DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Marc Chevalier]

John Hughes drew a very accurate bead on a group that is hardly ever laughed at 'seriously': upper middle class white Americans. The characters in his films are close replicas of my neighbors, classmates, friends and enemies -- circa 1985.


When cultural historians of the future dig for a glimpse of well-off '80s suburbia, they'll turn to John Hughes's movies.

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[Foofoogal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Zp7vfyew8

funniest use of film in the history of film IMHO. Rip John Hughes. Only movie I will watch over and over.

 

[jamespowers]

John Hughes drew a very accurate bead on a group that is hardly ever laughed at 'seriously': upper middle class white Americans. The characters in his films are close replicas of my neighbors, classmates, friends and enemies -- circa 1985.

You had one strange experience of the 1980s. I never knew people like that---in the same categories but acted nothing like that in reality. [huh]

 

[MrBern]

style in Hughe's movies

Style Tribute

http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/teen-spirit-a-john-hughes-style-tribute/

Cinematic appraisal

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/movies/08appraisal.html

 

[pretty faythe]

Willy DeVille, figure of the late 70's punk scene, song writer, dies pancreatic cancer at 58. Posted is one of the best songs from The Princess Bride. EVER.
http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/08/07/willy-mink-deville-dies/

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[Marc Chevalier]

You had one strange experience of the 1980s. I never knew people like that---in the same categories but acted nothing like that in reality. [huh]

I grew up in L.A. around the children of entertainment industry execs.

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[Antje]

Willy deVille dies at age of 58

Rip Willy deVille,

he passed away 7th of august at the age of 58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3QO5TCS-hI

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Rip Willy deVille,

he passed away 7th of august at the age of 58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3QO5TCS-hI

What a shame. This is the first time that I've heard his music. My my what a talent...and great sound!
HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJLK...C447F15A8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

 

[Antje]

What a shame. This is the first time that I've heard his music. My my what a talent...and great sound!
HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJLK...C447F15A8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

It is a shame, this was an artist I admired and always was on my list of going to a concert of his, I never went

he became famous with his band mink deville, with the song spanish stroll

I always love this one very much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSH7b6-Lgdw

 

[jamespowers]

I grew up in L.A. around the children of entertainment industry execs.

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Now THAT makes sense. :eusa_doh:

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Now THAT makes sense. :eusa_doh:

And YOU grew up in an ethnically Portuguese-American enclave, which also makes sense.

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[jamespowers]

And YOU grew up in an ethnically Portuguese-American enclave, which also makes sense.

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I don't know where you get your information but this town hasn't been that way since before WWII.
Most of those people ended up moving out to Modesto, Tracy or Stockton after WWII.
We certainly didn't see many trust fund kids preaching anarchy but being lost if they couldn't find the right gel for their hair that is for sure.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Oh SNAP! lol


Anarchy, hell: I'm even more of a capitalist than you are, as some Buenos Aires property owners can attest to. It helps to know an economist or two at CEPAL/ECLAC ("Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean").


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[jamespowers]

Oh SNAP! lol


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That gel comment was an actual part of an argument I overheard in high school about some anarchist fool.

 

[jamespowers]

Anarchy, hell: I'm even more of a capitalist than you are. Ask some Buenos Aires property owners back in 2001.


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You would have to prove you are a bigger capitalist than I. Ask Milton Friedman.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

That gel comment was an actual part of an argument I overheard in high school about some anarchist fool.

It was a good argument, I think. lol

No harm meant or done.

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[jamespowers]

It was a good argument, I think. lol

No harm meant or done.

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It was indeed---enough for me to still remember it over twenty years later. Daryl Bradley would be proud.

 

[Foofoogal]

RIP Eunice Kennedy Shriver. :eusa_clap
Founder of the Special Olympics.
http://www.eunicekennedyshriver.org/
What a legacy.

 

[carouselvic]

Folk icon Mike Seeger

 

[Classydame]

Les Paul...

electric guitar inventor, dubbing inventor and musician has died at the age of 94.