Chris Cornell, suicide, hanged himself.
Roger Ailes, slipped and fell, blood clot in brain.
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Chris Cornell, suicide, hanged himself.
Roger Ailes, slipped and fell, blood clot in brain.
I don't fucking buy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
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You think he had the goods on Trump and had to be dealt with?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinthalas Tigris
That would make more sense that a financially comfortable musician who just got done with a badd ass show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khieran
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Still feeling bleh. "...this one has ended abrupt..." RIP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qi8hhiYEQA
His wife thinks he may have taken too much Ativan, which can have suicidal thoughts and impaired judgement as side effects:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinthalas
http://dlisted.com/2017/05/19/chris-...-his-own-life/
Yeah, i read that earlier today, and that makes a whole lot more sense, especially since the hypnotic aspect of that drug can create dream like psychoses in the [ab]user.
Ambien used to do some weird shit to me.
Ativan is an actual benzodiazepine, so who knows what the hell that would be like taking "one or two" extra.
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that would not shock me honestly, These prescription drugs today even when taken in the doctor recommended dosage can do some fucked up shit to people. If I am watching TV some of the side effects are just insane when they are doing the legal speak parts. I have even heard cancers listed as some of the side effects for some meds, I mean holy shit did they betatest these things? I mean if an anti-virus program for your computer had a bug where it could randomly delete C:\Windows, There would be hell to pay.
I've had an old co-worker who would be sick for weeks if he had to change anti-depressive drugs. Really powerful stuff.
I wouldn't be surprised if it WASN'T Ativan related.
It's hard to explain, but as someone who has had up to over a thousand screaming fans hanging on his every word, lyric, and guitar chord for four hours straight, it's a HUGE FUCKING RUSH.
I've had fellow musicians tell me that the purest and best cocaine they've ever had mixed into a speedball with pure perfect heroin doesn't even come close to comparing, which I could believe despite never having tried any illegal drugs.
The problem with a rush like that?
When it stops?
You come down.
...and the higher the high? The lower the low.
Dopamine, seratonin, melatonin, adrenaline, pitocin, other hormones I don't know names for, all FLOODING back and forth through your system, carrying you a tide of energy and adoration, and suddenly.
BAM!
No more.
I've gotten off of stage before after a really amazing show and 20-30 minutes later begun involuntarily convulsing as my muscles dealt with the fact that there were no more hormones being generated. Not, like, seizure level, but if anyone's ever had a super adrenaline high, you know that afterwards, sometimes, you'll start shaking like you've got the DT's.
Add in all of the mood altering chemicals suddenly going from 300mph to 0 in a few short moments and it can feel like you're the formula 1 car and your brain just ran you into a wall at full speed.
It seriously fucks with your brain.
There's a reason that sooooooo many musicians, stage performers, actors, etc. end up committing suicide.
Long term, that kind of constant chemical swing TRULY fucks with your brain, and it gets worse with time.
There's a reason I quit playing professionally. I didn't want to see what would happen if I was as big as Great Big Sea or Gaelic Storm.
Moving my chips to Anthony Weiner. After his guilty plea i suspect he'll end up in a dark place.
My money is suicide to the back of the head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mircadius
Sir Roger Moore, 89, cancer:
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40018422
He lived a full life. RIP, you were the Bond that I grew up with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
He was my favorite Bond, and then Brosnan after him. They just, to me, exuded what Bond was supposed to be: suave, sophisticated, debonair. I didn't realize he was 89, he definitely lived a long life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
I don't know that he's my favourite Bond, but I agree with Bonlainy about him being what Bond was supposed to be. Plus he was in some of the cheesiest of the Bond films.
R.I.P. Sir Moore, though I'd only rank him around #4 of best Bonds.
If he was involved with the child sex rings that do go on in the Elite circles, oh yeah his ass is grass, loved how all of a sudden 4 such shitheads died here in the UK (though Lord McAlpine was in italy iirc when he snuffed it)Quote:
Originally Posted by KelanNaal
As for Roger Moore, not my fave Bond, he was The Saint to me in my "yoof" :p
Very interesting and nice guy, sad to loose such but yeah he had done damn good with his life and that's best anyone can do, sigh
World gets a bit more grey all the time :/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUczf9OA9gT/
Lisa Spoonauer, not really famous other than from Clerks, she played Caitlin
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Damn... 44? Any cause of death yet? That's awful young...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shatter
http://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article153058154.html
Boy the past few years the reaper is emptying the record store.
Grim Reaper is preparing to go on tour... gathering as many musicians as he can?
