Storm Queen (musician)
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Morgan Geist, better known by his stage name Storm Queen is an American music producer, songwriter, remixer and DJ from Wayne, New Jersey. He is best known for his song "Look Right Through", which was remixed by Marc Kinchen and had Geist's lyrics sung by Damon C. Scott. Geist is also a member of Brooklyn-based house and nu-disco duo Metro Area. Morgan also remixed many artists including The Rapture, Franz Ferdinand, Telex and many others.
Music career
2010-present: Breakthrough
In 2010 Storm Queen released his debut single "Look Right Through" on Geist's own Environ label. In 2011, the follow-up "It Goes On" was released. In July 2012 he released "Let's Make Mistakes" as his third single. On November 3, 2013, a licensed version of the single "Look Right Through" was released via Defected Records/Ministry of Sound. In the United Kingdom, the song entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on November 10, 2013, becoming Storm Queen's first number one song in The UK, dethroning Eminem and Rihanna's "The Monster" from the top of the chart. In Ireland, the song entered at number thirty on the Irish Singles Chart on November 8, 2013, and peaked at number twenty.
Freedom Now
Freedom Now is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan organization that seeks to facilitate representation for arbitrarily detained individuals who have neither used nor advocated violence and whose detention violates fundamental principles of international law.
Its approach is to use focused legal, political, and public relations advocacy efforts designed to compel the release of individuals deprived of their liberty in violation of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and other international human rights instruments.
A small organization with limited resources, Freedom Now works closely with other human rights organizations and lawyers to identify high-impact cases that would benefit from the organization's approach.
Selected Current Campaigns
Freedom Now represents prisoners of conscience worldwide, including:
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Ruthless City
by: Morgan GeistYou took me down
you knocked me out
so fast it wasn't funny
in the first round I found out
how you operate
when I woke up the next day
bleeding on the sidewalk
it was then I knew without a doubt
I had finally found me
my best friend he once was yours
he gave you all his love and money
but you wore him down behind closed doors
even outside on the street
and when he left he wondered why
he wondered how he could deserve you
but now I see that I was worn
cause you weren't all that sweet
So many days have come and gone
and still I always catch you watching
you sit and wait for something wrong
I like to think maybe I've grown
but every night when I walk home
and life it settles on my shoulders
its funny how I just keep on
knowing life is not my own
in a ruthless city
in a ruthless city
in a ruthless city
in a ruthless city