Legendary jazz drummer Rashied Ali died today according to citizenjazz.com. Ali did some great late recordings with John Coltrane and is one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time. RASHIED ALI Biography: Rashied Ali was born into a musical family; his mother had sung with Jimmie Lunceford. His brother, Muhammad Ali, is also a [...]
R.I.P. Rashied Ali (1935 – 2009)
August 13, 2009
R.I.P. John Huges (1950 – 2009)
August 7, 2009
One of the best movies of all time is The Breakfast Club. And Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is pretty cool as well. That John Huges was also responsible for Beethoven and the Home Alone films… well… we just forget about that. R.I.P. John Huges February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009
R.I.P. Willy DeVille (1953 – 2009)
August 7, 2009
Willy DeVille died of pancreas cancer during the night of August 6th in a New York hospital. He was 56 years old. R.I.P. Willy DeVille August 25, 1953 – August 6, 2009
Hitler finds out Michael Jackson has died
July 4, 2009
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R.I.P. Dance innovator Pina Bausch
June 30, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm70fMM3JAk] Pina Bausch was one of the innovators of contemporary dance. You might know her from the stage or from the Almodovar movie Talk to Her. She died this morning.
R.I.P. Michael Jackson 1958 – 2009
June 26, 2009
Last night, The King Of Pop Michael Jackson passed away. He was only 50 years old. To comfort you (and our Erik, who planned to attend one of the first shows in the O2 in London next month), even just a little bit, here is Silence is Sexy’s tribute to the mighty ‘Billy Jean’:
Maurice Jarre rip
March 30, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irPSvEkQl8Q] Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre, who captured the majesty of the desert in his music for “Lawrence of Arabia” and wrote the haunting “Lara’s Theme” in his score for “Doctor Zhivago,” has died. He was 84. Jarre died over the weekend in Los Angeles, where he had lived for decades, Bernard Miyet, a friend of [...]
rip: Playmobil inventor
February 2, 2009
Hans Beck died. He was the father of Playmobil and the father of most us. Read more.
Stockhausen died.
December 10, 2007
You might have heard that Karlheinz Stockhausen, the Lee Perry of electronic composed music, died. Stockhausen always said that GOD gave birth to him and calls him home. He has been one of the most influential composers of the last century. In The Times you can read a good obituary.
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