When I saw the start of that post in MacZing I thought it was going to be about Lee Marvin and Raquel Welch.
― I’d Rather Gorblimey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 September 2022 13:35 (one year ago) link
Doc Severinsen, who just played his last concert and retired at 95.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 2 September 2022 14:07 (one year ago) link
Doc is here?
― pplains, Friday, 2 September 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
The three original Grand Funk dudes are still around.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 2 September 2022 14:23 (one year ago) link
As far as I know all the original members of The Sonics - formed in 1960 - are still around, and until fairly recently they still toured. They're not all that famous but there was a flurry of interest back in the early 2000s because "Have Love Will Travel" was in an TV advert for VW. They were also on Nuggets.
I wrote an Amazon review in 2007! Yes I did. Do people still write Amazon reviews? They're all robo-generated now. What happened to that woman who reviewed every book, and it turned out she was just reselling them without even opening them? Hannie something. Harriet. Whatever.
Apparently I went to the trouble of sampling the start of "Psycho" to see how tightly the band came in. The song goes clattery drums -> "whoah..." -> "...BABY!" and the band come in on the first syllable of "...BABY!" because they were drilled like a military band. My review ended with "there is no Mellotron anywhere on the album". It got three upvotes. 2007. Not that long ago. Only fifteen years. That's nothing, really. I remember I was in a funk at the time but that Here Come the Sonics snapped me out of it because it's a really good album. Fifteen years. Imagine if I'd put £1,000 into shares in Apple every year since 2007. Fifteen years. Can't go back.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Friday, 2 September 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
Is Aerosmith still all found members?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 2 September 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
^founding
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 2 September 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link
I think Ray Tabano was their rhythm guitarist before Brad Whitford, but if you leave that aside I believe you are correct.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 2 September 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
The most recent touring Sonics were the sax player + ringers, although the other guys still would do hometown gigs.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 2 September 2022 20:29 (one year ago) link
The Wikipedia article on the Sonics doesn't mention if any of them have died, which doesn't mean they haven't because they're not exactly notable individuals.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 3 September 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
There are people with Wikipedia open in the background purely so they can dive into the article and add a death date, so I imagine if anybody in The Sonics died it would appear in the article immediately. Right now I imagine several dozen Wikipedia editors have Clint Eastwood as a perma-background-tab so that they can beat everybody else.
I often wonder how you can win the "update the death of a celebrity on Wikipedia" game. Presumably you'd have to live in Los Angeles and have a police or ambulance scanner, plus an intimate familiarity with the addresses of major stars. Obviously a lightning edit would be reverted because it wouldn't have a source, but you'd still beat everybody else. If the rules require that you make the edit stick, you'd presumably have to be the first journalist with a verified Twitter account.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Saturday, 3 September 2022 17:54 (one year ago) link
Is there a “the last famous person you were surprised to discover is dead” thread?
Anyway I think I must’ve heard that Lauren Berlant died when she did, but I’ve gone over a year now forgetting that she had
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 18:57 (one year ago) link
Surprised no-one has ever mentioned David Attenborough, now 96, in this thread.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
That'll be because he's on the BBC so often no-one in the UK could possibly be surprised he's still alive.
― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I'm sure he'll still be working on a new series about The Magic World of Lichens long after he's gone
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
It's a bit like someone being surprised the Queen is still alive... oh hold on though.
― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 20:10 (one year ago) link
Jane FOnda
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link
just for Attenborough's cold Malthusian English arrogance I hope the old cunt dies very soon
― calzino, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
Jaye P. Morgan, 90.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 22:46 (one year ago) link
Roger Whittaker, 86
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 10 September 2022 06:46 (one year ago) link
I’m surprised he’s only 86! That’s first gen rocker/outlaw country age. Seems of an earlier generation.
― bendy, Sunday, 11 September 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
It's not really on-topic, but I was surprised to find out that David Whittaker - the unrelated 8-bit chiptune composer - is 65! In fact he's a year younger than Rob Hubbard. It's odd to think of the man who made the buzzy multi-channel music for all those old Codemasters "simulator" games being of pensionable age, but there you are. In comparison Tim Follin was born in 1970.
