Dropping Like Flies

[chaz]

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]

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.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

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]

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.

[wml7]

So they are saying he shot himself in the chest after getting upset over a text message

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iT6ceh9L_ixUa2SuS8ntI-k0QZbQD9EAM1180

I also had a question was he permenantly crippled from his last incident??  Like was he wheel chair bound?

[chaz]

He wasn't in a wheelchair but i think he had to wear braces on his legs.

[sweetcell]

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

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

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]

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]

don't you guys find it odd that all these people in the famous world are offing themselves?

[eros]

Corey Haim

[vansmack]

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

[eltee]

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.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

We need more recaps of conversations between Smackie and Mrs. Smackie and less between Rhett and Celeste.

[sweetcell]

how can you say that?  i'm informed that celeste is as attractive as smackette.  don't hate on the beautiful.