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The Road to Mecca
The Road to Mecca is a play by South African playwright Athol Fugard. It was inspired by the story of Helen Martins, who lived in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa and created The Owl House, which is now a provincial heritage site.
Productions
The Road to Mecca was presented at the Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut, in May 1984. Directed by Fugard, the cast starred Carmen Mathews (Helen), Marianne Owen (Elsa), and Tom Aldredge (Marius).
The play was performed at the National Theatre Littleton Theatre in London in February to July 1985. It was then presented at the Spoleto Festival USA in May 1987, starring Athol Fugard as the Rev. Marius Byleveld, Charlotte Cornwell as Elsa Barlow, and Yvonne Bryceland as Miss Helen. Cornwell and Bryceland were also in the National Theatre production.
Fugard had written the part of Helen for Yvonne Bryceland. When he and the Lincoln Center Theater Company were in talks in 1985 to have the play produced there, Bryceland was not permitted to perform the role in the United States by Actors Equity. The issue began in early 1984, when Fugard and Lloyd Richards, the artistic director of the Yale Repertory Theater, asked for permission for her to perform in the Yale Rep production; the request was denied. She was subsequently allowed to perform at the Spoletto Festival. The union finally permitted Bryceland to perform in the United States.
The Road to Mecca (book)
The Road to Mecca, also known as Road to Mecca or Road to Makkah, is the autobiography of Muslim scholar, intellectual, political theorist and diplomat Muhammad Asad.
A timeless spiritual classic, this gripping and insightful autobiography of an Austrian journalist, who fully immersed himself in the life and faith of the Islamic world, permanently reorients the reader's view of the world.
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Reception
The book immediately won critical acclaim, most notably in the prestige press of New York. One reviewer, writing in New York Herald Tribune Book Review, called it an “intensely interesting and moving book.”
New York World-Telegram wrote:
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The Road
The Road is a 2006 novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. It is a post-apocalyptic tale of a journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months, across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that has destroyed most of civilization and, in the intervening years, almost all life on Earth. The novel was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 2006.
The book was adapted to a film by the same name in 2009, directed by John Hillcoat.
Plot summary
An unnamed father and his young son journey across a grim post-apocalyptic landscape, some years after an unspecified disaster has caused another extinction event, destroying civilization and most life on Earth. The land is filled with ash and devoid of living animals and vegetation. Many of the remaining human survivors have resorted to cannibalism, scavenging the detritus of city and country alike for flesh. The boy's mother, pregnant with him at the time of the disaster, gave up hope and committed suicide some time before the story began, despite the father's pleas. Much of the book is written in the third person, with references to "the father" and "the son" or to "the man" and "the boy".
Poetry of the Deed
Poetry of the Deed is the third studio album by London-based singer-songwriter Frank Turner, released on 7 September 2009. The album was released on Xtra Mile Recordings in the UK and Epitaph Records worldwide.
Unlike Turner's previous solo albums, Poetry of the Deed was rehearsed, arranged and recorded with his full band. In the album's liner notes, Turner states: "this album has been more of a collaborative process than on previous efforts, so first and foremost thanks are due to Ben Lloyd, Matt Nasir, Tarrant Anderson and Nigel Powell."
Background
After extensive touring behind the release of Love, Ire & Song in 2008, Turner began writing new material, with a few songs ("Live Fast, Die Old" & "Dan's Song") appearing at gigs in late 2008.
Before recording the album, Turner and his band played four gigs in Oxford in order to road-test 14 new songs. Turner kept fans up to date during the writing and recording of the album via his blog.
The album was produced by Alex Newport. Recording took place at Leeders Farm in Norwich and the producer's own Future Shock Studio in Brooklyn, NYC.
The Road (disambiguation)
The Road is a 2006 novel by the American author Cormac McCarthy.
