The funeral of Cyrille Regis on Tuesday 30th, January marked a passing of an era in which the nonsense of racism was challenged by three young men who took on the whole of the racist agenda by being excellent footballers and great men. The three players were Brendan Batson, Laurie Cunningham and Cyrille Regis. Only […]
The man who was arguably the spear head of the 1960’s cultural liberation which led to womens rights, gay rights and general equality rights died today. Clearly on women rights it could be argued that he helped promote pornography which led to mass media objectification of women which ultimately led to the issues we have […]
George Michael did it all. Bobby socks boy band singer, major adult music performer, AIDs campaigner, sexual criminal, jailbird, marijuana advocate and anti Margaret Thatcher pro Mine worker protagonist. He certainly did not fit the mode that others in his original field would normally represent. His fights with Sony tested the music business model for […]
Andrew Sachs will always be the character Manuel from Fawlty Towers, Although it was his masterpiece he did a lot of voice overs as well as iconic parts in films. Here is a litlle poem about the fun and drama he brought to our lives. Sonnet For Andrew Sachs Manuel looked a little strange Maybe they […]
Here is one of my rants: The death of Christopher Lee is sad because he was a great entertainer and actor, plus he knows how to scare the bejesus out of you. Unlike the present day Draculars,he was not a pampered Mommy;s boy who made sure his hair was well looked after (although it was), […]
James Last died yesterday and will be remembered as the many who made ‘happy music’ for those who liked non-threatening music during a world in perpetual revolution. Most people younger than 40 years of age will be familiar with his music via the ‘easy listening scene which was a short lived underground scene that was […]
BB King will be described as ‘the greatest blues guitarist’, or ‘the father of modern rock music’. These descriptions maybe true, however, considering he was renowned for doing 250 shows per year. It would be fair to describe him as ‘the last of the great showman’. A showman that would give his audience 100% effort […]
The singer Errol Brown died after a long battle with liver cancer. The man who fronted the band Hot Chocolate was always a glamorous persona even with his trademark shaven head, which was not fashionable during the hippy era. He and his band first came to attention when John Lennon persuaded The Beatles record label […]
The man who rode the wave to become the first big name poker player during the online boom of poker has died. Devilfish or David Ulliott as he was officially known, died after a short illness due to cancer. He was a professional poker player who became a household name when he on the first ‘Late […]
The man who played Spock in the ground breaking series of Star Trek died yesterday. Leonard Nimoy could be described as the uber nerd as he seemed to be mind melted into the part of Spock. To further his credentials as appealing to those who love fantasy he made musical albums which re-enforced his other […]