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Dropping Like Flies

chaz
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 01, 2008 at 03:54 AM UTC #
Shit this news is a few months old but just stumbled upon it online. Most people probably have no idea who this guy was, but Matt Odietus, guitar player for the Candy Snatchers dies at 40.

Had not seen him for a few years but was buddies with those guys when I lived in Richmond in the early 90's, and we've crossed paths from time to time over the years here and there. Great band if it's your thing.

Sad news.
RIP Matt
RatBastard
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 01, 2008 at 05:30 AM UTC #
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I wonder how many people under 21 realize what a stud he was.

Originally posted by Cash is King:
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89

A man after my own true free spirit. He will be missed. :(
Very sad. This man was a hero, whose opinions were unique and refreshing when compared to all the sheep around him.
DAMN how in the living hell did I miss this? I really hope that he does not fade into oblivion in future generations. What an amazing human being this man was.
miss pretentious
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 02, 2008 at 04:01 PM UTC #
Don LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world …" phrase on movie trailers was much copied – and much parodied – has died, according to media reports. He was 68.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/02/obit.lafontaine/index.html
jm1
Joined: October 27, 2003 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 02, 2008 at 06:15 PM UTC #
Jerry Reed…

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/02/obit.reed.ap/index.html

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) – Jerry Reed, a singer who appeared in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies, has died of complications from emphysema at age 71, his longtime booking agent said Tuesday.
Relaxer
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 14, 2008 at 12:39 PM UTC #
Novelist David Foster Wallace found dead by Suicide.

That's a bummer. I tried a couple times to read Infinite Jest and could never get more than a few hundred pages into it. But his short stories were great.
Arthwys
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 15, 2008 at 07:00 PM UTC #
Damn, didn't think to check this thread first…but really, the guy deserves his own thread.
RonniStar
Joined: January 24, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 15, 2008 at 10:14 PM UTC #
Forgot to post this: Former UFC Champion Evan Tanner
brokensocscene
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 16, 2008 at 04:17 AM UTC #
Bummer? Suicide is a selfish act.

Originally posted by Relaxer:
Novelist David Foster Wallace found dead by Suicide.

That's a bummer. I tried a couple times to read Infinite Jest and could never get more than a few hundred pages into it. But his short stories were great.
Mobius
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 16, 2008 at 05:02 AM UTC #
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Bummer? Suicide is a selfish act.

Originally posted by Relaxer:
Novelist David Foster Wallace found dead by Suicide.

Judging people who lose a battle with depression is a selfish act.
thatguy
Joined: October 20, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 16, 2008 at 06:46 AM UTC #
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Bummer? Suicide is a selfish act.
not always. take a look at some of emile durkheim's work, specifically his book Suicide.
Relaxer
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 27, 2008 at 03:00 PM UTC #
<img src="http://www.prisonflicks.com/images/CHLLuke.jpg" alt=" - " />

What we have here is… a failure to continue living.
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 27, 2008 at 07:34 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Relaxer:
&lt;img src="http://www.prisonflicks.com/images/CHLLuke.jpg" alt=" - " /&gt;

What we have here is… a failure to continue living.
This made me a little sad when i heard it this morning. Cool Hand Luke is one of my fave movies. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is another great one too.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Dropping Like Flies September 28, 2008 at 12:37 AM UTC #
The salad dressing guy made movies too?

Originally posted by chaz:
Originally posted by Relaxer:
&lt;img src="http://www.prisonflicks.com/images/CHLLuke.jpg" alt=" - " /&gt;

What we have here is… a failure to continue living.
This made me a little sad when i heard it this morning. Cool Hand Luke is one of my fave movies. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is another great one too.
sweetcell
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Re: Dropping Like Flies October 08, 2008 at 03:24 AM UTC #
Originally posted by Mobius:
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Bummer? Suicide is a selfish act.

Originally posted by Relaxer:
Novelist David Foster Wallace found dead by Suicide.

Judging people who lose a battle with depression is a selfish act.
Experts ponder link between creativity, mood disorders
jaguar
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Re: Dropping Like Flies October 08, 2008 at 05:18 AM UTC #
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Experts ponder link between creativity, mood disorders
Thanks for posting this link. I took a class about 12 years ago on this very subject with Kay Redfield Jamison while I was at Johns Hopkins. Very fascinating subject. She had all of these world class experts come in to lecture like Norman Rosenthal, the guy who coined the term 'seasonal affective disorder'. Since then, it has given me a whole new understanding of people. Also, seasonal issues beyond the obvious holiday blues kinds of depression and related stressors.
jaguar
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Re: Dropping Like Flies October 17, 2008 at 02:18 PM UTC #
Lifted from another board:

"According to the Motown Alumni Association newsletter…

Levi Stubbs Former Lead Vocalist of the Four Tops Dead at 70

[The] most profound lead vocalist in American history, [Stubbs] died this morning at his Detroit home sources have confirmed. Stubbs, who suffered a series of strokes and other illnesses, had been sick for a number of years prior to today's news. It was most visible during the televised "50 year anniversary Celebration of the Four Tops" broadcast a few years ago."
Rhett Miller
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Re: Dropping Like Flies October 17, 2008 at 02:27 PM UTC #
I finally know who the hell Billy Bragg was singing about…
kmdobrz
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Re: Dropping Like Flies October 17, 2008 at 03:33 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I finally know who the hell Billy Bragg was singing about…
Maybe the part about 'She takes off The Four Tops tape' shoulda clued you in.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Dropping Like Flies October 17, 2008 at 03:39 PM UTC #
Couldn't decipher that lyric, or any other from the song, for that matter.

Originally posted by Shemp:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I finally know who the hell Billy Bragg was singing about…
Maybe the part about 'She takes off The Four Tops tape' shoulda clued you in.
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