@The Old Man posted:Chuck Close. When stuck in a wheelchair in 1988 he adapted his style and created some of his greatest works. He was caught up in the #metoo movement, as an offender, in 2017 and 2018, damaging his reputation.
Read about this the other day. He was a local to my area.
Our local Art Gallery of Ontario has a stunning Chuck Close. It’s one of his massive 8.3 ft x 7.5 ft) hyper-realist portraits that he was doing prior to his mosaic portraits (which I also love). He was a master of painting extreme shallow depth of field.
Surprised no one mentioned the passing of Markie Post (Night Court).
A fuctard conservative radio host from Covid. He was an anti-vaxxer until, like a prisoner finding Jesus, he wished he got a shot. Buh-bye. Please take a few more irresponsible morons with you.
@billhike posted:A fuctard conservative radio host from Covid. He was an anti-vaxxer until, like a prisoner finding Jesus, he wished he got a shot. Buh-bye. Please take a few more irresponsible morons with you.
I believe the proper phrase is "Thoughts and prayers."
Don Everly of the Everly Brothers.
@brucehayes posted:Tom T. Hall.
Not my preferred genre, but wrote 12 number 1 hits and 26 more top 10. The Rolling Stone placed him in the top 100 greatest songwriters of all time.
Don Everly of Everly Brothers fame and Rod Gilbert of the NY Rangers
Charlie Watts, 80.
@The Old Man posted:Charlie Watts, 80.
Wow. Someone who has pretty much seen it all in the world of rock and roll.
Saw him many years ago. Quite a drummer. Will be missed.
I’m gutted.
RIP and love to all his loved ones. This hits hard.
RIP Charlie. Great, no-frills drummer. It will be interesting to see if Richards will abide by what he has said many times about there being no Stones without Charlie Watts. I hope so but I write that with no disrespect for Steve Jordan.
@steve8 posted:RIP Charlie. Great, no-frills drummer. It will be interesting to see if Richards will abide by what he has said many times about there being no Stones without Charlie Watts. I hope so but I write that with no disrespect for Steve Jordan.
Down to two of the five originals.
13 US service personnel and all those Afghans. I do believe we had to get out but it was certainly piss poor planning.
Not that it matters but my office was near Camp Pendleton. I've seen a lot of Marines over 20 years. As a Chicagoan for half my life, and being a middle class Jew from Skokie, I really never came in contact with anybody in the military. Since then I've become friends with a number of Marines through board gaming. Two of them I'm continuing to be friends with for about 10 years now. Also my daughter is dating a Marine. So when I used to hear of these things I never really thought about anything but the number; I never put a face to it. But now I can see those faces and it's very sad.
Would have been worse if we vacated in May
@The Old Man posted:13 US service personnel and all those Afghans. I do believe we had to get out but it was certainly piss poor planning.
Not that it matters but my office was near Camp Pendleton. I've seen a lot of Marines over 20 years. As a Chicagoan for half my life, and being a middle class Jew from Skokie, I really never came in contact with anybody in the military. Since then I've become friends with a number of Marines through board gaming. Two of them I'm continuing to be friends with for about 10 years now. Also my daughter is dating a Marine. So when I used to hear of these things I never really thought about anything but the number; I never put a face to it. But now I can see those faces and it's very sad.
About the first post I would agree with you on. God Bless them. Great individuals. I hope their families and friends can find peace.
@flwino posted:Would have been worse if we vacated in May
You sir...are a moron.
@napacat posted:About the first post I would agree with you on. God Bless them. Great individuals. I hope their families and friends can find peace.
Not that I agree with a hell of a lot that TOM posts, and I've certainly taken to not responding to you. But I've got to ask, what exactly about his second paragraph did you not agree with?
