The RIP thread...

My mother-in-law.
It’s complicated.

Check out the story of him shutting down Boeing's bullshit here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauda_Air_Flight_004

What a hero

Yeah, I remember that. No-one has ever really stood up to Boeing like that before and they didn’t really know what to do. Lauda really did shake them up when he said he’d take a 767 up and test it, because they knew it was impossible. Top man.
Also, Boeing really are dodgy cunts, from financing the lobby against Concorde to the latest 737 Max 8 fiasco.

Oh man. I talked with him at a friend's wake last year. See you on the heavy side Jake.

Did not know this.

Salute.

Judith Kerr

^ Sad news. She was the q&a in the Weekend Magazine on Saturday. 95’s a good age, though. An interesting, talented lady. RIP.

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Today we announce the death to Theresa May's political career. Born after a long gestation, but a short delivery, it was a stunted and pitiful creature from the outset. Many said that it should have been left to die peacefully at birth, or be put out of its misery in 2017. Her critics were less kind.

She leaves behind a gaping cavern, soon to be filled by hot air, bullshit and the wreckage of any number of other political careers.

There are expected to be no mourners. No flowers. Dancing optional.

RIP.

only just head about dominic Jacobson aka Modaji.
RIP. thanks for the music.

Posted on the house music thread. Spoke with Phlash, tragic news.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/29/antiwar-activist-walter-wolfgang-dies-aged-95-labour-cnd

Sad news. He was such a good man. I still remember the occasion when he was manhandled out of the Labour Conference for shouting 'nonsense' at Jack Straw. Shouting anything else at Jack Straw over Iraq would have been inappropriate, of course.

There was a picture that was published in the Guardian at the time that I think would have made a great sculpture--it showed the two heavies who were throwing him out towering over him. He was 82 at the time. I can't find the exact picture now, but it was probably close to this moment from a slightly different perspective:

Here's a clip of the moment, but it doesn't show it clearly:

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/labour-party-conference-walter-wolfgang-controversy-file-news-footage/679789382

It just seemed to encapsulate so well the violence being used.

RIP Walter Wolfgang.

From the article Will linked to:

He was briefly detained under terrorism laws

Is any greater nonsense really imaginable?

Leon Redbone

Corbyn's tribute to Walter Wolfgang:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/30/walter-wolfgang-jeremy-corbyn-donald-trump

Sorry DJ only just seen your reply really sad when I heard the news as loved his productions.

Roky Erickson
https://youtu.be/hW2_-K6Fq4M

https://youtu.be/BF5xZawdYZ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqXJw6N0PkU

:( https://youtu.be/nwSA0Tckwbk

Jose Reyes.

Oh, Roky, you taught us so much... RIP...

So many musicians of that generation dying at around 70 ... in his case, it won't have helped that he had electroshock 'therapy'.

RIP Daley Mathison.
https://www.three.fm/news/isle-of-man-news/tributes-paid-to-daley-mathison/

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/03/paul-darrow-cult-favourite-in-blakes-7-dies-aged-78

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