Irish Saint Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor but because we cannot satisfy the rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivans82 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Raymond Froggatt singer songwriter died aged 81 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 17 hours ago, Irish Saint said: Being reported that Sinead O' Connor 56 has sadly passed away. Rest in Peace Sinead you were a tortured soul but with a heart of gold. Morrissey can, sometimes,talk a lot of but this is absolutely spot on… “She had only so much ‘self’ to give. She was dropped by her label after selling 7 million albums for them. She became crazed, yes, but uninteresting, never. She had done nothing wrong. She had proud vulnerability … and there is a certain music industry hatred for singers who don’t ‘fit in’ and they are never praised until death - when, finally, they can’t answer back. The cruel playpen of fame gushes with praise for Sinead today … with the usual moronic labels of “icon” and “legend”. You praise her now ONLY because it is too late. You hadn’t the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you. The press will label artists as pests because of what they withhold … and they would call Sinead sad, fat, shocking, insane … oh but not today! Music CEOs who had put on their most charming smile as they refused her for their roster are queuing-up to call her a “feminist icon”, and 15 minute celebrities and goblins from hell and record labels of artificially aroused diversity are squeezing onto Twitter to twitter their jibber-jabber … when it was YOU who talked Sinead into giving up … because she refused to be labelled, and she was degraded, as those few who move the world are always degraded. Why is ANYBODY surprised that Sinead O’Connor is dead? Who cared enough to save Judy Garland, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Marilyn Monroe, Billie Holiday? Where do you go when death can be the best outcome? Was this music madness worth Sinead’s life? No, it wasn’t. She was a challenge, and she couldn’t be boxed-up, and she had the courage to speak when everyone else stayed safely silent. She was harassed simply for being herself. Her eyes finally closed in search of a soul she could call her own. As always, the lamestreamers miss the ringing point, and with locked jaws they return to the insultingly stupid “icon” and “legend” when last week words far more cruel and dismissive would have done. Tomorrow the fawning fops flip back to their online shitposts and their cosy Cancer Culture and their moral superiority and their obituaries of parroted vomit … all of which will catch you lying on days like today … when Sinead doesn’t need your sterile slop.” MORRISSEY 26 July, 2023 4 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...
Les Tonks Sidestep Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) Randy Meisner of The Eagles aged 77 Edit, link added https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66334524 Edited July 28, 2023 by Les Tonks Sidestep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 To me, the spirit of the Eagles died when Bernie Leadon left. Randy Meisner quit two years later. They stopped being a bandin 1980 and reformed in 1994. They spent the next twenty years as a corporation with two Managing Directors. Shame, as a Gram Parsons and the Burritos fan I really liked the Eagles when they first came out. They played Witchy Woman on the Whistle Test and I thought they were brilliant. I was really keen to see them when I was working in Oxford in 1972/1973 ... they played Oxford Poly. Unfortunately, a gang from the rugby team I played for preferred to go and see the Decameron ... an overdubbed Italian soft porn picture ... at the cinema. They later played Huddersfield Football Stadium in 1996 but, by then, I couldn't be bothered. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Clive Rowlands, 85. Hugely influential in Welsh Rugby Union. Not one of our great players but an outstanding captain and coach. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Flamboyant Welsh wrestler Adrian Street, aged 82: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66361848 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 July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Paul Reubens, aka Pee-Wee Herman: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/paul-reubens-dead-pee-wee-herman-1235683504/ 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...
Liverpool Rover Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 6 hours ago, Futtocks said: Flamboyant Welsh wrestler Adrian Street, aged 82: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66361848 He must have been tough to use that gimmick in the promotions in the south of the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Adrian Street was a decent bloke. 5 hours ago, Liverpool Rover said: He must have been tough to use that gimmick in the promotions in the south of the USA. From the Western Mail: Settling on the Florida coast, Adrian and Linda created outfits for themselves as well as for a clientele as diverse as WWE legend Mick Foley, Elvis impersonators and Hollywood star Mickey Rourke in his 2008 comeback movie The Wrestler. Adrian retired from the sport completely in 2010, having just won the NWA Alabama heavyweight title at 70 years old. In total he performed for 50 years in more than 15,000 bouts. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 15 hours ago, Liverpool Rover said: He must have been tough to use that gimmick in the promotions in the south of the USA. Runs in the family: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-27889890 "My Great Grandfather, Big Jim Arnold, was a mountain fighter. They used to go out into the mountains where they would fight with bare knuckles. He once had a fight that lasted one and a half days." 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 August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Composer Carl Davis: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/carl-davis-dead-french-lieutenants-woman-napoleon-composer-1235550307/ He wrote this for Leeds Rhinos a few years back. I don't know if the club still uses it for any events. 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...
DavidM Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Futtocks said: Composer Carl Davis: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/carl-davis-dead-french-lieutenants-woman-napoleon-composer-1235550307/ He wrote this for Leeds Rhinos a few years back. I don't know if the club still uses it for any events. You just beat me . I’m reading his obituary . Talk about prolific , everything from Pride and Prejudice to The World At War 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tonks Sidestep Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 John Gosling of The Kinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 William Friedkin. 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...
DavidM Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Folllowing on from Carl Davis another great composer Jim Parker , who won 4 BAFTAs and wrote the music for every episode of midsomer murders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Stein Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Rodriguez, The film Searching for Sugarman is worth a couple of hours of anyone's time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) Doreen Mantle 97 "I don't believe it!" Edited August 9, 2023 by graveyard johnny see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Robbie Robertson: https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/ Only Garth Hudson left from the band, and he's pretty fragile these days. 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...
The Masked Poster Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Futtocks said: Robbie Robertson: https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/ Only Garth Hudson left from the band, and he's pretty fragile these days. It was one of his solo efforts but "Somewhere down the crazy river" was one of my favourites. It always reminded me of Dr John. Edited August 10, 2023 by The Masked Poster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmduck Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Lil Tay, 14, circumstances unclear. Also her brother. I feel some sympathy for the brother. All the media reports get through the story of Tay then at the end, "Her brother is also dead." Tay was internet-famous for 10 minutes a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 15 hours ago, Jeff Stein said: Rodriguez, The film Searching for Sugarman is worth a couple of hours of anyone's time It is so good. As, indeed, is the music. Although, probably not planned, I did end up listening to a lot of Afrikaans music of the apartheid era as a result - i.e. the people who were passing the Rodriguez tapes around whilst playing music the authorities didn't like. Searching for Sugarman looks like its available to anyone with a Now TV sub. 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...
Robin Evans Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Robbie Robertson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 11 minutes ago, Robin Evans said: Robbie Robertson What, again? 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...
Farmduck Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 22 hours ago, Farmduck said: Lil Tay, 14, circumstances unclear. Also her brother. I feel some sympathy for the brother. All the media reports get through the story of Tay then at the end, "Her brother is also dead." Tay was internet-famous for 10 minutes a few years back. No, they're not dead. Supposedly her Instagram was hacked. And, to sum up internet fame, she gained 200K followers in 24 hours of "death." So expect her to "die" again soon. Pathetic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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