Jack London character is based on Hawaiian leper Kaluaikoolau, who in 1893 revolted and resisted capture from forces of the Provisional Government of Hawaii in the Kalalau Valley. An amateur boxer and avid boxing fan, London reported on the 1910 Johnson–Jeffries fight, in which the black boxer Jack Johnson vanquished Jim Jeffries, known as the "Great White Hope". In 1908, London had reported on an earlier fight of Johnson's, contrasting the black boxer's coolness and intellectual style, with the apelike appearance and fighting style of his Canadian opponent, Tommy Burns, 'what . . . [won] on Saturday was bigness, coolness, quickness, cleverness,
I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone I Was Trying to Describe You To Someone is the fourth studio album by American melodic hardcore band, Crime in Stereo. It was released on February 23, 2010 on Bridge Nine Records. The band released a new song, "Drugwolf", on their MySpace page on January 19, 2010. The record received a review of 4.5/5 in the March 2010 issue of "Alternative Press" magazine. The magazine described it as an "equally ambitious, unpredictable follow-up..." to their third release "...Is Dead". Exclaim! named "I Was Trying to Describe You To Someone" as the No.