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Dropping Like Flies

dyecraig
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 07, 2010 at 12:36 PM UTC #
i think he opened for the latin playboys (los lobos side project) about 10 yrs ago at the club - very cool evening
walkonby
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 07, 2010 at 02:58 PM UTC #
the internet killed the musical star.  then it killed the hard working vhs video store owner.  next it will kill the movie industry and television hollywood equation in one final swoop . . . but not before it kills little babies.  die, non electronic toy, die.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/south.korea.baby.dead/index.html?hpt=T2
elj
Joined: October 09, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 07, 2010 at 03:04 PM UTC #
gaaaaaaaaah wrote:

Mark Linkous

Shit…
Shit is right. One of my five favorite acts of all time. We used to live about 2 miles apart. :( :( :( :(
nkotb
Joined: August 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 07, 2010 at 05:53 PM UTC #
Wow, that's a buzzkill :(

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:

Mark Linkous

Shit…
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 08, 2010 at 06:23 PM UTC #
God i find myself being really really bummed about Mark Linkous.  Both as a huge huge fan, and a former Richmonder with many friends who have lost a friend. 
gaaaaaaaaah
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 08, 2010 at 06:59 PM UTC #
This Linkous thing has really bummed me out too. Such a talent.

I walked by the studio in Richmond where he recorded some of Vivadixie today. Chilling.
elj
Joined: October 09, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 08, 2010 at 08:18 PM UTC #
Yeah I pulled out my auto'd copy of Vivadixie earlier and it made me sad. I remember running into him at a Food Lion when I was like 19 and thinking it was the coolest thing ever that someone that talented lived near me. :(

I hope that 5th album that was "almost completed" comes out in some form a la In A Basement On A Hill.
gaaaaaaaaah
Joined: September 14, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 08, 2010 at 08:54 PM UTC #
He was recording it with Steve Albini. Should be very interesting to hear.

Musician's deaths don't usually hit me like this. But Sparklehorse was a top 5 band for me. I've been listening to Good Morning Spider a lot since I found out, and Happy Man is a pretty powerful song right now.
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 08, 2010 at 09:24 PM UTC #
He wasn't in a wheelchair but i think he had to wear braces on his legs.
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 08, 2010 at 09:42 PM UTC #
wml7 wrote:
I also had a question was he permenantly crippled from his last incident??  Like was he wheel chair bound?

While on tour in 1996, Mr. Linkous collapsed in a hotel room after taking Valium and antidepressants. He briefly went into cardiac arrest before being revived, and he sustained injuries to his legs that put him in a wheelchair for six months. His legs never fully recovered their strength. His convalescence inspired ?St. Mary,? a song on his second album named after the hospital where he recuperated. ?Come on boys,? he sings, ?please let me taste the clean air in my lungs.?
NYT obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/arts/music/08linkous.html
elj
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 08, 2010 at 09:56 PM UTC #
chaz wrote:
He wasn't in a wheelchair but i think he had to wear braces on his legs.
I never saw him perform with braces on his legs and I saw him several times after that. Although, in theory, he could've had them on under his pants.
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 08, 2010 at 10:09 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
chaz wrote:
He wasn't in a wheelchair but i think he had to wear braces on his legs.
I never saw him perform with braces on his legs and I saw him several times after that. Although, in theory, he could've had them on under his pants.

LA times and Billboard obits both mentioned leg braces, but really who cares…RIP.
walkonby
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 08, 2010 at 11:34 PM UTC #
don't you guys find it odd that all these people in the famous world are offing themselves?
eros
Joined: February 03, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 10, 2010 at 01:32 PM UTC #
Corey Haim
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 10, 2010 at 06:31 PM UTC #
eros wrote:
Corey Haim


Texts From This Morning:

Smackette: Lost Boy Down…
Smackie: Haim or Feldman?
Smackette: Haim.
Smackie: Suicide?
Smackette: I was assuming OD….
Smackie: Just checked TMZ.  4 prescriptions bottles found by his body.  I'm going with both.
Smackette: Can't say I'm surprised
Smackie: 15 yrs ago I would have been surprised it was Haim and not Feldman but not today.
Smackette: Yeah
Smackie: At least he banged Nicole Eggert before going out - he's go that going for him…
Smackette: But it was pre-boob job.  Not sure it still counts
Smackie: Touche
El Tee
Joined: October 09, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 11, 2010 at 04:07 AM UTC #
How terrible is it that when I heard of Corey Haim's passing, in my mind I visualized Feldman. Never could keep those two straight.
elj
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 11, 2010 at 04:37 AM UTC #
We need more recaps of conversations between Smackie and Mrs. Smackie and less between Rhett and Celeste.
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Dropping Like Flies March 11, 2010 at 05:00 AM UTC #
how can you say that?  i'm informed that celeste is as attractive as smackette.  don't hate on the beautiful.
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