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  1. And so it has come our time to part For I can only give you half my heart To carry on would be unkind I love you, I'm sorry and goodbye #Sorry by #murderbydeath, who are going on their Farewell #tour. Friends die, favourite bands somehow say goodbye? Magical thinking doesn't help! #music #Americana

    Sorry, by Murder By Death

  2. I heard yesterday of the death at the age of 89 of the great Maggie Smith. Tributes have been appearing around the world at the loss of such a great talent and wonderful personality. I can’t add anything to these except to say that I adored her.

    I guess many people will be most familiar her through the work she did in later life, such as the Harry Potter franchise and Downtown Abbey but as an oldie I will always think of her as the eponymous Edinburgh schoolteacher in the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, based on the Muriel Spark novel of the same name, for which she deservedly won an Oscar as Best Actress for her portrayal of Jean Brodie, an over-zealous teacher with a soft spot for Mussolini’s fascisti. Here’s the original trailer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXA0N55c3iw

    I do hope this film gets shown again soon as a tribute, as it is really superb.

    Maggie Smith as Lady Constance Trentham in Gosford Park (2001)

    Other roles I particularly remember Maggie Smith for are in are California Suite (for which she also won an Oscar, as Best Supporting Actress). She was absolutely hilarious in Murder by Death, her perfect sense of comic timing generating numerous laugh-out-loud moments in that film.

    Maggie Smith with David Niven in Murder by Death (1976)

    Maggie Smith was also memorable as the splendidly rude Lady Constance in Gosford Park, a role you might think of as a prelude to her part in Downton Abbey. There are countless other performances I could mention too, on TV, on Film and in the Theatre. She was tremendously versatile and talented, as well as extremely funny.

    Rest in peace, Maggie Smith. You’ll be missed so much.

    https://telescoper.blog/2024/09/28/r-i-p-maggie-smith-1934-2024/

    #CaliforniaSuite #DameMaggieSmith #DowntonAbbey #GosfordPark #HarryPotter #MaggieSmith #Movies #MurderByDeath #news #ThePrimeOfMissJeanBrodie

  3. David Niven: And what’s your name?
    Alec Guiness: Bensenmum.
    DN: Bensenmum? What’s your given name?
    AG: James, sir.
    DN: Your name is Jamesir?
    AG: Yes, sir.
    DN: Jamesir Bensenmum?
    AG: Yes, sir.
    DN: How odd!
    AG: My father’s name, sir.
    DN: What was your father’s name?
    AG: Howard Bensenmum.
    DN: Your father’s name was Howard Bensenmum?
    Maggie Smith: Leave it, Dickie!
    #MurderByDeath

  4. Watched #MurderByDeath (1976) together with @di0v0n today.

    I've seen this comedy when I was a child and it didn't lose much of its charm, I'd say. 😄

    A parody of #whodunit #movies including the most well-known fictional detectives of its time played by well-known actors who are famous for playing well-known detectives of that time. 🔫 🗡️ 💀

    I'd love to see the deleted scenes which are mentioned on the Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_b

  5. Listening to my #Vinyl #Collection - Album 167

    #MurderByDeath – Who Will Survive, And What Will Be Left Of Them? (2003)

    It's slow, it's rocking, it's haunting. I love this album! Killbot 2000 was the first song by Murder By Death I heard, and I was hooked instantly.

  6. Listening to my #Vinyl #Collection - Album 166

    #MurderByDeath – Like The Exorcist, But More Breakdancing (2002)

    I don't even know what genre to call this album. #Rock? #Folk? Post-Rock?

    How about we simply call it #awesome.

  7. “Just a spark to catch my eye and I knew I was on borrowed time” from Murder by Death’s Last Night on Earth.

    Don’t look at me like that.

    #DigitalArt #abstract #arttherapy #oc #murderbydeath

  8. “I could promise you the moon, brought down with a lasso” from Murder by Death’s Alas.

    I have this idea of doing a painting for each song on this album. I don’t know if I’ll ever get around to that but the first one’s done. Chopped up an old chip brush and mixed in with the acrylic for the lasso’s texture.

    #acrylic #texture #abstract #oc #murderbydeath #arttherapy

  9. “it’s pure as the air we breathe” from Murder by Death’s song The Devil Drives

    The fire and smoke were supposed to be a tree and somehow became a fire. I don’t remember how I came about to that decision. This was all arcylic paint, some mixed with gesso to thicken them, and two were metallic acrylic paint. The kaiju in the background was happy accident. Nothing else to say other than I love Murder by Death more than life itself.

    #acrylicpaint #arttherapy #murderbydeath #happyaccident #art