Dave Wilkes, Youth team coach at Carlisle United since the early 90s (except between 2002-05)
He did all the hard work with John Halpin when Michael Knighton declared himself manager-chairman, then quietly went back to being head of youth development. He was there when I was working for Carlisle United.
Oh, man… we had just listened to him last Sunday, as we usually do on Sunday afternoons. I’d been listening to him since we moved to the DC area 20+ years ago. His show is one reason why our oldest kid is into Sinatra & Tony Bennett.
(From wpfwfm.org)
WPFW News
Reshaping The American Songbook: A Tribute to Donnie McKethan - 7/4
It is with a profoundly heavy heart that we announce the passing of Donnie McKethan. Donnie became an ancestor on Monday, June 19. His Sunday program, The American Songbook, was one of the most beloved. Donnie was a stellar WPFW Jazz programmer for over 20 years, and always a consummate gentleman! WPFW offers condolences to his family, friends and many listeners. In his honor, WPFW presents Reshaping The American Songbook: A Tribute to Donnie McKethan., on Tuesday, July 4, 5am until 8pm.
Never get out of the boat.
This guy is an absolute legend. Crank up Machine Gun or his band with Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell and Shannon Jackson Last Exit. Or his metal excursions with his son. I had the pleasure of seeing him live a few years ago. I feel like two but maybe 2017 then. He was blinding then.
For those who don’t wish to take the trouble to look it up
Also, there is a post on this, but…
Mr. Volkov later reckoned that, in all, 30 of his relatives were killed or disappeared by Stalin’s regime or, like his mother, took their own lives. He was soon sent to Mexico to join his grandfather, who called him Esteban in the Spanish-speaking country.
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[Did not know this about Siqueiros]
Gunmen, reportedly led by Mexican muralist and Stalinist sympathizer David Alfaro Siqueiros, broke through the security team and riddled Trotsky’s bedroom with bullets from automatic weapons.
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Just months later, on Aug. 20, Mr. Volkov had returned home from school when he saw Trotsky bleeding to death but still standing defiantly in the arms of his bodyguards and his wife, Natalia Sedova.
“Keep the boy away. He shouldn’t see this!” he recalled his grandfather shouting
Confirmation.
That’s awful… At least his family and friends have closure now.
(ETA: Well I looked for it before I posted, but now I see that @hecep had beat me to it)
He was fantastic and milked every ounce of Aaron Sorkin’s marvelous writing with his small role as Bernard Thatch, a staffer from the WH visitor’s office on The West Wing.
“C.J., your necklace is a monument to bourgeois taste.” 
I believe he returned once more and had a dust up with Charlie.
Rest in Power!
Oh, man. Murray in Slums of Beverly Hills. George Kraft in Mother Night.
Dr. Oatman in Grosse Pointe Blank.
Now I’m reminded to check out Chu Chu and the Philly Flash, which I never got to see as a kid.
ETA: Okay, I watched it while doing some housecleaning. It turns out Siskel & Ebert considered it one of the “dogs” of 1981. A little dull, but with a stellar comedic actor lineup. Too bad. 
