Real ones we lost in 2022
If the memes and jokes are to be believed, 2022 wasn't any more of a picnic than any year since the pandemic started. Or since 2015 maybe. Or the century. Or
music
Making it, listening to it, recording it, all that
RIP Terry Hall
I feel like I've been posting a lot of these RIP things lately. The Specials were, in hindsight a big deal for me. Ska was a sound that was punk-approved. And
RIP Angelo Badalamenti
First Julee Cruise, now Angelo Badalamenti. One was estranged, one was presumably still a close friend. But either way, the David Lynch musical universe is a silent place now.
Here's the
RIP Julee Cruise
Not much else to say. An iconic voice inextricably tied to something I love, though her feelings on that were mixed.
RIP Dave Smith
Less than 3 weeks after making an appearance at Superbooth and looking healthy and enthusiastic, Dave Smith is dead at 72.
If you don't know who he is, Smith is a