Book of Condolence Thread
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Kei Sato (1928-2010)
Japan has lost another great actor.
Mr Sato's most famous roll is Hachi in Kaneto Shindo's (who is the second oldest active filmmaker after Portugal's Manoel de Oliviera) 'Onibaba'.
Also he's in many films of Nagisa Oshima.
RIP.
Japan has lost another great actor.
Mr Sato's most famous roll is Hachi in Kaneto Shindo's (who is the second oldest active filmmaker after Portugal's Manoel de Oliviera) 'Onibaba'.
Also he's in many films of Nagisa Oshima.
RIP.
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Quiffaa
Love me outside Mzlicious
Lena Horne (1917 - 2010) african-american singer ("Stormy weather"),
discriminated against because of her skin colour and her involvement with the civil rights movement
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. "
"You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way"
discriminated against because of her skin colour and her involvement with the civil rights movement
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. "
"You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way"
troubleluvsme
giddyup
Claudia2006
Banned
CrystalGeezer
My secret's my enzyme.
Thank you, Claudia2006. I thought about her all day Saturday. 
sistasheila
tjekket
stuart cable ex(orginal) drummer of stereophonics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Cable
brian duffy , photographer
Born: 15 June, 1933, in East London.
Died: 31 May 2010, in London, aged 76.
BRIAN Duffy was one of the hugely influential photographers who captured and reflected the spirit of London's Swinging Sixties. He was a brilliant photographer whose unconventional skills and delightfully quirky eye changed the attitude to photograph
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y as an art form. He could be a demanding colleague, but was widely respected for his avant-garde and decidedly idiosyncratic pictures. Always known simply by his surname he was a contemporary – and rival of – David Bailey and Terence Donovan. They became known as the "Black Trinity" for their ability to produce the provocative and unusual.
Duffy's unforgiving nature was demonstrated in 1979 when he tried to destroy all of his work after a member of his staff asked where the spare loo rolls were kept. Duffy sent everyone home and started a bonfire of his negatives. For years after that Duffy refused to take any photographs. Bailey recently commented: "If you said 'It's a nice day' to Duffy he'd pick an argument with you." The Sixties icon Molly Parkin, who ran a Kings Road boutique throughout the era, said: "Because he was the most objectionable (of the photographers] he was the most interesting."
Brian Duffy was brought up by his Irish parents in London. He studied at St Martins School of Art, but in 1950 changed to dress design, partly because, as he said, there were "a lot of good-looking girls doing it". He worked as an assistant at various design shops, and in 1954 turned down a job in Paris with Balenciaga, instead accepting a post with Harper's Bazaar as a freelance fashion artist. While there he saw some photographic contact sheets and was inspired to become a photographer.
Work was not easy as commercial photography was still very traditional. His first solo fashion shoot, in London's Covent Garden, was for The Sunday Times and that made such a strong impression that in 1957 he joined Vogue. For six years Duffy worked particularly closely at Vogue with the model Jean Shrimpton. The photographs of Shrimpton saw Duffy at his most romantic, with the model's hair blowing in the wind, eyes large and alluring and her beautiful face at ease and in repose.
His success was cemented in 1963 when he set up his own studio and regularly contributed to Elle magazine. Two years later Duffy was commissioned to shoot his first Pirelli calendar, on location in Morocco. He was one of the few photographers commissioned to work on two Pirelli calendars – the second, equally exotic, was in 1973.
The stars he photographed were the icons of the Sixties. He snapped Joanna Lumley (then working as a model) with her son. She recalls that "Duffy plied his models with wine and wouldn't photograph them until they sang". But the list included everyone from the decade: Brigitte Bardot, Jean Shrimpton, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Reggie Kray and even Harold Wilson, as well as Michael Caine, Peter O'Toole, John Lennon, Sammy Davis Jr, and Jane Birkin.
Duffy's negatives were saved from burning when an official from Camden Council peered over the fence and insisted Duffy put out the bonfire. Duffy packed what remained away in shoe boxes and turned to painting and furniture-restoring. It was only in 2007, when his son, Chris, went through the boxes, that Duffy reluctantly agreed that they were worth another look. This led to an exhibition in London last year.
Interest in Duffy's work was furthered earlier this year when he was the subject of a BBC4 documentary, The Man Who Shot the Sixties, in which his work was reassessed purely on professional grounds. Several colleagues did refer to his erratic nature, but all considered his work afresh and highly rated his output.
