Today, on Thanksgiving, also known as the National Day of Mourning, we learn that Ian Fishback, Army officer and whistleblower against detainee abuse, dies at 42. His letter to Senator McCain. Remembered by a former student. I do not think anyone will …
Frederik Willem de Klerk (March 18, 1936 – November 11, 2021)
FW de Klerk: South Africa’s last apartheid president dies at 85 [BBC]
I close my eyes, then I drift away
Dean Stockwell, veteran actor of stage and screen whose career spanned over seventy years, died on Sunday, November 7, at the age of 85. Stockwell began his career on Broadway at the age of seven, and was a successful child actor, taking hiatuses and t…
Gary Paulsen, 1939-2021
Gary Paulsen, author of wilderness-centered young adult fiction, has died at the age of 82. Paulsen is perhaps most famous for Hatchet, a tale of a teenage boy who crash-lands alone in the Canadian wilderness and must survive the summer with only the t…
Hail to the Chieftain
I waited a day respectfully to see if President Biden, a big fan, would post here first but Pádraig Ó Maoldomhnaigh Paddy Maloney, founder of The Chieftains and Claddagh Records died on Monday. The Chieftains put Irish Trad on the world stage not leas…
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
We lost two great actors today
Jean-Paul Belmondo, best known for his role in the seminal French New Wave film Breathless, has died at age 88.