The RIP thread

Rest in peace Matti Nykanen the greatest ski jumper of all time. The only Skii Jumper to have won at four of the largest events in skii jumping, 3 olympick gold, 1 world championship, skii flying world championship and 3 times Austrian-German Four Hill Tournament. 45 world-cup vicotiries. Hope is that hes rememberd more for hes athlete career than hes life ass an alchoholick.



Edited by Icarium - February 05 2019 at 08:22

Gerard Koerts, keyboard player of Earth & Fire, passed away yesterday at 71.

Edited by someone_else - February 21 2019 at 13:58

I went to a screening of "Head," at the Fox Venice Theatre in, I think, 1974?  Peter Tork was there as well as Bob Rafelson, discussing the film before and after with the audience.  He was very gracious.  He also played at my  local Warner Theater in 1973, in San Pedro, where a friend of mine (who now works doing sound at Alva's in San Pedro, that hosts many prog shows) met him and said he was very pleasant with everyone working that show.  A good friend who was a writer and editor at Creem Magazine had nothing but good things to say about him and the other Monkees lads.  Funny Stephen Stills connection to them as well, in the music history books.  Fun for me, he was in an episode where he bargained with The Devil to be able to play the harp on the show.  Sad to see another one go this year already.

Edited by Atavachron - February 22 2019 at 21:00

I don't know who took this photo, although I've tried researching.  But it's a great photo.  If anyone finds out where it's from let me know, also if it's not OK for me to post it.  

AZF wrote: Another post lamenting the death of Peter Tork.

Before I went nuts for prog I was a Monkees fan.  I never knew the whole story of the band until I dug a little deeper.  They were originally pre fab and hey their backer artists, if that what they can be called, got them attention with some hits.  I utterly admire that two of them had been in bands before.  But as a kid I totally enjoyed the reruns even if the second season wasn't their best.

Rest in Peace Ross Lowell the inventor of gaffer tape.

Invented for easen the work for audio and visual technicians. An invention that has eveolved to become the standard failproov if something is broken.

"If it can't be fixed by Gaffer it aint broken".

RIP Keith Flint of "The Prodigy". Probably not the kind of band/project many prog fans listen to, but they have some very very powerful stuff that I like a lot.

Yeah, I'm saddened to hear of the Fire Starters demise. Very sad. The Prodigy kicked ass in the 90's. I saw them a few times. Great live act. Keith was such a character, and it was good to see these characters in the charts, and on the TV and very much household names.

The trend in pop music these days, seems to be to keep a lid on things, rather than blowing the lid off and causing a stir and outrage. It's all soy latte's, social media and being nice and humble these days. Sad state of affairs. Where are the characters?? Where's the Alice Cooper's, the Meatloaf's, the Freddie's the Bowie's, the Arthur Brown's, Johnny Rotten's and Keith Flint's??

RIP Keith Flint.

I remember standing in a bar in 1997 talking to friends. The usual fodder of music videos was playing on the TV and we weren't taking much notice.

Then a video came on of a crazy man with green spiky hair and piercings going crazy in what looked like a sewer.

We all stopped talking and stood with open mouths watching the video of "Firestarter"

I will never forget that video or that moment. Keith certainly stirred things up. Sad to hear of his passing in that way.