SiamSam Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 Raymond's Mother, Doris Roberts has passed. http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/doris-roberts-star-of-everybody-loves-raymond-dies-at-90/ar-BBrVBIL?li=AAggNb9 Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 The artist, PRINCE found death in his studio. He was 57. http://www.msn.com/en-ca/music/celebrity/legendary-artist-prince-found-dead-at-57-report/ar-BBs4SrE?li=AAggNb9 Quote Link to comment
sustra2 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 a conversation between me and my lb in BKK " You know, Prince died..." " I don't know...i don't care...." Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Well she'll never get a "Little Red Corvette". Quote Link to comment
xyzzy Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Condolences for those that were fans. I never was a Prince fan. He obviously was a big star as I had to even stop watching CNBC to get away from the coverage. I did have the hots for Apollonia back in the Purple Rain movie days. Party like it's 1999 was probably the song hardest to avoid back around the turn of the century. 1 Quote Link to comment
TEXASMAC Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I just turned 56, does anybody wonder about themselves when they hear about the passing of someone in their age group? Quote Link to comment
duke007 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I thought Prince was a very talented musician, songwriter and a great entertainer, here is one example of his talent (3-30 minutes into the video) playing the Beatles classic "While my Guitar gently Weeps" R.I.P. Prince and thankyou for your fab music 3 Quote Link to comment
Kahuna Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 That is great Dave...Thanks.......... RIP Prince.............. 1 Quote Link to comment
duke007 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Prince was notorious for staunchly defending access to his material. Unauthorized recordings are scrubbed from the Internet quickly and his music is almost impossible to find online outside of the catalog of his music currently streaming on Tidal. When a rare 1983 pre-Purple Rainperformance at First Avenue in Minneapolissurfaced, it got taken down from most sources in a matter of hours. The same is true for most of Prince's iconic music video library. Prince's half time performance at the 2007 SuperBowl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NN3gsSf-Ys 1 Quote Link to comment
Hefe Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I heard there are unreleased sessions with Prince & Miles Davis, once they figure out who has rights to all this material since there is no will & the details resolving this may take years, I guess they will use the Dylan & Hendrix model & methodically issue remastered Prince releases for years to come. 1 Quote Link to comment
duke007 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 In an English newspaper today (The Star) the front page headline is "Tragic Prince Hid Aids Secret" Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 One of the best 60 Minutes correspondents/interviewers, Morley Safer dead at 84 http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/tv/veteran-60-minutes-newsman-morley-safer-dies-at-84/ar-BBtfjcO?li=AAggNb9 Quote Link to comment
Pdoggg Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 5 hours ago, SiamSam said: One of the best 60 Minutes correspondents/interviewers, Morley Safer dead at 84 http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/tv/veteran-60-minutes-newsman-morley-safer-dies-at-84/ar-BBtfjcO?li=AAggNb9 Here's a practical joke that Morley played on Mike Wallace. Mike was thrilled he was selected for the Genius Sperm Bank! Quote Link to comment
Hefe Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I was just coming of the age when I had barely begun to notice news stories when this Safer report appeared. Needless to say I was dumbstruck & my childhood faith in all I had been told was absolutely true & right began to be questioned, for this I am forever grateful to Morley & others who spoke truth to power. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pdoggg Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 RIP Harambe. Harambe was murdered by zoo officials after a little boy managed to climb into his habitat. As a kid, I enjoyed going to the Bronx Zoo. In the monkey house there was a mirror and above that mirror was written something like Most Dangerous Species. Quote Link to comment
Pdoggg Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Floats like a butterfly. Stings like a bee. RIP to the Greatest. The Thrilla in Manila The Rumble In The Jungle When he first won the title: He chose not to use his slave name and had no quarrel with them Viet Congs. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigTel Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Thank's for posting these Pdoggg, Just listening to Ali on the Howard Cossel Interview makes me smile and remember how great a Man Ali truly was, He will always be the greatest to me. RIP Muhammad Ali . 2 Quote Link to comment
deleted Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Yeah, thanks for posting, Pdoggg. Ali was a great boxer and great human being. Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 One of my all time greatest heroes. I never tired of Ali. I found him all inspiring. He indeed was the GREATEST. 1 Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 Here are 30 of Muhammad Ali's best quotes: http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/boxing/30-of-muhammad-alis-best-quotes/ar-BBtQMHB?li=AAggNb9 Quote Link to comment
Hefe Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Posting this since we have a lot of Brits here who are music lovers & this may have been lost in the long shadow of The Champ's passing yesterday: Dave Swarbrick, a fiddler who electrified the British folk tradition as a member of the band Fairport Convention, died on Friday. He was 75... Mr. Swarbrick and Fairport Convention were prime movers in trad-rock, which connected the 1960s ferment of folk-rock and psychedelia to a deep British heritage of storytelling ballads and nimble dance tunes. His fiddle playing had the deliberately rough-hewed sound of rural tradition; his tone could be sweet or scratchy, his phrases songful and melancholy or propulsive and gnarled... Fairport Convention, which had started as a folk-rock group strongly influenced by American styles, brought in Mr. Swarbrick as a sideman on the 1969 album “Unhalfbricking.” The Fairport version of the traditional song “A Sailor’s Life” emerged as an 11-minute maelstrom, with Mr. Swarbrick’s fiddle rising alongside Richard Thompson’s lead guitar, bringing echoes of past generations into the jam. I saw this early '70s version of FC with Dave without Thompson (video); I have become a massive fan of Richard Thompson since the mid 90s & have been digging through FC's early catalogue & realized how important Swarbrick was to their sound. RIP (On a coincidental tangent I'm seeing Richard Thompson later this week in a very small club here, he's playing a one-off gig with a string section) 2 Quote Link to comment
Jimslim Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 A sad day indeed , the great Ali and Dave Swarbrick . Like yourself Hefe I'm a big Fairport fan I'm sure the Richard Thomson gig will be great , the guy's a genius . 1 Quote Link to comment
Luung Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I'm speechless for once... Ali was a hero to me & Fairport convention were one of my best bands, I loved that whole movement Pretty jealous that you're going to see Richard Thompson, Hefe! 1 Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Gordie Howe dead at 88 http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/hall-of-famer-gordie-howe-dies-at-88/ar-AAgTgdF?li=AAggNb9 Quote Link to comment
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