Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Thank You Jerry
So there is no confusion:
Last night Jerry Fuchs, our friend and our drum hero, passed away. Jerry accidentally fell from a freight elevator in Williamsburg Brooklyn and was not able to survive the intense trauma caused by the fall. Nick and I entered the building about the time the fall occurred. We found him in the elevator shaft. We held him and talked to him and went with him to Bellevue Hospital. Heartbreakingly, the doctors were unable to resuscitate him. He was pronounced dead at 3:33 am.
My last text message exchange with Jerry went like this:
Me: Gerard, will you be coming alone tonight or do you need a +1?
Jerry: I will b coming with my friend J tonight. Let me know if that's a problem. Seriously.
Me: Not a problem!
Jerry: Dude, I know ur list is tight. Let me know if you can't swing it and i will just buy a ticket at the door.
Me: Its fine! We got it
Jerry: Thanks dawg.
minutes later....
Jerry: Thank u, thank u, thank u.
This exchange was typical of Jerry: Always apologizing unnecessarily, endlessly thanking me for no apparent reason, relentlessly polite in a world in which manners have largely been replaced by irony and sarcasm. Of course you wouldn't assume any of this from watching him play drums.... He was terrifying. A machine. A beast. Uncivilized. Rude. A savant. When he got MIDI IN and MIDI OUT tattooed on his forearms I wasn't surprised in the least. In fact, I remember thinking, "Oh, so there they are!" - - as if Jerry had finally revealed the secret to his precision and syncopation.
Jerry was the star of every band he played with and will be painfully missed by those bands and a vast network of friends, family, and of course, musicians and music lovers, worldwide. My deepest sympathies go out to his family in Georgia.
Jerry: Thank you, thank you, thank you...
Always,
Alex
Last night Jerry Fuchs, our friend and our drum hero, passed away. Jerry accidentally fell from a freight elevator in Williamsburg Brooklyn and was not able to survive the intense trauma caused by the fall. Nick and I entered the building about the time the fall occurred. We found him in the elevator shaft. We held him and talked to him and went with him to Bellevue Hospital. Heartbreakingly, the doctors were unable to resuscitate him. He was pronounced dead at 3:33 am.
My last text message exchange with Jerry went like this:
Me: Gerard, will you be coming alone tonight or do you need a +1?
Jerry: I will b coming with my friend J tonight. Let me know if that's a problem. Seriously.
Me: Not a problem!
Jerry: Dude, I know ur list is tight. Let me know if you can't swing it and i will just buy a ticket at the door.
Me: Its fine! We got it
Jerry: Thanks dawg.
minutes later....
Jerry: Thank u, thank u, thank u.
This exchange was typical of Jerry: Always apologizing unnecessarily, endlessly thanking me for no apparent reason, relentlessly polite in a world in which manners have largely been replaced by irony and sarcasm. Of course you wouldn't assume any of this from watching him play drums.... He was terrifying. A machine. A beast. Uncivilized. Rude. A savant. When he got MIDI IN and MIDI OUT tattooed on his forearms I wasn't surprised in the least. In fact, I remember thinking, "Oh, so there they are!" - - as if Jerry had finally revealed the secret to his precision and syncopation.
Jerry was the star of every band he played with and will be painfully missed by those bands and a vast network of friends, family, and of course, musicians and music lovers, worldwide. My deepest sympathies go out to his family in Georgia.
Jerry: Thank you, thank you, thank you...
Always,
Alex
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
HOLY GHOST! vs. KAVINSKY
Oh, my bad. It's some dude named KANDINSKY.
This Friday @ The Guggenheim
Doors open at 9 pm, and event lasts until 1 am
$25, free for Guggenheim members
Cash only at the door, cash bar
5th Ave at 89th St, New York City
This Friday @ The Guggenheim
Doors open at 9 pm, and event lasts until 1 am
$25, free for Guggenheim members
Cash only at the door, cash bar
5th Ave at 89th St, New York City
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
FROM THE ARCHIVES vol. 1
Automato, LCD Soundsystem & 2 Many DJs @ Barrowlands. Glasgow, April 3rd, 2004.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
DROP THE LIME v. CLASSIXX v. LIVE FISH...
...in China. Apparently it's delicious, but Alex and I are getting a little nervous about our upcoming trip.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
MORE HG! ON THE MTV2
We will be hosting Subterranean on MTV2 tomorrow night/monday morning at 2AM. If you can't be bothered to stay up that late on a school night, here are some clips.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
POLAROIDS
Many years ago my sister gave me her Polaroid One Step camera and I decided I would use it to take at least one picture every day for a year. I'm not a photographer by any stretch of the imagination, but I am a sap, and I like to have pictures of my friends and in the days before good digital cameras it seemed like a easy, fun, talent-proof way to document boring, everyday nonsense that only I a few others would care about. In retrospect, I documented a pretty great year - I was in a band I loved with people I loved (and still do), making a record I loved (and now have mixed feelings about), I was in love with an amazing girl, and I met and fell in love with a large lovable family of people known as The DFA. And I have 400+ pictures that document it all.
Since then I have owned two digital cameras that I have hardly used at all. It seems that unless I have a big clunky thing on my shoulder I don't take pictures which is a shame because I've done some shit in the past couple of years that I really wish I had more pictures of. So, the Polaroid is back. It's not convenient, and it's not cheap, but it is fun. So, I will do by best to scan and upload them regularly. Here are some randoms from the past month...Nick
10-03-09 Alex, Nile, Bernard, Tony.
10-07-09 Michael Classixx.
10-08-09 Poop 'Bot at Santo's.
10-09-09 Bros! HG!, Classixx, Fixed.
10-11-09 Matt's birthday. Nando & DJ.
10-11-09 The birthday boy & Andrew.
10-13-09. Dave P, The Mayor or Philly.
10-14-09 Tyler, Mike & Guy. Lampin' in Bushwick.
10-16-09 Austin's best party promoter, Ian Orth, at Austin's best party, Learning Secrets.
10-16-09 Austin's biggest trouble makers, Le & Thomas
10-19-09 Justine's Birthday. Mike blowing bubbles.
10-19-09 James & Nando.
10-19-09 The birthday girl.
10-19-09 James & Vito
10-21-09 2" Studer @ Gigantic.
Since then I have owned two digital cameras that I have hardly used at all. It seems that unless I have a big clunky thing on my shoulder I don't take pictures which is a shame because I've done some shit in the past couple of years that I really wish I had more pictures of. So, the Polaroid is back. It's not convenient, and it's not cheap, but it is fun. So, I will do by best to scan and upload them regularly. Here are some randoms from the past month...Nick
10-03-09 Alex, Nile, Bernard, Tony.
10-07-09 Michael Classixx.
10-08-09 Poop 'Bot at Santo's.
10-09-09 Bros! HG!, Classixx, Fixed.
10-11-09 Matt's birthday. Nando & DJ.
10-11-09 The birthday boy & Andrew.
10-13-09. Dave P, The Mayor or Philly.
10-14-09 Tyler, Mike & Guy. Lampin' in Bushwick.
10-16-09 Austin's best party promoter, Ian Orth, at Austin's best party, Learning Secrets.
10-16-09 Austin's biggest trouble makers, Le & Thomas
10-19-09 Justine's Birthday. Mike blowing bubbles.
10-19-09 James & Nando.
10-19-09 The birthday girl.
10-19-09 James & Vito
10-21-09 2" Studer @ Gigantic.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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