Mark Rae is the head of independent record labelGrand Central Records and one half of DJ and production duo Rae & Christian. The concept of an independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of one of the major record labels, which are generally defined to be the handful of media corporations which have recently dominated the recorded music industry in the West. ... Grand Central Records is a Manchester, United Kingdom based independent record label started in 1995 by DJ Mark Rae, who, along with Steve Christian make up the duo Rae & Christian. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ...
He was born in Ashington, Northumberland, UK. In 1987, he moved to Manchester and became manager / co-owner of Fat City Records store, before releasing an E.P. for Tony D on the short-lived Gone Clear label. Gone Clear was replaced by Grand Central which quickly became home to a number of respected DJ's and talented musicians. Map sources for Ashington at grid reference NZ2787 Ashington is a town in Northumberland, England, with a population of around 28,000 people. ... For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation) Northumberland is a ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. ... Manchester is a city in the north-west of England. ... Tony D, a. ... Grand Central Records is a Manchester, United Kingdom based independent record label started in 1995 by DJ Mark Rae, who, along with Steve Christian make up the duo Rae & Christian. ...
After two studio albums (plus producing, remixing and DJing duties) with Steve Christian, and the occasional release with Mr Scruff, Rae recorded his first solo record in 2002. Mr. ...
Discography
Rae Road (2002)
Into The Depths (2004)
Ode to a Dying DJ (DJ mix album) (due for release 4th July 2005)
Mark is also said to be the one who declared that the Bishop of Ostia should wear a pallium.
However, it is unlikely St. Mark did this, because the pallium was probably not even invented for another century and it was almost two centuries later before there is a reliable record of a pope bestowing it on someone else.
Mark may have been mentioned in one of Constantine's letters, before he became pope, but again no one is sure.
He was befriended by Mark Twain and is the model for a few of the sea going characters in Twain's books.
Mark Hopkins arrived in San Francisco during the City's early days and went on to become one of the big names of the day, along with Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Collis P. Huntington.
From haunted houses to men who have lost their heads and the "real Mark Hopkins", the authors have gathered a collection of stories dedicated to "people who believe a little bit in everything." They included an ancient Indian legend that tells of the great bird with white wings that died and was buried shifting sands.