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Title: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: miles on January 15, 2010, 06:37:45 am
Pales in comparison to the disaster in Haiti, but something about it is still hard for me to wrap my mind around. And a possible homicide angle now?

From NYT: Jay Reatard, 29, a Force in Punk Rock, Is Dead (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/arts/music/15reatard.html)

Quote from: author Ben Sisario, NYT
Mr. Lindsey’s productivity was a source of as much admiration as curiosity in the music press, and he was often asked to explain his compulsion to create so much music so quickly.

"I’m just trying to get the idea out before the inspiration is gone,” he said. “Everything I do is motivated by the fear of running out of time."

Just kinda hits me in the gut.
Title: Re: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: theinevitable on January 15, 2010, 05:36:53 pm
This freaks me out, too. My girlfriend was just telling me the other day to listen to Blood Visions.
Title: Re: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: Turbo Ninja on January 15, 2010, 05:53:53 pm
He couldn't stand knowing that he'd never get to live on Pandora.
Title: Re: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: side_show on January 15, 2010, 06:19:26 pm
I have no idea why, but I parsed this in an odd way and was hoping Jay Leno had died.
Title: Re: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: Arachno-capitalist on January 15, 2010, 06:26:09 pm
Quote from: side_show on January 15, 2010, 06:19:26 pm
and was hoping Jay Leno had died.
Yeah, you and all of NBC.
Title: Re: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: AugustWest on January 15, 2010, 07:15:18 pm
Quote from: Asherdan on January 15, 2010, 06:38:05 pm
It sounds like I may have missed out on Mr. Lindsey.

What a Mr. Lindsey may look like:

(http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTgxMzE0MTU5N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMzYyNzI2._V1._SX312_SY400_.jpg)
Title: Re: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: greenkoolayd on January 16, 2010, 01:10:48 am
this dude is a stranger to me.
Title: Re: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: pmcd9 on January 16, 2010, 08:00:42 pm
How did he die?
Title: Re: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: miles on January 16, 2010, 09:06:09 pm
If it's known it hasn't been released. I guess he was found in bed early in the morning by a roommate. There was an article (here is the cache (http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/011410-mpd-investigating-jay-reatard%2527s-death-as-homicide) url) indicating that a homicide investigation was opened that has since been removed.

Here's a video from his most recent album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG65eqfg6bc
Title: Re: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: pmcd9 on January 16, 2010, 10:52:36 pm
That was pretty good.  Big budget too.  They spent a lot of money on that clip.
Title: Re: Jay Reatard Dead at 29...
Post by: miles on February 05, 2010, 03:09:06 am
Quote from: pmcd9 on January 16, 2010, 08:00:42 pm
How did he die?

Reatard, whose real name was Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr, died from "cocaine toxicity, [with] alcohol [as] a contributing factor" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/04/jay-reatard)