Joined: 08 Aug 2003 Posts: 943 Location: Terra Firma, Ether Sea
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject: More RIP's...
Sheesh, they seem to be dropping like flies. I guess I should count my blessings as I continue along in relative good health.
I just discovered (while researching some old favorite tunes) that Norman "Hurricane" Smith passed in March recently.
Hurricane's fame revolved primarily around his career as an engineer/producer for the Abbey Road studios and the work he did with the early Beatles and early Pink Floyd, but he did have one performing hit with the song, "Oh Babe, What Would You Say", an almost vaudvillion tune along the lines of something that Ian Whitcomb would have done.
I found the following at http://www.musicbabylon.com/musicfan/blog/hurricane-smith-died-monday-in-london-0
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"3/5/2008) Beatles engineer Norman Smith, who was also known as "Hurricane Smith" as a recording artist, died Monday in London. He was 85. The information was first revealed in a post by fellow engineer Ken Scott on Steve Hoffman's bulletin board Tuesday.
Smith was the engineer on all of the recordings by the Beatles up until 1965 when EMI promoted him from engineer to producer, according to his entry in Wikipedia. He worked on approximately 180 Beatle songs, ending with the album "Rubber Soul."
In 1967, Smith began working with Pink Floyd, producing their albums "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," "A Saucerful of Secrets" and "Ummagumma" at Abbey Road Studios."
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject:
And let us not forget Keith Richards died 15 years ago, but nobody told him yet!!!! sorry that was in bad taste. We all know that son of a gun will outlive all of us!!!
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Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 908 Location: Tampa Bay, FL
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:09 am Post subject:
Strange to think about it, but there seems to be more death announcements than ususal in my local paper. Three to four pages of obits each day. Lots of young people as well as lots of older people. The guy who wrote the obits died too recently. I don't know why I read them but I do. _________________ Travelling by train of thought
Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 1504 Location: Methuen, MA
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:47 am Post subject:
roadwarriorfortheblues wrote:
I don't know why I read them but I do.
I too read the obits everyday, and have for several years. For me, it's curiosity- how old and what did they die from, and did I know them or anyone in their family...
I was going to comment in this thread the other day that we're at an age where we can expect more of the icons of our youth to be moving on. I'm basing this on those of us whose childhood and teen years being in the 60's and early 70's. And now, another icon of my youth- George Carlin.
The funny thing about George Carlin and me- when I first started "digging" him, his comedy was heavily based on his Catholic upbringing (based on mystery and fear) and his experiences in a Catholic elementary school (with nuns and wooden rulers). I was in a Catholic high school at the time (after having gone through the mystery, fear, and nuns with wooden rulers!), and George certainly added much fuel to my religious rebellion fire!
Here's some of his recent stuff:
Subject: FW: George Carlin's rules for 2006
>
New Rule: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for classmates.com !
There's a reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you
don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain
of the football team is doing these days: mowing my lawn.
> >
New Rule: Don't eat anything that's served to you out a window unless
you're a seagull. People are acting all shocked that a human finger was
found in a bowl of Wendy's chili. Hey, it cost less than a dollar. What
did you expect it to contain? Trout?
> >
New Rule: Stop saying that teenage boys who have sex with
their hot, blonde teachers are permanently damaged. I have a better
description for these kids: lucky bastards.
> >
New Rule: If you need to shave and you still collect baseball
cards, you're a dope. If you're a kid, the cards are keepsakes of your
idols. If you're a grown man, they're pictures of men.
> >
New Rule: Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much
men care about your eyebrows: do you have two of them? Okay, we're done.
> >
New Rule: There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a
whole aisle of this crap at the supermarket, water, but without that
watery taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want
flavored water? Pour some scotch over ice and let it melt. That's your
flavored water.
> >
New Rule: Stop f***ing with old people. Target is introducing
a redesigned pill bottle that's square, with a bigger label. And the top
is now the bottom. And by the time grandpa figures out how to open it,
his ass will be in the morgue. Congratulations, Target, you just solved
the Social Security crisis.
> >
New Rule: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the
asshole. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande
half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread
cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low and one
NutraSweet," ooh, you're a huge asshole.
> >
New Rule: I'm not the cashier! By the time I look up from
sliding my card, entering my PIN number, pressing "Enter," verifying the
amount, deciding, no, I don't want cash back, and pressing "Enter"
again, the kid who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there
eating my Almond Joy.
> >
New Rule: Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in
it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass.
And it translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did
anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're
not spiritual. You're just high.
> >
New Rule: Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the
seven deadly sins. ESPN recently televised the US Open of Competitive
Eating, because watching those athletes at the poker table was just too
damned exciting. What's next, competitive farting? Oh wait. They're
already doing that.
It's called "The Howard Stern Show."
> >
New Rule: I don't need a bigger mega M&M. If I'm extra hungry
for M&Ms, I'll go nuts and eat two.
> >
New Rule: If you're going to insist on making movies based on
crappy, old television shows, then you have to give everyone in the
Cineplex a remote so we can see what's playing on the other screens.
Let's remember the reason something was a television show in the first
place is that the idea wasn't good enough to be a movie.
> >
New Rule: No more gift registries. You know, it used to be
just for weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations
from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy
it for you isn't gift giving, it's the white people version of looting.
> >
New Rule: And this one is long overdue: No more bathroom
attendants. After I zip up, some guy is offering me a towel and a mint
like I just had sex with George Michael. I can't even tell if he's
supposed to be there, or just some freak with a fetish. I don't want to
be on your webcam, dude. I just want to wash my hands.
> >
New Rule: When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to
know in months. "27 Months." "He's two," will do just fine. He's not a
cheese. And I didn't really care in the first place..."
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:59 am Post subject: obituaries
Ha ha ha Johnny thanks for this briefing . Before this very morning i didn't knew about him. I've seen this lurking on Gear Page.
Granted what you said , it seems to me what you said about nuns & sticks, is right like a bluesbrothers scene........................................ _________________ http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=147748
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:08 am Post subject:
Your right Daved...they are dropping like flys!!! Thank you johnny for some great quips from George Carlin, one of my all time favorites. I do thank God for my health.....hey wait a minute, whats that.....I ...I...I'm not really feeling all that good.....cough cough.....I uurrgg. gurgle.
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Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 916 Location: Fairhope, AL
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:33 am Post subject: Not George
Funny stuff JZ, but it didn't come from Carlin. That was from Bill Maher. I loved George's early stuff, but I thought his later stuff was even more brilliant.
Frank
Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 1504 Location: Methuen, MA
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:36 am Post subject: Re: Not George
frank0936 wrote:
Funny stuff JZ, but it didn't come from Carlin. That was from Bill Maher.
Interesting. Someone forwarded that to me and copied many others, and I also forwarded it to many others, and no one else has disputed that it's Carlin. I know who Bill Maher is and from what little I've seen and heard from him I didn't think was that funny or clever. Are you sure this stuff wasn't Carlin's?
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Johnny thanks for this briefing . Before this very morning i didn't knew about him. I've seen this lurking on Gear Page.
