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  SmartGuy Records
Giant Haystacks are a three-piece from Oakland, California.
Giant Haystacks believe that the term punk is enough on its own - it's open to interpretation and redefinition.
It was recorded in a basement in Oakland and that’s probably where you’ll be able to catch their next show.
www.smartguyrecords.com /haystacks   (128 words)

  
  Giant Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Giant Records was launched as a joint-venture with Warner Bros. Records in 1990 withIrving Azoff who had sold his companies to MCA Records for $15.7 million.
Giant had some huge hits with such acts as Tara Kemp, Color Me Badd, Jade and teen pop star Jeremy Jordan.
In 1993 Giant became unsatisfied with the way Warner was handling their international affairs and subsequently struck up a deal with Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) to distribute their records outside of the U.S..
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giant_Records   (227 words)

  
 Pumpkin Nook : Pumpkin records
It was weighed in on October 1, 2005 at the Pennsylvania Giant Pumpkin Growers Weighoff.
In 1999, he set a world record by carving one ton of pumpkins (detailed designs) in seven hours and 11 minutes.
It was prepared and baked by the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers at New Bremen, Ohio.
www.pumpkinnook.com /giants/record.htm   (585 words)

  
 Giant Squid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Giant squid are the largest of all the molluscs growing up to 60 feet in length and weighing up to a 1 tonne.
Giant squid have never been captured on film, though American scientists are planing a $5 million expedition to the waters around New Zealand to try and study giant squid in their natural habitat.
In relative terms these are quite small giant squid, a 1 tonne 26 foot giant squid was caught off New Zealand in 1995 and the last reported giant squid in Europe which stranded near Aberdeen in 1986 was twice the size of these three specimens.
www.ucc.ie /research/adc/posters/poster18.html   (1167 words)

  
 TRES RECORDS | ARTISTS | GIANT PANDA
In the animal kingdom, the giant panda is a symbol of resilience for all animals on the brink of extinction.
The story of Giant Panda starts on the playground of a Seattle elementary school where Maanumental and Newman quickly bonded through their love of comic books and hip-hop tapes.
Their first release would be “88 Remix” (UKJ-001 Dec. 2003), a hard-hitting 12-inch recorded by Thes One at the legendary PUTS studio.
www.tresrecords.com /artists/giant_panda.php   (361 words)

  
 "Stan Grist's resources for gold prospecting, metal detecting, treasure hunting and exploration."
Yet another giant was unearthed in 1891, when workmen in Crittenden, Arizona excavated a huge stone coffin that had evidently once held the body of a man 12 feet tall.
The giant was also noteworthy in still another respect :He had a double row of teeth, both upper and lower.
This particular giant, incidentally, bore marked similarity to another, that of a giant man with double rows of teeth whose skeletal remains were dug up on Santa Rosa Island, off the California coast.
www.stangrist.com /giants.htm   (5160 words)

  
 Remians of the Giants 2
Giant skeletons were found in the mid-1800s near Rutland and Rodman, New York.
At some depth from the surface a kind of vault was found in which was discovered the skeleton of a giant measuring seven feet two inches.
His hair was coarse and jet fl, and hung to the waist, the brow being ornamented with a copper crown.
biblefacts.org /myth/giant2.html   (786 words)

  
 Giant Step Information
Giant Step is a New York based concert promoter, marketing company, and record label.
Whether it is their own releases and parties or work with other record labels, media companies, and consumer brands, Giant Step develops grassroots marketing campaigns targeted at its audience.
Giant Step Records was founded in 1995 as the logical progression out of its shows and marketing.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Giant_Step   (230 words)

  
 Warner in talks with Giant Records - Feb. 23, 2001
NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Warner Music Group is in talks to expand its relationship with Giant Records, which could include a buyout or keeping its existing stake in the record label, a person familiar with the situation told CNNfn.com Friday.
Giant has two years left in its five-year joint venture with Warner but Azoff will likely sell the label if he cannot expand it, industry sources said.
Giant Records is home to lesser-known acts such as Disturbed, the Pat McGee Band and i5.
money.cnn.com /2001/02/23/deals/warner_giant   (407 words)

  
 Giant Industries records healthy Q1 2004 - New Mexico Business Weekly:
Giant Industries Inc. (NYSE: GI), which operates refineries in Gallup and Bloomfield, N.M., reported significantly higher net earnings for the first three months of 2004, and company officials said that the demand for gasoline is higher this year than last.
Giant's CEO said the company has completed its turnaround (a major repair and upgrade shutdown) at its Ciniza refinery, except for the alkylation unit.
Giant officials estimate the cost to repair the damage to be in the $2.5 to $4 million range.
www.bizjournals.com /albuquerque/stories/2004/05/10/daily15.html   (839 words)

  
 WORLD AUDIENCE RECORDS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Previously, Jacobson was Senior Vice President of Capitol Records where he was responsible for various creative and business operations of the label.
Until its sale in May 2001, Jacobson was General Manager of, and a partner of, Giant Records.
In the process, he hired a new team of executives who were responsible for the label's resurgence as a respected label within the music business and artistic community.
www.worldaudience.com /info_about.htm   (507 words)

