[kj] OT: Elliott Smith Dead

Mark Kolmar gathering@misera.net
Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:38:43 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)


Fuck... As if I didn't get a serious chill from "Needle in the Hay"
before.... and that scene in _The Royal Tenenbaums_.

--Mark

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Alex Smith wrote:

> 
> 
> Not sure if anyone on this would be bothered much by this, but it seems that
> singer/songwriter Elliott Smith just committed suicide by stabbing himself
> in the stomach (how Japanese of him!). I was indeed a fan (ex-lead singer of
> the band, Heatmeiser, most renowned for his songs in the films "Good Will
> Hunting" and "the Royal Tenenbaums"), but I can't stand to see him reduced
> to yet another dopey rock cliche.
> 
> Still, very sad.
> 
> Alex in NYC
>