Autumn Owls is the musical moniker for Irish songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Gary McFarlane.
History
In 2008/09, Autumn Owls released two critically acclaimed EPs, Insomnia Lodge and On the Trail of the Disappearing.
In 2012, Autumn Owls went to Chicago to record their debut full-length with producer Brian Deck (Califone, Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine) at Engine and Soma Studios. After signing to Epitonic's newly formed label in July 2012, the band released Between Buildings, Toward the Sea in October 2012. After touring the album in the US, McFarlane returned to Ireland.
Autumn Owls' sophomore album came about when legendary DJ, producer and record label-owner, James Lavelle, discovered unreleased Autumn Owls' demos amassed between 2012-2015. Lavelle called upon longtime producer and collaborator, Cameron Craig, Bjork, Unkle, Pulp to revive the unreleased songs. On the back of these demos, the album, titled, Poverty and Ambition was released in November 2018.
Discography
*Insomnia Lodge (2008)
*On the Trail of the Disappearing (2009)
*Between Buildings, Toward The Sea (2012)
*Poverty and Ambition (2018)
History
In 2008/09, Autumn Owls released two critically acclaimed EPs, Insomnia Lodge and On the Trail of the Disappearing.
In 2012, Autumn Owls went to Chicago to record their debut full-length with producer Brian Deck (Califone, Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine) at Engine and Soma Studios. After signing to Epitonic's newly formed label in July 2012, the band released Between Buildings, Toward the Sea in October 2012. After touring the album in the US, McFarlane returned to Ireland.
Autumn Owls' sophomore album came about when legendary DJ, producer and record label-owner, James Lavelle, discovered unreleased Autumn Owls' demos amassed between 2012-2015. Lavelle called upon longtime producer and collaborator, Cameron Craig, Bjork, Unkle, Pulp to revive the unreleased songs. On the back of these demos, the album, titled, Poverty and Ambition was released in November 2018.
Discography
*Insomnia Lodge (2008)
*On the Trail of the Disappearing (2009)
*Between Buildings, Toward The Sea (2012)
*Poverty and Ambition (2018)
Derek Russell is an American podcaster, journalist, and screenwriter known for his cohosting and producing podcasts such as With Brian Austin Green and Starkville House of El.. Russell is also a syndicated newspaper columnist.
Career
While attending Mississippi State University, Russell and some colleagues created a the podcast Starkville House of El for the WB/CW series “Smallville”. Russell was featured in the documentary “Smallville: Big Fans”, included on the home video release of the series’ sixth season.
While producing Starkville House of El, Russell met and became employed by actor John Schneider. Russell continued doing publicity for Schneider, including producing his film Collier and Co. while also having his work published by CBS Watch Magazine and DC Comics.
During this time Russell was also a host on The 10th Wonder podcast covering the NBC television program “Heroes”. Both Starkville House of El and The 10th Wonder are noteworthy as two of the first podcasts to cover television programs in depth, debuting in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
Russell went on to create the Skynext podcast for the FOX television program Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, during which time he befriended Brian Austin Green. Russell also created Starkville Labs, a podcast covering the CW television program The Flash. He also revived Starkville House of El to cover both the CW’s Supergirl and the Syfy television program Krypton.
In 2017 Russell began producing and cohosting With Brian Austin Green alongside the titular actor. .
Russell is newspaper columnist for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. He is also the founder of McFly Media Group LLC. The company produces podcasts while also offering audio and media solutions.
Personal life
Russell frequently collaborates with both actor Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills, 90210, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and writer Bryan Q. Miller (Smallville, Shadowhunters) the former of whom with he co-hosts a podcast. Miller, meanwhile, has included references to Russell in a number of his projects including Smallville, The Flash, and Shadowhunters).
Through their podcast, Green and Russell organized a charity event to benefit Generosity Water. Green's Beverly Hills, 90210 costar Ian Ziering was also in attendance.
Career
While attending Mississippi State University, Russell and some colleagues created a the podcast Starkville House of El for the WB/CW series “Smallville”. Russell was featured in the documentary “Smallville: Big Fans”, included on the home video release of the series’ sixth season.
