Right wing conspiracy theorist Philip Haney has died. He was convinced that his fellows in the Obama-era Department of Homeland Security were covering up for terrorists. His death was originally attributed to a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but later the Sheriff's Department walked that back and said they hadn't officially determined a cause of death yet. He would have wanted it that way.
Priest, poet and politician from Nicaragua, Ernesto Cardenal, has died.
Funny how he had completely vanished from my radar these past years, or even... decades. I wouldn't even have had him on my list, had I done one this year!
No link - the only ones I can see are to papers I don't link to - Dave "Tremedous Knowledge" Rainford from Eggheads has died aged 51. Quite a bit younger than me. He always seemed like a decent sort of chap.
I always thought it was kinda far-fetched that Father Merrin got called in to exorcise the same demon that he had accidently set loose in northern Iraq. I assume they wanted to fulfill the foreshadowing scene of him facing down the idol in the desert, but if that's the theme they were going for, they should have made it more part of the story, ie. Merrin slowiy coming to the horrified realization that he is the indirect cause of Megan's anguish.
A little delayed on this one, but it looks like nobody else has posted it: Lyle Waggoner who appeared on the Carol Burnett Show and was "Steve Trevor" on the 1970s "Wonder Woman" TV show, has died.
A talented artist whose release in 1969 of Ruby (Don't take your love to town) gave much greater circulation to the first pop single to address the subject of the Vietnam War.
It's just a pity that our weekly singing session has stopped for the duration - Bob the organiser does a good version of The Gambler, with his gravelly voice.
A talented artist whose release in 1969 of Ruby (Don't take your love to town) gave much greater circulation to the first pop single to address the subject of the Vietnam War.
Wikipedia lists the original version of Ruby as being recorded by Waylon Jennings in 1966, with Johnnie Darrell's cover topping the charts in 1967.
Hello Vietnam had already been released prior to that, in 1965, and is much more explicitly about Vietnam(*). Though Rogers' version of Ruby, due to its timing, likely became more closely associated with the backlash against the war, whereas Hello Vietnam probably didn't attain that sort of association until it was used in Full Metal Jacket in 1987.
(*) In fact, the phrase "that old crazy Asian war" might imply that it is Korea, not Vietnam, being referenced in Ruby.
So, I guess we know what condition his condition was in.
My favourite track by Rogers, though a little ironically. The synopsis of the life of its author, Mickey Newbury is fairly interesting.
Yeah, I think that's my favorite of his, too. The later stuff that he's better known for, I tend to associate with that late-70s pop-country revival, which turned me off the genre for quite some time. The Gambler is definitely a singable tune, but it's really hard for me not to slate it into the general milieu of B.J. And The Bear.
Thanks for the heads-up on Newbury. I might try to give some of his stuff a listen.
Covid claims one of the greats of African music, Manu Dibango.
I posted about this yesterday on the General Goodbyes and RIPS thread. Manu Dibango's music is playing on all the local radio stations, brilliant saxophone work.
RIP Eddie. Their style of humour feels very dated now, but they were very good, very funny. They were still doing some of the celebrity circuit in the last few years (Pointless for example).
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That is a sad loss - he was a true crazy aristocrat. His son and wife are much better estate managers, but less fun (although Mrs Bath was on Strictly).
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Funny how he had completely vanished from my radar these past years, or even... decades. I wouldn't even have had him on my list, had I done one this year!
[Fixed broken link - la vie en rouge, Circus Host]
I used to listen to him an Geoff on Absolute. RIP Pete.
Vague shape in a cemetery (3,2,4,2,5)
So, I guess we know what condition his condition was in.
Wikipedia lists the original version of Ruby as being recorded by Waylon Jennings in 1966, with Johnnie Darrell's cover topping the charts in 1967.
Hello Vietnam had already been released prior to that, in 1965, and is much more explicitly about Vietnam(*). Though Rogers' version of Ruby, due to its timing, likely became more closely associated with the backlash against the war, whereas Hello Vietnam probably didn't attain that sort of association until it was used in Full Metal Jacket in 1987.
(*) In fact, the phrase "that old crazy Asian war" might imply that it is Korea, not Vietnam, being referenced in Ruby.
Yeah, I think that's my favorite of his, too. The later stuff that he's better known for, I tend to associate with that late-70s pop-country revival, which turned me off the genre for quite some time. The Gambler is definitely a singable tune, but it's really hard for me not to slate it into the general milieu of B.J. And The Bear.
Thanks for the heads-up on Newbury. I might try to give some of his stuff a listen.
I posted about this yesterday on the General Goodbyes and RIPS thread. Manu Dibango's music is playing on all the local radio stations, brilliant saxophone work.
Bill Rieflin, drummer for, among others, R.E.M. and King Crimson has performed his last paradiddle today aged 59. A great musician.
RIP.
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The key word there was "non-existent".
And the third UK nurse, and five London bus workers
That is a sad loss - he was a true crazy aristocrat. His son and wife are much better estate managers, but less fun (although Mrs Bath was on Strictly).