Nick Cave is delightfully depraved (from the Globe & Mail)

A radio PSA by the Alzheimer's Society begins, "Hello. I'm Fred West."

Patrick Swayze dead

Road House is definitely one of my top guilty pleasure films - both for PS and the incomparable Jeff Healey. Now they're both gone.

I remember a roommate who had a big poster of PS (possibly from Dirty Dancing must have been The Outsiders, but I'm not sure...) on the ceiling, directly over her bed!

Yet again, RIP.

Jim Carroll dead

RIP, Jim.

(The New York Times obituary)

I can't listen to this now, but am definitely saving it for later....

Of course, the date is of more note than the day.

First, the anniversaries:
It's frankie_ecap's birthday ( Read more... )

I bet there're a lot more guilty and more pleasurable things than are admitted to...

"The billboard had this written on it: "... a magnificent moment of Canadian TV was happening at the same time on MuchMusic. The Tragically Hip were doing an Intimate & Interactive that went on gloriously for hours. In the pouring rain, hundreds stood outside on Queen Street. Gord Downie, a man with more charisma in his little finger than any ( Read more... )

this.

Today is Paul's 50th 49th birthday.

Ah, I can't help but wonder how different it might have been, had 1986 not been fucked up beyond belief, resulting in my lengthy rebound bounce across the Atlantic.