Johnny Hardwick —the voice of Dale Gribble and other characters on King of the Hill— has passed away. I don’t have a ton to say, because I didn’t follow his career outside the show, and didn’t know anything about his personality.… Read the rest “”
I… was not a Pee-Wee Herman fan. I simply wasn’t young enough, nor whimsical enough… Big Adventure is still one of the few Tim Burton movies I’ve never seen.
To me, the high point of his career was being the funniest vampire in the film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
And I thought he handled it well, when he became the world’s most famous public masturbator.… Read the rest “”
Wow, it’s been a rough few days in cultureland. Eighty-three isn’t a bad time to go —most rock stars of her caliber didn’t make it that far— but I’m still sad.
I was too young to have experienced Tina at the start, but I was at just the right age for her ‘80s Renaissance.… Read the rest “”
No. Fucking. Way.
Goddammit.
He was 58, for fuck’s sake.
Ray Stevenson, ‘RRR’ and ‘Thor’ actor, dead at 58 | CNN
The era of Prestige TV began on HBO, but not just with The Wire and Deadwood… Rome was right there with them.… Read the rest “”
Goddammit. Another part of The Wire is gone.
You were a hell of an actor, sir, with gravitas for days. You will be missed.
Now someone go build a fence around Michael B. Jordan and Dominic West right fucking now.
‘Ellen’ DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss Dead at 40 by Suicide
Are you… are you fucking kidding me?
I watched the first ten seasons of So You Think You Can Dance religiously. Which means I saw the show discover first Allison and then Twitch… I saw them return as mentors and partners.… Read the rest “”
Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch’s composer on Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and more, dies aged 85
I cannot express how much Badalamenti’s collaborations with David Lynch meant to me. I listened to the Twin Peaks soundtrack over and over for years, and I had a VHS copy of Industrial Symphony No.… Read the rest “”
Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies aged 79 — BBC News
Okay, universe… you can slow the fuck down now. This is too much for one week. Between my personal losses, Irene Cara, and now Christine McVie, I’ve had quite enough.… Read the rest “”
Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96, Buckingham Palace announces
As a minor Anglophile who is nonetheless indifferent toward the monarchy, the queen has just been… around.
And that’s the remarkable thing about her, as a human: there’s never been a moment of my life when she wasn’t there, occasionally waving and/or frowning at something.… Read the rest “”
She was one of my first crushes… I loved Grease as much as everyone else, and the Xanadu soundtrack was the first 8-track I bought. Growing up, my house was always filled with the sound of “…please mister please, don’t play B-17, it was our song, it was his song, but it’s over…”
Goodbye, Olivia.… Read the rest “”
