Category Archives: RIP

Christopher Hitchens RIP

Long-time Vanity Fair writer and general anti-anythingist Christopher Hitchens passed away at the age of 62. Seconds after his death his body remained dead. He was not Christ and he promoted atheism to his dying breath. Friends and colleagues mourning his passing. Vanity Fair represented the sell-out of an intellect, so I was not familiar [...]

Ken Russell RIP

Joe Frazier RIP

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 [...]

RIP Steve Jobs / 1950 Something – Now

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?”

Klaus Nomi RIP

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 [...]