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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Sept 2, 2019 22:31:05 GMT -5
R.I.P., Valerie Harper AND Franco Columbu.  I think the Mary Tyler Moore Show is probably the best sitcom in American television history and Harper was a huge part of that. I know she'd been ill for quite some time so this news isn't exactly surprising, but she was such a great actor and will, at least by this little robot, be very sadly missed. The only time I’ve seen anyone irl actually get teary about a celebrity was my mom when she talked about Valerie Harper having cancer (she would have been about 13 or so when the show first came on so I guess it was probably somewhat formative for her, and reflective in ways that are tmi for this board). |
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Post by songstarliner on Sept 11, 2019 18:56:24 GMT -5
Well hell: goodbye Daniel Johnston.
I met him once at a show. He was sitting alone at the back of the venue, waiting for his turn on stage, and I walked up and said hi. He was super super nervous - stammered a lot, didn't make eye contact - but he still signed one of his books for me and drew a quick picture of a frog.
I won't say he was a musical genius, but he surely had the seed of something brilliant inside him, something that shined through. It's a shame he was so broken, but then again it's amazing that he did so much. RIP Daniel.
Haha, I just remembered that I drove my roommate crazy when I started obsessively listening to him: 'It sounds like someone kicking a typewriter!'
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 19:21:55 GMT -5
Well hell: goodbye Daniel Johnston.
I met him once at a show. He was sitting alone at the back of the venue, waiting for his turn on stage, and I walked up and said hi. He was super super nervous - stammered a lot, didn't make eye contact - but he still signed one of his books for me and drew a quick picture of a frog.
I won't say he was a musical genius, but he surely had the seed of something brilliant inside him, something that shined through. It's a shame he was so broken, but then again it's amazing that he did so much. RIP Daniel.
Haha, I just remembered that I drove my roommate crazy when I started obsessively listening to him: 'It sounds like someone kicking a typewriter!'
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 19:24:38 GMT -5
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Post by songstarliner on Sept 11, 2019 19:31:53 GMT -5
speeding motorcycle, let's just go
speeding motorcycle
let's go let's go let's go
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Post by songstarliner on Sept 11, 2019 20:16:21 GMT -5
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Sept 11, 2019 22:20:07 GMT -5
How can it recognize you unless you step out into the light, the light?
This is my favorite version of that song. I came here to post it and "Story of an artist" and found Weary already had. I think it's worth hearing twice.
I think this might have been my introduction to Daniel Johnston, I happened to catch it when this show was first broadcast.
I hope he and Syd Barrett are co-writing in heaven tonight.
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Post by songstarliner on Sept 11, 2019 23:14:46 GMT -5
Ooooooo, I'm only twenty-two: I'll live forever ... and ever ...
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Post by Celebith on Sept 13, 2019 21:34:08 GMT -5
I wasn't a super fan of Eddie Money, but I love Ronnie Spector and thought it was cool that he referenced her and she also contributed to 'Take Me Home Tonight'. He wasn't doing much anymore, but it's still too bad he's gone.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 22:03:20 GMT -5
I wasn't a super fan of Eddie Money, but I love Ronnie Spector and thought it was cool that he referenced her and she also contributed to 'Take Me Home Tonight'. He wasn't doing much anymore, but it's still too bad he's gone. To take a rare opportunity to actually praise the Old Country, I thought their obit for Eddie Money was well-crafted and informative. I was pleased to learn he was able, with the support of his family, to kick a decades-long substance abuse problem, including a fentanyl overdose in 1981. |
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Sept 14, 2019 0:18:11 GMT -5
I wasn't a super fan of Eddie Money, but I love Ronnie Spector and thought it was cool that he referenced her and she also contributed to 'Take Me Home Tonight'. He wasn't doing much anymore, but it's still too bad he's gone. He played my town's labor day weekend festival last year, opening for Rivals Sons (whom it was clear he had never heard of until the moment he read their name to say they were playing after him). His backing band included several of his children, and while I was not a fan of his music I still feel bad for the family. |
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Post by Celebith on Sept 15, 2019 21:19:03 GMT -5
RIPC OcasekThe Cars was one of the first albums I bought on my own, and one of the first bands I recommended to my Uncle Bill, instead of the other way around. I'm pretty sure he was already aware of them, but he was cool enough to act as though he wasn't. They were an early shift away from lite rock stuff like You Light Up My Life, and disco stuff which I still liked. I listened to their boxed set collection on the drive up here and still like almost everything on it. I don't know if Moving in Stereo charted very highly before Fast Times, but I remember hearing it on WNEW (the NY AOR station) with All Mixed Up, and I'm always a bit disappointed when it just ends on modern radio. Kinda like hearing Travelin' Man without Beautiful Loser.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 21:30:41 GMT -5
