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02-02-2024 , 03:44 PM

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02-02-2024 , 03:56 PM

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Dominic

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nooooooo

Forever Apollo Creed. He entertained us for 5 decades. And always made sure we could make a soup.

RIP

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02-03-2024 , 04:12 AM

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diebitter

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That's a shame and a shock. He looked in really good shape recently too, in The Mandalorian.

He'll be remembered as a great Apollo for centuries, rightly.

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02-03-2024 , 05:58 AM

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Wayne Kramer, rock guitarist best known for his time in the late 60's and early 70's with Detroit band the MC5, dead at 75.

https://pitchfork.com/news/mc5-wayne-kramer-dies-at-75/

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02-03-2024 , 11:52 AM

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Phat Mack

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Wayne Kramer, rock guitarist best known for his time in the late 60's and early 70's with Detroit band the MC5, dead at 75.

https://pitchfork.com/news/mc5-wayne-kramer-dies-at-75/

Saddenz. RIP

Here is Wilko Johnson on Wayne Kramer, MC5, Teddy Boys at Wembley, and their influence on him. (I believe this is how Wilko got all his machine gun shtick.)

Wilko:

Spoiler:

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02-04-2024 , 11:13 PM

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REDeYeS00

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Aston Family Man Barrett, reggae bassist and last of the Wailers
yesterday, age 77

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02-04-2024 , 11:48 PM

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Phat Mack

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Aston Family Man Barrett, reggae bassist and last of the Wailers
yesterday, age 77

I'm not a big reggae fan, but that all ends with Babylon by Bus and especially Stir It Up.

RIP

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02-05-2024 , 04:30 PM

#5358

Zeno

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Last of the whalers, hang up the harpoons. Sad.

Stir It Up, I agree; one of their best songs. RIP.

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02-05-2024 , 05:00 PM

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lastcardcharlie

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I have posted this before, but it is good.

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02-07-2024 , 09:47 PM

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redbuck

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Sorry to hear about Toby Keith. He was a great talent and seemed to be a good guy...

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02-08-2024 , 05:48 AM

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I agree. Toby Keith was a very talented songwriter, great singer, brimming with vitality, a credit to country music in every way. It's criminal that redbuck's post about him is the first mention of his death in this thread, been dead for days now. Lounge culture tends to skew in other directions, I guess.

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02-08-2024 , 06:00 AM

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Oh, I just read about Mojo Nixon dying, he was awesome too. True original. Who else coulda written a song about Princess Di called "Drunk Divorced Floozie: the Ballad of Diana Spencer."

If you don't know Mojo Nixon, then your store could use some fixin.

-the Dead Milkmen, Punk Rock Girl

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02-08-2024 , 10:43 AM

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Oh man, sorry to hear about Mojo. Tons of fun. First Country Dick Montana, now this.

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02-09-2024 , 03:39 AM

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I knew toby Keith in his early days when he used to play with ez money.

Unfortunately I don't have a good experience with him, but I hope he grew and learned to be a better person.

So in that respect, RIP big dog

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02-09-2024 , 12:03 PM

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Seiji Ozawa, conductor of the Boston Symphony for many years, at 88.

Many years ago, we went to see Ozawa conduct Beethoven's Ninth at the Boston Common. It was electrifying when Ozawa, taken ill, stepped to the podium for the last two movements.

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02-09-2024 , 05:02 PM

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Dominic

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I still don't understand why orchestras need a conductor

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02-09-2024 , 08:33 PM

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John Cole

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I still don't understand why orchestras need a conductor

Seems like they do. We must have someone here who can explain.

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02-09-2024 , 10:15 PM

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REDeYeS00

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some claim importance for the last two movements
sure hope ample bum wipe was available
for those who want one to wave their stick at them

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02-10-2024 , 12:56 AM

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Phat Mack

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I read that before they had conductors, the musicians used to watch the bow of the first violin, and get their cues from that. Seems perfectly acceptable to me.

I really liked Ozawa, although not once did he nod at me and my harmonica during the Ode To Joy and say, "Take it!"

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02-10-2024 , 03:43 AM

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I still don't understand why orchestras need a conductor

I thought it was mostly for keeping time, but that doesn't seem like such a difficult job that it should be a really important position.

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02-17-2024 , 10:09 AM

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John Cole

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Navalny.

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02-17-2024 , 04:57 PM

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Dominic

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Hope Moscow does what Budapest is doing right now

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02-28-2024 , 04:46 PM

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02-28-2024 , 05:16 PM

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Dominic

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god he was so funny...I remember really liking his sitcom, Anything But Love, with Jamie Lee Curtis. He only made fun of himself, never anyone else. RIP.

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02-28-2024 , 05:20 PM

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John Cole

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He was a great foil for Larry David. Would have loved to have sat in on a real life discussion with those two.

You know, I hate to see these people dying who are not much older than I am. I need to get my affairs in order.

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