The Appeal -
podcast hosted by Adam Johnson, is where we take a deeper look at the most important criminal justice stories of the week.
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Thursday, 19 January 2023
quote [ Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and enormously influential ?60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), has died, his representative says. He was 81 years old. ]
And then it chewed on David Crosby but it spit him out
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Friday, 13 January 2023
quote [ Lisa Marie Presley, the singer-songwriter and only child of Elvis Presley, died on Thursday after a medical emergency and a brief hospitalization. She was 54. ]
See entirely too many people close to my age dying these days.
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Saturday, 31 December 2022
quote [ Assange's wife Stella, whose wedding dress was created by Westwood, hailed the designer as a "pillar of the anti-establishment". Writing on behalf of her husband who is currently in Belmarsh prison, she said Westwood was a "good friend" and "the best of Britain". ]
Long live the Queen of punk.
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Tuesday, 6 December 2022
quote [ Kirstie Alley, 'Cheers' Star, dies aged 71.
:( ] Alley's death was confirmed to Reuters by her representative and through a statement from her children posted on her official Twitter account saying that the actress had died at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2022
quote [ Dr Feelgood?s intense, brutal take on R&B was a major influence on the British punk music that would emerge in the 70s and 80s. Johnson remained with Dr Feelgood for their first four albums, the latter three of which charted in the top 20 of the UK albums chart, before inter-band conflict led him to part ways with the group. ]
ah shit, one of ?those? obituaries
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Intentional Dissonance -
A story about an addiction to Sadness. From the author of the popular blog, `I Wrote This For You.`
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Saturday, 12 November 2022
quote [ Gallagher, the inventive prop comedian known for smashing watermelons as part of his act, died Friday of organ failure, his former manager Craig Marquardo confirmed to Variety. He was 76. ]
I expect to see a spike in the sales of watermelons and sledgehammers in the next few days.
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quote [ Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy has died at the age of 66. ]
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Friday, 28 October 2022
quote [ A brilliant radical reporter with a novelist?s eye and a historian?s memory. ]
In celebration of his life, Verso is giving away one of his books for free. Link in the extended.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2022
quote [ She played Mame and won five Tony Awards, received an honorary Oscar and starred for 12 seasons as Jessica Fletcher on 'Murder, She Wrote.' ]
Do him like Angela Lansbury wrote
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Wednesday, 5 October 2022
quote [ On May 11, a courier truck came cruising down Gregson St. to beat the light and ended up getting a perfect, clean roof removal from the canopener bridge. This was crash #167 since 2008. ]
Apparently there's a bridge in North Carolina that eats trucks.
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