George Lindsey aka Goober Pyle
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 6 May 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
funnier than Gomer IMO
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Absolutely.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP Meow
― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 7 May 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maurice Sendak ;_;
― on the road to the twilight zone (doo dah), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn. RIP, Maurice.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh no
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
"You didn't pay them for that, did you?"
― clemenza, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
― caro's johnson (Eazy), Thursday, 10 May 2012 02:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
Carroll Shelby, racer and car builder
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 11 May 2012 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thought he'd already died. Hm.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 May 2012 21:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, he's dead now.
― ♆ (gr8080), Saturday, 12 May 2012 01:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Perhaps more to the point, I finally get onto the Dead Pool scoreboard.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 12 May 2012 01:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
Donald "Duck" Dunn, Stax legend, bass player for Booker T & The MGs
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 13 May 2012 06:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh holy shit noooooo
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Sunday, 13 May 2012 06:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
:((((((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 (1 year ago) Permalink
― how's life, Sunday, 13 May 2012 08:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
you are a star
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Sunday, 13 May 2012 09:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
"We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline."
― get wolves (get bent), Sunday, 13 May 2012 10:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
:(
― The Unbassful Serpent (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 May 2012 12:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah hell. RIP Duck Dunn.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 13 May 2012 13:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
didn't see the talk here before i started a thread. well, he deserves his own.
― arby's, Sunday, 13 May 2012 13:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hailed as the President of DC in today's Washington Post
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
wouldn't argue with that at all.
― Sisig Steve (stevie), Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Donna Summer
― on the road to the twilight zone (doo dah), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sure it wasn't the Onion?
― Shakes-a-maxion (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
nonononono
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah I hope that's doesn't mean what I think it means either
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
thank goodness
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
strange thing to report tho? "pete seeger still alive, napping"
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
A variation of the old SNL Franco bit
― Shakes-a-maxion (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 May 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
:(Remove bookmark from this thread
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
noooooo
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink