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[Ebase]

Looking' down the barrel of a gun...

[leedsy99]

I break the bread of Cookie Puss and spill the Brass Monkey, that funky monkey, in his honor.

[Mike B.]

I think you guys are just quoting random Beastie lyrics instead of specific ones from him.

Now I'm not sure what it takes to be hip
A lot of people making music that to me ain't shit
So I ask creation
For rhymes for this jam
Gimme lickle solo and I'll take the mic staaaand

[leedsy99]

I think you guys are just quoting random Beastie lyrics instead of specific ones from him.

I Keep My Underwear Up With A Piece Of Elastic
I Use A Bullshit Mic That's Made Out Of Plastic
To Send My Rhymes Out To All Nations
Like Ma Bell, I've Got The Ill Communications

[Alitaki]

Still think Paul's Boutique is their best album with Ill Communication a close second.

[jburns]

Still think Paul's Boutique is their best album with Ill Communication a close second.

Yep.

Phone is ringing, oh my God.

[Alitaki]

Dropping science like Galileo dropped the orange.

Pouring some out for ya MCA.

[Puckforbrains]

3 Minute Rule - One of my top 3 favorite songs by the Beastie Boys.

MCA's verse

Roses are red the sky is blue
I got my barrel at your neck so what the fuck you gonna do
It's just two wheels and me the wind in my eyes
The engine is the music and my nine's by my side
Cause you know Y-A-U-C-H
I'm takin' all M.C.'s out of the place
Takin' life as it comes no fool am I
I'm goin' off gettin' paid and I don't ask why
Playin' beats on my box makin' music for the many
Know alota def girls who like to do their thing
A lot of parents like to think I'm a villain
I'm just chillin' like Bob Dylan
I smoke cheeba it helps me with my brain
I might be a little dusted but I'm not insane
People come up to me and they try to talk shit man
I've been making records since you were sucking on your mother's dick

[Ebase]

Still think Paul's Boutique is their best album with Ill Communication a close second.

This x20. Least listened to by people and the best by far.

[Giac]

George Lindsey, known as Goober Pyle, dies

George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on The Andy Griffith Show and Hee Haw, has died. He was 83.

...Lindsey was the beanie-wearing Goober on The Andy Griffith Show from 1964 to 1968 and its successor, Mayberry RFD, from 1968 to 1971. He played the same jovial character — a service station attendant — on Hee Haw from 1971 until it went out of production in 1993.

Lindsey told The Associated Press in 1985 that "America has grown up with me. Goober is every man; everyone finds something to like about ol' Goober."

[Dunc]

‘Where the Wild Things Are’ author Maurice Sendak dead at age 83

One of my most favoritest books and authors, too.

Maurice Sendak dies at 83


"And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!"

–from "Where the Wild Things Are"


"There must be more to life than having everything!"

-from "Higglety Pigglety Pop!"



Author and llustrator Maurice Sendak, pictured at age 57, spends a moment with one of the Wild Things he designed for the operatic adaptation of his book "Where the Wild Things Are," Sept. 25, 1985 in St. Paul, Minn.

This post has been edited by Dunc: May 8 2012, 10:47 AM

[Fuzz]

RIP you lovely grumpy bastard.

[Lester Patrick]

Auto legend Carroll Shelby:

While perhaps best known now for his Shelby Cobras and Shelby Mustangs, his auto foothold came as a notable race driver. And among his enduring, endearing accomplishments as a car builder, Shelby broke the class barrier that had made European brands the elite in road racing.

Representing the proletariat, his innovative, now-legendary Cobras with their "crude" Ford push-rod V-8s gave the high-revving, overhead-camshaft Porsches and Ferraris a sour taste by winning the Grand Touring World Championship in 1965.

It was a prelude to a bigger win: the famous 1-2-3 finish in 1966 in the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Ford GT40 Mark II's he engineered, breaking Ferrari's domination.

Shelby's death was taken hard by the many auto industry veterans and auto buffs who knew him personally, or only via his cars.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dr.../1#.T62l4-htauk

[Giac]

Legendary Booker T. and the MGs bassist Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies in Tokyo at age 70

Legendary bassist and Booker T. and the MGs member Donald “Duck” Dunn died this morning in Tokyo at the age of 70. Dunn’s death was announced by his friend and fellow MG, guitarist Steve Cropper. “Today I lost my best friend, the world has lost the best guy and bass player to ever live” Cropper wrote on his website. “Duck Dunn died in his sleep Sunday morning May 13 in Tokyo Japan after finishing two shows at the Blue Note Night Club.”

