Christopher Gray (King Mob) RIP

Christopher Gray has left the 21st Century!
Obituary here and from 'Sannyasnews' here.
(Thanx to Jahsonic)
For years back in the 70's and 80's I used to pass 'The Chris Gray Band' painted on a wall down near Victoria Station in London.
There is talk that 'The Guardian' obit will appear tomorrow.
'Leaving the 20th Century' is also famous for bringing the graphic work of Jamie Reid to a wider audience for the first time.

Smoking # 17 (ooo-er missus!)

Gordon Strachan resigns as Celtic manager

Full story at the 'BBC' here.
For all Australians that is 'STRAK-AN', god knows where you get 'STRAWN' from...
It was nice to see that Dalziel & Pascoe meant that all the Dalziels in Australia at last learned how to pronounce their own bloody name!
Another aside to the Aussies reading this.
If you ever wondered why Sir Robert Menzies was called 'The Big Ming'. It is because the correct pronunciation of Menzies is 'MING-IS'!!!

Ex Wilco member Jay Bennett found dead

'Poor Places' - Wilco

Full story at 'Micropsia'.
At 'Pitchfork'.

'Cars Can't Escape' - Wilco (from 'I Am Trying To Break Your Heart')

Bloody bandwidth - normal service will be resumed ASAP

Girlz With Gunz # 50

Jane Russell

For a follower

Bastards!

Smoking # 16

Girlz With Gunz # 45 - 49

Las Marias

Americans are NOT stupid (with subtitles)

Welcome back 'The Chaser'!
I might even watch TV for the first time in a couple of years.

No correspondence will be entered into

This is NOT just your daily 'AWWW'!

The best cat in the world who has accompanied me from pillar to post these past 5 or 6 years.
Originally found as a wild kitten across the road from where my kids lived, she is very much a one person cat, but she knows ALL my secrets!
Named Jade for her green eyes and is overall just SO damn beautiful.

Varg Vikernes released from prison

Varg Vikernes (Burzum) has confirmed in the Norwegian paper 'Dagbladet' that he was released from prison a couple of weeks ago.
Vikernes had served nearly 16 years for the murder of 'black-metal' bandmate Øystein Aarseth (aka Euronymous from the band Mayhem.)
(Via '(Surreal)Documents')

Virkenes talking (audio) about Euronymous's murder here.

Inspirations

Kathy Acker

Kathy Acker interviews William S. Burroughs (c. late 80's)

The late, great Kathy Acker interviews the late, great William S. Burroughs.
Alongside the late, great J.G. Ballard they were to me the holy trinity of "writers/artists/observers who understood our evolving modern world (and its dark, deep gutsy soul) far better than most." *
"They talk about many things: Word as Virus, Scientology, Jesus and the legion of apocryphal stories that followed Burroughs around like carrion crows. This took place in the late ’80s, and both had less than a decade to live, passing away within a few months of each other in 1997. We will not see their like again."**

(Thanx to 'Renegade Futurist' for the heads up. Via 'Coilhouse'/'Breaking Time')
* Breaking Time
** Coilhouse
(Using the search engine to the right will lead to more of Acker/Ballard & Burroughs here on 'Exile')