Ken Parker, the man behind the Parker Fly

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/ ... -obituary/

an obit with this memorable quote:

Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones asked, “Nice guitar, but why does it have to look like a bleeding assault rifle?”

Mani from Stone Roses and Primal Scream.

Bass parts are some of the best things on that first Stone Roses album. RIP.

Oh man, I love that first record without reservation, but I know nothing about them past that really.

Haven't listened to it in a very long time, but after seeing the Raveonettes do I Wanna Be Adored a few months ago it's been on my mind. Will give a full spin today.

They seemed so hip and otherwordly to me when I was 13 or 14 and saw the video for fools gold while visiting family with my folks - we didn't have cable but my aunt and uncle did so I was parked in front of MTV a lot when I had access - all I had at home were VHS's of TV shows taped from an OTA antenna.

tallchris wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 10:26 am Mani from Stone Roses and Primal Scream.

Bass parts are some of the best things on that first Stone Roses album. RIP.

A great bass player. I think whenever you have a band and people know the name of the bassist you’re doing something right.

The Stone Roses debut came out when I was in high school. I liked it OK at the time but really came around a few years later. Every bassline is a hook. His feel was crucial, and his work on Second Coming (a very fine record) proves he was the real deal.

Mani, your Casady basses had cooler paint jobs than mine. By all accounts you were a really lovely guy. RIP.

Udo Kier.

Udo in John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns for the Masters of Horror series. Requiescat.

Jimmy Cliff.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qdren425o

Don't know how much - if any - love for reggae there is on this forum, but I always thought "Vietnam" and "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" were classic singles.

As a strange footnote, in the early 80s he played a gig to an audience of about sixty teenagers at the youth club in the village I grew up in (which itself had a population of about 11,000). I'm guessing either that he must have signed a terrible contract back in the day, or his career had hit the skids by then. Good gig though, from what I remember.

Jellybean Johnson.

HeavenIsInYourBeard wrote: Mon Nov 24, 2025 7:06 am Jimmy Cliff.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qdren425o

Don't know how much - if any - love for reggae there is on this forum, but I always thought "Vietnam" and "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" were classic singles.

Not a huge fan of the little Cliff I've heard, but do love some reggae/dub/DJ/&c.

The Harder They Come is a good movie.