Chris Marker, one of the world's greatest living filmmakers, died today. Best known for his science fiction short La Jetée, in my view the greatest science fiction film ever made*, Marker really should be known as an experimental creator of political films, most notably his...
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The great journalist has passed. It's also a good time to replay his classic obituary of Christopher Hitchens.
Well this sucks. God may not have made honky tonk angels, but there's a honky tonk angel gone to meet God* *or whatnot
The great guitarist for Miles Davis' mid-70s bands has passed. Very sad. [SL]: A backhanded tribute to a great innovator: "Howlin' Wolf looked at me and he said 'Why don't you take them wah-wahs and all that other shit and go throw it off in...
The great, wonderful, amazing Doc Watson has passed at the age of 89. Doc's story is well-known to fans of Appalachian music. Blind from infancy, Doc learned to play a.
There's been way too many great musicians dying lately. I'm sick of writing these posts.
The great bassist from Booker T and the MGs has passed.
The bass player in the Flying Burrito Brothers has passed. While everyone thinks of the Burrito Brothers as Gram Parsons' band, Ethridge co-wrote several of their most well-known songs, including.
Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia, has died. One of the most influential books of the environmental movement, Ecotopia tells the story of a secessionist Northwest that has committed itself to.
Burn in hell.
In my mind, The Band has the greatest two album stretch of any band in rock and roll history. Those first two albums are both perfect, not to mention their.
America's shittiest artist, dead at 54.