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Jefferson Airplane co-founder Paul Kantner dies at age 74
Jefferson Airplane: some of the best music and lyrics anywhere and ever.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Yeah saw that last night, another legend has passed.
Blows against the Empire was my favorite.
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Most of my favorites are on Surrealistic Pillow (Today, Coming Back to Me, ... damn, essentially everything) Crown of Creation is right up there with it.
Volunteers seems somehow 'from my time' but the above two are endlessly amazing.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I like most of the stuff they did, even Hot Tuna.
Off subject but have you seen Grace Slick lately? When I was looking up Paul last night I ran across a recent photo of her. Didn't recognize her.
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Aww Nuts!  Didn't know...working on 'in threes' expect two more Lemmy, Bowie, Glenn Rafety & now Paul Kanter who will be the next...
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Don't forget about Glenn Frey[^]
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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/ravi
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In a distant and secondhand set of dimensions, [...] "The magic was already here."
GNU Pterry 
veni bibi saltavi
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You gave in and read The Shepherd's Crown then?
He's still alive as long as he's in the Clacks Overhead!
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I have re-read it all from Great a'Tuin's entrance and last night finished The Shepherd's Crown.
I am very sadded now, or I would be if I didn't have a first edition of Good Omens waiting for me; I haven't read this for over 20 years so here goes.
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Don't forget the others: "Long Earth", "Bromeliad", and "Johnny Maxwell" series, as well as the "one off books": "Nation", "Dodger", "Carpet People", "Strata", "Dark Side of the Sun" - as well as a number of short stories.
Prolific writer that man!
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Bromeliad I read about a year ago and I'm due a revisit of Johnny Maxwell. I have just about everything he's written and most of it in three formats - dead tree, eBook and audio.
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I haven't done any of the audio stuff - dunno why, it's probably that I "know" how the characters sound in my head, so hearing someone else read them would be "off" I guess...
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Generally the reason I don't do Audio books 
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OriginalGriff wrote: Long Earth
Still got the final one from that series to look forward to when it comes out.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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June, in theory.
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Hopefully. I've already pre-ordered it.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I met him once, when I was at school, he mentioned that the new Sports Center was on the site where learned some golfing thing... seemed a nice guy... 
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This is a post about religion, kind of, I think people should be sensible enough to keep it in the Lounge.
It is the funeral this afternoon of my friend and colleague Steve that regular readers may remember me posting about a couple of weeks ago.
It is to be a humanist service at a crematorium followed by a celebration of his life at a hotel.
I've never been to a humanist service before, been to a Sikh one once, lots of wailing and didn't understand anything that happened. It was also standing room only to the stage where we couldn't even get in and had to stand in the entrance room listening over a speaker.
Been to plenty of Christian funerals of various denominations, some church services, some in crematoria. In recent years I have gone from not being religious but quite enjoying the atmosphere of churches and happy to sit through the religious bits to feeling nothing at all whilst in the church and feeling quite uncomfortable listening to the religious bits. I'm not anti-religious as such, it just has no place at all in my life.
It will be interesting to see how today plays out without the religious element, I have no idea what will happen, presumably people get up and say nice things, tell a few stories, maybe a poem, and no doubt some kick ass rock music will be played.
In an odd way I'm looking forward to it, seeing good people who no longer work here, the older you get funerals become a chance for some kind of reunion. Afterwards I intend drinking my way across the Midlands until I run out of money. Hopefully I will be close enough to home at that point for my wife to come and get me.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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You don't include an Irish Funeral in there, those can be really hard work; emotionally, financially and on your liver. The best description I know of is that an Irish Funeral is just like an Irish Wedding; with one less drunk.
I have attended a few over the years, what with an Irish family this does happen, and, much like the wedding, it can be spread over several days. If you can't give a man a good wake, then what is the point of going to the funeral?
Do your duty!
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We'll raise a parting glass...
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Nope, never been to an Irish funeral.
I've long thought it a great shame that the person the wake is for cannot be there, because I've been to quite a few where I know they would have had a great time had they been.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I have been to many funerals, and have found them all to be morbid, and depressing, with no celebration of life.
Hopefully, this funeral you are going to attend, is not the same.
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I find that surprising.
It depends on who the funeral is for and what the turnout it like, but I've been to some really enjoyable and vibrant affairs.
Old people with a handful of people trying to fill out a crem is depressing, but you get a pub full of people drinking, singing, and telling tales of good times then a lot of fun can be had.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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