Amazing life, the ultimate survivor. ‘Broken English’ was my fave #RIP
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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)
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Aussies loved George and Mildred also.
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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!
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He’s in The Long Good Friday as well.
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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.
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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
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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…
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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.
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!K7 boss Horst Weidenmuller…
fond memories of the X-Mix series combining then cutting-edge animation + DJ mixes
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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
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Rick Buckler. The Jam. 
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Damn. Vale Rick. Underrated drummer.
Ironically it’s Funeral Pyre that I’ve chosen to include here to showcase his (fire and) skill on the sticks.
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They were a total powerhouse rhythm section, Rick and Bruce. Feels like part of my childhood into teenhood just died. Very sad 
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Yup, the soundtrack to my teenage years 
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Tommy Hunt of The Flamingos
looks like west coast dj hero ernie munson has passed. i don’t know anything more about it, only seeing posts from garth, sunshine jones, etc.
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also, this is somewhat hyper-local, but seattle hip hop pioneer “nasty nes” rodriguez has died.
growing up in portland - there was next to no hip hop on the radio. i heard a couple of “fresh tracks” tapes from nes and couldn’t believe there was something like that on the west coast - seattle absolutely had something portland didn’t. first time i heard “square dance rap”!
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That’s sad, DiY brought him over a few times, he was pretty good.
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