RIP Memoriam thread?
#962
Posted 2023-November-29, 20:26
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#963
Posted 2023-November-30, 07:04
https://www.youtube....h?v=ym-Oz0TMSb0
when I saw them live, Shane was clearly drunk, and they kicked off with the Irish rover which was much too fast for him, he mumbled his way through every other word, they propped him up on his mike stand, fed him pints of orange juice and he gradually sobered up through the gig
#964
Posted 2023-December-01, 16:59
Cyberyeti, on 2023-November-30, 07:04, said:
https://www.youtube....h?v=ym-Oz0TMSb0
when I saw them live, Shane was clearly drunk, and they kicked off with the Irish rover which was much too fast for him, he mumbled his way through every other word, they propped him up on his mike stand, fed him pints of orange juice and he gradually sobered up through the gig
Giving their fans what they came to see
In many ways the Pogues were contemporary with my adult life. All 40 years of it
I even lived in London-Irish country for a while
People focus on the wrong things
#965
Posted 2023-December-02, 10:38
thepossum, on 2023-December-01, 16:59, said:
In many ways the Pogues were contemporary with my adult life. All 40 years of it
I even lived in London-Irish country for a while
People focus on the wrong things
While I was a Pogues fan, it was them or The men they couldn't hang who were trying to make it big at the same time, and TMTCH were an awesome live band. The Pogues made it and TMTCH went back to busking after a few albums all on different labels. I also have fond memories of Shane's cameo appearance in Eat the rich.
#967
Posted 2023-December-06, 15:19
#968
Posted 2023-December-08, 08:01
barmar, on 2023-December-06, 12:06, said:
A long life and a good life, I congratulate him.
I see that All In The Family lasted for nine seasons, and then Archie Bunker's Place for four more. I believe I saw the first four seasons which is a couple of seasons longer than I usually stick with a series. I think that it was well-conceived, well-written, well-cast, well-acted.
#970
Posted 2023-December-12, 09:09
kenberg, on 2023-December-08, 08:01, said:
I see that All In The Family lasted for nine seasons, and then Archie Bunker's Place for four more. I believe I saw the first four seasons which is a couple of seasons longer than I usually stick with a series. I think that it was well-conceived, well-written, well-cast, well-acted.
In 1976 he had 7 TV shows airing at the same time:
All in the Family
Sanford and Son
Maude
Good Times
The Jeggersons
One Day At a Time
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
5 of them were regularly in the top 10 of the ratings. That's got to be a record that will never be beaten (Chuck Lorre seems to be trying). Over his entire career he produced 26 TV series.
OTOH, his filmography is totally blank from 1999 to 2016 (he created a revamped "On Day At a Time" in 2017) -- what a slacker.
#972
Posted 2024-February-25, 17:16
Murdered like so many before him.
(still learning)
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#973
Posted 2024-March-16, 14:57
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The above quote from https://improbable.c...e-waal-is-gone/
#975
Posted 2024-March-25, 16:52
When presented with the award and asked "Why?", he explained that "Well, I just wanted to teach the world, to sing, in perfect..."
#976
Posted 2024-April-11, 10:22
He also played a sport and did some acting before that, but the murder will forever be his legacy.
#977
Posted 2024-April-11, 12:18
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It would be both dignified and appropriate.
#978
Posted 2024-April-11, 13:39
barmar, on 2024-April-11, 10:22, said:
He also played a sport and did some acting before that, but the murder will forever be his legacy.
That whole bizarre episode was off-the-charts stupid. In the first place, why marry someone you could even conceivably want to murder in the future?
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists — that is why they invented hell. — Bertrand Russell
#979
Posted 2024-April-15, 14:45
PassedOut, on 2024-April-11, 13:39, said:
OJ was an abusive husband to begin with. There's lots of speculation on the Internet about what triggered him to muder her after they were divorced. One said he was jealous of her dating, another said that it was because Nicole didn't save him a seat at their daughter's dance recital that day. But he was a violent man, and he apparently snapped.
If this was a L&O episode, I think they'd have come up with a wacky insanity defense.
#980
Posted 2024-April-15, 17:46
barmar, on 2024-April-15, 14:45, said:
If this was a L&O episode, I think they'd have come up with a wacky insanity defense.
Vince Bugliosi wrote a scathing criticism of the prosecution headed by Marcia Clark.