Chris Kraft, shown with President Reagan in 1981, never flew in space but was the creator and longtime leader of NASA’s Mission Control. Emmy Award-winning writer Bob Einstein was best known as stuntman Super Dave Osborne, whose feats always went wrong. “I gave you the warning — but you never heeded it,” he sang. Her books have been translated into more than 50 languages, and seven have been adapted as TV miniseries, with her late husband, Steve Krantz, serving as executive producer for most. $98.72. His reemergence was greeted with enthusiasm in the budding indie-rock world, most notably with his 1986 album “Don’t Slander Me.” A 2005 documentary, “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” received ample attention, even as it revealed the limits of Erickson’s capacities. Love for Spears grows stronger. The diminutive Texan was an early tech entrepreneur who founded Electronic Data Systems, a computer services company, in 1962 with $1,000 in savings. Pitcher Tyler Skaggs grew up an Angels fan in Santa Monica and joined the organization as a first-round draft pick. Charles Van Doren was one of the first intellectual stars of the television era as a contestant on the NBC show “Twenty One,” but quickly became the country’s leading villain after admitting that his winning streak had been rigged. The trailblazing 13th Floor Elevators released the first “psychedelic” rock album in America, transforming culture throughout the 1960s and beyond. “Roky lived in so many worlds, you couldn’t keep up with him,” his longtime friend Bill Bentley told Variety. He was 69. She was 75. His death was announced by his brother, Mikel Erickson, on Facebook. He’d reportedly consumed hundreds of tabs of acid by then, and over the years his attendants have suggested that the drug consumption affected Erickson’s already delicate mental well-being. Grammy-winning singer and songwriter James Ingram topped the charts in the ‘80s with hits like “Baby, Come to Me” and “Somewhere Out There.” He also co-wrote the Michael Jackson hit “P.Y.T. 13th Floor Elevators Frontman Roky Erickson Is Dead. Pioneering shock jock Don Imus was one of radio’s most popular and polarizing figures. 13th Floor Elevators / Roky Erickson has 4,278 members. His massive opera productions included a version of Puccini’s “La Boheme” that became the most-often presented production in the Metropolitan Opera’s history. Pei had a client list that included French President Francois Mitterrand for the Louvre and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library in Boston. Roky Erickson, lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the psychedelic rock band The 13th Floor Elevators, died on Friday (May 31) in Austin, Texas, at … His death was announced by his brother, Mikel Erickson, on Facebook. Roky Erickson, the psychedelic pioneer and 13th Floor Elevators frontman who died last Friday, was the greatest alien left stranded in our midst. As the 13th Floor Elevators rose on the Billboard charts they secretly followed their own cosmic agenda, to change society by finding a new path to enlightenment. The 13th Floor Elevators were a remarkable band: Erickson's wild-man vocals create an atmosphere where unfettered mayhem reigns. John Havlicek, shown above dribbling against Bill Bradley of the New York Knicks, was the all-time leading scorer in Boston Celtics history. To fully appreciate the way in which psychedelic rock pioneer Roky Erickson, who died Friday at 71, treated musical creativity at the beginning of his career, one need only reference his band the 13th Floor Elevators’ 1966 debut album. David Koch was the aide de camp to Charles, his older brother, as the two leveraged the family fortune to push American politics to the right. How the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer compare head to head. The Koch brothers pushed the boundaries of dark money in politics and fueled a backlash against environmental regulations and government programs such as healthcare and mass transit. He was 82. I first encountered Erickson's music as a college student in the early 80s, when I heard the song "Bloody Hammer." He was 95. Cokie Roberts covered Washington from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump for NPR and ABC News. He was 74 by most accounts, but the death certificate listed him as 73. Diahann Carroll changed the course of television history as the first African American woman to be cast as a professional in 1968’s groundbreaking sitcom “Julia.” One of the first black actresses to star in studio films, Carroll was nominated for a lead actress Oscar for her turn as a welfare mom in the 1974 comedy “Claudine.” In 1962, she earned a Tony Award for Richard Rodgers’ “No Strings.” She was 84. He also starred in the “Apple Dumpling Gang” movies in the 1970s and gained fame with a new generation as the voice of Barnacle Boy on “SpongeBob