Saturday, July 19, 2014
Lionel Ferbos, R.I. P.
Lionel Ferbos, New Orlean’s oldest performing jazz musician, dies at age 103: Legendary jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos, whose prolific career began with society bands that predated the Great Depression, died in New Orleans at the age of 103, US media reported.
Curt Gentry, R. I. P.
SFGate: Curt Gentry, a San Francisco author who wrote or co-wrote 13 books including best-sellers "Helter Skelter" about the Charles Manson case and a harshly critical biography of FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, died July 10 in a San Francisco hospital.
Hat tip to Fred Zackel.
Hat tip to Fred Zackel.
Set the DVR
Adult Swim's 2014-2015 Slate Will Include something called Mike Tyson Mysteries, which will be a new half-hour animated adult comedy series featuring a cartoon Mike Tyson who solves mysteries, aided by the Mike Tyson Mystery Team - which is made up of the Ghost of the Marquess of Queensbury, Mike’s adopted Korean daughter, and a pigeon who was once a man.
Things Found in Books
Friday, July 18, 2014
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