Classy of Sportsnet and Ron Maclean to do a tribute to TSN's Darren "Dutch" Dutchyshen. Always sad to see someone die so young. I watched him a lot when he first started in the 90s and he's always been there ever since. #RIP#TSN#rogers
Alice Munro, the Canadian writer, has died at age 92. In 2013, she became the first Nobel winner cited exclusively for short fiction — an achievement that came after her retirement from her 60-year writing career. Prior to that, she had won Canada's Giller Prize twice, then disqualified herself in 2009 to make way for younger writers. Ms. Munro “brings as much depth, wisdom and precision to every story as most novelists bring to a lifetime of novels,” the jury of the Man Booker International Prize declared in 2009, awarding her the prize for her overall contribution to fiction. Here's a tribute to her from the Globe & Mail. [Story may be paywalled]
Episodes of the show he hosted from 1988-1990, Sunday Night (later named Michelob Presents Night Music), are available on YouTube. I highly suggest checking those out, along with his vast discography.
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Ich bin beim #RideOfSilence allein gefahren und hatte die #criticalmaps aktiviert. Der Himmel über den Feldern war grau und im Regen leisteten mir die Krähen und Elstern am Wegrand Gesellschaft. In den Bäumen sangen die Amseln und die Schwalben flitzten im Tiefflug über die Wiesen.
Mir zerreißt das Herz beim Gedanken an all' die getöteten RadfahrerInnen, die diese Schönheit nicht mehr erleben können. #RIP #RIPnatenom #StopKillingCyclists #visionzero
#RIP Roger Corman. God damn. What a career, what a life, what a guy!
"The Intruder" (1962), the only #film the notorious cheapskate lost money on, and not coincidentally, the last time he tried to make a political statement, is on #kanopy for the curious.
#RIP#RogerCorman, who in his obsessive attempt to make quick genre flicks as cheaply and cleverly as possible ended up accidentally giving the start to the entire New Hollywood generation, including Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Ron Howard and many more. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/movies/roger-corman-dead.html
#RIP Roger Corman, progenitor of all Psychotronic film and video.
Here's a couple posters from a typical Corman-produced drive-in double feature from 1959 that a projectionist friend gave me some years ago. They capture a moment in American filmmaking that ends up creating Lucas and Spielberg and so much else.
Heute morgen erst gesehen, daß der ehemalige Direktor des Seminars für Ur- und Frühgeschichte der Uni #Göttingen Prof. Karl-Heinz Willroth schon vor beinahe einem Jahr verstorben ist. Das mag mit daran liegen, daß ich im Internet lediglich die Traueranzeigen der Familie und der Universität, aber keinen Nachruf finde. #Archäologie 🏺#RIP@archaeodons trauer-anzeigen.de/traueranzei…
Aww. #RIP Roger Corman, the Oscar-winning “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98.
Very sad news for movie lovers: the legendary Roger Corman has died at age 98. Here's a tribute to him from Variety. Tell us what you loved about Corman in the comments.
#RexMurphy always heavily spiced his takes, and especially in the last 5 years of his life veered off into the ideological weeds. That said even his strongest detractors must admit that his way with words and manner of speech were mesmerizing. #RIP
The legendary musician, producer, audio engineer and writer Steve Albini died yesterday. Here's a tribute to him from Rolling Stone in which Rob Sheffield recalls his famous poker sessions at All Tomorrow's Parties festivals (Albini was a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner).
"If you casually popped into the room, to eavesdrop or merely loiter, maybe pretend you were making up your mind, he had a business-like way of transfixing you with his eyes and asking 'Are you in?' in a tone that made it clear 'nope, just watching you make other people look like fools' was not going to cut it. That was always his approach to music as well. He always knew how to clear a room. Requiescat, Steve Albini. You and your noise will be missed." [Story may be paywalled]