Men At Work: “Down Under” (download)
Elton John: “Crocodile Rock” (download)
Massive Attack & Tracey Thorn: “When The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game” (download)
So here I am, listening to random mp3s from some French record label, and a friend messages me and says that the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin has been stabbed by a stingray and is dead. My first instinct is to look on CNN, because fake celebrity death rumors pass among college students like an STD. Alas, CNN has verified this sad story. He was filming an underwater documentary when he was pierced by a stingray “barb” that went through his chest.
When I think of Crocodile Hunter, I think of when I was working at a theater during high school, and two of my co-workers had great fun entertaining everyone by doing Crocodile Hunter impressions. Thanks, Croc Hunter, for giving us more to laugh about.
5 comments
Pelirroja says:
Sep 4, 2006
Wow!! I stumbled on this by accident and didn’t think it was true… But it’s all over the news.
How sad.
V8 says:
Sep 4, 2006
Not that I care when humans perish but it was not cool for him to die. I could think of many other much more meritorious canditates.
Mita! says:
Sep 4, 2006
I totally can’t believe this. I was going to post “Tarzan Boy” by Baltimora in his honor, but I felt it’d be disrespectful. That Massive Attack track pretty much sums up how I feel though.
Py Korry says:
Sep 4, 2006
Excellent choice on Massive Attack! I must say that because I either a.) Had no interest. Or b.) Am just too old. I have never seen this show. Not that it hasn’t been on in my house (my daughter watched it), it’s just that it was background noise for me.
Taylor says:
Sep 7, 2006
I never really watched the show. I just saw a few clips here and there, and it was enough to get the basic picture (that he liked to harass animals in a hilarious way).