Jaime Davidovich, public access TV innovator
http://artforum.com/news/id=63158
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 September 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
RIP Jon Polito, the reason I occasionally blurt out "Well, shit on me!"
http://www.avclub.com/article/rip-jon-polito-favorite-coen-brothers-242083#
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Friday, 2 September 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
RIP. Particularly liked his reveal in Lebowski- "I'm a brother shamus!" - and his opening speech in Miller's Crossing, which I had more or less memorized at one point.
― Under the Zing of Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 September 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
ALWAYS PUT ONE IN DA BRAIN
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Friday, 2 September 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
I'm a brother shamus!
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Friday, 2 September 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
no more high hat for him :(RIP always loved it when he popped up
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 September 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
That's what separates us from the beasts of burden, the beasts of prey.
― Under the Zing of Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 September 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link
I still shave with cold water because it contracts the metal - must at some point check if that's completely made up. RIP
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 2 September 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Kind of blowing my mind he was only in his mid-30s when he did Crime Story.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 2 September 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
perfectly cast as Danny DeVito/Frank's bro in Always Sunny
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 September 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
ETTICS
― 8 Whisps (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 2 September 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
he was so good in Homicide
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 September 2016 23:49 (seven years ago) link
The David Mamet film? Didn't remember that.
― Under the Zing of Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 3 September 2016 02:37 (seven years ago) link
The show. He was only in like the first couple of seasons and quit ('committed suicide') halfway through a season.
― Our Meals Are Hot And Fresh! (Old Lunch), Saturday, 3 September 2016 03:47 (seven years ago) link
Unfortunately, network executives saw only the show’s dismal ratings, so after the second season Polito was pushed out to make room for the addition of Megan Russert. After Polito complained about it to the press, his hiatus became permanent, setting off an even nastier feud with Fontana after the show had Crosetti die ignobly off-screen in a suicide, one that—while arguably creating Homicide’s most memorable episode—was a frustrating and thoroughly undeserved resolution for the character. Fortunately, bygones were bygones by the time of Homicide: The Movie, and Crosetti was allowed to return in a glimpse of the afterlife, finally at peace.
The line at the time was that Polito was being wishy-washy about coming back for S3 (S2 was only 4 episodes) due to it cutting him off from other gigs, and he finally quit after the season started (in the early EPs Crosetti was 'on vacation'). This is the first i've heard about him getting bumped for Isabella Hoffman.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 September 2016 04:01 (seven years ago) link
Jerry Heller
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jerry-heller-former-nwa-manager-dead-at-75-w437928
― Alba, Saturday, 3 September 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
Richard Neville
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/sep/04/richard-neville-obituary
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Monday, 5 September 2016 09:35 (seven years ago) link
One of his aphorisms was picked up by Tony Blair, 25 years later, for his New Labour election campaign: “As Richard Neville said, there is only an inch of difference between us and the Conservatives, but it is an inch worth living in.”
― Mark G, Monday, 5 September 2016 11:01 (seven years ago) link
Hugh O'Brian, TV's Wyatt Earp (1955-61)
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 September 2016 22:15 (seven years ago) link
Good riddance phyllis schlafly
― Οὖτις, Monday, 5 September 2016 23:29 (seven years ago) link
I guess that trademark office ruling was the last straw
http://thetelegraph.com/news/88795/judge-rules-against-phyllis-schlafly-in-beer-trademark-case
― Anacostia Aerodrome (El Tomboto), Monday, 5 September 2016 23:31 (seven years ago) link
i said "hooray" and didn't feel guilty (re schlafly)
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Monday, 5 September 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/14141846_10154387553841878_2406561709039159057_n.jpg?oh=d300b6654ad40256407260659ed33cc6&oe=583C17D8
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 01:06 (seven years ago) link
the deathzing is the coldest of zings
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 02:58 (seven years ago) link
schlafly really was one of the most odious public figures in late-20th-century america. rest in piss.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 03:26 (seven years ago) link
she was a real sweet lady until the end
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/phyllis-schlafly-ban-foreign-players-major-league-baseball-because-they-take-jobs-ought-go-a
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/11/phyllis-schlafly-endorses-trump-in-st-louis/
what a tumor of a person.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 03:36 (seven years ago) link
Sad to see Richard Neville go - that BBC drama The Trials Of Oz was a big influence on my teenaged self.
