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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 13:25:11 GMT -5
Dammit.. .this one hits me HARD
from the band's FB page:
RICHARD H. KIRK 1956-2021 It is with great sadness that we confirm our great and dear friend, Richard H. Kirk has passed away. Richard was a towering creative genius who led a singular and driven path throughout his life and musical career. We will miss him so much. We ask that his family are given space at this time. Mute
R.I.P. Richard Kirk. this brings back so many incredible memories every time I hear it: as does this: and this: huge, huge loss for the Industrial/Alt scene. . even tho their most recent stuff wasn't near as brilliant as the earlier music from the late 80's
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Post by chadwilliam on Sept 21, 2021 23:52:14 GMT -5
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 22, 2021 16:46:56 GMT -5
R. I. P. Melvin Van Peebles. One of the most important black filmmakers ever. Without Van Peebles there is probably no Spike Lee or John Singletary. Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song absolutely jump-started black cinema and showed that there was an audience for black creators. He was the true bad mutha.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Sept 22, 2021 17:08:58 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Sept 22, 2021 17:40:01 GMT -5
Coincidentally, next week Criterion is releasing Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films, which includes his first four features. A must-have for me. Truly a seminal filmmaker. RIP
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Post by EdoBosnar on Sept 24, 2021 8:00:48 GMT -5
Wow. Just saw the news that character actor Willie Garson died a few days ago (Sept. 21). He was only 57 - apparently suffering from cancer for a while. He's appeared in quite a few TV shows and movies since the mid-1980s. Although not his best known role, I really liked him as the eccentric, super-intelligent con-man Mozzie in the series White Collar. RIP.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2021 10:13:22 GMT -5
^ yeah. . he was great in that.
tho he was best known as Stanford in "Sex and the City" = Carrie's GBF
but many don't realize the actor was straight. (and like Cam on "Modern Family". . the straight actors always seem to play the super effeminate men).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2021 15:54:01 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 25, 2021 6:38:06 GMT -5
Drugs are such a powerful addiction. I saw a video somewhere that stated the most powerful addiction is gambling.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 27, 2021 12:11:05 GMT -5
R. I. P. George Frayne aka Commander Cody. The good Commander and his Lost Planet Airmen were never quite as big as their influence, but they were one of the important links in the country-rock scene of the 70s. Fly high, Commander.
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 28, 2021 21:37:42 GMT -5
R. I. P. George Frayne aka Commander Cody. The good Commander and his Lost Planet Airmen were never quite as big as their influence, but they were one of the important links in the country-rock scene of the 70s. Fly high, Commander. Aw, loved Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 29, 2021 18:21:57 GMT -5
R. I. P. Tommy Kirk. The end of Old Yeller traumatized generations.
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Post by The Captain on Sept 29, 2021 18:52:04 GMT -5
R. I. P. Tommy Kirk. The end of Old Yeller traumatized generations. How was the end traumatic? They took Old Yeller to a farm and let him run around with the other dogs who were sent there, right? Right?
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Post by commond on Sept 29, 2021 22:51:55 GMT -5
Takao Saito, the creator of Golgo 13, died aged 84. The 201st volume of Golgo 13 came out in July, breaking the Guinness world record for the most volumes ever published of a single manga series..
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 29, 2021 23:41:27 GMT -5
Takao Saito, the creator of Golgo 13, died aged 84. The 201st volume of Golgo 13 came out in July, breaking the Guinness world record for the most volumes ever published of a single manga series.. Yeah, I was rather surprised, recently, when I saw it had still been going. Sadly, not much of it got translated, during the manga boom, here. We got a couple of volumes, at B&N, including one revolving around the Gulf War, and the Iraqi super-cannon project. Funny enough, Frederick Forsyth did a novel revolving around the same thing. I just kind of assumed he had retired, by the 2000s. Never quite as high profile here, other than The Professional OVA (which I had in Japanese, before the Streamline dubbed version came out). There were two issues of English-translated adventures, from Lead Publishing, in 1990 (I had the first but never found the 2nd) and then a 3-issue release from Viz in 1991, which I had complete. Always was intrigued by the series and it was always well done, if a bit formulaic. Some very creative plots, though. I still have both movies, though; the Takakura Ken one, form the early 70s (shot in Iran, under the Shah) and the later Sonny Chiba one (Operation Kowloon). Definitely one of the giants of manga.
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