Inevitably, I missed a few dead musicians in the In Memoriam series. I picked up three as I perused the AM, Then FM blog. In my defence, two of those were actors who occasionally sang, but I had thought of both while driving, and then forgot to include them. But how I could forget Sam Butera when I trumpeted his death on my regular message board? And then I came across a few more. As I have stressed, I make no claims of having compiled a complete list of music's departed in 2009. So will you [...]
Sargent House has got an ear for fantastic music. Their roster's chock-full of fantastic artists like Rx Bandits, Good Old War, These Arms Are Snakes, Tera Melos - all different as hell but amazing in their own rights. Anyways, considering how awesome all these dudes are, I figured I'd check out some of their label mates that I wasn't too familiar with. Now I can't stop listening to Fang Island . Fang Island's got a bit of everything I could ask for in a band. Their music's both frantic and uplifting, a bit like the frenzied [...]
"People" magazine has offered their Sexiest Man Alive title to only 21 men, and three of which have made the cut twice. In 2009, the magazine crowned a new man for the title of the hottest of the hottest: Robert Pattinson . The previous winners: 1985 - Mel Gibson 1986 - Mark Harmon 1987 - Harry Hamlin 1988 - John F. [...]
Halloween 2009 has finally arrived. Hopefully by now you have some idea of what your costume is, whether it's balloon boy, Billy Mays, Patrick Swayze, Kanye with a Hennessy bottle, the Geico money stack with eyes, or zombie Michael Jackson (alright, maybe that's a little too soon). Or maybe pop culture costumes aren't for you? Then the classics are always a safe bet. If you're a guy, it's usually a pirate/vampire/zombie/mummy/be er keg/sports star/superhero. If you're a girl it's usually a sexy _______, where the blank is any occupation ever. Regardless of your costume, there's bound to be a [...]
I come to praise Patrick Swayze, not bury him. He was our B-level action star with romantic credibility, and we forgave him for Dirty Dancing and Ghost because he gave us Roadhouse and Red Dawn . The martial arts crossover was inevitable-execs don't see any difference between ballet and kung fu — and the expressionless acting worked for each Swayzean archetype: the greaser bad boy, the misunderstood rebel with a heart of gold, the mourning husband, the stoic bouncer, and the post-apocalyptic warrior. Did I say post-apocalyptic ? [...]
Interesting toy developed to help push Vodafone's business: the Real-time UK Top 40 . It's simple - you tweet what you're listening to with a #realtimetop40 hashtag, they knock up a chart. Depressingly, it turns out a lot of people are listening to Patrick Swayze's She's Like The Wind right now. Even if you were still in mourning, you just wouldn't, would you?
It's ladies night on tonight's " Dancing With The Stars " and the evening started off with Debi Mazar and Maksin Chmerkovskiy . During practice, she didn't seem to know how to shut up. The duo started off doing the salsa and I can already sense some sexual tension between the two. Are they doing it? He kissed her again, they're totally doing it. Score: 16, they were being kind. [...]
We make fun of L.A. Guns quite a bit, mostly because, well, they're really worth making fun of. For one thing, they're one of those bands where there's actually two different versions of the band touring around, claiming to be "L.A. Guns;" the version that doesn't feature founding guitarist/namesake Tracii Guns hired a dude named [...]
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Let's do the 2009 "Cool People Who've Died" list real quick: Bea Arthur. DJ AM. Michael Jackson. John Hughes. Walter Cronkite. Dash Snow. Jim Carroll. Karl Malden. Fred Travalena. Billy Mays. Farrah Fawcett. Ed McMahon. David Carradine. Jay Bennett. Dom DeLuise. Marilyn Chambers. And it goes on. Mary from Peter, Paul, and Mary died yesterday. And of course, Patrick Swayze. While everybody jokes about how bad it sucks to be a celebrity this year, I'm choosing to celebrate. Because if nothing else, 2009 has completely legitimized my otherwise irrational fear of success. [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive Australian indie rockers Dappled Cities are celebrating the US release of their latest effort, the orchestral 'Zounds,' which came out this week. But despite their delight over their third studio effort hitting shelves, they're part of the millions saddened by the death of Patrick Swayze . "I was totally bummed," singer Dave Rennick tells Spinner. "Someone was laughing at me for being so bummed." In fact, Sydney's Dappled Cities have long admired Swayze's work, going so far as to record [...]
Steel Dawn is available to watch in its entirety on Youtube . When is there time to sleep... (don't answer that)
Can't really say too much about this but another great entertainer passes. R.I.P. Swayze Dawg.
1952- 2009This past Monday September 14th, 2009 we lost a great actor and human being! Patrick Swayze died of Pancreatic Cancer at age 57! Hotmess and I would like to wish those who knew him best our deepest condolences. Growing up, I was a huge fan of his movies. His charisma, sex appeal and triple threat talent made him a house hold name and this is why today I am sad. My
With the untimely passing of resident badass, Patrick Swayze, Our Kitchen Sink put together a list of the best quotes from Swayze's classic portrayal of the bank robbing surfer, Bodhi, from Point Break. 100% pure adrenaline! Goddamn! You are one radical son of a bitch! It's basic dog psychology, if you scare them and get them peeing down their leg, they submit. But if you project weakness, that promotes violence, and that's how people get hurt. They only live to get radical. [...]
continuing the eighties theme that seems to be creeping up round my ankles like so much neon sewage here, i'll pay a brief musical tribute in this spare five minutes to one of the decades sterling performers. three things i dug about swayzees career: john milius' demented p(r)opaganda piece, red dawn the mad genius of next of kins high concept hillbillies versus the mafia pitch and the bit in road house where philosopher [...]
In case you didn't hear, Patrick Swayze is dead. And while I've never seen Dirty Dancing (or Road House... that seems like it might be a major oversight on my part), I did enjoy the man's work in Point Break (he really jumps from the plane, man!!!) and, more recently, Donnie Darko. So. Elise at Reign [...]
His fame stretched way beyond the pop-star realm, but let's not forget that the late Patrick Swayze's star turn in the 1987 Catskills romance Dirty Dancing also spawned the No. 3 hit "She's Like The Wind," a velvety, saxophone-enhanced ballad that, thanks to its superglossy '80s sound, was something of an outlier on the movie's oldies-heavy soundtrack. (It later inspired covers by the likes of Lumidee and Girls Aloud .) Swayze's filmic links to pop music both on and off the charts didn't end with Dirty Dancing -the use of the Righteous Brothers' "Unchained [...]
I don't have any grand or insightful things to say about Patrick Swayze. Hell, I'd pretty much forgotten about the man before he got cancer but last night, when I heard he died, I had to dig out Angel Eye's by Jeff Healey and give it a listen. So I thought I'd share it. Jeff Healey - Angel Eyes (from the Roadhouse Soundtrack) Patrick Swayze - She's Like The Wind (from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack)
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