Alf Clausen, Emmy-Winning Composer for 'The Simpsons,' Dies at 84 https://t.co/w0D9zZ4OLK— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 30, 2025
Vikings legendary defensive lineman Jim Marshall dies at age of 87 It is with great sadness that we report, Vikings legend and one of the NFL’s all time greats, Jim Marshall, has passed away. He was 87 years old. RIP #70!!!! It’s an absolute shame he was never enshrined into the HOF while he was still alive.
Enzo Staiola (15 November 1939 – 4 June 2025) was an Italian actor, best known for playing, at the age of eight, the role of Bruno Ricci in Vittorio De Sica's neorealist 1948 film Bicycle Thieves. He appeared in several other films including, in 1954, the American-produced The Barefoot Contessa with Humphrey Bogart. As an adult he became a mathematics teacher and later also worked as a land registry clerk
Sly Stone has left us. I am running out of musical idols. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/arts/music/sly-stone-dead.html
Got corrected to 82. He was just 9 days from 83. https://apnews.com/article/brian-wilson-dies-beach-boys-2272762e46c46820a7af09ffc73cb9a6
Brian Wilson’s peers on him pic.twitter.com/hwtgTW3sor— Slouching Towards McDonaldland (@FugaziTruther) June 11, 2025 I highly recommend this thread. Just a little taste of all the generations of musicians that owe something to Wilson.
Beach Boys falls into that category of songs you try to learn on guitar early on, thinking it’ll be straightforward 3 chord stuff, only to find that it’s operating out on some other compositional plane. How did he make these movements into seamless pop music? pic.twitter.com/IabLxebK9Q— Rory McCarthy (@roryisconfused) June 12, 2025 I’m reminded of this page on the incredible compositional logic of the Beatles. Some people think people only revere this stuff because it’s old: it’s because there’s *so* much depth to it, so much artistry, they revere it because it *can’t* become old. https://t.co/oF2EAvKLTx— Rory McCarthy (@roryisconfused) June 12, 2025 And then not only that, but to put yourself out somewhere so weird and unexplored, and then to figure out a melody to lay on top of it that’s so *right* that it makes those bizarre movements seem normal, logical, correct. And that’s key to why the song sounds so fascinating.— Rory McCarthy (@roryisconfused) June 12, 2025
Nina Kuscsik, Marathoner Who Broke Gender Barriers, Dies at 86 Overcoming male resistance, she became the first woman to enter the New York City Marathon and the first official female winner of the Boston event.
From the 'cant take it with you' department. Here is a billioniare killed by swallowing a bee. https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/world...at-53-after-swallowing-bee-during-polo-match/
Lalo Schifrin: Mission Impossible theme composer dies aged 93 In 1996, two members of U2, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr., remade the Mission Impossible theme track: Mission Impossible Theme (Full Theme)
“His most unforgettable melody for Mission: Impossible was written in an unusual 5/4 time signature …” We performed that song in junior high, and hearing it always triggers that memory - our first and last experience with 5/4 time. As I recall it was fun for the percussionists and a challenge for the rest of us.
which instrument did you play? middle son is a graduate student of music performance at the Frost School of Music at U of Miami...just in case you know of any symphony openings for tuba...it could save me some $$$$
I played the trombone, though not well/seriously enough to play beyond high school. Great experience though, I feel, for any young person. In my case, primarily symphonic orchestra and the pit for several HS musical productions. Many - and I mean many, more that a few - of my bandmates pursued music as a career, performing and teaching. I worry that the same pathways are more difficult now, but doing something you love has its compensations. I wish your son well.
Thanks, he is definitely young enough to pursue his first love of music, the girlfriend has a real job (they met when she played clarinet as an undergrad) and they live in cheap/student housing which has been passed down within the Music Department for years...but suspect that eventually they might want to get married and that might require a job...he does cook an amazing pizza...lol also, eldest son and his fiance (to be married in just about 3 weeks) first met sitting next to each other playing trombone in the Junior High Band...and yes, they have actually been dating since age 12! Music can do wonders and take you down paths in more ways than just one.
Jimmy Swaggart, Passionate Televangelist Ousted by Scandal, Dies at 90 A fire-and-brimstone preacher, he reached millions and made millions in a global enterprise before tumbling from grace over his encounters with a prostitute.
Diogo Jota 28 Auto accident with his brother, Andre Silva. Helped Portugal win the UEFA Nations League three weeks ago. Just got married 11 days ago. ********