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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 27, 2023 15:29:15 GMT -5
R.I.P. Bobby Osborne, the mandolin playing half of the legendary Osborne Brothers. A bluegrass and country music legend The Osborne Brothers were legends in their own right as well as being links to Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin and the rest of the founders of bluegrass music. And I missed this one a few days back. R.I.P. Jesse McReynolds. Another link to the distant past of bluegrass and country music, McReynolds was one half of what was variously called Jim and Jesse, The McReynolds Brothers and The Virginia Boys. A great mandolin player and consummate performer who was doing 60-70 shows a year in to his 80s.
Dang it. The world of us 8-stringers just got a little smaller. I was a fan of both, Bobby slightly more so than Jesse, but they will both be missed.
I have thought a few times about buying and trying to learn to play the mandolin. When my middle son was playing guitars of various types (he still has a very nice resonator and a decent lap steel) I almost bought one. But, as I recall, I spent the money for a new snare drum for my youngest son. Maybe after retirement. I should actually dig out that lap steel and play with it. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 27, 2023 16:15:34 GMT -5
Dang it. The world of us 8-stringers just got a little smaller. I was a fan of both, Bobby slightly more so than Jesse, but they will both be missed.
I have thought a few times about buying and trying to learn to play the mandolin. When my middle son was playing guitars of various types (he still has a very nice resonator and a decent lap steel) I almost bought one. But, as I recall, I spent the money for a new snare drum for my youngest son. Maybe after retirement. I should actually dig out that lap steel and play with it.
I play about 10 different instruments with varying degrees of proficiency, but mandolin is my absolute favorite by a long shot.
If you ever decide to go down that road, I can help point you in the right direction in terms of getting your biggest bang for the buck. As you may or may not know, mandolin prices can increase geometrically by build quality. Cheap ones are usually total crap, and expensive ones can get stratospheric in price.
Unlike guitars, it's difficult to find reasonable mid-grade mandolins with a good mix of build quality and economy, but they're out there.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 27, 2023 18:18:41 GMT -5
I have thought a few times about buying and trying to learn to play the mandolin. When my middle son was playing guitars of various types (he still has a very nice resonator and a decent lap steel) I almost bought one. But, as I recall, I spent the money for a new snare drum for my youngest son. Maybe after retirement. I should actually dig out that lap steel and play with it.
I play about 10 different instruments with varying degrees of proficiency, but mandolin is my absolute favorite by a long shot.
If you ever decide to go down that road, I can help point you in the right direction in terms of getting your biggest bang for the buck. As you may or may not know, mandolin prices can increase geometrically by build quality. Cheap ones are usually total crap, and expensive ones can get stratospheric in price.
Unlike guitars, it's difficult to find reasonable mid-grade mandolins with a good mix of build quality and economy, but they're out there.
Dude, you look like Burl Ives. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 27, 2023 18:23:40 GMT -5
I play about 10 different instruments with varying degrees of proficiency, but mandolin is my absolute favorite by a long shot.
If you ever decide to go down that road, I can help point you in the right direction in terms of getting your biggest bang for the buck. As you may or may not know, mandolin prices can increase geometrically by build quality. Cheap ones are usually total crap, and expensive ones can get stratospheric in price.
Unlike guitars, it's difficult to find reasonable mid-grade mandolins with a good mix of build quality and economy, but they're out there.
Dude, you look like Burl Ives.
Maybe I'll get the gig if Rankin-Bass ever does a Rudolph re-make-- I'd probably look pretty good as a snowman.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 27, 2023 18:30:58 GMT -5
Dude, you look like Burl Ives.
Maybe I'll get the gig if Rankin-Bass ever does a Rudolph re-make-- I'd probably look pretty good as a snowman.
You’re a class act for not deleting your account … |
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 27, 2023 18:45:25 GMT -5
Maybe I'll get the gig if Rankin-Bass ever does a Rudolph re-make-- I'd probably look pretty good as a snowman.