In 1967, with the novelist Len Deighton, Duffy set up a film production company called "Deighton Duffy". The two most successful movies were an adaptation of Deighton's Only When I Larf (1968, starring David Hemmings and David Attenborough) and Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) which had a star-studded cast. Duffy's other noted work included the cover shot for three David Bowie albums: Aladdin Sane, Scary Monsters and Lodger.
Duffy, ever the consummate artist, summed up his philosophy: "I wanted to make women look good. That really intrigued me. To make a model look as though she owned the clothes."
Duffy is survived by his wife June, whom he married in 1956, and by two sons and two daughters.
thanks for putting it in here claudia, that was a very thouching read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Cable
brian duffy , photographer
Born: 15 June, 1933, in East London.
Died: 31 May 2010, in London, aged 76.
BRIAN Duffy was one of the hugely influential photographers who captured and reflected the spirit of London's Swinging Sixties. He was a brilliant photographer whose unconventional skills and delightfully quirky eye changed the attitude to photograph
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Click here to find out more!
y as an art form. He could be a demanding colleague, but was widely respected for his avant-garde and decidedly idiosyncratic pictures. Always known simply by his surname he was a contemporary – and rival of – David Bailey and Terence Donovan. They became known as the "Black Trinity" for their ability to produce the provocative and unusual.
Duffy's unforgiving nature was demonstrated in 1979 when he tried to destroy all of his work after a member of his staff asked where the spare loo rolls were kept. Duffy sent everyone home and started a bonfire of his negatives. For years after that Duffy refused to take any photographs. Bailey recently commented: "If you said 'It's a nice day' to Duffy he'd pick an argument with you." The Sixties icon Molly Parkin, who ran a Kings Road boutique throughout the era, said: "Because he was the most objectionable (of the photographers] he was the most interesting."
Brian Duffy was brought up by his Irish parents in London. He studied at St Martins School of Art, but in 1950 changed to dress design, partly because, as he said, there were "a lot of good-looking girls doing it". He worked as an assistant at various design shops, and in 1954 turned down a job in Paris with Balenciaga, instead accepting a post with Harper's Bazaar as a freelance fashion artist. While there he saw some photographic contact sheets and was inspired to become a photographer.
Work was not easy as commercial photography was still very traditional. His first solo fashion shoot, in London's Covent Garden, was for The Sunday Times and that made such a strong impression that in 1957 he joined Vogue. For six years Duffy worked particularly closely at Vogue with the model Jean Shrimpton. The photographs of Shrimpton saw Duffy at his most romantic, with the model's hair blowing in the wind, eyes large and alluring and her beautiful face at ease and in repose.
His success was cemented in 1963 when he set up his own studio and regularly contributed to Elle magazine. Two years later Duffy was commissioned to shoot his first Pirelli calendar, on location in Morocco. He was one of the few photographers commissioned to work on two Pirelli calendars – the second, equally exotic, was in 1973.
The stars he photographed were the icons of the Sixties. He snapped Joanna Lumley (then working as a model) with her son. She recalls that "Duffy plied his models with wine and wouldn't photograph them until they sang". But the list included everyone from the decade: Brigitte Bardot, Jean Shrimpton, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Reggie Kray and even Harold Wilson, as well as Michael Caine, Peter O'Toole, John Lennon, Sammy Davis Jr, and Jane Birkin.
Duffy's negatives were saved from burning when an official from Camden Council peered over the fence and insisted Duffy put out the bonfire. Duffy packed what remained away in shoe boxes and turned to painting and furniture-restoring. It was only in 2007, when his son, Chris, went through the boxes, that Duffy reluctantly agreed that they were worth another look. This led to an exhibition in London last year.
Interest in Duffy's work was furthered earlier this year when he was the subject of a BBC4 documentary, The Man Who Shot the Sixties, in which his work was reassessed purely on professional grounds. Several colleagues did refer to his erratic nature, but all considered his work afresh and highly rated his output.
In 1967, with the novelist Len Deighton, Duffy set up a film production company called "Deighton Duffy". The two most successful movies were an adaptation of Deighton's Only When I Larf (1968, starring David Hemmings and David Attenborough) and Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) which had a star-studded cast. Duffy's other noted work included the cover shot for three David Bowie albums: Aladdin Sane, Scary Monsters and Lodger.
Duffy, ever the consummate artist, summed up his philosophy: "I wanted to make women look good. That really intrigued me. To make a model look as though she owned the clothes."
