Atomic Playboy
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"I am not an atomic playboy" is a phrase uttered by Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy
while he was overseeing the Bikini Atoll
atomic bomb tests.
Here is the complete quote:
Blandy's speech was later sampled and used in the 1991 release "Atomic Playboy" by Dutch techno duo "Space Trax" .
Atomic Playboy may also refer to:
William H. P. Blandy
William Henry Purnell Blandy , known to friends as "Spike", was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II.-Biography:...
while he was overseeing the Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll is an atoll, listed as a World Heritage Site, in the Micronesian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, part of Republic of the Marshall Islands....
atomic bomb tests.
Here is the complete quote:
- "The bomb will not start a chain-reaction in the water converting it all to gas and letting all the ships on all the oceans drop down to the bottom. It will not blow out the bottom of the sea and let all the water run down the hole. It will not destroy gravity. I am not an atomic playboy, as one of my critics labeled me, exploding these bombs to satisfy my personal whim." Listen
Blandy's speech was later sampled and used in the 1991 release "Atomic Playboy" by Dutch techno duo "Space Trax" .
Atomic Playboy may also refer to:
- Atomic PlayboysAtomic Playboys-Personnel:*Steve Stevens – vocals, electric guitar, classical guitar, bass guitar , production*Perry McCarty – vocals*Phil Ashley – keyboard, preamplifier*Thommy Price – drums *Anton Fig – drums...
(1989), the first album by guitar virtuoso Steve Stevens - "Atomic Playboy" (1990), a track from the dancing video game Para Para ParadisePara Para Paradise, often abbreviated PPP, is an arcade and PlayStation 2 dance game made by the Japanese company Konami and released under the Bemani moniker following the booming Para Para fad....
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See also
- Second RealitySecond RealityUnreal ][ - The 2nd Reality , is a demo created by Future Crew for the Assembly '93 demoparty. In the PC demo competition, Second Reality placed first with its demonstration of 2D and 3D rendering. The demo was released to the public in October 1993. It is considered to be one of the best demos...
, an influential demoDemo (computer programming)A demo is a non-interactive multimedia presentation made within the computer subculture known as the demoscene. Demogroups create demos to demonstrate their abilities in programming, music, drawing, and 3D modeling...
by Future CrewFuture CrewFuture Crew is a now-defunct Finnish demogroup who created PC demos and software, active mostly between 1992 and 1994.-History:The group was founded in 1986 by PSI as a Commodore 64 group, before moving to the PC demoscene in 1988; other members included, over time, Trug, Wildfire, Pixel, ICE,...
, which quotes the phrase