Dropping Like Flies

Afani Shakur (Tupac's momma)

Relaxer wrote:
It was awkward when one of Huckle's

Did you name your son Huckleberry!
cruel

No, of course not, don't be silly. I name him Huckle.

John Stabb
sadly the day before his benefit show

well you can look at it that way or look at it that it was terminal and this event will give people a chance to gather together…

i'm kind of amazed they raised 50K in two months.. that's a lot of money and speaks to the generosity of people in the dc community and beyond…..and to the man.


cancer is such a bitch…certain forms will really just take you out quick.. doesn't matter one whit how you "fight it".. its not a fight.. watching a very close friend die to it last year… he was just about stabb's age too…he didn't stand a chance…this whole industry "cancer centers of america" etc that has emerged preying on people.. and this whole approach of how you can defeat cancer if you just have a good attitude and try hard… i've really grown to resent it..the whole terminology "blah blah lost his fight with cancer…"….its bad enough people die but do they have to be called losers too? and then on the other side you have the "holistic" or natural approach which is just as lame… this friend of mine spent tons of money eating every recommended overpriced natural food .. all bullshit..the fact is if you get an aggressive form of cancer you're going to die…doesn't make you a person who didn't want to live or did something wrong..

anyways, as far as tonight.. got to hand it to thurston moore..he's really stepping up… i noticed he just did a benefit for ivan julian a couple of days ago.. now he comes down to do one for stabb…. getting old and watching people die sure sucks but what is the alternative?…

Thurston wrote:
well you can look at it that way or look at it that it was terminal and this event will give people a chance to gather together…

I totally agree and I think it would be a good opportunity for the people who knew him to get together and celebrate the good memories

regardless of you stance on the 'fight' part…there still are I can only imagine huge medical costs his loved ones have to pay, so for that I think it's great thing to do

I'm not originally from DC
I do not know John personally
In fact, I've never owned a GI album
But his influence is far reaching and his absence will not go unnoticed
RIP

Sidetoast wrote:

Thurston wrote:
well you can look at it that way or look at it that it was terminal and this event will give people a chance to gather together…

I totally agree and I think it would be a good opportunity for the people who knew him to get together and celebrate the good memories

regardless of you stance on the 'fight' part…there still are I can only imagine huge medical costs his loved ones have to pay, so for that I think it's great thing to do

of coure.. I hope it did not come off as if I was saying people shouldn't see doctors and get treatment for their health problems!

I look forward to seeing some of the DC music community tonight… the Black Cat is always the epicentre of the DC music community

Candye Kane

Synthesizer and electronic music pioneer Isao Tomita has died at 84

Guy Clark

R.I.P. Bill Backer, real-life creator of ?I?d Like To Buy The World A Coke?

Or for you young'ins, of Don Draper fame.

. . . But being a bass player no one noticed until the concert was over and everyone had left. . .

the show was all flo and mel . . . but she, was pretty great, too.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/arts/television/beth-howland-accident-prone-waitress-from-the-sitcom-alice-dies-at-74.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0

walk,on,by wrote:
the show was all flo and mel . . . but she, was pretty great, too.

I knew right from reading your post that you were referring to Vera. 

She actually died last year.  Hmm.

Nuke wrote:
She actually died last year.  Hmm.

according to wiki
Howland died of lung cancer in December 2015 at the age of 74. Her death was not reported to the media until May 24, 2016.[2]

It's almost like you guys didn't click the link because the very first paragraph says that she died on New Years Eve and that her husband didn't announce the news of her death at her request.

vansmack wrote:
It's almost like you guys didn't click the link because the very first paragraph says that she died on New Years Eve and that her husband didn't announce the news of her death at her request.

I saw it - that's why I was puzzled.  I wasn't criticizing the DLF post for being late.