Category Archives: RIP

Ken Russell RIP

November 28, 2011 – 1:01 pm
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Joe Frazier RIP

November 9, 2011 – 4:25 am

The Thrilla in Manila between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali on October 1, 1975 has been called the greatest fight of modern times. Ali entered the ring out of condition. Joe Frazier had lost three fights; two to George Foreman and one to Ali. HIs career was thought to be over. The heat the morning [...]

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RIP Steve Jobs / 1950 Something – Now

October 7, 2011 – 3:42 am

Steve Jobs came out with a box-ready computer and changed the world. His public adored how he touched their lives. The outpouring has been extraordinary, but Sam Royalle of Pattaya had a good question to pose the people at Apple. “Has anybody at Apple checked if Steve Jobs isn’t on Airplane Mode?”

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Klaus Nomi RIP

August 7, 2011 – 10:36 am

A blizzard struck Manhattan on February 4, 1978. The snowstorm closed the city within the first ours. The streets were impassable for cars. 100 mph winds buried the sidewalks under 5-foot drifts. My hillbilly girlfriend and I were trapped in our East Village apartment for days. The gas stove’s four burners prevented our freezing to [...]

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Facundo Cabral RIP

July 9, 2011 – 4:55 pm

This Argentinean peace troubadour was assassinated after a concert in Quetzaltenango on an empty road to the airport. The intended target was the promoter according to the Guatemalan police. The blind singer was hit eight times in the ambush. A man of peace. “I am not from here. I am not from anywhere.”

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