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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Jani Lane, Warrant singer, 47

« on: August 11, 2011, 09:41:19 PM »

Thus spake TMZ: http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/11/warrant-singer-jani-lane-dead-dies-died-hotel-ventura-los-angeles-cherry-pie/#.TkSut0cxSuE

Hated most of the band's work, but still, yikes.

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Hideki Irabu, 42

« on: July 28, 2011, 08:30:48 PM »

The former Yankees pitcher, in an apparent suicide.  Yikes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/sports/baseball/ex-yankee-hideki-irabu-is-dead-at-42.html

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP David Kato, Ugandan gay-rights activist

« on: January 27, 2011, 12:33:12 PM »

Beaten to death with a hammer.  U.S. Evangelical Christians must be jizzing themselves with delight.  This is God's will, right?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/africa/28uganda.html?hp

I fucking hate this world.

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Margaret Whiting

« on: January 11, 2011, 11:22:25 PM »

A/k/a the widow of Jack Wrangler.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/arts/music/12whiting.html?_r=1&hpw

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / Friends and Family of the Club

« on: December 20, 2010, 11:08:40 AM »

Starting this thread to offer early birthday greetings to Shray's sons Gabriel and Adrian.  Have a great week, guys!

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP John Lennon, 30 years on

« on: December 08, 2010, 01:52:35 AM »

As reported that night by Howard Cosell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n73GFvAyIjs

Sigh ...

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Peter Orlovsky, 76

« on: June 01, 2010, 11:14:02 AM »

Allen Ginsberg's longtime partner, himself a poet, of lung cancer, in Vermont, at 76:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2010/05/peter-orlovsky-poet-and-partner-to-allen-ginsberg-has-died.html

Orlovsky was predominantly heterosexual, from various accounts I've read, yet his partnership with Ginsberg lasted 30 years.  It's good to be reminded that sometimes love takes unexpected forms.

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Alex Chilton, 59

« on: March 17, 2010, 09:16:42 PM »

A number of tributes will be written in the coming days, doubtless.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/17/memphis-musician-alex-chilton-dies/

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Air America

« on: January 21, 2010, 02:58:09 PM »

bankrupt, off the air:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/21/air-america-bankruptcy-li_n_432048.html

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Teddy Pendergrass

« on: January 13, 2010, 09:44:32 PM »

The bluest of the Blue Notes, gone at 59.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9557400

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Haiti

« on: January 13, 2010, 01:13:30 PM »

Heckuva job, God.

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Regional 10@10's across the time zones! / The Drive, 1/8/10: 1972

« on: January 08, 2010, 08:24:42 AM »

All in the Family with Sammy Davis Jr. into "Black and White": cute.

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP sportswriter Mike Penner

« on: December 02, 2009, 09:05:22 PM »

Briefly a/k/a Christine Daniels:

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-mike-penner29-2009nov29,0,3898738.story

Sadly but unsurprisingly, a suicide.

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KFOG's 10@10 / 27 Nov 2009: '70s Vertical Tasting

« on: November 27, 2009, 10:09:55 AM »

"Chartbusters" start with a green-eyed lady and a peace train.

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Stream of Consciousness / 5 word reviews of whatever

« on: November 26, 2009, 12:17:20 AM »

At URL below, photos of the Star Trek exhibit now to Jan at the Tech Museum in San Jose; includes sets, costumes, other memorabilia from the TV show and movies.  Saw a feature about it on one of the local evening magazine TV shows, looks cool.
http://www.startrekexhibition.com/slideshow  and  www.theTech.org

I've heard about this for a while, but the slideshow looks great!

My wife's uncle called right after leaving the show and left me this voicemail:

"Hi Darryl -- this is Ryan.  I'm calling because I know you're on the Internet and stuff, and I wanted you to get this out there:  We just got out of the Star Trek show at the San Jose Tech.  It's not that great.  Thanks."

Does your uncle watch Star Trek every night?
 

Whether he does or doesn't, this would be an entertaining recurring feature: Darryl's uncle reviews movies in 5 words.

Or we can all do reviews in 5 words.  I have one for the forthcoming Zac Efron in Me and Orson Welles:

Efron Miscast as Gifted Actor