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  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
    Posts: 2,427
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    I was about to make a joking remark that he never recovered from the use of California Girls in AVTAK. But Brian Wilson's story is really too tragic. May he rest in peace as a giant of pop. The NYT had obviously prepared an obituary/eulogy for him, but it is brilliant. I share this legally, being an NYT subscriber.

    https://nytimes.com/2025/06/11/arts/music/brian-wilson-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OE8.udo4.l3RDp1KKIWuU&smid=url-share

    The thing that annoys me about the California Girls thing is, sure, dumb enough gag, but the song itself is gorgeously arranged with wonderful vocal harmonies...if you're listening to The Beach Boys' version. The ear destruction in AVTAK is a crappy cover.

    Brian Wilson is the summit musically. He'll never be matched.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,998
    My condolences @DarthDimi. You appear to have had a wonderful and close relationship with your grandparents. If maybe hollow to state at a time of grief, but that alone is something to cherish.
  • slide_99slide_99 USA
    Posts: 791
    Brian Wilson's death hits hard. The Beach Boys were the first band I ever heard on the radio, so it feels like they've always been part of my life. RIP.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited June 13 Posts: 24,717
    Thank you, @MaxCasino, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns, @Benny, and @Dwayne. It gives me a warm feeling to know that this community is so supportive and kind. It's also heartwarming to read so many shared experiences with grandparents. Their experiences and wisdom play an important part in a child's development. I will always cherish the lessons they have taught me. Thanks again, friends.
  • ringfire211ringfire211
    Posts: 673
    Harris Yulin passed away. Great baddie, especially as Roger Stanton of the NSA in season 2 of “24”.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 14,198
    Damn, sorry to read your post, @DarthDimi. I lost the last of my grandparents back in 2017. My grandfather was 95, and stubborn up to the end. Even though he had moved in with one of my aunts, he didn't want to be molly coddled. I guess it's that resilient generation that lived through through WW2.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,717
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Damn, sorry to read your post, @DarthDimi. I lost the last of my grandparents back in 2017. My grandfather was 95, and stubborn up to the end. Even though he had moved in with one of my aunts, he didn't want to be molly coddled. I guess it's that resilient generation that lived through through WW2.

    They were, indeed, strong people, weren't they, @MajorDSmythe? A generation that's had to endure a lot. I have always looked up to them.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,171
    I've learned that Jamaican actor Clifton Jones (computer technician David Kano in Space 1999 has passed away, aged 87 :

    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/clifton-jones-space-1999-dead-newsupdate/
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,171
    Just learned that british TV presenter Kim Woodburn (How Clean is your House) has passed away, aged 83 :

    https://www.itv.com/news/2025-06-17/tv-personality-kim-woodburn-dies-aged-83-after-short-illness
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 14,198
    Saveafox founder Mikayla Raines has taken her life after online harassment. A husband has lost his wife, and a little girl as lost her mum (not to mention all the foxes; Finnegan, DixieDo, Muttias and countless others she had rescued). As a follower of the channel, I am stunned and angry. People are too comfortable talking shit while hiding behind a screen. Not only the typical basement dweller, but animal rights groups responsible all now have blood on their hands.

    RIP
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,717
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Saveafox founder Mikayla Raines has taken her life after online harassment. A husband has lost his wife, and a little girl as lost her mum (not to mention all the foxes; Finnegan, DixieDo, Muttias and countless others she had rescued). As a follower of the channel, I am stunned and angry. People are too comfortable talking shit while hiding behind a screen. Not only the typical basement dweller, but animal rights groups responsible all now have blood on their hands.

    RIP

    This is terrible. Keyboard heroes lack two things: 1) the intellectual power to do better than "I hope you to get cancer", "Woke!", and "BB should be fired!"; and 2) basic empathy. This is another sad development in the saga of the Internet. RIP.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 14,198
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Saveafox founder Mikayla Raines has taken her life after online harassment. A husband has lost his wife, and a little girl as lost her mum (not to mention all the foxes; Finnegan, DixieDo, Muttias and countless others she had rescued). As a follower of the channel, I am stunned and angry. People are too comfortable talking shit while hiding behind a screen. Not only the typical basement dweller, but animal rights groups responsible all now have blood on their hands.

    RIP

    This is terrible. Keyboard heroes lack two things: 1) the intellectual power to do better than "I hope you to get cancer", "Woke!", and "BB should be fired!"; and 2) basic empathy. This is another sad development in the saga of the Internet. RIP.

    I'm struggling to wrap my head around people being so empty inside, that they have to destroy another person.

    Rewatching her videos now, the joy she felt in interacting with each of the foxes shone through brightly. How anyone could look at them and see animal abuse, is beyond me.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,717
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Saveafox founder Mikayla Raines has taken her life after online harassment. A husband has lost his wife, and a little girl as lost her mum (not to mention all the foxes; Finnegan, DixieDo, Muttias and countless others she had rescued). As a follower of the channel, I am stunned and angry. People are too comfortable talking shit while hiding behind a screen. Not only the typical basement dweller, but animal rights groups responsible all now have blood on their hands.

    RIP

    This is terrible. Keyboard heroes lack two things: 1) the intellectual power to do better than "I hope you to get cancer", "Woke!", and "BB should be fired!"; and 2) basic empathy. This is another sad development in the saga of the Internet. RIP.

    I'm struggling to wrap my head around people being so empty inside, that they have to destroy another person.