Duffy is survived by his wife June, whom he married in 1956, and by two sons and two daughters.
thanks for putting it in here claudia, that was a very thouching read.
Walter Sobchak
I am finishing my coffee.
Stuart was a good drummer and a good man. He was one of us. He was a man who loved the outdoors... and drumming, and as an drummer he explored the drum kits of Wales, from Cardiff to the Swansea and... up to... Llandudno... He was taken from us like so many young men of his generation, he was taken before his time. In your wisdom, Lord, you took him, as you took so many bright flowering young men at Khe Sanh, at Langdok, at Hill 364!!! These young men gave their lives. And so would Stuart. Stuart, who loved drumming... And so, Theodore Stuart Cable in accordance with what we think your final wishes might well have been, we commit your final mortal remains to the bosom of the drum kit, upon which you were loved so well. Good night, sweet drummer.
It's a shame, I'd never heard of him.
Horsley is perhaps best known for a bungled attempt to have himself crucified in the Philippines in 2000 as part of an art project. The procedure almost ended in disaster when his foot support broke, threatening to rip his hands apart (he was caught and taken down from the cross just in time.) But notoriety doesn't necessarily bring wealth, and Horsley often complained of being broke, quipping that he'd invested most of his money on drugs and prostitutes — and squandered the rest.
It's a shame I'd never heard of him.Dave
joe frady
Vile Refusenik
Nice bit of quotage ~
"You may look back on your life and accept it as good or evil. But it is far, far harder to admit that you have been completely unimportant; that in the great sum of things all a man's endless grapplings are no more significant than the scuttlings of a cockroach. The universe is neither friendly nor hostile. It is merely indifferent. This makes me ecstatic"
prisoner77
Member
I only knew of him as a talking head..Usually being witty about his frolicking with prostitutes..A rare twit.
The Seeker of Good Songs
Well-Known Member
Pete Quaife, the original bassist for the legendary UK outfit The Kinks, passed away yesterday at the age of 66. The exact cause of death is unknown, but he had been undergoing kidney dialysis for over a decade, reports Rolling Stone.
Alongside brothers Ray and Dave Davies, Quaife was a founding member of The Kinks and would prove instrumental in the band’s early success during the 1960s. He would go on to release six albums with the band, including three of its most commercially received — 1964’s Kinks, 1965’s Kinda Kinks, and 1965’s The Kink Kontroversy.
In 1966, Quaife broke his leg in a car accident and briefly left the band. While he was convinced to rejoin after just three months, the bassist would quit for good just three years later, in 1969, citing a lack of creative input. “I would have been squished with a size 16 boot I had even suggested they listen to an idea from me,” he said in a 2005 interview (via RS). “I felt like a session man most of the time. Ray wanted complete control of everything. He was a control freak.”
After forming a short-lived country band, Quaife all but retired from music, ultimately choosing to relocate to Canada and become a graphic artist. His last onstage appearance was at The Kinks induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
Pete Quaife, the original bassist for the legendary UK outfit The Kinks, passed away yesterday at the age of 66. The exact cause of death is unknown, but he had been undergoing kidney dialysis for over a decade, reports Rolling Stone.
Alongside brothers Ray and Dave Davies, Quaife was a founding member of The Kinks and would prove instrumental in the band’s early success during the 1960s. He would go on to release six albums with the band, including three of its most commercially received — 1964’s Kinks, 1965’s Kinda Kinks, and 1965’s The Kink Kontroversy.
In 1966, Quaife broke his leg in a car accident and briefly left the band. While he was convinced to rejoin after just three months, the bassist would quit for good just three years later, in 1969, citing a lack of creative input. “I would have been squished with a size 16 boot I had even suggested they listen to an idea from me,” he said in a 2005 interview (via RS). “I felt like a session man most of the time. Ray wanted complete control of everything. He was a control freak.”
After forming a short-lived country band, Quaife all but retired from music, ultimately choosing to relocate to Canada and become a graphic artist. His last onstage appearance was at The Kinks induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
from: http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/06/25/rip-pete-quaife-of-the-kinks/
Dame Beryl Bainbridge (1934 - 2010)
Very sad news.
RIP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Bainbridge
Very sad news.
RIP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Bainbridge
CrystalGeezer
My secret's my enzyme.
CrystalGeezer
My secret's my enzyme.
Harvey Pekar, author of American Splendor comic died.
(Not to be confused with R. Crumb, who illustrated his stories.)
(Not to be confused with R. Crumb, who illustrated his stories.)
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