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[Sumez]

That's the story of my Facebook adventure.
I don't post anything, and as a social platform it's basically dead at this point outside of a couple of friends who seem to manage to cling to it.
But there's a fantastic number of shitposting groups to absorb weirdly specific memes off of. For some reason there seems to be a lot of overlap between the Twin Peaks one and the Talking Heads one.


Actually I did break my "silence" on the platform just the other dead by posting an eulogy of sorts to David Lynch and what his films mean to me. I think this is probably the most moved I've been by a celebrity/artist death since Bowie.

[RGC]

That's the story of my Facebook adventure.
I don't post anything, and as a social platform it's basically dead at this point outside of a couple of friends who seem to manage to cling to it.
But there's a fantastic number of shitposting groups to absorb weirdly specific memes off of. For some reason there seems to be a lot of overlap between the Twin Peaks one and the Talking Heads one.


Actually I did break my "silence" on the platform just the other dead by posting an eulogy of sorts to David Lynch and what his films mean to me. I think this is probably the most moved I've been by a celebrity/artist death since Bowie.

I feel totally the same way about this, and I think it has something to do with the world's loss of another "true artist" :cringe: (part of the definition of which is surely that the person will stubbornly put their art before almost anything else, and take risks. I don't even think they have a choice in the matter, or always perceive the risk themselves. But what they create, when it works, inspires us in ways we couldn't have predicted before. And when it doesn't work, it still counts as necessary excavation, utterly worth it to get to the gold.

It's funny you mention Talking Heads as I'd without hesitation put David Byrne in that camp too (assuming you meant the band). I don't even like ~50% his music, but the other ~50% transcends. There's a bunch of other creatives I respect for having this kind of integrity. Sorry if this sounds trite or like a load of old bollocks, but yeah I'm affected by Lynch's passing.

[GaijinPunch]

That's the story of my Facebook adventure.
I don't post anything, and as a social platform it's basically dead at this point outside of a couple of friends who seem to manage to cling to it.
But there's a fantastic number of shitposting groups to absorb weirdly specific memes off of. For some reason there seems to be a lot of overlap between the Twin Peaks one and the Talking Heads one.


Actually I did break my "silence" on the platform just the other dead by posting an eulogy of sorts to David Lynch and what his films mean to me. I think this is probably the most moved I've been by a celebrity/artist death since Bowie.

I make a couple of posts every now and again, but they're basically shit posts / dumbass things that few care about. Some of the specific groups are great though... some music groups I follow, old movies, shit like that. There's some good tidbits in there. But yeah, in terms of keeping up w/ my friends... that aspect of it is basically done for me.

[vol.2]

I haven't made an actual post on FB for about 13 years. The only reason I keep it is to keep some small connection to a few of my older friends who barely use it but are unlikely to open up a new account on the gram or elsewhere.

Pre-COVID it was useful as a place to keep track of events within my friend group, but people have stopped using it almost completely now. Instagram is the new FB in my life at this point. I keep track of scheduling of events by taking screenshots of my friend's stories and also checking message boards on Tumblr if you can believe it. The main event message board in Baltimore is still on Tumblr.

I've actually considered deleting my FB account a few times, but I don't because there's a few people who I would probably completely lose touch with if I did. Maybe that's just the way it's "supposed to be" and I should just kiss it goodbye and let it go, but it's hard to feel totally disconnected from people who were important to you if there is an option to keep the door open; it feels better that way.

[Lord British]

RIP John Sykes

Killer guitarist. This is one of my favorite solos:

https://youtu.be/NScfEbx2iRM?si=3e1kZc02tqp5fJfk

[vol.2]

RIP John Sykes

Ah damn. I got a copy of Thunder and Lightning on the shelf that needs some more love. You can really hear where Sykes was heading to with the move to Whitesnake.

Blue Murder is pretty interesting as well. Carmine Appice was in that one. I remember in the late 90s I went to see Leslie West's Mountain play in Virginia and Corky Laing was actually still there as the drummer. It was at one of those medium sized places, and the show wasn't too crowded. Corky was just hanging out at the merch table gabbing and I talked to him for about a half hour about all the crazy people. I mentioned Appice and I pronounced it aa-pa-cee and he said "no, it's like a-piece." That stuck with me for some reason.

Anyway, Blue Murder is worth a shot. It chugs.

[Sumez]

It's funny you mention Talking Heads as I'd without hesitation put David Byrne in that camp too (assuming you meant the band). I don't even like ~50% his music, but the other ~50% transcends. There's a bunch of other creatives I respect for having this kind of integrity. Sorry if this sounds trite or like a load of old bollocks, but yeah I'm affected by Lynch's passing.

