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{{Infobox musical artist
[[Image:Titor insignia.jpg|thumb|John Titor's military insignia]]
| Name = Stewart Copeland
| Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| Img = Stewart Copeland Marseille 2008.png
| Img_capt = Stewart Copeland in [[Marseille]] in 2008.
| Birth_name = Stewart Armstrong Copeland
| Born = {{birth date and age|1952|7|16}}
| Origin = [[Alexandria, Virginia]]
| Death =
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Reggae]], [[pop music|Pop]], [[New Wave music|New Wave]], [[Jazz]]
| Occupation = [[Musician]], [[Composer]]
| Years_active = 1975 - present
| Instrument = [[Drum kit|Drums]]<br>[[Percussion instrument|Percussion]]<br>[[Singer|Vocals]]<br>[[Keyboards]]<br>[[Guitar]]
| First_album =
| Latest_album =
| Notable_albums =
| Notable songs =
| Label = [[A&M Records]]<br />[[Koch Records]]
| Associated_acts = [[The Police]]<br />Klark Kent<br />[[Animal Logic (band)|Animal Logic]]<br />[[Oysterhead]]<br />[[Gizmo (band)|Gizmo]]<br />
| URL = [http://www.stewartcopeland.net www.stewartcopeland.net]
}}
'''Stewart Armstrong Copeland''' (born [[July 16]], [[1952]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[musician]], best known as the [[drummer]] for the [[musical band|band]] [[The Police]]. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed [[soundtrack]]s.


==Background==
'''John Titor''' is the name used on several [[Bulletin board system|bulletin board]]s during 2000 and 2001 by a poster claiming to be a [[time travel]]er from the year 2036. In these posts he made numerous predictions (a number of them vague, some quite specific<ref>http://johntitor.strategicbrains.com/CopyrightProof.cfm</ref>) about events in the near future, starting with events in 2004. He described a drastically changed future in which the [[United States]] had broken into five smaller regions, the environment and infrastructure had been devastated by a nuclear attack, and most other world powers had been destroyed.
Copeland was born in [[Alexandria, Virginia]],<ref>
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/01/26/DI2006012601460_pf.html Film: "Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out"]</ref><ref>[http://www.stewartcopeland.net/biography/1952-75.htm Early days, the Middle East, music biz & Curved Air]</ref> the youngest of four children of CIA officer [[Miles Copeland, Jr.]] and [[Lorraine Copeland|Lorraine Adie]], a [[Scotland|Scot]] who served in [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Military intelligence|intelligence]].


The family moved to [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] a few months after his birth, and Copeland spent his formative years in the [[Middle East]]. In 1957, the family moved to [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] and Copeland attended the American Community School there. He started drum lessons at age twelve and by age thirteen he was playing drums for school dances. Later he moved to England and attended [[Millfield]] from 1967 to 1969. Copeland went to college in [[California]], attending [[California Western University]] and [[UC Berkeley]]. He returned to [[England]] in 1975, playing drums for the [[progressive rock]] band [[Curved Air]].
To date, the story has been retold on numerous web sites, in a book, and in a play. He has also been discussed occasionally on the radio show ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]''.<ref>[http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2004/08/06.html John Titor, Recap]</ref> In this respect, the Titor story may be unique in terms of broad appeal from an originally limited medium, an Internet discussion board.


== Personal life ==
==Titor's posts==
Copeland married Curved Air vocalist [[Sonja Kristina]] in 1982. They divorced in the early 1990s. They have three sons: Sven (drummer/producer), Jordan (film-editor/director and frontman in London-based rock 3-piece Hot Head Show[http://www.hotheadband.com]) and Scott (currently tour-manager for uncle [[Miles Copeland III]]'s [[Bellydance Superstars]]). Copeland has another son, Patrick, with Marina Guinness, daughter of [[Desmond Guinness]]. Copeland currently lives in [[Los Angeles]] with his second wife, Fiona Dent. They have three daughters: Eve, Grace, and Celeste.
The first post appeared on the ''Time Travel Institute'' forums on November 2, 2000, under the name ''TimeTravel_0''. At the time the posts had nothing to do with future events and the name "John Titor" was not being used. Instead, the posts discussed time travel in general, the first one being the "six parts" description of what a time machine would need to have to work (see below) and responses to questions about how such a machine would work. Early messages tended to be short.


Stewart's oldest brother [[Miles Copeland III]], founder of [[I.R.S. Records]], was manager of the Police and has overseen Stewart's interests in other music projects. Stewart's other brother, the now deceased [[Ian Copeland]], was a pioneering booking agent who represented the Police, amongst many others. His father, Miles Copeland, once worked for the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS), according to files released by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) in 2008.<ref>[http://news.aol.com/article/julia-child-others-part-of-spy-network/132516 ''Julia Child, Others Part of Spy Network''], AOL News, August 14, 2008</ref>
Soon after, TimeTravel_0 claimed to be a time traveler from the future and began posting varying descriptions of his time. Gradually he began answering questions posted in the forum and started to reveal a more complex picture of the future. Although most of his posts concerned the condition of the world in the future, Titor also responded to questions both in the forums and in [[IRC]],<ref>[http://johntitor.strategicbrains.com/TimeMachine.cfm The Story of John Titor], scroll to "IRC"</ref> and sometimes posted images purporting to be of the time travel device or its manual. He also sometimes talked about more current events; for instance, in an early post he stated that "The breakthrough that will allow for [time travel] technology will occur within a year or so [2001] when [[CERN]] brings their larger facility online".<ref>[http://www.idlewords.com/weblog.09.2003.html Best Practices for Time Travelers]</ref>


