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| Obi | |
|---|---|
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Genres | Post-Britpop Indie pop |
| Years active | 2002–2004 |
Obi were a British indie-pop group. Their debut mini-album, The Magic Land of Radio, had only eight tracks and was released in 2002. They followed up with a full time album, Diceman Lopez, produced by Hugh Jones in 2004. It contains material ranged from Post-Britpop to folk-rock and country to Gypsy and tex-mex/mariachi stylisations. That year they also appeared on the Acoustic Stage at the Glastonbury Festival.
The band's most notable single was "Somewhere Nicer", taken from The Magic Land of Radio. The track was revived in 2008, when used in a British television commercial for Haven and British Holidays.
Both the official Obi website, www.obitunes.com, and a fan-site mentioned there (www.tosomefolk.com) were unavailable by 2009. However the Diceman Lopez album was still available in some record shops.
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Discography [link]
Albums [link]
- The Magic Land of Radio (2002)
- Diceman Lopez (2004)
Singles and EPs [link]
- "Big Sky EP" (2002)
- "What's In A Name" (2002)
- "Somewhere Nicer" (2002)
- "To Some Folk" (2003)
- "Creatures" (2004)
References [link]
- The band's website as of mid-2003, at www.archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20030604040858/www.obitunes.com/news.htm
- The band's website as of early 2004, at www.archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20030604040858/www.obitunes.com/news.htm
External links [link]
- https://www.obitunes.com/ is a holding page as of 2009.
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+/- (band)
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History
Bandō
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People
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- Bandō Shūka I
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!!!
!!! is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, in 1996 by lead singer Nic Offer. Its name is most commonly pronounced "Chk Chk Chk" ([/tʃk.tʃk.tʃk/]). Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. They are currently based in New York City, Sacramento, and Portland, Oregon. The band's sixth full-length album, As If, was released in October 2015.
Background and history
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Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi (later known as Ben Kenobi) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, played by Sir Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor. In the original trilogy, he is a mentor to the protagonist Luke Skywalker to whom he teaches the ways of the Jedi. In the prequel trilogy, he is a master and friend to Anakin Skywalker. In the sequel trilogy, he appears to Rey as a voice in a dream-like-flashback in Maz Kanata's castle. He is frequently featured as a main character in various other Star Wars media.
Lucas borrowed liberally from the films of Akira Kurosawa. Kenob is the name, incidentally, of the son of Tokuemon's mistress in Yojimbo.
Appearances
Original trilogy
Obi-Wan Kenobi is introduced in Star Wars living as the hermit "Ben Kenobi" on the planet Tatooine. When Luke Skywalker and the droid C-3PO wander off in search of the lost droid R2-D2, Ben rescues them from a band of native Tusken Raiders. At his home, R2-D2 plays Ben a recording of Princess Leia Organa which explains that R2-D2 has the battle plans for a super weapon of the evil Galactic Empire within the robot. Leia asks Ben to deliver the droid and the plans safely to the planet Alderaan.
Obi (martial arts)
Many Japanese martial arts feature an obi as part of their exercise outfit. These obis are often made of thick cotton and are about 5 cm wide. The martial arts obis are most often worn in the koma-musubi knot (square knot); in practice where hakama is worn, the obi is tied in other ways.
In many martial arts the colour of the obi signifies the wearer's skill level. Usually the colours start from the beginner's white and end in the master's black, or red and white.
Aikido
Unlike in many other martial arts, adult practitioners of aikido do not wear coloured obis, though in some schools different colour codes have been formed, especially for children. The children's obis range from white for beginner level to 5th kyū, other colours for the rest of the kyū levels, and black for levels 1st dan and up.
In some aikido schools, wearing a hakama is a privilege earned by reaching the first dan level. In other schools, all practitioners may wear a hakama. After taking up using a hakama, the colour of obi does not matter since it will be covered by the hakama.
Obi (store)
Founded in 1970, OBI GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG is the largest DIY retailer in Europe, and the third largest in the world, behind The Home Depot and Lowe's. It is headquartered in Wermelskirchen, Germany, and belongs to the Tengelmann Group.
OBI in Europe
It formerly had operations in mainland China but these were sold to B&Q sometime in 2007.
