Jaguar test driver Norman Dewishttps://jalopnik.com/legendary-jaguar-test-driver-norman-dewis-who-transfor-1835357196
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 06:06 (four years ago) link
Philomena Lynott, mother of Phil
https://www.hotpress.com/music/thin-lizzy-fans-mourn-philomena-lynott-died-22776429
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link
Word going around on social media that Sylvia Miles has passed.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
... people you thought ...
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
I have a Sylvia anecdote that ends with Jerry Lewis saying "I thought it was Bobby Morse in drag."
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
Peter Whitehead
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/13/peter-whitehead-obituary
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 June 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
screenwriter/photographer Bill Wittliff
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Lonesome-Dove-screenwriter-Bill-Wittliff-13966561.php
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 June 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
Director Franco Zeffirelli, 96
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48648278
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Saturday, 15 June 2019 12:13 (four years ago) link
people you thought were
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 June 2019 12:44 (four years ago) link
seconded
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 June 2019 12:52 (four years ago) link
btw I haven't seen any of his films, just the TV "Jesus of Nazareth."
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 June 2019 12:56 (four years ago) link
I saw Romeo and Juliet and Taming of the Shrew way back in middle school.
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Saturday, 15 June 2019 13:34 (four years ago) link
Ha, yeah, we saw the first one in school as well. Can't remember if it was middle school or first year of high school.
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 June 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
Romeo and Juliet was a permission-slip movie, because iirc ... boobs? Sex?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 15 June 2019 13:44 (four years ago) link
The downbeat ending?
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 June 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
I don't think it was the (spoiler alert!) suicide, I do think it's because they sleep together and/or there is nudity.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 15 June 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
It was rereleased in 1973 but they must have had some kind of regular screenings after that for the timing to work.
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 June 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link
I mean I don't remember it being a grade school trip.
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 June 2019 14:17 (four years ago) link
We had to watch the '68 R&J in English class. It was split over a couple of classes, and in a rare United front, both boys and girls co-conspired to trick our teacher about where we'd left off so we could see the nude scene twice.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 15 June 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
The nude scene was part of what made the '68 film so important, as it made clear that R&J had sex, something previously tiptoed around in film versions.
Bruce Robinson played Benvolio, and his off-screen encounters w/Zef later inspired some of the Uncle Monty plot in Withnail & I.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 15 June 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
"Look at this little bastard. Boy lands plumb role for top Italian director. Of course his does. Probably on a tenner a day and I know what for: Two pound ten a tit and a fiver for his arse."
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Saturday, 15 June 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
― flappy bird, Saturday, 15 June 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
Romeo's bare buttocks, if I remember correctly. As for FZ's TotS, I remember being yanked out of my suspension of disbelief by Elizabeth Taylor wearing enough eyeshadow to paint a house.
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Saturday, 15 June 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
My mentor, teacher, and friend, the great writer and prominent member of the New Narrative school...Kevin Killian passed away yesterday.
https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/sites/default/files/styles/article_small/public/photo_kevin-killian-900x1200_0.jpg
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Sunday, 16 June 2019 12:43 (four years ago) link
Heiress/designer/mother of Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt, 95
https://wtop.com/celebrities/2019/06/gloria-vanderbilt-heiress-jeans-queen-dies-at-95/
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Monday, 17 June 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
Mohamed Morsi, latterly-deposed Egyptian head honcho
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/17/mohamed-morsi-dead-ousted-president-egypt-collapses-after-court-session
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Monday, 17 June 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
Maurice Bénichou, French actor, 76.
― pomenitul, Monday, 17 June 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
he broke my heart in caché
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Monday, 17 June 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
Romeo and Juliet was a permission-slip movie, because iirc ... boobs? Sex?Romeo's bare buttocks, if I remember correctly. As for FZ's TotS, I remember being yanked out of my suspension of disbelief by Elizabeth Taylor wearing enough eyeshadow to paint a house.
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Saturday, June 15, 2019 2:20 PM (two days ago) Bookmark
you see juliet's boobs, this caused giggling in my class, and it made quite an impression on me
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Monday, 17 June 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
NY Times food writer Molly O'Neill
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 12:11 (four years ago) link
Last night in the top of the 3rd inning Yankee broadcaster/clown Michael Kay expressed his condolences to her brother and his broadcast partner, Paul O'Neill. It was touching but also completely fucking weird, they had to segue immediately from "your sister died yesterday" to "Torres takes a ball outside" and then a lot of awkward silence
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 12:32 (four years ago) link
Danish composer Ib Nørholm, 1931–2019.
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:34 (four years ago) link
RIP
I'm not as familiar with his output as I would like.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
norman stone: historian, adviser to and speechwriter for margaret thatcher, armenian genocide-denier, perhaps most notable for a legendarily acidic/defamatory obit of historian e.h. carr
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 June 2019 00:24 (four years ago) link
Philippe Zdar, the excellent French house producer Cassius. Was releasing a new album on Friday.
https://pitchfork.com/news/cassius-philippe-zdar-dead-following-fall-from-paris-building/
― ShariVari, Thursday, 20 June 2019 05:34 (four years ago) link
oh shit, i was seeing him sunday!https://cityparksfoundation.org/events/fete-de-la-musique/?date=20190623
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 20 June 2019 05:37 (four years ago) link
He was in fact half of Cassius, with Boom Bass (Hubert Blanc-Francard) being the other half.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 20 June 2019 07:35 (four years ago) link
Oh god, that's awful...
― Like A Turrican (stevie), Thursday, 20 June 2019 09:00 (four years ago) link
Jfc :-(((
― nathom, Thursday, 20 June 2019 09:22 (four years ago) link
Longtime Neil Young manager Elliot Roberts
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/elliot-roberts-dies-neil-young-manager-1203250676/
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 22 June 2019 13:22 (four years ago) link
Seeing on FB that New Orleans R&B Legend Dave Bartholomew has passed at age 100.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 23 June 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
R.I.P.:(
― If I were a POLL I’d be Zinging (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 June 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
Bartholomew obit.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 23 June 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
Judith Krantz, purveyor of best sellers
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 June 2019 11:35 (four years ago) link
not without her scruples
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Monday, 24 June 2019 12:05 (four years ago) link
oddly small bibliography (10 novels) for a romance writer
― adam the (abanana), Monday, 24 June 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link
started at age 51
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 June 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
Norman Stone sounded like a piece of work, and this is quite the obituaryhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/25/norman-stone-obituary
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 12:49 (four years ago) link
Wow, what a prick.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 13:00 (four years ago) link
He devoted some of his remaining energies to the denial of the genocide of Armenians by Turkey in the first world war
what a total dick but I was lolling at loads of that obituary tbh!
― calzino, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 13:00 (four years ago) link