Stewart's hobbies include rollerskating, cycling along the beach in Santa Monica, filmmaking and playing polo.
The name "John Titor" was not introduced until January 2001, when TimeTravel_0 began posting at the Art Bell BBS Forums (which required a name or [[pseudonym]] for every account). The Titor posts ended in late March 2001. Eventually, a number of the threads became corrupted; but Titor's posts had been saved on subscribers' hard drives and were copied to Anomalies.net, along with new discussions of the science behind Titor's time travelling as well as his predictions.<ref>One of these forum posts exists in its original form, given by the link below; original webcrawler links are also given below</ref> Around 2003, various websites reproduced Titor's posts, re-arranging them into narratives. Not all refer to the original dates posted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johntitor.com|title=John Titor - Time Traveler|accessdate=2007-03-15}}</ref>


==Drumming==
On numerous occasions Titor posted comments that appeared to be tongue-in-cheek {{Fact|date=March 2008}}: when asked why his images were of such low quality, he replied that he was "not a photographer", and when asked if "Titor" was his real name, he replied that it was "''a'' real name".<ref name=real/>
Copeland is known for his precise, energetic, and creative rock drumming along with a [[reggae]] and [[jazz]] influenced style. His distinctive sound centers on a hard, high-pitched ''crack'' on a snare drum or rimshot, subtle [[hi-hat]] work with understated flourishes, while often playing only hi-hat with bass drum. Copeland is a master of the [[syncopation|syncopated beat]], and his distinct approach consolidates his position as an important drummer on the world stage, subsequently influencing generations of drummers. His credit on [[Curved Air]]'s ''Airborne'' album was "Heavy Artillery" rather than "drums."


Copeland is also noted for his heavy emphasis on the groove as a complement to the song, rather than displays of technical prowess. He once drove this point home at a drum clinic: Copeland announced that he would show the audience something "that very few modern drummers can do," and proceeded to play a simple rock beat for two minutes. Nonetheless, his playing often incorporates spectacular fills and subtle inflections which greatly augment the groove. Compared to most of his 1980s contemporaries, Copeland's snare sound was very bright and cutting. Another novelty was his use of [[splash cymbal]]s. He also is one of the few rock drummers using the [[traditional grip]] rather than the [[matched grip]].
===Outline===
In his online postings, Titor claimed to be an American soldier from the year 2036, based in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] in [[Hillsborough County, Florida]], who was assigned to a governmental time-travel project. Purportedly, Titor had been sent back to 1975 to retrieve an [[IBM 5100]] computer which he said was needed to "[[debug]]" various legacy computer programs in 2036; a reference to the [[UNIX]] [[2038 problem|2038 timeout error]]. The 5100 runs the [[APL (programming language)|APL]], and [[BASIC]] programming languages. Titor had been selected for this mission specifically, given that his paternal grandfather was directly involved with the assembly and programming of the 5100.


==Equipment==
Titor claimed to be on a stopover in the year 2000 for "personal reasons"; i.e., to collect pictures lost in the (future) civil war and to visit his family, of whom he spoke often. Titor also said he had been, for a few months, trying to alert anyone that would listen about the threat of [[Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease]] spread through beef products and about the possibility of civil war within the United States. When questioned about them by an online subscriber, Titor also expressed an interest in unexplained mysteries such as [[UFO]]s (which in his time were still as yet unexplained). Titor suggested that UFOs and alien visitors may well be time travelers from much further into the future than his own time, who possessed superior time machines to his own.
Stewart Copeland currently uses [[Tama Drums]], [[Paiste]] Cymbals, [[Remo]] Drum Heads & [[Vater]] Drum Sticks.


===''The Police Reunion'' (2007-2008) Tour Kit: [http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm125/bojosoto/My%20Photos/StewartCopelandsPoliceReunionKit.jpg]===
===Time machine===
*'''Tama Starclassic Maple Drums and Paiste Cymbals:'''
Titor described the time machine on several occasions. In an early post, he described it as a "stationary mass, temporal displacement unit powered by two top-spin, dual positive singularities", producing a "standard off-set Tipler sinusoid". The earliest post was more explicit, saying it contained:
*'''Drums''' - Blue Sparkle
**10x8" Tom
**13x9" Tom
**12x9" Tom <small>(To the left of his snare drum)</small>
**16x16" Floor Tom
**18x16" Floor Tom
**22x18" Bass Drum
**14x5" Tama ''SC145 Stewart Copeland Signature'' Snare
**Tama Custom Octobans (x4) <small>(custom made for Copeland)</small>
*'''Cymbals''' - Paiste
**12" Prototype Micro Hi-Hats
**16" Signature Full Crash
**17" Signature Fast Crash
**18" Signature Fast Crash
**18" Signature Full Crash
**18" 2002 Flat Ride (prototype)
**22" Signature Blue Bell Ride
**10" Signature Splash
**8" Signature Bell
**8" Signature Prototype Splash


