Pillow (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Places
- Jacob's PillowJacob's PillowJacob’s Pillow Dance is a dance center, school and performance space located in Becket, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires. The organization is known for the oldest internationally acclaimed summer dance festival in the United States. The facility also includes a professional school and extensive...
, historic landmark in Massachusetts - Pillow, PennsylvaniaPillow, PennsylvaniaPillow is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 304 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
- Pillow RidgePillow RidgePillow Ridge is a ridge of the Tahltan Highland in northern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Telegraph Creek. It extends northwest from Mount Edziza in Mount Edziza Provincial Park.-History:...
, volcanic ridge in British Columbia, Canada
Music
- The PillowsThe PillowsThe Pillows are a Japanese rock band. The group has released more than a dozen original studio albums, along with several EPs, singles and compilations...
, Japanese band - The Silly PillowsThe Silly PillowsThe Silly Pillows are an American indie pop band formed by Jonathan Caws-Elwitt. They began as a home-recorded duo of Jonathan and his wife Hilary, sharing tapes through the cassette underground. In the 1990s the band evolved into a studio-recorded full lineup, which dissolved in 2000...
, American band - Surrealistic PillowSurrealistic PillowSurrealistic Pillow is the second album by American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967.Original drummer Alexander 'Skip' Spence had left the band in mid-1966, replaced by a jazz drummer from Los Angeles, Spencer Dryden, a nephew of Charlie Chaplin. New lead vocalist...
, album by Jefferson Airplane - Pillow Talk (song)Pillow Talk (song)"Pillow Talk" in 1973 song by American soul singer-songwriter Sylvia.-History:Sylvia had originally hoped the song would be recorded by Al Green, who turned it down as he thought it was too risqué and against his religion. She eventually recorded "Pillow Talk" and released it in 1973...
, 1973 song by Sylvia
Films
- Pillow of DeathPillow of DeathPillow of Death was the last of the Inner Sanctum mystery films. The movie stars Lon Chaney, Jr. and Brenda Joyce, was directed by Wallace Fox, and based on a story by Dwight V. Babcock...
, 1945 film - Stone PillowStone PillowStone Pillow was a 1985 television movie, directed by George Schaefer, in which Lucille Ball, in an attempt to make a dramatic "breakout" from her years in comedy, portrayed an older homeless woman with few resources and even fewer options...
, 1985 film - The Pillow Book (film)The Pillow Book (film)The Pillow Book is a 1996 film by United Kingdom director Peter Greenaway, which stars Vivian Wu as Nagiko, a Japanese model in search of pleasure and new cultural experience from various lovers...
, 1996 film - Pillow Talk (film), 1959 film
Activities
- Pillow fightPillow fightA pillow fight is a common game mostly played by young children in which they engage in mock physical conflict, utilizing pillows as weapons....
, game commonly played by children - Pillow talkPillow talkPillow talk is the relaxed, intimate conversation that often occurs between two sexual partners after the act of coitus, usually accompanied by cuddling, caresses, and other physical intimacy. It is associated with sexual afterglow and is distinguished from dirty talk which usually forms part of...
, intimate conversation between sexual partners - Pillow Head HourPillow Head HourThe Pillow Head Hour was a one-hour block of E/I-compliant programming on the now-defunct Kids WB, featuring two half-hour series and framed by interstitial segments hosted by Pillow Head reporter Gisselle.-2005:...
, block of television programming
People
- Gideon Pillow (1806–1878), American general
- Pillow (bodybuilder)Pillow (bodybuilder)Theresa Jean Bell , better known as Pillow, also known as The She-Beast, was a United States professional bodybuilder in the early 1980s. While competing in bodybuilding, she was also an exotic dancer in Alaska. She was crowned Miss Exotic World 1995.-Biography:Pillow was among the first muscular...
(born 1956) (formerly Theresa Bell), American bodybuilder - Ray PillowRay PillowRay Pillow is an American country music singer who has also worked as a music publisher and A&R representative. In his career, he has charted eighteen times on the Billboard country singles charts, with his highest-peaking song being the #9 "I'll Take the Dog," a duet with Jean Shepard...
(born 1937), American country music singer
Other
- Firestop pillowFirestop pillowFirestop pillows are passive fire protection items, used for firestopping holes in wall or floor assemblies required to have a fire-resistance rating...
, fire protection device - Pillow block bearingPillow block bearingA pillow block, also known as a plummer block or bearing housing, is a pedestal used to provide support for a rotating shaft with the help of compatible bearings & various accessories...
- Pillow lavaPillow lavaPillow lavas are lavas that contain characteristic pillow-shaped structures that are attributed to the extrusion of the lava under water, or subaqueous extrusion. Pillow lavas in volcanic rock are characterized by thick sequences of discontinuous pillow-shaped masses, commonly up to one metre in...
, lava from an underwater vent - Pillow PalPillow PalPillow Pals were a line of plush toys made by Ty, Inc. during the 1990s. The toys were given their name because they were soft like pillow, and were made with children in mind. Though many of them resembled certain Beanie Babies, those that did not share names with their Beanie Baby counterparts...
, plush toy made by Ty, Inc. during the 1990s - Pillow peoplePillow peoplePillow People are rectangular stuffed toys that have decal faces . The line was started in 1986, and the toys were popular during the mid 1980s. The toys are pillows with stuffed hands and feet attached. Besides the 'people' of the line, there are also pillow pets—such as cats and dogs...
, 1980s toy - PillowplatePillowplatePillow plate is a metal heat exchanger formed by inflating.Pillow plates are generally made of two spaced thin steel sheets, welded to each other....
, metal heat exchanger - Snow pillowSnow pillowA snow pillow is a device for measuring snowpack, especially for automated reporting stations such as SNOTEL.The snow pillow measures the water equivalent of the snow pack based on hydrostatic pressure created by overlying snow...
, snow measuring device - Speaker pillowsSpeaker pillowsA speaker pillow is a pillow that incorporates loudspeakers. It is generally designed to be an alternative to headphones connected to portable media players....
, for listening to music - USS General Pillow (1862)USS General Pillow (1862)USS General Pillow was a gunboat captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War and placed into service with the Union Navy. She served the Union cause from 1862 until the end of war in 1865....
, American gunboat - Head-in-pillow, manufacturing defect/problem