Nigel Posted October 12, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2020 17 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: John McCain's mum, Roberta McCain, has died aged 108 Skiing accident? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 8 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: John McCain's mum, Roberta McCain, has died aged 108 I only need Phil The Greek for a clean sweep. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, rjw63 said: I only need Phil The Greek for a clean sweep. You are become death, the destroyer of worlds. Edited October 13, 2020 by snowychap are for have 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 hour ago, rjw63 said: I only need Phil The Greek for a clean sweep. I just looked, and you really did choose her. I'd never even heard of her until yesterday. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 13, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: I just looked, and you really did choose her. I'd never even heard of her until yesterday. He heard she has a great Beach Boys collection and wanted to get his bid in early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 hour ago, bickster said: He heard she has a great Beach Boys collection and wanted to get his bid in early Now you've told everyone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Actress Conchata Ferrell, best know in Two and a Half Men, gone at 77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Texan country singer and writer of Whiskey River, Johnny Bush has died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 17, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 17, 2020 Most on here will never have heard of him but '80s Liverpool musician Hambi Haralambous, best known for Hambi and the Dance (originally formed with Wayne Hussey of The Mission / Sisters of Mercey) has passed away from COVID I remember him running a stall in the Guild of Students selling cheap jeans with his friend Francisco Melina (A music photographer of the same period) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2020 58 minutes ago, bickster said: Most on here will never have heard of him but '80s Liverpool musician Hambi Haralambous, best known for Hambi and the Dance (originally formed with Wayne Hussey of The Mission / Sisters of Mercey) has passed away from COVID I remember him running a stall in the Guild of Students selling cheap jeans with his friend Francisco Melina (A music photographer of the same period) You may be surprised to know that "Too Late to Fly the Flag" is one of my all-time favourite singles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 17, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, mjmooney said: You may be surprised to know that "Too Late to Fly the Flag" is one of my all-time favourite singles. But but but... surprised isn't the word. Everything about it is just not Mike Mooney 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2020 41 minutes ago, bickster said: But but but... surprised isn't the word. Everything about it is just not Mike Mooney Actually, it is. One of the few things I liked about the post-punk era was the revival of guitar-based power pop. It was probably best if I didn't see what the performers looked like, as that could put the kiss of death on it (Morrissey, The Cure, et al). But I had a lot of time for Hambi, Wah!, Bunnymen, Teardrop Explodes, Buzzcocks, Magazine, etc. - alongside the (less fashionable, but musically not that dissimilar) pub rock-ish acts like Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, The Motors, Feelgoods, Stray Cats, Squeeze, etc. I probably bought more singles than albums for a while. What I would say though, is that I hardly ever feel like playing that stuff today, so it's failed the longevity test, while the more introspective, pre-punk era, album-based rock/folk/country genres still do it for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 ...by the weirdest of coincidences, this twitter a/c has posted up about Hambi and posted live footage of Wah! Doing Story of the Blues. I suspect Mr Mooney has an alter ego where he posts post punk vids and does funny things on tiktok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2020 I don't think of that stuff as post punk so much as guitar pop/rock. Post punk makes me think of more dreary stuff like New Order or tuneless shite like The Fall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 17, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 17, 2020 26 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: ...by the weirdest of coincidences, this twitter a/c has posted up about Hambi and posted live footage of Wah! Doing Story of the Blues. I suspect Mr Mooney has an alter ego where he posts post punk vids and does funny things on tiktok. Old mate of mine's account that. Dave Travis, legend of the DJ / Promotion scene in Birmingham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Dave Munden of The Tremeloes, gone at 76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2020 Gordon Haskell, former King Crimson bass player and singer, 74. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 58 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Gordon Haskell, former King Crimson bass player and singer, 74. Only with them for a short while I think. Possibly more famous for 'Harrys Bar' which I think was more his style - as opposed to Prog Rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Rhonda Fleming aged 97, passed away 14th October, stared with Robert Mitchum in one of the greatest film noir 'out of the past'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, veloman said: Only with them for a short while I think. Possibly more famous for 'Harrys Bar' which I think was more his style - as opposed to Prog Rock. Yeah, he was only on one album ("Lizard"). However, I've never heard of "Harry's Bar"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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