*Stewart also uses his own Vater ''Stewart Copeland Standard'' Sticks.
*Two magnetic housing units for the dual micro singularities
*An electron injection [[manifold]] to alter mass and gravity micro [[Gravitational singularity|singularities]]
*A cooling and [[X-ray]] venting system
*Gravity sensors, or a variable gravity lock
*Four main [[caesium]] clocks
*Three main computer units


===''Copeland's Classic Kit Set-up''===
According to the posts, the device was installed in the rear of a 1967 [[Chevrolet Corvette]] convertible and later moved to a 1987 truck having four-wheel drive.
*'''Midnight Blue Tama Imperial Star Maple Drums (9-ply) or Custom Mahogany Tama Superstar Birch Drums (4 or 6-ply) and Paiste Cymbals:'''


** 10x8" Rack Tom
Titor further claimed that the "Everett-Wheeler model of quantum physics" was correct. This model, better known as the [[many-worlds interpretation]], posits that every possible outcome of a quantum decision actually occurs in a separate "universe". Titor stated that this was the reason the [[grandfather paradox]] would not occur; following the logic of the argument, Titor would be killing a different John Titor's grandfather in a timeline other than his own.
** 12x8" Rack Tom
** 13x9" Rack Tom
** 16x16" Floor Tom
** 14x5" Snare
** 22x14" Bass Drum
** 20x16" Tama Gong Drum
** Tama Octobans (x4)
** Two Tama Tymp Toms
*'''Cymbals''' - Paiste
** Formula 602 13" Medium Hi-Hats
** 16" Thin Crash
** 8" 2002 Bell (x2)
** 8" 2002 Splash (x2)
** 11" 2002 Splash
** 14" Rude Crash Ride
** 16" Rude Crash Ride
** 22" Rude Crash Ride


==The Police==
<blockquote>
{{main|The Police}}
"...The grandfather paradox is impossible. In fact, all paradox is impossible. The Everett-Wheeler-Graham or [[many-worlds interpretation|multiple world theory]] is correct. All possible [[quantum state]]s, events, possibilities, and outcomes are real, eventual, and occurring. The chances of everything happening someplace at sometime in the superverse is 100%."<ref>John Titor, 2/2/01 10:09</ref>
In 1977, Copeland founded the Police with [[singer]]/[[bassist]] [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] and [[guitarist]] [[Henry Padovani]] (who was soon replaced by [[Andy Summers]]), which became one of the top bands of the 1980s.
</blockquote>


Frequently cited recordings with the Police include:
===Predictions===
The most immediate of Titor's predictions was of an upcoming [[civil war]] in the United States having to do with "order and rights".<ref>John Titor, 2/27/01 17:25</ref> He described it as beginning in 2004,<ref>John Titor, 2/1/01 8:36</ref> with [[civil unrest]] surrounding the [[United States presidential election, 2004]]. This civil conflict that he characterizes as "having a [[Waco Siege|Waco]] type event every month that steadily gets worse"<ref>John Titor, 2/1/01 8:36</ref> will be "pretty much at everyone's doorstep"<ref>John Titor, 2/27/01 17:25 </ref> and erupts by 2008.


*''[[Outlandos d'Amour]]'': "[[So Lonely]]," "[[Roxanne (song)|Roxanne]]," "[[Can't Stand Losing You]]"
Titor claimed that as a 13-year old, in 2011, he fought with the "Fighting Diamondbacks", a shotgun infantry unit of Florida, for at least four years. However, in other posts he describes himself as hiding from the war. As a result of the war, the United States splits into five regions based on various factors and differing military objectives. This civil war, according to Titor, will then end in 2015 with a brief, but intense, [[World War III]]:
*''[[Regatta de Blanc]]'': "[[Message in a Bottle]]," "[[Walking on the Moon]]," "[[The Bed's Too Big Without You]]"
*''[[Zenyatta Mondatta]]'': "[[Driven to Tears (song)|Driven To Tears]]," "[[De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da]]," "[[Don't Stand So Close to Me]]," "[[Canary in a Coalmine]]"
*''[[Ghost in the Machine (album)|Ghost in the Machine]]'': "[[Invisible Sun]]," "[[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]]," "[[Spirits in the Material World]]"
*''[[Synchronicity (album)|Synchronicity]]'': "[[Synchronicity I]]," "[[King of Pain]]," "[[Wrapped Around Your Finger]]," "[[Every Breath You Take]]," "[[Synchronicity II]]"


==Klark Kent==
<blockquote>
Copeland also recorded under the [[stage name|pseudonym]] Klark Kent, releasing several [[United Kingdom|UK]] singles in 1978 with one ("Don't Care") entering the [[UK Singles Chart]] that year, along with an eponymously titled 10-inch album on green [[vinyl]] released in 1980. In a 2006 online chat, Copeland "revealed" (with tongue in cheek) that [[A&M Records]] signed the Police in order to get Klark Kent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NTQ/is_2006_Jan_27/ai_n16032562|title=Film: "Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out"|accessdate=2007-02-24|date=2006-01-27}}</ref>
"In 2015, [[Russia]] launches a nuclear strike against the major cities in the United States (which is the "other side" of the civil war from my perspective), [[China]], and [[Europe]]. The United States counter attacks. The US cities are destroyed along with the AFE (American Federal Empire)...thus we (in the country) won. The [[European Union]] and China were also destroyed.<ref>John Titor, 11/7/00 21:23</ref>
</blockquote>
Titor refers to the exchange as "N Day". [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Jacksonville, Florida]] are specifically mentioned as being hit. After the war, [[Omaha, Nebraska]] is the nation's new capital city.


