RIP, famous person

[Gravdigr]

Anytime I think of him or hear his name, I think of Damnation Alley.

[Glinda]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Anytime I think of him or hear his name, I think of Damnation Alley.

For me, it's The Mechanic. One of my all-time favorite films.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Anytime I think of him or hear his name, I think of Damnation Alley.

I haven't see the movie but it's weird that in the clip, the black actor is wearing a shirt with a flag patch sewn on his sleeve upside down.

[Hopalong48]

The last time I saw Jan Michael Vincent was on some talk show and he was hammered and was talking gibberish and had an argument with the host. may have been letterman. Hollywood chews up another one.

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[sexobon]

A possible explanation: flying the US flag upside down has long been recognized as a distress signal.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I've seen protesters do that.

[Gravdigr]

Just some FYI:



The vehicle featured in Damnation Alley was not the spawn of special effects. It was called the Landmaster, and it's a real genuine vehicle. Well, it was made for the movie, but it's real. Motorvation was supplied by 390 Ford motor, and it steered by articulation, like a large tractor or earth mover.

The Landmaster had twelve wheels , and all were driven, but only eight wheels were on the ground at any given time, and the three-wheel (on each corner) assemblies could rotate around the centerline to get the Landmaster over rocks/boulders/debris. It even made a 25-foot jump with no damage. Try that in your 10 ton amphibious-surviving-the-end-of-the-world vehicle.

Yep, I said amphibious. It goes on/in water, and will float half-full of water, and can be fully submerged with no worries.

In 2016, the Landmaster was moved to Gene Winfield's Custom Shop on Sierra Highway between Rosamond, California and Mojave, California. It can be seen from the road and is open to public viewing during the week.

~Wiki



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[Undertoad]

Legendary drummer Hal Blaine, 90

Who?

Well he was the drummer on every recording made. Just click anywhere in this video and you'll find a solid piece of pop culture. 150 top ten hits, 40 #1 hits.

[Gravdigr]

Another member of The Wrecking Crew gone.

[Undertoad]

Forgot to recognize Mark Hollis, of Talk Talk, who died 2 weeks ago.

Back in the day, we hated musicians who would sell out - take their artistic success and flatten it for a commercial success.

Talk Talk was a remarkable reverse sell-out. In three albums, they went from making new-wavey synth singles ("Talk Talk"), to deeper, more sonically-interesting singles ("It's My Life", "Life's What You Make It")...

Then the fourth and fifth albums "Spirit of Eden" and "Laughing Stock" are utterly serious art. Unsellable. The opener is to "Spirit of Eden" is nine slow, deliberate minutes long, and the first two minutes are not song at all. It's almost just noise. Impenetrable. If the first records with singles sold a million, the last two probably sold 50,000 each.

And then, over time, that reverse sell-out paid off. People found the uncommercial records, and realized how goddamn good they were if you put the time in. They are now regarded as superb art. Very influential. Some people feel those records mark the founding the genre of "post-rock".

Spotify reports that the first single "Talk Talk" currently has about 4 million plays. "The Rainbow", that nine-minute opener to "Spirit of Eden", also has about 4 million plays.

I think that is a fine outcome. RIP Mr Hollis.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Forgot to recognize Mark Hollis, of Talk Talk, who died 2 weeks ago.

Back in the day, we hated musicians who would sell out - take their artistic success and flatten it for a commercial success.

Talk Talk was a remarkable reverse sell-out. In three albums, they went from making new-wavey synth singles ("Talk Talk"), to deeper, more sonically-interesting singles ("It's My Life", "Life's What You Make It")...

Then the fourth and fifth albums "Spirit of Eden" and "Laughing Stock" are utterly serious art. Unsellable. The opener is to "Spirit of Eden" is nine slow, deliberate minutes long, and the first two minutes are not song at all. It's almost just noise. Impenetrable. If the first records with singles sold a million, the last two probably sold 50,000 each.

And then, over time, that reverse sell-out paid off. People found the uncommercial records, and realized how goddamn good they were if you put the time in. They are now regarded as superb art. Very influential. Some people feel those records mark the founding the genre of "post-rock".

Spotify reports that the first single "Talk Talk" currently has about 4 million plays. "The Rainbow, that nine-minute opener to "Spirit of Eden", has about 4 million plays.

I think that is a fine outcome. RIP Mr Hollis.

https://pour15minutesdamour.blogspot...p-supreme.html

[Gravdigr]

I think someone hacked that website.

It's just gibberish.

[BigV]

Chrome offers to translate the page from French to English on my system.

Tomorrow Started (Supreme Pop)


A prince of Pop * is gone. In the summer of 1986 in Montreux, Talk Talk, of which Mark Hollis was the undisputed frontman gave a concert off stars . The announcement of his death made me all shabby.
I wanted to hear the stirring I Believe In You again on the album Spirit Of Eden . Mark had never sung so well.
Despite my promise, I pay tribute to a musician whose albums were bedside records when we thought we were masters - maybe not the world, though ... - but in any case radio. Without this, how can one claim to have been young?

* Cataloged a little fast "new pop" in the early 80s, Talk Talk has eliminated the gimmicks of a production dated for album after album, to achieve essential music that flirted with jazz and contemporary classical music.

Photo: Rob Ellis
Listed 3 months ago by R. Claude
Labels: 80's those who leave us britain pop

[Gravdigr]

I was just trying to be silly.

[Gravdigr]

Guitar God, "father of heavy metal", Dick Dale died on Mar 16, of heart failure.



Dick Dale was 81.



And yes. In the vid above, he's playing a left-handed Strat strung upside down.