  
 Company News On Call
But, in order to reach the ears of worldwide record buyers, who have purchased 1.5 million copies of the album to date, Giant Records mounted an 18-month-long, multi-tiered, multimedia campaign, which began at the end of '99, to launch the album.
Giant Records GM Larry Jacobson said the project didn't lend itself to traditional means of marketing.
Meanwhile, Giant has coordinated the activity with retail, making sure the group has had constant in-store visibility, and surrounded it with a targeted TV ad buy.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/02-26-2001/0001435648   (573 words)

  
 Remians of the Giants 2
The skeleton of a huge man was uncovered at the Beckley farm, Lake Koronis, Minnesota; while at Moose Island and Pine City, bones of other giants came to light.
At some depth from the surface a kind of vault was found in which was discovered the skeleton of a giant measuring seven feet two inches.
His hair was coarse and jet fl, and hung to the waist, the brow being ornamented with a copper crown.
www.biblefacts.org /myth/giant2.html   (786 words)

  
 Has there ever been records of Giant Insects During The Human Eras? - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
So in two part answer to your question, there have been no documented cases of "giant" buggies in human times, and it is probably physically impossible for a giant bug to exist (at least on land) without some rather hefty evolutionary changes.
Giant cockraoches really aren't that big at all, at least I wouldn't consider a few inches as giant.
Like simcity said, those giant dragonflies were mostly wing.
www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread127946/pg1   (1925 words)

  
 Independent Music Giant, KOCH Records, Inks an Agreement to Use SunnComm’s - Printer-Friendly SunnComm Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
KOCH Records is the fastest-growing independent record company in the U.S. and Canada, and has had more Billboard charting albums than any other independent record company in 2002 and 2003.
The contract with KOCH Records is one of many revenue deals to come as a result of the strategic alliance between QuietTiger and Sonopress.
KOCH Records is a division of KOCH Entertainment, the fastest-growing music company and the market leader among independents in North America.
www.sunncomm.com /press/printpr.asp?prid=200406010640   (1281 words)

  
 Cosmik Debris Magazine Presents: Major Label Microscope part 2, April 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Unfortunately, according to Giant Records, the band's next 2 albums only sold 700,000 and 500,000 albums (a complete failure for any major label) and as a result, Giant decided that it was not going to pay the band any more advances to record any further albums, and it was not going to release them either.
Due to copyright liability issues, record companies cannot accept unsolicited demos (which means that you cannot send the record company your CD unless they ask for it or unless it comes from a lawyer or a well known manager or producer).
Major record companies say that they cannot afford to "develop" artists the way they used to in the past because the risk of losing their money on artists that do not sell millions of albums the first time out is too great (...
www.cosmik.com /aa-april02/mlm2.html   (2304 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/giantwafflerecords
Giant Waffle actually started as a CD-R label in 2004 putting out not-so-good music and then I decided I wanted to get serious and actually put out real releases.
The label re-restarted in October of 2006 when Bucky from Valiant Death Records offered me a chance to release the double CD-R album of his project, "Lee Lewis and His Orchestra".
But to be honest, I really want an artist that can proudly call Giant Waffle home and release a majority of their albums on my label.
www.myspace.com /giantwafflerecords   (318 words)

  
 Leshan Grand Buddha: Leshan City Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
According to records, the carving of this giant Buddha was begun in the in the first year of the reign of the Tang Emperor Tang Xuanzong (713 AD), and completed in the 19th year of Emperor Dezong (803 AD), a total of 90 years.
Leshan Giant Buddha is as famous as the standing Buddha of Bamiyan in Afghanistan and they are regarded as part of the cultural heritage of mankind.
When the Giant Buddha was carved, a huge 13 storey wooden structure was built to shelter it from rain and sunshine.
www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/sichuan/leshan/buddha_statue.htm   (1513 words)

  
 GSCA Website
This title accurately describes what the Source Book series does; it records all Giant Schnauzers earning AKC titles during a set time span.
Club membership is not a determining criterion; for this is a historical report or record of the breed's activities.
There is a special section for Best In Show Giants, Group Winning Giants, Working Giants, Canadian Winning Giants and Giants winning in Mexico.
www.giantschnauzerclubofamerica.com /Store/package_deal_1.htm   (386 words)

  
 History Of San Diego's Giant Dipper
The Giant Dipper Roller Coaster opened to the public on July 4, 1925.
The committee was given a preservation grant, raised funds locally, and donated their time to work on the coaster, however they were not able to raise the amount needed to restore the coaster to an operating condition.
Over $2,000,000.00 was spent on the restoration of the Giant Dipper and one new train that was built for the ride.
www.giantdipper.com /history.html   (658 words)