SquarePants.” He was 85. The Albums Collection … 13th Floor Elevators. ‘This takes a bit of explanation,’ she says. He was 89. She was 95. Born in Riverside, he became a top broadcaster in New York, but he also sparked a national firestorm in 2007 with a racist remark about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team. Jan-Michael Vincent was a golden boy of 1970s Hollywood action films and went on to star in the mid-1980s TV adventure series “Airwolf.” But his erratic behavior and cocaine consumption was a major reason “Airwolf” was canceled. Bill Buckner’s 22-year Major League Baseball career started with the Dodgers and included seasons with the Cubs and Red Sox. He was 27. He was 96. Judith Krantz wrote blockbuster romance novels including “Scruples” and “Princess Daisy” that sold more than 80 million copies worldwide. The band was together from 1965 to 1969, and during that period released four albums and seven singles for the International Artists record label. I had a vague mental notion of the history of the 13th Floor Elevators and Roky Erickson, but this book really laid out the promise and tragedy of this group. He was 79. He was 89. The right-hander was an All-Star in 1963, going 21-8 with six shutouts, but he finished his 10-year career with a 62-63 record and 3.57 ERA. The album sparked a renewed interest in Erickson's work, a movement that peaked in 2005 with the documentary film You're Gonna Miss Me, which debuted at Austin's SXSW Music Festival. Some of his most crucial solo work was recently resurrected for reissue by the acclaimed Light in the Attic imprint, inviting yet another generation to trace the artist’s long, meandering trip. If the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech was good enough to get a nod from the FDA, the vaccine from Moderna and the NIH almost certainly is as well. His burly howl and searing guitar helped establish a new path for rock music and turned him into a beloved cult figure for the remainder of his life. Gloria Vanderbilt transcended her famously disjointed childhood and later upheavals to become an actress, artist, author and fashion and merchandising icon. Erickson, who was born Roger Kynard Erickson in Austin, Tex., was revered by artists including R.E.M., T Bone Burnett, ZZ Top, Doug Sahm and the Jesus and Mary Chain, all of whom covered his work on the 1990 tribute album, “Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye.” Erickson, however, never broke into the mainstream. The legal titan and the ‘Real Housewife’: The rise and fall of Tom Girardi and Erika Jayne. We assess 50 years of post-Beatles Paul: from DIY solo to Linda and Wings, from Stevie to MJ to Rihanna and Kanye. “Recently, it has been possible for man to chemically alter his mental state and thus alter his point of view,” read the liner notes for “The Psychedelic Sounds of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators,” referencing use of the not-yet-outlawed hallucinogenic drug LSD. And what happened to the cop beau? Erickson’s career was stunted by mental health issues and forced institutionalization. Sitcom star Katherine Helmond had memorable roles as ditzy matriarchs in “Soap,” “Who’s the Boss?” and “Coach.” Her work as Jessica Tate on the 1970s parody “Soap” earned her seven Emmy nominations, and she was nominated again in 2002 for her guest role in “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Helmond also starred in director Terry Gilliam’s films “Brazil” and “Time Bandits.” She was 89. Michigan Democrat John Dingell Jr. used his considerable power in the House of Representatives to uncover government fraud and defend the interests of the automobile industry. We dug up some tidbits about musician Lana Del Rey’s new fiancé. He was 74. From 1948 to 1968, Day appeared in 39 films, but in the early 1970s she walked away from Hollywood and spent most of her time in Carmel, where she was an animal rights activist. One of baseball’s most feared sluggers, he became the first African American to manage in the big leagues in 1975, when he filled that position for the Cleveland Indians. He was 92. At times he seemed surprised that people were there watching him. Motown great Smokey Robinson got tripped up by an alternate spelling of Hanukkah and delivered a hilariously botched Cameo holiday video for a fan. Herb Kelleher built Southwest Airlines into the biggest discount carrier and set the standard for budget air travel for more than three decades. “How can you say you miss my loving — when you never needed it?”. He was 52. He was 71. She was 83. The Elevators followed their own spiritual cosmic agenda, to change society by finding a new path to enlightenment. Most of California bans vacation stays, but travelers, lodgings aren’t in line. He was 77. Sidney Sheinberg, right, with Steven Spielberg and Lea Adler, Spielberg’s mother, at a 1994 Beverly Hilton gala. The “poor little rich girl,” as newspapers tagged the heiress, ultimately created a fortune that exceeded the immense one left by her great-great-grandfather, 19th-century shipping and railroad baron Cornelius Vanderbilt. 