I'd heard of Cecil Taylor for long time but never really checked him out until we decided to name our son Cecil, and he was adopted from a woman named Taylor. She was the only person we told the name to before he was born.
I mentioned him to her after we told her the name we'd chosen and she, a 20 year old in a very chaotic period of her life, gave me most amazing "what the fuck kind of old man music nerd shit about 'free jazz' are you telling me right now?" look which still makes me laugh whenever I think about this.
― joygoat, Friday, 6 April 2018 15:11 (six years ago) link
never knew Anspach had a child with Nicholson.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 April 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
I missed Susan Anspach. Have mentioned her many times on this board. She sure left a lasting impression based on the four films she did between '70 and '73. (Actually, it's been a while since I saw The Landlord, so I can't remember how big her role is.)
― clemenza, Friday, 6 April 2018 23:15 (six years ago) link
French singer/songwriter Jacques Higelin: http://en.rfi.fr/20180406-jacques-higelin-obit
― pomenitul, Friday, 6 April 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link
Sad about Ron Dunbar (x-post above) who co-wrote Freda Payne’s “Band of Gold” plus P-Funk songs
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 7 April 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link
RIP-Funk Ron :(
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Saturday, 7 April 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
Yvonne Staples
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
Mitzi Shore, owner of The Comedy Store
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:52 (six years ago) link
...and mother of Pauly!
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
yes
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
Oh wow. I don't know anything about her first-hand, but she was a constant non diegetic presence in Maron's podcast.
― how's life, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
J.D. McClatchy, poet and partner to book designer / novelist Chip Kidd.
J.D. McClatchy's martini recipe is as... particular as J.D. McClatchy was, may he rest in lemon-spritzed, Lucky Pierre peace pic.twitter.com/AHh3TXYBgL— Matthew Schneier (@MatthewSchneier) April 11, 2018
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
x-post-- aww RIP Yvonne Staples. She was comfortable singing in the background.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:27 (six years ago) link
Art Bell. No other details atm
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 14 April 2018 06:11 (six years ago) link
Mr Veg said “He didnt die. (Solemnly) They came and got him.”Some of my best road trip memories from my first visits here were the late nights listening to Coast To Coast with Mr Veg. A true piece of Americana imo
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 14 April 2018 06:18 (six years ago) link
aw damn RIP
― flappy bird, Saturday, 14 April 2018 06:19 (six years ago) link
Miloš Forman.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Saturday, 14 April 2018 06:44 (six years ago) link
Wtf no
― flappy bird, Saturday, 14 April 2018 07:07 (six years ago) link
Nooooooooo!
― suzy, Saturday, 14 April 2018 07:41 (six years ago) link
he was old
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 April 2018 07:47 (six years ago) link
Sorry to see him go, but he did have a respectable run.
― Polly of the Pre-Codes (j.lu), Saturday, 14 April 2018 12:40 (six years ago) link
And, before that, a more interesting and cutting-edge one.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Saturday, 14 April 2018 12:47 (six years ago) link
(Tho tbh, I love Amadeus as much as Soto, so.)
THEY finally silenced Art Bell. (And by "THEY," I mean old age.)
― Polly of the Pre-Codes (j.lu), Saturday, 14 April 2018 13:06 (six years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/nyregion/david-buckel-dead-fire.htmlDavid Buckel via self immolation.
― Jeff, Sunday, 15 April 2018 15:08 (six years ago) link
Vittorio Taviani of the Taviani Brothers (directors of The Night of the Shooting Stars and Padre Padrone.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Monday, 16 April 2018 00:28 (six years ago) link
Also, R. Lee Ermey, though I don't have a source for that one.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Monday, 16 April 2018 00:29 (six years ago) link
Ermey's passing was confirmed via his Facebook/Twitter accounts. 72 years old, pneumonia -- unfortunate and by all accounts totally unexpected, but a hell of a run.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 April 2018 00:36 (six years ago) link
ah damn i was a fan of his reality show Mail Call on the history channel (the other ones not so much)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 April 2018 00:55 (six years ago) link
Sadly remembering how he will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you.
― clemenza, Monday, 16 April 2018 01:20 (six years ago) link
Also unscrew your head and shit down your neck
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 16 April 2018 01:21 (six years ago) link
FIVE FOOT NINE? I DIDNT KNOW THEY STACKED SHIT THAT HIGH!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 April 2018 01:57 (six years ago) link
giving a reacharound in his honor
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 April 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 April 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
ronald chesney
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 16 April 2018 11:17 (six years ago) link
Mostly for local Cleveland interest, but if you saw the documentary you know him: Maurice Reedus Jr., Cleveland's "Sax Man"
https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/04/16/the-sax-man-maurice-reedus-jr-has-passed-away
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Monday, 16 April 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
Ah man, Harry Anderson:
http://www.wspa.com/news/night-court-actor-harry-anderson-dies-in-asheville/1126241637
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 April 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
Wow, we never did have a Night Court thread.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 April 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
I don't think night court got screened much in the UK but i always loved his cameos in cheers
― Lou Grant, the Iranian cinema of late '70s TV (stevie), Monday, 16 April 2018 22:37 (six years ago) link
Well... NIGHT CORUT
Probably not the time, huh.
― Dethloaf LLC (Old Lunch), Monday, 16 April 2018 22:39 (six years ago) link
Still works!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 April 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
Never watched NC, but I remember Anderson doing magic tricks on SNL.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:32 (six years ago) link
;_; i loved night court, one of the random reruns we got in AustraliaRIP Harry. He was a delight. Also grownup Richie Tozier in the It miniseries. Beep beep :(
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:42 (six years ago) link
I love it.
When Harry Anderson used to shop at Zanadu Comics' university district store location in Seattle, he liked to attempt the same cash pranks that his "Harry the Hat" used on CHEERS. He did it often enough that the owner warned all his cashiers! Truly a character, on and off stage.— John Jackson Miller (@jjmfaraway) April 17, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:48 (six years ago) link
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:58 (six years ago) link
The social media reactions of his Night Court colleagues are unusually raw and heartfelt. They loved this guy.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 07:49 (six years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/17/528656453/npr-newscaster-carl-kasell-dies-at-84-after-a-lifelong-career-on-air
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
;_;crosses “Karl Cassell voicemail message” off my bucket list
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
Barbara Bush
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 23:54 (six years ago) link
Willow https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/17/queen-devastated-loss-last-remaining-corgi/amp/
― StanM, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link