RIP

[jwi]

Thanks Kramer for services provided. I listen to Back in the USA a lot when I was slightly too old for the record. Fantastic, nevertheless.

 

[Falling Down]

Brilliant band. About 20 years ago, I went to the best festival and music weekend I’ve ever attended. The Sonic Youth curated All-Tomorrows-Parties at Butlins Minehead. The lineup was out of this world.

Iggy & The Stooges, Sonic Youth, Bardo Pond, Six Organs of Admittance, Jackie-O Motherfucker, My Cat Is an Alien, Melvins, Richard Youngs, Charalambides, The Skaters, Magik Markers, Alexander Tucker, Deerhoof, Wooden Wand, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Wolf Eyes, Negative Approach, The Dead C, Monotract, Prurient, Awesome Color, dkt/MC5, Dinosaur Jr., Gang of Four, Be Your Own Pet, Aaron Dilloway, Major Stars, Lambsbread, Hive Mind, Leslie Keffer, The Notekillers, Dead Machines, Family Underground, White Out w/ Nels Cline, Peter Brötzmann and Han Bennink, MV&EE + The Bummer Road, Hair Police, Bark Haze (Thurston Moore, Gown and Pete Nolan), Taurpis Tula, Islaja, The New Blockaders with The Haters, Nurse with Wound, 16 Bitch Pile-Up, Blood Stereo, Flipper, No-Neck Blues Band, Comets on Fire, Fursaxa, Double Leopards, Mouthus, Sun City Girls, Mats Gustafsson + EyE (Boredoms), Ashtray Navigations.

The Saturday night in the main hall was Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Iggy and the Stooges and the MC5. When MC5 played Kick out the Jams, you had all of the above on the stage playing together. Incredible energy. What an experience. RIP Kramer.

 

[andy popp]

Holy cow Ben!

Anyway, Aston "Family Man" Barrett.

 

[sherlock]

Brilliant band. About 20 years ago, I went to the best festival and music weekend I’ve ever attended. The Sonic Youth curated All-Tomorrows-Parties at Butlins Minehead. The lineup was out of this world.

Iggy & The Stooges, Sonic Youth, Bardo Pond, Six Organs of Admittance, Jackie-O Motherfucker, My Cat Is an Alien, Melvins, Richard Youngs, Charalambides, The Skaters, Magik Markers, Alexander Tucker, Deerhoof, Wooden Wand, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Wolf Eyes, Negative Approach, The Dead C, Monotract, Prurient, Awesome Color, dkt/MC5, Dinosaur Jr., Gang of Four, Be Your Own Pet, Aaron Dilloway, Major Stars, Lambsbread, Hive Mind, Leslie Keffer, The Notekillers, Dead Machines, Family Underground, White Out w/ Nels Cline, Peter Brötzmann and Han Bennink, MV&EE + The Bummer Road, Hair Police, Bark Haze (Thurston Moore, Gown and Pete Nolan), Taurpis Tula, Islaja, The New Blockaders with The Haters, Nurse with Wound, 16 Bitch Pile-Up, Blood Stereo, Flipper, No-Neck Blues Band, Comets on Fire, Fursaxa, Double Leopards, Mouthus, Sun City Girls, Mats Gustafsson + EyE (Boredoms), Ashtray Navigations.

The Saturday night in the main hall was Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Iggy and the Stooges and the MC5. When MC5 played Kick out the Jams, you had all of the above on the stage playing together. Incredible energy. What an experience. RIP Kramer.

That's one hell of a line-up!
As an aside, another deceased founder member of MC5 was Fred Sonic Smith who was the partner of Patti Smith and I believe her track 'Frederick' was written about him.

 

[Falling Down]

I believe that’s the case yeah.

Damo Suzuki (Can) today. RIP

https://youtu.be/FFYW5nZkpiA?feature=shared

 

[sherlock]

I believe that’s the case yeah.

Damo Suzuki (Can) today. RIP

https://youtu.be/FFYW5nZkpiA?feature=shared

Just seen that.Shit.

 

[jakaitch]

Saw him in Bristol a few years back. Was absolutely brilliant.

I believe that’s the case yeah.

Damo Suzuki (Can) today. RIP

https://youtu.be/FFYW5nZkpiA?feature=shared

 

[edshakey]

Kelvin Kiptum, age 24

https://news.sky.com/story/kelvin-kiptum-world-marathon-record-holder-and-his-coach-die-in-road-accident-13069858

Absolutely awful news. Had the world of marathon running at his feet, the baton surely passed on by Kipchoge. Who knows how fast he could have gone.

 

[sxrxg]

He really was looking like he would be the one to breach the 2 hour marathon, at 24 he had so many years to improve especially when most marathon runners seem to peak in performance in their mid thirties. Such as sad loss for distance running.

 

[T_B]

I’m really upset by this.

The way he attacked the second half of the marathon was something else. I have no doubt we would have seen history made in Rotterdam.

 

[chriss]

Absolutely devastating news. Such an amazing talent. I honestly don't know who's even close to matching him. Marathon running is never going to be the same.

 

[sxrxg]

Never run a competitive marathon outside of 2:02 . And each marathon was faster than the last. Honestly seems like he was only just warming up

 

[Dingdong]

Me and partner completely shocked by this news this morning. She’s massive into running (international races etc) so we’re pretty entrenched in the running world, this just came out of nowhere. A true gem lost to a freak accident. Hopefully this pushes the Kenyan government to improve their road quality and safety…

 

[edshakey]

I honestly don't know who's even close to matching him.

Yeah there will be a huge void for a long long time. Nobody is ready to run near 2 hrs currently - only others under 2:02 are Kipchoge, Bekele and Lemma and surely only Kipchoge could even get vaguely close. So it'll take another young talent to explode onto the scene like Kiptum did, and who knows when that'll be.
Gutted, a huge tragedy.

 

[chriss]

I honestly don't know who's even close to matching him.

Yeah there will be a huge void for a long long time. Nobody is ready to run near 2 hrs currently - only others under 2:02 are Kipchoge, Bekele and Lemma and surely only Kipchoge could even get vaguely close.

Maybe Kipchoge, but I doubt it.

 

[SA Chris]

Horrible loss. I think my wife and shark's wife have competed against him (well, run in the same marathon! ).

 

[Oldmanmatt]

Steve Wright.

Just so many afternoons and long drives, laughing like a drain, in my 20s.

 

[SA Chris]

Totally. Memories of doing crap factory jobs in my 20s with Radio 1 on, Steve Wright coming on meant a) entertainment and b) a shitty day was nearly done.

 

[SamT]

Every hour long coach trip home from 6th form for 2 years.

 

[mrjonathanr]

Bernard Newman.