The Final Taxi

The Final Taxi has been blogging and podcasting since June 2006 but I have moved the blog to WordPress for more exposure.

Born in the Southern states of the US in the 1960’s, I was always struggling to keep up with what was going on outside my little country town with music and films. I have always tried to play catch up with the arts by wanting to understand & take in all that I could.

Modern music and film history is what I love.

In the late 70’s I was ‘ the only punker in the village.” I hung around one movie theater so much watching films that the manager told me I might as well work there. I was taught film projection and put my way through college doing it. Watching movies all day was great because this was before the VCR.By the 1980’s I had my own local radio show playing all kinds of tunes. After starting a punk rock/ new wave show, I used the name Ron Nasty. (It fit- Johnny Rotten, Richard Hell, Sid Vicious)

Next I did some work in film, mostly crowd scenes and helping behind the set, until I started working in TV where I work today.

I enjoy all kinds of music, but prefer synthpop, futurepop and dance-industrial. I like indie and local music. I love all kinds of films from old silent films to modern indies. Movies from other countries are an important way to learn about how the world around us is thinking.

The Final Taxi is a podcast/blog that deals with the deaths of minor celebrities that have recently died. These are actors, musicians, inventors, writers or others in the entertainment field who have died and did not get the attention that they deserved. They were lost in the shuffle.

It is a bit of history, a bit of nostalgia and a lot of love.

Each of us hold a piece of this puzzle called life and with one piece the whole thing shifts into something different. Think of the movie “It a Wonderful Life.”

Everyone I blog about I am glad they were a part of this world.

For more on Ron Nastie or Jeff Burson go to http://www.FinalTaxi.com