Paul Spudis, regarded as one of the most important lunar scientists ever. https://spacenews.com/lunar-scientist-and-exploration-advocate-paul-spudis-passes-away/
― Chelvis, Saturday, 13 October 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
Peter Brackley, the voice of 90s Italian football.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Sunday, 14 October 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
William Coors, right-wing beer mogul, at 102
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 October 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
Coors brewery workers struck in 1977 over many issues, including the use of lie-detector tests to ferret out employees who were gay or whose politics were considered radical.
lovely guy, hope he took some time to drink some of that fine stuff!
― calzino, Monday, 15 October 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
Paul Allen
― flappy bird, Monday, 15 October 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/technology/wp/2018/10/15/paul-allen-microsoft-co-founder-and-billionaire-investor-dies-at-65-2/
I'm seeing Kat Arthur, singer of Legal Weapon. No link.
― nickn, Monday, 15 October 2018 22:53 (five years ago) link
Wow Paul allen dying is kind of nuts considering his real estate company has been a big part of the construction boom out here. Wonder what’s gonna turn out to be in his will.
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 15 October 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
Maybe $1 billion to me
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 15 October 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
I hope it all goes to the Allen Brain Institute, that group has been doing some fine work and making their data freely accessible.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
Allen is kind of a mythical figure to me - I worked at WSU, where he dropped out of after two years in the 70s and there were always rumors that he was on one of the private jets that would show up on home football game days.
And I don't know if it was amazing trolling or just weird timing, but Bill Gates gave the school $25 million for a animal health research building, and a year later Allen gave $26 and they ended up naming it after him.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
One of the bad things Paul Allen did (long-ish, but mentioned at the end):
https://paradiseleased.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/lost-hollywood-the-enchanted-hill-of-fred-thomson-and-frances-marion/
― nickn, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 02:54 (five years ago) link
based on the rotation of costumes exhibited at Cinerama, he also owns…most Hollywood memorabilia. Like possibly most of it that exists.
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 03:13 (five years ago) link
Wouldn't anything in the property rooms of any Hollywood studio have been in one or more movies? So, it might just be memorabilia of some forgettable short feature from 1936, but it would still be "Hollywood memorabilia".
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 03:28 (five years ago) link
$26?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 08:25 (five years ago) link
rip paul allen, who will play shreddin' blues licks on your obscenely giant yacht now
― himalayan mountain hole (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 08:54 (five years ago) link
iirc he was a respectable guitarist!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 11:28 (five years ago) link
Favorite comment on video of Allen shredding: "Warren Buffett is better than Steve Vai any day."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 11:29 (five years ago) link
Arto Paasilinna. Finnish writer, best known for The Year of the Hare. RIP.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
Dennis Hof, owner of the Nevada brothel the Bunny Ranch. I met him once, for work.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:17 (five years ago) link
“Less than 24 hours ago, Hof celebrated his birthday along with pornographic actor Ron Jeremy, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist.”how can hell top that. i ask you
― maura, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
lol, I just made the same joke on the US politics thread. I suppose hell for this guy would be more like being trapped in a library
― rob, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
I would be happy to be that librarian.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
his first question: do you have any books w boobs in them
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
I would take my time in responding.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
*hands over the complete Mencken*
― rob, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
In Spanish.
― nickn, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
Milena Dravić, of WR: Mysteries of The Organism fame.
https://criticsroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wr-mysteries-of-the-organism-still-526x295.jpg
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
xposts: He grossed me out in the Cathouse tv show. Yuk
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
xp aw RIP
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
NSFW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf0QQ1LzqiM
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link
Walter Huddleston, Kentucky Democrat who lost his Senate seat in '84 to Mitch McVader
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/former-senator-walter-huddleston-dies-92
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 October 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
Rashod Ollison, a truly great music writer and presenter of his own work. His appearances at the Pop Conference were wonderful.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 October 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
translator anthea bell
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 October 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
I wish ppl posting in the rolling obituary thread would link to obituaries for these interesting sounding people
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 18 October 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
i wish ppl reading the rolling obituary thread knew how to use a search engine
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 October 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 18 October 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/18/anthea-bell-obituary
The term translator seems insufficient in this case. A great
― Number None, Thursday, 18 October 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
thanks that's a good one, what a career. I want to read that Tomcat book
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 18 October 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
Arkansas raised, Virginia -based music critic and author Rashod Ollison, mentioned above, died from cancer at 41. His writing about Aretha, Chaka Khan, and more was special.
https://pilotonline.com/news/local/article_9ea7895e-d31e-11e8-a7e0-bb75fff0a8b1.html
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 October 2018 04:04 (five years ago) link
today's been busy
― flappy bird, Friday, 19 October 2018 04:41 (five years ago) link
Danny Leiner, director of Dude, Where's My Car? and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
https://news.avclub.com/r-i-p-danny-leiner-director-of-harold-and-kumar-and-d-1829886429
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
RIP. great movies, the former is one of my favorites
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 October 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
pretty much the only stoner comedy films i've ever liked
(haven't sat thru Cheech & Chong)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
bad movies
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 22 October 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
actually i don't remember dude where's my car well enough but harold and kumar is bad.
his other credits are pretty stellar though. i just watched the sopranos episode "luxury lounge" on saturday
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 22 October 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
nah both DWMC and H&KGTWC are great, and this guy was no slouch on the tv credits either. A real loss imo. Great, consistent comedy directors are rare!
― Οὖτις, Monday, 22 October 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
harold & kumar was great! - i dont really remember Dude Wheres My Car except for the “and then?” bitrip
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 October 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
the continuum transfunctioner is a very mysterious and powerful device and its mystery is exceeded only by its power
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 October 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
one of the more honest bromance comedy scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghDDdQxgXRw
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link