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Batman: Mask of The Phantasm actor has passed away
Stacy Keach, a seasoned actor known for his roles on NCIS & Blue Blood has passed away at the age of 85.
He also voiced The Phantasm (in suit voice that disguised Andrea Beaumont) & her father Carl Beaumont from ‘Batman: Mask of The Phantasm’.
Source: Variety
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"Stage," Brett Morgen’s immersive David Bowie concert experience, premiere Feb. 14, 2027 at Berlin’s Uber Arena.
“There is no question in my mind that this is the best film performance of David Bowie's career,” Morgan tells Variety. “I don't think I ever saw David more engaged or present or happier than this show... David is the credited producer on the film. It was commissioned and produced by David Bowie. Nothing [better] is going to emerge."
The experience was created from meticulously restored footage taken from the final dates of the tour in London in July 1978.
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At 3 a.m. the phone rang in Nina Simone’s hotel room. It was David Bowie.
“The first thing I want you to know is that you’re not crazy,” he said. “Don’t let anybody tell you you’re crazy, because where you’re coming from, there are very few of us out there.”
It was 1974. Simone was in one of the hardest stretches of her life—financial trouble, fractured relationships, and an industry that had grown impatient with her.
She had been called difficult for years. Bowie saw something else: a singular artist carrying more than most people could name.
They had met only hours earlier. Simone had taken her daughter to see him at Madison Square Garden. A week later both of them happened to be at the same private club in New York. As she left, he asked her to sit.
They spoke briefly. He took her number. Then he called.
For the next month he rang every night.
They talked for hours—about music, money, the cost of making work that did not fit the usual shape.
He did not offer solutions or advice about her career. He told her she was gifted, that her genius made the practical side of the business harder, and that she simply had to keep playing. Eventually he visited.
She remembered him arriving dressed like Charlie Chaplin, in a clown suit and a large black hat, and telling her he was not a natural singer but had figured out the formula.
She later said he had more sense than anyone she had known: “It’s not human—David ain’t from here.”
In 1976 he closed Station to Station with his version of “Wild Is the Wind,” the song she had recorded a decade earlier.
He called it a homage. That same year, onstage at Montreux, she stopped mid-set to ask the crowd whether David Bowie was in the room, referring to him as her dear friend.
The calls did not fix her circumstances. They did something quieter.
At a moment when she felt most alone, another artist who understood the price of standing outside the ordinary simply refused to let her believe she was.
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"Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage."
⭐️ On October 23rd, 1995, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS released 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.'
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Let’s never forget this fantastic lead singer! R.I.P. Mr. Paul Di’Anno. 17 May 1958 – 21 October 2024
UP THE IRONS
Iron Maiden
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In DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW, a small-town murder unleashes a chilling tale of revenge from beyond the grave. It blends creeping rural isolation, an eerie atmosphere, and one of TV horror's most unsettling scarecrow figures. 🎃
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"Bow down before the one you serve. You're going to get what you deserve."
NINE INCH NAILS released 'Pretty Hate Machine' on this day in 1989.
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Richard Riehle, the character actor best known for playing Tom Smykowski in “Office Space,” died of natural causes on Oct. 15. He was 78.
Riehle appeared in more than 400 film and TV projects, including “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “The Fugitive,” “Grounded for Life,” “Of Mice and Men,” “Wedding Crashers” and “Bridesmaids.”
He also portrayed Santa Claus in eight different projects throughout his career.
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Excited to share something special tomorrow as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Sweet 16”… Stay tuned…✊🏼 #whiplashsmile
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A farmer, tired of rats destroying his crops and stealing his grain, came up with a clever but cruel plan. He threw a dead pig into a deep, abandoned well. Attracted by the smell, nearly 80 rats rushed into the well to feast on the carcass. At first, everything seemed wonderful. There was more than enough food for everyone, and the rats ate until they were satisfied.
But when the food was gone, they discovered something terrifying. The walls of the well were too steep to climb. They were trapped. Days passed, and hunger turned into desperation. Desperation turned into aggression. The rats that had once eaten peacefully beside one another began fighting for survival. Eventually, they began killing and eating each other.
One by one, their numbers dwindled until only a single rat remained. Its eyes were bloodshot, and it had survived by consuming its own kind. Then the farmer returned, lowered a rope into the well, and rescued the last surviving rat. But he didn't save it out of kindness or compassion.
The farmer knew the rat had learned to survive by hunting other rats. When he released it into his fields, it would continue killing its own kind instead of eating his grain. The farmer had turned his enemy into his greatest weapon.
And that is the lesson of divide and conquer. Those who control the trap don't need to fight the battles themselves. They simply create the conditions in which others turn against one another.
The rats believed their enemies were the other rats. They never realized that the true enemy was the farmer who had put them there.
The greatest danger isn't always the enemy standing in front of you. Sometimes it's the one who created the conflict and stands quietly watching you destroy each other.
Before you turn against your neighbor because of their political beliefs, ask yourself who benefits from keeping Americans divided. While we fight each other over Republican and Democrat, we may be overlooking those who profit from the conflict. Perhaps the real question isn't which side you're on, but who built the well—and why they want us fighting at the bottom of it.
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For "Dirty Diana," Michael Jackson wanted to repeat the formula that had worked for him with "Beat It." A guitar solo that would give a pop song some rock credibility.
Producer Quincy Jones contacted Ted Templeman, Van Halen's producer, who recommended Steve Stevens, Billy Idol's guitarist.
The recording session turned out to be surprisingly intimate, without the massive entourage Stevens had imagined. Just Michael, Quincy, and the sound engineer. Jackson was so pleased with the result that he told Stevens he loved the high notes in the solo, the exact same compliment that, as Stevens later discovered, Jackson had also given to Eddie Van Halen.
Months later, in 1988, Stevens joined Michael on stage at Madison Square Garden to perform “Dirty Diana” live alongside Jennifer Batten, the regular guitarist on the “Bad” tour, marking the only time he performed the song with Michael during that entire period.
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Bauhaus released their cover of David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” as a standalone single in October 1982, with “Third Uncle” on the B-side, turning the glam-rock classic into a darker, more theatrical post-punk recording. It reached No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart and spent seven weeks there, becoming the band’s highest-charting single.
The video was filmed in the tunnels under Camden Market, staged as a mock gig. Bowie later said it was a shock to hear anyone else sing the song and that he did not think the cover was especially successful, a cooler reaction than the praise often attributed to him. Even so, Bauhaus’s version remains one of the most distinctive Bowie reinterpretations, replacing the original’s glitter with the band’s own theatrical gloom.
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On This Day in Metal October 8th, 1996
Marilyn Manson released the landmark album “Antichrist Superstar.”
Dark, theatrical and unapologetically controversial, the album became a defining release of the ’90s and helped propel Manson into the mainstream. Featuring classics like “The Beautiful People,” “Tourniquet” and “Irresponsible Hate Anthem,” Antichrist Superstar remains one of the most influential industrial metal albums of its era.
What’s your favourite track?
#ThisDayInMetal #MarilynManson #AntichristSuperstar #IndustrialMetal #Metal
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Best known as the godfather of black metal, Cronos was also a birdwatcher, a fitness instructor, a multimedia engineer, a pepperhead and a Kate Bush nut loudersound.com/bands-artist…
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There are many who play metal, and but a few who Make metal. Cronos made metal.
The shadow this giant cast will hang above the genre forever.
Rest in Power to the legendary Cronos.
