The weeping thread

Post by **dng** » Thu May 27, 2021 12:26 pm

At the age of seven million and one

Post by **vom** » Thu May 27, 2021 12:35 pm

Just googled it to see if he was eaten by caterpillars

no :'-(

Post by **blombluss** » Thu May 27, 2021 1:50 pm

The film version of his bok was horrific and nightmarish. :'(

Post by **blombluss** » Thu May 27, 2021 1:51 pm

Oh no... wait... not that, then...

Post by **dng** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:30 am

Oh no Ned Beatty is dead. I bloody loved Ned Beatty

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:48 am

I didn't recognise the name, but upon Googlin', I absolutely recognised the actor!

Post by **endar** » Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:58 am

Richard Donner weep

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 06, 2021 11:00 am

oh no.

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:25 pm

Der end of Der Bomber.

Post by **dng** » Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:31 pm

Post by **vom** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 10:22 am

Sean Lock? Weep

Post by **endar** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:56 pm

Fuck, i love Sean Lock. I also love his best friend Bill Bailey so i weep

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 2:00 pm

Well, that’s just awful. Weeep

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 2:37 pm

The very moment I finally stop bothering to go to Cookdandbombd, this happens

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 2:40 pm

I saw a bit of one of those panel shows from a couple of years ago, where he'd got quite ill and was still convelasing (sp) during filming. He sounded very frail, in a way that reminded me of Spike Milligan during his final years. He'd got better since, though, so this is an immense shock.

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:21 pm

Oh noes!

As stated above, I was under the erroneous impression that Lock had got over the worst, so I'm gobsmacked, to be honest.

RIP

Post by **richschnauzer** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 8:33 pm

a touching tribute from Dave

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 11:45 pm

Nice, that.

Post by **dng** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:39 pm

weeep

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/a ... dies-covid

Post by **endar** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:49 pm

Oh no fuck

Post by **richschnauzer** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 6:12 pm

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:41 pm

A damn fine drummer, and tbh, I didn't expect him to be the first to pass from The Rolling Stones.

RIP

Post by **endar** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:00 pm

He isn't the first

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:29 pm

Brian Jones decomposes offendedly in your direction sirrah

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:43 pm

endar wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:00 pmHe isn't the first

Yeah, soz, I meant passed away of natural causes.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 6:12 pm

Lee 'Scratch' Perry gone.

A true innovator, lunatic, and giver of one of the best interviews I've ever read in the NME. Hint: It was nuts.

Post by **dng** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 6:45 pm

Weeep

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Tue Aug 31, 2021 1:17 am

I remember that NME interview. For about an hour he reduced Steven Wells to a meek, bewildered observer with his general Lee-Scratch-Perry-ness. At one point he drew attention to the CD copies of his music he'd glued to his shirt, so that the reflection of the silver sides would "possess" (I think?) walls and doors with the energy of his productions. He also thought Johnny Rotten was in The Clash, and refused to be corrected on the matter.

Post by **endar** » Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:13 am

excellent

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:49 am

CandyDarling wrote: Tue Aug 31, 2021 1:17 am I remember that NME interview. For about an hour he reduced Steven Wells to a meek, bewildered observer with his general Lee-Scratch-Perry-ness. At one point he drew attention to the CD copies of his music he'd glued to his shirt, so that the reflection of the silver sides would "possess" (I think?) walls and doors with the energy of his productions. He also thought Johnny Rotten was in The Clash, and refused to be corrected on the matter.

Heh, that's the interview, Michelle! Great stuff!

Post by **vom** » Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:27 pm

Oh no, this is sad

https://nypost.com/2021/09/06/actor-mic ... ssion=true

Post by **dng** » Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:32 pm

Yes. Awful

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:58 pm

Oh no

Post by **Pual** » Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:46 am

Post by **dng** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:34 pm

Ultra weep

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... es-aged-81

Post by **dng** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:37 pm

The bbc better be showing micro men on a loop for the next 48 hours in tribute

Post by **endar** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:00 pm

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:10 pm

Oh man! :''( He truly was the Father of British home computing, whether he wanted to be or not.

Post by **dng** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:16 pm

Elon Musk became the world's richest man by building electric vehicles that no one has ever bought while poor old Clive Sinclair got laughed at for thirty years until he was dead

Post by **dng** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:16 pm

which hardly seems fair

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:26 pm

That's a good point.

A lot of Sinclair's ideas were before their time or just not very practical, but the guy just loved trying to make new stuff in innovative and temptingly priced ways - we need more like him.

Post by **dng** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:27 pm

Unfortunately all we're allowed now is more Alan Sugars

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:19 pm

Troo. Just imagine what The Apprentice would've been like with Sirclive rather than Siralan. The contestant teams would've been required to conceive, develop, and display electronic/electro-mechanical gadgetry - it would've been great!

Post by **richschnauzer** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:29 pm

dng wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:34 pm Ultra weep

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... es-aged-81

pisssssssssss

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:45 am

And now I'm pondering what the 80s UK home computer market would've been like without Sinclair.

The Vic-20 and the Texas TI 99/4a would've hung around for far longer. Maybe Acorn wouldn't have released the Electron, and the home computer market would've been split between the Commodore 64, the Atari 8 bits, and the MSX machines? And the Beeb would've still been too expensive for most people!

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:58 am

It would have been Dragon Data's time

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 6:19 pm

And chasing the dragon would've been a reference to Welsh computing dominance rather than heroin!

Post by **richschnauzer** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:33 pm

blombluss wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:26 pm That's a good point.

A lot of Sinclair's ideas were before their time or just not very practical, but the guy just loved trying to make new stuff in innovative and temptingly priced ways - we need more like him.

still looks ahead of its time now.

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:38 pm

Available in John Menzies, Rumbelows, Smiths, and Boots. Also Harrods

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 11:30 pm

Lovely advert, Rich.

I think his passing has affected me a bit more that I would've expected. And I'm a bit defensive about him, too. The likes of us having a bit of a joke about some of his products is fine, because we understand and respect his importance/legacy, whereas some dick saying, "Hur! Hur! C5! What a div!", makes me want to tell them to fuck right off.

Interesting really, how certain things or events make you feel, and possibly not in the way you'd imagine.