Burnout

Burnout or burn-out may refer to:

Burnout (album)

Burnout is the third album by Canadian band Ox, released in 2009. The album was released by Weewerk with distribution by Outside Music. It was recorded in Vancouver at The Upstairs Sound Lab/Profile during the Winter season of 2007. The record reached #5 across Canada on the campus radio Earshot chart and #1 on its Folk/Roots chart.

The CD edition includes two video productions by John Alden Milne for the songs "Prom Queen" and "Unknown Legend". Both videos were filmed in Sudbury, Canada. "Unknown Legend" featured the interior of what is now Cosmic Dave's Vinyl Emporium, a record store and venue in the Donovan neighbourhood of Sudbury.

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Burnout (vehicle)

A burnout (also known as a peel out or power brake) is the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary and spinning its wheels, causing the tires to heat up and smoke due to friction.

History

The origins of burnouts can be traced to drag racing, where they have a practical purpose: drag racing tires perform better at higher temperatures, and a burnout is the quickest way to raise tire temperature immediately prior to a race. They also clean the tire of any debris and lay down a layer of rubber by the starting line for better traction. Drag race tracks sometimes use a specially-reserved wet-surface area known as the "water box," namely this because water is poured onto a certain area to reduce the friction to initiate the "burnout," for this purpose.

Burnouts eventually became a serious form of competition and entertainment in their own right. Considerable prize money or goods are sometimes involved, and cars may even be sponsored or purpose-built specifically as "burnout cars". Burnout contests are judged on crowd response, with style and attitude therefore being important factors. Such contests are particularly popular in Australia but often occur in North America as well.

Shimmer

Shimmer may refer to:

See also

Shimmer (Surgery album)

Shimmer is the second album by Surgery, released on April 5, 1994 through Atlantic Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Surgery. 

Personnel

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Shimmer (Sal Paradise album)

Shimmer is a 1985 album by Sal Paradise, released on the Arista record label (206 156-620). The music broke new musical ground in the 'World' category by fusing mostly Moroccan beats with Moog synthesizers and strong English church bell-like choruses. The music became famous in Europe when it was taken up by Eckhart Schmidt as the soundtrack to his film Die Story, which was the second biggest grossing film in Germany that year.

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