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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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Davy Jones of the Monkees has died of a heart attack at age 66.
The good brothers at Unvirtuous Abbey posted this morning "For those who catch the last train to Clarksville, we give thanks to the Lord." ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Organ Builder
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...and even as a piece of my childhood passed, I found myself thinking, "I wonder if anyone had him on their list?"
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Tree Bee
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Sad about this. Loved Davy for a year or two in my teens. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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Schroedinger's cat
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It is sad. I used to watch the Monkees TV show. It was fun, lighthearted entertainment. The music was the same, and they never had the scandals or outrage that so many other groups had.
An all round good guy.
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Drifting Star
Drifting against the wind
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I saw the Monkees live last year (Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork anyway). They were superb. I'm so glad I had the chance - and took it.
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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Heraclitus
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
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I put the wrong Monkee (Peter Tork) on my list. Of course, the year is still young...
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Suffering for Jesus since 1966.
WTFWED?
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Timothy the Obscure
Mostly Friendly
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Peter says his cancer has been treated effectively and is in remission, so he's off my list for the time being. Of course, you saw what that did for Amy Winehouse...
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When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
- C. P. Snow
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Matt Black
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Anyone have Philip Madoc?
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Schroedinger's cat
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And Lord St John of Fawsley has died. I always had a lot of respect for him, as he was prepared to stand up to The Bitch.
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St. Gwladys
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Originally posted by Matt Black:
Anyone have Philip Madoc?
I know he was a great actor, but he'll always be loved for his German U boat officer in Dad's Army. I first became aware of him reading Dylan Thomas on a BBC Wales programme called "Poems and Pints" - he had a fabulous voice.
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Ralph McQuarrie has gone to that great movie heaven. His artistic vision helped give us a great movie legend.
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Piglet
Islander
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
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Originally posted by Matt Black:
Anyone have Philip Madoc?
... he'll always be loved for his German U boat officer in Dad's Army ...
"Don't tell, him, Pike!"
RIP Mr. Madoc.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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I doubt if anyone had him, but Robert B. Sherman, composer of many popular film and theatre tunes (including the insufferable "It's a Small World After All"), is now busy seeing who in heaven can spell "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
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Matt Black
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Originally posted by piglet:
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
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Originally posted by Matt Black:
Anyone have Philip Madoc?
... he'll always be loved for his German U boat officer in Dad's Army ...
"Don't tell, him, Pike!"
RIP Mr. Madoc.
Unfortunately, his name vas not on my list.
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Niteowl
Hopeless Insomniac
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Jimmy Ellis of the Trampps, 70's disco band and known for Saturday Night Fever song Disco Inferno.
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Wm. Shakespeare
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Niteowl
Hopeless Insomniac
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Michael Hossack drummer for the Doobie Brothers has died.
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Wm. Shakespeare
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St. Gwladys
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Mervyn Davies, "Merv the Swerve" has died.
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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Banner Lady
Ship's Ensign
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Margaret Whitlam, wife of one of Australia's former pm's has died, one month short of their 70th wedding anniversary. Darn it, I had her hubby going first!
I always liked Margaret, ever since the elastic went on her skirt just as she stepped out of a limousine at a swish Hollywood restaurant. She ignored the offending garment as it slithered to the pavement, stepped out of it and went in to lunch in her pantyhose!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I see The Pope has died, aged 88, after more than 40 years as Pope of Alexandria. His successor will inherit a very tricky role.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Banner Lady
Ship's Ensign
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Nobody picked this monarch , then?
[ 18. March 2012, 20:40: Message edited by: Banner Lady ]
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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John Demjanjuk, who successfully defended himself against the charge that he was "Ivan the Terrible", a notoriously brutal guard at the Treblinka extermination camp, has gone either to be with his boss in the eternal flames of damnation, or to stand before the Judge who is not moved by even the slickest of defenses.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Samuel L. Glazer, inventor of the Mr. Coffee machine, is sampling the ultimate after-service coffee.
