Austin Improv

I just found out Ivor Cutler passed away this past Friday. While his name might not be familiar (especially in this country), his influence stretched over 50 years, through the famous and not-so-famous. He was certainly one of the few people one could call "original."

Here's his obit from The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/st ... 11,00.html

Ivor performing "Shoplifters" on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1986: http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/BT/ivor_cutler.mpeg

(for a little read...) a bio of Ivor: http://www.ivorcutler.org/biography.html

Indeed this is sad news.