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Michael Brooks, journalist and political commentator, 37.

This year I met this young American, a journalist, who turned out to be a friend, who I thought that we would meet again. How is it possible? My heart and prayers go to his family and friends. May his passion for social justice be remembered and inspire people around the world. https://t.co/OgGmzh5kMl
— Lula (@LulaOficial) July 20, 2020

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 04:55 (five years ago)

oh no, I just saw about Michael, was watching him just yesterday

― anvil, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 05:07 (five years ago)

https://queenspost.com/jerry-wolkoff-owner-and-developer-of-5pointz-in-long-island-city-has-died
fairly or unfairly, he will be remembered forever as the guy who destroyed one of the greatest galleries in the city

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 18:18 (five years ago)

Annie Ross.

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:31 (five years ago)

aw fuck

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:36 (five years ago)

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:36 (five years ago)

confirmation?

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:36 (five years ago)

Friendbook post by an old jazz musician, the one who wrote the book of Jazz Anecdotes, naming his source with whom I am unfamiliar. I have an email out for some other possible confirmation to Jon Hendricks guitarist/streetteam

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:45 (five years ago)

Those pesky apostrophes.

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:46 (five years ago)

Original source was Zoot Sims’ widow, Louise.

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:47 (five years ago)

Noticed while googling that she had a medical costs GoFundMe set up in April--never a good sign.

― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:51 (five years ago)

No.

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 22:02 (five years ago)

Wondering how her fellow Scotsman Tom D will take it.

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 23:38 (five years ago)

RIP Annie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_enNo0qFxm8

― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 23:40 (five years ago)

Now that's what you call a long career.

― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 23:42 (five years ago)

Wow, hadn’t realized she was in that, and that film is part of my dreamscape. Was kind of shocked when I realized recently that Henry Brandon was in it playing essentially the same character as in Babes in Toyland. Did know that her feature film debut was as Judy Garland’s sister, I think. Also from watching that seems like almost the whole act I used to see at The Metropolitan Room was already in place way back when.

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 23:58 (five years ago)

Quite the life she had: acted in the 1940s with Judy Garland, in the 50s was Kenny Clarke and then Lenny Bruce's lover, in the 60s kicked out of LH&R for heroin addiction, in the 70s dubbed Britt Eckland's voice in the Wicker Man, 80s: Basket Case 2 & 3. All this despite being Jimmy Logan's sister!

― everything, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 00:13 (five years ago)

Just remembered that Henry Brandon was one of Judy Garland’s husbands for a minute or two, small world once again.

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 00:14 (five years ago)

Is that true about The Wicker Man? Seems like only a rumor.

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 00:17 (five years ago)

I was watching her in a weird 70s Hammer film just the other night, where she also sang the theme tune, "Straight On Till Morning". In fact I think it was on again tonight.

― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 00:22 (five years ago)

Never seen any say it's not true about Wicker Man. It's listed in imdb.

― everything, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 00:24 (five years ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow%27s_Song

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 00:26 (five years ago)

She did the speaking voice, not the song. Ekland is on record as being mad that they got two women to dub her and another be a body double.

― everything, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 00:28 (five years ago)

Wow, never knew that either.

― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 00:34 (five years ago)

The body double was because she was visibly pregnant at the time, though.

― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 00:54 (five years ago)

I was thrilled that Annie Ross sat behind me at a MoMA screening of an Altman film (she was with Mrs Altman).

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 01:00 (five years ago)

a couple weeks ago I played my daughters some LH&R records (I thought it would make jaunty cleaning music) and in 30 mins they went from mocking it to repeat plays after I left

RIP

― singular wolf erotica producer (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 03:55 (five years ago)

Tim Smith of The Cardiacs.

― calzino, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 08:58 (five years ago)

RIP. Though tbh misread that at first as "The Smiths, of a Cardiac," and I thought "all of them?"

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 12:23 (five years ago)

Zizi Jeanmaire, star of Parisian ballet and Hollywood

https://theartsdesk.com/dance/she-was-paris-rip-zizi-jeanmaire-1924-2020

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 12:58 (five years ago)

RIP Ross
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/arts/music/annie-ross-dies.html

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 16:53 (five years ago)

Dmitri Smirnov, Russian composer, 71. RIP.

― pomenitul, Friday, 24 July 2020 21:16 (five years ago)

Peter Green

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/25/fleetwood-mac-co-founder-peter-green-dies-aged-73

― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 July 2020 16:04 (five years ago)

Ah, fuck. RIP.

― pomenitul, Saturday, 25 July 2020 16:05 (five years ago)

― singular wolf erotica producer (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 25 July 2020 16:07 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6GB_c6d_2U

― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 July 2020 16:09 (five years ago)

My absolute favorite of that British blues generation.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 25 July 2020 17:12 (five years ago)

REGIS!

― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:23 (five years ago)

https://people.com/tv/regis-philbin-dead

― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:26 (five years ago)

oh shit

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:29 (five years ago)

RIP, Peter Green. Wonder if he got to watch any of those videos of Haim performing “Oh Well.”

― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:37 (five years ago)

Jason Isbell covered it on his most recent tour too.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:45 (five years ago)

Tom Petty played it when I saw him in 2010.

― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:48 (five years ago)

there will never be another Regis Francis Xavier Philbin

― the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:49 (five years ago)

Anybody that can find the video of Regis totally screwing up the countdown during the New Years Eve balldrop will be my friend forever.

― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 25 July 2020 20:06 (five years ago)

there will never be another Regis Francis Xavier Philbin

Maybe not, but hopefully there will be an all-boys high school named after him.

― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 July 2020 20:19 (five years ago)

headlines tell me he was an "iconic TV host and actor"

did he pretend to like Joey Bishop or sumthin?

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 25 July 2020 20:23 (five years ago)

Billy Gibbons mentioned in one of those Rolling Stone 'My Life In 25 Songs' things that he came up with "Just Got Paid" while trying to figure out the "Oh Well" riff.

― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 July 2020 20:24 (five years ago)

CP Lee

https://louderthanwar.com/cp-lee-manchester-music-legend-alberto-y-lost-trios-paranoias-rip/

(The second time I've had cause to reference Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias in a week - having never done so before in my entire tenure on ILX).

― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 July 2020 20:38 (five years ago)

I apologize, I see that Regis played characters not named Regis Philbin in tons of TV shows as well as in Sextette and The Bad News Bears Go to Japan.

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 25 July 2020 21:00 (five years ago)

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