Lol yes, Byrne is now sadly the last remaining of the trifecta of Davids whose art I truly admire.
I'm not a big fan of most of his solo stuff either - though, a lot of it is still pretty amazing, especially the stuff he did while Talking Heads still existed. Younger Byrne felt like more of a tortured artist for better or worse, though I'm also appreciative of the positive perspectives that he's championing these days.

As for his (and occasionally the rest of the band's) output under the Talking Heads label, there is very little of it that I don't appreciate, very near to 100% - for my money they are probably the most consistent band I'm aware of. And the stuff I don't appreciate is almost exclusively on the Little Creatures album lol. I did a complete list of every single Talking Heads song ranked according to me a couple of years ago - yeah I'm that big of a fan. And honestly only a very smal lhandful were even below the "I don't really like this" mark. The vast majority of the list is great stuff.

[Lord British]

Lol yes, Byrne is now sadly the last remaining of the trifecta of Davids whose art I truly admire.

[NYN]

If I may respond to the use of that particular *gif: now with the context of having seen the movie it originates from (Session 9), it comes of very aggressive with the pull-in, something out of WWF or reality Tv; yet in the scene itself it's just the end of a group discussion. It's hilarious either way.

[Lord British]

If I may respond to the use of that particular *gif: now with the context of having seen the movie it originates from (Session 9), it comes of very aggressive with the pull-in, something out of WWF or reality Tv; yet in the scene itself it's just the end of a group discussion. It's hilarious either way.

Always wanted to see the context but I could never figure out what movie it's from.

[NYN]

Glad to clear that up! I wrote some lines about it in you-know-where. If it doesn't come through: psycho-horror inclined? Have a go-go.

[Sumez]

Lol yes, Byrne is now sadly the last remaining of the trifecta of Davids whose art I truly admire.

Did I miss a David?

[Lord British]

e=Sumez post_id=1571689 time=1737645386 user_id=8463]

Lol yes, Byrne is now sadly the last remaining of the trifecta of Davids whose art I truly admire.

Did I miss a David?

Lol that's David Caruso

[RGC]

I did a complete list of every single Talking Heads song ranked according to me a couple of years ago - yeah I'm that big of a fan. And honestly only a very smal lhandful were even below the "I don't really like this" mark. The vast majority of the list is great stuff.

I'd like to see that list just out of curiosity and maybe as a guide of sorts for digging deeper into their work. I watched Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense for the first time about a year ago and was totally mesmerised. What a stage presence he had, and it was so cool seeing the band being fuelled by his energy!

[NeoStrayCat]

Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, the actor who played E. Honda in the live-action Street Fighter movie, passes away at 61.

[BIL]

Gene Hackman, 95. Was always happy to know he was still around. One of the great holdouts from those iconic 60s/70s hardcases. That said, I only saw The French Connection and its sequel way late in the day. For me, his signature badman role was always Little Bill from Unforgiven. Ultimately I remember him best as The Conversation's Harry Caul, a seething stack of ticking neuroses. One hell of a movie.



Good innings, somewhat darkened by his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, being found dead with him in their home. Also their dog. Police say no foul play suspected; offhand, sounds like carbon monoxide. Horribly sneaky, that stuff.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Very sad stuff too, apparently it was him, his wife, and his dog, all dead in their home. Initial rumors are that it was carbon monoxide poisoning. Reminder to all that it's super important to have both fire detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in your house, because both of them can kill so, so easily.

[vol.2]

Good innings, somewhat darkened by his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, being found dead with him in their home. Also their dog.

That's terrible. Gene Hackman was one of the good guys. One of my earliest film memories was Lex Luthor, and he was such a great bad guy.

An instant highlight of any film he graced. Very sad to see him go, though 95 ain't too bad.

Police say no foul play suspected; offhand, sounds like carbon monoxide. Horribly sneaky, that stuff.

Very grim. There was a nasty case in the area I grew up in back in the 90s. A whole family was getting ready to go on vacation to visit their grandma like down in Florida or someplace very far away by car. They were loading up the car and left the car on and the garage door closed. The whole family passed out and died from monoxide, and it took a whole week to find their bodies because the grandma didn't know why they didn't show up. This was obviously before cell phones, etc.

[Lord British]

This gave me a reason to watch Prime Cut tonight and it was pretty great.

[vol.2]

This gave me a reason to watch Prime Cut tonight and it was pretty great.