While producing Starkville House of El, Russell met and became employed by actor John Schneider. Russell continued doing publicity for Schneider, including producing his film Collier and Co. while also having his work published by CBS Watch Magazine and DC Comics.
During this time Russell was also a host on The 10th Wonder podcast covering the NBC television program “Heroes”. Both Starkville House of El and The 10th Wonder are noteworthy as two of the first podcasts to cover television programs in depth, debuting in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
Russell went on to create the Skynext podcast for the FOX television program Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, during which time he befriended Brian Austin Green. Russell also created Starkville Labs, a podcast covering the CW television program The Flash. He also revived Starkville House of El to cover both the CW’s Supergirl and the Syfy television program Krypton.
In 2017 Russell began producing and cohosting With Brian Austin Green alongside the titular actor. .
Russell is newspaper columnist for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. He is also the founder of McFly Media Group LLC. The company produces podcasts while also offering audio and media solutions.
Personal life
Russell frequently collaborates with both actor Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills, 90210, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and writer Bryan Q. Miller (Smallville, Shadowhunters) the former of whom with he co-hosts a podcast. Miller, meanwhile, has included references to Russell in a number of his projects including Smallville, The Flash, and Shadowhunters).
Through their podcast, Green and Russell organized a charity event to benefit Generosity Water. Green's Beverly Hills, 90210 costar Ian Ziering was also in attendance.
Harriet Cameron Belchic (August 17, 1928 - February 12, 1999) was a Republican political activist from Shreveport, Louisiana, who was also the first woman ever granted both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in geology from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She served on the Shreveport Women's Commission and the Louisiana Federation of Republican Women.
Biography
Early life and education
Belchice was born in Tiffin in Seneca County in northern Ohio. Her family moved to Winnfield, the seat of Winn Parish in north Louisiana, where she graduated from Winnfield High School. She was elected as a delegate to numerous Republican national conventions. She was a southern floor leader for then U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona at the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California. Belchic was district chairman of Women for Nixon in 1968 and was an alternate delegate for George Herbert Walker Bush in 1988 and 1992. She helped coordinate a visit by Second Lady Marilyn Quayle to Shreveport in 1992.
She became a member of the Shreveport Women's Republican Club in 1954.
Active in local civic affairs, Belchic was appointed by Democratic Mayor John B. Hussey and Republican Mayor Hazel F. Beard to the Shreveport Women's Commission, having served from 1988 to 1994. Beard also named her to the Riverfront Redevelopment Advisory Committee.<ref name=obit/>
Personal life
Belchic was married to Dr. George Belchic, Jr., a Shreveport orthopedic surgeon, and had a son and three daughters.<ref name=obit/>
Death and afterward
Belchic died at her home in Shreveport on February 12, 1999 after a long illness. Services were held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on February 17, 1999. Graveside rites were private. She was survived by her husband, her son, George Cameron Belchic (January 24, 1960 - January 31, 2007) and wife Angelia Steele Belchic of Decatur, Alabama; three daughters, Katherine Mitchell Belchic (January 13, 1953 - October 9, 2007) of Shreveport and her then husband, Michael Rolland, both of New Orleans, Ellen Belchic Hutchison (1955-2017) and then husband Bruce R. Hutchison of New Orleans, and Martha Cameron Belchic-Loeb (born 1956) of Shreveport; her brother Wheelock Cameron and wife Virginia Cameron of Fort Walton Beach, Florida; her brother-in-law, Albert Mitchell Belchic of New Orleans; a nephew, Gregory Martin Cameron and wife Virginia Cameron of , Virginia; seven grandchildren, Ellen Virginia Emory, Margarite Rolland, Michelle Rolland, Mary Katherine VanGeffen, Cameron Rolland Bryant, Martha Calvin Rolland, Sarah Vivian Belchic; a great niece, Lindsay Cameron.<ref name=obit/>
Louisiana state Senator Ron Bean described Belchic as the "dean of Republican women in the state of Louisiana, and a fine friend of mine. She worked when nobody else would ... She will be remembered as somebody who provided lots of leadership ... She would want to be remembered as someone who helped even the smallest candidate run for public office, all the way up to someone running for governor."