13th Floor Elevators - You And I And Me Icon and Iconoclast: Roky Erickson, The Two-headed Dog It was 1978 and with a Coast Guard discharge in hand I had moved to Austin and quickly eschewed the then-obligatory Cosmic Cowboy lifestyle in favor of punk rock. And their singer was one of the 60s’ first acid casualties. After another pleading verse, Erickson moved into the chorus with a gleeful sense of vindication: “You didn’t realize,” he sang, rubbing it in through repetition. He was 92. Lizzo is clapping back at critics who judged her smoothie cleanse. Her major accomplishment was pushing the graduation rate to record levels by allowing students to quickly make up credits for failed classes. Schizophrenia, substance abuse and personal tragedy marked Erickson ’s life, but his music career had a 14-year rebirth up to the end of his life. “My brother Roky passed away peaceably today. Tencent Group buys another 10% of Vivendi’s Universal Music. He was 95. As if the words weren’t spooky enough, Erickson’s distinctive, soaring voice sealed the deal. The Save Our Stages measure, part of the COVID stimulus package, could bring much-needed relief to club owners across L.A. and the country. He was 51. Randall Roberts is a staff writer covering music and pens the weekly California Sounds column for the Los Angeles Times. Roky Erickson is also discussed here. He was 94. He was 83. Danish-born socialite Claus von Bulow, left, shown with attorney Alan Dershowitz in April 1985, was convicted in 1982 and then acquitted three years later on two counts of attempting to murder his American heiress wife, Sunny, with injections of insulin. Guitarist Peter Tork, far right, became an overnight star in 1966 as one of the Monkees. He continued to make music sporadically after his discharge, stringing together a handful of curious solo albums during the early 1980s that revealed a troubled mind. The film precipitated a late-career surge by Erickson, who released an album with the popular Austin indie rock band Okkervil River in 2010 called True Love Cast Out All Evil. In an insulting Wall Street Journal essay, Joseph Epstein criticizes Jill Biden’s use of the title “Doctor.” Now he and the paper are wondering why people are angry. He was 33. Roky Erickson, the psychedelic lodestar who helmed The 13th Floor Elevators and wrote one of garage rock's original anthems, "You're Gonna Miss Me," died on Friday at the age of 71. A keen political infighter, he spent two decades at the pinnacle of power before retiring in 2002, leaving a legacy of prolonged economic growth and authoritarian control. (Donna Svennevik / Walt Disney Television via Getty), (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / Associated Press), (Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for Warner Music), (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images / Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images), ICU capacity explained: What to know about a key coronavirus metric. His band, the 13th Floor Elevators, formed in Austin in 1965 and broke up four years later. By the end of the 1960s he’d been arrested multiple times for drug possession and admitted to the Rusk State Hospital, a mental facility in East Texas. He had more than 2,700 career hits and won the National League batting title in 1980, but he was best known for an error in the 1986 World Series that allowed the Mets to win Game 6 and extend Boston’s championship drought. Don’t tell us to calm down. Billionaire Ross Perot blazed across America in the 1990s as a third-party presidential candidate and won nearly 19% of the popular vote in the 1992 election, finishing third behind Democrat Bill Clinton and Republican President George H.W. The legendary engineer served as flight director for all Mercury flights and seven of the Gemini flights, helped design the Apollo missions and later oversaw the beginning of the shuttle era at Johnson Space Center. A group dedicated to the 13th Floor Elevators and their solo careers. “The world lost a … The number of unoccupied beds in Southern California has steadily dropped as hospitals are flooded by unprecedented numbers of COVID-19 patients. Another new Taylor Swift album in 2020? By the 1990s, Erickson was destitute, but his stature among his many rock disciples hadn't waned. Architect I.M. Carol Channing was a Broadway star best known for her enduring portrayal of the title character in the musical “Hello, Dolly!” A winner of three Tony Awards, including one for lifetime achievement, she appeared in the play at least 5,000 times. Enforcement is a question. He battled injuries throughout his career but started 24 games