DCS: ric ocasek
Life’s the same except for my shoes.
Archive of entries posted by joshpincusiscrying
DCS: carol lynley
Carol Lynley started off her career as a child model, eventually transitioning to actress in such films as the controversial Blue Denim with Brandon deWilde and Otto Preminger’s Bunny Lake is Missing. She is best remembered for her role as ingenue “Nonnie Parry” in The Poseidon Adventure, wherein she sang (actually lip-synched another actress’s voice) …
DCS: david koch
Fred Koch made a fortune building refineries for Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin. When he died, his children inherited his fortune, using it to fund their misguided visions against Social Security, public schooling and climate change. David Koch, Fred’s son, died on August 23, 2019 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
DCS: valerie harper
“My name is Rhoda Morgenstern. I was born in the Bronx, New York in December, 1941. I’ve always felt responsible for World War II. The first thing I remember liking that liked me back was food. I had a bad puberty; it lasted 17 years. I’m a high school graduate. I went to art school. …
IF: cabin
Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1809 in a log cabin that he built with his own hands.
DCS: curt lowens
Curt Lowens had a successful, fifty-plus year career in Hollywood, mostly portraying German officers in World War II pictures. He played a similar role for laughs in an episode of the TV sitcom Hogan’s Heroes. Early in his career, he played the title role in the ill-conceived horror film Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory. Curt …
IF: criminal
Smooth…. until things got rough.
DCS: peter fonda
Captain America minus the Infinity Gauntlet.
IF: folklore
This past weekend celebrated the 50th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock music festival that took place over three days on Max Yasgur‘s 600-acre dairy farm in upstate New York. Thirty-two acts performed at various — sometimes drastically-postponed — set times, filling the days and nights with an eclectic mix of folk, rock and blues. The …
DCS: toni morrison
Toni Morrison passed away on August 5, 2019. She was 88. The world will miss her voice, her words, her wisdom.