RIP.

[slayrrr666]

This was why I dedicated Tuesday to viewing the Michael Myers films, he was a great man, and his legacy shall live on in the new film and in the classic series.

[Pulpmariachi]

Well, RIP Link Wray, surf guitarist. Here's an article:

Power Chord Pioneer Link Wray Dies at 76

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Nov. 21) - Guitar master Link Wray, the father of the power chord in rock 'n' roll who inspired such legends as Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Pete Townshend, has died. He was 76.

Wray died Nov. 5 at his home in Copenhagen, his wife and son said on his Web site. No cause of death was given, but his family said his heart was "getting tired." He was buried Friday after a service at Copenhagen's Christian Church.

"While playing his guitar he often told the audience, 'God is playing my guitar, I am with God when I play,"' his wife, Olive, and son, Oliver Christian, wrote. "We saw you go with God, you were smiling."

Wray, who played in his trademark leather jacket, developed a style considered the blueprint for heavy metal and punk music. He is best known for his 1958 instrumental "Rumble," 1959 "Rawhide" and 1963 "Jack the Ripper." His music has been featured in movies including "Pulp Fiction," "Independence Day" and "Desperado."

Wray, who was born in North Carolina and is three-quarters Shawnee Indian, is said to have inspired many other rock musicians, including Townshend of the Who, Springsteen, Bowie, Bob Dylan and Steve Van Zandt. All have been quoted as saying that Wray and "Rumble" inspired them to become musicians.

"He is the king; if it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar,"' Townshend wrote on one of Wray's albums. Neil Young once said: "If I could go back in time and see any band, it would be Link Wray and the Raymen."

The power chord - a thundering sound created by playing fifths (two notes five notes apart, often with the lower note doubled an octave above) - became a favorite among rock players. Wray claimed because he was too slow to be a whiz on the guitar, he had to invent sounds.

When recording "Rumble," he created the fuzz tone by punching holes in his amplifier speakers to produce a dark, grumbling sound. It took off instantly, but it was banned by some deejays in big cities for seeming to suggest teen violence.

"I was looking for something that Chet Atkins wasn't doing, that all the jazz kings wasn't doing, that all the country pickers wasn't doing. I was looking for my own sound," Wray told The Associated Press in 2002.

He was born Frederick Lincoln Wray Jr. in 1929 in Dunn, N.C. His two brothers, Vernon and Doug, were also musicians. The three became a country hit as "Lucky Wray and the Palomino Ranch Hands." Later, after "Rumble," they became "Link Wray and the Raymen," or Wraymen, as it was sometimes spelled. Later, the brothers' relationship soured after a dispute about the rights to "Rumble."

In 1978, he moved to Denmark and married Olive Julie Povlsen. They raised their son in a three-story house on an island where Hans Christian Andersen once lived.

Though he went out of style in the '60s, he was rediscovered by later generations. He toured the United States and Canada since the mid-1990s, playing 40 shows this year. In 2002, Guitar World magazine elected Wray one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

[Gabriel]

George Best. Flawed genius... as if there is any other kind. RIP.

[Pulpmariachi]

Pat Morita.

"The Karate Kid star Pat Morita has died at his Las Vegas home. He was 73. The actor and comedian, whose portrayal of Mr. Miyagi in the 1984 movie earned him an Oscar nomination, passed away on Thursday of natural causes, according to his wife of 12 years Evelyn. She says in a statement, "(My husband) dedicated his entire life to acting and comedy." For years, the actor, real name Noriyuki Morita, played small roles in such films as Thoroughly Modern Millie and TV series such as The Odd Couple and Green Acres. His first breakthrough came with classic TV show Happy Days, and he followed with his own brief series Mr. T and Tina. The Karate Kid spawned three sequels ending with 1994's The Next Karate Kid, which paired him with a young Hilary Swank. More recently, Morita provided the voice for a character in the 1998 Disney movie Mulan. Born in northern California on June 28, 1932 to migrant fruit pickers, Morita spent most of his early years in the hospital with spinal tuberculosis. He later recovered only to be sent to a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during World War II. After the war, Morita's family tried to repair their finances by running a Sacramento restaurant. It was there that Morita first showed an interest in a showbusiness career, eventually committing to it full time at the age of 30. He is survived by his wife and three daughters from a previous marriage."


Wax on.
Wax off.

[Phoenix]

RIP Pat. Very sad.

And poor George Best. The bottle wins again.

[frankenjohn]

Awww...so sad...rest in peace, Pattie boy.

[LivingDeadGirl]

Oh man, I hadn't heard about that.

[Quorthon]

Mr. Miyagi's dead? That's a shame. Why couldn't it have been the Karate Kid??

[slayrrr666]

RIP Mr. Miyagi. You will be missed greatly.

[Heineken Skywalker]

We should all wax our cars and paint our fences this weekend, in his honor.
Sayonora, Mr. Miyagi. R.I.P.

[LivingDeadGirl]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film producer Gregg Hoffman, who with his partners turned a $1 million horror movie called "Saw" into a $102 million hit, has died at the age of 42, associates said on Tuesday.

Lions Gate Entertainment, which distributed "Saw" and its successor "Saw II," said Hoffman died on Sunday in a Hollywood hospital of natural causes but gave no specifics. An autopsy is planned.

"Saw," financed by Hoffman and his partners at Twisted Pictures, cost about $1 million to make but reaped $102 million worldwide at the box office when it was released in October 2004. The sequel "Saw II" brought in even more earlier this year, and a third movie in the series was in production.

"Saw" is the grisly story of a serial killer called Jigsaw who devises intricate situations to get his victims to kill each other.

Hoffman and his partners independently financed their films which allowed them to reap the profits, a fact that led Hoffman to tell the Los Angeles Times that he had hit the jackpot.

Hoffman "had the uncanny ability to pursue creative and professional endeavors in a collaborative and inspiring fashion, traits all too rare in our industry," said Peter Block, president of production at Lions Gate.

Q....where were you on the night of Sunday, Dec. 4th??

[Quorthon]

I was safe at home, probably on here!!

[LivingDeadGirl]

So that autopsy won't find anything unusual? ;D

[frankenjohn]

Nah, they'll probably just find some...........elaboratly conchoted trap..........and a tape.......................and a puppet.......................

[LivingDeadGirl]

frankenjohn said:

and a puppet.......................

wtf?