Devastated to learn the news of musician Mark Linkous taking his own life yesterday. It truly is a tragedy.
His music was very influential on my own from hearing his first album vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot which I immediately ran out and bought after hearing his collaboration with Radiohead for the cover of the Pink Floyd song "Wish You Were Here" which blew me away at the time (sometime in the mid to late nineties) and I have been an avid fan/follower since.
I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band Sparklehorse perform on numerous occasions down through the years and always had a goosebump moment at least once at every show.
The last time I saw him was when he was part of the Daniel Johnston & Friends line up last year and I did remark that he seemed to have lost a lot of weight and looked unwell. Having attempted suicide in the past one would be trepidatious that a person would ever actually fully recover from such a trauma.
I'm saddened to learn that he hadn't.
Seeing as this is a film related blog, I am compelled to mention his collaboration with the legend that is David Lynch, Dark Night of The Soul has won it legal battle and due for release soon.
(You can stream the album here)
What more can I say, rest in peace Mark, there's a heaven and there's a star for you.
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I concur.
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