Rolling Obituary Thread 2023

No, blur also did a bad imitation

tom sizemore

― Mr. Snrub, 1. mars 2023 18:02 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Apparently he’s still with us, but near the end following an aneurysm.

A hard life, and some quite good movies. I always liked the way he looked on film.

I knew the girlfriend in question and she was a particular evil genius to revenge-shag the tallest, best looking and most intelligent of all the bassists of that era, and it will have really, really hit Alex in the nuts.

Sizemore beat up women & was probably a nonce just to flesh out the “hard life” bit

Had a good scene in twin peaks where he sobs “I only want to die or change”

Has Julian Sands been found? If not, can we add him to the thread?

It might be pointed out that his bird was also shagging Steve, takes two to tango

Does any band have a bigger agenda than shagging our birds?

excellent birds
watch them shag

julian sands is still just listed as "missing" on his wikipedia page but it's been six weeks so i think it's safe to assume he's gone

Alex thinks of women as property and doesn’t credit them with agency xps it’s consistent with his conservative worldview

He doesn't even think of them as human!

some would argue that’s the subtext of bird/chick yeah

all true and should add that this is from an interview with another mockney tory prick, John Harris.

Talk of James & Harris sadly off topic

Knowing both, I’d say JH has more redeeming qualities.

the first time i read an interview with oasis back in the mid-'90s it was pretty illuminating, liam going on about shagging a bird and creaming her gob. imagine the man who sensitively sang about rolling with it talking like that...

The Collected Wit and Wisdom of Liam Gallagher

This is all well and good but can we get back to talking about how awesome Steve Mackey and Wayne Shorter were?

They do sort of shine by comparison.

Yes fair! Although their own threads are active

crazy that Pulp started in 1978

Steve wasn't in the band until 1988 though, so still off-topic.

RIP Wayne ;_;

Trad jazzer and cartoonist Wally Fawkes aka Trog, aged 98.

as a small child i often read "flook by trog" in the hope that the furry moomin-esque animal of that name (flook not trog) wd deliver content that i grasped (instead of opaque insider jokes about deputy labour leader george brown and such)

Yeah, it was "Flook by Trog" until he got bounced off the paper, then went to another paper and it became "Flook by Trog AND KEITH WATERHOUSE"

Kinda lost interest after that.

Maybe I liked Flook because I didn't understand it

David Lindley, though not official yet. 78.

https://claremont-courier.com/latest-news/iconic-claremont-musician-david-lindley-dead-at-78-72983/

Awe shit

one of the few musicians to routinely play remote Humboldt County and became a pretty big draw up there

Holy shit, I was just talking about him with a friend on Wednesday, about how iconic and instantly recognizable his lap steel playing was. Thrilling.

One of those uniquely talented guys (like Ry Cooder) that could pretty much master anything with strings.

Love "Egyptian Gardens."

He even played on Leonard Cohen's debut album

Kaleidoscope was apparently one of Camper Van Beethoven's biggest inspirations. You can hear it.

Oh man, R.I.P. Lindley. His first two solo albums are really good. (Others may be too, I only know those.)

Also of course the falsetto on “Stay” (in addition to all his guitar work obv).

(xpost) I hadn't really thought about that, but definitely.

RIP. It takes a keen mind.

I grew up in David Lindley's Claremont and his presence in the scene, his meaning to so many there, can't be overstated. A titan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P45Dav1SPzY

Tom Sizemore now officially dead.

Former Claremont resident (1979-1983) here also - loved seeing Lindley at the Folk Music Center.

Kaleidoscope was apparently one of Camper Van Beethoven's biggest inspirations. You can hear it.

Yeah when I eventually heard kaleidoscope in the 2000s I immediately thought of CVB

Damn, David Lindley. I saw him at a "Reggae on the Rocks" in the late 80s, he was a highlight.

My own Lindley moment as such was the mandolin he added on the Church's "Antenna" -- subtle but undeniably there, and it sends the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqHVJBSXeZ0

Spot (aka, Glen Lockett), producer of Black Flag, the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, and many other SST bands.

RIP. Used to see him all the time at shows in Austin. He always had a coffee mug in his hand.

RIP. I’m not sure there’s any producer with their name on more of my favorite albums. Maybe Joe Boyd.

Did not know that his father was one of the Tuskegee Airmen until just now.