RIP Adam Nodelman

My condolences, Dan -- sounds like he was a hell of guy (and that's an amazing set of groups to have played in!).

yeah, that's one hell of a resume. I probably heard him at some point, even if I didn't know it.

RIP

^^^

Really sorry to hear this. :-\

Jeeze, that's a bummer. RIP Adam.

he was a presence on stage and in real life..he also had a project w phil from sunburned called franklins mint..he played w us a few times and i always appreciated how th real spectres of th 80s goregloomstormfuck bands would well out of him and threaten to overtake th whole crowd,,,i loved him bad.

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great pic of adam and jasper

Bummer. I wrote the liner notes to the recent reissue of Borbetomagus' Live In Allentown, which he played on. He added a lot to their sound.

sumone emailed me via googlesearch and i want o say th email is thebunnybrains at gmail . com for service and memorial info

Thanks for posting the picture of my brother and Jasper. We are in disbelief and so sad.

from industrial .org Adam Nodelman began playing with BORBETOMAGUS at age 18 in 1984.LIVE IN ALLENTOWN(RECENTLY RERELEASED)7 REASONS FOR TEARS,FISH THY SPARKLING BUBBLE feature his bass work.He joined MISSING FOUNDATION IN 1987 and put out MISSING FOUNDATION, 1933-YOURE HOUSE IS MINE ,DEMISE, IGNORE THE WHITE CULTURE.after a short stint with MOTHERHEAD BUG with DAVID OUIMET, he joined the west coast band CRASH WORSHIP in 1996-97.In 2005 Nodelman joined SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN and is currently active with SBHOTM.

I've seen Borbetomagus live in 1994(?) at Jabberjaw in L.A.

Cheers, Adam. r.i.p.

oh Adam.

I remember walking around tompkins square park with you while crash worship was in NYC. you were trying to convince me to fire the girl we had with us playing keyboards at the time and we wound up doing just that. you had sounds and skills and an unbelievable history: motherhead bug, missing foundation (our east coast rivals!), and of course borbetomagus (i bought seven reason for tears when i was a kid after reading the liner notes and would just listen, watching the record spin, dreaming of new york city and the pyramid club). we toured europe in a bus entirely too small for all our egos, schizophrenias and rage and sometimes you managed to diffuse the ugliest of battles, calm the most irate border guards, charm the loveliest ladies. the last time i saw you, you apologized to me for things that happened so long ago. that meant so much to me because you didn't have to. it's not like we ever really saw each other more than once every few years. but i was really touched because i could tell that you really meant it and that you were in such a better place than all those years before. lovely family and happiness in the woods. thanks for sharing life and spending time and taking time. a true evolver. you will be missed and my heart goes out to your family and all the friends that got to spend time with you and your musicality.

all LOVE.

at the sonic youth show in brooklyn last night thurston dedicated silver rocket to the spirit of adam nodelman

Does anyone know the cause of death?

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A Stone for Adam Nodelman
Florence VFW - 18 Meadow Street (route 9), Florence, MA
$7 - All Ages
Music starts at 6:30pm SHARP!

No Neck Blues Band (playing very early - not last
Sunburned Hand of the Man
Dredd Foole & the Din (featuring J Mascis, John Moloney & Justin Pizzoferrato)
Fat Worm of Error
Northampton Wools (Bill Nace & Thurston Moore)
Tarp (Joshua Burkett & Conrad Capistran
Noise Nomads
Bunny Brains
Matt Krefting Band
Franklin's Mint
Jow Jow
maybe one more act if they can make it

the band order hasn't been set yet but No Neck and Northampton Wools are on early so come early to have your head checked.
This is a benefit show for Adam's family so any donations beyond the entry fee will be beautiful.

please pass this around to anyone / post this to your site, and feel free to email e with any questions.

thanks

John Moloney
Yod

from the 1999 ny times.." NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: LOWER EAST SIDE; We'll Stay, Squatters Insist

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By COLIN MOYNIHAN
Published: April 4, 1999

Nearly seven years ago, a small group of squatters occupied an abandoned and decrepit six-story brick building at 713 East Ninth Street, between Avenues C and D. As their numbers swelled to 40 to 60, they built dozens of apartments, repaired the roof and connected the building to utility lines.

But in early March the squatters, known locally as Dos Blocos, or Two Blocks, for their tendency to stay within a small neighborhood area, were told to leave by April 1. Although last week a housing court judge gave them a stay of eviction until an April 12 hearing, many tenants feel eviction is inevitable.

But some squatters say they will resist. In the last week, they have painted murals on the weathered facade of the building, along with mottoes like ''Liberty Under Siege'' and ''Housing Is a Human Right.''

East Nine L.L.C., the owner of the building, has sparred with the squatters since buying the structure at a government auction two years ago. A lawyer for the company, Steven Sperber, insists that the eviction is justified.

''They have broken into the building, and they have never paid a penny of rent,'' Mr. Sperber said.

But Colleen McGuire, a lawyer who has represented members of Dos Blocos since 1994, said, ''They made viable housing for homeless people and they should be rewarded.''

Last Wednesday night, the squatters held a ''garden party of defiance'' in the courtyard next to the building. Some two dozen squatters and visitors sat on logs and stone benches in the garden, which was illuminated by tiki torches. The crowd sipped beer and talked, as a man played the flute and a woman tapped out a rhythm on a bongo.

On the third floor of the building, Stacey Lomoe-Smith, 22, and Adam Nodelman, 32, sat in the one-bedroom space they and their dog, Sequoia, have lived in for a year. Mr. Nodelman pointed out the hardwood floors, kitchen and bathroom.

''The walls could use a little work,'' he said, ''but other than that it's just like any other apartment.'' He complained that, although he has a full-time job as a cook and Ms. Lomoe-Smith works as a photographer, they cannot afford the going rate for Manhattan apartments.

''We've gone through the legal process and we'll continue to,'' Mr. Nodelman said, ''but we're also going to use civil disobedience.''

Downstairs, Gerry Wade, who had lived in the building for five years, said: ''Ninth Street is what a lot of squats always pretended to be. We have a sense of family here.''
COLIN MOYNIHAN "

borbetomagus was one of the most insanely hellish and great bands i ever saw live

great video

bump alert to all western massachussetsers
this is gonna be a fun show tonite
come on down if u r within th sound of my voicxe

dnb