last season and showed signs of dominance this year. He would never be the same. With the passing of the 13th Floor Elevators' leader Roky Erickson on May 31, 2019, the psychedelic rock innovator left behind a rock 'n' roll legacy like no other. After he and nine other game show contestants pleaded guilty to perjury and were given suspended sentences, Van Doren slipped into obscurity and became an editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. But after international sanctions, a series of fraudulent elections and an economic collapse sparked by the seizure of white-owned farms, Mugabe become a pariah and retired in 2017 rather than face impeachment. Hall of Fame outfielder Frank Robinson was the only major leaguer to be named most valuable player in both the National and American leagues. Roky Erickson, the psychedelic lodestar who helmed The 13th Floor Elevators and wrote one of garage rock's original anthems, "You're Gonna Miss Me," died on Friday at the age of 71. Despite leaving his earthly incarnation just last year, echoes of his creations, particularly his work with 60’s Austin rockers The 13th Floor Elevators, are certainly alive and well today. This is a continuation of the original Thirteenth Floor Elevators group, started on eGroups by the same Owner, waaaaaay back in 1998 He was 103. Erickson recorded two classic albums with the Elevators, 1966's The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators and 1967's Easter Everywhere, as well as 1968's Live and parts of 1969's Bull Of The Woods before he was committed. Albert Finney starred in films as diverse as “Tom Jones,” “Annie” and “Skyfall.” One of the most versatile actors of his generation, he played an array of roles, including Winston Churchill, Pope John Paul II, a southern American lawyer and an Irish gangster. Now Roky Erickson’s back - Dorian Lynskey meets him. Critics derided the made-for-television rock band as the “Prefab Four,” but their slapstick NBC comedy series helped make them a phenomenon and foreshadowed the craze for music television that emerged in the early 1980s. Standing at 7 feet 3, the British actor brought the character to life physically, whether battling Stormtroopers alongside Han Solo or playing chess against R2-D2. He was 92. Roky Erickson & the 13th Floor Elevators;Roky Erickson;13th Floor Elevators. With COVID stimulus in sight, L.A.’s desperate nightclub owners hope it’s not too little, too late. He was 79. Among several Pei projects in the Los Angeles area are the former Creative Artists Agency headquarters in Beverly Hills and the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. John Singleton’s 1991 debut, “Boyz n the Hood,” was an inner-city coming-of-age story that earned two Oscar nominations and put the young filmmaker in the company of emerging black moviemakers such as Spike Lee and Mario Van Peebles. He was 91. Lee A. Iacocca’s swaggering persona dominated the automobile industry like nobody since Henry Ford. The guitarist's confinement signaled the end of The 13th Floor Elevators, the trailblazing psychedelic rock band he helped found in 1965 while still a teenager, along with electric jug player Tommy Hall and guitarist Stacey Sutherland. She was 97. The Texas native was a legend in his home state and an embodiment of what became his hometown's slogan, "Keep Austin Weird." The 6-foot-4, 240-pound hurler was also the first player in major league history to have won the rookie of the year, Most Valuable Player and Cy Young awards. The 13th Floor Elevators were the first psychedelic band. Michelle King was the first African American woman to lead Los Angeles Unified School District. Roky Erickson at the mic leading the 13th Floor Elevators at the New Orleans Club on Red River, 1966 – Photo by Ralph Y. Michaels/Courtesy of Anthology Editions No cause of death was provided. Jimmy Rabbitt, radio DJ who brought outlaw country to L.A. airwaves, dies at 79. Actress Peggy Lipton rose to stardom in the late 1960s on the counterculture police series “The Mod Squad” and later starred on TV’s “Twin Peaks.” Over five seasons, “Mod Squad” earned Lipton four Emmy nominations and a 1971 Golden Globe award for best actress in a TV drama. return of my reworked version of this Austin Texas band "the 13th Floor Elevators" classic performed in 1966. Lizzo tells critics to chill: ‘I’m a big girl who did a smoothie detox,’ that’s all. With a feral yowl that telegraphed mania, the singer and songwriter led the 13th Floor Elevators through a series of hard, tripped-out late 1960s psychedelic anthems, including “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” “Slip Inside This House” and “She Lives in a Time of Her Own.”, Erickson’s death was announced by his brother, Mikel Erickson, on Facebook. He spent more than three years in a mental institution after pleading insanity to avoid jail time for possession of