Tag Archives: RIP
Children of the Cold
In Argentina, a Museum Unveils a Long-Frozen Maiden – New York Times SALTA, Argentina — The maiden, the boy, the girl of lightning: they were three Inca children, entombed on a bleak and frigid mountaintop 500 years ago as a … more…
Max Roach 1924-2007
Max Roach, 1948 Max Roach, pre-eminent jazz drummer, teacher, first jazz musician to recieve MacArthur “genius” grant, is dead at 83. “You used to play with Charlie Parker. How can you work with those guys?” he was asked by those … more…
Anthony H. Wilson 1950-2007
Tony Wilson, godfather of Manchester culture from the late 70s onwards, died this evening. It feels like another part of my youth just died. I always thought that in some ways [the Haçienda] was Factory paying royalties to the city. … more…
Lee Hazlewood 1929-2007
These boots are made for walkin’, and that’s just what they do And one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you. Songwriter, producer. Architect of hit careers for Duane Eddy, Nancy Sinatra. Inspiration for Phil Spector, … more…
Theresa Duncan R.I.P.
Theresa Duncan 1966-2007 Shocking news: Theresa Duncan, games designer, film maker, blogger, apparently took her own life on 10th July. A week later, her long-term partner Jeremy Blake was seen swimming out to sea off Rockaway Beach, and is “missing”. … more…
Robert Anton Wilson 1932-2007
He’s gone. Damn. .
Lost Someone
James Brown 1933-2006 Lost Someone, from Live at the Apollo, Volume 1, recorded October 1962 — one of the most extraordinary live recordings ever made (available for a limited time for review purposes, yada yada, all that stuff). Sleep well, … more…
Robert Altman (1925-2006)
“I fiddle in the corner where they throw the coins. Where I can get my work done.” Robert Altman, seriously independent film-maker, passed away on Monday. Obituaries, all over the place. Interview snippets from BBC Radio 3, 1990.
Nigel Kneale 1922-2006
Nigel Kneale, creator of Quatermass, died October 29th. Apart from Quatermass, he wrote The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968) which prophesied the coming of so-called reality TV, and legendary scifi horror The Stone Tape (1972) — the scariest thing … more…
Bill Stumpf, co-creator of the Aeron chair, R.I.P.
Herman Miller – for Business – Recent Herman Miller News Bill Stumpf, one of Herman Miller’s most gifted design partners and a pioneering figure in ergonomic seating, died Wednesday, August 30, 2006, of complications stemming from abdominal surgery. He was … more…