Jon Astley is a British record producer who also recorded and released two albums as a singer-songwriter in the late 1980s. His most commercially successful song was "Jane's Getting Serious", later popularized by a Heinz ketchup television commercial starring a pre-Friends cast member Matt LeBlanc.
As a producer, he is best known for his work with The Who (co-production with Glyn Johns) on the 1978 Who Are You album, and the remastering supervision for all of the group's back catalog reissues.
He also has produced albums for Eric Clapton, Barclay James Harvest, Corey Hart, and Deborah Harry and has mastered records for The Who, ABBA, George Harrison, Tori Amos, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Jools Holland, Tom Jones, Judas Priest, Emmylou Harris, Ella Guru, Damien Dempsey, Tears for Fears, Led Zeppelin, Hothouse Flowers, Level 42, The Boomtown Rats, John Mayall, Toto, Norah Jones, Stereophonics, KT Tunstall, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Slade, Sting, Claire Tchaikowski, Bono, Super Soul Soldiers and John Fisher. Jon Astley is not related to singer Rick Astley; he is, by way of sister Karen, the ex-brother-in-law of Who guitarist Pete Townshend, as well as the brother of recording artist Virginia Astley and son of noted composer Edwin "Ted" Astley. He is married to novelist Judy Astley.
The Emperor can refer to:
The Emperor (IV) is the fourth trump or Major Arcana card in traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.
The Emperor sits on a ram-adorned throne, a symbol of Mars (mythology). He holds an Ankh scepter in his right hand, and a globe, symbol of domination, in his left. The Emperor sits atop a stark, barren mountain, a sign of "sterility of regulation, and unyielding power." He symbolizes the top of the secular hierarchy, the ultimate male ego. The Emperor is the absolute ruler of the world.
The essential features of the design for The Emperor card have changed very little through the centuries. The Emperor sometimes got caught up in the censorship placed on the Papess (The High Priestess) and the Pope (The Hierophant), as when the Bolognese card makers replaced the Papess (High Priestess), Pope (Hierophant), Empress, and Emperor with four Moors or Turks. In the Minchiate, the first of the two Emperors are assigned number III because of the removal of the Papess (High Priestess) from the deck.
The Emperor is a short film by George Lucas about the radio DJ Bob Hudson (known as "The Emperor"), made while Lucas was a film student at the University of Southern California's film school.
The film was made in 1967 when Lucas returned to USC as a graduate student. A 20-minute documentary, the film was made in 10 weeks.
Can you hear my voice?
What happens in your mind?
You cannot take it away
You are my slave
Alone without gods
Let me see what lies inside
I'm here - I'm coming back to you to possess your soul
I'm here - I'm coming back to you to dry your life from
inside
I'm taking you beyond the dark line
To the reign of madness
I'm the emperor of your mind
I can see your secrets
Your anguish and dreams
Now they belong to my soul
Distorted visions,
Darkness, Confusion,
Flashbacks and fears in your head
I'm here - I'm coming back to you to possess your soul
I'm here - I'm coming back to you to dry your life from
inside
I'm taking you beyond the dark line
To the reign of madness
I'm the emperor of your mind
The master of the ancient secrets
Creator of nightmares
I'm the emperor of your mind
Feel the wind tonight
Here it comes and comes - the pain
Listen to the world
Waiting for your fatal time...
By the ways of madness
Through the fallen kingdoms