OrthodoxEaster wrote: Thu Aug 22, 2024 2:48 pm This year is turning out to be brutal for me in this thread. Really I am shocked and especially saddened today.

A. Justin Chearno, my friend and, very, very briefly, musical collaborator in the 1990s. He and I had barely been in touch over the last decade, but it was always wonderful to correspond w/him or unexpectedly run into one another, as we still shared many of the same interests and some of the same social circle.

I am extra glad I ran into you earlier (and maybe hugged you a little too hard!)

Damn. I fucking LOVE Pitchblende

RIP

Jodi_Ess wrote:I am extra glad I ran into you earlier (and maybe hugged you a little too hard!)

Aw, thanks, Lady J. And no, not possible, was lovely.

bigc wrote:We went in around 10, and when I came out, the sun was just starting to come up. We stumbled back to his apartment and I crashed in his roommate's bed with the window open.... Thoughts are with his family, and with his big ole NYC crew (FMOE included, of course), who've lost too many friends way too young.

Thanks for this. That story is an accurate snapshot of a night out w/that guy in those days. Memories of closing down Max Fish, 2A, the International, or Mars. Drinking and public-access tv at home might have preceded or followed, and, of course, dinner would have also been a quality affair, if much simpler and cheaper in those days. After the night itself, circa 4am, maybe a kebab snack from Bereket, the 24-hour Turkish restaurant, plus an after-hours joint if we were feeling particularly energetic. Lots of raunchy humor, food talk, shit talk, guitar talk. He's forever etched into those good times.

Phil Donahue died a few days ago.

Herbie Flowers.

ErikG wrote: Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:40 pm Herbie Flowers.

Such essential, jaw-droppingly good work. I love the story about the doubled bassline of "Walk on the Wild Side," which was motivated primarily by how he'd get paid (by instrument used).

Sid Vicious a couple days ago.

Walter Ehmer, the CEO of Waffle House, dead at 58. Clearly, he was practicing what he preached.

GuyLaCroix wrote: Sun Sep 08, 2024 9:11 pm Sid Vicious a couple days ago.

Again?

cakes wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2024 4:16 pm Phil Donahue died a few days ago.

I loved watching Donahue. The Daily (NYT Podcast) had a nice tribute to him recently.