June Foray 1917-2017 “The First Lady of Animated Voicing” So termed by the entertainment world A life fading but Death rejoicing To have the company of Rocket J. Squirrel (Rocky Squirrel predates Rocky Raccoon But in my mind they are close cousins With Gideon and Bullwinkle they got a room where there’s … Read More
Bill Collings 1948-2017 Warm, crystalline tone, projection we’re talkin’ Bill Collings guitars “I could never reach perfection” and God could improve upon stars His dedication to function and form dictated their elegant construction Paul Simon could soothe, Keith Richards could storm and Hendrix would’ve fucked ’em They all have stories of how they found ’em … Read More
Margaret Bergmann Lambert 1914-2017 She was a Jew who could jump She would have won the gold at Berlin But the twentieth century’s Donald Trump Laid a trap and lured her in A movement arose to boycott the games Unless Germany showed it was unbiased A fake competition – Bergmann came And of course she … Read More
Martin Landau 1928-2017 Johnny Depp was Ed Wood in all his neurosis But yet it was understood the film was Lugosi’s Martin Landau got a break with the part Past failures palled and got a stake in the heart He won an Oscar, should have had more Like for the Doctor who killed his paramour … Read More
George Romero 1940-2017 An unthinking, unfeeling cast of caucasians In rural America pursue a black man It wasn’t his intention but it’s a temptation To see race in Romero’s zombie land Duane Jones (Ben) boards up the house As the living dead ramp up the drama He’d just been seven when the movie came out … Read More
On “Zombie Island” he began to blossom Developed a style that led him to Gotham His very first feature starred Boris Karloff But undead creatures soon were far off His Batman series was low-rent iconic A comic book clearly yet gently ironic A perfect response to world under siege “Holy Post Modern!” comes to … Read More
Mary Tyler Moore 1936-2017 “Who can turn the world on with a smile?” A double entendre in that We’re happy for sure with this girl without guile But we really got off when she tossed that hat 70’s TV, working women were shrill lonely wanna be wives But happy and single and using the pill? … Read More
View slideshow here. 2016 – hey, that’s no way to say goodbye 2-0-1-6 most unholy an odd and bitter odyssey Ali, Prince, Bowie, dignity, democracy Death! For a while let no one die we are shocked by who has crossed grant us a moment while we try to take stock of who was lost I … Read More