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Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 12:59 pm
by Isaac
That dude had an insane life, man. That oral history of hair metal in the 80's was WILD, and I'd say his 'story' stole the show.
Dave N. wrote: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:09 am
Jack Russell of Great White. Once bitten, twice died.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:53 am
by A_Man_Who_Tries
Alain Delon
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 11:33 am
by zircona1
Huh, I thought he had already passed.
Le Samourai and
Le Cercle Rouge are great. R.I.P.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:50 pm
by Krev
Isaac wrote: Fri Aug 16, 2024 12:59 pm
That dude had an insane life, man. That oral history of hair metal in the 80's was WILD, and I'd say his 'story' stole the show.
Dave N. wrote: Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:09 am
Jack Russell of Great White. Once bitten, twice died.
Which book was this? The Martin Popoff one?
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 8:40 am
by A_Man_Who_Tries
Dean Roberts, at just 49. How very sad. I've a soft spot for that whole run on Kranky.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 9:06 am
by OrthodoxEaster
A_Man_Who_Tries wrote:
Dean Roberts, at just 49. How very sad. I've a soft spot for that whole run on Kranky.
Oh, man. That really, really sucks. I'd lost track after Thela and the early White Winged Moth releases, but remember meeting him during the years he lived in NYC, back in the '90s. We were the same age. And although I can't claim to have known him at all as a person, I recall him seeming really easygoing and friendly. We laughed about the juxtaposition of his demeanor against the serious, even severe nature of his music and the imagery evoked by the name "White Winged Month." And then had a fanboy discussion about our mutual love of the Dead C. Nice guy. Shit. RIP, Dean.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 2:48 pm
by OrthodoxEaster
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. Way better known for his work in Pitchblende, Turing Machine, and Panthers. Hell of a guitarist. And more esteemed still as a beverage director, restauranteur, and natural-wine enthusiast. The Four Horsemen, the neobistro he founded w/James Murphy, is infinitely better than it has any right to be. I wanted to write it off as some trendy stuff, but the food and, of course, the list are both top-notch. Vibes are pretty good, as well. About a year ago, a mutual friend cracked Justin up by texting him a photo of me downing an entire bottle of Carcavelos there. 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. Hope his family has a solid support system. My thoughts are w/them. I'll miss the guy, and it was comforting knowing he was around and steering that excellent restaurant's ship. Way, way too young.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 2:56 pm
by penningtron
Aww man. Don't know him but I loved Turing Machine (and of course, not the first tragedy to hit that crew). Fuck.. 54. RIP
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 2:57 pm
by bigc
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. Way better known for his work in Pitchblende, Turing Machine, and Panthers. Hell of a guitarist. And more esteemed still as a beverage director, restauranteur, and natural-wine enthusiast. The Four Horsemen, the neobistro he founded w/James Murphy, is infinitely better than it has any right to be. I wanted to write it off as some trendy stuff, but the food and, of course, the list are both top-notch. Vibes are pretty good, as well. About a year ago, a mutual friend cracked Justin up by texting him a photo of me downing an entire bottle of Carcavelos there. 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. Hope his family has a solid support system. My thoughts are w/them. I'll miss the guy, and it was comforting knowing he was around and steering that excellent restaurant's ship. Way, way too young.
I've known Justin since the mid-1990s, when my dear friend Jerry Fuchs moved to NYC to play in Vineland, and ended up forming Turing Machine with Justin and Scott. Just got this tragic news this morning.
I recall being in NYC way back when and spending an evening drinking and playing the jukebox at Dick's (Manitoba's?) with Justin. 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. I woke up to snow flying in and landing on my face. Justin was always so much fun, and was such a creative, original guitarist.
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.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 4:10 pm
by twelvepoint
Fucking sucks about Justin. Turing Machine and Pitchblende were fantastic. I never got to Four Horsemen but he was very respected.
This comes on the heels of the passing of friend and Boston rock guy Terence Burke who sang in Ambulance Driver and Liquor Tricks. Such a warm guy who would always light up a room.
Damn this week sucks.