RIP Thread

[OneBardGooner]

Sorry I thought Chuckle Brothers was apt..after all they should be killed

what by you by me by you by me!

[QuartzGooner]

Deejay Ranking Trevor is dead.

According to reports, Ranking Trevor was returning from a dance Tuesday morning when he was hit off his motorcycle near to the Cling Cling Oval at the corner of Cling Cling Avenue and Olympic Way.

Scores of persons gathered at the scene to see if it was really the veteran deejay who had been killed.

Early reports are that Ranking Trevor was hit off his bike by one vehicle,and then another car ran over his head, crushing him.

http://www.Chatychaty.com will keep readers updated.

Born Trevor Grant in Jamaica on January 20, 1960, the toaster to be fell under U-Roy's spell in childhood. He never completely shook the Originator's influence, but no matter, for Ranking Trevor had an equally sharp sense of timing and relaxed delivery that never went out of fashion in this period. Eager for success, Grant was barely into his teens when he began professionally DJing, honing his skills at the Socialist Roots Sound System. He was all of 15 when Jo Jo Hookim took him into the studio for the first time, where he cut 1975's "Natty a Roots Man." Over the next few years Trevor recorded a steady stream of singles for Hookim, all backed by the Revolutionaries, with his popularity increasing proportionally.

By 1977, the teen star was shaking up the British reggae chart as well, with "Cave Man Skank," "Three Piece Chicken & Chips" (a humorous riposte to Trinity's "Three Piece Suit"), and "Anti-Lulu" all hitting the Top Ten. "Pure & Clean" and "Rub a Dub Style" followed them up the chart in 1978. By then, the DJ had signed a deal with Virgin's Frontline imprint, the resulting In Fine Style album, which arrived that same year, proving wildly popular. Beyond hits like "Rub a Dub Style" and "Masculine Gender," it also included splendid versions of "Satta Massa Ganna" and "Queen Majesty." Meanwhile, back in Jamaica, Hookim also unleashed the Three Piece Chicken & Chips split set, which set Trevor head to head with Trinity himself. The former won that round, as Hookim stuffed it with Trevor's latest hits -- the title track, "Lulu," "Love Yu Sister," and, best of all, "Answer Me Question," a retort to Lone Ranger's "Question."

In 1979, Trevor linked up with singing producer Linval Thompson, resulting in the following year's Repatriation Time, a set again recorded at Channel One and backed by the Revolutionaries. The following year, Prince Jammy remixed a clutch of Thompson, Wayne Jarrett, and Trevor recordings for the simmering Train to Zion Dub set. For Repatriation, Trevor took on a new moniker, Ranking Superstar, which explains why producer Sugar Minott titled the DJ's excellent next set Presenting Ranking Trevor. Both Minott and Thompson were featured alongside the DJ on the Roots of All Roots set released by Micron later in the decade.

Although Ranking Trevor's albums were fine showcases, some of his best work is found on 12" singles, with his versions paired with the vocal cuts. One of the first was "Trod On," a combo with Culture; he was paired to equal effect with Pat Kelly, the Mighty Three, Wayne Wade, Barrington Levy, Al Campbell, and -- most memorably -- the Wailing Souls. Greensleeves inaugurated their 12" vinyl reissue series with Trevor and the Souls' 1978 "War"/"Jah Give Us Life" single. However, one of the toaster's biggest sellers was "Jamaican Rockers Hop," a combo with fellow DJ Nicodemus. Trevor's successful appearance at the Brixton Ace in 1983 prompted his relocation to London, and his career suffered accordingly. Little emerged in the aftermath, although in recent years the DJ again began making live appearances. He has also been working to regain rights to his back catalog, with a view toward reissuing it all on vinyl.

[SammyDroppedHisShorts]

Sorry I thought Chuckle Brothers was apt..after all they should be killed

what by you by me by you by me!

No me to you me to you you to me

The dead you dead me, me dead, you dead, dead to you dead to me.

[QuartzGooner]

Sir Bernard Lovell, the pioneering astronomer, has been hailed by colleagues as "one of the great visionary leaders of science" following his death at the age of 98.

Sir Bernard earned his knighthood in 1961 for his work on radio astronomy, principally in recognition of his role in founding the iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory at Manchester University.

As a young physicist he had led a group of scientists working on radar technology during the Second World War, before returning to his post at Manchester and making the first plans for the observatory.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/scie ... ience.html#

[QuartzGooner]

Marvin Hamlisch, who has died aged 68, composed the scores for dozens of films, among them The Sting, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Way We Were and Sophie’s Choice, as well as Broadway shows including A Chorus Line; he won three Oscars, four Emmys, a Tony and even a Pulitzer Prize (for the score of A Chorus Line) — a haul equalled only by Richard Rodgers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... lisch.html

[QuartzGooner]

Former NBA All-Star Dan Roundfield is being hailed a hero after drowning off the coast of the Caribbean island of Aruba while saving his wife.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z22ukBUL00

[arseofacrow]

This thread's gone into death watch overload

Cus - Koln cos, you know, things happen and you end up in a different place . And Fortuna cos I used to live close by and started going down there with a friend. Footy, good support, beer, easy, affordable and good grub

[OneBardGooner]

You've heard of Dead Men Walking!?...well this is a bit like Dead Men Posting...yup!

[OneBardGooner]

Oi! AofaC you still ain't answered me!?

[arseofacrow]

Oi! AofaC you still ain't answered me!?

What did you ask OBG?

If it's the old questions, then no....definitely no...and only if he changes his name back to jayson

[cusamano]

RIP Anna Piaggi

Anna Piaggi (1931 – 7 August 2012) was an Italian fashion writer and style icon.
Her associates in the fashion world included the fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (from the 1970s), who has often sketched her, and Manolo Blahnik, who is the designer of many of her shoes. She was the muse of British milliner Stephen Jones. She was also an admirer of British clothes designer Vivienne Westwood and her hats, made by Prudence Millinery. She lived in New York and visited London and Italy periodically since the 1950s.

[cusamano]

RIP Kurt Maetzig

Kurt Maetzig (* 25. Januar 1911 in Berlin; † 8. August 2012 in Bollewick-Wildkuhl)
Maetzig was an East German film director who had a significant effect on the film industry in the GDR. He is one of the most respected filmmakers of East Germany.

[cusamano]

Finally...there´s a thread named after me...thank Lord

[Bradywasking]

Con Houlihan would be a very familiar name to Irish Gooners. A journalist who was witty, charming and unbiased in all he done. He passed away last Saturday aged 86.
My favourite piece by him appeared in the Dublin Evening Press on 27th of May 1989...he wrote."the Liverpool fanatics were on the Kop , the Arsenal ones were on the pitch"

[cusamano]

RIP

but please use my thread for this!