Hell yeah. I didn't know this one existed, but it's on the list. Roger Ebert's review for it is pretty great.

[orange808]

David Johansen.

Somehow he is being eulogized with no mention of Buster Pointdexter, whatsoever...

[vol.2]

David Johansen.

Somehow he is being eulogized with no mention of Buster Pointdexter, whatsoever...

I definitely think he was trying to put that behind himself after resurrecting the NY Dolls so it makes sense

[BIL]

A fine run for that punishingly hard-living scene. ;w;7 JET BOY got me through some annoying shit BITD, never far from my desert island tapes along with all the other stuff it gatewayed me into.

When I first came around this dump / I knew I wouldn't stay~ ♫

EDIT: ah fuck. Ewen Macintosh aka Big Keith from The Office carked it this time last year. 3; 50, care home, apparently was in a bad way for a couple years. You gotta take care of your shit fellas, shit gets real fast after ~35 if you <3 screens! Reminds me I gotta check in on Moviebob to see if he still have he feets.



I'm off for a pot noodle and a wank m8s. ;w;7

[EmperorIng]

Sad to hear that George Lowe, the voice of Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast (and various other adult swim og's) has died after a long illness.

What a shame, that show along with other adult swim shows (like Sealab 2021, Brak Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and others) had a big impact on my awakening humor as a young lad. He had a special place in my heart along with deceased Martin Croker (the voice of Zorak and Moltar). His last thing I know of was a cameo/homage along with the voice actor who plays Brak on the kid's show Jellystone, where he reprised the role (along with Brak and a guy doing a Zorak/Moltar impression). He sounded pretty haggard there, crazy that he was still in his 60s though.

Here's some clips to remember him by.

What a wild show.

[vol.2]

So I guess most people have already heard, but they figured out that Gene Hackman died of a heart attack something like a week after his wife died from a virus. So 95 year old Hackman must have been in that place alone for a week unable to somehow do anything with his wife dead in the other room and I guess died because he was alone and unable to do anything and maybe from the grief of the situation. Obviously I don't know the details, but it had to have been a hard way to go.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

So I guess most people have already heard, but they figured out that Gene Hackman died of a heart attack something like a week after his wife died from a virus. So 95 year old Hackman must have been in that place alone for a week unable to somehow do anything with his wife dead in the other room and I guess died because he was alone and unable to do anything and maybe from the grief of the situation. Obviously I don't know the details, but it had to have been a hard way to go.

Plus one of two family pet dogs was found dead nearby in a crate due to starvation. Gene's wife died from the deadly hantavirus spread by rodents -- don't be messing with rodent droppings as they can possibly carry the hantavirus itself.

I didn't know that Gene was an artist whom did paintings on canvas (he would give them away for free to friends that were unsigned & undated, of course) + did some stock-car racing "on the side" as well. It's been said that Gene did his own "stunt driving" scenes in "The French Connection" film for greater realism/portrayal and it shows him "at the wheel" during the high-speed car chase scene indeed.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Ice Beam]

So I guess most people have already heard, but they figured out that Gene Hackman died of a heart attack something like a week after his wife died from a virus. So 95 year old Hackman must have been in that place alone for a week unable to somehow do anything with his wife dead in the other room and I guess died because he was alone and unable to do anything and maybe from the grief of the situation. Obviously I don't know the details, but it had to have been a hard way to go.

The news I read said he had Alzheimer's disease. He probably didn't even realize what was going on.

[To Far Away Times]

Grill salesman and former boxer George Foreman has passed away at 76.

[BIL]

Ah, bless. Always seemed like a good dude. As with Hagler v Hearns (aka THE WAR), so many treasured memories of everyone getting together for his epic with Holyfield bitd.

So I guess most people have already heard, but they figured out that Gene Hackman died of a heart attack something like a week after his wife died from a virus. So 95 year old Hackman must have been in that place alone for a week unable to somehow do anything with his wife dead in the other room and I guess died because he was alone and unable to do anything and maybe from the grief of the situation. Obviously I don't know the details, but it had to have been a hard way to go.

The news I read said he had Alzheimer's disease. He probably didn't even realize what was going on.

It's so damn sad. RIP

[vol.2]

It's so damn sad. RIP

I wonder how that must have felt. Maybe like being trapped in some horrible dream, between realities and then dying in that dream. I have had such realistic dreams that I woke from that I had to convince myself that it wasn't real and the things in that dream didn't really happen in the real world. But to actually be trapped in that dream and die without the chance to pop your head out and take a deep breath.

Sounds pretty awful.