William Claxton Gone

from the Los Angeles Times and the NY Daily News William Claxton dies at 80; photographer helped make Chet Baker famous By Jon Thurber Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 13, 2008 William Claxton, the master photographer whose images of Chet Baker helped fuel the...

Gidget Gein Gone

from PLAY @ LA Weekly   RIP GIDGET GEIN- LOCAL ARTIST & FORMER MARILYN MANSON BASSIST FOUND DEAD by Lina Lecaro October 10, 2008 12:11 PM   The details are still sketchy, but close friends of musician and artist Gidget Gein (aka Brad Stewart) tell us he was found...

Metal Health Will Drive You Mad

from Bloomberg News Metallica Drummer Puts $12 Million `Boxer’ Basquiat Up for Sale  By Lindsay Pollock Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — Lars Ulrich, the drummer for the heavy-metal band Metallica, is selling a nearly 8-foot wide Jean- Michel Basquiat portrait of a...

Roundup For The Ol’ Bitty

from The Guardian UK  Sacked gardener poisoned plants after feud with retired judge’s wife, court told Edward Hancock denies spraying weedkiller on the former high court judge Sir Richard Tucker’s garden Angela Balakrishnan and agencies guardian.co.uk  ...