The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

debaserr · 10-12-2018, 10:48 AM

bruh did you just use Breitfart as a source?

**Frownland** · 10-12-2018, 10:51 AM

Gotta know your audience.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-12-2018, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by eric generic

bruh did you just use Breitfart as a source?

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Gotta know your audience.

I knew this joke was coming that's why I didn't walk into it.

DwnWthVwls · 10-12-2018, 02:56 PM

Whats evidence?

rostasi · 10-12-2018, 07:34 PM

A Japanese friend has written to tell me that Takehisa Kosugi has died.
Only a Japanese obit for now, but I’m sure there’ll be a full NYTimes one soon.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 10-12-2018, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

RIP journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was killed by the great reformer Mohammad bin Salman.

We can't let this type of sh*t stand

**Frownland** · 10-12-2018, 08:10 PM

We've been letting this kind of **** slide for decades by declaring that the most blatant example of dictatorial monarchies and sponsor of terrorists is our ally.

**Frownland** · 10-13-2018, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

A Japanese friend has written to tell me that Takehisa Kosugi has died.
Only a Japanese obit for now, but I’m sure there’ll be a full NYTimes one soon.

Spinning TMT's 1971 Stockholm album. RIP. The lack of reporting is a bit of a shame.

OccultHawk · 10-13-2018, 11:00 AM

I was just this week listening to, Rainforest, a collaboration between Kosugi and David Tudor really recently. It’s not inconceivable that I had it on at the moment of his death.

rostasi · 10-13-2018, 11:39 AM

A Kosugi story that has stayed with me:

Forty years ago, I was sitting in my apartment reading my weekly copy
of the Village Voice when I came across an ad in the back pages from
the Cunningham Dance Co. that was looking for a composer/performer
to join their organization. The pay and working/travel conditions and
just plain opportunity were better than anything I’d ever dreamed of,
but I really had another person in mind who’d be a better, more realistic,
candidate when it came to this job - after all, I was only 19 years old.

So, I rushed out of my house, newspaper in hand, and ran over to the
next block and excitedly rang the doorbell of my friend, composer Jerry Hunt.
He, of course, was going to pursue this opportunity and would suggest that,
if he were to receive the position, that I would be his assistant - but he also
encouraged me to pursue this as well - that I should emphasize the performances
I had already done - especially the Fluxus-based ones. I spent the evening crafting
the best looking resume with the most pointed aspects of what I felt were my
performance/composing strong-points and off it went in the mail to the
Cunningham group the next morning.

The sad news had arrived when Jerry called a day or two later.
The position had already been filled - even before the ad was placed -
because it was a necessary aspect of the application for a Green Card
for Kosugi. Merce had to show that he had placed an ad for a position
and that Kosugi had answered this ad. It was crushing to me and somewhat,
cynically expected by Jerry.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	We've been letting this kind of **** slide for decades by declaring that the most blatant example of dictatorial monarchies and sponsor of terrorists is our ally. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,008	A Japanese friend has written to tell me that Takehisa Kosugi has died. Only a Japanese obit for now, but I’m sure there’ll be a full NYTimes one soon.

10-13-2018, 11:39 AM	#4460 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,008	A Kosugi story that has stayed with me: Forty years ago, I was sitting in my apartment reading my weekly copy of the Village Voice when I came across an ad in the back pages from the Cunningham Dance Co. that was looking for a composer/performer to join their organization. The pay and working/travel conditions and just plain opportunity were better than anything I’d ever dreamed of, but I really had another person in mind who’d be a better, more realistic, candidate when it came to this job - after all, I was only 19 years old. So, I rushed out of my house, newspaper in hand, and ran over to the next block and excitedly rang the doorbell of my friend, composer Jerry Hunt. He, of course, was going to pursue this opportunity and would suggest that, if he were to receive the position, that I would be his assistant - but he also encouraged me to pursue this as well - that I should emphasize the performances I had already done - especially the Fluxus-based ones. I spent the evening crafting the best looking resume with the most pointed aspects of what I felt were my performance/composing strong-points and off it went in the mail to the Cunningham group the next morning. The sad news had arrived when Jerry called a day or two later. The position had already been filled - even before the ad was placed - because it was a necessary aspect of the application for a Green Card for Kosugi. Merce had to show that he had placed an ad for a position and that Kosugi had answered this ad. It was crushing to me and somewhat, cynically expected by Jerry.