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Rest In Power to the incredible and intense bass guitarist Dave Allen, whose work with Gang of Four and Shriekback was a profound influence on my own music when I was at Berklee, and then beyond. I was privileged to get to see Dave with Shriekback in Boston in both 1985 and 1986, and his deep groove, coupled with his post-punk edge, propelled that band to excellence each time. Thank you for the music Mr. Allen!!
#music #restinpeace #rip #bassguitar #postpunk #gangoffour #shriekback #daveallen

Day 39 of the #365in2025 challenge!

It's been two years ago that we lost this beautiful human! You are truly missed each and every day and not a day goes by that I don't miss you and think about you.

I know you're looking over us at all times and I hope you are proud of the things we're doing. I just wish you were here to sit with, laugh with, talk to and hug! I LOVE YOU MOM!

#365in25 #Mom #Photography #PixelPhotography #RIP #RestInPeace

Rest In Peace to the brilliant vocalist Marianne Faithfull. I had the privilege of being in the opening band for Marianne for 2 nights in 1990, at DC's 9:30 Club, while performing bass&cello with Jo Connor. Marianne truly mesmerized the crowd (and me) both nights with her whiskey-throated intense presence, accompanied only by the solo guitar of Barry Reynolds. Truly amazing memories, thank you for the music Ms. Faithfull! #music #restinpeace #mariannefaithfull

Rest in Peace

Today is the day. The day the American Experiment comes to a pathetic, self inflicted, fascist end.

I’m not going to watch the “inauguration”. Beyond the previous sentence, I plan to ignore it entirely and just try to pretend that it doesn’t happen even though that is just an old jerk being silly and deluding himself. There is an afternoon Bruins game today. It is Martin Luther King day and the B’s always play a day game. You would think that would make me feel a tiny bit better but the Bruins suck right now and MLK’s memory is being spit on by the other events.

Rest in peace, American democracy. 248 years was a good run, I guess. To the rest of the civilized world, I am so sorry.

Today is one of the hardest days of my entire life! I'm completely heartbroken and shattered that my wife and I had to put this precious kitty, Bess, to sleep this morning!

Bess came into my life when she was only 8 weeks old, and she would have turned 17 years old this coming September.

Bess has been a huge part of my life, has given me numerous upon numerous memories during those nearly 17 years.

Bess was hands down the sweetest, most loving, most caring, yet totally different cat than any other I've ever owned.

Bess had her own little personality like no other cat I've ever had, and I've had a LOT of cats over the years.

When she was very young and up until about 2 - 2 1/2 years ago, she was a very large kitty, weight wise. She once weighed in at almost 23 pounds. Over the last 2 - 3 years she lost a lot of weight, and in fact, she was down to 7.6 pounds this morning when we took her to the vet due to the swelling in her leg and in her throat.

I'm going to miss Bess more than anything. I'm going to miss seeing her sleeping most anywhere and everywhere. I'm going to miss her getting in a box the moment we sit it on the floor. I'm going to miss her begging for food in the kitchen, or as she likely thought she was doing, helping us cook while in the kitchen.

I'm going to miss her little "meeps", as she didn't have much of a voice due to the person who owned her when she was born, her boyfriend stepped on her throat trying to kill her and crushed her vocal chords. But she did have a little meow and a little "meep" as Bianca and I called it, and when she meeped, she got whatever it was she wanted at the time.

I'm going to miss giving her "bathtub time", as she loved to get in the bathtub, have us turn the water on for a second so she could then drink the water from the bathtub.

I'm going to miss her, totally and completely! I just hope she felt like she was given a great life and I hope she has no complaints.

She's now off to join her brother Porgie, who passed away in June 2022, and of course Pops who passed away in July of 2021. She was certainly a huge part of Pops' life as well for her first 12 - 13 years of her life. Pops loved her so much and would be heartbroken to know she's no longer with us.

Bess was having swelling in her left leg the last couple of weeks, was breathing heavier than normal over the last few months and had been diagnosed with stage 2 kidney disease back in November 2023. She wasn't in the greatest of health, but she lived a full life!

I love you Bess, Bessie Lou, Ms. Lou, Ms. Lou Poo, Bessie Lou Poo, and the likely hundreds of other names we called you throughout the years. I'm going to miss you more than you can ever imagine!

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I dedicate this special video to Snow White "Snowy" the Meerkat, who passed away on 31st October. As a meerkat enthusiast who spent years dreaming of meeting her in-person before finally being able to last year, the news of her death was heartbreaking. I'm forever grateful for the time I managed to spend with her, and to all the zoo staff and volunteers at ​⁠ for ensuring Snowy's life was as long and happy as possible. May she Rest In Peace 🤍

🔗youtu.be/aCa1tjfByLE