Dropping Like Flies

[Space Freely]

It's never anyone we want, is it? I mean Kissinger was the last good one, and I have to read a history book to remember why I should be happy he died.

[hutch]

It’s hard to feel Kissinger got robbed living to a spry 100….

[hutch]

Joy Reid on msnbc


Not a fan

Too bad though it feels like anti-Trump voice being silenced

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we have a belly up thread, for a second I thought she died and they were says nasty things

[hutch]

I couldn’t find it

[kosmo vinyl]

Roberta Flack

[Justin Tonation]

Lynne Marie Stewart, Miss Yvonne on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Dead at 78

[kosmo vinyl]

Rough week for fans of soul/funk music

Chris Jasper keyboards and key songwriter for the Isley Brothers and later Isley/Jasper/Isley aged 73 after being diagnosed with cancer

[kosmo vinyl]

Not a singer I’m familiar with, but hutch might know of him

Ken Parker

While at Studio One, he recorded singles such as "Choking Kind", "Run Come", and "My Whole World is Falling Down", and an album, Keep Your Eyes on Jesus, followed in 1968. He moved on to work with Duke Reid, who produced hits including "Jimmy Brown", "Help Me Make it Through the Night", and "Kiss an Angel Good Morning". His popularity continued to grow and he recorded for other producers including Bunny Lee ("Guilty"), Rupie Edwards ("Talk About Love"), Byron Lee ("Will the Circle be Unbroken"), Lloyd Charmers ("Queen Majesty"), and Joe Gibbs ("Only Yesterday").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Parker_(musician)?wprov=sfti1#Biography

[hutch]

I haven’t bought his compilation on Trojan though I iheld it in my hands many times. I just assumed he would be that light pop reggae which I don’t care for….

[Justin Tonation]

Larry Appelbaum, jazz explorer and DJ, dies at 67

[hutch]

Larry Appelbaum, jazz explorer and DJ, dies at 67

This is the guy that discovered the Monk/Coltrane live recording about 20 years ago. Was a big story

[grateful]

Buffy’s sister

[sweetcell]

^ Michelle Trachtenberg, of ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ dead at 39

[Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK]

^ Michelle Trachtenberg, of ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ dead at 39

Not going to lie. As a person who still believed he would, at some point in his life, have a brief but fruitful . . . let's say "dalliance" . . . with this person, I'm kinda a mess right now.