May 28, 20179 yr I was just listening to Melisa and Mountain Jam on my drive to Florida earlier today. RIP Gregg...you are truly transcendence. Edited May 28, 20179 yr by purk
May 28, 20179 yr Man this sucks, RIP Gregg. I have seen the ABB more times than any other band and they never failed to hit the note! Man 69 is just too damn young to go.
May 29, 20179 yr RIP Gregg, Roger and the victims in Manchester. Fuck 2017 and fuck stupid terrorist Fucks!
May 29, 20179 yr RIP, Gregg. Eat a Peach...countless listens to that gem. This one seems befitting. Godspeed.... HS
May 29, 20179 yr RIP John Noakes. He is probably only known to Brits of a certain age, but he was one of the presenters on a Children's magazine programme called Blue Peter in the 60's and 70's, and was a must watch (it is still running!) Noakes was known as a high risk guy - on one show he climbed Nelson's column with the pigeon shit cleaning team. Up a set of wooden ladders, including an overhang at the plinth. With no safety gear, harness, hard had etc - and wearing the 70's fashion statement of bell bottomed trousers. Died at age 83 after a battle with Alzheimers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40083025 And this has the Nelson's Column sequence.
June 10, 20179 yr Oh no.... Iconic figure in my early years. So good at that twisted role and series. Worked for me in the early '70's. Godspeed, Adam... HS
June 10, 20179 yr Oh bugger. Adam West. More recently the voice of Mayor Adam West in Family Guy. RIP Batman
June 10, 20179 yr 88 years is a pretty damn good run. Adam West was one of those dues who became cooler the older he got.
June 10, 20179 yr RIP Adam West.....and yeah, he got even better with age. I think he both took himself too seriously AND was self-deprecating all at once.
June 11, 20179 yr Author Sad news, RIP, Caped Crusader. You sure had me believing. Batman trio (with Burt Ward Julie Newmar) 2015 with some random dude who seeks celeb pics standing in back. Edited June 11, 20179 yr by Wmcmanus
June 15, 20179 yr RIP the 12 confirmed dead in an horrendous fire in a 24 storey block of flats in London. Fire broke out in one flat, and rapidly spread to others. A refurbishment was complete a couple of years ago, including an external cladding, which turned out to be flammable. No sprinklers, single stairwell. Not in a third world country - in London. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/14/fire-24-storey-grenfell-tower-block-white-city-latimer-road-london Many dozens in hospital, the rest escaped in night attire.
June 15, 20179 yr Death toll has risen to 17, and likely to rise significantly further (some floors are still smouldering with local fires still burning). 37 in hospital with 17 in critical care. Astonishingly there seems to be no good data about how many people were in the building.
June 15, 20179 yr Apparently the contractor had that block of flats on their website as a selling point for their services. They have since removed it. Someone, or possibly several will be prosecuted for certain. And since this is "social housing" it is managed by a company wholly owned by Kensington council. So heads will also roll in public office too. A litany of corner cutting, incompetence, and not enough money. Currently getting on for a hundred not accounted for, although to date only 17 have been confirmed - the news just gets worse.
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