| For other uses, see Thursday (disambiguation).However, in ISO 8601 it is the fourth day of the week.In Latin the Genitive or possessive case of Jupiter was Jovis and as such in most Romance languages with the exception of Portuguese it became the word for Thursday: Latin Jovis Dies, Spanish Jueves, Italian Giovedi, and Rumanian Jiuvidi.In most of the Indian Languages the word for Thursday is Guruvar, with Guru being the Sanskrit name for the planet Jupiter.In Thailand, the color associated with Thursday is orange, see Thai solar calendar.Thursday in religion
In the Hindu religion, Thursday is Guruvaar, from Guru, the Sanskrit name for Jupiter, the largest of planets.Urdu name for Thursday is Jumeraat (eve of Friday).Ascension Thursday is 40 days after Easter, when Christ ascended into Heaven.In the Eastern Orthodox Church.Thursdays are dedicated to the Apostles and Saint Nicholas.Thursdays throughout the year.Quakers traditionally refer to Thursday as "Fifth Day" eschewing the pagan origin of the English name "Thursday".In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is an annual festival celebrated on a Thursday in November, currently the fourth Thursday.Last Thursdayism teaches that the world was created last Thursday, but with the appearance of age: people's memories, history books, fossils, light already on the way from distant stars, and so forth.Friday, the new or continuing administration then has the weekend to organise itself in preparation for the "government shop opening for business" on Monday, the first day of the new week following the election.It is sometimes thought that Thursday was the chosen polling day as it is furthest from the Friday and Weekend before, making it therefore the day when people were most sober.Additionally, local elections are usually held on the first Thursday in May.The Thursday before Easter is also known as Maundy Thursday or Sheer Thursday in the United Kingdom, traditionally a day of cleaning and giving out Maundy money.To meet Wikipedia's style guidelines, please help improve this article by: removing items which are not notable, encyclopedic, or helpful from the list(s); incorporating appropriate items into the main body of the article; and discussing this issue on the talk page.In the nursery rhyme, "Thursday's Child has far to go".Gabriel Syme, the main character was given the title of Thursday in G.Chesterton's novel "The Man Who Was Thursday."In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the character Arthur Dent says "This must be Thursday.Soul, one of the characters says to Thor: "I'm not used to spending the evening with someone who's got a whole day named after them".In the cross media work Thursday's fictions by Richard James Allen and Karen Pearlman, Thursday is the title character, a woman who tries to cheat the cycle of reincarnation to get a form of eternal life.Thursday's Fictions which has been a stage production, a book, a film and an 3D online immersive world in Second Life.Thursday is sometimes referred to as "Friday Eve" in anticipation for the end of the work week on Friday.Thursday's Child is a David Bowie song from the album hours...In Neil Gaiman's American Gods, when Wednesday introduces himself, he remarks that given the weather (he and the main character are flying in a thunderstorm), it could be Thursday, as Thor was the god of thunder.Outlook for Thursday was a hit in New Zealand for Dave Dobbyn."Thursday" is the name of an episode of Strange Days at Blake Holsey High."Thursday Next" is the central character in a series of novels by Jasper Fforde.In high schools in the United States during the 1960s, it was widely believed that if someone wore green on Thursdays, it meant that they were gay."Thursday" is an NPC in the online game Dragonfable.In "Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)," Truman Capote writes of Holly Golightly: "'Thursday.Thursday is the day of the Second Round draw in the English League Cup.BBC TWO's new comedy zone is named "THURSDAYS ARE FUNNY".In college life is referred to as the new friday because of drinking and parties.Thursday (1998 film) is a movie starring Thomas Jane about the day of a drug dealer gone straight, who gets pulled back into his old lifestyle."Thursday" is the name of an Italian neo realistic film of the 60s.Named days
Black Thursday refers to October 24, 1929 when stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange fell sharply, with record volume of nearly 13 million shares.Beacon Press: This book discusses the origins of this curious belief.This page was last modified 00:32, 22 January 2008.Thursday was formed in 1997 by vocalist Geoff Rickly, guitarist Tom Keeley, guitarist Bill Henderson, bassist Tim Payne, and drummer Tucker Rule.We'd hang out in his attic, and just try really hard to fool ourselves into thinking we were good.For a while my other friend from high school, Bill played with us...Thursday toured in support of the album, including a tour with Saves The Day that caught the attention of Victory Records.Victory Records filmed a music video for "Understanding In A Car Crash" consisting of live footage of the band and marketed the song as the band's first single, without the bands authorization.Jet Black New Year, the only studio track on Five Stories Falling, showed a darker side of the band that was only hinted at on Full Collapse.Having parted ways with Victory Records and joining Island Records, Thursday issued their major label debut, the critically acclaimed War All the Time on September 16, 2003.War All the Time features Andrew Everding on keyboards, though he would not become an official member of the band until December 26, 2003, when he was officially welcomed into the band at the band's Christmas holiday shows held at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey.War All The Time spawned two singles, "Signals Over The Air" and "War All The Time", though the latter received considerably less attention due to MTV banning the video for controversial material involving a fake news feed that appeared to be real and teenagers being weapon targets.Thursday toured extensively to support War All the Time through many dates with acts such as AFI, Thrice, and Coheed and Cambria.Tower Records stores and other record stores.Following War All The Time, the band released two EPs.The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2004.However, Thursday returned once again for a charitable cause to save New York City's CBGB, on August 25, 2005.The first single from A City By The Light Divided.Problems playing the files?In Fall 2005, five Thursday demo songs were stolen from My American Heart's tour manager's iPod.Over And Out (Of Control)", "Telegraph Avenue Kiss", and "Autumn Leaves Revisited") would also make the album; the demo versions of these songs are quite different.Thursday originally toyed with the idea of double album to follow up War All The Time, but scrapped that idea, reporting on their website that not even The Beatles could properly fill two discs with enough worthy material.Rickly combined two lines from one of his poems to create the title.The album was officially previewed on the band's MySpace on April 18, 2006, and officially released May 2 on Island Records in American and Hassle Records in the UK."At This Velocity", though the latter received considerably less attention.Thursday uses the dove logo on their albums and merchandise.Since the dove's conception, however, it appears on every disc that Thursday has released in some form, though it is not mentioned lyrically aside from "Cross Out The Eyes".City By The Light Divided.This logo appeared on merchandise related to the album, and is seen faded in the background of the cover for Kill the House Lights.You are not logged in yet.Words cannot describe how excited I am to have the opportunity to work with Thursday again.Thursday is a band that people believe in.Other bands thrive on gimmicks.Thursday are true artists.They have a very special and unique magnetism.Thursday and Victory have done great things together.This is something that people can feel good about.Victory Owner Tony Brummel.The release, as of yet untitled, will consist of a full length feature DVD and a full length Album.The DVD will tell Thursday's 10 year career story from the beginning to the present.It was the first time I ever saw Thursday perform live.Raw, intense, sincere, driven rock music rooted deep in hardcore but with progressive song structures and melodies.Thankfully, they did take the meeting and I learned what an intelligent, passionate and innovative group of guys were behind the music.Tony and the Victory staff have proven time and time again that they care about music; They are more concerned with what the fan wants and less concerned about the bottom line or the constraints of the modern day music business.We have some exciting news!!!The DVD will be a retrospective of our band's career so far(footage from the last nine years) with a ton of live stuff.Looney Tunes Grand Opening!Id + " Link: " + targetLink.WednesdayExample: She came on Thursday; (also adjective) Thursday evening. |
