The Cellar / RIP, Famous person

**Posted by BigV** 2/18/2021 12:50 am

also,"Freedom Medal" not freedom metal

I heard today that he said his goal was to generate "confiscatory ad rates"

to paraphrase the great footfootfoot, "It's all about the dollas"

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 2/18/2021 1:00 pm

Limbaugh was indeed sort of listenable early on, but he didn't really have any firm beliefs.
He discovered that Americans like slander and hate more than truth and, more important, that slander and hate made him more famous and richer.
Now there are dozens and dozens like him and we will probably never be free of his influence.
Good riddance, not RIP.

**Posted by Flint** 2/18/2021 1:20 pm

Clodfobble wrote:
... Limbaugh got into a cycle of needing to be more and more outrageously offensive in order to maintain the size and devotion of his audience.

This is what happened to Superman. The writers needed to keep attracting an audience, and that's how, over time, he ended up with eye lasers and ice breath, on top of being invincible, able to fly, the x-ray vision, etc. The 1976 film Network predicted that news would morph into the entertainment division, producing this new headless monster that only craves eyeballs.

**Posted by monster** 2/28/2021 8:50 pm

Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs)

Coronation Street baddie forever (30 years!) 85. old.

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**Posted by griff** 3/02/2021 5:53 pm

Bunny Wailer. RIP

**Posted by footfootfoot** 3/03/2021 12:02 am

Flint wrote:
Clodfobble wrote:
... Limbaugh got into a cycle of needing to be more and more outrageously offensive in order to maintain the size and devotion of his audience.
This is what happened to Superman. The writers needed to keep attracting an audience, and that's how, over time, he ended up with eye lasers and ice breath, on top of being invincible, able to fly, the x-ray vision, etc. The 1976 film Network predicted that news would morph into the entertainment division, producing this new headless monster that only craves eyeballs.

So, in other words unreasonable.

**Posted by BigV** 3/03/2021 12:08 am

Well played.

**Posted by griff** 3/03/2021 7:32 am

The world needed a nice zombie song.

**Posted by footfootfoot** 3/04/2021 10:39 pm

His whole catalog is great. There's even a forlorn love song from the pov of a sea monster having disastrous unrequited love for a sailboat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A33u4XMIdW4

**Posted by BigV** 3/08/2021 9:18 pm

footfootfoot wrote:
His whole catalog is great. There's even a forlorn love song from the pov of a sea monster having disastrous unrequited love for a sailboat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A33u4XMIdW4

His lyrics are deeply poetic.

I found the song very moving.

He's got a regular gig on NPR on a show called "Ask Me Another" hosted by Ophira Eisenberg (aka Her Ripe Begonias) (going from memory here). He does all the musical wordplay and changeling lyrics to pop melodies in the musical questions. And flawlessly at that. Completely worth it.

**Posted by Gravdigr** 3/10/2021 12:05 pm

Jonathon Coulton is awesome.

**Posted by footfootfoot** 3/10/2021 6:00 pm

BigV wrote:
footfootfoot wrote:
His whole catalog is great. There's even a forlorn love song from the pov of a sea monster having disastrous unrequited love for a sailboat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A33u4XMIdW4

His lyrics are deeply poetic.

I found the song very moving.

He's got a regular gig on NPR on a show called "Ask Me Another" hosted by Ophira Eisenberg (aka Her Ripe Begonias) (going from memory here). He does all the musical wordplay and changeling lyrics to pop melodies in the musical questions. And flawlessly at that. Completely worth it.

I will check it out. My sister turned me onto him and I almost didn't bother listening because the link was to a crappy flash animation for his song, Skull Crusher Mountain. I told her as much and she told me to watch it without the picture. So much better.

**Posted by monster** 3/13/2021 3:08 pm

Brit F1 commentator Murray Walker has passed the chequered flag at 97

**Posted by griff** 3/14/2021 7:00 am

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/13/976907347/marvelous-marvin-hagler-boxing-great-is-dead-at-66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler dead a 66. He was such a fighter. COD not given. Peace.

**Posted by footfootfoot** 5/27/2021 8:25 pm

Golden Brown
Dave Greenfield, Keyboardist of The Stranglers who, notably, gave us the music for Golden Brown. Got et up by The covid.

Well, that is a whole big fat pile of domage.

A mariachi version, why the hell not?

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**Posted by footfootfoot** 5/27/2021 8:27 pm

I'm a year late. never mind, still sucks though

**Posted by griff** 5/28/2021 6:17 am

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/970974320/eric-carle-creator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-has-died

Eric Carle had a good long life. I use his work daily for my work.

**Posted by glatt** 5/28/2021 7:48 am

The world is a better place because Eric Carle was in it.

**Posted by monster** 6/23/2021 5:07 pm

John McAfee of virus software fame. Suicide in prison

**Posted by griff** 6/24/2021 6:01 am

"Kid, we don't want any hangings." I said, "Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?"

I'm gonna guess the internet is alive with conspiracy theories this morning.

**Posted by monster** 6/24/2021 8:56 am

Maybe he caught a virus?

**Posted by fargon** 6/24/2021 11:06 am

griff wrote:
"Kid, we don't want any hangings." I said, "Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?"

I'm gonna guess the internet is alive with conspiracy theories this morning.

Just like any other day.

**Posted by Luce** 6/24/2021 1:09 pm

Undertoad wrote:
Google Translate autodetects "quelle dommage" as French ~ I'm just trying to help ~

WARNING:

This is not the same as quelle fromage.

**Posted by monster** 6/24/2021 6:21 pm

But we do need to quell the fromage, otherwise the Wisconsinites will rise up and we'll all b edam ned

**Posted by BigV** 6/24/2021 8:29 pm

footfootfoot wrote:
Golden Brown
Dave Greenfield, Keyboardist of The Stranglers who, notably, gave us the music for Golden Brown. Got et up by The covid.

Well, that is a whole big fat pile of domage.

A mariachi version, why the hell not?

I'll see your Mariachis and raise you Dave Brubeck.

eta: speling

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