From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V19 #2 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, January 4 2011 Volume 19 : Number 002 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re:Reap [grutness@slingshot.co.nz] sad about this [Jill Brand ] Re: Reap [cgalbraith ] Re: Reap [Rob Collingwood ] reaps [2fs ] Re: reaps [Rex Broome ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 12:42:55 +1300 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re:Reap >Pete Postlethwaite, age 64. Best known for The Usual Suspects, probably. damn. One of those great actors that everyuone knew the face of but no-one could remember the name of. Memorable in films like "The Constant Gardener" and TV series like "The sins", excellent in "Brassed Off". And by all accounts even better on stage than in film. Not a good start to the year. James - -- James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:47:34 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: sad about this "Pete Postlethwaite, age 64. Best known for The Usual Suspects, probably." I always thought he was very good in everything that I saw him in, especially Brassed Off and an English mini-series called Criminal Justice. He was pretty young (from the perspective of my 55-year-old eyes). Jill ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 23:39:10 -0800 From: cgalbraith Subject: Re: Reap On Jan 3, 2011, at 3:42 PM, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: >> Pete Postlethwaite, age 64. Best known for The Usual Suspects, >> probably. > > damn. One of those great actors that everyuone knew the face of but > no-one could remember the name of. Memorable in films like "The > Constant Gardener" and TV series like "The sins", excellent in > "Brassed Off". And by all accounts even better on stage than in > film. Not a good start to the year. > > James He was fabulous in "The Name of the Father" and also in Baz Luhrman's "Romeo and Juliet." He shall be missed. - - c ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 16:53:22 +0000 From: Rob Collingwood Subject: Re: Reap An obit for him from the (almost) local paper: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/01/04/pete-postlethwaite-is-remembered-in-liverpool-where-he-started-his-stellar-career-100252-27928085/ R On 4 Jan 2011, at 07:39, cgalbraith wrote: > On Jan 3, 2011, at 3:42 PM, grutness@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > >>> Pete Postlethwaite, age 64. Best known for The Usual Suspects, probably. >> >> damn. One of those great actors that everyuone knew the face of but no-one could remember the name of. Memorable in films like "The Constant Gardener" and TV series like "The sins", excellent in "Brassed Off". And by all accounts even better on stage than in film. Not a good start to the year. >> >> James > > > He was fabulous in "The Name of the Father" and also in Baz Luhrman's "Romeo and Juliet." He shall be missed. > - c ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:47:38 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: reaps Gerry Rafferty < http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/04/gerry-rafferty-obituary?CMP=twt_gu > And damn - just as I was checking that out, I heard that Mick Karn, former Japan bassist/multi-instrumentalist, also passed away: < http://www.mickkarn.net/> - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 16:08:15 -0800 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: reaps On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:47 PM, 2fs wrote: > Gerry Rafferty < > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/04/gerry-rafferty-obituary?CMP=twt_gu > > > > And damn - just as I was checking that out, I heard that Mick Karn, former > Japan bassist/multi-instrumentalist, also passed away: < > http://www.mickkarn.net/> > > Oh, shit. That's gonna make for a potentially morose rehearsal tonight... Karn's a huge favorite of my drummer. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V19 #2 ******************************