    Rewatching her videos now, the joy she felt in interacting with each of the foxes shone through brightly. How anyone could look at them and see animal abuse, is beyond me.

    What can anyone possibly have against such a selfless person? I just don't get it, @MajorDSmythe, but it makes me angry that a life was taken over--what? jealousy? Irritation?
  • LudovicoLudovico
    edited June 24 Posts: 15,805
    RIP Serge Fiori, genius founding father of the Québec band Harmonium.
    https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/quebec-singer-songwriter-serge-fiori-dies-at-73/

    And on our National Day as well. Very sad, borderline tragic. 73 is still young.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 14,198
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Saveafox founder Mikayla Raines has taken her life after online harassment. A husband has lost his wife, and a little girl as lost her mum (not to mention all the foxes; Finnegan, DixieDo, Muttias and countless others she had rescued). As a follower of the channel, I am stunned and angry. People are too comfortable talking shit while hiding behind a screen. Not only the typical basement dweller, but animal rights groups responsible all now have blood on their hands.

    RIP

    This is terrible. Keyboard heroes lack two things: 1) the intellectual power to do better than "I hope you to get cancer", "Woke!", and "BB should be fired!"; and 2) basic empathy. This is another sad development in the saga of the Internet. RIP.

    I'm struggling to wrap my head around people being so empty inside, that they have to destroy another person.

    Rewatching her videos now, the joy she felt in interacting with each of the foxes shone through brightly. How anyone could look at them and see animal abuse, is beyond me.

    What can anyone possibly have against such a selfless person? I just don't get it, @MajorDSmythe, but it makes me angry that a life was taken over--what? jealousy? Irritation?

    I honestly don't know. Since this morning, I have discovered two things; 1) animal rights groups don't like what they see as people stealing their thunder and 2) there was actually a Reddit page dedicate to a targeted harassment towards Mikayla. The page has since gone private, so the gutless cowards have crawled back into the shadows.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,717
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Saveafox founder Mikayla Raines has taken her life after online harassment. A husband has lost his wife, and a little girl as lost her mum (not to mention all the foxes; Finnegan, DixieDo, Muttias and countless others she had rescued). As a follower of the channel, I am stunned and angry. People are too comfortable talking shit while hiding behind a screen. Not only the typical basement dweller, but animal rights groups responsible all now have blood on their hands.

    RIP

    This is terrible. Keyboard heroes lack two things: 1) the intellectual power to do better than "I hope you to get cancer", "Woke!", and "BB should be fired!"; and 2) basic empathy. This is another sad development in the saga of the Internet. RIP.

    I'm struggling to wrap my head around people being so empty inside, that they have to destroy another person.

    Rewatching her videos now, the joy she felt in interacting with each of the foxes shone through brightly. How anyone could look at them and see animal abuse, is beyond me.

    What can anyone possibly have against such a selfless person? I just don't get it, @MajorDSmythe, but it makes me angry that a life was taken over--what? jealousy? Irritation?

    I honestly don't know. Since this morning, I have discovered two things; 1) animal rights groups don't like what they see as people stealing their thunder and 2) there was actually a Reddit page dedicate to a targeted harassment towards Mikayla. The page has since gone private, so the gutless cowards have crawled back into the shadows.

    Of course. That's what they would do. Looks like animal rights groups, like most other "groups", have certain interests to protect.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 5,079
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Saveafox founder Mikayla Raines has taken her life after online harassment. A husband has lost his wife, and a little girl as lost her mum (not to mention all the foxes; Finnegan, DixieDo, Muttias and countless others she had rescued). As a follower of the channel, I am stunned and angry. People are too comfortable talking shit while hiding behind a screen. Not only the typical basement dweller, but animal rights groups responsible all now have blood on their hands.

    RIP

    She was a caring person, and unfortunately, people (in particular these keyboard haters) don't realize that the kindest, caring people are also the most sensitive people. She will be missed, as she truly tried to help others, in more ways than one.

    https://variety.com/2025/film/news/lalo-schifrin-dead-mission-impossible-film-composer-1236442000/

    A true talent that will be missed.
  • R1s1ngs0nR1s1ngs0n France
    Posts: 2,249
    Another giant had sadly departed.
    RIP to the immense Lalo Schifrin.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,448
    RIP to the composer of one of my favourite themes of all time.

    Lalo Schifrin

  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 8,319
    Oh no, one of my all time favourite composers, only heard an old interview with him on radio on Saturday!
    So many brilliant themes, Dirty Harry, Coogans Bluff, Cool Hand Luke, Joe Kidd, Bullit, Enter the Dragon, The Eagle has Landed....the list is endless!
    R.I.P. Lalo Schifrin
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,635
    RIP Lalo Schifrin. Superb composer.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,299
    I've known Lalo since my childhood for his TV series work... The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Petrocelli and somewhat later Starsky & Hutch. In spite of his (mostly later) great work for standalone movies, these TV themes have ingrained themselves much more in my mind since I heard them week after week. Another one of the greats gone. One day all we have left may be Hans Zimmer's computer.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,717
    RIP Lalo Schifrin. His Dirty Harry scores will continue to punch out of my sound system hard and loud.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited 10:00am Posts: 4,632

    Starsky and Hutch


    Bullit


    Dirty Harry



    Rush Hour 1&2


    Mission Impossible movies

    Rip Lalo Schifrin
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