The RIP thread...

And I must clean mine :-)

Don't worry it'll never have that mirror finish again :-)

Tomorrow evening I'll use my tizio lamp

The pound sterling 1694-2016

my dollar is following it down - no dealextreme.uk for me

Farewell Bernie Worrell.

http://www.relix.com/news/detail/keyboardist_bernie_worrell_dies_at_72

:(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkLYlrE2lPs

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/24/michael-herr-author-of-dispatches-dies-aged-76

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/style/bill-cunningham-legendary-times-fashion-photographer-dies-at-87.html?_r=0

RIP Bill. NY fashion and street photographer. Loved his work

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Ralph Stanley passed away a couple of days ago, true legend... RIP

https://youtu.be/fLKltv26-00

glad Mr Stanley got a mention here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwhZwnQNPCM

Indeed a legend. Saw him at the beyond Nashville season at the barbican. He arrived late having his plane delayed by foggy mountain weather

Aww shit -- Bud Spencer :(

Elvis's guitarist from '54-'57, the truly excellent Scotty Moore :(

Wut?!? 😔

Mack Rice RIP

Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb will all be sad.

Trumpton creator Gordon Murray dies aged 95 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36670186

Oh.

If you're of a certain age, the stop motion animation of the Trumptonshire trilogy (and Brian Cant's gentle, measured narration) will be one of the earliest things you remember on tv.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-hQ6-biWoo

Or it may make you think of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXYa_qklKPc

Or this https://youtu.be/JCYOQOn-NPU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2oS2hoL0k

Caroline Aherne has died at the age of 52 after suffering from cancer.

Which is fucking horrible. RIP.

Too young, cancer can fuck off... RIP