  
 Geto Boys - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
They are known for ultra-violent (even by 1990s rap standards) lyrical content.
Their 1990 debut album, The Geto Boys, had to switch distributors from Geffen to Giant Records due to the song "Mind of a Lunatic"'s graphic portrayal of rape, necrophilia, and murder.
In the early part of the decade, several American politicians attacked gangsta rappers, including the Geto Boys (though most famously Ice T and 2 Live Crew).
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /g/ge/geto_boys.html   (262 words)

  
 CAGED GIANT RECORDS
This album was recorded over 17 months between '98 and 2000.
The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA. The New CD also includes the 4 tracks from "Another Night In Normalville".
The album was recorded and mixed at Rugby Road Studios in Sterling, VA and mastered by David Glasser at Airshow, Inc. in Springfield, VA. grin gave the band extensive radio airplay in '96 and '97.
www.cagedgiantrecords.com   (116 words)

  
 Dittons Skiff & Punting Club - Records - Giant Meander
The Giant Meander is from Lechlade Bridge to Southend Pier, a distance of 185.88 miles.
The Giant Meander in 1988, the furthest distance rowed in 24 hours in 1993, the fastest crow across the Channel in 1997 and the fastest row from London to Paris in 1999.
To set the record, the crew must be in the boat the whole time it is moving, but they are allowed to get out at any of the 44 locks or other resting places.
www.dittons.org.uk /records/giantmeander/index.shtml   (1397 words)

  
 Gentle Giant Records
Both tracks were recorded live, which adds another layer of grime to the already speckled sound.
The TV Pow track, "A Brief History of Flashing Light," which was recorded four years ago, incorporates a white noise base and then slowly adds and subtracts background sounds.
Gentle Giant Records continues to please those with open ears.
www.tvpow.net /ggr/review_gg019.htm   (526 words)

  
 World Audience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Previously, Larry was senior vice president of Capitol Records where he was responsible for various creative and business operations of the label.
A major reason they keep writing the checks, aside from their commitment to the band of course, is that the band and I work very hard to keep budgets to a minimum so the guys can stay out as long as it takes.
There's an inherent logic to the argument that record labels fund the creation of consumer awareness of a band, and the band leverages that consumer awareness to get larger guarantees and sell more t-shirts.
www.worldaudience.com /press8.html   (1396 words)

  
 Giant Steps - AOL Music
Giant Steps is a 1960 album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released on Atlantic Records.
Giant Steps was a first for Coltrane in several ways.
"Giant Steps" is the first track on the album of the same name by John Coltrane, and is 4 minutes and 49 seconds long.
music.aol.com /artist/giant-steps/17848/main   (118 words)

  
 Botanical Record-Breakers (Part 1 of 2)
The greatest authenticated age of a giant sequoia, derived from counting annual rings on a cut stump, was nearly 3,200 years.
Of course, the undisputed record for the world's largest fruit is a 1337 pound pumpkin, a member of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae).
Some of the top contenders for this record are the blades of large brown algae called kelp, and the tender leaves of the horseradish tree (Moringa oleifera), not to be confused with the true horseradish of the mustard family (Armoracia lapathifolia).
waynesword.palomar.edu /ww0601.htm   (7205 words)

  
 Giant Haystacks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This was recorded years ago but is finally seeing the light of day.
You can sample one of ours at our MySpace page and you can hear one of Armedalite Rifles' songs at their page or at the FDH MySpace page, which is also where you can go to order the record.
Recorded in two days at San Francisco's Louder Studios by Phil Manley of Trans Am and The Fucking Champs.
www.gianthaystacks.com   (652 words)

  
 Variety.com - Bertelsmann romances Azoff/WB Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Giant Records is close to signing for international distribution through Bertelsmann Music Group, according to sources.
A Giant incentive in closing the deal will be its gaining substantial marketing assistance from BMG Intl., which has lately had spectacular success overseas with domestic repertoire, particularly with the Whitney Houston-fueled soundtrack to "The Bodyguard."
Another source of Giant interest in the potential deal could be working with Jeremy Marsh, formerly managing director of WEA U.K., recently moved to RCA in that country.
www.variety.com /article/VR105771   (261 words)

  
 FCW.com News - Giant NMCI records deal set   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Records management — long derided as a federal mandate without a budget — received a huge boost June 22.
Like the other 5015.2-certified software, TRIM gives a unique code to each record and identifies records that have to be delivered to the National Archives and Records Administration, and it notifies users when they can destroy particular records.
EDS and the Navy Department will be able to assign administrator and security privileges for records management to particular users, McGovern said.
www.fcw.com /article74180   (448 words)

  
 Hux Records - Gentle Giant - Totally Out Of The Woods - BBC Sessions
Formed from the remnants of Simon Dupree and the Big Sound and centred on the talents of the three Shulman brothers, Gentle Giant is the archtypal prog-rock band.
This companion 2-CD release to "Out Of The Fire" (Hux 008) features BBC sessions originally recorded for Radio 1's "Sounds Of The Seventies".
Featuring almost 20 minutes of previously unreleased recordings including a rare live demo of "Free Hand".
www.huxrecords.com /cdsales18.htm   (175 words)

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