Jeff Buckley
Buckley's most popular song is however, a cover of this popular hymn by Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah
The Smokestack twins from the film are known for their exploits with this popular founder of the Chicago Outfit
Al Capone
Milton probably invented about three times as many words as Shakespeare; academic Gavin Alexander puts it at 630. Some of them are pretty impressive, like “satanic”, “terrific”, “stunning”, “enjoyable”, “sensuous”, “fragrance”, and famously this word meaning wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar.
Pandemonium
This painting by Abanindranath Tagore is the first-ever depiction of ______ ____, a widely worshipped Indian entity who, in later years, became more religion-ised and politically symbol.
bharat mata
Cincinnati Reds, a famous baseball team obviously out of Cincinnati, once changed their name to the Cincinnati Redlegs in the 1950s during the Red Scare, to avoid association with what political ideology?
Communism
Often referred to him as his Elvis, Jeff Buckley was hugely influenced by this popular Qawwali singer.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Apart from getting inspired by the Irish and Italian mob, The smokestack twins' dress code is also believed to mirror the color of this iconic Los Angeles gang war.
Crips-Bloods
"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay / To mould me man? Did I solicit thee / From darkness to promote me?" from Book X of Milton's epic sets the stage for the relationship between A and his creation, highlighting themes of creation, responsibility, and the consequences of ambition.
A-Frankenstein
The cartoon shows Dr. B.R. Ambedkar walking with his “favourite little girl” — the Hindu Code Bill, which faced strong opposition for challenging traditional Hindu norms.
The girl’s depiction is said to be inspired by another iconic figure:
Hitler and the girl
X ball was a pitching method used by pitchers in the 1800s-1900, which involved mixing X with the ball in order to make it "slippery" and dip unnaturally. It was banned in 1920 due to its unpredictability and general gross nature. What is X?
Spitball
This is the album cover of Jeff Buckley’s album Grace which is said to be the inspiration for band X’s second album, Y which came out in the 1995.
Y’s album cover is an abstraction of this cover.
X-Radiohead
Y-Bends
The character of Sammie Moore is heavily inspired by the popular life and music of the legendary blues musician Robert Johnson, who is rumored to have done this sinful act in exchange for musical success.
he sold his soul to the devil
This 1997 film makes several references to the poem and its author. For example, the main antagonist, John Milton, is named after the author, and in the finale of the film the main protagonist, Kevin Lomax makes a quotation: "'Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven,' is that it?"
The Devil's Advocate
Raja Ravi Varma, a pioneering Indian painter, fused European techniques with Indian themes, profoundly shaping Hindu visual culture. His iconic portrayals of goddesses Saraswati and Lakshmi introduced a stylistic element—non-traditional and fictional at the time—that has since become a widely accepted cultural norm. waita
the draping method in both was not traditional and was inspired from greco-roman style.
Shockingly, 1870 was the first time X was used in baseball, however before that players used their bare hands for the important yet dangerous task of Y, this lead to many bruises and injuries, which is ultimately why in 1870 Doug Allison used X for Y. Although he was originally mocked, but nowadays playing without X is unimaginable. What is X?
Baseball gloves
The lyrics for this iconic Massive Attack song were written by Elizabeth Fraser shortly after the death of fellow singer Jeff Buckley, with whom she had a brief but intense relationship in the mid-’90s. It later became Massive Attack’s most recognizable track, famously serving as the theme for House M.D..
Teardrop from the album Mezzanine
Production designer Hannah Beachler subtly integrated crossed beams in the church set as a nod to which pop-culture action.
Chadwick Boseman’s iconic "Wakanda Forever" salute
In Paradise Lost, Satan’s shield is likened to the moon as seen through Y’s telescope—a nod to the scientist Milton visited years earlier. Both men ended up blind, silenced, and under house arrest.
Y-Galileo
This work by Shanthamani Muddaiah, inspired by a 15th century painting. In reference to the original, the painting was titled "Reconstructing _____". FITB
Reconstructing Venus, 2004
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ball- is a technique used by the pitcher in baseball in which the ball is thrown with little spin, causing wild, unpredictable motion — it floats to the plate. This technique will also be familiar to cricket fans, as the same technique is often utilized by many bowlers as well with the same name.
Knuckle
Everybody Here Wants You, a Jeff Buckley biopic starring Reeve Carney, was set to begin filming in late 2021. It marked the directorial debut of Orian Williams, who previously produced the award-winning biopic of this post-punk icon.
Ian Curtis
The date from the post-credit scene, October 16, 1992 is also the release date of this iconic black horror film set in Chicago
Candyman
This form of poetry mirrors the natural rhythm of English speech while allowing for epic scale and flexibility.
Milton chose it deliberately, rejecting metered verse as “the invention of a barbarous age.”
Blank Verse
Here are a few images from India's greatest graphic novel, which is based on the life of a key historical figure. Who?
The art is in the style of one of India's foremost tribal art forms and has been made by two artists from the community itself. One of their conscious choices while making the art for the graphic novel was to move away from one key aspect of usual Western comic books. What art form? In what way is this book different?
Ambedkar
They don't use those panels because they can't put people in boxes
A X pitch is a difficult method of pitching that sees the pitchers releases the ball from a very low arm slot, sometimes near the ground, resulting in a sidearm or even underarm-like motion, which makes it seem like the ball is coming from "underwater". Its named as such since X also travel beneath the surface instead of above it. What is X?
Submarine