===Singles===
Titor is vague as to the exact motivations and causes for World War III. At one point he characterized hostilities as being led by "border clashes and overpopulation"<ref>John Titor, 2/8/01 9:40</ref> but also points to the present conflict between [[Arab]]s and [[Jew]]s as a harbinger of World War III:
{{see details| Klark Kent singles Discography}}
* "Don't Care" / "Thrills" / "Office Girls" - 1978
* "Too Kool To Kalypso" / "Kinetic Ritual" - 1978
* "Away From Home" / "Office Talk" - 1980
* "Rich In A Ditch" / "Grandilinquent" - 1980


===EPs===
<blockquote>
* ''[[Klark Kent (album)|Klark Kent]]'' - 1980
"Real disruptions in world events begin with the destabilization of [[Western world|the West]] as a result of degrading US foreign policy and consistency. ... The Jewish population in [[Israel]] is not prepared for a true offensive war. They are prepared for the ultimate defense. Wavering western support for Israel is what gives Israel's neighbors the confidence to attack. The last resort for a defensive Israel and its offensive Arab neighbors is to use [[weapons of mass destruction]]. In the grand scheme of things, the war in the [[Middle East]] is a part of what's to come, not the cause."<ref>John Titor, 12/06/00 21:36</ref>
</blockquote>


===Albums===
==Examination of the claims==
* ''[[Kollected Works (album)|Kollected Works]]'' - 1995


==Later career==
===Predictive failures===
In 1982 Stewart Copeland was involved in the production of a [[WOMAD]] benefit album
The posts were met with skepticism when they were being posted, but it was impossible to prove beforehand that they would not happen. Because Titor claimed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics was correct, effectively meaning that his travel was from a [[parallel universe]] and that things could occur differently than he had predicted, his claims were [[unfalsifiability|unfalsifiable]].
called Music and Rhythm.


In 1983, Stewart Copeland would compose the musical score and earn a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] nomination for his scoring of [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[Rumble Fish]]''. The film directed and produced by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] from the [[S.E. Hinton]] novel also had a song released to radio on A & M Records [["Don't Box Me In - Theme From Rumblefish"]] - a collaboration between Copeland and singer/songwriter [[Stan Ridgway]], leader of the band [[Wall of Voodoo]], that received significant airplay upon release of the film that year.
One of Titor's earliest claims was that CERN would discover the basis for time travel sometime around 2001. This event did not occur. An article about miniature [[black hole]]s being created by CERN (a recurring theme, also ascribed to [[Fermilab]] and [[Brookhaven National Laboratory|Brookhaven]] at various times<ref>[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16322014.700-a-black-hole-ate-my-planet.html A Black Hole Ate My Planet], mentions one widely-reported article in ''[[The Sunday Times]]''</ref>) was taken by some to be evidence of this claim; but these events did not occur either. Civil war did not break out after the 2004 presidential election, despite the political unrest involved with it.


After The Police stopped touring in 1984, Copeland established a career composing [[soundtrack]]s for movies (Airborne, ''[[Talk Radio (movie)|Talk Radio]]'', ''[[Wall Street (film)|Wall Street]]'', '[[Riff Raff (film)|Riff Raff]]'', '[[Raining Stones (film)|Raining Stones]]'', ''[[Surviving the Game]]'', ''[[See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film)|See No Evil, Hear No Evil]]'', ''[[Highlander II: The Quickening]]'', ''[[The Leopard Son]]'', ''[[She's Having a Baby]]'', ''[[Taking Care of Business]]'', ''[[West Beirut (film)|West Beirut]]'', ''[[I Am David (film)|I am David]]''), television (''[[The Equalizer (TV show)|The Equalizer]]'', ''[[Dead Like Me]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Droids]]'', the original pilot for ''[[Babylon 5: The Gathering|Babylon 5]]'', [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]]'s ''[[The Amanda Show]]'', ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]''), and [[video game]]s (''[[Spyro the Dragon (series)|Spyro the Dragon]]'' and ''The Agents''), along with [[opera]]s (''Holy Blood and Crescent Moon'', commissioned by [[Cleveland Opera]]) and [[ballet]]s.
A particularly obvious example involves the Olympics, whereof Titor claimed: "As a result of the many conflicts, no, there were no official Olympics after 2004."<ref name=olym>{{cite web|url= http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/john_titor_archive_page7.html |title=The ATS John Titor Project, Page 7 of 19|date=2001-01-29 |accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref> The uneventful staging of the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] refutes this claim; however, there were arguments as to whether or not Titor was referring exclusively to the Summer Olympics.<ref>See, for instance, the comments at [http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread307119/pg1 this blog post]</ref> A successful realization of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] has once again determined the inaccuracy of this claim.


