Amazing life, the ultimate survivor. ‘Broken English’ was my fave #RIP
I saw that Brian Murphy has passed. Largely forgotten in Britain but still remembered with fondness in Spain, George & Mildred was one of the biggest shows on Spanish tv in the post-dictatorship years (don’t ask)
Aussies loved George and Mildred also.
Fucking hell. I knew his face but couldn’t place him. Then it came to me. He was the barman that ushered Jimmy into the back room to buy pills in Quadrophenia!
He’s in The Long Good Friday as well.
irv gotti. he of murder inc. his death is getting some press around here, so i thought i’d mention it.
he presided over a label and era of hip hop i never really cared for. i liked a couple of the ashanti tracks but that era of gravel-voiced pop rap dripping with mob references? corny.
My wife worked for Polydor (?) / Universal this era so knew it all
Some really good tracks , loafds of drivel but he made a sound
I always think if I was doing karaoke 'Your Always on Time ’ would be a good one
RIP - so young! Diabetes is a real MF, horrible illness that can take 15-20 years off your life…
100% with you on that era of hip-hop, rappers were sounding like bags of rocks. Some good music in that era, but I have zero nostalgia for that style/genre…
Obviously all that Ja Rule + Ashanti stuff was terrible but Irv was responsible for a few decent mid-late 90s tunes by Jay Z, Mic Geronimo, Cash Money Click etc. Rarely got more adventurous than looping up an easily recognisable sample but nothing wrong with that.
!K7 boss Horst Weidenmuller…
fond memories of the X-Mix series combining then cutting-edge animation + DJ mixes
that’s sad - iK7 distributed so many labels and artists to the US, it felt like there for a while in the early 2ks they were a good third of what we were bringing into the store. we talked about buying from them direct but it didn’t pencil out - it was easier to continue buying from US distros like syntax and groove.
props to iK7, they propped up a lot of music. !K7 Music - Wikipedia