Wesley Willis R.I.P.

bummer man. bummer. we be sure to suck a llama's dick tonight...
m.

RIP

(for the record, I don't think a RIP thread is a very good place to have a critical discussion, pro or anti)

Godspeed Wes.

oh fuck it, you're an adult, why can't you figure it out as to why that's a bad idea?

"thanks, mom."

they're clearing not headed toward each other, and the one on the left isn't showing its brake lights, so I don't think you have to worry.

Wesley's eye for the Pynchonesque messages encoded in CTA timetables is what got me over the lump he left on my forehead. Whenever I'm gripped by the chill that accompanies seeing a bus pulled up on every side of a 4-way intersection, I think immediately of the man.

RIP.

how many guys died today who didn't make music? why aren't we discussing them? on i love music?

x-posts galore

Wesley Willis R.I.P.

http://www.alternativetentacles.com/news.php?sd=U44fjr6Wacz8tU5CycQ#165

08/22/03: Rock Star Wesley Willis Dead at 40

Dear Friends and fellow Wesleynauts,
We are deeply saddened to report that one of our artists, Wesley Willis passed away yesterday, Thursday, August 21st. Wesley will be greatly missed by all that had the privilege to know him, as well as the fans who have been fortunate enough to experience his genius.

Wesley was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) at the end of 2002, and had to undergo emergency surgery on June 2nd to identify the source of, and to suppress internal bleeding. It is not clear if this bleeding was related to his leukemia or not, and the exact cause of death is still unknown. Wesley had been recovering at a Hospice in Illinois, and since the surgery his health had deteriorated rapidly.

His songs were simultaneously disturbing, hilarious, blunt, and intoxicating. Wesley's sheer excitement and unaffected honesty about every cultural phenomenon, defined his music as truly individual, and truly punk rock.

Wesley released well over 50 albums - 3 of which are on Alternative Tentacles, and a 4th, entitled, Wesley Willis Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (CD) had already been scheduled for release in October of this year.

For more information on Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, please visit http://leukemia-lymphoma.org .

Currently there are no plans for any funeral service but we will inform you if there will be.

-- Sam J. (xp75hid0...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:02 AM. (samjeff) (later) (link)

Answers

RIP

-- s1utsky (parrisactava...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:05 AM. (slutsky) (later) (link)

RIP

-- dleone (d_leon...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:06 AM. (dleone) (later) (link)

RIP

-- Ned Raggett (ne...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:07 AM. (Ned) (later) (link)

RIP

-- nickalicious (nza2342...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:09 AM. (nickalicious) (later) (link)

RIP

-- nickalicious (nza2342...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:12 AM. (nickalicious) (later) (link)

RIP

-- Dale the Titled (cpre...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:12 AM. (cprek) (later) (link)

RIP

-- Horace Mann (handsomishbo...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:12 AM. (Horace Mann) (later) (link)

RIP

-- Spinktor the Unmerciful (kentuckysharkwhiske...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:13 AM. (mawill5) (later) (link)

RIP

-- Spinktor the Unmerciful (kentuckysharkwhiske...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:15 AM. (mawill5) (later) (link)

RIP

-- Horace Mann (handsomishbo...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:17 AM. (Horace Mann) (later) (link)

RIP

-- Spinktor the Unmerciful (kentuckysharkwhiske...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2003 8:23 AM. (mawill5) (later) (link)

(x-post.)

Heh, x-post.

I downloaded a couple of tracks, but I wasn't that taken by them. I guess his back story lead me to believe the tracks would be more 'out there' than they were. In this, he reminds me of Roky Erikson, (his later stuff anyway) in that his stuff was always competent and actually lacking a little of the crazyness that a lot of artists try desperately hard to add into their stuff.

But that's the way, isn't it? Some make music to stay sane, and some make music to allow themselves to go a bit crazy.

My feeling is that Wesley Wills got what he wanted out of his music. And it's still a fine world that will allow and help people like him to do that. I have no right to judge him on a couple of tracks, even if his 'story' is that all the songs are 'the same', I actually doubt it very much. Like the Ramones are all the same? Like the Godfathers? (i.e. the songs' choruses being the title repeated four times, except for "Birth School Work Death" which is only twice)

RIP Wesley. We have to see his like again. That's what the world is made of.

I saw this last night and it was amazingly funny, especially the visit to the voo where Wesley wants to buy a book about Reindeer and tells the shop assistant that's it for research for songs about beastiality.

= my living room at 4am the other night.

That's what someone said to me on Sunday who was friends with Blount in GA!

xp

-- gygax! (gygax0...), August 22nd, 2003 1:01 PM. (gygax!)

This is such a good song, even some Apples in Stereo and Moby fans might agree.

thinking 'baout wesley willis today, miss <3

Another post on this thread = more clusterf posts disappear into the "show all messages" bin.

I WHUP BAMANS ASS

Amazing thread.

Amazing thread.

KISS A WARTHOG'S FUNKY ASSHOLE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtgYvUpto4M