Paid Members BomberPat Posted April 12, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2023 16 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Thankfully the media seems to be getting better at reporting when people end their lives. Not only did they always say they’d killed themselves, they’d say how. Obviously it’s still not perfect but hopefully it’s getting there. With the exception of some outright ghouls in the press, there are increasingly strong and well-informed editorial guidelines around how to report on this now. IPSO advise against speculating on causes, on avoiding language that risks reading like romanticising the deceased, on speculating on or specifying the cause, and they advise against using phrases like "committed suicide". It can occasionally mean a greater degree of ugly speculation outside of the reporting itself, but I think that's better than the kind of hounding by the actual press that used to be more commonplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Jah Shaka has passed, pioneer of the sound system culture in this country. I think the first time I would have known of him was from watching Babylon on TV as a kid, still one of my favourite British movies ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Used to well fancy Bobbie Michell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 She was in an episode of Home and Away, too. Must have found the forbidden door of soap world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, Uncle Zeb said: She was in an episode of Home and Away, too. Must have found the forbidden door of soap world. I think ultimate soap crossover stuff happened when Henry Ramsay left Erinsborough and turned up in Summer Bay playing Grant Mitchell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted April 17, 2023 Awards Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: I think ultimate soap crossover stuff happened when Henry Ramsay left Erinsborough and turned up in Summer Bay playing Grant Mitchell. No it didn’t Edited April 17, 2023 by Frankie Crisp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, Frankie Crisp said: No it didn’t Not sure who they are. Is that Family Affairs or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal has died aged 92. Some of his live albums like 'At the Pershing: But Not for Me' are absolute essentials for any jazz fan. Most people are probably more aware of his work through being sampled millions of times in hip hop. 'The World Is Yours' by Nas for example. Pete Rock loved a Ahmad Jamal sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 53 minutes ago, wordsfromlee said: Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal has died aged 92. Some of his live albums like 'At the Pershing: But Not for Me' are absolute essentials for any jazz fan. Most people are probably more aware of his work through being sampled millions of times in hip hop. 'The World Is Yours' by Nas for example. Pete Rock loved a Ahmad Jamal sample. This is poor form from Jamal considering Lonnie Liston Smith is releasing a new album at nearly 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, Loki said: This is poor form from Jamal considering Lonnie Liston Smith is releasing a new album at nearly 90. He released an album in 2019 at the age of 89. That’ll do for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 22 minutes ago, wordsfromlee said: He released an album in 2019 at the age of 89. That’ll do for me. You know, as soon as I posted that I thought “I bet he released an album last year”. 😂. Jazz musicians never retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted April 18, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2023 14 hours ago, Loki said: You know, as soon as I posted that I thought “I bet he released an album last year”. 😂. Jazz musicians never retire. I saw Marshall Allen leading the Sun Ra Arkestra last year, a week before he turned 98. They're on tour again now. A different breed, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 4 hours ago, BomberPat said: Sun Ra Arkestra I like avant garde jazz but have always struggled with Sun Ra, the classic albums at least seem like hard work. What's the arkestra like in concert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted April 18, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Loki said: I like avant garde jazz but have always struggled with Sun Ra, the classic albums at least seem like hard work. What's the arkestra like in concert? They're brilliant - I've seen them quite a few times over the last 10-15 years, and they're always superb. There's still bits of dissonance or weird experimental moments, but for the most part they're just a slightly off-kilter swing band, everything they play has a lot more groove to it than you'd expect if you'd only heard the stuff they recorded during Sun Ra's lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted April 22, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/barry-humphries-dead-at-89-after-reentering-hospital-for-hip-problems/news-story/6de896055ac6a2865a38e8ab4a34b04b Barry Humphries has died. Dame Edna and Les Patterson are about as funny characters as you'll ever see. I remember Edna on This Morning a few years ago still tearing it up. Edited April 22, 2023 by gmoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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