In 1985, Copeland released a solo album, ''The Rhythmatist''. Featuring drums and percussion, the record was the result of a pilgrimage to [[Africa]]. In 1988 he followed up with ''The Equalizer & Other Cliff Hangers'', an album collecting some of his soundtrack efforts.
===Problems with the technology===


In 1986, Copeland teamed with [[Adam Ant]] to record the title track and video for the [[Anthony Michael Hall]] movie [[Out of Bounds (1986 film)| Out of Bounds]].
In the context of the demonstration image provided by John Titor, the [[laser pointer]]'s beam being "bent" reveals the obvious inconsistency of objects near the beam not appearing to be bent as well. The framing of the window visible in the background, for instance, should appear distorted in proximity to a large gravity [[gradient]], but it does not. Some have speculated the "beam" is an [[optical fiber]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread62046/pg1|title=John Titor: Hoax|date=2004-06-26|accessdate=2007-03-15}}</ref>


In 1989, Copeland formed [[Animal Logic (band)|Animal Logic]] with [[jazz]] [[bass guitar|bassist]] [[Stanley Clarke]] and [[singer songwriter]] [[Deborah Holland]]. The trio had success with their first album and world tour but the followup recording sold poorly, and the band did not continue.
Titor claimed that he was sent back to obtain an [[IBM 5100]] because it could translate several types of computer code. According to IBM engineer Bob Dubke, Titor's statements regarding the IBM 5100's little-known ability to [[emulation|emulate]] and debug mainframe systems were correct <ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20051210175724/http://www.postbulletin.com/magazine/2004/08/index.shtml|title=Time traveller most likely to be spotted in Rochester, IBM 5100 Engineer Bob Dubke on hidden features|publisher=''Rochester Magazine''|accessdate=2007-03-15}}</ref>. Supporters state that this information was not publicly available in 2000 or 2001 when Titor made his declaration,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johntitor.com/Pages/5100.html|year=2005|title=News about the 5100 Computer|accessmonthday=March 15 |accessyear=2007}}</ref> and Titor himself stated that this feature was "discovered" as late as 2036.<ref>John Titor, 12/30/00 13:37</ref>


Copeland has occasionally played drums for other artists including [[Peter Gabriel]]. In 2000, he joined with [[Les Claypool]] of [[Primus (band)|Primus]] (with whom he produced a track on the Primus album ''[[Antipop]]'') and [[Trey Anastasio]] of [[Phish]] to create the band [[Oysterhead]]. In 2002, Copeland was hired by [[Ray Manzarek]] and [[Robby Krieger]] of [[The Doors]] to play on a new album and tour, but after an injury sidelined Copeland, the arrangement ended in mutual lawsuits. In 2005, Copeland released [[Orchestralli (album)|Orchestralli]], a live recording of chamber ensemble performing music of his own composition on a short tour of Italy in 2002. Also in 2005, Copeland started Gizmo, a new project with [[avant-garde]] [[guitar]]ist [[David Fiuczynski]]. The band made their U.S debut on [[September 16]], [[2006]] at the [[Modern Drummer]] Drum Festival.
However, this emulation capability was widely known in the industry and commented on in depth in numerous publications dealing with both the 5100 and programmable microcode in general.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/304/ibmsj3004C.pdf|year=1991|title=The IBM Family of APL Systems, IBM Systems Journal|accessmonthday=March 15 |accessyear=2007}}</ref> References to this fact were also available on the Internet as early as 1999 and therefore predated Titor's postings. This is a fairly obscure bit of trivia, however, which suggests that whoever was making the posts either was familiar with the machine specifically or else had at least a general interest in [[retrocomputing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://johntitor.strategicbrains.com/|title=John Titor's Story|accessdate=2007-03-15}}</ref>


In January 2006, Copeland premiered his film about the Police called ''[[Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out]]'' at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. In February and March, he appeared as one of the judges on the [[BBC television]] show '[[Just the Two of Us (series)|Just the Two of Us]]' (A role he later reprised for a second series in January 2007).
<blockquote>"Apparently, APL was a difficult task for IBM to accomplish with an interpreter in the 5100, so instead they wrote an emulation program so that the S/360 mainframe version of APL could be run instead -- The 5100 is like a desktop IBM S/360 mainframe computer which only runs APL."<ref>http://oldcomputers.net/ibm5100.html</ref></blockquote>


At the 2007 [[Grammy Awards]], Copeland, [[Andy Summers]] and [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] performed the song "[[Roxanne (song)|Roxanne]]" together again as The Police. This marked the band's first public performance since 1986 (they had previously reunited only for an improvised set at Sting's wedding party in 1992 and for their induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2003). One day later, the band announced that in celebration of The Police's 30th anniversary, they would be embarking on what turned out to be a one-off [[The Police Reunion Tour|reunion tour]] on [[May 28]] [[2007]]. In addition to this, Copeland released the compilation album ''[[The Stewart Copeland Anthology]]''.
===Problems with the story===


In March 2008, Copeland premiered a new composition at "An Evening with Stewart Copeland", at the [[Savannah Music Festival]]. The appearance will also feature a screening of his documentary and special guest artists.
Numerous commentators have pointed out the broad similarities between the Titor story and [[Pat Frank]]'s classic post-apocalyptic science fiction novel ''[[Alas, Babylon]]''.<ref>[http://communities.anomalies.net/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=14859&page=5&fpart=4 TAN, What to ask next time], #14894</ref> ''Alas, Babylon'' takes place in a small town in Florida just before and after a nuclear war and describes the struggle to survive as a family in the aftermath. In the book, the protagonist lives in the mythical town of "Fort Repose", while Titor claimed to live in the "Fort", formerly the [[University of Florida]] (UF).
An examination of the claims also suggests several inconsistencies within the story. For instance, in some posts Titor claims that money is widely used and people still have [[credit card]]s, despite his statement that centralized banking no longer exists (though that of course would not exclude the possibilitiy of private currencies being used). In another posting he speculated that today's [[USD|dollar]] would be usable in his time, but that this would be after the reorganization of the federal government according to his own history, [[Swiss dinar|potentially]] making the currency worthless.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/hoaxes/90359.html|title=Tackling John Titor, Time Traveller|date=2003-11-25|accessdate=2007-03-15}}</ref> In most cases, he claims to have been given his basic education at UF, but in another post claims to be home-schooled <ref name=real>{{cite web|url= http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/john_titor_archive_page12.html |title=The ATS John Titor Project, Page 12 of 19|date=2001-02-19 |accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref>.