Nah, Filan, there's always more musicians. Good ones even. But I do feel ya, losing the ones that shaped your youth hurts.
And yet he somehow classed them up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
Moonraker should have been the cheesiest of cinema and yet somehow, with him in the role, it was a good movie.
Also, compared to Sean Connery in Goldfinger making out with a lady and seeing someone's reflection in her eyes sneaking through the window to kill him, then tossing the guy in a full bathtub, throwing in a plugged-in appliance to electrocute him, and saying "shocking", I prefer Moore.
The Chris Cornell tox report is in:
http://dlisted.com/2017/06/02/a-toxi...in-his-system/
Messed up by prescription drugs. Interesting that the paramedics who attended immediately attempted naloxone, suspecting opiate overdose.
I strongly suspect it was not an abuse either. One upside to all these should be illegal medication ads is hearing the side effects and these days it would be better to ask which meds to not cause thoughts of suicide or poor judgement.
Having never been on anything more than whatever they gave me as a 7 year old when I had hernia surgery in the 80's, is it possible to NOT know what you're doing while hanging yourself?Quote:
Sources tell TMZ that Vicky and others close to the family are a little pissed that the medical examiner “jumped to conclusions” by labeling Chris’ death a suicide. They believe he was so high on prescription pills, he had no idea he was putting anything around his neck, and that it should be considered an accident
I mean, I've been pretty suicidal over the years, but I've always stopped before getting to the execution point of actually DOING something to end my life.
How could you not be aware of the fact that you're killing yourself if you're on something alone and didn't already intend to?
Benzodiazepines and all hypnotics really fuck you up. I've done non benzos medicinally as well as recreationally, and mixing them with anything, you'll swear you are in a dream.
I've gotten pretty deep into several layers of inception just on non benzos.
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That bad?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinthalas Tigris
I'm glad you're still here.
I'd miss you if you were gone, and I hope noone else goes away as a result of some sort of cocktail.
That's just plain messed up.
At the rate of implosion on what's left of her D-list "career", I'm almost willing to put a side bet on Kathy Griffin to make the list.
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/glenne-head...143548675.html
Glenne Headly, "Tess Trueheart" of Dick Tracy. 63.
RIP Bat Man Adam West
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...an-star-832264
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Wow. How did we never take bets on him?
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He's one of those celebs that always seems to have endless vitality.
Kind of like... I won't name names. Nope. Not gonna.
And he had a sense of humour:
http://boingboing.net/2017/06/10/how...a-prank-u.html
You mean Donald Trump? Oh, dang, now you've done it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mileron
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That one broke me when I heard about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merkus
I was full-on weeping for long enough that I actually got dehydrated.
A little bit of light went out of the world with his passing.
Adam West is Batman, at least to me. I know his Batman series was pure camp, but damn it was fun. As much as I like the Batman movies, the series will always be the best of Batman.
To this day, I remember getting home from school and watching that. I even remember some of the more memorable lines. It was awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonlainy
They ran as reruns when i was just going to school. My first day riding the bus home I failed to get off the bus. In my defense... on TV the bus stopped then the kids got up and got off. In reality you have your ass up there or they drive by your house.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khieran
I remember watching my house go by. I kept thinking she will stop any minute. Nope. About 30 minutes later the bus drivers daughter says "Shouldn't we have let this Stone kid off earlier" So they call the bus garage, they call the school. Panicked Mom calms, I ride home with the bus driver who lived 5 houses down from me.
The entire time I am pissed because I missed part two of the episode and I had no idea how batman and robin got out of the Jokers trap.
Stephen Furst, actor who played Vir Cotto in Babylon 5 and Flounder in Animal House, died today. :(
Stealing the words of Tim Matheson: "Ah, Flounder! You fucked up. You trusted us!"
The movie animal house actually does demonstrate my college experience pretty well, except my fraternity managed to maintain a gpa over 2.5.
Sigh, really loved his character in B5, nice folk do exist not just bastards etc which overly grimy novels/films ignore, so he was important as a character especially in contrast to the tragedy of Londo
His last laugh on Mr Morden was pure class ;)
John Avildsen, director of Rocky and Karate Kid. 81.
http://time.com/4822668/rocky-and-ka...en-dies-at-81/
Yeah, it takes some skill to act with that level of obsequiousness as a character, and he pulled it off FLAWLESSLY, to the point where he had a couple of scenes where he could, as the character, "exert himself", and he sold the character's thought process truly impressively.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade-T-E
That's the hallmark of a good actor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8MjQ5Z7ZNo
Merrick
Rofl! Classic scene and yeah very good acting ;)
Nelsan Ellis, 39. Great actor.
