RIP JM
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
With JM's passing the little French bistro Lucien at 1st Ave & 1st St. loses another regular. It used to be him, Taylor Mead, and Gerard Malanga there all the time and now only Gerard's left.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
Diana Athill, author and editor, 101.
― suzy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 08:28 (five years ago) link
Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe's Afro-jazz legend
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46976005
name'll be familiar if you listened to peel in the 80s
― koogs, Thursday, 24 January 2019 09:59 (five years ago) link
people who were born in the '20s still use 'admittedly', AF
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:13 (five years ago) link
Sure, but that's not part of the quote, right?
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:31 (five years ago) link
Hugh McIlvanney, Scottish sports writer for Guardian and Sunday Times, aged 84
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/25/hugh-mcilvanney-veteran-sports-reporter-dies-aged-84
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 25 January 2019 06:17 (five years ago) link
James Frawley
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-frawley-dead-monkees-muppet-movie-director-was-82-1178797
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 January 2019 07:59 (five years ago) link
(xp) RIP Hugh. Another case of people you thought were dead, though his brother is a case of people you thought were alive.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Friday, 25 January 2019 10:54 (five years ago) link
(xp) RIP James.
Dušan Makavejev, 86
― flappy bird, Friday, 25 January 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
Worried the rule of three is going to come into play with a-g filmmakers.
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Friday, 25 January 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
RIP. I should watch something of his beyond WR.
― jmm, Friday, 25 January 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, January 24, 2019 10:17 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
one of the greatest sportswriters to come out of the uk. i don't care for the gee-gees, one of his areas of expertise, but he was magnificent on football and boxing
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 25 January 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link
iconic voice as well. a friend and i would send each other messages reading things like the lyrics to poker face in mcilvanney voice
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 25 January 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
RIP. I should watch something of his beyond WR.― jmm, Friday, January 25, 2019 12:45 PM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― jmm, Friday, January 25, 2019 12:45 PM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
his eclipse boxset is pretty good, I really liked the case of the missing switchboard operator
― flappy bird, Friday, 25 January 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
I saw him introduce Switchboard Operator some years ago and he had a good sense of humor
― Josefa, Friday, 25 January 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link
Michel Legrand
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47013214
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 January 2019 13:36 (five years ago) link
RIP. Great composer. Truth be told I went to see him play piano once and it was not my cup of tea as they say.
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 January 2019 15:56 (five years ago) link
Been a healthy crop of notable deaths so far this year, and it's not even February.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 January 2019 16:03 (five years ago) link
I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir. He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his love of family and his humanity. I am blessed to have been so close. We will forever speak his name.❤️ pic.twitter.com/TDJfpbbJWa— Debbie Allen (@msdebbieallen) January 29, 2019
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
I guess his best wasn't good enough.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
oof
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2019/film/news/dick-miller-dead-dies-gremlins-terminator-1203124265/amp/
― MrDasher, Thursday, 31 January 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link
RIP dear Dick
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2019 02:00 (five years ago) link
Aww. RIP.
Anyone see the recent-ish doc about him?
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 31 January 2019 02:03 (five years ago) link
noticed him in chopping mall last october, thought "i know that guy, who is he?" and imdb'd him. saw him again in gremlins a few weeks later.
― adam the (abanana), Thursday, 31 January 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
a face created by a caricaturist
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2019 02:14 (five years ago) link
RIP :(
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 31 January 2019 06:09 (five years ago) link
Aw, Dick Miller.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 January 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
Watched Gremlins 2 last night as a memorial. Still delightful.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 31 January 2019 15:17 (five years ago) link
Jeremy Hardy RIP. Didn't know he was ill.
