Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Ronald Shannon Jackson

The premier free-jazz percussionist -- via jazzwisemagazine.com. Played with Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, and Cecil Taylor, in addition to a massive amount of solo work!





Georges Descrieres

Actor -- via dontmiss.fr.

Llloyd Kavich

Artist (yes, he did use 3 l's in his first name); creator of the murals in Boulder's The Sink -- via Westword.






Noel Harrison

Actor, singer, songwriter, Olympic skier - via the BBC. The son of Rex Harrison, Noel made a splash as a singer with the pop hit "Windmills of Your Mind." Children of the 1960s will recall him as Agent Mark Slate in the short-lived TV spy show, "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E."






Sunday, October 20, 2013

Khady Sylla

Filmmaker and novelist  -- via lepointe.fr.

Rudy Minarcin

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Terry Rhoads

Actor -- via culturewest.org.


James Nicholas

Poet, teacher, and Archdruid of Wales -- via the Independent.

Laura Waterbury

Actress -- via legacy.com. Best known for her role as Mrs. Smith in "Better Of Dead."

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Ed Lauter

One of the great character actors -- via USA Today. Tall, gaunt, and balding, he started off specializing in roles as cops, military guys, villains, psychos, killers, and thugs. As he worked, his intelligence and ability to show emotional shading led him to beefier roles, mostly recently as the butler in "The Artist." And he could do funny! In fact, he started out as a standup. Ooh, Ed, you were so mean as Capt. Knauer in "The Longest Yard." An astonishing 204 credits on iMdb!