[ 24. March 2012, 02:03: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
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Cottontail
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Jocky Wilson, two times World Darts Champion, has died aged 62.
Forever immortalised in this glorious Top of the Pops gaffe.
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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Thank you, Cottontail! I was looking for that clip on You Tube but couldn't find it.
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comet
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![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Sandemaniac
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Goodness me, the only two things that kept us from Sunday dinner used to be the Beverley Hillbillies and Farming Diary (never forgotten the cartoon nematodes advertising Temik for sugarbeet - or was it spuds?).
AG
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Amazing Grace
High Church Protestant
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Ralph McQuarrie has gone to that great movie heaven. His artistic vision helped give us a great movie legend.
Back on the Ship after getting a new computer ... Good to see Ralph mentioned in this thread. He was a real local hero, and by all accounts, as kind and generous as he was talented.
(We had his funeral at St Spike's - his widow is a long time member. George Lucas was there.)
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Memory Eternal! Sheep 3, Phil the Wise Guy, and Jesus' Evil Twin in the SoF Nativity Play
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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I'm sitting beside Amazing Grace. (Can I come to church with you?) ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Sandemaniac
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Jim Marshall has turned it up to 11 for the last time.
AG
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Jim Marshall has turned it up to 11 for the last time.
AG
Sad news.
Less sadly, 12 points for me.
R.I.P Jim. (No pun intended!)
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http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Ferdinand Alexander Porsche has just driven his prototype 911 through the Pearly Gates.
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Japes
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Thomas Kinkade has died, aged 54.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Originally posted by Japes:
Thomas Kinkade has died, aged 54.
Fucking awful pictures, but the loss of a first class businessman.
YMMV
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Pigwidgeon
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Mike Wallace's Sixty Minutes have run out.
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~Tortuf
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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James S. Herr, founder of the potato chip/snack food company that bears his name, is partaking of the Heavenly Banquet at last.
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East Price Road
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Miss Read (Dora Saint) has died aged 98. Her books on school life in the idyllic post-war English country village were loved by millions. My Mum was an avid reader of them.
RIP.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Piglet
Islander
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quote:
Originally posted by East Price Road:
Miss Read (Dora Saint) has died aged 98.
I've never read any of her books, but I remember cataloguing them when I worked in the library as a student in the early 1980s, and wondering why she didn't have a Christian name (she was filed as "Read, Miss"). Now I know.
May she rest in peace.
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Tree Bee
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We shelve her books in the M's as 'Miss Read'.
I've never fully understood why. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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The5thMary
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Is anyone counting down the minutes until Robin Gibbs boogies off to disco heaven?
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Hedgehog
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From now on, Dick Clark will be hosting New Year's Rocking Eve from the Pearly Gates.
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Kelly Alves
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Just heard. Holy shit.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Organ Builder
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Dick Clark has gone to the Bandstand in the sky. I can't believe I left him off my list this year!
That sounds very cavalier (and it is), but another piece of my youth has crumbled. May light perpetual shine upon him.
Crossposted with the world.
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Grits
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I have him on my list, but I'm sad he's gone. I grew up with "American Bandstand." I still grade songs on the "It's got a good beat, and you can dance to it" scale.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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He was only 82? Geez!
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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What teenager of the 60s didn't rush home from school every day and immedidately turn on the TV to watch American Bandstand? Truly the passing of an era.
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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Originally posted by PeteC:
He was only 82? Geez!
He had a heart attack. He had developed diabetes in recent years, and Dr Sanjay Gupta [CNN is doing a whole thing on him right now] is explaining that your risk of heart attack doubles with diabetes.
Anderson Cooper has Little Richard on the phone at the moment and he sounds like he's crying.
It truly is the passing of an era.
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Uncle Pete
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
What teenager of the 60s didn't rush home from school every day and immedidately turn on the TV to watch American Bandstand? Truly the passing of an era.
That would be me, I guess.
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