If anyone deserves his own thread, this guy does. He loved music. Search: anything on Original Music.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/arts/music/10roberts.html?ref=arts
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 10 December 2009 12:10 (fifteen years ago)
Oh man, RIP. By way of his records he introduced to so much stuff that I might not have heard or that would have been lost to time.
― city worker, Thursday, 10 December 2009 14:13 (fifteen years ago)
I think I have 1 Original Music cassette, Africa Dances, and have been meaning to read his 2 books Latin Tinge and Black Music of 2 Worlds. A pioneer. RIP
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 December 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago)
What? RIP.
― the onimo effect (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:02 (fifteen years ago)
oooof, my world-music hero. lemme dig around and find a link to an awesome radio show on WXYC in chapel hill that two of my friends did last year featuring the recordings and some interviews of john storm roberts. also, ill post a link for my upcoming KUSF show, where i'll run an hourlong tribute to the man.
― 69, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:01 (fifteen years ago)
Aw that sux! RIP. The man was epic. Very generous and sweet. And Original Music was one of the best indie labels of all-time. John, you will be missed. :(
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 10 December 2009 20:52 (fifteen years ago)
Did not know he lived in Kingston. Should have looked him up :(
― the onimo effect (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 December 2009 21:45 (fifteen years ago)
RIP JSR :( I'd love to read some of his writing, and I'm barely familiar with Original Music at all.
― ian, Friday, 11 December 2009 03:19 (fifteen years ago)
big upstate rip..i would find his stuff in tivoli ny all th tyme and was often knocked out,mystified and schooled..sometimes in that order...still cacxhes of th cassettes all over th thrifts sumtymes...sad..bloodclots suck
― danbunny, Friday, 11 December 2009 04:00 (fifteen years ago)
Really sharp Perfect Sound Forever interview back in 1997 here:
http://www.furious.com/perfect/roberts.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 December 2009 04:16 (fifteen years ago)
It's hard to answer that unless you want to give me a commission to write a book.
This comes back to the nonsense about music as the universal language. They don't speak the language and they don't want to.
― the onimo effect (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago)
Hasn't Mississippi Records bootlegged many of his releases with no credits?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 11 December 2009 15:35 (fifteen years ago)
http://members.boardhost.com/hands_up/msg/1260461366.html
― curmudgeon, Friday, 11 December 2009 15:36 (fifteen years ago)
RIP awesome man. i guess the folks at mississippi will be ripping off one of his compilations in his honor.
― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Saturday, 12 December 2009 01:52 (fifteen years ago)
There is actually a note on the two JSR-based comps they released that says something like "Eternal thanks & gratitude to John Storm Roberts."
― ian, Saturday, 12 December 2009 02:11 (fifteen years ago)
but anyway, we don't need another thread about that.
I wonder if that other Ned, Ned Sublette, has paid his respects yet?
― ilxor found in mail sack (5) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 12 December 2009 14:59 (fifteen years ago)
I'm on Sublette's e-mail list and I don't recall him saying anything yet.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 13 December 2009 15:49 (fifteen years ago)