he was especially great in bob roberts, and galaxy quest
― Less surprised by the total lack of surprises (stevie), Thursday, 14 January 2016 15:54 (eight years ago) link
Sang ok in Sweeney Todd too.
RIP
― kevin smith what a bro (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 14 January 2016 15:56 (eight years ago) link
ellen meiksins wood, marxist historian (had a hard time finding any of her books at the library recently)
https://twitter.com/VersoBooks/status/687686572163072000
― donna rouge, Thursday, 14 January 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-35307831
Conrad Phillips, William Tell in the ITC series and many bit parts afterwards for ITC and beyond.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Thursday, 14 January 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/franco-citti
― polyphonic, Thursday, 14 January 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
Myra Carter, an essential Albee actress. Rough week for the Anglo-American theatre.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/myra-carter-acclaimed-interpreter-of-edward-albee-plays-dies-at-86-379544
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 January 2016 21:12 (eight years ago) link
Rene Angelil
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rene-angelil-celine-dions-husband-and-former-manager-dead-at-73-20160114
― nickn, Thursday, 14 January 2016 22:23 (eight years ago) link
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/david-margulies-dead-ghostbusters-actor-a6809831.html
― Less surprised by the total lack of surprises (stevie), Friday, 15 January 2016 10:52 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/search?q=dan+haggerty&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch
Dan Haggerty - Grizzly Adams
― Mark G, Friday, 15 January 2016 16:23 (eight years ago) link
Might remove bookmark for a bit, just for the sake of my nerves (no disrespect to Dan Haggerty, your influence (and presumably death toll responsibility) lives on).
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 15 January 2016 16:32 (eight years ago) link
That's sad. Nice seeing those photos of him. I always found Grizzly Adams a singularly strange and relaxing show.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 15 January 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/yjGdFXMtHLV0Cp1Mcg/giphy.gif
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 January 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
Robert Banks Stewart; creator of Bergerac,co-creator of Shoestring and writer of Seeds of Doom and Terror of the Zygons.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35323930
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Friday, 15 January 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link
aw, that's sad. still waiting for them to release series 2 of Shoestring on dvd
― soref, Friday, 15 January 2016 18:54 (eight years ago) link
The New York-based writer and activist Bryn Kelly has died: she wrote about HIV stigma, femme culture, the labyrinth of medical bureaucracy, and the tangles of queer relationships with verve and incisive wit. There's a memorial note here, with links to much of her available writing: http://topsidepress.tumblr.com/post/137350042394/i-love-your-profound-insecurity-i-love-you-even
― one way street, Friday, 15 January 2016 20:01 (eight years ago) link
we had some mutual friends though i didn't know her; really sad
same goes for LA chicana lesbian activist jeanne cordova, who passed away on sunday
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jeanne-cordova-20160115-story.html
this year is just brutal, so far - my whole FB feed reads like one long obit page
― donna rouge, Friday, 15 January 2016 20:44 (eight years ago) link
Longtime Austin TX radio personality and music scenster Paul Ray
http://music.blog.austin360.com/2016/01/15/longtime-kutkutx-dj-paul-ray-dies-at-73/
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 January 2016 21:35 (eight years ago) link
celine dion's 59yo brother, jeez
― mookieproof, Saturday, 16 January 2016 19:58 (eight years ago) link
Knew it was coming, but still very upset about Paul Ray. Heard so much great music on his shows.
― Liquid Plejades, Sunday, 17 January 2016 00:00 (eight years ago) link
― mookieproof, Saturday, January 16, 2016 2:58 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
xp and her husband/manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Angélil
― flappy bird, Sunday, 17 January 2016 00:23 (eight years ago) link
http://www.eonline.com/news/731872/celine-dion-s-brother-daniel-dies-of-cancer-at-age-59-days-after-her-husband-rene-angelil
― flappy bird, Sunday, 17 January 2016 00:24 (eight years ago) link
blowfly :(
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 17 January 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link
aw, man. i heard he was ill but didn't know how badly. sad to hear.
