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Thursday, June 25, 2009

R.I.P. Sky Saxon, R.I.P.

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:33 AM

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Man, this sucks. I was thinking about former Seeds' frontman Sky Saxon—who just seemed invincible—this morning, when news of his hospitalization spread. But then he appeared on Twitter:

anybody out there? blood pressure dropping .... please pray love light circle encircling sky with white love light .... YaHoWha!!!!!

Wait, did he Twitter his own death? Has it come to this? Christ.

Saxon was the real deal, a bombastic, livewire of a singer that fronted a severely underrated band. When I first moved to Portland, my father—who did the photography on the Raw & Alive: The Seeds in Concert at Merlin's Music Box album—made it a point of purchasing the band's self-titled record from Jackpot! and demanded that I listen to it the second I got home. I also saw Saxon—backed by some young ringers—when he was at Mt. Tabor a few years back supporting Strawberry Alarm Clock. He'll be missed.

LISTEN:

The Seeds - "Pushin' Too Hard"

 

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1
what's even weirder was that his death tweet had a father yod shout out
Posted by bp baggins on June 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM · Report
2
and dying at the same time as a well-known musician, kind of like Darby Crash dying the day before John Lennon.
Posted by humanclock on June 25, 2009 at 4:08 PM · Report
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ezra ~

i understand your cynicism in regards to the twitter culture that has been growing, but if you looked at the several posts prior, you would have realized that somebody was twittering for sky, as he lay critically ill in ICU. this is hardly the time to be cynical when his dear wife sabrina saxon had posted in a plea for prayers for her passing husband.
please show some respect.


jennifer marchand
publicist, sky sunlight saxon
Posted by jenbleu on June 26, 2009 at 5:52 AM · Report
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Jennifer
I assure you that I was respectful. My comments were directed at Twitter, not Sky.
Thanks.
ezra
Posted by ezra on June 26, 2009 at 8:07 AM · Report
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It would be easier to take Twitter more seriously if it didn't have such a stupid sounding name.

As for Sky, as a result of this tragic event I discovered that his sister is a friend of mine's mother, and my heart goes out to all of his family and friends.
Posted by Kenric Ashe on June 26, 2009 at 8:56 AM · Report

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