I want to acknowledge the passing of three most interesting people this month, Elwy Yost, Lucian Freud and Cy Twombly. Elwy Yost, who passed this week, was host of Saturday Night at the Movies, aired on TV Ontario from 1974 to 1999. On Saturday nights,… Read More
Today we buried my uncle Frank. He was the last of my uncles standing, and I’ve always been tremendously fond of him. He had a good word for me, anytime I saw him, in his booming baritone voice. I admired his directness and the enjoyment… Read More
I learned of this from Zeus is watching… Mr. Van Vliet was a painter, but was better known in the public imagination as a musician – Captain Beefheart. His music was intensely personal and imaginative and always memorable.
Canadian painter Doris McCarthy died on November 25 at age 100. Ms McCarthy had a 40 year career as a teacher before dedicating herself full-time to painting the Canadian landscape. She was also the author of three memoirs. She is best known for her paintings… Read More
I only heard until this morning that Toronto painter Gordon Rayner died September 26. He was 75. When I was a high school kid in Etobicoke, I started visiting art galleries in Toronto and the work of Gord Rayner at that time, along with several… Read More
Soul singer Solomon Burke has died at 70. I think Mr. Burke was a great singer and performer. His music gets a lot of play here at Anchovy World Headquarters.
Conjunto great Steve Jordan has died at 71. Steve Jordan was one fantastic squeezebox player, and a huge figure in the conjunto world. He turned that music on its head, making it jazzy, adding effects, creating a personal vision within a traditional music. You can… Read More
Sad news. Canadian painter David Bolduc has died from brain cancer. He was just 65.
I think of Malcolm MacLaren as the Dr. Frankenstein of punk. In his words: “Rock ‘n’ Roll doesn’t necessarily mean a band. It doesn’t mean a singer, and it doesn’t mean a lyric, really. It’s that question of trying to be immortal.” RIP
Alex Chilton, known for singing The Letter and for his work in Big Star, has died at 59.
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