Philadelphia — A rowdy band of bloodsuckers, gunslingers, wily wise guys, jaded private eyes, hardboiled reporters and good girls gone bad, stuck in an attic together for 80 years, is going its separate ways.
Nearly three dozen movie theater posters from the Golden Age of Hollywood found in a Pennsylvania attic are expected to fetch $250,000 at auction in Texas this month. They were stuck together with wallpaper glue when they were purchased for around $30,000 at a country auction last fall in Berwick, near Wilkes-Barre in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The buyer, who chose to remain anonymous, consigned them to Heritage Auctions in Dallas, where the stack of 33 Depression-era posters were painstakingly steamed and gingerly separated over the course of several weeks.
"As we started to peel them apart, it was one of the greatest treasure troves from a beautiful period of poster printing," said Grey Smith of Heritage Auctions, where the posters go on...
Nearly three dozen movie theater posters from the Golden Age of Hollywood found in a Pennsylvania attic are expected to fetch $250,000 at auction in Texas this month. They were stuck together with wallpaper glue when they were purchased for around $30,000 at a country auction last fall in Berwick, near Wilkes-Barre in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The buyer, who chose to remain anonymous, consigned them to Heritage Auctions in Dallas, where the stack of 33 Depression-era posters were painstakingly steamed and gingerly separated over the course of several weeks.
"As we started to peel them apart, it was one of the greatest treasure troves from a beautiful period of poster printing," said Grey Smith of Heritage Auctions, where the posters go on...
- 3/12/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The band's September 28 two-disc set pays tribute to the beloved late bassist and features concert footage, videos and more.
By James Montgomery
Slipknot's Paul Gray
Photo: Bob King/ Redferns
On September 28, Slipknot will release "(Sic)nesses," a two-disc DVD. The set features the band's entire June 2009 performance at the Download Festival in the U.K., a 45-minute film directed by percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan and all four videos released from their chart-topping 2008 album, All Hope Is Gone.
And while all of that is certainly enough to excite their fans, what's also notable about "(Sic)nesses" is that it's the first Slipknot release of any sort since the passing of founding bassist Paul Gray, who was found dead in an Iowa hotel room on May 24 after an "accidental" overdose of morphine and fentanyl. Somewhat accordingly, Slipknot are using "(Sic)nesses" to once again pay tribute to Gray, dedicating the DVD to...
By James Montgomery
Slipknot's Paul Gray
Photo: Bob King/ Redferns
On September 28, Slipknot will release "(Sic)nesses," a two-disc DVD. The set features the band's entire June 2009 performance at the Download Festival in the U.K., a 45-minute film directed by percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan and all four videos released from their chart-topping 2008 album, All Hope Is Gone.
And while all of that is certainly enough to excite their fans, what's also notable about "(Sic)nesses" is that it's the first Slipknot release of any sort since the passing of founding bassist Paul Gray, who was found dead in an Iowa hotel room on May 24 after an "accidental" overdose of morphine and fentanyl. Somewhat accordingly, Slipknot are using "(Sic)nesses" to once again pay tribute to Gray, dedicating the DVD to...
- 9/23/2010
- MTV Music News
Bassist was found dead in a hotel room on May 24.
By James Montgomery
Slipknot's Paul Gray
Photo: Bob King/ Redferns
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, who was found dead in an Iowa hotel room on May 24, died of an "accidental" overdose of morphine and fentanyl, a medical examiner has ruled.
According to a statement issued to MTV News on Monday (June 21) by the Urbandale (Iowa) Police Department, the Polk County Medical Examiner's Office has completed its toxicology tests and final autopsy report on Gray, which found that his death was due to an accidental overdose of the injected drugs — fentanyl is a potent synthetic morphine substitute — and that he also suffered from "significant heart disease."
One day after Gray's body was discovered in the TownePlace Suites hotel in Urbandale, a 911 call placed by an alleged employee of the hotel was obtained by TMZ. The caller said that Gray's body was surrounded...
By James Montgomery
Slipknot's Paul Gray
Photo: Bob King/ Redferns
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, who was found dead in an Iowa hotel room on May 24, died of an "accidental" overdose of morphine and fentanyl, a medical examiner has ruled.
According to a statement issued to MTV News on Monday (June 21) by the Urbandale (Iowa) Police Department, the Polk County Medical Examiner's Office has completed its toxicology tests and final autopsy report on Gray, which found that his death was due to an accidental overdose of the injected drugs — fentanyl is a potent synthetic morphine substitute — and that he also suffered from "significant heart disease."
One day after Gray's body was discovered in the TownePlace Suites hotel in Urbandale, a 911 call placed by an alleged employee of the hotel was obtained by TMZ. The caller said that Gray's body was surrounded...
- 6/21/2010
- MTV Music News
Hotel worker discovered Gray's body and identified his name from a nearby prescription bottle.
By Josh Wigler
Slipknot's Paul Gray
Photo: Bob King/ Redferns
A 911 call placed by an alleged employee of the Iowa hotel where Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead Monday has emerged. TMZ obtained a recording of the call placed by an unnamed hotel maintenance worker who discovered Gray's body.
"We believe that it's a drug overdose," the employee said of Gray's condition. "There's a hypodermic needle next to his bed here."
Asked if Gray were awake, the employee replied: "Oh God, no," explaining that it appeared as though Gray had been dead "for a while" based on his physical appearance. He identified Gray's name from the prescription label of a nearby bottle of pills. The employee also said Gray's mother had called the hotel earlier that day because she was having trouble reaching her son.
By Josh Wigler
Slipknot's Paul Gray
Photo: Bob King/ Redferns
A 911 call placed by an alleged employee of the Iowa hotel where Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead Monday has emerged. TMZ obtained a recording of the call placed by an unnamed hotel maintenance worker who discovered Gray's body.
"We believe that it's a drug overdose," the employee said of Gray's condition. "There's a hypodermic needle next to his bed here."
Asked if Gray were awake, the employee replied: "Oh God, no," explaining that it appeared as though Gray had been dead "for a while" based on his physical appearance. He identified Gray's name from the prescription label of a nearby bottle of pills. The employee also said Gray's mother had called the hotel earlier that day because she was having trouble reaching her son.
- 5/26/2010
- MTV Music News
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