abc7ny.com: Connie Hawkins, basketball's dazzling New York playground legend who soared and swooped his way to the Hall of Fame, has died at 75.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Saturday, October 07, 2017
I Miss the Old Days
The Hollywood Living Legend: Look at the Beauty of Young Angela Lansbury From Between the 1940s and 1950s: Born 1925 to an upper-middle-class family in Regents Park, central London, British-American-Irish actress Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury has appeared in theatre, television and film, as well as a producer, voice actress, singer, and songwriter. Her career has spanned seven decades, much of it in the United States, and her work has attracted international attention.
Friday, October 06, 2017
Ralphie May, R. I. P.
Deadline: Tributes are pouring in for Ralphie May, the popular comedian who died today at 45. The majority of reactions are coming from members of the tightknit stand-up community, who are using phrases such as “funny and sweet,” “one of the nicest and kindest out there” and “realest dude I’ve ever met.”
An Oldie but a Goodie
bare•bones e-zine: You Gotta Read These: Fifteen Paperbacks You Might Have Missed by Bill Crider: Now and then, this blog will run highlights from the golden days of The Scream Factory and bare•bones. We'll also be running pieces that were written for bare•bones but never published. Today, we're proud to "reprint" Bill Crider's list of 15 crime paperbacks you may not know about. Good luck hunting them down.
Forgotten Hits: October 6th
Forgotten Hits: October 6th: The Hollies have TWO new records on the chart this week … that's because they've switched record labels … so Epic Records, their new label, is pushing "King Midas In Reverse", which premiers at #67 and Imperial Records, their OLD record label, is still trying to make money off their catalog by releasing a remake of the old Doris Troy hit "Just One Look", which debuts at #80. It's working … those are the top two debuts on the chart this week!
Survey and some tunes to play included.
Survey and some tunes to play included.
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