November 27, 20241 yr RIP Jim.... When I was I think 13, my brother got a friend and me into Kentucky Fried Movie. Little did I know then that the makers would become some of my favorite comedy film creators! Need to watch Top Secret and Police Squad (TV series) again now....
December 18, 20241 yr RIP Zakir Hussain way too young at 73. The tabla legend (and son of a legend) crossed so many musical boundaries and was amazing to see perform. He also seemed like a really nice man at SFJAZZ events. Our own prodigal member @neilvg did some work with him and but I don't know if he'll even get pinged from this reference. In any event, RIP to the legend. https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/zakir-hussain-hindustani-scion-extended-reach-19982466.php
December 21, 20241 yr RIP Rickey Henderson at 65. All time base stealer whose record is likely bullet proof. He was a lot of fun to watch, even if he was on the A's.
December 24, 20241 yr RIP Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld editor and hardware journalist. He made occasional appearances on the GamersNexus YouTube channel. His spicy takes and ability to lambast industry incompetence and malfeasance was the stuff of legend. Pancreatic cancer is one of the absolute worst.
December 29, 20241 yr President Jimmy Carter, dead at 100. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/29/us/jimmy-carter?unlocked_article_code=1.lE4.Aru4.NIudrh593S5d&smid=url-share https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-dies-18c198c20352c835bca3eec276020dd7 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/jimmy-carter-dead-longest-lived-us-president https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce98937nrqrt
December 30, 20241 yr JC was our best ex-president. I worked for him 1994, building houses in Mississippi.
January 12, 20251 yr RIP Sam, of Sam and Dave. These guys were absolutely molten in their time, and their Stax hits will live forever. Not much of a career after, but we'll always have "Soul Man," "Hold on I'm Comin'," and the rest.
January 12, 20251 yr Very true Adam....RIP to Sam.... RIP to Peter Yarrow as well..... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-yarrow-dies-age-86-peter-paul-and-mary/
January 13, 20251 yr Peter Yarrow was officially or unofficially the godfather of Claire's step cousin. We attended her wedding years ago and Peter played and sang Puff the Magic Dragon at the reception. Nice man.
January 13, 20251 yr RIP to photographer Oliviero Toscani, probably most famous for his photo contributions to the United Colors of Benetton: United Colors of Benetton - Official Website Edited January 13, 20251 yr by jpelg
January 13, 20251 yr Adding Magnum photographer Constantine Manos, who also passed away about a week ago. https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/remembering-constantine-manos-1934-2025/ Edited January 13, 20251 yr by blessingx
January 13, 20251 yr Nice picture, that looks familiar 😉 From times that I was a kid, or perhaps not even born.
January 15, 20251 yr RIP Tony Slattery. Who is that? Well back in '79 or thereabouts we went to see the Cambridge Footlights, a showcase for comedy and acting from Cambridge University Undergrads. Traditionally participants have gone on to greatness. Been running since 1886 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footlights . The one we saw - in Southampton - had Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson in it. Aged 20 or 21 at that point. Each of them went on to greatness. This is them back then. Slattery is the guy in the pale sweater. After footlights he had a burst of fame in a satirical review show on the TV - and then nothing. Totally off the radar. Unrecognizable now, he was making a slow come back. He'd spent the intervening 40 years in dependency and mental illness. No sooner was he getting modestly confident in front of an audience, that he had a heart attack and died, aged 65.
January 16, 20251 yr David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/16/david-lynch-twin-peaks-and-muholland-drive-director-dies-aged-78
January 16, 20251 yr RIP David Lynch, just shy of his 79th birthday(!) I was never a huge fan of his work, but it was clear from the get-go that he was a true auteur with a very uncompromised vision. EDIT: Ninja'd by dsavitsk Edited January 16, 20251 yr by Knuckledragger
January 16, 20251 yr Oh no! My favorite director ever. Will have more thoughts later but RIP, David. This one is a shock. Twin Peaks is my favorite show ever. Blue Velvet, Elephant Man, and Mulholland all stone cold classics. 😢 Edited January 16, 20251 yr by TMoney
January 16, 20251 yr Sad - I was getting ready to watch Mulholland Drive soon, I guess it will be sooner.. RIP David.
January 16, 20251 yr RIP Bob Uecker who passed at the tender age of 90. He delivered one of my favorite voice lines in all of cinema:
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