Monday, September 19, 2011

Who rates an "In Memoriam"?

Emmy broadcast omits Jeff Conaway, others -- via Entertainment Weekly. What does one have to do to rate a mention? Evidently, avoid rehab.

Bill "Ready" Cash

Negro Leagues catcher -- via examiner.com.

Catherine Coath

Actress -- via the Lake Forester.

Jordi Dauder

Actor -- via forum.bcdb.com.

Paul Hunt

B-movie director, producer and distributor -- via Variety.

Wilma Lee Cooper

Bluegrass and country musician -- via the New York Times.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Carlos Ballesteros

Actor and director -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Jesse Jefferson

MLB pitcher -- via masnsports.com.

Mary Fickett

Actress -- via the New York Times.

Jordan Belson

Experimental filmmaker -- via the New York Times.

Christopher Small

Musicologist -- via the New York Times. Fascinatingly, he redefined music as a verb, not a noun; as a ritual, not a product (he lays its commodification at the feet of capitalism). A bold thinker!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Wade Mainer

The "grandfather of bluegrass" -- via the Washington Post. A vital link between the pre- and post-commercial country music scene.“'What we was playin’ in the ’30s was true country music — no electric instruments, no copyrights,' he once said. 'Something’d happen and someone’d write a song about it — nobody owned it, nobody’d know who wrote it. The music just told a story.'"

Carl Oglesby

Anti-war activist and writer -- via Yahoo News.

Ilse Lowenstam

Physician who developed new ways to combat addictions -- via the L.A. Times.

Richard Hamilton

The father of Pop Art -- via the New York Times. His 1956 collage, “Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?” is considered the first work in the movement.
He also famously designed the Beatles' "White Album" cover and its poster collage lyric sheet insert and photo portraits --

Arthur Evans

Gay activist and writer -- via my.firedoglake.com.