Rolling Obituary Thread 2024

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mary-weiss-the-shangri-las-dead-obituary-1234950474/

Mary Weiss's death brings to mind an ongoing issue with the baseball HOF: their habit of not inducting some obviously qualified people while they're still alive (Ron Santo, Buck O'Neil, Leo Durocher, Dick Allen), then inducting them soon after they die--or, in Allen's case, not even then. (He'll be inducted eventually). I bet the Shangri-Las go in within two or three years; they should have been in long ago, and from all reports (by which I mean Greil Marcus), going in was something that was actually important to Weiss.

otm

i'm sorry that that was important to her

i've complained about the baseball HOF often enough, as clemenza is well aware -- it does less to celebrate greatness than to punish non-inductees (who were all great players!) for not measuring up, for years on end. (and then slips harold baines in via a back door because tony la russa liked him)

and the R&RHOF is ten times more arbitrary and racist and sexist. no one should care about it

otm as well

Halls of Fame are shit.

God bless the Shangri-La's. Rest in Peace Mary.

I’M JUST HERE FOR DICTATION
I DON’T WANT TO BE A SENSATION
BEING ON SIXTY MINUTES WASN’T
WORTH YOUR 15 MINUTES
DON’T TOUCH MY BREAST
I’M JUST WORKING AT MY DESK
DON’T PUT ME TO THE TEST
I’M JUST DOING MY BEST
SHOPPING AT MAXFIELDS
POWER FOR YOU TO WIELD
I DREAMED OF GOING TO THE GRAMMYS
TILL YOU POKED ME WITH YOUR WHAMMY
YOU USED TO SPIN THE DISKS
NOW YOU’RE MOURNING YOUR WRISTS
I’M JUST FROM ENCINO
WHY ARE YOU SO MEANO
I’M JUST HERE FOR DICTATION
IM NOT YOUR SUMMER VACATION
YOU REALLY LIKE TO SMOORE
WELL NOW YOU’RE ON THE NEWS
I’M FROM SHERMAN OAKS, JUST A WHEEL IN THE SPOKES
BUT I AIN’T GIVING YOU HEAD
IN A SUNSET BUNGALOW
ROSHUMBA, JUDIT, PAULINA, KATHY,
VENDELLA, NAOMI, ASHLEY, ANGIE, STACEY,
GAIL, I’M SWIMMING, I’M SWIMMING (US WOMEN)

Marlena Shaw, 81.
Pluto Shervington, 73.

RIP Marlena + Pluto.

Weird that reggae used to be in the British charts so regularly. I assume Pluto Shervington's "Dat" managed to become a Top 10 hit because the BBC couldn't understand the patois, it mentions buying weed in the first 30 seconds!

RIP Pluto, Dat 7" was a regular fixture in 90s charity shops/car boot sales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8HsIxaHq3Q

RIP Marlena

I was just listening to "Let's Wade In The Water" on a Chess v/a comp yesterday, which was quite the floor-filler at the local Soul Nights back in the day. RIP Marlena!

oh no not Pluto :(

one day i will find a karaoke that's got "Your Honour"

Laurie Johnson, composer of great TV, film and library music. Not least one of the greatest title sequences of all time.

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

And the Jason King theme, too.

Conductor of a fantastic LP version of Herrmann’s North By Northwest also
And his Hammer score for Captain Kronos is really special

Norman Jewison, 97. Definitely assumed he died like 20 years ago.

Gigi Riva, at the age of 79.

R.I.P Gigi Riva 💔

Italy’s greatest ever striker & STILL their top scorer 50 years after his last game

Scored in Euro 68 final win, a legend at World Cup 70

Led Cagliari to historic 1970 Scudetto

His left foot shot was so powerful it once broke the arm of a fan in the crowd pic.twitter.com/KPJgJCfc47

— Carlo Garganese (@carlogarganese) January 22, 2024

David Emge (from Dawn of the Dead)

https://ew.com/david-emge-died-dawn-of-the-dead-8547146

Oh, this one hurts. The great David Emge passed away Saturday in his hometown of Evansville IN at age 77.

DAWN OF THE DEAD is one of the best social and commercial commentaries ever set to film, and David’s nerve-addled “Flyboy” ties the movie together with heart and humanity. pic.twitter.com/iXoLVeKkIG

— Ted Geoghegan (@tedgeoghegan) January 22, 2024

Apparently Neil Kulkarni? I can't find it anywhere official, but a mutual friend (who I don't think posts here any more) mentioned it, and the most recent post on his Facebook wall (from someone else) says something similar.

I had heard word earlier today, sadly.

Wow, that's a genuine shock.

Knocked me flat when I heard it. It's just...wrong. Completely wrong.

Oh god that's awful :(

holy shit, that is terrible

Does anyone know what happened?

My understanding was a heart attack.

That's awful. His poor kids. They lost their mother too, right?

Yes, they had. This is devastating.

I can’t believe this one :(

Really sad to hear this, RIP.

:-(

What the actual fuck? He was so consistently great on the Chart Music podcast. Massive shock, big loss.

No way - Used to enjoy his writing for melody maker and vox and was consistently interesting on Twitter. RIP.

Really sad. And he posted here a few times, so one of the ILX fallen.

Damn - loved his writing, a true giant. RIP

Ugh.

Norman Jewison too RIP.

... and Gigi Riva RIP.

Totally gutted about Neil. Couldn't believe it when I heard it last night, he only posted on my wall the day before.

What a shitty year this is already (my dads funeral is on thursday).

oh shit sorry to hear that mate x

Condolences

sorry to hear that too Toshirō, sending my best.

David Stubbs has set up a crowd-funder for Neil Kulkarni should anyone be interested in contributing: https://www.gofundme.com/f/neil-kulkarni

"for Neil Kulkarni's family" that should have read

Erwin James, 66

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/23/erwin-james-former-guardian-prison-columnist-dies

Fuck, that's horrible news about Neil Kulkarni, RIP

Very sorry to hear about your dad, Toshiro, condolences

Absolutely reeling from the news about Neil. Fuck.

Kulkarni was also a mainstay of The Wire for about the last decade too.

the Local BBC radio station, CWR, Coventry and Warwickshire Radio have mentioned Neil, on the BBC News app / website

Tributes are paid to Coventry musician and critic Neil Kulkarni.

Tributes are paid to Coventry musician and critic Neil Kulkarni.

Tap to read: https://t.co/YNomtnX65m

— BBC CWR (@BBCCWR) January 23, 2024

Frank Farian, 82

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68065904

Terrible news about Neil Kulkarni too, he was the shake-up MM needed back then.

https://kaptainkulk.medium.com/dissidence-to-britpop-exhibit-a-fbcfefdc8e8d