RIPs

[wedgeski]

What's the word for when you think someone has already died, and then you find out they've been alive all this time, but now they've really died?

We re-watched Aliens recently. Apone is a legendary character, and what a performance.

[Bolt-01]

"The sarge is gone!"

I don't remember seeing Matthews in anything else, but Apone is a fantastic character. Think a rewatch of Aliens is in order now...

[TordelBack]

Absolutely badass.  I've started many of my kids' mornings by loudly quoting Apone as I turf them out of their beds. RIP Al Matthews.

Sad to also note the passing of Gary Kurtz - a beard for the ages, and a vital moving part of several of the greatest films of all time. And Slipstream.

[Frank]

I don't remember seeing Matthews in anything else ...

The third one.

[TordelBack]

I don't remember seeing Matthews in anything else ...

The third one.

He was Benny Green's Dad too.   Gave Bullet Baxter what-for and all.

[Dandontdare]

and the first black voice on Radio 1 apparently!

[sheridan]

and the first black voice on Radio 1 apparently!

Hmmm - that statement might need some defining of what 'radio 1' is...

[Dandontdare]

Umm - BBC radio station for groovy young swingers and hep cats? The bit I would like clarification is if they mean as a singer, a presenter or an interviewee.

[Frank]

Umm - BBC radio station for groovy young swingers and hep cats? The bit I would like clarification is if they mean as a singer, a presenter or an interviewee

Matthews was still burning into hot LZs and wasting VC when The Nation's Favourite hit the airwaves. He didn't move to that London until 1970 and didn't put the Hit into Parade until 1975, so that (questionable) bit of trivia must refer to Matthews' role as presenter of his 1978 disco show:

https://soundcloud.com/al-matthews-collection/sets/bbc-radio-onediscovation-jingles

[rogue69]

He was the first black DJ

[sheridan]

Umm - BBC radio station for groovy young swingers and hep cats? The bit I would like clarification is if they mean as a singer, a presenter or an interviewee

Matthews was still burning into hot LZs and wasting VC when The Nation's Favourite hit the airwaves. He didn't move to that London until 1970 and didn't put the Hit into Parade until 1975, so that (questionable) bit of trivia must refer to Matthews' role as presenter of his 1978 disco show:

https://soundcloud.com/al-matthews-collection/sets/bbc-radio-onediscovation-jingles

BBC Radio 1 was launched in 1967. though was an immediate succesor to the BBC Light Programme, which was launched in 1945.  I'd believe that Matthews was the first black presenter on Radio 1 as late as 1978, and even as an interviewee, but not as a singer.  For reference, the first black performer to have a UK number one was Winifred Atwell in 1954 (the 26th single to make number one).

[sheridan]

I'd believe that Matthews was the first black presenter on Radio 1 as late as 1978, and even as an interviewee, but not as a singer.  For reference, the first black performer to have a UK number one was Winifred Atwell in 1954 (the 26th single to make number one).

Just for completeness, Winifred was a pianist, and her single that got to number one was an instrumental rag.

[Hawkmumbler]

Norm Breyfogle

I have no words. A legend of the medium, gone.

[Colin YNWA]

Norm Breyfogle

I have no words. A legend of the medium, gone.

This is terrible, just terrible. Norm Breyfogle was such an enormous talent. My favourite Batman artist but I'm sure so much more too.

The industry has lost a major, major talent.

My thoughts are with his family.

[JamesC]

Terrible news about Breyfogle. He was a fantastic artist and had an amazing talent for dynamism and movement in his pages. Definitely my favourite Batman artist.