It is said that bad things happen in threes, and this week’s RIP list pretty much sums that up. Dennis Hopper, Gary Coleman, and Rue Mcclanahan all passed away in the last few days, kicking in many memories of 60s, 70s, and 80s culture. Dennis Hopper is probably best known for his role in Easy [...]
As a long time fan of the Deadliest Catch, since the time before the show existed as was just part of the a Dangerous Jobs series, it saddens me to report that Captain Phil Harris, the gruff but loving master of the F/V Cornelia Marie passed away on February 9th, as a result of complications [...]
It’s almost a traditional thing now, the Tom Cruise dead rumors seem to come up about two or three times a year, more often when he is doing something nutty. Recent stories have peopel from inside his camp reporting on his weeks of trying to use his Scientology powers to dominate door knobs and other [...]
it hasn’t been a very good week for Perez Hilton, the screen name for flamboyant “blogger” Mario Lavandeira. First off, he gets into a scuffle in Toronto with Members of the Black Eyed Peas, calls one of them a “f-ggot”, and get whacked upside the head and gets a black eye as a result. Then [...]
Quite simply, I am shocked and dismays. As many of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s, I didn’t really like Michael Jackson’s music (rock guy here) but still had respect for this work. We all watched as he went through his creepy, reclusive stage, and deep down we cheered as he announced [...]
Tough times in the economy have just made things worst for the newspaper world. Prior to the arrival of the current economic downturn, the newspapers were already suffering greatly. Increased costs from paper to delivery to fuel, combined with slipping readership and declining ad sales already had many just about on the ropes. With a [...]
A bit of a shocker is the news that TapouT co-founder Mask (Charles Lewis Jr) died in a high speed car accident last night. His $300,000 Ferrari Modena was sectioned in half by a telephone pole which he hit at very high speed, apparently while street racing with a Porche. TapouT is the clothing and [...]
It’s the end of an era for many camera fans. If you grew up in the anywhere between the 50s and the 80s, you probably knew someone who had a polaroid camera. They were special, taking the picture and out would come the print, and it would develop right in front of your eyes. Well, [...]
Hurricane Gustav (as I write this) is about 24 hours or so away from giving New Orleans a slap potentially bigger than Katrina, and quite possibly on that scale. It has been very interesting watching Mayor Nagin ordering manditory evacuations long before the storm hits, President Bush declaring a state of emergency, and everyone and [...]
One of my friends is kidding me that I should change the name of this blog to “those are people who died”, because her I got with another RIP post. I guess in a sense much of what is going on in the world isn’t interesting me much right now, but the passing of legends [...]
Marcel Marceau was quite possibly the most famous man that most of us never heard speak. Marceau single handedly returned the art of mime and pantomime to the forefront of entertainment in his 50 year career. He appeared in many movies, but was best known for his stage performances, often portraying a number of characters [...]
Being of scottish decent, I am always proud of great Scottish athletes. Being a fan of motorsports, I have always looked up to people like Jackie Stewart and Colin McRae. Now I have to look a little higher in the sky to see Colin McRae, who was killed over the weekend in a terrible helicopter [...]
Now this has come up a couple of times in the last year, but this is one of those weird sort of web stories I love too much. Seems this weekend noted celeb blogger Perez Hilton was postin that Fidel Castro was dead. Apparently rumors around the Miami area has the leader passing away from [...]
Tom Snyder was the enigma of talk show hosts when I was very young. In my teen years, I would stay up late when I could to watch his show on on a static snow filled channel from over the border, as he smoothly and eloquently handled all sorts of guests in all sorts of [...]
