In Memoriam

[Generalzod]

I was at boarding school 1989-1994. While Doug was on Triple M (then his tv show), it was compulsive listening. Literally every radio tuned in, blaring away and laughter all around.
He was so cheeky, with all that innuendo. Of that era of Kenny Everett and The Goodies etc, just a hoot. Even yesterday the Ms were playing old recordings and I literally thought they could replay ten years of Mulray instead of Molloy and MG and they’d do better.

Don't forget Club Veg was great as well, I remember listrening to them on 2SM in 1987 they had a comedy sketch at the time called Chuck and Randy, before they moved to Triple (M) doing the night program.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Ian Bairnson - guitarist with Pilot and Alan Parsons Project has passed away at 69.

Magic is up there as one of my fave tracks, and I’m particularly fond of Don’t Answer Me by APP.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Al Jaffee.
The creator of the MAD Magazine Fold In, writer of Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions and one of MAD’s greatest artists and writers with 60 years of contributions, has sadly passed away aged 102.

As a kid in the 1980s, I grew up with MAD magazine, buying current issues, super specials and books as well as going to 2nd hand shops and flea markets to buy older issues. Even in the 90s I was still buying issues. I fell away in the early 2000s as the older members of MAD contributors passed away in their 80s.
However, I have a boxful always beside my bed and remain grateful to MAD for giving me a great sense of satirical humour and cynicism at politics, Hollywood and popular culture.

Al Jaffee was a genius. The world is poorer for his passing. The Usual Gang of (Heavenly) Idiots have just got a good one.

 

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Al Jaffee.
The creator of the MAD Magazine Fold In, writer of Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions and one of MAD’s greatest artists and writers with 60 years of contributions, has sadly passed away aged 102.

As a kid in the 1980s, I grew up with MAD magazine, buying current issues, super specials and books as well as going to 2nd hand shops and flea markets to buy older issues. Even in the 90s I was still buying issues. I fell away in the early 2000s as the older members of MAD contributors passed away in their 80s.
However, I have a boxful always beside my bed and remain grateful to MAD for giving me a great sense of satirical humour and cynicism at politics, Hollywood and popular culture.

Al Jaffee was a genius. The world is poorer for his passing. The Usual Gang of (Heavenly) Idiots have just got a good one.

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Bloody good innings. I still remember getting my first MAD Magazine, laughed like an idiot for hours. I've still got a box of them somewhere. Pretty much every issue from about 82 to 89.

 

[horrie hastings]

Mark Sheehan , dead at 46.

The Script guitarist Mark Sheehan dies aged 46

The Irish rock band said Sheehan died in hospital on Friday after a brief illness.

www.bbc.com

 

[horrie hastings]

This one probably wont cause a blip on the radar but very sad ABBA guitarist Lasse Wellander passed away aged 70 from cancer.

Abba’s long-serving guitarist Lasse Wellander dies

Band hail ‘brilliance’ of session musician who has died aged 70 after being diagnosed with cancer

www.theguardian.com

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Mark Sheehan , dead at 46.

The Script guitarist Mark Sheehan dies aged 46

The Irish rock band said Sheehan died in hospital on Friday after a brief illness.

www.bbc.com

Just saw this. They’ve been a decent pop band over the years. Very sad.

 

[horrie hastings]

Just saw this. They’ve been a decent pop band over the years. Very sad.

I just saw it on ch 9 just before heading off to work this morning so didn't have time to post more about it as it was just about breaking news then.

Re Al Jaffee, what a fantastic innings.

 

[horrie hastings]

Ian Bairnson - guitarist with Pilot and Alan Parsons Project has passed away at 69.

Magic is up there as one of my fave tracks, and I’m particularly fond of Don’t Answer Me by APP.

January played on my IPOD at work today, the first time in ages, classic song, just like Magic.

 

[Nuke]

January played on my IPOD at work today, the first time in ages, classic song, just like Magic.

I'm very happy to see that I'm not the only one still using an iPod. I love that little thing. I'll be devo the day it inevitably dies, given they don't make them anymore.

And since we're in the 'In Memoriam' pages, I'll add 'the iPod' to it too.

 

[horrie hastings]

I'm very happy to see that I'm not the only one still using an iPod. I love that little thing. I'll be devo the day it inevitably dies, given they don't make them anymore.

And since we're in the 'In Memoriam' pages, I'll add 'the iPod' to it too.

Yes i would be lost without mine, i have so many different remixes of songs that just aren't available on any of the music providers like Spotify. God knows what will happen when mine dies.

 

[Nuke]

Yes i would be lost without mine, i have so many different remixes of songs that just aren't available on any of the music providers like Spotify. God knows what will happen when mine dies.

Likewise. All my music on my iPod is in mp3s on my computer, so I won't lose anything except the playlists I've constructed, but the convenience and simplicity of the iPod's system for just playing music will be the hardest thing to replace. I'm an Android phone user, so although I'm sure the iPhones probably have the same music setup as iPods, it's not accessible to me ... and I don't particularly wish to spend $1,200+ on an iPhone just to replicate the iPod and little else!

 

[Captain Apollo]

Roland Roller doors roller doors funniest bloke on radio.

Someone else loved it too. I found the clip on YouTube -

 

[horrie hastings]

Likewise. All my music on my iPod is in mp3s on my computer, so I won't lose anything except the playlists I've constructed, but the convenience and simplicity of the iPod's system for just playing music will be the hardest thing to replace. I'm an Android phone user, so although I'm sure the iPhones probably have the same music setup as iPods, it's not accessible to me ... and I don't particularly wish to spend $1,200+ on an iPhone just to replicate the iPod and little else!

Exactly same here, its all on computer so wont lose anything but the convenience of the playlist at my finger tips. Also an android phone user. Do need to work something out as i'm sure the IPOD will die on me some day.

 

[Generalzod]

Vale Barry Humphries truly a great and funny Australian your comedy lives on mate have a great trip

 

[horrie hastings]

Vale Barry Humphries truly a great and funny Australian your comedy lives on mate gave a great trip

Yes , just came across on TV, very sad .

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Terribly sad. He was a comedy genius. Vale.

 

[Nuke]

Exactly same here, its all on computer so wont lose anything but the convenience of the playlist at my finger tips. Also an android phone user. Do need to work something out as i'm sure the IPOD will die on me some day.

I've found an app called AIMP which, so far, is the closest I've come across.

 

[nöyd]

Not the type of comedy I usually gravitate toward but never had a problem with the guy. Wasn't until I was in my late teens that I finally figured out she was a he lol

RIP Barry Humphries

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Dame Edna’s skewering of suburbanite life - esp in the 70s - was perfect. S/he got away with sooooo much with the wit, innuendo and double entendres. Funnily it didn’t date either whereas Benny Hill, Some Mother’s Do Ave Em, type comedy did. Edna became not only an institution, a cultural and national icon but almost part of the family.
I knew a fair few older blokes of my grandfathers era (born in the 1920s) who wouldn’t have a bar of flamboyance, loved Dame Edna. Lol.