Sad News: James Gandolfini "Tony Soprano" Dead at 51

Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot

Hey GB, did you hear about Mr Snowden? He's moving to Ecuador, a country that actually believes in freedom of speech, unlike the US.

What is involved in dedicating a concert to somebody?

first you have to die in the week that the concert is scheduled. Timing is all important. Why not check on Bob Dylans concert schedules this year and schedule your death appropriately.

Glad I could help


Its what I do.

It is self-evidently what you do from you having done it but it seems a trifle forced from it having been done simply for the doing it's sake.

There was no attempt to answer the question which related to any sacrifice Mr Springsteen might be called upon to make in order to dedicate one of his gigs to the hero of this thread who seems, from what little I know, his being dead before I heard of him, to have specialised in pandering to that audience which is drawn towards ruthless, predatory violence and a mawkish, sentimentality sufficiently squishy to curl the toes of any jaded intellectual.

Perhaps you are an admirer of Mr Springsteen and are uneasy, possibly upset, at any hints that he might be dedicating his show to the deceased in the service of personal aggrandizement.

My question had nothing to do with myself or Mr Dylan.

* Doesn't that "z" look so vulgar? It jars the literary sensibility of one with such a delicate aesthetic as I own to. It is not unlike a turd on a freshly laundered tablecloth.

It has struck me before that it was originally a typo due to "s" and "z" being in such close proximity on the keyboard, became a fad in elegant circles, and finally established as the finished form.

I always study typos for a few moments before correcting them, as I know you do and with such charming results.

I was once writing to the Feature's Editor of a respected newspaper regarding the heavily subjective bias she was presiding over in relation to the intercourse between the sexes and I typed "feeture" instead of "feature" by mistake. Looking at this typo I realised that "ture" and "chewer" were close homonyms. In a flash I had "feechewer" which I have used ever since for happenings which are only happening because fees are being chewed. Which covers a wide space of ground.

I sometimes use "feech" if I'm feeling fancifully flippant.

Why does a dedication, of any sort, have to involve a sacrifice on the part of the person making he dedication? I've had a book dedicated to me, that didn't involve sacrifice on the author's part. A dedication is simply a way of paying tribute, or acknowledging feelings for someone.

Springstein and Gandolfini are both New Jersey natives, and both are regarded as iconic talents who brought positive distinction to their state, so they are linked in that regard, and they might well have known each other. Furthermore, a member of Springstein's E Street Band, Steve Van Zandt, is also an actor, and an actor who appeared in The Sopranos with Gandolfini, and the two were friends. So, for him, Gandolfini's death was a personal loss.

From the link I previously posted about that concert...

I fail to see where anyone gains "personal aggrandizement" from dedicating a show to the memory of a friend or colleague who has suddenly died. And there was a personal connection in this instance between that band and the deceased person they were honoring with their dedication..

Dedicating that concert to Gandolfini was a nice tribute, and one that had personal meaning for the people who did it. Why do you feel the need to disparage it?

I really think you just get pleasure out of being mean-spirited.

The disparagement is in your mind not mine.

I only asked a simple question and then speculated on the possible reason it was answered in the manner it was.

Isn't it a generally recognised fact that the more publicity given to a charitable gesture the more its motives are in question. Jesus said so.

Perhaps in spendius-world it is a simple question, in the real world it appears either simple-minded or unamusingly precious. If you require a tutorial on James Gandolfini career since (according to you) you have no idea who he is, OR if you don't know why celebrities from the same part of the country, or some other reason why they care about each other, Please google it or start another thread.
I would not dream of dropping into a funeral home every few days to make sure I did not miss the death of anybody I know or am related to any more than I would dedicate the profits from a paycheck to someone I don't know. However, I am neither a ghoul or a musician/actor/playwright/director/show biz type so it ain't gonna happen.

If you ask one more meshuggina question on this RIP thread, I'll look up Bob
Dylan's concert schedule and suggest a time frame for you, now, PLEASE stop
being a ninny.

That's only because youre as dense as osmium.

See comment above, same reason applies

Thank you fm-



It is used in pen nib tips.

You're as dense as the nothing must have been before the Big Bang.

I remember, ff, that I was young and innocent, and unused to the ways of the world, when Elvis died.

It was very soon on the air waves that an American hotshot had opined that it was a "smart career move".

I was shocked that anybody could say such a thing.

And what would I do with that? I already know it more or less. He's coming to Blackpool later in the year and a pal of mine has 4 good tickets so I might go. Blackpool is not far from here. Probably not. He might do Ain't Talkin' and I'm not sure I could bear watching him do that.

You asked one more question after I asked you not to ask any more. You are now on ignore until 17:34 PM EST.

wow! Amazing that he last that long?!

Yeah, I raised boys and began work in a male dominated work force. You learn to patiently explain until it becomes obvious they are simply trying to be annoying. I put him in the corner without rebuke, it could have been brutal if I actually addressed him the way I was thinking. Nobody enjoys confrontation, however, I don't shrink from it. The kids and the co-workers would have tormented me if they thought I wouldn't bite.

Yeah, I raised boys and began work in a male dominated work force. You learn to patiently explain until it becomes obvious they are simply trying to be annoying. I am happy to tell you what time it is, but not explain how to build a watch.

Yikes, didn't mean to post this twice, I thought only the second post would come up. Sorry. It isn't 17:36 PM EST yet.

Best thing to do gb. Have you tried a female dominated work force?

It's not Tuesday afternoon yet, in Annapolis, Maryland.

My local cable provider was kind enough to provide a Gandolfini retrospective.

Last night I watched "Killing Them Softly" an incredibly vicious and violent mob movie with Brad Pitt and James Gandolfini in a short scene playing a contract killer.

It was sorta Tony Soprano fallen on hard times; drinking and whoring too much and unable to get the job done.

Good actor. Very good.