That led me to this Reddit thread, which makes me feel old: https://www.reddit.com/r/chiptunes/comments/xg2n5/what_are_some_great_chiptune_artists/
Why does it make me feel old? I have no idea who those people are. Who is Godinpants? Who is Saskrotch? Who is Shitbird? When I was young I could get by in middle-class society by knowing a little bit about Stereolab and having some friends who were clued in to Warp / Rephlex. Now it's futile. I'll never catch up.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Sunday, 11 September 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
sure you will, yr on ilx
― mark s, Sunday, 11 September 2022 19:35 (one year ago) link
Norman Podhoretz, 92.
― alimosina, Friday, 16 September 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
Vocalist Helen Merrill (92), whose first album in 1954 was arranged and conducted by 21-year-old Quincy Jones (89)
― Josefa, Friday, 16 September 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link
Wow, good one!
― Jean Arthur Rank (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 September 2022 18:17 (one year ago) link
Kenny Burrell (91)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Friday, 16 September 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
Virginia McKenna of Born Free and A Town Like Alice fame, 91
― born on the bayeux (Matt #2), Friday, 16 September 2022 18:29 (one year ago) link
I was sure Amanda Barrie had died a couple of years ago but proved wrong on her birthday this year.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Sunday, 18 September 2022 08:21 (one year ago) link
Why the fuck is Reagan Interior Secretary and noted Beach Boys hater James G. Watt still alive?
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 06:39 (one year ago) link
heh, dude was only 45 when he resigned.
I assumed he was 100 years old back then!
― pplains, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 13:20 (one year ago) link
Radio 2 DJ Pete Murray, 97.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 14:22 (one year ago) link
Bob Barker, 98
― frogbs, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
murray started on radio luxembourg in 1949
in the 70s he already seemed like part of the ageless landscape (not old exactly but definitely like he'd always been there)
― mark s, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 14:54 (one year ago) link
Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy, 97.
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
Benny from Crossroads! aka Paul Henry. Could have sworn he'd moved onward, but no.
― Witness describes moment man 'ran up to Queen's coffin' (Matt #2), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:23 (one year ago) link
Ned Rorem, 99 in two days time.
― Narada Michael Fagan (Tom D.), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:49 (one year ago) link
Frederick Forsyth, 84
― I've seen things you people wouldn't belieeeeeeve!!! (Matt #2), Friday, 23 September 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
Frederic Raphael, 91.
― Narada Michael Fagan (Tom D.), Friday, 23 September 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
After the Pharaoh Saunders news I wholly expected to have missed Marshall Allen's passing but was delighted to be wrong.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Sunday, 25 September 2022 11:45 (one year ago) link
Sonny Rollins is a mere slip of a lad in comparison.
― Narada Michael Fagan (Tom D.), Sunday, 25 September 2022 12:41 (one year ago) link
lou adler, 88, is still around
― circles, Monday, 26 September 2022 02:27 (one year ago) link
xxp saw Sun Ra Arkestra earlier this summer at Solid Sound Fest and Allen was presented with a cake onstage for his 98th birthday! Band was smokin’ too.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 26 September 2022 02:40 (one year ago) link
I notice there's a Bert I. Gordon film on tonight. He'll be 100 in September.― Doodles Diamond (Tom D.), Friday, June 3, 2022 11:52 AM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Doodles Diamond (Tom D.), Friday, June 3, 2022 11:52 AM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Unless the family is holding back bad news, he made it to 100 on 24 September.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 26 September 2022 16:56 (one year ago) link
Raoul Vaneigem, 88.
― Narada Michael Fagan (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 September 2022 11:47 (one year ago) link
he'll be happy w/how things are turning out
― mark s, Thursday, 29 September 2022 12:44 (one year ago) link
Roberta Flack, 85
― Alba, Sunday, 2 October 2022 12:45 (one year ago) link
Composer (Mission Impossible theme, among others) Lalo Schifrin, 90
Heard an interview on NPR this morning.
― nickn, Sunday, 2 October 2022 16:50 (one year ago) link
Richard Stilgoe, the UK's answer to Tom Lehrer, 79
― *wonders what he's got himself into* (Matt #2), Sunday, 2 October 2022 23:47 (one year ago) link
Jerry Lee Lewis, 87.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 October 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link