FW de Klerk: South Africa’s last apartheid president dies at 85 [BBC]
A Talent Agent for the Best Local Cheesemakers
Anne Saxelby, champion of U.S. cheesemakers and owner of Saxelby Cheesemongers, has died. Inspired by Neal’s Yard Dairy, which helped revive the British cheese industry in the 70s and 80s by forging relationships with small cheesemakers, Saxelby opened…
RIP Kwon Soon-wook
Director of videos for Red Velvet and MAMAMOO (and brother of world-famous BoA), Kwon Soon-wook passed away 5th Sept 2021. He was 39. Soon-wook’s passing was also noted in Korea Times
It’s Grim Up North
Richard H. Kirk of Sheffield electronic band Cabaret Voltaire died today. Harsh, industrial, bleak, uncompromising.
Now we’ve got the obligatory adjectives out of the way here’s some music.
Sluggin’ for Jesus (1980)
Red Mask (1981)
Sensoria (1984 – the…
“That’s right – it’s a funny name.”
Norm MacDonald, former SNL comedian (among many things) has passed away at 61. A few brilliant moments, among many –
Norm tells the greatest joke ever
Norm roasts Bob Sagat
And of course, Turd Ferguson
Joseph Galloway (November 13, 1941 – August 18, 2021)
Mr. Galloway, a 24-year-old reporter for United Press International, went on to witness and participate in the first major battle of the Vietnam War, in which an outmanned American battalion fought off three North Vietnamese army regiments while taking…