Architect -- via the L.A. Times. He refined and perfected the Space-Age, Californian, car-culture-friendly "Googie" style.
Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Phoebe Snow aka Phoebe Ann Laub
Singer, guitarist and songwriter -- via MSNBC. Her absolutely unique and beautiful voice is unforgettable. Her biggest hit was "Poetry Man"; she gave up music full-time in order to take care of her disabled child for more than three decades.
Poly Styrene aka Marian Joan Elliott-Said
Musician, songwriter and lead singer for X-Ray Specs -- via contactmusic.com. Her complete unconventionality and straight-ahead lyrical attack made her a prototypical punk. Like the rest of us, she grew up and went through changes (she was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, and later still became an adherent of Hare Krishna). Still, the album "Germ Free Adolescents" is a perfect artifact of its time, and a musical milestone. Thanks, Marian!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Max Mathews
The father of computer music -- via the New York Times. He also invented the forerunner of the gestural computer controller!
Hubert Schlafly
Emmy-winning engineer -- via Greenwich Time. He invented the teleprompter and made the first satellite transmission of a cable program.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Hannah Kodicek aka Zuzana Oprsalova
Hannah Kodicek, right, with Rosta Cerny and puppets for the show Once Upon a Time. Photograph: Picasa |
Yoshiko Tanaka aka Yoshiko Odate
Singer and actress -- via Japan Today. Originally a ember of the famous girl group The Candies, she cemented her acting reputation with her role as Yasuko in Imamura's 1989 "Black Rain."
Nicholas Selby
Actor -- via scotsman.com. He played Winchester in the 1965 BBC "Wars of the Roses," Duncan in Polanski's "Macbeth," Raleigh in "Elizabeth R" and Warleggen in "Poldark."
Gerald Perry Finnerman
Director of photography -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. The cinematographer on the original "Star Trek" series, he worked on "Kojak," "Moonlighting," "Mission: Impossible" and many others.
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