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Good lord. If my children have anything even remotely like that to say about me when I die, I'll have done something right in my life.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 01:34 (three years ago)

ok crying for real now that was beautiful <3

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 02:23 (three years ago)

Good lord. If my children have anything even remotely like that to say about me when I die, I'll have done something right in my life.

was thinking the exact same thing (along with, how to be more Peter Straub?)

― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 08:01 (three years ago)

Bernard Shaw

― You can't spell Fearless without Earle (President Keyes), Thursday, 8 September 2022 14:52 (three years ago)

Murderer of Kitty Dukakis iirc

― You can't spell Fearless without Earle (President Keyes), Thursday, 8 September 2022 14:54 (three years ago)

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Kitty Dukakis hated the first question posed to her husband, the one that made the audience gasp.
"It was theater and inappropriate," said the governor's wife, not concealing her anger over the personalized question as she chatted with reporters on the campaign plane.
"Governor," Bernard Shaw had asked, "if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?"

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-10-15/news/8802070550_1_kitty-dukakis-mrs-dukakis-death-penalty

lol that's like nothing nowadays.

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 8 September 2022 15:20 (three years ago)

Lou Reed had a much better answer when he was asked a similar question regarding the shooting of Andy Warhol.

― Mark G, Thursday, 8 September 2022 15:44 (three years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm6GiHomqG4

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 September 2022 15:59 (three years ago)

Liz

― Ste, Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:36 (three years ago)

― Mark G, Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:37 (three years ago)

rip liz taylor

― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:38 (three years ago)

Truss gone already?

― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:40 (three years ago)

So does the king inherit the corgis, or do they throw them onto the burning longship with her?

― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:42 (three years ago)

The last compete piece Radio 3 played before the news broke was something called "The World Rejoices" lol

― sweating like Cathy *aaaack* (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:51 (three years ago)

https://reductress.com/post/cute-queen-elizabeths-corgis-prepare-to-be-buried-alive-with-her/

xpost

― Evan, Thursday, 8 September 2022 18:42 (three years ago)

Emmanuelle director Just Jaeckin.

― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 8 September 2022 19:12 (three years ago)

Subject line of the day

Queens Daily Ticker Afternoon Buzz: Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96 after 70-year reign, Elderly Sikh man mugged in South Richmond Hill

― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 September 2022 20:19 (three years ago)

This was a really good run for Just Jaeckin:

Emmanuelle(1974)
Histoire d'O (The Story of O) (1975)
Madame Claude (1977)

Murray Head is in the last one. Of all the Emmanuelle sequels and knock-offs, his first one is still the best. He had style.

― Josefa, Thursday, 8 September 2022 20:54 (three years ago)

RIP LA arts maven Virginia Dwan who channeled 3M money into kickstarting the conceptual land art movement, the careers of Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer, Walter De Maria, and their works like Spiral Jetty, Double Negative, the Lightning Fields, etc.

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/virginia-dwan-dead-1234638393/

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 10 September 2022 00:09 (three years ago)

Rich people who did cool things with their money, a surprisingly short list

― Karl Malone, Saturday, 10 September 2022 06:15 (three years ago)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marsha-hunt-dead-blacklisted-actress-1235216286/

Actress Marsha Hunt, 104

― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Saturday, 10 September 2022 12:25 (three years ago)

Shichiro Kobayashi at 89, art director on old school anime classics like Castle of Cagliostro, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Berserk, Angel's Egg etc etc

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 10 September 2022 12:53 (three years ago)

Man for Castle alone, a legend.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 September 2022 15:23 (three years ago)

I am incredibly sad to confirm that my grandmother Mavis Nicholson passed away on Thursday. She was a force of nature, an incredible broadcaster, so open-hearted and interested in everyone. She was also my Nana and I miss her like mad. Hope she’s with my granddad Geoff now. pic.twitter.com/DN7seKEx7T
— Ben Nicholson (@BRNicholson) September 10, 2022

― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Saturday, 10 September 2022 21:07 (three years ago)

Yes, she was very good, RIP Mavis.

― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Saturday, 10 September 2022 21:34 (three years ago)

https://content.time.com/time/magazine/archive/covers/1989/1101890724_400.jpg

― jaymc, Saturday, 10 September 2022 22:08 (three years ago)

https://content.time.com/time/magazine/archive/covers/1989/1101890724_400.jpg

― jaymc, Saturday, 10 September 2022 22:08 (three years ago)

Jonathan Tjarks

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 11 September 2022 17:13 (three years ago)

Devastating news: We lost our friend Jonathan Tjarks to cancer last night. He was a fantastic basketball writer and thinker, and an even better family man and friend. He elevated everything we did.

His wife Melissa wrote about him here: https://t.co/wM6dC4PPFg
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 11, 2022

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 11 September 2022 17:16 (three years ago)

Gwyneth Powell AKA Mrs McClusky, she would have been a good queen.

― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 12 September 2022 15:18 (three years ago)

Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner, 92. I've only seen Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 and In the White City, both of which were very good, balancing clear-eyed investigation with deep feeling.

― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 12 September 2022 16:39 (three years ago)

He had a great run there for a while. RIP.

― Jean Arthur Rank (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 September 2022 16:45 (three years ago)

I’d also recommend La Salamandre and The Middle of the World.

― Jean Arthur Rank (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 September 2022 16:47 (three years ago)

Photographer William Klein. Apparently he's got a big NYC exhibit that closes tomorrow, if anyone's in the neighborhood.

― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 12 September 2022 17:00 (three years ago)

RIP. Wonder if anyone else has seen his Little Richard doc.

― Jean Arthur Rank (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 September 2022 17:05 (three years ago)

Ramsey Lewis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPmlJd6WZMo

― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 12 September 2022 21:32 (three years ago)

Damn. A giant. RIP

― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 September 2022 21:33 (three years ago)

aw fuck it

― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 12 September 2022 21:36 (three years ago)

I had been working on setting up an interview with him, too. Oh, well.

― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 12 September 2022 21:37 (three years ago)

Time to break out Mother Nature’s Son.

― Jean Arthur Rank (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 September 2022 21:54 (three years ago)

Venezuelan guitarist Aquiles Báez.

― Jean Arthur Rank (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 00:20 (three years ago)

Philly rapper PnB Rock, 30

― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 00:53 (three years ago)

Brother Cleve, one-time keyboardist for Combustible Edison and the Del Fuegos and a leading light in the Boston cocktail scene. Drinks writer Robert Simonson wrote a nice tribute in his newsletter.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 01:08 (three years ago)

⚫ Jean-Luc Godard est mort https://t.co/gDLynUc7Ta pic.twitter.com/LQ5DXWPgap
— Libération (@libe) September 13, 2022

― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 08:14 (three years ago)

― Jean Arthur Rank (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 08:17 (three years ago)

Whitewater prosecutor, rape coverup artist, and general piece of shit Ken Starr.

― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 20:35 (three years ago)

The Clintons Strike Again!

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 20:47 (three years ago)

Good riddance to bad garbage.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 20:58 (three years ago)

Ken Starr and Godard, jammin’ in heaven.

― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 21:25 (three years ago)

Irene Papas ;_;

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/obituaries/irene-papas-dead.html

― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 10:31 (three years ago)

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