The RIP thread...

That’s quite some life he lived and quite and varied some list of those who wrote to him while he was in a hospice

Mary Weiss. Shangri Las.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZHb9TMGtok

Oh no! Oh no! Oh no, no, no, no, no!

Remember!

RIP Marlena Shaw ☹️
https://youtu.be/W8HsIxaHq3Q?si=9ov2rHedCMZbuMSV

RIP Marlene such a remarkable voice

https://youtu.be/QLrRIo26tLY?si=QYSHA3TcGJnKi6cr

https://youtu.be/NL36d0j6b2I?si=Kb9b5LmOQQWudnZq

He used to do the gardening at a physios I worked the reception desk of in Cov for a few months, 2008 ish.

RIP Mick.

RIP Marlena, first heard her voice sampled on Blueboy's Remember Me, then California Soul on the Brainfreeze mix just blew my mind so I went and picked up her anthology lp. I'm due to play some tunes out next Sat night will add a couple of hers in there.

Her version of Wade in the water is killer!

Oh, just seen it's been posted above! 😂😂

RIP Norman, still one of my favourite movies

https://youtu.be/qc8PoW7bP38?si=MrdgNIor5w_orppf

Agreed. Top movie.

Laurie Johnson, composer of most of my childhood, died a week ago.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68054498
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ3eO77qdc4

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9dF3cTaWjM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_C9E9tOaSU

Erwin James, who wrote a column in The Guardian for many years whilst in prison.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/23/erwin-james-former-guardian-prison-columnist-dies

Nice write up about my mate Joe who suddenly drop dead on Friday, one of the nicest guys I've had the pleasure to call a friend.

9th one of my mates to not make 50

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/joseph-sinclair-celebrity-photographer-worked-105437062.html

RIP Joe Sinclair

Yes v sad news. So many good songs.

https://youtu.be/2L7IFkRaGhY?si=vKAzDug5CTaK5tIo

So sorry about your friend, what an awful stat.

That's a fucker, way too young.

Neil Kulkarni, excellent music writer, formerly of Melody Maker
https://thequietus.com/articles/33777-remembering-neil-kulkarni-simon-price

That sucks, loved his writing. Beautiful elegy from Simon Price there.

Having had the misfortune to play with The Enemy a few times Neil's review of their album is a classic.

There it sits, being shite, in the noonday sun, attracting flies.

I'd be pretty pleased with that.

Shocked to hear about Neil Kulkarni. His Melody Maker reviews were always superb (the Neds Atomic Dustbin one was a classic). I happily found him on Twitter last year and he was as sharp as ever.

Rest In Power