#Breaking Comedian Jeremy Hardy died of cancer early on Friday, his publicist Amanda Emery says pic.twitter.com/IqvpEEo8FR— PA Showbiz (@PAshowbiz) February 1, 2019
― Alba, Friday, 1 February 2019 09:36 (five years ago) link
I saw this earlier this year
Please someone tell me Jeremy Hardy has been hacked :( pic.twitter.com/t8mar6eNnJ— Emmack (@emmackwrites) January 3, 2019
then he deleted it and posted this
Dear All, I am fine. Sent dopey shit out. Was half asleep watching NHS cancer drama with Alison Steadman called Care. Was waking and tweeting. My brain is now as sharp as it will ever be. The Prime Minister is Clement Atlee.— Jeremy Hardy (@JeremyJHardy) January 5, 2019
I hate the fucking News Quiz guffawing bubble but I still liked him.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 1 February 2019 09:45 (five years ago) link
oh shit
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Friday, 1 February 2019 09:57 (five years ago) link
Aw man he was v funny and frequently otm for a tankie
― Brex Avery (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 February 2019 10:01 (five years ago) link
A man so bad at singing even Danny Macnamara could laugh at him. Still the highlight of song rounds in modern day ISIHAC. RIP.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Friday, 1 February 2019 10:05 (five years ago) link
"Frankly, I do not see my job as keeping our rulers on their toes; I’d rather see them hanging by their feet."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/apr/04/politicalcolumnists.comment
― Alba, Friday, 1 February 2019 10:05 (five years ago) link
His opinions didn't always prove popular with his audience. In 2000, he was booed by members of the Just A Minute audience when he used the subject "parasites" to begin a rant against the royal family.In 2004, Burnley Council cancelled one of Hardy's performances after saying in an episode of his Speaks to the Nation show that members and supporters of the British National Party (BNP) should be shot.
In 2004, Burnley Council cancelled one of Hardy's performances after saying in an episode of his Speaks to the Nation show that members and supporters of the British National Party (BNP) should be shot.
Hero
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 1 February 2019 10:10 (five years ago) link
A quote from JH I still use on the reg, re bombing former Yugoslavia:
"When I say 'this will only make things worse', critics ask me 'well what would you do then?' To which my reply is: 'not make things worse'."
― Brex Avery (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 February 2019 10:11 (five years ago) link
aww. will always remind me of sitting in the back of my parents car being forced to listen to radio 4 and laughing at him despite myself
― ogmor, Friday, 1 February 2019 10:25 (five years ago) link
one of the very few good ones on r4 :(
RIP
― calzino, Friday, 1 February 2019 10:40 (five years ago) link
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 1 February 2019 10:10 (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm, closing two parts of that BBC obit is back to back bangers
the only actual joke of his I can remember is about white Britons trying to make curry in the 70s, trying to make it more palatable by adding fruit and ending up making a trifle
― Terry Major-Ball Will Tell You (DJ Mencap), Friday, 1 February 2019 10:41 (five years ago) link
Sad day, RIP JH.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Friday, 1 February 2019 10:43 (five years ago) link
Yes. 57 years old.
― Tim, Friday, 1 February 2019 10:48 (five years ago) link
I'm just remembering last time I heard him on r4, he was briefly talking about the pitfalls of being an ageing lefty in a torycentric UK, in such a charming, self-effacing sort of way. I still think comedy is bad, but he was an exceptionally nice guy.
― calzino, Friday, 1 February 2019 11:12 (five years ago) link
um. listening to Jeremy Hardy Feels It from 2017 and it's all about death and Linda Smith... (and so very dense, a joke per sentence, over hundreds of sentences)
my carbon footprint is mostly my odor-eaters...
― koogs, Friday, 1 February 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/01/keeping-appearances-star-clive-swift-dies-aged-82-8426217/
Clive Swift, immensely talented British actor of yore.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Friday, 1 February 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
Doctor Who Magazine contributor Benjamin Cook interviewed Swift about Mr Copper and Voyage of the Damned for DWM 391. During the course of the interview Swift questioned Cook's journalism credentials, dismissed questions, and commented on not being paid to participate. Swift cut off Cook's final question with the remark that "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business. But it isn't. There are much bigger things than this." When Cook replied, "Maybe, but it means a lot to a great many of us," Swift terminated the interview.
https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Clive_Swift
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 1 February 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
Lol classic
― Brex Avery (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 February 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
His version of A Warning To The Curious with Peter Vaughan is essential.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Friday, 1 February 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link