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  • Artist David Hockney leaves Los Angeles to live in France because he can 'smoke in restaurants [tr]

    09/10/2019 2:17:51 AM PDT · by C19fan · 136 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | September 10, 2019 | Staff
    Famed British artist David Hockney is giving up Los Angeles after 55 years for Normandy, France, to live out the rest of his days. 'I can do twice as much work there, three times as much,' Hockney tells the Wall Street Journal of leaving the city that made him famous in the 1960s. 'I've probably not much time left and because I don't, I value it even more.' It's there in his new home, which he bought on a whim last year after seeing it for just 25 minutes, that the 82-year-old created his latest work inspired by the view...
  • Lit drummer Allen Shellenberger dead at 39 (Brain Cancer)

    08/14/2009 10:06:02 AM PDT · by My Favorite Headache · 8 replies · 650+ views
    Consequence of Sound ^ | 8-14-2009 | Alex Young
    Lit drummer Allen Shellenberger dead at 39 By Alex Young on August 14th, 2009 Allen Shellenberger, founding member and drummer of the band Lit, lost his battle with brain cancer yesterday. He was 39-years-old. In May of 2008, the California native was diagnosed with a malignant glioma brain tumor and immediately underwent clinical trials, chemotherapy, and radiation treatments at the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute. Shellenberger had been a member of Lit for nearly two decades and had been performing with the band until last fall. He is survived by his daughter Giovanna Mackey, his mother Connie James, and his...