...Dunn and Cropper’s band The Mar-Keys scored a hit with “Last Night” in 1961. The pair subsequently became studio musicians at the label Stax, releasing records as members of Booker T. and the MGs and performing on an amazing array of seminal soul-pop hits. Tracks to benefit from Dunn’s firm yet fluid playing include Otis Redding’s “Dock of the Bay,” Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour,” and Sam and Dave’s “Hold On, I’m Comin’.”

By the early ’70s, Dunn had established himself as a much in-demand session musician and would go on to back Rod Stewart, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, and many others. He was also a key member of John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd’s Blues Brothers Band and appeared in John Landis’ 1980 movie The Blues Brothers.

[LisaLisa]

What an awesome pair he and Cropper were. R.I.P. "Duck".

[Lester Patrick]

After weeks in and out of a coma, Robin Gibb passed of liver and colon cancer. Barry is the only one left.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rob...-at-62-20120520

[LisaLisa]

Robin Gibb. Not stayin' alive.

/goingtohell

[Alitaki]

3 Gibbs down. 1 to go.

[Sed]

3 Gibbs down. 1 to go.

Don't forget Marla!

[Lester Patrick]

Richard Dawson, host of Family Feud and Newkirk from Hogan's Heroes:

Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" has died. He was 79.
Dawson, also known to TV fans as the Cockney POW Cpl. Peter Newkirk on "Hogan's Heroes," died Saturday night from complications related to esophageal cancer at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son Gary said.

The British-born actor already had gained fame as the fast-talking Newkirk in "Hogan's Heroes," the CBS comedy that starred Bob Crane and mined laughs from a Nazi POW camp whose prisoners hoodwink their captors and run the place themselves.
Despite its unlikely premise, the show made the ratings top 10 in its first season, 1965-66, and ran until 1971.
"We ran six years," Dawson once quipped, "a year longer than Hitler."
Both "Hogan's Heroes" and "Family Feud" have had a second life in recent years, the former on DVD reissues and the latter on GSN, formerly known as the Game Show Network.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...b110246c1f14e66

This post has been edited by Lester Patrick: Jun 3 2012, 11:21 AM

[Giac]

Rest in peace, Mrs. Landingham.

Kathryn Joosten, Neighbor on ‘Desperate Housewives,’ Dies at 72

Kathryn Joosten, the Emmy-winning character actress best known as the crotchety but lovable Karen McCluskey on “Desperate Housewives” and the president’s secretary on “The West Wing,” died on Saturday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 72.

Ms. Joosten won two Emmy awards for her portrayal of Mrs. McCluskey, who kept a close eye on her Wisteria Lane neighbors on “Desperate Housewives.” The hit show ended its eight-year run on ABC last month with a series finale in which Ms. Joosten’s character died. Her character’s own battle with cancer was a story line in the show.

She became a familiar face to fans of “The West Wing” on NBC when she appeared as Dolores Landingham, President Jed Bartlet’s trusted secretary.

[Alitaki]

Richard Dawson, host of Family Feud and Newkirk from Hogan's Heroes:

Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" has died. He was 79.
Dawson, also known to TV fans as the Cockney POW Cpl. Peter Newkirk on "Hogan's Heroes," died Saturday night from complications related to esophageal cancer at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son Gary said.

The British-born actor already had gained fame as the fast-talking Newkirk in "Hogan's Heroes," the CBS comedy that starred Bob Crane and mined laughs from a Nazi POW camp whose prisoners hoodwink their captors and run the place themselves.
Despite its unlikely premise, the show made the ratings top 10 in its first season, 1965-66, and ran until 1971.
"We ran six years," Dawson once quipped, "a year longer than Hitler."
Both "Hogan's Heroes" and "Family Feud" have had a second life in recent years, the former on DVD reissues and the latter on GSN, formerly known as the Game Show Network.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...b110246c1f14e66

I just heard about this on the radio and both my wife and I were shocked. We both thought he had died YEARS ago. And he was only 79? Fuck. He looked older than Methuselah when we were kids!

