RIPs

JOE SOAP · 03 March, 2011, 08:44:08 PM

Quote from: uncle fester on 03 March, 2011, 09:07:11 AMThe beef is more to do with monopolies and Murdoch now owning large chunks of the western world's media.

The bigger they are...the harder they fall...

uncle fester · 09 March, 2011, 01:17:41 PM

Mike Starr, Alice In Chains bassist.

44...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12686701

Keef Monkey · 09 March, 2011, 01:33:58 PM

Quote from: uncle fester on 09 March, 2011, 01:17:41 PM
Mike Starr, Alice In Chains bassist.

44...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12686701

Fuck. I remember learning the basslines from 'Dirt' back in the day, he was a bit of a legend to me. After Staley that's extra shocking.

Albion · 09 March, 2011, 01:55:13 PM

Quote from: uncle fester on 09 March, 2011, 01:17:41 PM
Mike Starr, Alice In Chains bassist.

Crikey.

I saw Alice In Chains back in '91 when he was in the band. They were support for Megadeth at Hammersmith. Only time I ever saw them, they were really good.

johnnystress · 15 March, 2011, 06:28:55 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/15/smiley-culture-dies-police-raid

The police watchdog is investigating the death of the British reggae star Smiley Culture, who has died during a Metropolitan police raid.

The 48-year-old singer, whose real name was David Emmanuel, appears to have died on Tuesday from a stab wound sustained as officers visited his house to make an arrest.

Sad news-be interesting to hear what went down

http://leejasper.blogspot.com/2011/03/mysterious-death-of-smiley-culture.html?spref=fb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkIz3-8wRgo

Dandontdare · 15 March, 2011, 07:22:09 PM

Quote from: johnnystress on 15 March, 2011, 06:28:55 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/15/smiley-culture-dies-police-raid

The police watchdog is investigating the death of the British reggae star Smiley Culture, who has died during a Metropolitan police raid.

The 48-year-old singer, whose real name was David Emmanuel, appears to have died on Tuesday from a stab wound sustained as officers visited his house to make an arrest.

Sad news-be interesting to hear what went down

http://leejasper.blogspot.com/2011/03/mysterious-death-of-smiley-culture.html?spref=fb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkIz3-8wRgo

Shit that's sad - I've still got Police Officer on my i-pod. I doubt we'll ever get the full story, but we'll spend a shitload of money and several years to decide that nobody should be disciplined, and that lessons have been learned.

vzzbux · 15 March, 2011, 08:00:27 PM

You can't just assume that it was the police fault. He may have ran at them with a knife and in the ensuing struggle he ended up dead.

V

Keef Monkey · 16 March, 2011, 09:28:22 AM

Nate Dogg apparently. Not a fan as such, but 'Regulate' with Warren G is a stone cold classic.

mogzilla · 16 March, 2011, 05:44:59 PM

bob greaves of granada tv fame he got molested by an elephant.

Dandontdare · 16 March, 2011, 07:45:44 PM

Quote from: mogzilla on 16 March, 2011, 05:44:59 PM
bob greaves of granada tv fame he got molested by an elephant.

I just googled the story with sosme amazement as I thought you were referring to the cause of death! A familiar face since childhood.

Adrian Bamforth · 16 March, 2011, 08:49:58 PM

Terrible news about Smiley Culture.

Totally bizarre - it's not as if the police even carry knives.

I was just watching him the other day on BBC4. I fondly remember him on one of the Saturday morning shows as a kid: He was encouraging kids to come up with a rap for a competition, stressing how important it was to write with your own voice about your own life rather than copy others. It's a shame it wasn't advice heeded by others in the hip-hop industry.

Buddy · 17 March, 2011, 01:31:47 AM

Well, the Met police have to carry knives incase they miss their targets who 'look a bit funny' with all their bullets... they can then stab them in the eye, or the heart with it.

SmallBlueThing · 17 March, 2011, 11:15:18 AM

Michael Gough- Dr Who's Celestial Toymaker (who we were just remembering, sort of, on another thread. The Curse strikes again!) and Chancellor Hedin. Also Batman's butler Alfred, and of course Emerich Belasco in the absolutely bloody fantastic 1972 horror movie The legend Of Hell House- where he did nothing but sit dead in a chair, and yet still delivered one of the most frightening performances of all time.

SBT

Spaceghost · 17 March, 2011, 11:41:13 AM

Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 17 March, 2011, 11:15:18 AM
Michael Gough- Dr Who's Celestial Toymaker (who we were just remembering, sort of, on another thread. The Curse strikes again!) and Chancellor Hedin. Also Batman's butler Alfred, and of course Emerich Belasco in the absolutely bloody fantastic 1972 horror movie The legend Of Hell House- where he did nothing but sit dead in a chair, and yet still delivered one of the most frightening performances of all time.

SBT

...bugger.

uncle fester · 17 March, 2011, 11:59:55 AM

A damn fine actor.