(Sorry; I wrote this some time back but apparently neglected to hit "post." I'm still sorry he's left us though. His poem was read by my first class of the semester Tuesday night.
He may have been 96 but it still feels as though he was taken too soon.
Oddly enough, he came as an after-dinner speaker to a big conference when I worked for the Big Computer Company. He was like Krusty the Klown on that occasion - completely inappropriate material for an audience at least 50% female
I have never been able to think of him in the same way as everyone else ...
He may have been 96 but it still feels as though he was taken too soon.
Oddly enough, he came as an after-dinner speaker to a big conference when I worked for the Big Computer Company. He was like Krusty the Klown on that occasion - completely inappropriate material for an audience at least 50% female
I have never been able to think of him in the same way as everyone else ...
People have been surprised by Kenneth McKellar too. And as for Bob Monkhouse, some of his material never got near broadcast.
There's a very, very er... lively version of "The Ball of Kirriemuir" by Kenneth McKellar that I have a feeling North East Quine posted a link to on here once. It was most definitely NIACWSFW (Not In Any Conceivable Way Suitable For Work)
There's a very, very er... lively version of "The Ball of Kirriemuir" by Kenneth McKellar that I have a feeling North East Quine posted a link to on here once. It was most definitely NIACWSFW (Not In Any Conceivable Way Suitable For Work)
The farmer's boy he was there
Swinging on a gate.
He struggled with the social niceties involved in impromptu casual couplings and therefore had to fall back on entertaining himself.
Joe Coulombe has died at 89. You probably know him better as "Trader Joe," founder of the chain of stores described by the New York Times as "equal parts gourmet shop, discount warehouse and Tiki trading post."
Ernesto Cardinal has died (1 March 2020), see e.g. here. Nicaraguan priest, poet, revolutionary and long-time government minister, he was one of the 'saviours' of my undernourished teenage mind.
His poems and other books, given to me by a well-meaning young RC priest, started me on a long journey to discovery, and which is ungoing. They showed me that revolution is not just an adolescent's dream, but all humanity's, and that there is more to words than just facts, and that poetry and artistic creativity can in fact transcend it all.
Last May, avoiding the General Assembly service in St. Giles, I was in his church (which was where I met my husband, long before he was minister there) and he had a very good but elaborate children's talk. about Peter and the vision of the unclean animals. He looked around the church and quipped "Of course it is the week when you go to a lot of trouble for the children that they don't turn up..." He was such a good minister for that congregation, which I know well.
Some years ago at the Toronto International Film Festival I saw him host a special presentation of an archival print of Virgin Spring. He did a Q&A afterward, starting off by saying that it was long ago that he worked with Bergman on that film, and that he was uncertain how much he could answer about the film. He prowled the stage with considerable energy, and could remember in great detail how they composed certain shots, resolved certain problems, etc. Bergman had just recently died, and von Sydow was asked to recall something of their friendship, and it was the only moment of the evening when he faltered, and then, only slightly. He said after pausing, "No. It's too soon." He was in great form. It was a delight to see such a master.
I was unaware of Roy Hudd, and just read his obituary on The Guardian website. He sounds lovely, and his grandmother a formidable woman. I would have liked to have known them both.
David Colling the actor has died - he was the voice of Monkey in the dubbed version of the 1970s Japanese TV series (I think he was Lin Chung in The Water Margin, too) and played several characters on Doctor Who, as well as Silver in Sapphire and Steel.
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He may have been 96 but it still feels as though he was taken too soon.
I loved his voice when listening to reports from the BBC.
RIPARIG - he'll be able to teach any awkward Apprentice Angels how to enunciate properly...
Oddly enough, he came as an after-dinner speaker to a big conference when I worked for the Big Computer Company. He was like Krusty the Klown on that occasion - completely inappropriate material for an audience at least 50% female
I have never been able to think of him in the same way as everyone else ...
People have been surprised by Kenneth McKellar too. And as for Bob Monkhouse, some of his material never got near broadcast.
Well, well. A generation, perhaps fortunately, passing away...
Yes, yes I did!
IS OUTRAGE!
eta: how did we get on to that in the course of a thread for short obituaries?
I learned it at Guide camp
Swinging on a gate.
He struggled with the social niceties involved in impromptu casual couplings and therefore had to fall back on entertaining himself.
According to the obits, he once said that he opened the chain to serve "the overeducated and underpaid." I hollered "Brother!"
His poems and other books, given to me by a well-meaning young RC priest, started me on a long journey to discovery, and which is ungoing. They showed me that revolution is not just an adolescent's dream, but all humanity's, and that there is more to words than just facts, and that poetry and artistic creativity can in fact transcend it all.
RIP.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/18279106.obituary-peter-macdonald-radical-church-scotland-minister-whose-brilliance-preacher-inspired-many-people/
Only 61, and with so much still to offer.
Some years ago at the Toronto International Film Festival I saw him host a special presentation of an archival print of Virgin Spring. He did a Q&A afterward, starting off by saying that it was long ago that he worked with Bergman on that film, and that he was uncertain how much he could answer about the film. He prowled the stage with considerable energy, and could remember in great detail how they composed certain shots, resolved certain problems, etc. Bergman had just recently died, and von Sydow was asked to recall something of their friendship, and it was the only moment of the evening when he faltered, and then, only slightly. He said after pausing, "No. It's too soon." He was in great form. It was a delight to see such a master.
The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris, Anglican Communion’s first female bishop, dies at 89.
:votive:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52016721
I spot on another tribute to him that "These Roman's are crazy!" is 'Sono pazzi questi romani' in Italian
SPQR!