The RIP thread...

RIP Steve Mackey of Pulp, only 56, after a long illness.

Just read about that - I was (still am I suppose) an enormous fan of Pulp but had no idea of the scope of the rest of his work and how active he was outside the band. Sad news given he was so young.

Guardian link

And now Wayne Shorter.
RIP maestro

What a shit week this is turning out to be.

RIP Christopher Fowler,

Love the Bryant & May series

Ah, shame. Read The Victoria Vanishes a while ago and really enjoyed it.

Multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, 78.

That is truly sad.
I love “Running On Empty” and he was a huge part of what made that album so great.

Tom Sizemore

Spot, producer for Black Flag, Minutemen, Husker Du and others.

RIP Gary Rossington - the last member of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Gary Rossington: Lynyrd Skynyrd's last founding member dies aged 71 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64860924

https://youtu.be/QxIWDmmqZzY

Play Freebird! one last time

Try this
https://youtu.be/_7p2ogicS1U

I prefer others like Gimme Three Steps and especially Call Me The Breeze

Curtis Lorw is probably my favourite
https://youtu.be/dAeeJOInJ7I

Chaim Topol

Probably best known for...

https://youtu.be/RBHZFYpQ6nc

Mystic Meg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64900348

Didn't see that coming, etc.

Didn't see that coming, etc.

Haha!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment­-arts-64900348

"
Her agent Dave Shapland said: "Without any question, she was Britain's most famous astrologer by a million miles.
"

Pretty equal between her and Russell Grant IMHO.

Blimey (caveat Wikipedia but...):-

"
Grant helped design the badge for Brentford F.C., the team he supports, though he has been a keen follower of all non-league clubs in Middlesex since the 1950s, having regularly attended games at various clubs during childhood.[24] He is a patron of Wealdstone F.C.[25]
"

Grant edges it in my opinion.

Russel Grant campaigned, and won, to have the flag of Middlesex flown over the County Hall in Brentford.

Did mystic meg ever get the numbers right on the lottery? How close did she get, 4 numbers? 5?

who knew that Topol, the Israeli actor who played Tevye in the movie
version of Fiddler on the Roof and co-starred with LuPone in The
Baker’s Wife, was an “obnoxious, unprofessional,” breast-grabbing,
tyrannical spoiled brat of a star who refused to sing lyrics he didn’t
like, so he would substitute “blah, blah, blah, blah.”

LuPone tries to be fair: “I know there are supposed to be two sides to
every story, but believe me, both sides thought he was an asshole.”

https://holtuncensored.com/patti-lupone-a-showbiz-memoir-to-remember/

Fair enough - a story/side I certainly was not aware of. Those last two lines are a great quote.

https://djmag.com/news/mc-fats-legendary-jungle-drum-bass-vocalist-has-died

MC Fats is no longer inside the ride. Big up for the good times.

Dick Fosbury. Very few people pushed the envelope of their sport like he did.