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Mecca
Mecca (/ˈmɛkə/) or Makkah (Arabic: مكة Makkah) is a city in the Hejaz in Saudi Arabia. It is the capital of that kingdom's Makkah Region. The city is located 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m (909 ft) above sea level. Its resident population in 2012 was roughly 2 million, although visitors more than triple this number every year during the hajj ("pilgrimage") period held in the twelfth Muslim lunar month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
As the birthplace of Muhammad and the site of Muhammad's first revelation of the Quran (specifically, a cave 3 km (2 mi) from Mecca), Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in the religion of Islam and a pilgrimage to it known as the Hajj is obligatory for all able Muslims. Mecca is home to the Kaaba, by majority description Islam's holiest site, as well as being the direction of Muslim prayer. Mecca was long ruled by Muhammad's descendants, the sharifs, acting either as independent rulers or as vassals to larger polities. It was conquered by Ibn Saud in 1925. In its modern period, Mecca has seen tremendous expansion in size and infrastructure, home to structures such as the Abraj Al Bait, also known as the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel, the world's third tallest building and the building with the largest amount of floor area. During this expansion, Mecca has lost some historical structures and archaeological sites, such as the Ajyad Fortress. Today, more than 15 million Muslims visit Mecca annually, including several million during the few days of the Hajj. As a result, Mecca has become one of the most cosmopolitan and diverse cities in the Muslim world, despite the fact that non-Muslims are prohibited from entering the city.
Mecca (disambiguation)
Mecca (Makkah al-Mukarramah) is a city in Saudi Arabia and the holiest site in Islam.
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- Sloppy Seconds, Volume 2 released: 2005
- Philaflava Presents: A League of Our Own, Volume 2 released: 2004
Sloppy Seconds, Volume 2
Released 2005- Cornasto
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- Wachugondo? (preview)
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- Strictly Rhythms: Volume 3 released: 2009
Strictly Rhythms: Volume 3
Released 2009- What Cha' Say (C'mon)
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- Chapter One released: 2002
- Reasonable Doubt released: 1996
Chapter One
Released 2002- Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem) (radio edit)
- Wishing on a Star (radio edit)
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- The City Is Mine (album version)
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- Ain't No Nigga (original radio edit)
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- Léogâne Episant released: 2013
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- Mecca released: 2002
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- Fantastickal! released: 2012
- Subtle Audio, Volume II released: 2010
- Reasonable Doubt released: 1996
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- The Best of Meco released: 1997
- Ewok Celebration released: 1983
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- Impressions of an American Werewolf in London released: 1981
- Plays Music From 'The Empire Strikes Back' released: 1980
- Music From Star Trek and The Black Hole released: 1980
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Released 1997- Star Wars Theme
- Empire Strikes Back (Medley): Darth Vader / Yoda's Theme
- Theme From Close Encounters
- Themes From the Wizard of Oz
- Star Trek Medley, Part 1
- Topsy
- Meco's Theme/3 W. 57
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- Werewolf (Loose in London)
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Superman And Other Galactic Heroes
- Themes From Superman: Main Title Theme / The Destruction Of Krypton The Trip To Earth / Growing Up / Fortress Of Solitude / March Of The Villains / The Flying Sequence / Can You Read My Mind? / Chasing Rockets / Turning Back The World / End Title Theme / Reprise: Love Theme From Superman
- Other Galactic Heroes: The Boy Wonder / The Caped Crusader / Lord Of The Jungle / The Amazing Amazon
The Wizard Of Oz
- Side A: Over The Rainbow / Cyclone / Munchkinland / ing-Dong! The Witch Is Dead / Munchkinland (Again) / We're Off To See The Wizard (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz)
- Side B: Poppies / The Spell / Optimistic Voices / The Merry Old Land Of Oz / The Haunted Forest / March Of The Winkies / Dorothy's Rescue / If I Were King Of The Forest / Over The Rainbow / The Reprise: (Delirious Escape/Over The Rainbow/Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead/Munchkinland)
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The Road
by: Tenacious DThe road is fuckin' hard,
The road is fuckin' tough-ah,
There's no question that-eh
It is rough, rough stuff.
It's the fuckin' road my friend
But it's the only road I know.
When I'm lunchin' on a tasty boosh
Right after the show.
You g-go go go!
The road is fuckin' hard,
It's also really fuckin' tough,
There's no question that
It don't take no guff.
The road is a be-a-itch my friend
But it's the only fuckin' road I know,
When I'm snackin' on a tasty boosh
Right after the show.
You g-go go go!
I met a tasty baby in Michigan.
We screwed two times then I left.
Sometimes I think of my baby in Michigan.
Why can't I stay in one place
For more than two days.
Why?!
Because I'm talkin' about the road.