Not sid to see Phyllis Schafly go at all.
― beer say hi to me (stevie), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 12:10 (seven years ago) link
Wikipedia says soul singer Clifford Curry died yesterday in Knoxville, Tenn. Haven't seen anything else out there that confirms this, but Rob Galbraith, who worked with and knew Curry for decades, reported that Curry had been taken off life support Monday. His big hit was "She Shot a Hole in My Soul."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WywQZhpjdms
― Edd Hurt, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
Saw it last night by way of an ilx0r's FB post about it being reacted to by another ilx0r. First ilx0r was apparently a good friend of his.
― Under the Zing of Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
Leslie H Martinson, director of about a thousand TV shows
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leslie-martinson-dead-batman-director-921817
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
Prince Buster
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 September 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
RIP Lewis Merenstein who produced Van Morrison's Astral Weeks & John Cale's Vintage Violence
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 September 2016 01:45 (seven years ago) link
Looks like someone updated Clifford Curry's wikipedia page with his birthdate. Here's the obit
"Curry was scheduled to perform a few songs at a show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Holiday Inn Cedar Bluff with friends Billy Swan, Dickey Lee, The Swingin' Medallions, Buzz Cason and Kitty Wampus. The show will go on as a tribute to Curry. For more information call 865-573-2501."
Sounds like some kind of bill! I think I saw Clifford play once, as part of a package show that supported the release of a collection of Nashville R&B.
― Edd Hurt, Friday, 9 September 2016 01:57 (seven years ago) link
RIP the Lady Chablis, the Savannah-based trans performer.
http://savannahnow.com/news/2016-09-08/i-just-try-be-who-i-am-savannah-midnight-fans-mourn-celebrate-lady-chablis
(I think she might have been the first still-living trans woman I was aware of when I was growing up.)
― one way street, Friday, 9 September 2016 02:58 (seven years ago) link
Transgender actress Alexis Arquette, at 47.
http://laist.com/2016/09/11/rip_alexis_arquette.php
― nickn, Sunday, 11 September 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
The one that said "Die you motherfuckers!!!!" in Pulp Fiction.
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 11 September 2016 21:49 (seven years ago) link
oh wow alexis arquette, RIP
― goole, Thursday, 15 September 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
Kim McGuire, "Hatchet-Face" from Cry-Baby, at 60:
http://www.avclub.com/article/rip-kim-mcguire-cry-babys-hatchet-face-242694
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 16 September 2016 14:50 (seven years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2016/09/16/don-buchla-dies-synthesizer/
― ǂbait (seandalai), Friday, 16 September 2016 22:43 (seven years ago) link
http://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/shoeless-joe-author-w-p-kinsella-has-died
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 16 September 2016 23:37 (seven years ago) link
Edward Albee
― aloof club (doo dah), Saturday, 17 September 2016 00:47 (seven years ago) link
Aw. I only got around to reading 'Who's Afraid...' about a month ago.
― two crickets sassing each other (dowd), Saturday, 17 September 2016 05:37 (seven years ago) link
C. Martin Croker, voice of Zorak and Moltar among others, age 54.http://comicbook.com/popculturenow/2016/09/18/voice-artist-c-martin-croker-has-passed-away/
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Sunday, 18 September 2016 15:10 (seven years ago) link
Charmian Carrhttp://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-SOUND-OF-MUSICs-Liesl-Charmian-Carr-Dies-at-73-20160918#
― MrDasher, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:25 (seven years ago) link
Oh man at Croker... WAY too young.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Sunday, 18 September 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
Curtis Hanson, damn.
― otm in the rain (Eazy), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 02:20 (seven years ago) link
Oh, jeez. RIP.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 02:52 (seven years ago) link
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/curtis-hanson-dead-la-confidential-1201866310/
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 04:12 (seven years ago) link
Holy shit. That guy is one of the journeyman greats, from White Dog to 8 Mile and all points in between.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 04:20 (seven years ago) link
i don't think he fits "journeyman" or "great," really, but i liked 3 of his films alright. LA Confidential needed to end 10 minutes sooner.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 05:16 (seven years ago) link