You’re a class act for not deleting your account …
Self-deprecation and humility are the trickiest and most elusive of all skills-- not enough, and you come off as totally pompous; too much and people think you have self-esteem issues. It's a fine line, and I have stepped off to either side at various points in my life. I'm far from perfect, but you didn't hear that from me. 
And I've never been into self-deletion... I heard that will make you go blind and grow hairy palms. No, wait...
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 27, 2023 18:52:44 GMT -5
In this world, if you can’t laugh at yourself you will have a very hard time living in it.
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Post by Calidore on Jun 27, 2023 19:01:24 GMT -5
It has been confirmed that the body found Saturday by a hiker on Mt. Baldy was actor Julian Sands, missing since January. He was 65.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 27, 2023 19:45:43 GMT -5
It has been confirmed that the body found Saturday by a hiker on Mt. Baldy was actor Julian Sands, missing since January. He was 65. R.I.P. Your statement of where he was found freaked me out though. Bald Mountain, aka Big Baldy, is the primary ski mountain in Sun Valley. I couldn’t figure out how I hadn’t heard about it. |
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Post by foxley on Jun 27, 2023 20:04:38 GMT -5
It has been confirmed that the body found Saturday by a hiker on Mt. Baldy was actor Julian Sands, missing since January. He was 65. I have been expecting this news since he went missing, but it is still a blow. He was a fantastic actor. So many great movies: A Room with a View, The Killing Fields, Warlock, Arachnophobia, Naked Lunch, Leaving Las Vegas, Crooked House...
One of his more obscure ones I can recommend is Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt. Ignore the lurid title. It as actually a psychological thriller loosely based on the case of Spain's first documented serial killer, with Sands giving a performance that is both chilling and magnetic as the title character.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 28, 2023 22:23:52 GMT -5
In this world, if you can’t laugh at yourself you will have a very hard time living in it. That explains why my life's been so easy. |
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Post by badwolf on Jun 29, 2023 19:08:28 GMT -5
It has been confirmed that the body found Saturday by a hiker on Mt. Baldy was actor Julian Sands, missing since January. He was 65. I completely missed this, even though a radio show I was listening to was featuring music from his films. I'd assumed it was his birthday.  I've liked him ever since Gothic.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 29, 2023 20:11:42 GMT -5
RIP to Canadian nurse and sex educator Sue Johanson.....  Her father was a decorated veteran of the British Army and her mother came from an affluent family, but died when Sue was 10. Sue earned her nursing degree at St Boniface Hospital, in Winnipeg. In 1970, Johanson opened the first birth control clinic, at Don Mills CI high school, in Toronto, the first clinic of its kind. She worked there as coordinator for 18 years. In the 1980s, Johanson gained fame and popularity as a radio call-in show host, on Q-107, in Toronto, with the Sunday Night Sex Show, transitioning to television, where her show was eventually picked up by the Oxygen cable network. Johanson was fearless in discussing sex topics, whether it was consumer advice about sex toys, describing to a caller the correct method to perform fellatio, or to discuss STDs. I saw her show on Oxygen, and was flabergasted as the seemingly good-natured little old woman proceeded to openly and directly discuss sexual matters, without irony or embarrassment, making Dr Ruth look like a prude, by comparison. She later made appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Late Show With David Letterman, and the Tonight Show With Jay Leno, usually leaving the comedians red in the face, but always laughing. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 30, 2023 9:37:54 GMT -5
R. I. P. Oscar winner (and four time nominee) Alan Arkin. Arkin was a super versatile actor, equally adept at comedy and drama. I really enjoyed him in the recent Netflix series The Kominsky Method.  |
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Post by foxley on Jun 30, 2023 9:53:56 GMT -5
R. I. P. Oscar winner (and four time nominee) Alan Arkin. Arkin was a super versatile actor, equally adept at comedy and drama. I really enjoyed him in the recent Netflix series The Kominsky Method. He was Peevy in The Rocketeer movie, which I think was his only comic book role.
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