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Mission of Burma was an American post-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. The group formed in 1979 with Roger Miller on guitar , Clint Conley on bass , Peter Prescott on drums , and Martin Swope contributing audiotape manipulation and acting as the band’s sound engineer . [ 2 ]
The site of the former Oak Beach Inn, now a Town of Babylon park. The Oak Beach Inn, commonly referred to by the abbreviation OBI, was a Long Island nightclub located in Oak Beach, on Jones Beach Island near Captree State Park in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York.
The following is a list of attractions on Long Island, New York State.The list includes museums, parks, and beaches as well as many other types of attractions. In this list, "Long Island" is defined as the geographical entity, and thus the list includes attractions in Kings County, New York, a.k.a. Brooklyn, as well as Queens County, New York, a.k.a. Queens, which are both parts of New York City.
The best known of the public beaches on the island, [6] Jones Beach State Park on the western tip of the island, is a summer recreational destination for the New York City area. [7] Jones Beach Island is accessible from Long Island on its western end by the Meadowbrook State Parkway to Merrick (with the Loop Parkway providing a spur to Long ...
The Horrible Truth About Burma is a collection of live recordings by Boston-based post-punk band Mission of Burma, [8] recorded during their 1983 farewell tour. The band had decided to retire because leader Roger Miller's chronic tinnitus had reached a dangerous level.
"That's When I Reach for My Revolver" is a song by Mission of Burma that was written and sung by band member Clint Conley. It appears on their 1981 EP Signals, Calls and Marches . Moby covered the song in 1996 and released it as a single, reaching number fifty on the UK Singles Chart .
Jones Beach Island. Jones Beach Island is a barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. It is named for the father of historian Thomas Jones. It is sometimes referred to as Oak Beach Island, and the former home of the infamous Oak Beach Inn. It is separated from Long Island by Great South Bay.
Oak Beach is a small community and census-designated place located near the eastern end of Jones Beach Island, a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great South Bay of Long Island. [1] The community is part of the village of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York , United States.