[Alitaki]

And he'll ALWAYS be Killian to me.

[Tex]

And he'll ALWAYS be Killian to me.

2nd.

[Giac]

Viral Web's 'Mr. Trololo' dies at 77

Eduard Khil, a Soviet-era singing star who found renewed popularity as the viral Web's "Mr. Trololo," died Monday, Russian media reported.

Khil had been in a St. Petersburg, Russia, hospital since suffering a stroke in April. He was 77.

Khil was considered one of the Soviet Union's great performers in the '60s and '70s. But his claim to fame in the rest of the world came in 2009 after a YouTube video posting of him performing the Russian pop song "I Am Glad, 'Cause I'm Finally Returning Back Home."

With a toothy grin, Khil delivers a clearly lip-synced performance minus lyrics, instead using a series of made-up syllables, including the "trololololo" that captured the hearts of millions.

According to New Music Express, the original lyrics, about a cowboy riding his horse home to meet his sweetheart Mary, were censored because they were deemed "un-Soviet." That led to his "mouth music" version, which ends up sounding like a mash-up of yodeling and jazz-era scat singing over a cheesy orchestral arrangement....

[Giac]

Former Reds pitcher Borbon dies

Former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Pedro Borbon died Monday. He was 65.

Borbon, who reportedly passed away from complications of cancer, played 10 years with the Reds and helped the Big Red Machine win back-to-back World Series titles in 1975 and 1976.

...He is the Reds' all-time leader in appearances with 531, while his 76 saves rank eighth on the club's all-time list.

Borbon became the third relief pitcher inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame in 2010.

[Giac]

Joseph Haggar, clothier and slacks czar, dies

Joseph Haggar Jr., whose Haggar Clothing Company popularized casual pants called "slacks" and who helped clothe President Lyndon B. Johnson, has died at age 87.

[Lester Patrick]

Randy Paar, daughter of talk show host Jack Paar:

Randy Paar, who is remembered by many 1950s and ‘60s television viewers as the cute, precocious girl whom her father, the late-night talk-show host Jack Paar, introduced to a national audience in his monologues and home movies, died on Saturday after falling off a platform at Grand Central Terminal. A successful lawyer in Manhattan, she was 63.

Her death was being investigated by the police, the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the city’s medical examiner.

Robin Cohen, a friend and colleague at the law firm Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, said Paar was found on Track 26 just before 8 a.m. last Wednesday. She appeared to have fallen backward onto the track and hit her head, Cohen said. Taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, Paar died there three days later. Cohen said investigators told her that Paar may have had a stroke or seizure before tumbling onto the track.

http://www.thespec.com/news/world/article/...hter-dies-at-63

[Mike B.]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-5744...ury-dead-at-91/

Ray Bradbury, the writer best known for his dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451," died Tuesday night in Los Angeles. He was 91.

Wouldn't say that this is a bummer, as he lived a long and influential life, but much respect. Fahrenheit 451 is obviously legendary, but I loved The Illustrated Man more. Every time we have an extended bout of shitty weather, I think of The Long Rain.

[Giac]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-5744...ury-dead-at-91/

Ray Bradbury, the writer best known for his dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451," died Tuesday night in Los Angeles. He was 91.

Wouldn't say that this is a bummer, as he lived a long and influential life, but much respect. Fahrenheit 451 is obviously legendary, but I loved The Illustrated Man more. Every time we have an extended bout of shitty weather, I think of The Long Rain.

"The Martian Chronicles" was among my favorites in my youth -- but then again, I could spend hours listing his stuff that I loved. And Mike, I'm with you on "The Long Rain."

[Giac]

Bob Welch dies: Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist, 'Ebony Eyes' singer

Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and singer Bob Welch has been found dead in Nashville of an apparent suicide, according to the Nashville Police Department. The musician, who worked with the band in the early 1970s and later had hit solo songs such as "Ebony Eyes," was 66 years old.

Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said in a statement, "The police department responded to his address at 12:18 p.m., where Mr. Welch was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest." Aaron added that Welch's wife indicated that he had been suffering with health issues. A suicide note was found in the home.

Welch was a member of Fleetwood Mac as the band was transitioning away from being a British blues rock band and into the 1970s powerhouse that it became. As a singer and guitarist, Welch was lesser known than the pair who replaced him -- lead vocalist Stevie Nicks and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.....

