Hi! Many music artists use phrase "black parade" in their songs. It sounds like an idiom, but I can't catch the meaning from the context. What does it mean?

I started learning English language in the school. At the begining it was very exciting to understood meaning of the foreign songs, then I was able to understood films and TV shows. With the passing of time, I realized that spoken english is the key to comfort trips, conversations, career and other. So, now I'm 35 and I still learning it as a hobby. So, if someone wants to correct this text or needs help with russian, be my guest.

I really love to eat squid salad. I bought some frozen squids yesterday, maybe 3 or 4. So, I defrosted it, cooked it. I usually cook squids only for 1 minute, in that way they save their softness and delicacy, and it is quite safe (I hope). When squids was cooked eggs had been cooked too. In this moment I started grating the cheese and garlic. I sliced squids for 3-4 centimetres long sticks, puted it in a bowl, added eggs, grated cheese and garlic, splashed it with mayonnaise and mixed the squid salad. It didn't take a lot of time for me, but it is was very delicious and hearty. You can see an example of it on a photo below (or above, I don't know where it will be posted). That's it.

Need help with "did" Not until they’d stepped out into the cold night air did they throw off the cloak, glad to be able to breathe properly again. Can someone explain му why author use "did" in the middle of that sentence?

53rd Grammy Who made the best performance at 53rd annual Grammy awards in your opinion?

Presents for VD What do you usually give to your boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband for Valentine's Day? P.S. Can I use here verb "to give"?

Help me to translate into Russian it’ll rub off on you

dead or alive Someone said me that there are some differences when you speak about dead or alive people. For example (In Russian): 1. Он написал эту книгу (aвтор еще жив) 2. Он написал эту книгу (но автор он уже умер) Can you axplain me it, if it so.

as large as... In the book i met a phrase "...as large as paving stones bound in leather;" (Harry Potter) and I can't understand the second part of this phrase. Can you explain me what it means, please? P.S. In russian variant of the book they translated it like "очень большие"