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Post by Mare on Dec 29, 2023 4:32:23 GMT
It's hard to communicate what an important cultural icon their Sunday show was in these days of so much content. George Carlin as the Hippie Dippy Weatherman, Share a Little Tea with Goldie, wink wink, and lots of great musical guests. It was on their show that Keith Moon underestimated the amount of explosives to use at the end of their song and permanently damaged Pete's hearing (that part wasn't great.) Kicked off the air despite high ratings, Tom said it was Nixon's demand to CBS. I first heard their records through a schoolmate whose parents had them, before their program and wider exposure. RIP I did not know that about Pete's hearing being damaged on the Smothers' show miles! I remember the Pat Paulson solo stand ups...the running for President joke that became an actuality.
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Post by peggs on Dec 31, 2023 17:15:27 GMT
For those of you north of the border or across the pond, CBS Sunday Morning is a long-running television program that (I hope) is beloved by millions. This morning's tribute made me realize (yet again) that the cultural icons and heroes of my youth are leaving to make room for whoever comes next. I admit that a tear or two was shed while watching.
eta: I realize that most of the people profiled are US focused. Are there similar programs in Canada, the UK and beyond?
This segment too is appropriate for this thread.
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Post by donavan on Mar 5, 2024 7:30:05 GMT
Legendary darts commentator and Bullseye presenter Tony Green has died aged 85. 🙏
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Post by miles on Mar 13, 2024 20:22:04 GMT
Karl Wallinger has died at age 66. I am a huge World Party fan so this hits pretty hard. I never saw him live, but watched a concert online from 8 years ago or so, just him and a violinist. He was an early advocate for the planet and all creatures. Put the message in the box.
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Post by donavan on Mar 23, 2024 21:57:39 GMT
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Post by Nonsuch Ned on Mar 28, 2024 16:07:47 GMT
If you're a poetry fan, I encourage you to pick up a copy of this. The author was one of my closest friends. Without her I may have not made it through that high school (my parents were considering sending me to a Mennonite high school in Virginia if I kept having problems making friends). She just died of a brain tumor caught too late. I didn't think it would have a chance surviving her determination to live, but cancer sucks. Chamber after Chamber by Saara Myrene RaapanaChamber after Chamber is about what fractures, fixes, and refills the hearts of two girls as they grow into women. A loose narrative in three sections, the poems follow a speaker and her cousin through their hardscrabble, backwoods childhood to their separation—both physical and emotional—as adults. From the make-believe apocalypses and cut-and-paste valentines of elementary school to the stadium-seating classrooms and multiplexes of southern China, our speaker tries to leave the shame and dysfunction of her family behind. In China, she begins to see America—and herself—clearly for the first time, and in doing so discovers that both her cousin and her country are inextricably woven into [her body] part ___________ that never sleeps ___________ the blood and chambered meat ___________ that’s like a rock squeezed in a fist ___________ rapping its knuckles on the sweet door ___________ of the body.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Mar 28, 2024 16:10:17 GMT
My condolences
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Post by miles on Mar 29, 2024 18:03:47 GMT
I'm sorry for the loss of your friend and a poet.
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Post by miles on Apr 26, 2024 20:25:26 GMT
Mike Pindar, Moody Blues originator and mellotron master has left the planet. Writer of some of the better and more contemplative songs from the classic era. RIP
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