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Encyclopedia > Anna Domino

Anna Domino (nee Anna Virginia Taylor Delory) is a Tokyo-born indie rock artist who has released several recordings under that moniker. Notable performers Domino has collaborated with include Blaine L. Reininger and Virginia Astley. She also played with one-hit wonders, including Mania D and Tar. Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Virginia Astley (born 1959) is an English singer-songwriter active during the 1980s and 1990s. ...


It has been reported that her new surname is a reference to the Domino Sugar Company.


Background

Domino was born an army brat in Tokyo, Japan to an artistically-inclined family. Her father, James J. Taylor, was in the United States Army before he became a videographer in Washington, D.C.; her mother, Mimi Cazort, is curator emerita for National Gallery of Canada. Her brother, Alan Taylor, is a well-known film director. Military brat is an informal term in American English for a child who has one or both parents who serves or served full-time in the military. ... Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. ... James J. Taylor (???? 1931-February 11, 2005) was a self-taught videographer and member of Actors Equity Association in New York. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Strictly speaking, a videographer is a person who works in the video medium — recording moving images on tape, disk, or other electro-mechanical device, or even broadcasting live. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C. in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... Mimi Cazort is a renowned scholar and Curator Emerita for Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Canada. ... National Gallery of Canada on Canada Day. ... Alan Taylor (born 1965) is an American television director. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...


Being part of a military family, Domino has lived in various places around the world — Ann Arbor, Michigan, Florence, Italy and Ottawa, Canada. She eventually settled in New York, where she became a fashion designer. She later met Michel Delory — guitarist for Bel Canto, Univers Zéro to form the folk rock, alternative outfit, Snakefarm. For the railroad company, see Ann Arbor Railroad. ... Florence (Italian, Firenze) is a city in the center of Tuscany, in central Italy, on the Arno River, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Bel Canto is a music trio fronted by Anneli Drecker. ... Univers Zéro are an instrumental Belgian band known for playing dark music heavily influenced by 20th century chamber music. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... An alternative is one of two possible choices. ...


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Domino Vitali, the nickname for a Bond girl in the James Bond novel, Thunderball.
Domino theory, a political theory during the Cold War that if one country was taken over by Communism, neighboring countries would fall like a row of standing dominoes
Domino effect, in which some change that is small in itself will cause a similar change nearby, which then will cause another similar change, and so on in linear sequence, by analogy to a falling row of dominoes standing on end
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