Clutch (mascot)

Clutch the Rocket Bear is the mascot for the NBA's Houston Rockets.

The informal nickname "Clutch City" was given to Houston, Texas after the Rockets won their first NBA championship in the 1993-94 season. The moniker was adopted in response to a front-page headline in the Houston Chronicle declaring Houston to be "Choke City" after blowing a 20-point lead earlier in that postseason. The Rockets' bear, appropriately named "Clutch," was introduced on March 14, 1995.

Clutch was named the 5th-most recognizable mascot in sports by USA Today in February 2005, and was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2006. He also became the 2005 NBA Mascot of the Year. He also won the 2013 NBA Mascot of the Year.

He received even more attention in an Internet meme that involved a man being shot down during a halftime marriage proposal at a Rockets game in 2008. After the woman said "no" and stormed off the court, Clutch consoled him and walked him off, grabbing somebody's beer on the way out and giving it to the man. Some have questioned whether or not the incident was actually staged.

Clutch (web series)

Clutch is a Canadian crime/thriller web series created by Jonathan Robbins. It premiered on Vimeo in May 2011, but has since found a home on other broadcast sites such as Koldcast TV, Blip and JTS.TV. The webisodes are also available via DVD and special, purchasable USB keys.

The show follows the exploits of Kylie (Elitsa Bako), a pickpocket, forced to go on the run from a crime syndicate run by Marcel Obertovitch (Peter Hodgins), after her boyfriend, Matt (Matthew Carvery), betrays him. She teams up with a prostitute named Bridget (Lea Lawrynowicz) and fellow pickpocket Mike (Jeff Sinasac) to go on the offensive and rob Marcel.

As of the summer of 2013, two seasons have been released.

History

Clutch was inspired by the short film Your Ex-Lover Is Dead, previously written and produced by Jonathan Robbins. Shooting began in November 2010.

Format

Those episodes which require it begin with a warning that "This Episode of Clutch contains scenes with Violence, Nudity and Coarse Language. Viewer Discretion is advised."

Clutch (literary magazine)

Clutch was a literary magazine begun in 1991 by co-editors Daniel Hodge and Lawrence Oberc in Lexington, Kentucky.

The magazine grew out of the editors' interests and experiences in the subculture of alternative presses and little magazines, as well as their previous experience in working on the staffs of literary journals at the University of Kentucky. After the first issue was published in 1991, the magazine moved its editorial headquarters to San Francisco, where it resided for the remainder of its history. The sixth and final issue was published with an imprint date of 1997/1998.

Clutch published original poetry and prose by writers including Charles Bukowski, Kurt Nimmo, Lorri Jackson, Peter Plate, John Bennett, Poe Ballantine, Simon Perchik, Robert Peters, Denise Dee and Todd Moore, as well as Hodge and Oberc. A small press imprint, Drill Press, was originally created as a publishing vehicle for CLUTCH, and also produced some small chapbooks of poetry featuring writers that had appeared in CLUTCH, including Moore and Oberc.

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Hustle! (To the Music...)

"Hustle! (To the Music...)" is a Disco-themed Dance/House/Pop single produced by Mark Brydon and co-written with Carl Munson, Julie Stewart, and Richard "Parrot" Barnatt under the British project act The Funky Worm. The single reached #13 in the UK Singles Chart, but it was more successful in the United States, eventually reaching number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play on December 17, 1988. It would also be the only charted single in America for the group as they continued to chart in the United Kingdom. The song also featured two different music videos, both featuring singer Julie Stewart, one as the host of a Children's program with two farming assistants, another featured clips of various dances and cartoons.

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Hustle!!! (Dead on It)

"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1975, the song charted #11 R&B. "Hustle" was the lead track on his album Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump. The song's title refers to the popular dance the Hustle.

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