Dead Celebrities 2020

Sunny

I understand. I'm still incredibly bothered by the context of the situation. Really, really bothered.

mietze

On this year's thread there really hasn't been much positive or negative discussion of the announcements, so if such a policy change were to happen, seems like it'd be a good time to do it. I don't really care, personally, since I am just fine with people speaking ill of the dead. They're dead, it's very unlikely any of their families are reading MSB, so it's not like we are preserving feelings of people directly impacted by that individual's death and discussion unexpectedly hitting them.

I could understand people wanting a separate thread in the hog pit for no holds barred discussion without needing to worry so much about people getting upset that their feelings are upset (though they still will, because we are human, and its hard to not feel a needling when someone talks shit about something or someone you admire--or brings up things you'd rather forget about it/them/the place/whatever).

Ganymede

@Sunny

I appreciate the perspective.

Misadventure

@mietze If this is a thread of announcements and mourning, seems best to have another place for longer discussions of any kind.

mietze

@Misadventure well, as others have pointed out, the other one wasn't all that. So it's understandable that some people are taken aback by a change. Though I am pretty sure there was tut tutting about people not being silent about their issues with various people before too, because that also is a very common thing to do. No bad actors here, but if it's going to change, might as well announce it?

Sunny

@Ganymede said in Dead Celebrities 2020:

@Sunny

I appreciate the perspective.

I appreciate how you've handled my feedback. Thank you.

Auspice

John Andretti, IndyCar & NASCAR driver, at 56 after battle with cancer.

surreality

Wes Wilson, psychedelic artist.

You may not know the name, but... you've probably seen his work.

hedgehog

Andy Gill, guitarist, Gang of Four.

Maybe not as well-known as bassist David Allen, but vastly important to music anyway.

'What We All Want' - Gang of Four

Biggest WTF moment in a retail establishment was hearing this song playing in a Red Robin Express.

hedgehog

https://www.nme.com/blogs/andy-gill-obituary-1956-2020-gang-of-four-2604037

'There certainly are. Great musicians encapsulate their age; the very best echo endlessly onwards, and Andy Gill, who died today (February 1) aged 64, has been reverberating along the baseline of alternative culture for 40 years. R.E.M., Tom Morello, St Vincent, Carrie Brownstein and James Murphy are just some of the acts and musicians who have acknowledged their debt to Gang Of Four’s spare grooves and Gill’s cranky, cut-throat style – attacking his instrument with an unhinged precision.

Flea cited the band as a key influence on early Red Hot Chili Peppers (Gill produced their debut album), Kurt Cobain claimed that Nirvana started off as “a Gang of Four and Scratch Acid ripoff” and Gill’s music was as pivotal on the early ‘00s funk-punk revival as Wire’s was to formative Britpop, both in America (The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, Radio 4, We Are Scientists) and at home (Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, The Futureheads, whom Gill also produced).'