After his wife's death, I've officially got Stan Lee on my worry list. Losing a beloved spouse after that many years together is seldom good news for men. :(
Yeah, my paternal grandfather lasted about 6 days after the love of his life passed.Quote:
Originally Posted by KelanNaal
He just stopped caring about anything and as a result, his body just gave up.
I mean, he was almost 90 and had been a farmer his whole life, so it wasn't unexpected that he was going to go at some point, but he went from having no health problems at all to multiple organ failure within days.
Then there are the opposite stories too... my wife's grandmother was frail and sickly all her life. Around the age of 82, she lost her husband of 60+ years. Everyone figured she'd be gone soon too, just because she was always so frail and had depended on her husband for everything. She lived to be 95, and lived by herself, took care of herself, up to about 2 months before her death.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merrick ap'Milandra
George A. Romero, the modern zombie movie creator.
http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/...161679848.html
Now worries now he will direct movies for the low cost of Braaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnnnssss...
And Martin Landau, 89:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/16/entert...ies/index.html
Country singer Glen Campbell is in late stage dementia so he will soon be added to the list.
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I still best remember him for Space: 1999. Was only on for a couple of seasons, but I liked it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
All I remember about Space: 1999 is that the shuttles they used seem to crash at even the hint of trouble.
Space 1999 was da BOMB! :p and yes those shuttles were like Ford Pinto's packed with nitro :grinyes:
music was awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLAsBzOOhLQ
again, fed up losing folk who had wonderful HUMAN faces (as opposed ot fucking perfect plastic) and rich, gorgeous voices like Mr Landau :(
so few charismatic actors now, sigh
Space 1999 also had creepiest damned episode of TV show I ever saw as a kid, WAAAAAY high on the "fragrant underwear" scale :p
(ok ignore the dumb science of start monologue, lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z3rrpHKbiw
martin landau has a great very animated face, many of the old greats started out on the stage, so charisma, voice and ability to project were crucial, so we had so many wonderful actors from that era, and why Hollywood has to keep using British STAGE actors to get decent fekkin Human Beings with Charisma on screen !
sigh
outrageous waste of talent that must exist in America today
Chester from Linkin Park. Suicide. Hanging.
They were in arrangements for a huge record deal and new tour.
Well that was sudden, Especially with the fact they have a big tour on too.
I am going to place my bets on drugs, And very likely legal ones being taken as instructed. Too many scripts today have "thoughts of suicide" as a side effect.
Today is chris cornell's birthday. I am thinking he got his hands on Ativan.
He had a tortured life, and was close with Cornell. My guess is straight suicide.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/entert...ead/index.html
Went to the Eddie Money concert at the CA State Fair last night, and after seeing him I think I will put his name as my guess for 'next'.
He's looked like that for years! [emoji12]Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonlainy
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I was just thinking the same thing.
June Foray, 99, two months shy of 100. You may think you don't know her. You're wrong:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-flying-792600
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004931/
308 voice acting credits, still doing work up until a few years ago. A true legend in the industry.
Too soon.
Whaatt? Too soon?
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wow I have never heard of her... but looking at the IMDB I certainly have heard her.
I had no clue granny from Tweety and Ma Beagle were the same VO talent.
I saw him at CalExpo in I think it was '81, opening for Heart. Heart blew him off the stage, there was nothing left of him but a pair of shoes filled with ashes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonlainy
Yeah, I can see that for sure. I would much rather have seen Heart, but my fiance is a huge Money fan, so we went. His band included his daughter on vocals and his sons playing guitar and drums, and they weren't bad at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alikat Astrae
To be fair, Heart blows a lot of acts off the stage, even these days when they are old(er). Ann and Nancy can rock it! I saw an interview with Robert Plant where he said he was so sick of seeing people cover "Stairway to Heaven", but when Heart sang it at an honors concert, he actually teared up - they did such an amazing job with it.
They sure did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u-PjvRyr0I
EDIT: part of why he teared up is the drummer. That's Jason Bonham, John Bonham's son.
RIP Sam Shepard
An Appreciation of Sam Shepard: A Countercultural Playwright Who Became, as an Actor, an Ironic Icon
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/sa...on-1202511291/
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I've always despised that song, and mostly large portions of Led Zeppelin, really (I blame over-saturation when I was learning rock guitar in the early 90's and that was all anyone ever played in Schmidt Music stores, you could have two people playing it out of sync at the same time while trying to test out a pre-amp).Quote:
Originally Posted by Khieran
Early Heart form the year I was born, though? the 1977 stuff from before they went full-on 80's pop?
