L.L. Soares

Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63 After having success as a member of the Sequence, an early female rap group, she re-emerged in the 1990s as a practitioner of sultry, laid-back R&B.

Farewell to Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/a...

It's the birthday of Lou Reed (1942 - 2013). As much as any writer, there are musicians and filmmakers who have been big inspirations in my life, and Lou is one of them. First, as the leader of The Velvet Underground and then as a solo artist. His albums were a big part of the soundtrack of my life.

Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ Actress, Dies at 39 Police officers, responding to a 911 call, found her unresponsive in a Manhattan apartment on Wednesday morning, the authorities said.

Farewell to the terrific Michelle Trachtenberg, who was so great as Dawn on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." I probably should check out ‘Gossip Girl’ where she got much acclaim as the villain, Georgina Sparks. She was only 39! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/a...

David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75 In the 1970s, he and the transgressive Dolls were proto-punk pioneers. He later refashioned himself as the pompadoured lounge lizard Buster Poindexter.

Farewell to the great David Johansen, lead singer for the New York Dolls, solo artist, and alter ego of Buster Poindexter. He was 75 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/a...

Farewell to the great Roberta Flack!

It's a sad day in Puppetland!

Popeye Doyle has left the building.

Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78 (Gift Article) A fresh-faced singer and Mick Jagger’s muse in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant.

Farewell to the great MARIANNE FAITHFULL. She first became famous for being Mick Jagger's girlfriend, then went on to become a singer, actress (and later, cabaret artist) on her own. A multi-talented, amazing woman.

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David Lynch obituary: a true visionary who reinvented cinema The ‘Twin Peaks’ creator embraced the fantastically strange at every turn

Farewell to one of the greatest filmmakers who ever lived.
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Wishing us all a very happy New Year!

Happy Birthday to the great Alan Moore! Arguably the best writer to ever write for the comics medium, who gave us such classics as WATCHMEN, FROM HELL, V FOR VENDETTA, and PROMETHEA. And, for horror fans, his run on SWAMP THING is legendary! He changed the landscape and elevated the medium forever.

Today is the birthday of one of my biggest inspirations as a writer - the great J.G. Ballard. He started out writing sf novels about cataclysmic nature events like THE DROWNED WORLD, then wrote edgier, experimental novels like CRASH and HIGH-RISE, before going mainstream with EMPIRE OF THE SUN.

My name is L.L. Soares and I am a writer - mostly of horror and dark fiction. I got Bluesky months ago, but haven't used it until now. Nice to see the mass exodus from Twitter. Maybe this place will be hopping now!! Hope to be on this more often now - since I hardly ever went on that "other" site.