| Squirtgun | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Lafayette, Indiana, United States |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1993–1998, 2001–2004, 2008–present |
| Labels | Go-Kart Records, Honest Don's Records, Lookout! Records |
| Website | www.squirtgun.net |
| Members | |
| Matt Hart Mass Giorgini Flav Giorgini Dan Lumley |
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| Past members | |
| Mike Felumlee Matt Phuzz Leonard | |
Squirtgun is an American punk rock band from Lafayette, Indiana formed by record producer Mass Giorgini in 1993.
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History [link]
1993-1998 [link]
Squirtgun originally consisted of Mass Giorgini (Bass, Vocals), Matt Hart (Vocals, Guitar), Flav Giorgini (Guitar), and Dan Lumley (Drums). The band signed to Lookout! Records and their first release was the EP Shenanigans, in the Spring of 1995, followed by their self-titled debut album that fall. Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, recommended Squirtgun to Jeff Saltzman, the music advisior for the then-upcoming Kevin Smith film "Mallrats". Squirtgun's song "Social", which was featured in the opening credits of Mallrats and appeared on the film's soundtrack.
In 1996 the band released their second EP, Mary Ann, a tribute to the character from Gilligan's Island. A video was filmed for the title track, and featured an appearance from Mary Ann herself, actress Dawn Wells. The video was released in the Spring of 1997 and shown on MTV's 120 Minutes and put into regular rotation on MTV2.
Squirtgun's second full-length, Another Sunny Afternoon, was also released in the Spring of '97. Several songs from Another Sunny Afternoon were featured in major motion pictures and TV shows, including "Come On Let's Go" in The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave, "You're the Greatest" on Fox Television Network's Clueless sitcom, "My Jeannette" in the Disney film My Date With The Presidents Daughter and "Hey Louise" in the Disney film Alley Cat Strike.
Hiatus [link]
In the Fall of 1998, Squirtgun went on a hiatus in order to pursue other interests and other band projects.
Mass and Dan joined Screeching Weasel, recording the albums Major Label Debut, Television City Dream, Emo, and Teen Punks In Heat. The two also formed Common Rider with singer/guitarist Jesse Michaels (formerly of Operation Ivy), releasing two full-length albums, the self-titled and This is Unity Music and touring extensively in 2002. Dan also drummed on albums by the Mopes, The Methadones, The Riverdales, The Riptides, and Even In Blackouts.
Mass also began teaching Italian Studies at Purdue University in West Lafayette, followed by earning a Master's degree in Spanish Language & Literature. He later entered the Ph.D. program in Spanish Literature with a focus on the Golden Age. He has since appeared at several academic conferences and has published book chapters and articles in literary and scholarly journals. He is currently a Humanities Faculty member at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette,Indiana and continues to produce albums for several international recording artists.
Matt received his MFA in creative writing and began teaching in the Academic Studies Department at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, a four year college of Art and Design. His poems and reviews have been published in numerous literary journals, including Conduit, Ploughshares, and Spinning Jenny. He is the editor of Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking & Light Industrial Safety.
Flav also took an academic route, earning a Ph.D. degree in molecular genetics and publishing manuscripts in several respected scientific journals, including Development and Molecular and Cellular Biology. He also founded guitarpunk.com and the GPC guitar company, designing original guitars used by bands such as Alkaline Trio, Screeching Weasel, The Queers, Allister and many more.
Matt Leonard was a short-term member of Squirtgun who primarily filled in for absent permanent members during tours. He also sung lead vocals on two songs he wrote for Squirtgun on the Another Sunny Afternoon album, "Hey Louise" and "My Jeannette." In addition, he appeared on a few of the songs recorded during the sessions for the Mary Ann EP. Matt Phuzz Leonard Is was the Lead guitarist and Lead singer of The Phuzz 1990-2005 (Beach Recordings, Shredder, Spin Records, RCA). Now, Matt is said to be the Lead singer of The Maxies (Greenland's masked super villains)It's Alive Records.
2001-2004 [link]
In the summer of 2001, Squirtgun regrouped and began work on the album Fade To Bright, for Honest Don's Records. Fade To Bright was released in the Summer 2003, supported by a US tour. In the Fall of 2003, legendary punk rock drummer Mike Felumlee (Smoking Popes, Alkaline Trio) replaced Dan on drums, and Squirtgun hit the road with The Ataris, Hopesfall, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. Also, in 2003 Squirtgun recorded "Make it wreck", a song with the contribution of the vocalist of Anti-Flag, Geovanny Duran (the vocalist of El Guato, a ska/punk Costa Rican band), and two more important punk rockers. In the spring of 2004, Squirtgun toured the U.K.