=== Enquiry on the story===
==In Other Media==
Alternative rock band [[Sparky's Flaw]] released a song titled "Stewart Copeland" as a part of their 2005 EP album "One Small Step."
An Italian TV program (''Voyager - Ai confini della conoscenza'') aired an investigation of the John Titor story on May 19, 2008.<ref>http://www.voyager.rai.it/category/0,1067207,239-1078499,00.html</ref> Mike Lynch, the private detective hired to investigate, found that there were no registry traces, even far in the past, of any John Titor or Titor family. In addition, the John Titor Foundation had no office and its address is a rented post box; no tapes, recordings, or evidence of Titor were found; and only Larry Haber (an advocate and owner of the commercial rights about all concerns involving John Titor) confirmed his existence. Lynch's conclusion is that John Titor may be John Rick Haber, a computer expert who is or was Larry Haber's brother.


In 2007 Copeland and Summers joined the rock band Incubus during the Incubus song "Stellar" at one of their concerts. In the middle of "Stellar," Incubus performed a verse from "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da." Copeland and Summers joined in for that song, "Message in a Bottle," and "Roxanne".
==In other media==

* In 2003, the John Titor Foundation published a book, ''John Titor: A Time Traveler's Tale'', discussing his claims (ISBN 1-59196-436-9).
In 2008, [[RIM]] commissioned Copeland to write a 'soundtrack' for the [[BlackBerry Bold]]. Copeland created a highly percussive theme of one minute's length, from which he evolved six ringtones and a softer 'alarm tone' for when the device is used as an alarm clock. All of these tunes are preloaded into the Bold's system memory.<ref>
[http://apcmag.com/must_hear_stewart_copelands_cool_new_blackberry_bold_theme_and_ringtones.htm "Stewart Copeland puts message in a bottle for BlackBerry Bold owners"]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://stewartcopeland.societeg.com/ Stewart Copeland Inside Out /Ultimate fan site with infos, news, complete disco, gallery,links]
* [http://www.stewartcopeland.net/ Copeland's official site]
* [http://www.behindthedrums.com/StewartCopeland.htm Stewart Copeland at BehindTheDrums.com] - discography and equipment list
* {{musicbrainz artist|id=885ae336-ef63-465d-a0e7-bdc0a5b788e8|name=Stewart Copeland}}
*{{imdb name|0004841}}
* [http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=9947 Stewart Copeland Interview]
* [http://punkcast.com/1013/ PUNKCAST#1013] Q&A at Walter Reade Theater NYC, [[Aug 5]] [[2006]]. ([[Realplayer]], [[mp4]])
* [http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail342.html Stewart Copeland: the Think Different Drummer] Mac OS X Conference keynote (MP3)
*[http://www.schirmer.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&composerId_2872=3115 Stewart Copeland] at [[G. Schirmer|G. Schirmer, Inc.]]
*[http://www.tookooltokalypso.org/bio.html Another Biography]


{{The Police}}
==External links==
{{external links}}
* [http://www.johntitor.com/ John Titor Times] - Overview of the John Titor saga.
* [http://www.johntitor.eu/ '''www.johntitor.eu''' - European web site - ''english forum and original John Titor's forum posts and messages'']
* [http://www.timetravelinstitute.com '''www.timetravelinstitute.com''' - International forum]
* [http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/the_john_titor_project.html The original forum posts]
* [http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guests/825.html Interviews with Oliver Williams]
* [http://world-history-blog.blogspot.com/2006/08/john-titor-fake-time-traveller.html John Titor, Fake Time Traveller] - Argues that the prediction of an American Civil War in 2004 has been proven to be false.
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A6345407 John Titor: a Time Traveller From The Year 2036?]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1321601577799086630&q=obsessed+scientific Obsessed & Scientific] - Documentary about time travel and John Titor
* Pages [http://web.archive.org/web/20010413040811/bbs.artbell.com/showthread.php?threadid=1203&pagenumber=1 1], [http://web.archive.org/web/20010413040629/bbs.artbell.com/showthread.php?threadid=1203&pagenumber=2 2], [http://web.archive.org/web/20010413041338/bbs.artbell.com/showthread.php?threadid=1203&pagenumber=3 3], [http://web.archive.org/web/20010413041759/bbs.artbell.com/showthread.php?threadid=1203&pagenumber=4 4], [http://web.archive.org/web/20010413042026/bbs.artbell.com/showthread.php?threadid=1203&pagenumber=5 5], [http://web.archive.org/web/20010413023843/bbs.artbell.com/showthread.php?postid=18566 6], and the [http://web.archive.org/web/20010413042703/bbs.artbell.com/showthread.php?threadid=1203&pagenumber=lastpage last page] of backup pages made on April 13, 2001 by a WebCrawler. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
* [http://www.anomalies.net/object/johntitor.html Original early pictures from John Titor (copied by original thread posters.) (Asked to be cleaned up when at Art Bell BBS forum by members there.)] Retrieved January 4, 2008.
* [http://www.timetravelinstitute.com/ttiforum/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=time_travel&Number=9237&page=3&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1 Original Thread by TimeTravel_0 (John Titor)] January 26, 2001. Retrieve at any time, link shown May 20, 2007.
* [http://communities.anomalies.net/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/13443#Post13443 Dr. Robert Brown Replies to Darby RE.Titor] September 10, 2003 12:42AM Retrieve any time except when forum changes, link shown December 11, 2007.


