writer), Maddalena DiGregorio (miscellaneous crew), Miume Jan Eramo (editor),
Plot: Jane, a biker chick/dominatrix, lures an innocent businessman back to her apartment for some kinky games. In the midst of fornication, her dumb boyfriend Donny and his religious nut brother Clem return with the severed head of their first murder victim, and who are now fearing for their lives from a vengeful gang of psychos. Donny plots to brutally murder the businessman, while Clem continues studying for his correspondence course in priesthood.
Keywords: apple, apple-in-mouth, ballerina, bare-breasts, basement-apartment, biker, black-bra, black-comedy, blow-torch, bound-and-gaggedActors: Matthew R. Anderson (actor), Scotty Nguyen (actor), Garon Grigsby (actor), Scott Nguyen (actor), Quan Lelan (director),
Genres: ,Actors: Tina Louise (actress), Lee Frost (producer), Adam West (actor), Sherman 'Big Train' Bergman (actor), James Bryan (director), James Bryan (writer), Renee Harmon (writer), Renee Harmon (producer), Renee Harmon (actress), Melissa Christian (actress), Frank Millen (actor), Arthur Bergman (actor), Shawn Klugman (actor), Phyllis Di Rosa Frost (producer), Dennis Mancini (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Straw Weisman (writer), Bobby Astyr (actor), Straw Weisman (writer), Straw Weisman (producer), Jenny Baxter (actress), Mike De Marco (actor), Beth Anna (actress), Robert T. Megginson (director), Robert T. Megginson (producer), Robert T. Megginson (editor), Victor Zimet (actor), Robert T. Megginson (writer), Hal Borske (actor), Carol Baxter (actress), Richard Endelson (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Music,Actors: Marvin Schild (editor), Marvin Schild (producer), Owen Watson (miscellaneous crew), Emerson Boozer (actor), Wilfredo Roldan (actor), Owen Watson (actor), Michael Fink (producer), Michael Fink (director), Leonard Michaels (writer), Elsie Roman (actress), Moses Lyllia (actor), Frank Ruiz (actor), Sydney Filson (actor), Hector Quinones (actor), Joel Schild (producer),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery,Actors: Matt Cimber (producer), Matt Cimber (director), Jefferson Richard (producer), Jefferson Richard (actor), Matt Cimber (writer), Mikel Angel (writer), Mikel Angel (actor), Rafer Johnson (producer), Fred D. Scott (actor), Joe Greene (actor), Paul Stevens (actor), Marlene Buckalew (miscellaneous crew), Ben Davidson (actor), Carl Eller (actor), Ernest Robinson (actor),
Plot: A black high school student is caught dating a white girl by the girl's brother. He and his biker gang beat the boy to death. The boy's brother, who is a member of a black biker gang, hears about it and comes to town to avenge his brother's death.
Keywords: african-american, biker-gang, blaxploitation, independent-film, number-in-title, vietnam