Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Crap(tm) died today, April 6, of natural causes, as per family, teh wiki.
a big loss to his family. Winnie teh Pooh, however, can now breathe a sigh of relief.
goodbye, Painter of Crap(tm)
Category Archives: obits
Charlie Louvin, RIP
We lost Charlie Louvin to pancreatic cancer.
The harmonies are now much richer on the other side.
July 7, 1927 – January 26, 2011 R.I.P.
link below goes to a performance of Knoxville Girl by Charlie Louvin and Will Oldham
victims killed in the Tucson shooting
check the interactive feature in the NYT for more information on each of the victims. spare a moment of grace for mr. Stoddard who threw himself upon his wife to shield her from the shooter – she survived with a wound to the leg.
memento mori
I cried when Frank Zappa died. I was in my car driving home from work when I heard the news (via NPR, natch) and had to pull over as my eyes were filling with tears. once off the road I had a good long cry.
Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died today in a California hospital and I havent’ cried (yet).
the good Captain and Frank Z. were big parts of my precocious youth: I was eleven or twelve when I got Trout Mask Replica; my mom threatened to kick me out of the house over it
Trout Mask Replica
…good times
I did get kicked out of the house a year or two later for playing Weasels Rip My Flesh nonstop
Weasels Rip My Flesh
I don’t much listen to their music anymore, but they were formative in my life – the soundtrack of my early teen years, good times, mistakes, and the good times I cant’ remember.
have good winds at your back, Captain Beefheart, and say hello to Frank for us.
