Boneyard

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Boneyard, an archaic word used synonymously with 'graveyard', has garnered numerous meanings, many of which are completely unrelated to graves, graveyards or death:

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[edit] Comics

  • "Boneyard", a character in the Malibu/Marvel Comics publication, Mantra
  • Boneyard (comic), a humorous horror themed comic book by Richard Moore, produced by NBM Publishing

[edit] Film

  • Jumpin' at the Boneyard is the title of a 1992 movie featuring Samuel L. Jackson.
  • The Jackie Chan movie, "Shanghai Noon" featured a re-make of "Back In The Saddle" produced by "The Boneyard Boys", also known as "Tyler/Perry/Frederiksen"

[edit] Games

  • Boneyard, in 'draw games' such as dominoes, refers to the pile of dominoes, (or "bones") from which players replenish their 'hand'
  • "The Boneyard", a "blorple destination" of one of the 17 'Cubes of Foundation', "the fundamental building blocks of the universe" in Infocom and Activision's Zork series computer games
  • Boneyard, the name given to what remained of the city of Los Angeles after a nuclear conflict in Black Isle Studios / Interplay's Fallout computer game, also sometimes mentioned as "L.A. Boneyard"
  • Bone Yard, in Warcraft III, an Undead "building" that creates Frost Wyrms
  • Boneyard, the pseudonym of Scott Rogers, who runs an on-line rumor listing of upcoming Heroclix pieces and the fan-site Whoclixguide.com.

[edit] Geography

[edit] Music

  • "Boneyard Shuffle", a 1925 tune by Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills
  • Boneyard (XM), a 1980s hard rock channel on XM Satellite Radio
  • Boneyard, an early '90s L.A. glam metal band featuring Chris Van Dahl and Johnny Crypt
  • Boneyard, a Rhode Island band featuring Gail Greenwood
  • Boneyard, a Gibson Les Paul and less expensive Epiphone Custom guitar used by Joe Perry of Aerosmith and designed by his wife. It was presented by her to him as a birthday gift.

[edit] Other uses

  • The Boneyard, an area where parents can relax while their children play on slides and "excavate" fossils, at "DinoLand U.S.A.", part of Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida
  • The Boneyard Man, a group of comedic theatrical performers from London, Ontario which made its debut October 25, 1998, featuring Jeff Culbert, Jayson McDonald, Dawn Penner, Virginia Pratten and Jeff Werkmeister, with musical accompaniment by Scott Pinkerton
  • Boneyard, a place for retired planes, automobiles, ships, etc.
  • Boneyard, a term used by forest fire fighters and hotshot crews to describe a previously 'burnt over' area where burning logs, unburnt logs, and other fuels from a fire are placed to allow them to extinguish or burn themselves out harmlessly
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