Crazy - a bunch of deadpoolers picked him: http://stiffs.com/celebrity/ravishankar/
Ravi Shankar dies at 92
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#12huh, norah jones' dad. who knew?
I was kind of surprised when one of my friends dropped that fact the other day. I always associated Ravi with The Beatles, but I didn't know he actually fathered (in the literal sense) another excellent musician :)
Well, there was also Anoushka, his Grammy-nominated, sitar-playing daughter:
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#13That's saddening, I love Shankar's music and am always going to think of him as the greatest sitarist to ever live. RIP.
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#14"...Shankar was born in April 7, 1920, in Benares, a northern Indian city famous for its temples to the Hindu god Vishnu..."
For someone who confuses Shiva (the destroyer) with Vishnu (the maintainer), one has to wonder how much truth there actually is in that article.
I for one am taking it with a grain of salt. Like most things in west that are about east, it is not the facts that are important, but how good they have dressed into what west expects them to be (as something originating from east).
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#15This is scary, Dave Brubeck passed away the other day and now Ravi Shankar (both pioneers in their own respectively different genres). We've lost quite a few musicians and prolific figures this year, a sign that I'm getting old myself. Living to the age of 90+ is quite an achievement in itself if you ask me.
It always seems to be this time of year for musicians lately. James Brown was Xmas 2006. Etta James and Johnnie Otis were January 2012...
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#16Is every famous musician death going to make it to the top of Hacker News from now on?
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#17Is every famous musician death going to make it to the top of Hacker News from now on?
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#18Is every famous musician death going to make it to the top of Hacker News from now on?
Yes, if the community around HN loves and has a certain respect to it.
I'll ask myself the same question. Is every nonsense comment going to make it to the top of a topic that people care from now on?
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#19Is every famous musician death going to make it to the top of Hacker News from now on?
Yes, if the community around HN loves and has a certain respect to it. I'll ask myself the same question. Is every nonsense comment going to make it to the top of a topic that people care from now on?
You think my question is nonsense? How would you feel if you saw a post about Erlang or Clojure on a site called "Music News?" Especially if you had been on the site for years, when it was actually about music news? FYI I play several instruments and I love(d) Ravi Shankar. However, this site is Hacker News. There is a limit.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, if the community around HN loves and has a certain respect to it. I'll ask myself the same question. Is every nonsense comment going to make it to the top of a topic that people care from now on?
You think my question is nonsense? How would you feel if you saw a post about Erlang or Clojure on a site called "Music News?" Especially if you had been on the site for years, when it was actually about music news? FYI I play several instruments and I love(d) Ravi Shankar. However, this site is Hacker News. There is a limit.
I think if Music Lovers some how find relevance to the way Clojure or Erlang works and have been motivated/influenced by it they definitely would discuss it.
Music is a pretty popular topic among programmers. And many programmers/hackers are instrumentalists.
So it makes sense for them to discuss. Besides if somebody doesn't like it he can always chose to no up vote the story and not discuss. But if somebody else wants to, why should he have any problems at all?