Dropping Like Flies

[Justin Tonation]

Arthur Frommer, travel guide author

[Justin Tonation]

Thomas Kurtz, BASIC man

[shemptiness]

Shel Talmy

How Shel Talmy created one of the most thrilling sounds in rock

[kosmo vinyl]

 Andy Paley, a power pop legend who collaborated with Brian Wilson, produced Jonathan Richman, NRBQ and Jerry Lee Lewis, and wrote songs for SpongeBob SquarePants.

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/andy-paley-brian-wilson-collaborator-spongebob-dead-1236216365/

He was also a staff producer at Sire and worked with Greenberry Woods among many others

This a bit of a bonkers bio

Soon renamed the Sidewinders, the band included future members of The Modern Lovers, including Jerry Harrison, who would go on to become a member of Talking Heads. They were joined by Billy Squier and relocated to New York where they played Max’s Kansas City and signed to RCA Records with Lenny Kaye producing. After the Sidewinders broke up, Paley played on sessions and performance dates with Elliott Murphy, Patti Smith and Jonathan Richman, for whose later recordings Paley would serve as producer.

[Justin Tonation]

Andy Paley, a power pop legend who collaborated with Brian Wilson, produced Jonathan Richman, NRBQ and Jerry Lee Lewis, and wrote songs for SpongeBob SquarePants.

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/andy-paley-brian-wilson-collaborator-spongebob-dead-1236216365/

He was also a staff producer at Sire and worked with Greenberry Woods among many others

This a bit of a bonkers bio

Soon renamed the Sidewinders, the band included future members of The Modern Lovers, including Jerry Harrison, who would go on to become a member of Talking Heads. They were joined by Billy Squier and relocated to New York where they played Max’s Kansas City and signed to RCA Records with Lenny Kaye producing. After the Sidewinders broke up, Paley played on sessions and performance dates with Elliott Murphy, Patti Smith and Jonathan Richman, for whose later recordings Paley would serve as producer.

With that CV I expected he would have been 80-something but he was only 72.

[Space Freely]

Andy Paley, a power pop legend who collaborated with Brian Wilson, produced Jonathan Richman, NRBQ and Jerry Lee Lewis, and wrote songs for SpongeBob SquarePants.

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/andy-paley-brian-wilson-collaborator-spongebob-dead-1236216365/

He was also a staff producer at Sire and worked with Greenberry Woods among many others

This a bit of a bonkers bio

Soon renamed the Sidewinders, the band included future members of The Modern Lovers, including Jerry Harrison, who would go on to become a member of Talking Heads. They were joined by Billy Squier and relocated to New York where they played Max’s Kansas City and signed to RCA Records with Lenny Kaye producing. After the Sidewinders broke up, Paley played on sessions and performance dates with Elliott Murphy, Patti Smith and Jonathan Richman, for whose later recordings Paley would serve as producer.

With that CV I expected he would have been 80-something but he was only 72.

Leaves behind a wife and twin 12 year olds. It always amazes me when 60 yr old men choose to have kids.

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Ultimately, men really only have so much “choice” in whether or not to have kids?

[nkotb]

Ultimately, men really only have so much “choice” in whether or not to have kids?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF_dB09IVAI

[grateful]

Ultimately, men really only have so much “choice” in whether or not to have kids?

Erm. It takes two.

[More_Coffee]

It's hard to judge at 60. Lots of people are reasonably active into their 90s now.

But then, having kids at 90, yeah, that'd be a bit different (though great if everything still works at 90).

[Space Freely]

It's hard to judge at 60. Lots of people are reasonably active into their 90s now.

But then, having kids at 90, yeah, that'd be a bit different (though great if everything still works at 90).

How sure was the active 90 year old about how his health was going to be when he was 60? At 57, I feel like I'm going to live a lot longer based on my current lifestyle, but what do I know? My dad was dead at 57 and his dad was dead at 52.

And overall, American life expectancy is going down.

Anyway, I did recognize the name. I didn't realize how much great music he had his hands in.

[hutch]

Mind your own beeswax

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Ultimately, men really only have so much “choice” in whether or not to have kids?

Erm. It takes two.

Correct but you know what I’m saying. There’s a way to terminate a pregnancy and a man cannot (and obviously should not) be able to make that decision for someone else.

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Ultimately, men really only have so much “choice” in whether or not to have kids?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF_dB09IVAI

One of my favorite lines from a movie all time. A++.