funnier than Gomer IMO
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
Absolutely.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
RIP Meow
― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 7 May 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Alligator Records says Arkansas bluesman Michael "Iron Man" Burks has died after collapsing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was 54.
The record label says Burks collapsed Sunday after returning from a European tour. He was pronounced dead at an Atlanta hospital. A spokesman for the record label says Burks died of a heart attack.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Maurice Sendak ;_;
― on the road to the twilight zone (doo dah), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
Damn. RIP, Maurice.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
oh no
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
if you don't look good (or if you do), he don't look good
http://thelook.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/09/11621751-famed-hairstylist-vidal-sassoon-dead-at-age-84?lite
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://media.onsugar.com/files/ons1/300/3001837/14_2009/1a/Vidal_Sassoon.jpg
"You didn't pay them for that, did you?"
― clemenza, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/pixel.gif
― caro's johnson (Eazy), Thursday, 10 May 2012 02:26 (twelve years ago) link
actress Joyce Redman, best remembered for her Tom Jones eating sceme with Albert Finney.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18013687
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 May 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
Mort Lindsey, bandleader of Judy at Carnegie Hall and The Merv Griffin Show:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/arts/music/mort-lindsey-musical-director-dies-at-89.html
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Carroll Shelby, racer and car builder
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 11 May 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
Thought he'd already died. Hm.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 May 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
well, he's dead now.
― ♆ (gr8080), Saturday, 12 May 2012 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
Perhaps more to the point, I finally get onto the Dead Pool scoreboard.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 12 May 2012 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
Filipino comics artist Tony DeZuniga -- http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/05/10/tony-dezuniga-r-i-p/
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 12 May 2012 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
Donald "Duck" Dunn, Stax legend, bass player for Booker T & The MGs
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/sharonjoy666/cropper.jpg
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 13 May 2012 06:20 (twelve years ago) link
Oh holy shit noooooo
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Sunday, 13 May 2012 06:22 (twelve years ago) link
:((((((tried in vain to find the scene from blues bros where he says "[incomprehensible garble] to go piss on some gasoline" or something
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Sunday, 13 May 2012 08:57 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBnLgNmB1eM
― how's life, Sunday, 13 May 2012 08:59 (twelve years ago) link
you are a star
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Sunday, 13 May 2012 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
"We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline."
― get wolves (get bent), Sunday, 13 May 2012 10:40 (twelve years ago) link
An amazing bass player and a fantastic guy. If you only know the Blues Brothers, go here: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/32187
― Three Word Username, Sunday, 13 May 2012 10:58 (twelve years ago) link
:(
― The Unbassful Serpent (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 May 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
ah hell. RIP Duck Dunn.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 13 May 2012 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
didn't see the talk here before i started a thread. well, he deserves his own.
― arby's, Sunday, 13 May 2012 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/chuck-brown-dies-the-godfather-of-go-go-was-75/2012/05/16/gIQAJAfPUU_story_1.html
RIP Godfather of Go-go Chuck Brown. Will treasure your gogo and your jazz sounds and your warm presentation
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 May 2012 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
Hailed as the President of DC in today's Washington Post
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
wouldn't argue with that at all.
― Sisig Steve (stevie), Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
Donna Summer
― on the road to the twilight zone (doo dah), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
Donna Summer! Holy Shit.
http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/17/11745326-donna-summer-dead-at-63
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
Carlos Fuenteshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18081034
RIP, Carlos
And RIP, Donna Summer. Man, Booker T was right.
― Shakes-a-maxion (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
from wfmu's twitter stream:
Pete Seeger, Iconic Songwriter, Found Resting Under Tree Near NY Home: 93Yr-Old Folk Legend Was Serene, Tranquil
so far that's the only mention i've seen. i hope it doesn't mean what i think it means.
― get wolves (get bent), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Sure it wasn't the Onion?
― Shakes-a-maxion (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
nonononono
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I hope that's doesn't mean what I think it means either
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
WFMU @WFMU@clemmusic No, Pete Seeger was just resting. Hes 93, but for the most part he is perfectly OK. Some rheumatism. A bit of arthritis.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
thank goodness
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
strange thing to report tho? "pete seeger still alive, napping"
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
A variation of the old SNL Franco bit
― Shakes-a-maxion (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 May 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
Never really got into the Rock And Roll Heaven iconography genre but if somebody made one of those with Duck Dunn, Andrew Love, Levon Helm, Skip Pitts and Donna Summer I would totally use it as a screensaver.
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 May 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
Robin Gibb, apparently.I loved the Bee Gees when I was young :(
― on the road to the twilight zone (doo dah), Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
:(Remove bookmark from this thread
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
noooooo
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
I guess we can take comfort in the fact that Spin has provided us with a long list of best guitarists, most of whom won't be going anywhere anytime soon
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
"Jam Master Jay still . . . lives"
― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:41 (twelve years ago) link