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    It has been reported on Facebook that Claud Johnson, son of the legendary Robert Johnson, has died. Obit pending.

     

    https://www.facebook.com/robertjohnsonblues

     

     

    We are saddened to report that Mr. Claud Johnson, son of Robert Johnson, passed away this morning at the age of 83. He lived a long, full life and is now reunited with his beloved Earnestine. We will miss him dearly and ask that you keep the Johnson family in your prayers. A full obituary will be posted at a later time.

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    Harold Feinstein, 84.

     

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/30/arts/harold-feinstein-dies-at-84-froze-new-york-moments-in-black-and-white.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=nytimesarts&_r=0

     

    Harold Feinstein, whose celebrated series of black-and-white photographs of Coney Island in the 1950s established him as one of the most accomplished recorders of the American experience, and who went on to experiment with color and new digital techniques, died on June 20 at his home in Merrimac, Mass. He was 84.

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    Tim Buckley 40 years

     

    Wow, 40 years. I love Tim Buckley, got all 9 albums on one format or another. Well worth checking out if you're not familiar with his music.

     

    Buzzin Fly if you're in a mellow mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLfho6ecv_M

     

    Get On Top if you're feeling sexy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEAZMUQoW0Q

     

    Song To The Siren if you've just had your heart broken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2NkUmIH83U

     

    Starsailor's just batshit crazy and brave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9obCFstSRDw

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    Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning died on this day in 1861.

     

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    The Curse

    Because ye have broken your own chain
    With the strain
    Of brave men climbing a Nation's height,
    Yet thence bear down with brand and thong
    On souls of others, - for this wrong
    This is the curse. Write.

    Because yourselves are standing straight
    In the state
    Of Freedom's foremost acolyte,
    Yet keep calm footing all the time
    On writhing bond-slaves, - for this crime
    This is the curse. Write.

    Because ye prosper in God's name,
    With a claim
    To honour in the old world's sight,
    Yet do the fiend's work perfectly
    In strangling martyrs, - for this lie
    This is the curse. Write.

    Ye shall watch while kings conspire
    Round the people's smouldering fire,
    And, warm for your part,
    Shall never dare - O shame!
    To utter the thought into flame
    Which burns at your heart.
    This is the curse. Write.

    Ye shall watch while nations strive
    With the bloodhounds, die or survive,
    Drop faint from their jaws,
    Or throttle them backward to death;
    And only under your breath
    Shall favour the cause.
    This is the curse. Write.

    Ye shall watch while strong men draw
    The nets of feudal law
    To strangle the weak;
    And, counting the sin for a sin,
    Your soul shall be sadder within
    Than the word ye shall speak.
    This is the curse. Write.

    When good men are praying erect
    That Christ may avenge His elect
    And deliver the earth,
    The prayer in your ears, said low,
    Shall sound like the tramp of a foe
    That's driving you forth.
    This is the curse. Write.

    When wise men give you their praise,
    They shall praise in the heat of the phrase,
    As if carried too far.
    When ye boast your own charters kept true,
    Ye shall blush; for the thing which ye do
    Derides what ye are.
    This is the curse. Write.

    When fools cast taunts at your gate,
    Your scorn ye shall somewhat abate
    As ye look o'er the wall;
    For your conscience, tradition, and name
    Explode with a deadlier blame
    Than the worst of them all.
    This is the curse. Write.

    Go, wherever ill deeds shall be done,
    Go, plant your flag in the sun
    Beside the ill-doers!
    And recoil from clenching the curse
    Of God's witnessing Universe
    With a curse of yours.
    This is the curse. Write.

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    Is there a thread for the women of La Dolce Vita? Not a good year for them as Magali Noël joins Anita Ekberg. Anouk Aimée should watch out.

     

    http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2015/06/23/03006-20150623ARTFIG00085-mort-de-magali-noel-actrice-fellinienne-et-chanteuse-osee.php

    NYT obit here:

     

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/29/arts/magali-noel-a-french-singer-and-actress-and-muse-to-fellini-dies-at-83.html?_r=0

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    So, last night, did this website actually have problems? Midway through using the forum, it died. Checked the front page, to find it was now a website for a hardware store in Haddington. A mispelled store, incidentally, which suggested hacking. Anyhow, after a few checks, I went to bed. Check it now in the course of the morning, and its back to normal. Only no one has mentioned the outtage. So, did this actually happen to others, or did I have a particularly lucid stroke/sleep deprivation?

     

    It wasn't even a dream, as I'd never heard of this place, but it actually exists and on the same road Deathlist.net claimed it did too.

     

    Exactly the same thing happened here too, very weird. Quantick's revenge?

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    Gunther Schuller, 89.

     

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/arts/music/gunther-schuller-composer-who-synthesized-classical-and-jazz-dies-at-89.html?_r=0

     

    Gunther Schuller, a composer, conductor, author and teacher who coined the term Third Stream to describe music that drew on the forms and resources of both classical and jazz, and who was its most important composer, died on Sunday in Boston. He was 89.

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    We don't seem to have an architecture thread (despite Death Of An Architect's misleading name), so I'm resurrecting this old thread.

     

    http://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/jun/21/james-gowan

     

    James Gowan, architect, dead at 92.

     

    The output of the Glasgow-born architect James Gowan, who has died aged 92, ranged from austere social housing blocks to dreamy plans for gigantic, spindly-legged animals striding across the Thames. Best known as the reticent partner of the larger-than-life architect James Stirling. Gowan was Stirling’s equal in the design of most of their early projects, culminating in the celebrated Engineering Building at the University of Leicester in 1963.

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