Bulgarian umbrella Bulgarian umbrella A Bulgarian umbrella is an umbrella with a hidden pneumatic mechanism which injects a small poisonous pellet containing ricin. It has a hollowed stalk into which the pellet neatly sits. Such an umbrella was allegedly used in and named for the assassination of the Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov on 7 September 1978 (the birthday of the Bulgarian State Council chairman Todor Zhivkov, who had often been the target of Georgi Markov's criticism) on Waterloo Bridge in London. Markov died three days later. It was also allegedly used in the failed assassination attempt against the Bulgarian dissident journalist
A House on a Street in a Town I'm From were a "classical take on West Coast sunshine pop ala Byrds via Simon and Garfunkel and The Doves". All tracks by Paul Otway, Jae Laffer, Myles Wootton, Drew Wootton and Julian Grigor. A House on a Street in a Town I'm From A House on a Street in a Town I'm From is the debut full-length album from The Panics, released on August 4, 2003, by LittleBIGMAN Records. A number of the songs on this album appeared on the two previous EPs although most appear as alternate versions. Some of the songs on the album were recorded in Manchester,and co-produced