marijuana, during which time he reportedly received electroshock therapy to treat schizophrenia. Peter Fonda was the son of a classic Hollywood star and a key player in the 1969 countercultural road trip saga “Easy Rider,” which he co-wrote and produced. Celebrate this Halloween with the ghost of Roky Erickson. André Previn conquered L.A. with his artistic genius twice: first as an Academy Award winning composer of Hollywood movie music, then as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He was 71. Peter Mayhew played the Wookiee warrior Chewbacca in the original “Star Wars” trilogy. In some of its more lucid moments, 13th Floor Elevators: A Visual History offers dispatches from the band’s formative days, centered around visionary frontman Roky Erickson… The wife of music producer Quincy Jones and mother of Kidada and Rashida Jones, Lipton was 72. He was 93. More than 500 Britney Spears fans and legal advocates showed up on Zoom for Wednesday’s #FreeBritney rally amid the pop star’s latest conservatorship hearing. The Dallas-born godfather of psychedelic rock died last year at age 71. Not that he had much of a chance. Her poems won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. At others, he tapped into the music, howled and reconnected with the present. When Robert Mugabe took over as Zimbabwean president in 1980, he was celebrated as a hero in the liberation war against Britain. Tim Conway came to prominence on television as a bumbling ensign in “McHale’s Navy” opposite Ernest Borgnine from 1962 to 1966, then became a regular on “The Carol Burnett Show,” where he famously developed a knack for making costar Harvey Korman crack up. Get our revamped Envelope newsletter for exclusive awards season coverage, behind-the-scenes insights and columnist Glenn Whipp’s commentary. The screenplay earned Fonda his first Academy Award nomination; his second came in the lead actor category for the 1997 independent film “Ulee’s Gold.” He was 79. Bush. He leaned into “You’re Gonna Miss Me” as if making his case for the first time. Italian director Franco Zeffirelli was best-known for his films, including the 1968 critical and box office hit “Romeo and Juliet” and a 1990 “Hamlet” with Mel Gibson. Roky Erickson, psychedelic rock pioneer with 13th Floor Elevators, dies at 71 Roky Erickson performs on the third day of the Wireless Festival at Hyde Park in … Erickson, whose given name was Roger Kynard Erickson, was just a teenager in the mid-1960s when he turned his love for classic blues and soul music into unhinged rock and roll. Hard-line Chinese premier Li Peng was best-known for ending the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests with a bloody crackdown by troops. 'The Moving Sidewalks' name was chosen and shortly thereafter they recorded "99th Floor". Roger ‘Roky’ Erickson is often heralded as one of the most influential psychedelic musicians that ever lived. A fitting tribute to the 13th Floor Elevators founder and frontman. A conductor and pianist who toggled between classical, pop and jazz, Previn won Oscars for “My Fair Lady” (1964), “Irma la Douce” (1963), “Gigi” (1958) and “Porgy and Bess” (1959). “Don’t shake me Lucifer,” he sang on his Halloween-recorded 1987 live album “Evil One,” “I been up all night / and no suicide clock works.”. With her landmark novel “Beloved” and other writings. Some hotels and rental hosts may still be taking bookings that California has banned. The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles By … Speaking to TV host Jimmy Kimmel, pop star Taylor Swift debunked a fan theory that she’s planning to release another album, ‘Woodvale,’ so soon. The comedy veteran got his start writing for 1970s variety shows such as “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” and he later played Larry David’s devout friend Marty Funkhouser on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” He was 76. Herman Wouk explored the moral fallout of World War II in the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Caine Mutiny” (1951) and other widely read books. For tips, records, snapshots and stories on Los Angeles music culture, follow Randall Roberts on Twitter and Instagram: @liledit. A fixture on progressive L.A. rock radio in the 1960s and 1970s, Jimmy Rabbitt introduced Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings to Southern California audiences. Lana Del Rey is engaged, and here’s what we know about her under-the-radar fiancé. By 1967, Gibbons returned to Houston and formed an artfully designed band, conceptually inspired by friend and fellow musician, Roky Erickson and The 13th Floor Elevators. Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside his Marathon Clothing store in the same South L.A. neighborhood where he was known as much for his civic work as he was for his hip-hop music. 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