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n. (context idiomatic English) leftover items that have not been addressed or attended to.
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Loose Ends may refer to:
Loose Ends is a British radio programme originally broadcast on Saturday mornings, and then transmitted early Saturday evenings from 1998 by BBC Radio 4. It was hosted by Ned Sherrin until 2006, and has been hosted by Clive Anderson and Peter Curran since 2007. The programme brings together guests, generally from the world of entertainment, in a mix of interviews, sets by comedians and musical sessions.
Loose Ends was a successful British R&B band that had several urban contemporary hits. The trio was formed in London in 1980, initially comprising vocalist and guitarist Carl McIntosh, vocalist Jane Eugene, and keyboard player, writer and founder Steve Nichol. The latter two left the group in 1989, bringing an end to the band's most successful phase.
Loose Ends (2001) is the first original novel based on the Roswell TV series.
Loose Ends is a posthumous compilation album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released in February 1974 in the United Kingdom. It was the fourth and last Hendrix studio album released posthumously by manager Michael Jeffery. The album features a collection of outtakes and jams, with the exception of " The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" which is the sole authorized track by Hendrix, in a new stereo mix by Eddie Kramer.
The album was engineered, mixed and compiled by John Jansen, who is listed on the record's sleeve as "Alex Trevor" because he did not wish his name to be on the LP's credits. Additional engineering was provided by Eddie Kramer, Dave Palmer, Kim King, Gary Kellgren, Jack Adams, Tom Flye and Jim Robinson.
Reprise Records (Jimi Hendrix' label at the time), declined to issue this album in the United States and Canada as they considered the material below standard. All the tracks on this LP have been subsequently re-released on other official albums, in some form, except "Blue Suede Shoes". The UK, French and Japanese pressings all had different covers.
This release was also repackaged in 1983 under the name The Jimi Hendrix Album on LP and cassette (Contour Records, UK).
Loose Ends is a 2008 digitally released EP by Rachael Yamagata that was made available for download from her official website. The album contains three songs, running for almost twelve minutes, and served as a taster for fans in advance of her delayed second full-length album, which was originally scheduled for release in summer 2007, but did not hit stores until late 2008.
She introduces the EP with a small letter/poem to her fans:
Oh record, oh record
where can you be
is it time
just about?
what's this, an ep?
three songs in a mood
for the love of my life
my fans, dare I ask
will you make me your wife?
Hold tight sweet love
for we're more than just friends,
until the release
i give you loose ends...
Three songs for you as a wait. Much much love.
-Rachael
Usage examples of "loose ends".
Finding himself at loose ends, the Norwegian had kept himself busy inventorying the “.
Perhaps I shouldn't bother her, Ayla thought, but she had been feeling at loose ends and wanted something meaningful to do.
There was no longer a need to keep moving, but the absence of worry left him at loose ends.
I must say, Major, it's not like you to leave loose ends lying around.
Passing the strap across his forehead, he allowed the two loose ends to fall down his back, where he fastened them to the load he had to carry.
So Cudjo, Luta and Akko were thrown even lower into the innards of the ship they had determined to capture, and the blacksmith attached the loose ends of their chain to rings that were the maximum distance apart.
She had come back to Prescott only to tie off some loose ends in her life, to see that things had gone on as before.
He is also working on a big hangover, but that is fine with Randy since he knows that it's all fake--the cables are just scraps, their loose ends trailing in the water alongside the yacht.
There was a moment of shocked silence, then, as I fumbled in the dark for the loose ends of the bandages, further comment on my unwomanly language.
It whipped the loose ends of his hair across his cheek, and he wiped them back, running his fingers through the thick mass.