Harry Dean Stanton, the veteran American actor who ballasted generations of independent and cult films, has died aged 91. The subject of the late critic Roger Ebert's Stanton Walsh Rule -- No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M Emmet Walsh
in a supporting role can be altogether bad -- Stanton was famed for his ability to project his hangdog, laconic charm into minor roles, which ensured he worked continuously for over six decades. Directors who cast him include David Lynch, Sam Peckinpah,
Ridley Scott, Alex Cox and Wim Wenders, but he was never nominated for an Oscar or any of the other principal acting awards.
Alex Cox's Repo Man was inspirational to this website, by cining the term 'melonfarmer' as an overdub for 'motherfucker' in a
TV edit of the movie. The video clip shows Harry Dean Stanton being 'flipped' over by his boss.
So if the news Sky has turned on its website blocking system for all subscribers. And Melon Farmers is on the blocking list for those that don't turn the censorship off.
It is interesting that Sky's blocking system is the only home broadband company
to censor Melon Farmers, although the site is blocked across the board by mobile companies.
I will be having a little ponder over thinking about ways to allow readers to keep up to date with censorship.
In the meantime sister site,
censorwatch.co.uk , remains unblocked. The site carries most of the news items on Melon Farmers but doesn't carry adverts and articles focused at the adult industry.
So if the news Sky has turned on its website blocking system for all subscribers. And Melon Farmers is on the blocking list for those that don't turn the censorship off. 