September 17, 20196 yr RIP Cokie Roberts. I loved her voice and her approach to journalism and her style. Fuck cancer. https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/761050916/cokie-roberts-pioneering-female-journalist-who-helped-shape-npr-dies-at-75 Edited September 17, 20196 yr by Voltron
September 17, 20196 yr A very sad day for journalism in America indeed! RIP Cokie! I'll miss your insight and kind voice.
September 17, 20196 yr RIP Cokie - I use to watch her all the time on "This Week with David Brinkley" back in the day. She will be missed.
September 24, 20196 yr Aron Eisenberg, aka Nog the Ferengi, frequently quoting The Rules Of Acquisition, dead at 50. RIP, Nog.
September 25, 20196 yr I didn't see this posted so I'll do it RiP Sid Haig... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/movies/sid-haig-dead-captain-spaulding.html I'm a big captain spaulding fan. Devil's Rejects is GOLD.
September 25, 20196 yr RIP Robert, Aron, and Sid..... For the latter, I liked House of 1,000 Corpses as well as Devil's Rejects
September 25, 20196 yr House of 1,000 Corpses was the first movie Zoe ever went to in theatres (at 6 months old.) I wound up watching that movie 50-100 times, and definitely appreciated the Captain. RIP, Sid.
September 28, 20196 yr Rough run, but he did not take the easy path. RIP Mr. Wilson. RIP Sid and Aron. Godspeed RH.... HS
September 28, 20196 yr RIP Mr. Wilson. I'll always admire you for doing what so few in Washington do these days, showing integrity.
September 28, 20196 yr RIP Joseph Wilson. Also admired his desire to do the right thing. Showed (once again) a very nasty side of politics, with everything he and his wife had to endure....
October 1, 20196 yr RIP Jessye Norman, one of the finest classical sopranos there have been. In full glory as Sieglinde in die Walkure https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49887748
October 1, 20196 yr And in two of my absolute favourite pieces - the finale Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, and Im Abendrot from Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, both of which bring me to tears.
October 1, 20196 yr RIP Jessye... her Four Last Songs recording/performance was wonderful. Funny, I saw the CSO do the Nielsen 4th earlier this year, paired with Four Last Songs. The soprano on that couldn't hold a candle to Ms. Norman. Edited October 2, 20196 yr by Pars
October 1, 20196 yr RIP Jessye RIP Super Rhyme, aka Jimmy Spicer https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/arts/music/jimmy-spicer-dead.amp.html
October 1, 20196 yr RIP Rhymes.. RIP Jessye... Will listen to one of the recordings I have when I get home. (ed: oops - I meant the copy of Lohengrin) Edited October 1, 20196 yr by mikeymad
October 2, 20196 yr I must buy that - the whole idea of Domingo and Norman in Lohengrin is just too awesome. We were lucky enough to see one of the other three tenors - Jose Carreras - in one of Hampton Court Palace quadrangles, maybe 20 years ago. We had seats in about row four (on a corporate hospitality junket). In my rush to get to our seats, Carole said "did you see who you just shouldered out of the way?" - "er, no" "John Cleese". Oops. He was about ten rows behind us... That was one hell of a treat. VIP seats dead centre about ten feet from Carreras, with piano accompaniment.
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