Futtocks Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Science Fiction author Greg Bear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Bear Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Wilko Johnson The template for the frenetic bug eyed punk guitarist and a genuine old fashioned eccentric https://youtu.be/RqqKJzmWET4 1 1 "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ullman Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 23 minutes ago, Phil said: Wilko Johnson The template for the frenetic bug eyed punk guitarist and a genuine old fashioned eccentric https://youtu.be/RqqKJzmWET4 Just heard the sad news from a mate. Wilko was one of the greatest live performers I've ever seen. 2 "I'm from a fishing family. Trawlermen are like pirates with biscuits." - Lucy Beaumont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Phil said: Wilko Johnson The template for the frenetic bug eyed punk guitarist and a genuine old fashioned eccentric https://youtu.be/RqqKJzmWET4 Met him a couple of times through work. Thoroughly decent guy. 2 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Great guitarist, great sound. I saw him a few times over the years, the last time at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge. 2 Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivans82 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Wilko Johnson was a great guitarist , He is what made Dr Feelgoods live album "Stupidity" one of the best live albums ever released . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 David Johnson. Liverpool and England. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Wolford6 said: Great guitarist, great sound. I saw him a few times over the years, the last time at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge. Seen him in my youth. Glad I made the effort to see him in Leeds three years or so ago. One of my all time fav guitarists and all round top bloke. Proper gutted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindle xiii Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 A bit late and very random; Jason David Frank, 49, from the 1990's Power Rangers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Oil City. Brilliant Dr Feelgood documentary on Sky Arts last night. 2 Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 09/11/2022 at 10:20, Futtocks said: Dan McCafferty, Nazareth singer: https://www.nme.com/news/music/former-nazareth-frontman-dan-mccafferty-has-died-aged-76-3345250 Really great singer and a really great live band. Nazareth guitarist Manny Charlton died this year as well. One of those who had his own sound. 1 Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Irene Carer. Only 63 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmduck Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Just now, Robin Evans said: Irene Carer. Only 63 years old. It's Cara actually. I hate to be wholly inappropriate but wasn't one of her most famous lines, "Fame, I'm gonna live forever." Apparently not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Industria ditat Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Doddie Weir 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Roughyed Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, Industria ditat said: Doddie Weir Very sad news. 1 1 With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 28 minutes ago, Industria ditat said: Doddie Weir Sad news. He had the same thing as Rob Burrow, didn't he? Such a horrible disease. 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Farmduck said: It's Cara actually. I hate to be wholly inappropriate but wasn't one of her most famous lines, "Fame, I'm gonna live forever." Apparently not. Fame was such a massive TV phenomenon at the time, and she was right at the heart of it. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tonks Sidestep Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 29 minutes ago, Futtocks said: Sad news. He had the same thing as Rob Burrow, didn't he? Such a horrible disease. Yes. I've personally known 2 people to have had and died from MND and it really is something I would not wish on even my worst enemy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said: Yes. I've personally known 2 people to have had and died from MND and it really is something I would not wish on even my worst enemy. I can only hope if I suffered the same sort of horrors as Rob Burrow and Doddie Weir that I'd have ten percent of the courage and dignity they showed 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Roughyed Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 1 With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ullman Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 18 hours ago, Industria ditat said: Doddie Weir That's desperately sad news. Always came across as such a nice bloke. "I'm from a fishing family. Trawlermen are like pirates with biscuits." - Lucy Beaumont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Albert Pyun, a solid-gold legend of B-Movies. https://variety.com/2022/film/obituaries-people-news/albert-pyun-dead-nemesis-cyborg-captain-america-1235173286/ Here's one of his better-funded efforts, and it's a ton of fun (video not embedded, due to brief nudity): https://youtu.be/0Kt1UvRodIQ Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tonks Sidestep Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who came to power after the Tiananmen Square protests, has died at 96. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63805991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Ex Liverpool FC Ray Kennedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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