Easy winner.
Barracuda.
OMG and I forgot about this model of light body ovation guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGEKW-e_Ge8
It's sad that I'm getting more excited about the music than the gorgeous ladies playing any of it.
But seriously, I've played a black and green lacquered version of that before (same age) and you could get harmonics off of those cut-holes that would make early Ani DiFranco jealous with modern day pickups.
It reminds me of the sound of 20 years later with this, for the guitar intro, before the man on the electric in the white satin vest kicks in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhlM3ioxtNE
This should probably be separated into the music thread, sorry, long night.
If you think their Stairway is good, you should listen to their fantastic Battle of Evermore:Quote:
Originally Posted by Khieran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlgooXwBYI
Wow, that is fucking incredible, can't believe I never heard this one before. As good as a vocalist Ann Wilson is I think Nancy is very underrated, she sounds great on this. And that almost rivals Led Zeppelin for how good it is. Thanks for posting that. (And sorry to continue the derail).
Wow. Pretty fucking good!Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Nice find! I'd never seen that one either. Very well done!Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Robert Hardy, who played Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter, age 91:
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40818839
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Originally Posted by PPatty
Wow.
Called this one. RIP Wichita Lineman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merkus
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The Man Who First Played Godzilla Has Died
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Haruo Nakajima, the suit actor who played Godzilla from 1954's Godzilla to 1972's Godzilla vs. Gigan, has died. He was 88.
Nakajima started his career playing small bit roles, but his big break was bringing Godzilla to life in its seminal debut. He would go on to play the character for the 12 consecutive films that followed over the next 18 years.
As Kotaku previously reported, Nakajima said he prepared for the role by studying how elephants walked. “At that time, there was an elephant from India there called Indira and I observed how it walked,” he said in 2014. “So Godzilla’s style of walking came from an elephant.”
While the gig paid well, Nakajima said he didn’t initially get the respect he deserved donning the 100 kilogram Godzilla suit. “Back then, people didn’t speak positively of suit actors,” says Nakajima. “There’d be whispers going around that working inside (a suit) is not an acting job.” The character he played is one of the most famous in movie history.
According to Sponichi Annex, Nakajima died yesterday afternoon after contracting pneumonia. May he rest in peace.
I remember when I was a kid, there was a local station that showed monster movies late every Friday night - Frankenstein, Mummy, Wolfman, Dracula... all the classics, along with the great 50s sci-fi flicks. I watched it religiously every week... the first time I saw the original Godzilla it scared the crap out of me. Raymond Burr was perfect in that movie, and yeah, Godzilla was a guy in a suit, but that guy did a great job in that suit :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ackar
Now in the on-deck circle:
Wooooooo! Give 'em hell, naitch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNfDSnX2mDw
I am guessing it was a UHF station, That is how lots of the movies like this got their roots in the US. Late night movies on UHF stations because the stations had shoestring budgets and monster movies were cheap to license.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khieran
Interesting enough this was also the origins of MST3K using old cheesy movies, Its not just they are a lot of fun to riff but the UHF station the show started on had a huge collection of B movies they had license to use. Natural fit.
It was a channel out of Tulsa... one of the 9 channels we got on cable back then LOL - The Mazeppa Pompazoidi Film Festival. I had to look up how to spell the name... and ran across this article about it:Quote:
Originally Posted by FilanFyretracker
http://www.mazeppa.com/Mazeppa1.html
Jerry Lewis R.I.P.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis
CNN obit, very long as befits a long life: http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/20/entert...ies/index.html
His entrance and exit in "Cinderfella":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuVVvEig2ic
If he looks on the verge of collapse at the end when he runs out, it's because he did collapse right after the take with a cardiac event and spent four days in an oxygen tent recovering.
Dick Gregory - Comedian and civil rights activist
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/entert...bit/index.html
R.I.P. Walter Becker (Steely Dan Co-founder)
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59...b0354e440af6c4
Steely Dan is one of my all-time favorite bands.
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Damn, they made some awesome music. I have always been a Steely Dan fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merkus
Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry, Helicopter crash
http://6abc.com/troy-gentry-killed-i...crash/2392074/
I guess that means no more Mote books. At least not by anyone who counts.
A celebrity only to those who love hockey, Pierre Pilote, three time Norris winner (best D-man of the year) and Hall of Fame member, 85:
http://www.tsn.ca/hall-of-famer-pilo...at-85-1.852353
:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva