R.I.P. 2020
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Maybe one or two of you are familiar, maybe not, but Lyle Mays, the pianist, synth virtuoso and musical partner in the Pat Metheny Group died a couple days ago, 66 years old.
I was fortunate to see the band play a half-dozen times in the 1980s and 1990s across the United States,
They have been probably the biggest draw in jazz circles for the past 30 years, sold out everywhere. If you are unfamiliar and enjoy instrumental jazz with a Steely Dan-ish vibe, I’d recommend the Pat Metheny Group self-titled LP from 1977 as a great place to start. Some of you might have heard the collaboration they did with David Bowie on The Falcon and the Snowman soundtrack.
NYT obit:
Two of their most recognizable songs, the first from Still Life Talking, the gorgeous and appropriate “Last Train Home”:
And the equally beautiful and equally appropriate “Are You Going With Me?” from Offramp:
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Update: I just saw that the Pat Metheny Group is playing Auckland in a couple weeks; only the 2nd time they’ve played NZ. They last played in 2006. Worth catching...
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RIP Thingee
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Caroline Flack, found dead in her flat today, sadly taken her own life.
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@R-L That whole thing has seemed like a shit sow all round. In hindsight it looks like she may have ended up being prosecuted for having a mental health episode. Poor woman. RIP
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@JC said in R.I.P. 2020:
@R-L That whole thing has seemed like a shit sow all round. In hindsight it looks like she may have ended up being prosecuted for having a mental health episode. Poor woman. RIP
Absolutely a shit show, the whole situation was disgusting and should have been kept private but it had to be blown up because hey ho she's a "celebrity". Feel so sorry for her boyfriend and family now.
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Seemed like the right place to post this. Goodbye Holden.
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@raznomore said in R.I.P. 2020:
Seemed like the right place to post this. Goodbye Holden.
Surprised it took this long . Williams and Adams just built a new showroom in Porirua that should be finished any day , that sucks for them and everyone else relying on Holden for a paycheck.
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@R-L said in R.I.P. 2020:
@JC said in R.I.P. 2020:
@R-L That whole thing has seemed like a shit sow all round. In hindsight it looks like she may have ended up being prosecuted for having a mental health episode. Poor woman. RIP
Absolutely a shit show, the whole situation was disgusting and should have been kept private but it had to be blown up because hey ho she's a "celebrity". Feel so sorry for her boyfriend and family now.
Awful for her, her boyfriend and family.
But what I don't get is the backlash against the media and social media. The kind of work she was in seems like the exact kind of work that thrives on all the media and social media furore. Isn't that their bread and butter?
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Terry Lineen has died at 84. RIP.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12309239
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I’m up in Brissy today and tragic news about former NZ Warriors player Rowan Baxter and his three kids were killed in a car fire this morning.
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@ACT-Crusader said in R.I.P. 2020:
I’m up in Brissy today and tragic news about former NZ Warriors player Rowan Baxter and his three kids were killed in a car fire this morning.
Murder suicide, the wife escaped and survived despite being doused with petrol. Terrible
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@canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:
@ACT-Crusader said in R.I.P. 2020:
I’m up in Brissy today and tragic news about former NZ Warriors player Rowan Baxter and his three kids were killed in a car fire this morning.
Murder suicide, the wife escaped and survived despite being doused with petrol. Terrible
If that's true, what a fluffybunny.
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