Biography
Early life and education
Belchice was born in Tiffin in Seneca County in northern Ohio. Her family moved to Winnfield, the seat of Winn Parish in north Louisiana, where she graduated from Winnfield High School. She was elected as a delegate to numerous Republican national conventions. She was a southern floor leader for then U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona at the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California. Belchic was district chairman of Women for Nixon in 1968 and was an alternate delegate for George Herbert Walker Bush in 1988 and 1992. She helped coordinate a visit by Second Lady Marilyn Quayle to Shreveport in 1992.
She became a member of the Shreveport Women's Republican Club in 1954.
Active in local civic affairs, Belchic was appointed by Democratic Mayor John B. Hussey and Republican Mayor Hazel F. Beard to the Shreveport Women's Commission, having served from 1988 to 1994. Beard also named her to the Riverfront Redevelopment Advisory Committee.<ref name=obit/>
Personal life
Belchic was married to Dr. George Belchic, Jr., a Shreveport orthopedic surgeon, and had a son and three daughters.<ref name=obit/>
Death and afterward
Belchic died at her home in Shreveport on February 12, 1999 after a long illness. Services were held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on February 17, 1999. Graveside rites were private. She was survived by her husband, her son, George Cameron Belchic (January 24, 1960 - January 31, 2007) and wife Angelia Steele Belchic of Decatur, Alabama; three daughters, Katherine Mitchell Belchic (January 13, 1953 - October 9, 2007) of Shreveport and her then husband, Michael Rolland, both of New Orleans, Ellen Belchic Hutchison (1955-2017) and then husband Bruce R. Hutchison of New Orleans, and Martha Cameron Belchic-Loeb (born 1956) of Shreveport; her brother Wheelock Cameron and wife Virginia Cameron of Fort Walton Beach, Florida; her brother-in-law, Albert Mitchell Belchic of New Orleans; a nephew, Gregory Martin Cameron and wife Virginia Cameron of , Virginia; seven grandchildren, Ellen Virginia Emory, Margarite Rolland, Michelle Rolland, Mary Katherine VanGeffen, Cameron Rolland Bryant, Martha Calvin Rolland, Sarah Vivian Belchic; a great niece, Lindsay Cameron.<ref name=obit/>
Louisiana state Senator Ron Bean described Belchic as the "dean of Republican women in the state of Louisiana, and a fine friend of mine. She worked when nobody else would ... She will be remembered as somebody who provided lots of leadership ... She would want to be remembered as someone who helped even the smallest candidate run for public office, all the way up to someone running for governor."
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Mike Sharman (born 19 September 1983), is a South African entrepreneur and author. He is the co-founder and chief creative strategist of Retroviral Digital Communications.
Early life and career
Sharman was born in Johannesburg. He obtained a marketing communications Degree from the University of Johannesburg. After he finished studying in 2005, Sharman moved to the US. He went to Los Angeles and took acting classes and an eight-week stand-up comedy course that culminated in a show at West Hollywood's well-known Ha Ha Café.
Bibliography
* The Best Dick (2017)
Awards and recognition
In 2013, Mike Sharman was named one of the Mail & Guardian’s top 200 young South Africans in the business and law category.
Mike Sharman (born 19 September 1983), is a South African entrepreneur and author. He is the co-founder and chief creative strategist of Retroviral Digital Communications.
Early life and career
Sharman was born in Johannesburg. He obtained a marketing communications Degree from the University of Johannesburg. After he finished studying in 2005, Sharman moved to the US. He went to Los Angeles and took acting classes and an eight-week stand-up comedy course that culminated in a show at West Hollywood's well-known Ha Ha Café.
Bibliography
* The Best Dick (2017)
Awards and recognition
In 2013, Mike Sharman was named one of the Mail & Guardian’s top 200 young South Africans in the business and law category.