R.I.P.s

[Low D]

Justin Townes Earle, only 38 years old.

Oh my. That's far too young, very sad news indeed. We saw him at the Cambridge folkfest a few years ago now...

RIP

I'm just realizing now how young he was first time I saw him play. He did 8 full length albums in 9 years in constantly evolving styles.

He was a monster picker. Had a sledgehammer tatooed on his right thumb, apparantly, a reference to Guy Clark's characterization of his picking style.

[leadshoes]

Czech film director and sometimes actor Jiří Menzel, who directed two of my favorite movies back in the sixties, died yesterday at age 82.
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[Frances]

Justin Townes Earle, only 38 years old.

Oh no.

Damn.

[firehazard]

Diana Rigg, actor, aged 82. RIP

Farewell Mrs Peel. You will always be kicking bad guys' asses in my mind.

And probably always doing, ahem, other things in my dreams. And those of many others of a certain age.

Dammit

[leadshoes]

Diana Rigg, actor, aged 82. RIP

Farewell Mrs Peel. You will always be kicking bad guys' asses in my mind.

And probably always doing, ahem, other things in my dreams. And those of many others of a certain age.

Dammit

Yep, you already know that was TMI, much too much.

Anyway, it made me wonder about John Steed/Patrick MacNee's earlier ass-kicking sidekick Cathy Gale, played by Honor Blackman. I found out she also died this year at age 94 on April 5th. Two cool ladies with cool names. And good timing, they're lucky to both be gone from this crazy place.

[Frances]

Yep, you already know that was TMI, much too much.



And good timing, they're lucky to both be gone from this crazy place.

Your incessant mantra that everyone is better off gone is annoying as fuck.

But that's why you continue to do it.



You're calling TMI?

Coming from this forum's ever-ready death and demise celebrating hobgoblin?

Grow up.

[firehazard]

Yep, you already know that was TMI, much too much.

Really? Good grief.

[Low D]

Diana Rigg, actor, aged 82. RIP

Farewell Mrs Peel. You will always be kicking bad guys' asses in my mind.

And probably always doing, ahem, other things in my dreams. And those of many others of a certain age.

Dammit

So I am not old enough to have had her be my teenage wet dream BUT her turn as aged matriarch Oleana Tyrell in Game of Thrones was the favourite GoT character in our household, hands down. So clearly she made a career portraying powerful women.

[firehazard]

So I am not old enough to have had her be my teenage wet dream BUT her turn as aged matriarch Oleana Tyrell in Game of Thrones was the favourite GoT character in our household, hands down. So clearly she made a career portraying powerful women.

One of the great joyous revelations of recent years is that Mme firehazard also, erm, appreciated Ms Rigg's allure. But whatever, she was a great actor. Throughout a long career. As well as, and it is a truth universally acknowledged, a fantasy figure for many of an era.

[Mike from Boston]

19th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks

Susan Mackay was a VP for TJ Maxx.

My thoughts are with my old goalie buddy Glenn, who lost his father, Richard Morgan, who actually left his home in NJ after the crash and reported to the Emergency Bunker under the WTC and was killed when they collapsed.

I also remember John Ogonowski, the pilot of American Airline Flight 11, whose farm is down the road from my house.

"Ace" Bailey and Mark Bavis, LA Kings scouts, both of whom I watched play hockey numerous times over the years with the Boston Bruins and BU, respectively.

Daniel Lewin, Israeli Special Forces, MIT Grad and co-Founder of Akamei Technologies. On board AA Flt 11, believed to have been the first person stabbed and killed

Also, young David DiMeglio, from my hometown of Wakefield.

All the first responders who are succumbing to dreadful cancers.

Never forget...

[DzM]

19th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks

Susan Mackay was a VP for TJ Maxx.

My thoughts are with my old goalie buddy Glenn, who lost his father, Richard Morgan, who actually left his home in NJ after the crash and reported to the Emergency Bunker under the WTC and was killed when they collapsed.

I also remember John Ogonowski, the pilot of American Airline Flight 11, whose farm is down the road from my house.

"Ace" Bailey and Mark Bavis, LA Kings scouts, both of whom I watched play hockey numerous times over the years with the Boston Bruins and BU, respectively.

Daniel Lewin, Israeli Special Forces, MIT Grad and co-Founder of Akamei Technologies. On board AA Flt 11, believed to have been the first person stabbed and killed

Also, young David DiMeglio, from my hometown of Wakefield.

All the first responders who are succumbing to dreadful cancers.

Never forget...

[Low D]

All the first responders who are succumbing to dreadful cancers.

Never forget...

And never forget the hypocritical bunch of bastards who used the suffering of these heroes to further their own political agenda and then turned around and denied health coverage to said heroes. EVERY ONE of them AND their party shoulda been run into the ditch.

Update: Trump administration currently accused of siphoning $4 million dollars from this hard-won program.

Honour the dead, fight like hell for the living.

[leadshoes]

Yep, you already know that was TMI, much too much.



And good timing, they're lucky to both be gone from this crazy place.

Your incessant mantra that everyone is better off gone is annoying as fuck.

But that's why you continue to do it.

You're calling TMI?

Coming from this forum's ever-ready death and demise celebrating hobgoblin?

Grow up.

It's fucking true if you're not a creep in this world. And the feeling is mutual. I think you're annoying as fuck with your total hypocrisy about so many things. You think you're so goddamn open-minded and forward-thinking, but you go around making baseless assumptions about people when it's exactly what the establishment (including Trump) wants, for people to keep each other in line so they don't have to. They especially love when people like ODB get dismissed as mentally ill so no one takes his concerns about the FBI harassing him seriously.
And yeah, I'm free to call TMI when guys are being creeps and reminding us that there are even more creeps out there.

[firehazard]

And yeah, I'm free to call TMI when guys are being creeps and reminding us that there are even more creeps out there.

Well goodness me. And if you really think that was TMI, you're filling in a lot of gaps. Your imagination is obviously even filthier than mine.

[firehazard]

Anyway, respectfully back on thread.

Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, 77. RIP

Great musician and brilliant stage performer, he'll be sadly missed.

Was lucky enough to see him twice. Both times were great nights, even though on the last occasion I did get involved in a bit of an, erm, unfortunate altercation with some skinheads.