[Lester Patrick]

Cuban boxing legend Teofilo Stevenson:

Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Teofilo Stevenson died from a heart attack in Havana, Cuban state media reported Monday.
He was 60 years old.
Stevenson won three Olympic gold medals fighting for Cuba and is still tied for the record in the sport.
Boxing was briefly banned after Cuba's 1959 revolution. But with the help of Soviet trainers, Cuba soon became a powerhouse in the sport, with Stevenson as one of the island's most famous fighters.
The imposing Cuban heavyweight won gold in 1972, 1976 and 1980, when Cold War tensions often took center stage at the games.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/11/world/americ...obit/index.html

[Lester Patrick]

Rodney King has died:

Rodney King, the victim in the infamous Los Angeles Police Department brutally case in 1991, has died. He was 47.

King was found dead in his home by his fiance, his representative Suzanne Wickman confirmed to Eyewitness News on Sunday.

The cause of death is unknown at this time.

King was known for being beaten by LAPD officers during a 1991 DUI traffic stop that eventually led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

A bystander videotaped much of the incident from a distance. The footage shows four LAPD officers severely beating King, striking him 56 times.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=...&id=8704623

[Giac]

Rodney King has died:

Rodney King, the victim in the infamous Los Angeles Police Department brutally case in 1991, has died. He was 47.

King was found dead in his home by his fiance, his representative Suzanne Wickman confirmed to Eyewitness News on Sunday.

The cause of death is unknown at this time.

King was known for being beaten by LAPD officers during a 1991 DUI traffic stop that eventually led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

A bystander videotaped much of the incident from a distance. The footage shows four LAPD officers severely beating King, striking him 56 times.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=...&id=8704623

"Found dead in his home?" I know this was from an early report, but they are now saying he was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool at 5:25 a.m.

[Lester Patrick]

The news is just breaking on twitter that LeRoy Neiman has passed at age 91.

LeRoy Neiman, the painter and sketch artist best known for evoking the kinetic energy of the world's biggest sporting and leisure events with bright quick strokes, died Wednesday at age 91.
Neiman also was a contributing artist at Playboy magazine for many years and official painter of five Olympiads. His longtime publicist Gail Parenteau confirmed his death Wednesday but didn't disclose the cause.
Neiman was a media-savvy artist who knew how to enthrall audiences with his instant renditions of what he observed. In 1972, he sketched the world chess tournament between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a live television audience.
He also produced live drawings of the Olympics for TV and was the official computer artist of the Super Bowl for CBS.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/c...n-dies-ny-at-91

[Lester Patrick]

Screenwriter Nora Ephron:

Nora Ephron, the journalist-turned-successful Hollywood screenwriter/director, is dead. She was 71. The Washington Post was the first to report Ephron's death following some confusion this afternoon about the status of her health.

She died of complications from the blood disorder myelodysplasia, according to the Post.

Born in New York and raised in Beverly Hills, Ephron was the eldest daughter of two Hollywood screenwriters; two of her sisters also are screenwriters, and a third is journalist and author.

Ephron is best known for her romantic comedies, such as When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, but also as the ex-wife of Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein, her second husband and father of her two sons. His cheating during their marriage inspired her 1983 laughing-through-tears novel Heartburn and the 1986 movie of the same name starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/en...-ephron-dead-/1

[Giac]

So saddened to hear of Andy Griffith's passing:

Andy Griffith, America's favorite sheriff, dies at 86

Television icon Andy Griffith, best known as the sage town sheriff in the ’60s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and as a cantankerous defense attorney on 1980s-’90s drama Matlock, died today in Roanoke Island, N.C. He was 86 years old. Friend and former University of North Carolina president Bill Friday confirmed the news to WITN News, an NBC affiliate in Washington, N.C.

...In 1960, Griffith found runaway success with The Andy Griffith Show. The show, starring Griffith as the wise sheriff in the quirky and fictional North Carolina town of Mayberry, was an instant hit and a ratings powerhouse for the eight seasons in which Griffith starred. Famed director Ron Howard played Griffith’s sweet son, Opie, and Knotts played the inept deputy Barney Fife, a scene-stealer who snagged five Emmy Awards for the role. Griffith, meanwhile, never managed a single nomination for the show that bore his name. (He finally earned an Emmy nod for the 1981 TV movie Murder in Texas.)