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Stewart Copeland

Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed soundtracks.

Background

Copeland was born in Alexandria, Virginia,[1][2] the youngest of four children of CIA officer Miles Copeland, Jr. and Lorraine Adie, a Scot who served in British intelligence.

The family moved to Cairo, Egypt a few months after his birth, and Copeland spent his formative years in the Middle East. In 1957, the family moved to Beirut, Lebanon and Copeland attended the American Community School there. He started drum lessons at age twelve and by age thirteen he was playing drums for school dances. Later he moved to England and attended Millfield from 1967 to 1969. Copeland went to college in California, attending California Western University and UC Berkeley. He returned to England in 1975, playing drums for the progressive rock band Curved Air.

Personal life

Copeland married Curved Air vocalist Sonja Kristina in 1982. They divorced in the early 1990s. They have three sons: Sven (drummer/producer), Jordan (film-editor/director and frontman in London-based rock 3-piece Hot Head Show[1]) and Scott (currently tour-manager for uncle Miles Copeland III's Bellydance Superstars). Copeland has another son, Patrick, with Marina Guinness, daughter of Desmond Guinness. Copeland currently lives in Los Angeles with his second wife, Fiona Dent. They have three daughters: Eve, Grace, and Celeste.

Stewart's oldest brother Miles Copeland III, founder of I.R.S. Records, was manager of the Police and has overseen Stewart's interests in other music projects. Stewart's other brother, the now deceased Ian Copeland, was a pioneering booking agent who represented the Police, amongst many others. His father, Miles Copeland, once worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), according to files released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2008.[3]

Stewart's hobbies include rollerskating, cycling along the beach in Santa Monica, filmmaking and playing polo.

Drumming

Copeland is known for his precise, energetic, and creative rock drumming along with a reggae and jazz influenced style. His distinctive sound centers on a hard, high-pitched crack on a snare drum or rimshot, subtle hi-hat work with understated flourishes, while often playing only hi-hat with bass drum. Copeland is a master of the syncopated beat, and his distinct approach consolidates his position as an important drummer on the world stage, subsequently influencing generations of drummers. His credit on Curved Air's Airborne album was "Heavy Artillery" rather than "drums."

Copeland is also noted for his heavy emphasis on the groove as a complement to the song, rather than displays of technical prowess. He once drove this point home at a drum clinic: Copeland announced that he would show the audience something "that very few modern drummers can do," and proceeded to play a simple rock beat for two minutes. Nonetheless, his playing often incorporates spectacular fills and subtle inflections which greatly augment the groove. Compared to most of his 1980s contemporaries, Copeland's snare sound was very bright and cutting. Another novelty was his use of splash cymbals. He also is one of the few rock drummers using the traditional grip rather than the matched grip.

Equipment

Stewart Copeland currently uses Tama Drums, Paiste Cymbals, Remo Drum Heads & Vater Drum Sticks.

The Police Reunion (2007-2008) Tour Kit: [2]

  • Tama Starclassic Maple Drums and Paiste Cymbals:
  • Drums - Blue Sparkle
    • 10x8" Tom
    • 13x9" Tom
    • 12x9" Tom (To the left of his snare drum)
    • 16x16" Floor Tom
    • 18x16" Floor Tom
    • 22x18" Bass Drum
    • 14x5" Tama SC145 Stewart Copeland Signature Snare
    • Tama Custom Octobans (x4) (custom made for Copeland)
  • Cymbals - Paiste
    • 12" Prototype Micro Hi-Hats
    • 16" Signature Full Crash
    • 17" Signature Fast Crash
    • 18" Signature Fast Crash
    • 18" Signature Full Crash
    • 18" 2002 Flat Ride (prototype)
    • 22" Signature Blue Bell Ride
    • 10" Signature Splash
    • 8" Signature Bell
    • 8" Signature Prototype Splash
  • Stewart also uses his own Vater Stewart Copeland Standard Sticks.

Copeland's Classic Kit Set-up

  • Midnight Blue Tama Imperial Star Maple Drums (9-ply) or Custom Mahogany Tama Superstar Birch Drums (4 or 6-ply) and Paiste Cymbals:
    • 10x8" Rack Tom
    • 12x8" Rack Tom
    • 13x9" Rack Tom
    • 16x16" Floor Tom
    • 14x5" Snare
    • 22x14" Bass Drum
    • 20x16" Tama Gong Drum
    • Tama Octobans (x4)
    • Two Tama Tymp Toms
  • Cymbals - Paiste
    • Formula 602 13" Medium Hi-Hats
    • 16" Thin Crash
    • 8" 2002 Bell (x2)
    • 8" 2002 Splash (x2)
    • 11" 2002 Splash
    • 14" Rude Crash Ride
    • 16" Rude Crash Ride
    • 22" Rude Crash Ride

The Police

Main article: The Police

In 1977, Copeland founded the Police with singer/bassist Sting and guitarist Henry Padovani (who was soon replaced by Andy Summers), which became one of the top bands of the 1980s.

