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@mariner4life said in RIP 2021:
shocked no mention of DMX up in here
To be honest, I had never heard of him before he died.
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@mariner4life said in RIP 2021:
shocked no mention of DMX up in here
To be honest, I had never heard of him before he died.
He was certainly no Tupac or Biggie that’s for sure.
He also ruins the street cred a bit by sounding like a bike I had as a kid.
Did anyone hear if Parliament did a tribute to him or if we had a gun salute like for the Duke ?
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He did star in Exit Wounds with Steven Seagal, we haven’t heard from @Tim on the matter so I can only assume he’s in mourning ?
He did TWO movies with Seagal ... he did one in 2019 - Beyond the Law.
Now - when I see a movie dated 2019 - starring Steven Seagal - I'm very very intrigued.DMX also did 2 movies with Jet Li - and I've got a little bit of vomit in my mouth, thinking of Seagal and Li together in a little portion of any Venn diagram.
Edit: I've just downloaded Beyond the Law - and starting to watch it. I've already got that tingling feeling one gets when you don't recognise a single one of the production companies in the opening credits... this is going to be aaaawesome!
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RIP Helen McCrory. Peaky Blinder and huge Welsh rugby fan.
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RIP Helen McCrory. Peaky Blinder and huge Welsh rugby fan.
Bastard cancer
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'Voice of Carisbrook' Iain Gallaway dies
He said he had seen every test match at Carisbrook since 1930 - bar one.
"I missed the 1999 one. I was President of New Zealand Cricket and I was proudly at Lords in the President's Box watching New Zealand beat England for the first and only time."
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@donsteppa A remarkable test attendance effort. How he would have loved watching the 28 - 00 whooping of South Africa at 1999 Carisbrook test.
The modern day commentators don't hold a patch on the Old Timers like Trevor Rigby, Alan Richards, Peter Sharp, Colin Sneddon and that pommy guy Jim someone from Christchurch (apologies for not being able to recall his last name). Thankfully we still have Wadds but he seems to be on the outer now with the change in radio cricket broadcasters, and then there was the uniqueness of good old Ron Snowden who, age and time wise, doesn't really fall into the "old timer" category of the others mentioned.
Ahhh I still have great memories of the "lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer" and Sports Roundup. Summer just ain't the same without it.
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Jim Steinman
Jim Steinman, Hitmaker for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Dead at 73
Jim Steinman, the prolific songwriter and composer who worked with Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion and more, has died at age 73.
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Michael Collins - the 3rd astronaut on Apollo 11 who orbited the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin did the walking.
Michael Collins, 90, was part of the three-member crew on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission in 1969. Unlike Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, he never walked on the moon. Collins stayed behind and piloted the command module as it circled above. Because of that, Collins is often called the 'forgotten astronaut'.https://www.npr.org/2021/04/28/509599284/forgotten-astronaut-michael-collins-dies
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Further to Steve McKean, I don't remember that win v Aus, but I do know that is one of NZ Sport's iconic moments.
Condolences t ok Mrs McKean and family.
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Further to Steve McKean, I don't remember that win v Aus, but I do know that is one of NZ Sport's iconic moments.
I can def. remember it. Played a lot of basketball then, and the team watched the game at a pub (1860 tavern IIRC). One of our team was on the fringes of the NZ team and was actually in tears when the buzzer went.
Think Steve McKean was also instrumental in developing the structure of the game in NZ as well.
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McKean did heaps for basketball and for years he worked out of the limelight as well. Seemed like he helped all and any nz basketball basically 24/7.
Some names from the era:
McKean
Dyvbig - really effective commentator, mixed expert knowledge with yank enthusiasm
Kenny McFadden
Angelo Hill
Stan Hill - often the difference as he was like a third import, except better!
John Hill
Nick Costley
Tony Rampton
....fuck thought I knew heaps more, damn old brain!
And yet I can picture heaps of it, (mcfadden hitting a buzzer 3 for the Exchequer Saints - cool name- in a final.
Anyway McKean was a household basketball name.Can youse fullas remember others from the Stan Hill days in remembrance of the man that lit the fire of nz basketball?
RIP 2021
Helen McCrory's friend reveals 'few people' knew about cancer battle
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