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 January 2016 20:33 (eight years ago) link
Great r'n'b songwriter as well as proto-rapper
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/clarence-reid-r-b-singer-known-as-blowfly-dead-at-76-20160117
As one of the main songwriters for Miami label TK Records, Reid penned a string of songs in the Sixties and Seventies for numerous soul and funk artists, including Gwen McCrae's "Rocking Chair" and Betty Wright's "Clean Up Woman." He also wrote tracks for KC & The Sunshine Band, Sam & Dave and Bobby Byrd before giving birth to Blowfly, his outlet for performing comedic, explicit songs that over the years traversed the genres of soul, R&B and hip-hop; Blowfly is considered one of the earliest rappers. "He laid the foundation for hip-hop with 'Shake Your Ass' and 'Rap Dirty'
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 January 2016 04:13 (eight years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35342699
Dale Griffin, drummer for Mott The Hoople and arguably best known as producer of a great many Peel Sessions.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Monday, 18 January 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
Wow, didn't realize he was the same guy as the Beeb producer.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 January 2016 18:49 (eight years ago) link
RIP Buffin.
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Monday, 18 January 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
when i saw whiney last night we talked about how gen xers and earlier are gonna have near meaningful daily celebrity deaths now because we're in an era now of people aging out who made their bones in the first generation of 70's / 80's media saturation. I don't THINK this is just a lot of us getting old?
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 January 2016 19:49 (eight years ago) link
i'm just glad Springsteen is gonna outlive me at this point, cuz i would not be able to take the 6 weeks of gnashing after that one.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 January 2016 19:52 (eight years ago) link
Springsteen is going to outlive us all.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 January 2016 20:35 (eight years ago) link
Glenn Frey.
― Alba, Monday, 18 January 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link
xpBruce and Keef will create the last "Rockin' Out In Heaven" poster.
― nickn, Monday, 18 January 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link
The H is No Mo.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 January 2016 22:16 (eight years ago) link
Man, though - a whole lot of aging boomer musicians in the bullseye. :(
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 January 2016 22:18 (eight years ago) link
next step
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm-o7_VVAoU
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 January 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link
obit marked frey
― rip c or d (wins), Monday, 18 January 2016 22:38 (eight years ago) link
Andy 'Dog' Johnson, brother of The The's Matt Johnson and artist on a number of his album sleeves (my source is Paul Gravett, who published his work in Escape magazine)
― Chicamaw (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:52 (eight years ago) link
Sucks when you don't realise that "your hero" died five years ago
https://twitter.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmusic%2F2010%2Fapr%2F08%2Fmalcolm-mclaren-dies-sex-pistols
― Alba, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:58 (eight years ago) link
Jeez, I just got word that the guy who got the local branch of the Quiz company I'm with going (and who'd since left for other ventures, but remained our mentor and guru) passed from a massive heart attack last night.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
Else Marie Pade
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 20:21 (eight years ago) link
Saw a report (in Italian) that film director Etore Scola has passed.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 22:43 (eight years ago) link
Kevin Junior of The Chamber Strings, Epic Soundtracks, Nikki Sudden, etc.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/6844129/kevin-junior-chamber-strings-dies
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/19/italian-film-director-ettore-scola-dies-aged-84/
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 23:46 (eight years ago) link
David Hartwell, sci-fi/fantasy editor.
― inside, skeletons are always inside, that's obvious. (dowd), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 07:23 (eight years ago) link
Andy Dog, Matt Johnson's brother and the artist for all of The The's art/album covers over the years has passed away. He actually sent me a nice message once after I'd written about the art for the "Sweet Bird of Truth" sleeve. R.I.P. to him.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 14:08 (eight years ago) link
Didn't realized Johnson had two brothers. (Also didn't realize that apparently Matt Johnson has a cameo in Star Wars.)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 January 2016 14:12 (eight years ago) link
Sandra Dee, who I didn't know was still around.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 21 January 2016 02:56 (eight years ago) link
...because she died 11 years ago...fuckin' internet.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 21 January 2016 02:57 (eight years ago) link
Ted Marchibroda, legendary NFL coach who was mentioned once before on ILX in '06
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 January 2016 06:10 (eight years ago) link
Rainbow / Dio / er, Wild Horses bassist Jimmy Bain:
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-rainbowdio-bassist-jimmy-bain-dead-at-68/
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Sunday, 24 January 2016 10:44 (eight years ago) link