On Friday, May 10, 2024, The Guardian reported the May 9 death
of rock drummer "Machine Gun" Thompson.
See as well a countdown requiem — May 10 News in this journal.
"The countdown as we know it, 10-9-8-u.s.w.,
was invented by Fritz Lang in 1929 for
the Ufa film Die Frau im Mond . He put it into
the launch scene to heighten the suspense.
'It is another of my damned "touches,"' Fritz Lang said."