RIPC OcasekThe Cars was one of the first albums I bought on my own, and one of the first bands I recommended to my Uncle Bill, instead of the other way around. I'm pretty sure he was already aware of them, but he was cool enough to act as though he wasn't. They were an early shift away from lite rock stuff like You Light Up My Life, and disco stuff which I still liked. I listened to their boxed set collection on the drive up here and still like almost everything on it. I don't know if Moving in Stereo charted very highly before Fast Times, but I remember hearing it on WNEW (the NY AOR station) with All Mixed Up, and I'm always a bit disappointed when it just ends on modern radio. Kinda like hearing Travelin' Man without Beautiful Loser. I listened to the Cars Greatest Hits album dozens of times in the mid 90s when I was painting miniatures the first time around. Always liked them a lot.  |
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Post by songstarliner on Sept 16, 2019 21:05:42 GMT -5
Ric Ocasek also produced a ton of records all through his career, including Rock for Light by Bad Brains, way, waaaaay back in 1983. I remember being absolutely delighted when I learned that - I always loved The Cars - quirky, smart, perfect late 70s new wave-turning-into-power pop music -, but then to find out he produced for one of my most favorite hardcore bands? Delightful indeed.
RIP Ric. Thanks for all the good stuff.
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Post by kitchin on Sept 18, 2019 18:35:12 GMT -5
I listened to the Cars Greatest Hits album dozens of times in the mid 90s when I was painting miniatures the first time around. Always liked them a lot. Remind me of these miniatures - have you posted pictures? |
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Post by William T. Goat, Esq. on Sept 22, 2019 13:21:43 GMT -5
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Post by Tellyfier on Sept 23, 2019 6:36:54 GMT -5
Rob Zombie's terrible movies have claimed another victim. R.I.P. Sid Haig, who should be more remembered for his apperance in countless exploitation movies instead of that turn as a killer clown (although it was the best thing in Zombie's raping and murdering Rednecks 'Trilogy')    |
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Post by Prole Hole on Oct 3, 2019 4:07:27 GMT -5
I actually only found this out today and came to see if someone had posted it, glad they have. I can't speak to having affection for the character especially but I'm sad to hear of his passing. |
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Post by Some Kind of Munster on Oct 3, 2019 10:57:00 GMT -5
RIP Kim Shattuck of The Muffs (and briefly a member of the post-Kim Deal Pixies), after a two year battle with ALS.
The band were probably best known for their cover of "Kids In America" from the Clueless soundtrack, but they also found some success with their major label debut Blonder and Blonder in 1995
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Post by Dellarigg on Oct 6, 2019 8:48:05 GMT -5
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Oct 6, 2019 18:30:44 GMT -5
Confetti will never be the same again.
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Post by Celebith on Oct 8, 2019 22:57:14 GMT -5
Confetti will never be the same again.
Dang - we've lost Rip Torn AND Rip Taylor. back to getting them confused for one another again, I guess. I miss a lot of those cheesy 70s game/panel shows. |
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Post by William T. Goat, Esq. on Oct 9, 2019 5:22:27 GMT -5
Confetti will never be the same again.
Dang - we've lost Rip Torn AND Rip Taylor. back to getting them confused for one another again, I guess. I miss a lot of those cheesy 70s game/panel shows. If you can dodge confetti, you can dodge a ball. |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Oct 13, 2019 20:09:19 GMT -5
R.I.P Robert Forrester
His Max Cherry was utterly brilliant in Jackie Brown. He and Pam Grier were superb together. He was so unfairly underappreciated for so long, it was great to see him have a resurgence. I have seen him in roles where his abilities were not used to their best, where the writing and direction just didn't understand how to use him, and I have to give Tarantino props for drawing out one of his finest performances.
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Post by songstarliner on Oct 14, 2019 0:07:09 GMT -5
R.I.P Robert Forrester
His Max Cherry was utterly brilliant in Jackie Brown. He and Pam Grier were superb together. He was so unfairly underappreciated for so long, it was great to see him have a resurgence. I have seen him in roles where his abilities were not used to their best, where the writing and direction just didn't understand how to use him, and I have to give Tarantino props for drawing out one of his finest performances.
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Nov 5, 2019 12:34:10 GMT -5
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Post by Ben Grimm on Nov 23, 2019 21:22:59 GMT -5
Michael J. Pollard died at 80. One of the great character actors of my childhood.
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