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Holy shit, I was thinking of this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il1v2nlOIug

Which looks exactly as shitty as this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mP45fA8V8g

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 February 2021 14:37 (five years ago)

Seeing reports on FB that pianist Gene Taylor from the Blasters (among others) has passed.

― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 21 February 2021 01:46 (five years ago)

The story on Facebook behind Gene Taylor's death is terrible. He was living in Austin & had been without water or power for 5 days. A family member says it may have been a heart attack brought on by hypothermia

― curmudgeon, Sunday, 21 February 2021 04:11 (five years ago)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dianna-ortiz-nun-who-told-of-brutal-abduction-by-guatemalan-military-dies-at-62/2021/02/19/932ac25a-713a-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html

CW for a horrific story but a remarkable person.

― JoeStork, Sunday, 21 February 2021 06:20 (five years ago)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, at 101.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/lawrence-ferlinghetti-dead/2021/02/23/37b2a134-edd5-11df-abf5-a1622994c5f5_story.html

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:41 (five years ago)

Aw shit

― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:43 (five years ago)

The last remaining big name among the Beats?

― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:46 (five years ago)

ferlinghetti is a pretty big name, it's true

― na (NA), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:46 (five years ago)

Especially with Lawrence added.

― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:47 (five years ago)

Oh no, RIP LF.

― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:51 (five years ago)

RIP

I had no idea he was still around.

― pomenitul, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:52 (five years ago)

He was indeed, and still involved with City Lights. When there was a fundraiser last year after lockdown kicked in, the folks in charge of the day to day would include occasional comments and messages from him, lived right nearby.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:53 (five years ago)

RIP, person who.

Time to, um, trot this out again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Ty_8Nw-CY

― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:56 (five years ago)

https://citylightsbooks.tumblr.com/private/643936096755023872/tumblr_qozvmsEmEN1rpjil8

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:00 (five years ago)

The last remaining big name among the Beats?

Gary snyder still with us iirc

― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:01 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jz6gDVHa7Q

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:07 (five years ago)

_The last remaining big name among the Beats?_

Gary snyder still with us iirc

Didn’t know that, despite sometimes receiving quotes from him on the WeCroak app.

― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:09 (five years ago)

RIP.

― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:36 (five years ago)

feels like ferlinghetti STARTED old somehow, amazing he made it this far.

― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:43 (five years ago)

Just remembering, isn’t he in The Last Waltz?

― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:01 (five years ago)

Playing congas behind Neil Diamond?

― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:10 (five years ago)

Lol, maybe but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dmIt81JkAg

― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:46 (five years ago)

Unless that's Wavy Gravy.

― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:46 (five years ago)

Wavy Ghetti

― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:16 (five years ago)

Ferlinghetti sabotaged Clapton's guitar strap!

― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:23 (five years ago)

I think he turned off Robbie's vocal mic too.

― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:29 (five years ago)

lolllllll

― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:31 (five years ago)

Certainly one of the last of the big names of the Beat era, some of the "smaller" or younger generation are still around...but with Bill Berkson, Diane DiPrima, Ferlinghetti, and Kyger all passing in such a short period of time, it certainly seems like that generation is leaving us.

― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:34 (five years ago)

Bruce Meyers, Creator of the Meyers Manx, Has Passed Away at 94.
His creation became popularized as the Dune Buggy and brought off-road joy to thousands.

https://www.autoweek.com/news/people/amp35567136/bruce-meyers-obit/

― nickn, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 05:53 (five years ago)

`His creation became popularized as the Dune Buggy and brought ~~off-road joy~~unnecessary habitat destruction to thousands.

ftfy

― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 15:28 (five years ago)

Also part of C. Manson's plan to take control after the race war kicked off

― my shear modulus is weakening (Matt #2), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 15:30 (five years ago)

Fry's Electronics

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/business/frys-electronics-closure/index.html

― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 15:35 (five years ago)

Don't get me wrong— I've used ATVs while working in rural areas, and think that dune buggies have a similar place, but as recreational vehicles, they're absolute shit. Get that loud, destructive shit out of the wilderness, please.

― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 15:36 (five years ago)

Philippe Jaccottet, francophone Swiss poet, literary critic and translator. He was 95. RIP to one of the greats.

― pomenitul, Thursday, 25 February 2021 13:22 (five years ago)

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-02-23/guy-chookoorian-armenian-american-novelty-records-dies

Longtime Armenian singer/ instrumentalist and occasional Hollywood actor Guy Chookoorian has died. He , like many of the Armenians who fled their homes after Turkish genocide, and their descendants ended up in Southern California,

― curmudgeon, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:09 (five years ago)

Huh, looks like he actually died a couple of weeks ago. Born in Kenosha, WI, a true midwestern Armenian-American success story.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:16 (five years ago)

Was 97. Chookoorian and family moved from Wisconsin to California while he was in elementary school

― curmudgeon, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:34 (five years ago)

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/sardool-sikander-1961-2021-roadways-di-laari-comes-to-a-grinding-halt-101614194628380.html

Punjabi / India singer Sardool Sikander dead at 60 from Covid

― curmudgeon, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:35 (five years ago)

Actor Ronald Pickup, 80.

― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Thursday, 25 February 2021 20:21 (five years ago)

RIP. Notably in a couple of Becketts on TV.

― Punk's not daft (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 22:45 (five years ago)

"... but the clouds..." and "Ghost Trio", to be exact.

https://tristrampowell.com/images/Beckett-ghosttrio.jpg

― Punk's not daft (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 22:53 (five years ago)

Ah yes, I remember now. RIP.

― pomenitul, Thursday, 25 February 2021 23:09 (five years ago)

Fred Segal, Icon of Los Angeles Fashion and Retail, Dies at 87https://t.co/7jWO6eVXvu
— Beatgrrrl🌹🦴 (@Beatgrrrl) February 28, 2021

― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 28 February 2021 03:40 (five years ago)

Johnny Briggs, actor.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronation-street-actor-johnny-briggs-who-played-mike-baldwin-dies-after-long-illness-12231526

― Punk's not daft (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 February 2021 11:03 (five years ago)

"which he appeared from 1976 to 2006 and again in 2012 in the Text Santa special as a ghost"

lol I missed that ghostly rovers return. He is so Mike Baldwin I thought he really had died.

― calzino, Sunday, 28 February 2021 11:09 (five years ago)

he could be very funny sometimes. Like I remember when Ken Barlow was doing a market stall he quipped "ken, you are supposed to work your way up from being a barrow boy".

― calzino, Sunday, 28 February 2021 11:13 (five years ago)

I am shaken. I was only speaking to Angel Moraes a few weeks back. Stunned to hear that he has passed away. Rest In Peace brother 😢
— Simon Dunmore (@SimonDunmore) February 28, 2021

― groovypanda, Sunday, 28 February 2021 18:14 (five years ago)

Glenn Roeder, aged 65, from a brain tumour.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56233217

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 28 February 2021 18:48 (five years ago)

I've read two books that chronicle the history of Rolling Stone, so I should recognize the name, but I don't.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/john-burks-rolling-stone-first-managing-editor-dead-obit-1134470/

― clemenza, Sunday, 28 February 2021 19:37 (five years ago)

Derek Khan:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/fashion/derek-khan-dead.html

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 March 2021 13:48 (five years ago)

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