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| From | Jason Dunn <jasonhalogen@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: letting the musicians die |
| Date | Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:53:26 -0400 |
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Sam - there is someone you should speak to immediately - my friend Casey
Rea-Hunter, a former bandmate of mine who lives in Washington DC, blogs as
The Contrarian, and is deeply involved with this issue.
http://www.thecontrarianmedia.com/
casey.contrarian@gmail.com
Best of luck, tell him I sent you. I'm sure he'll be thrilled to talk about
his passion.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Sam Smith <docsammy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Starchild is dead. Alex Chilton is dead. It seems that in both cases the
> inability to afford insurance may have been a contributing factor.
>
> I'm working on a blog about this and wondered if there are other cases
> people know of where our healthcare system contributed to the death of a
> musician. Yeah, it's going to be a tad political, but it's going to more
> about a society that has forsaken its art, its music, its very soul. So not
> so shrill, one hopes.
>
> Any ideas are appreciated. Feel free to contact me off-list if you like.
> --
>
> __________
>
> Sam Smith
>
> » RazzberrySync Mobile, Inc. : Principal
> » Lullaby Pit : Editor
> » Scholars & Rogues
> : Editor
> voice 303.229.0619 /m
> usps 1864 Penn #2535 Denver CO 80203
>
> /"...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the lights
> shining sideways when the night is down, or going in strange places with a
> dog nosing before you and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to the cities where
> you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the
> ditch, and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing from your
> heart."/
>
> / - John Millington Synge/
>
>
> --
>
> ________________
>
> Sam Smith
>
> voice 303.229.0619 /m
> web http://LullabyPit.com
> http://ScholarsAndRogues.com
> usps 1864 Penn #2535
> Denver CO 80203
>
> /You may have success in life, but then just think of it - what kind of
> life was it? What good was it - you've never done the thing you wanted to do
> in all your life. I always tell my students, go where your body and soul
> want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don't let
> anyone throw you off. /
>
> /- Joseph Campbell/
>
>
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