Frequently cited recordings with the Police include:

Klark Kent

Copeland also recorded under the pseudonym Klark Kent, releasing several UK singles in 1978 with one ("Don't Care") entering the UK Singles Chart that year, along with an eponymously titled 10-inch album on green vinyl released in 1980. In a 2006 online chat, Copeland "revealed" (with tongue in cheek) that A&M Records signed the Police in order to get Klark Kent.[4]

Singles

Further information: Klark Kent singles Discography
  • "Don't Care" / "Thrills" / "Office Girls" - 1978
  • "Too Kool To Kalypso" / "Kinetic Ritual" - 1978
  • "Away From Home" / "Office Talk" - 1980
  • "Rich In A Ditch" / "Grandilinquent" - 1980

EPs

Albums

Later career

In 1982 Stewart Copeland was involved in the production of a WOMAD benefit album called Music and Rhythm.

In 1983, Stewart Copeland would compose the musical score and earn a Golden Globe nomination for his scoring of Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish. The film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola from the S.E. Hinton novel also had a song released to radio on A & M Records "Don't Box Me In - Theme From Rumblefish" - a collaboration between Copeland and singer/songwriter Stan Ridgway, leader of the band Wall of Voodoo, that received significant airplay upon release of the film that year.

After The Police stopped touring in 1984, Copeland established a career composing soundtracks for movies (Airborne, Talk Radio, Wall Street, 'Riff Raff, 'Raining Stones, Surviving the Game, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Highlander II: The Quickening, The Leopard Son, She's Having a Baby, Taking Care of Business, West Beirut, I am David), television (The Equalizer, Dead Like Me, Star Wars: Droids, the original pilot for Babylon 5, Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee), and video games (Spyro the Dragon and The Agents), along with operas (Holy Blood and Crescent Moon, commissioned by Cleveland Opera) and ballets.

In 1985, Copeland released a solo album, The Rhythmatist. Featuring drums and percussion, the record was the result of a pilgrimage to Africa. In 1988 he followed up with The Equalizer & Other Cliff Hangers, an album collecting some of his soundtrack efforts.

In 1986, Copeland teamed with Adam Ant to record the title track and video for the Anthony Michael Hall movie Out of Bounds.

In 1989, Copeland formed Animal Logic with jazz bassist Stanley Clarke and singer songwriter Deborah Holland. The trio had success with their first album and world tour but the followup recording sold poorly, and the band did not continue.

Copeland has occasionally played drums for other artists including Peter Gabriel. In 2000, he joined with Les Claypool of Primus (with whom he produced a track on the Primus album Antipop) and Trey Anastasio of Phish to create the band Oysterhead. In 2002, Copeland was hired by Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of The Doors to play on a new album and tour, but after an injury sidelined Copeland, the arrangement ended in mutual lawsuits. In 2005, Copeland released Orchestralli, a live recording of chamber ensemble performing music of his own composition on a short tour of Italy in 2002. Also in 2005, Copeland started Gizmo, a new project with avant-garde guitarist David Fiuczynski. The band made their U.S debut on September 16, 2006 at the Modern Drummer Drum Festival.

In January 2006, Copeland premiered his film about the Police called Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out at the Sundance Film Festival. In February and March, he appeared as one of the judges on the BBC television show 'Just the Two of Us' (A role he later reprised for a second series in January 2007).

At the 2007 Grammy Awards, Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting performed the song "Roxanne" together again as The Police. This marked the band's first public performance since 1986 (they had previously reunited only for an improvised set at Sting's wedding party in 1992 and for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003). One day later, the band announced that in celebration of The Police's 30th anniversary, they would be embarking on what turned out to be a one-off reunion tour on May 28 2007. In addition to this, Copeland released the compilation album The Stewart Copeland Anthology.

In March 2008, Copeland premiered a new composition at "An Evening with Stewart Copeland", at the Savannah Music Festival. The appearance will also feature a screening of his documentary and special guest artists.

In Other Media

Alternative rock band Sparky's Flaw released a song titled "Stewart Copeland" as a part of their 2005 EP album "One Small Step."

In 2007 Copeland and Summers joined the rock band Incubus during the Incubus song "Stellar" at one of their concerts. In the middle of "Stellar," Incubus performed a verse from "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da." Copeland and Summers joined in for that song, "Message in a Bottle," and "Roxanne".

In 2008, RIM commissioned Copeland to write a 'soundtrack' for the BlackBerry Bold. Copeland created a highly percussive theme of one minute's length, from which he evolved six ringtones and a softer 'alarm tone' for when the device is used as an alarm clock. All of these tunes are preloaded into the Bold's system memory.[5]

References

  1. ^ Film: "Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out"
  2. ^ Early days, the Middle East, music biz & Curved Air
  3. ^ Julia Child, Others Part of Spy Network, AOL News, August 14, 2008
  4. ^ "Film: "Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out"". 2006-01-27. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
  5. ^ "Stewart Copeland puts message in a bottle for BlackBerry Bold owners"
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