Red Mosquito

Though it irritated me to initially see so many 'not surprised' posts, I have to admit that I've been mentally preparing myself for this for several months now. After learning about his horrific bout with COVID through his book, I think he reached a point that no one could come back from physically (and probably mentally). I'm assuming his death is (hopefully) just related to declining health issues from this bout and nothing more. Hopefully he died at peace after living life representative of the polar opposite. His body of work is largely unmatched IMO, one of the most prolific artists ever, and a distinct authentic voice we'll never hear again. Hard for me to admit that it's not surprising news, but no less devastating and heart breaking. He was, without a doubt, my favorite musical artist above all the others that emerged from this era. This one stings and will for a long while.

https://www.spin.com/2022/02/mark-laneg ... y-tribute/

Mark Lanegan Remembered: Peter Hook, Garbage, Greg? Dulli, Moby And More Pay Tribute

Just arriving home and A Suite for Dying Love came up and will be playing when I start the car tomorrow.

This one definitely hurts. I sincerely hope it was not a painful shuffle off. I am fairly thankful that he did put some longer pieces of writing out in the last few years.

this song always gets me

Wondering If we'll hear something from the pearl Jam members and isobel

Matt Cameron posted on Instagram about it

Playing Field Songs here

psychobain wrote:Playing Field Songs here

I added that one to my library.

"In the particularly brutal eastern Washington winter of 1980-81, I was in a serious state of what I know now as clinical depression. I was working at a job cutting the exposed roots off trees in an apple orchard, work that required a 50 mile drive both ways to be alone all day on my hands and knees in the snow using a tool much like bolt cutters to dig under the snow, toil to cut through the thick, heavy roots, move on to the next tree and repeat."

"I had recently quit drinking and drugging, been left by my girlfriend for her boss at a pizza place and spent a large portion of my day driving to and from work, chain-smoking and brooding the entire way. At some point I came across a cassette of Closer (Joy Division), put it in my car's cassette player and it immediately got stuck there.

"Unable to eject it, I spent the entire winter listening to nothing else. Its icy tones and poetically personal lyrics of pain and alienation seemed to mirror my own story. I suddenly felt like there was someone out there who felt like me – and Ian Curtis's voice, Peter Hook's bass lines and Bernard Sumner's guitar became the soundtrack to my life.

"If any record ever truly saved me, it was this one. Still today one of the greatest records ever made and still my companion on a regular basis."

The thing that stands out most about his book from the first three chapters I read was that he loved the key of F. When he discovered F on a chord on a guitar, It changed his world

psychobain wrote:"In the particularly brutal eastern Washington winter of 1980-81, I was in a serious state of what I know now as clinical depression. I was working at a job cutting the exposed roots off trees in an apple orchard, work that required a 50 mile drive both ways to be alone all day on my hands and knees in the snow using a tool much like bolt cutters to dig under the snow, toil to cut through the thick, heavy roots, move on to the next tree and repeat."

"I had recently quit drinking and drugging, been left by my girlfriend for her boss at a pizza place and spent a large portion of my day driving to and from work, chain-smoking and brooding the entire way. At some point I came across a cassette of Closer (Joy Division), put it in my car's cassette player and it immediately got stuck there.

"Unable to eject it, I spent the entire winter listening to nothing else. Its icy tones and poetically personal lyrics of pain and alienation seemed to mirror my own story. I suddenly felt like there was someone out there who felt like me – and Ian Curtis's voice, Peter Hook's bass lines and Bernard Sumner's guitar became the soundtrack to my life.

"If any record ever truly saved me, it was this one. Still today one of the greatest records ever made and still my companion on a regular basis."

Dude that's awesome

Farmer John wrote:this song always gets me

Me too so much

Leave it to Mark to die on 2/22/22

already spinned Field Songs, Bubblegum and Here Comes the Weird Chill

wish you well is maybe my favorite mark song

Im not sure i have a favorite. I have been listening a lot to the Trees lately, mainly because i read his book. But i think i love pretty much everything he was involved.

Spinning black pudding this morning. Perfect album on a cold dark snowy morning.

His work with Duke Garwood was fantastic.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... e-1311481/

Eddie Vedder Honors ‘One of a Kind Singer’ Mark Lanegan at Seattle Concert

Strat wrote:Spinning black pudding this morning. Perfect album on a cold dark snowy morning.

His work with Duke Garwood was fantastic.

Love Mescalito and With Animals