[Rocha]

He was a very likable actor. I never had any interest in the Andy Griffith Show and avoided it growing up even though I loved many other 1960s sitcoms (they're my favorite even today), but just within the last couple years decided to give it a shot and liked it a lot. Gentle but still amusing humor and charming characters, particularly Andy.

[Paul Smachetti]

So saddened to hear of Andy Griffith's passing:

Andy Griffith, America's favorite sheriff, dies at 86

Television icon Andy Griffith, best known as the sage town sheriff in the '60s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and as a cantankerous defense attorney on 1980s-'90s drama Matlock, died today in Roanoke Island, N.C. He was 86 years old. Friend and former University of North Carolina president Bill Friday confirmed the news to WITN News, an NBC affiliate in Washington, N.C.

...In 1960, Griffith found runaway success with The Andy Griffith Show. The show, starring Griffith as the wise sheriff in the quirky and fictional North Carolina town of Mayberry, was an instant hit and a ratings powerhouse for the eight seasons in which Griffith starred. Famed director Ron Howard played Griffith's sweet son, Opie, and Knotts played the inept deputy Barney Fife, a scene-stealer who snagged five Emmy Awards for the role. Griffith, meanwhile, never managed a single nomination for the show that bore his name. (He finally earned an Emmy nod for the 1981 TV movie Murder in Texas.)

Heard this today. This saddens me. My favorite sitcoms of all-time are "The Dick Van Dyke Show" "Leave It to Beaver " and "The Andy Griffith Show" I remember when I was in elementary school I used to fake sick on occasion ,because I never actually got sick, so I could stay home.That meant I could lay on the couch in the living room. My mom would make me toast and cocoa and I'd spend the morning watching tv. The Beaver ,Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith used to be on every morning before noon. Just like my mom's Polenta was comfort food , these shows were comfort TV for me. I still watch them when they're on and have several videos w/episodes on my laptop.

If you've got a half hour to kill over your morning coffee you might enjoy this.


This post has been edited by Paul Smachetti: Jul 3 2012, 11:02 PM

[Hockey101]

Poor Andy

I hate it when these old actors die. I think the actors of that era were better than the current young actors we have now.

[Hockey101]

A man that designed the best looking cars ever rests in peace.

The guy knew how to make a car extinguish itself from all the others.

[Nilan 666]

He was fucking great in A Face in the Crowd where he basically plays Glenn Beck. It's a rather prophetic movie given when it was made.

[Sed]

He was fucking great in A Face in the Crowd where he basically plays Glenn Beck. It's a rather prophetic movie given when it was made.

IT'S THAT COMMIE ELIA KAZAN! BURN THE WITCH!

[Alitaki]

A man that designed the best looking cars ever rests in peace.

The guy knew how to make a car extinguish itself from all the others.

Well that's a stupid feature. How on earth do you make money off a car that disappears when it's around other cars?

[Lester Patrick]

Academy Award winner, Ernest Borgnine:

Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the Best Actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95.

His longtime spokesman, Harry Flynn, told The Associated Press that Borgnine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his family by his side.

He did not have the face, or the smile, of a classic movie star. But Borgnine certainly had the heart of one, whether in a drama, such as "Marty," or a comedy, like the 1960s sitcom "McHale's Navy."

Ermes Effron Borgnino was born in 1917, the son of Italian immigrants. He lived in Italy for a while as a child, then came back to the United States, where he joined the U.S. Navy, serving throughout World War II.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-574682...ine-dies-at-95/

[Alitaki]

[Mike B.]

Academy Award winner, and anybody prominently featured in The Wild Bunch will always hold a special place in my heart. Not a bad little career.

[Nilan 666]

Academy Award winner, and anybody prominently featured in The Wild Bunch will always hold a special place in my heart. Not a bad little career.

Nice to see The Wild Bunch getting so much love today.

[Alitaki]

Academy Award winner, and anybody prominently featured in The Wild Bunch will always hold a special place in my heart. Not a bad little career.

Air

Wolf

[SorryaboutthatWh...]

Well, at least he didn't die choking on a hot dog at the Denslow Cup.