Isaac Hayes, 65, a Creator of ’70s Soul Style, Dies

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Links for the Day (August 11th, 2008)
Published 8/11/2008 by Keith Uhlich (noreply@blogger.com) at The House Next Door
1. R.I.P. Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes, and Bernie Brillstein. Please share your thoughts in the comments section. ["Comedian Bernie Mac, known for his roles in films like "Guess Who," died Saturday morning at a Chicago hospital at the age of 50, the Chicago Sun-Times said. The actor-comic, who had been hospitalized for pneumonia this month, died of unconfirmed causes at Northwestern Memorial hospital. "It brought tears to my eyes because Bernie Mac has always been my all-time favorite entertainer and ...

Heaven Just Got A Little More Bernie Mac And Isaac Hayes
Published 8/11/2008 at Videogum
... up on the weekend's trampoline accidents to bow our blogs in respect. (Photo source: isaachayes.com) R.I.P. Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes (and BE CAREFUL, Samuel L. Jackson). You will be so missed. You're up in heaven now, beating the angels until the white meat shows and singing songs to baby angels about the menstrual cycle. Actual obituaries that are interesting and thoughtful and written by people who aren't idiots, here and here. ...

Shorties
Published 8/11/2008 by david (boy@largeheartedboy.com) at Largehearted Boy
... The Guardian's books blog examines the history (and future) of writing erotic fiction. RIP, Isaac Hayes LA Observed shares one of the singer-songwriter's last interviews. NewsFlavor lists 11 great Barack ...

RIP Isaac Hayes
Published 8/11/2008 by DJA at Secret Society
... Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, George Clinton and maybe ending with Prince--is starting to depart the scene. It's not that these guys are somehow superior to the folks I came up on. They just had so much more leeway. My one hope about music business having to cope with online, is that maybe that sort of broad individualism and experimentalism can make a return. Bill Gibron (PopMatters) Last Interview (Rena Kosnett - LA Observed) Ben Sisario (NYT) ...

So Long, Soul Man: An Isaac Hayes Appreciation
Published 8/11/2008 by Chuck Eddy at Play | The Rhapsody Editorial Music Blog
... by Chuck Eddy Isaac Hayes never could say goodbye. And if few of us anticipated that the Black Moses would finally cross over to the other side -- on Sunday, as has been widely reported, his wife discovered his body next to a still-running treadmill in their suburban Memphis home, and he was pronounced dead an hour later -- maybe it's because he always gave the impression that he could last forever. In fact, that was the main point of some of his best music. When people say ...