2008-present [link]
Squirtgun played their first show in almost 4 years in their hometown of Lafayette on February 9, 2008 at 'The Venue'. Over 400 people attended the show, however almost 600 showed up for the performance; the owners were forced to prevent a large number of people from entering the business because the building was far beyond its safe capacity. It was a benefit show for the local YWCA, featuring the bands original line up, and the concert was recorded and released as a live album titled Broadcast 02.09.08, released by Go Kart Records in December 2008. Squirtgun also appeared at the 2009 Insubordination Fest in Baltimore and played shows with the Teen Idols and 88 Fingers Louie in Chicago and Lafayette, IN. A European tour followed in July 2009, with shows in England, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, and France.
Discography [link]
Albums [link]
- Squirtgun (Lookout! Records)
- Another Sunny Afternoon (Lookout! Records)
- Fade to Bright (Honest Don's/Fat Wreck Chords)
- Broadcast 02.09.08 (Kid Tested/Go-Kart Records)
EPs and Singles [link]
- Shenanigans EP (1995) (Lookout! Records)
- Blue Christmas Single (1995) (Sonic Iguana Records)
- Mary Ann EP (1996) (Lookout! Records)
- White Christmas Single (1997) (Sonic Iguana Records)
- Jingle-Bell Rock Single (1999) (Interpunk Records)
- Live in Italy Split Single with the Real Swinger (2000) (Ballroom Blitz Records)
- Dysfunctional Shadowman Split EP with Teen Idols (2002) (Asian Man Records)
External links [link]
https://wn.com/Squirtgun
Squirtgun (album)
Squirtgun is the eponymously titled debut studio album by the American punk rock band Squirtgun. It was released on October 9, 1995, through Lookout! Records. The song "Social" was also used during the opening credits of the Kevin Smith film Mallrats (1995), which starred Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Ben Affleck, Claire Forlani and Shannon Doherty. The song "Make It Up" features a guest appearance by Mike Dirnt of Green Day on bass and backing vocals.
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Personnel
Fit
Fit or FIT may refer to:
As a word
Fit may refer to:
Fitness
Other uses
FITS
Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) is an open standard defining a digital file format useful for storage, transmission and processing of scientific and other images. FITS is the most commonly used digital file format in astronomy. Unlike many image formats, FITS is designed specifically for scientific data and hence includes many provisions for describing photometric and spatial calibration information, together with image origin metadata.
The FITS format was first standardized in 1981; it has evolved gradually since then, and the most recent version (3.0) was standardized in 2008. FITS was designed with an eye towards long-term archival storage, and the maxim once FITS, always FITS represents the requirement that developments to the format must be backwards compatible.
A major feature of the FITS format is that image metadata is stored in a human-readable ASCII header, so that an interested user can examine the headers to investigate a file of unknown provenance. The information in the header is designed to calculate the byte offset of some information in the subsequent data unit to support direct access to the data cells. Each FITS file consists of one or more headers containing ASCII card images (80 character fixed-length strings) that carry keyword/value pairs, interleaved between data blocks. The keyword/value pairs provide information such as size, origin, coordinates, binary data format, free-form comments, history of the data, and anything else the creator desires: while many keywords are reserved for FITS use, the standard allows arbitrary use of the rest of the name-space.
Fit (manufacturing)
In precision mechanics, fit refers to the degree of 'looseness' with which an shaft is inserted into an orifice.
This coupling is related to the tolerance or allowance of both parts dimensions. The shaft and the orifice must be of a similar diameter, otherwise there will not be a correct adjustment. With this in mind, measurements have been internationally standarised according to ISO regulation to ensure the interchangeability of items and their mass production.
Tolerance values are designated with a capital letter in the case of orificies and lower case letters in the case of shafts. The lower the value the higher the machining costs, as a greater precision is required.
Maximum and minimum clearance
The maximum clearance of a fit is the difference between the upper bound of the orifice diameter and the lower bound of the shaft diameter.
The minimum clearance meanwhile is the difference between the lower bound of the orifice diameter and the upper bound of the shaft diameter.
