Hi everyone,

There will be a memorial service for John D. Sade this Sunday at 9 pm at Byte. It will be
held on the rooftop patio of the Delancey Lounge (168 Delancey Street--at the foot of the
Williamburg Bridge, NYC).
http://www.BYTE-NYC.com
Please come out and pay your respects to the man who touched so many and constantly helped our scene (throwing Sin City in NYC and San Francisco, starting up Gomorrah, booking industrial bands like Slick Idiot at
The Bank, working with Neville at the Batcave, throwing parties at Pyramid, assisting Xris
Flam with SMack during fetish marathon week, starting up The San Francisco Marathon week,
giving all his friends like D'Drennan their first live performance gigs, pushing all the local photographers' works internationally, BEING A GREAT FRIEND to all, etc. etc.
etc.). Like I said in a previous post, there is not enough words to praise this guy properly and he will be deeply missed. Hope to see you Sunday!

Sincerely,

Die J! Mars


John D. 1969-2006 R.I.P.
http://www.SMack-Fetish.com/john-d.html

This is a hard one for me to write...

Our very own Adam Goldstone fell, hit his head and went into some sort of seizure and died yesterday.

He was at Burning Man, something he had been looking forward to all year.

I can't write any more right now.

I have started a separate topic about Adam as I think many will be looking for him here.. I'll try to move your posts but if the software doesnt cooperate please repost in there..

Adam Goldstone Topic

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Voguing / Ball House legend Willie Ninja died today.

We have started a separate topic with the posts originally done here.

Its also in The Versailles Room, here

Willi Ninja: Long Live The Queen

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STEVE IRWIN - the crocodile hunter -
My son was rather shocked by the tragic death of the fave kids tv animal conservationist Steve Irvin, whom I believe really and truly loved animals and had a real passion to teach that to the kids.
My kid thought for a moment and said, "But mum it's good cos we have lots of recordings of him so we can remember him" He then pauses for a moment and said " Do you have any recordings of your friend who just died (Adam Goldstone) so you can remember him too??" and it made me really smile
"Yes!... yes i do... he made mummy loads of great CDs and actually recorded his own stuff to. So yes you are right it's not so sad after all as they left us so much"
Right on! Out of the mouth of babes!

This from Pops Steiner:

I'm sad to report that legendary performer Craig Vandenburg passed away from liver cancer last night. Craig did his hilarious, boozy, washed up lounge singer schtick at every downtown club, often appearing with John Sex as his show biz father. In fact, there is a video of John and Craig at the Pyramid by Nelson Sullivan on the Funtone website.
John Sex Videos at Funtone

He was known as The Adonis From Paramis. John made it crystal clear that Craig was an essential inspiration. I worked sound the (only?) night that Craig did a solo at Pyramid. The build up was terrific, largely because of John. And CV was amazing, walking several tightropes at once, so good at being so-bad-it's-good, yet if you watched closely, incredibly well-grounded in showbiz-ship. I have thought of this night many times over the years and talked of it.

Sad.

Do we know more--how old? Was he living okay in recent years?

Such a show boat!
We all learned a bit from him.
I know I did.

I am saddened about Craig, a showbiz genius, who I knew and adored. He left some mighty big and sparkling footprints as his legacy.

I am also saddened by this report:

Local Activist/Reporter/Filmmaker Killed In Oaxaca, Mexico

Bradley Will,36, died on October 27th, after being shot in the chest by government forces in Ciudad Oaxaca while covering the uprising as an independent journalist.

As of this writing, the Oaxaca rebellion threatens to escalate and spread to other Mexican states.

Some of the East Village denizens on these boards may remember him for his involvement in the famous Fifth Street Squat Rebellion in the late 90's which ultimately secured eleven buildings neglected by the City for their sweat equity tenants. He was also a member of the More Gardens group which helped save many of the vestpocket gardens in Alphabet City. Will was not only a local activist, but also had a deep-seated interest in Latin American political situation. He truly lived-- and died-- for what he believed in, and I tip my hat to him.

It was sad I thought that Robert Altman died, thought he was quite an interesting director and character. I particularly loved The Player which came out in the year that I was in a career that sent me out to LA each month to pitch the studio heads... i HATED IT and that movie really resonated on how stupid and fake it all was!
Another RIP VIP this wk was the wonderful Perry Henzell, a man I had met in Jamaica a number of times - a real bright iconoclast. Director of the legendary cult classic The Harder They Come (a movie that put Jimmy Cliff on the map). Perry was 70, died of cancer in his Jamaican home, on the eve of his showing his latest film at a Toronto Film Festival. 'Nuff Respect mi lion!
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061201/ent/ent2.html

The uprising that Bradly Will got caught in in Oaxaca has been very little covered in any press in the States. It is a classic Mexican event pitting the local population against the city, state and federal government that has no real interest in the local citizens. It has been a struggle lasting over 70 years at this point. The recent violence has been some of the worst, on the largest scale in quite a while, and pervades the whole city. Occasionally you may hear something about it on WBAI but practically no where else.

From Indymedia.com:

Oaxaca is a contentious state, with conflicts in towns, on public and communal lands. Assassinations each year number between 20 and 30. The state has 570 municipalities, but in 2004, 750 cases of agrarian conflict.

Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO)-the state governor who is reputed to have won election via illegal means- has united the people of Oaxaca – in opposition to him, and to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI, in its Spanish initials), which has maintained a strangle-hold on Oaxaca for more than seventy years, maintaining caciquismo (the power of local political bosses) and aggravating the agrarian conflicts to divide the people. Selling their votes to the PRI is how towns obtain what should be rightfully theirs, including schools and educational supplies.

The uprising has drawn together a wide and loose coalition of students, teachers unions, workers organizations, anarchists and a large contingent of disenfranchized youths. They face special federal riot police, federal troops and right wing paramilitary private armed bands financed by the state governor. The recent violence is citywide and very deadly.

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I really wonder how much Will knew about the depth and degree of violence he was walking in to.

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To the Giant JAMES BROWN, who died this morning in Atlanta, a burst of perfect horns and a huge cloak of satin as you make your way home.

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And I feel nice, like sugar 'n spice...

Living in America..I FEEL GOOD!
Remember that techno track "James Brown Is Dead?" Would it be appropriate to play it now, or is it ignoble of me to do so?
And remember Weird Al's version of "LIA"--'Livin' with A Hernia"--I FEEL BAD!

Sort of feel it should be a motherboards night out in NYC going to visit The Hardest Working Man in Showbiz in state at the Apollo.

James Brown is actually lying in state at the Apollo Theatre?
That is gorgeous.
You guys oughta go!!!

Once I almost tripped over him in midtown getting into a limo, he gave me a grin... he was just plain magnificent.

btw Gerald Ford also just died.
Anyone care?

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Hapi, time to break out that old Betty Ford wig again. Me, I am stopping by Lacey's for the Marilyn Quayle hair!

BTW.....i found it rather random and odd that Rachel Weisz the actress went with her kid to see James Brown lying in state! Anyone figure that one out.

Ford's funeral wasn't broadcasted on FOX News (shocker! gasp, NEXT!) Talk about conservative bias. Oh and two people have tried to assassinate Ford, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore just to refresh your memories! Apparently he wasn't a good target!

Anna dies, Britney breaks down, I am in love, the world goes on...