Rolling RIP/Obituary Thread 2012

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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

:(

Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

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

:(
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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

"Jam Master Jay still . . . lives"

mookieproof, Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

aww RIP

Chris S, Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

Score score

Jeff, Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

what a month

the late great, Monday, 21 May 2012 00:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

It won't be long before Otis Redding will able to record some new material on Stax Celestial.

Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 May 2012 00:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

Love this:

"Since I became Led Zeppelin, my life has improved a thousand fold."

Fuck it. I'm changing my name to In A Silent Way.

Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

Pathos and lols all at once:

The 64-year-old Zeppelin "climbed the 'Stairway to Heaven'" May 18 at Alton Memorial Hospital, according to a death notice published in newspapers, including the Tribune. He died of a heart attack, his daughter said.

it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

"I don't want to appear to be some off-the-wall, drug-addict idiot. I just changed my name from the standpoint that I can be a better person than I used to be."

heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

i think i actually have a lot of respect for that guy

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

No I do not want to meet your friend named In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, I'm fairly certain I won't like him.

heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

Survived by his wife Custard Pie

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

after reading that article I have formed a short mental list of friends of mine who might be convinced to change their name to "Hot Water Music Fuel for the Hate Game"

Steve Youngblood (dan m), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

As of today you can all refer to me as Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:00 (1 year ago) Permalink


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