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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby Wookiee » Sun May 06, 2012 11:10

Coldplay tribute to MCA
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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby Bunks » Sun May 06, 2012 13:29

Oh that made me cry a little bit.
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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby cranky laowai » Tue May 08, 2012 21:33

The author and artist Maurice Sendak has just died at the age of 83.

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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby Dr. Nemesis » Tue May 08, 2012 21:45

cranky laowai wrote:The author and artist Maurice Sendak has just died at the age of 83.

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oh no :sad:
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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby Jaboney » Tue May 08, 2012 23:21

boing boing wrote:Here's some of what The Guardian's Michelle Pauli has to say about him.

The wild things of Max's imagination were based on Sendak's own relatives. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Polish Jewish immigrant parents and was aware, in his early teens, of the death of much of his extended family in the Holocaust. The terrors of his childhood specifically, and childhood more generally, flow through his work. "I refuse to lie to children," he said in an interview with the Guardian last year. "I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence."

Sendak also said that the term "children's illustrator" annoyed him, since it seems to belittle his talent. "I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person," he said.

"I refuse to lie to children," is probably the best kids'-author manifesto statement ever.
I disagree, but that's cool. As was his work.
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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby TheGingerMan » Wed May 09, 2012 22:52

cranky laowai wrote:The author and artist Maurice Sendak has just died at the age of 83.

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What an awesome artist that chap was!
As was that quote about not lying to children, who are often far smarter than adults will ever be, afore they get "socialized".
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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby Dr. Nemesis » Thu May 10, 2012 09:24

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18008302

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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby Kal El » Thu May 10, 2012 13:57

Dr. Nemesis wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18008302

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Damn! Still, he had a good innings. :thumbsup:
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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby Dr. Nemesis » Thu May 10, 2012 14:01

Kal El wrote:
Dr. Nemesis wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18008302

Vidal Sassoon

Damn! Still, he had a good innings. :thumbsup:


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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby cranky laowai » Wed May 16, 2012 11:57

The writer Carlos Fuentes has died.

I met him about 25 years ago. He struck me as serious and grand. His Terra Nostra is a great book.
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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby cfimages » Wed May 16, 2012 12:20

Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass player for Wilson Pickett, Booker T and the MG's, Blues Brothers, Otis Redding, Eric Clapton and more.

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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby ThreadKiller » Fri May 18, 2012 00:17

Donna Summer - from cancer, apparently. I couldn't possibly put into words what this song meant to me as a young 'un.

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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby jimipresley » Fri May 18, 2012 00:21

Ouch. I just saw that. :cry:

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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby Dr. Nemesis » Fri May 18, 2012 08:04

:eek: :sad:
I know a fair few gentlemen today who are going to be very sad to hear this.
I Feel Love is still a fucking great record, RIP Donna Summer.
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Re: the morgue - 2012

Postby cranky laowai » Sat May 19, 2012 10:25

The baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: May 28, 1925 - May 18, 2012.
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