Pour a little for Doug the Slug
posted by Kong on January 6, 2003
David McC - you probably didn't hear about this, but Charles Gunning, aka Doug the Slug, passed away a couple of weeks ago. I never knew the guy that well, but I certainly remember him and was glad that he had a successful career in film.
The IMDB has a pretty good biography.
In happier news...
The Statesman ran a frontpage artice on Roky Erickson Sunday. Sadly the online version doesn't have any of the pictures (he's clean shaven thesedays - I didn't recognize when I saw him a couple of months ago).
Basically he's doing great. Neighbors on 37th Street collected money for him as part of their annual Christmas light display and there's talk that Amy's Ice Cream is going to make a new Roky Road flavor as both a tribute and fundraiser.
There's also serious talk that a movie will be made about his life. I know this has been discussed forever - but now it's looking like it will happen with some impressive Hollywood money/names behind it (since Google documents our typings for the masses, maybe I should take this to the Lounge as I think the family wants to keep it under wraps for now).