Wesley Willis R.I.P.

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''ned i post to lots of threads besides the few where i argue with ppl, you dont read them because theyre about rap. i like ilm still, even now, because of ppl like dk and jess and blount and minna and sean g, but all those threads are usually five posts and then die.''

I know what you mean trife: same with my improv threads (though there are rather less ppl that listen to improv than hip-hop) and sometimes you just surf the other threads and all of a sudden you're all in the middle of a heated arg abt something you are not as much into.

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 25 August 2003 09:17 (twenty years ago) link

I just hope that after Warren Zevon meets his maker, his obituary thread doesn't devolve into a series of random, vinctictive holy wars over flamewar-inducing abstractions.
Remember: When you start a pissing contest in a tightly closed forum, you end up with a thread that smells like a porto-potty and ILxors damp with someone elses rank body fluids.

Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 25 August 2003 16:50 (twenty years ago) link

haha this thread reads like a primer on the stereotypes of each ILMer, right down to the Gareth "everyone is ok" love post.

And also right down to the "Ally in adding nothing" shockah.

Wesley RIP, I must say I think there are enough other threads that didn't go cobblers on Wesley Willis--why did this one go so bad?

Ally-zay (mlescaut), Monday, 25 August 2003 18:48 (twenty years ago) link

Ally's right you know. maybe this thread should be in the faq

electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 25 August 2003 21:52 (twenty years ago) link

I just read this thread because I didn't know Wesley Willis had passed away. Finding out he was gone made me sad, but reading this thread has made me even sadder.

I love Wesley Willis. He was an entertaining and creative individual who deserved a lot more peace in his lifetime than he got. He was a beautiful soul. Thanks for making me smile, man.

The Man they call Dan (The Man they call Dan), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 01:59 (twenty years ago) link

Did anyone notice that one of today's Yahoo headlines is: "Chicago Musician Wesley Willis Dead at 40"? I had no idea that he was so well-known.

Link...

phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 02:21 (twenty years ago) link

one year passes...
Revive the thread and revive Willis!
God bless Wesley.

Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 4 October 2004 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link

Jello can be a real boring mofo, but his ode to Wesley up there is quite moving.

Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 4 October 2004 23:51 (nineteen years ago) link

man, i forgot how toxic this thread turned out. :(

REFICUL!, Monday, 4 October 2004 23:52 (nineteen years ago) link

Wow, the entire thread is this bizarre clusterfuck, though.

Heh, x-post.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 4 October 2004 23:54 (nineteen years ago) link

This thread is an amazing display of something.

why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 00:01 (nineteen years ago) link

It is a sad day when Mike Taylor of all people is the voice of reason on an ilm thread...

Disco Nihilist (mjt), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 03:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Just went back and READ the thread.
I'm a doofus for reviving this.

Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 04:58 (nineteen years ago) link

OK, Wesley Wills.

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.

mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 10:23 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...
Sad. My friend Dan made a documentary about WW & I think they became buds, I imagine he'll be feeling pretty low today...

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.

James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 8 January 2005 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link

I want to see that!

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 8 January 2005 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link

oh cool james, where'd you see that?

s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 8 January 2005 18:26 (nineteen years ago) link

six months pass...
this thread is an ilm low-point

fuck you strongo, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link

good idea to revive it then

s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 01:25 (eighteen years ago) link

you all should be reminded how repugnant you are

moralist, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 01:34 (eighteen years ago) link

who are you?

s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 01:44 (eighteen years ago) link

anonymous troll #565 (it's bato)

wesley willis fan #4863, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 01:50 (eighteen years ago) link

thanks for stopping by!

s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 01:52 (eighteen years ago) link

this is all my fault

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 04:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Holy crap, I got...emotional, that day.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Julio is maybe my favourite person ever to post to ILX.

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link

http://s11.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0HKT1WPALMC8G3VGRW3FTHL4E0

= my living room at 4am the other night.

dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link

julio used to insult me from time to time

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link

He is really nice in real life, it's just that the internet does this to us all.

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link

i was a magnet for insults for a brief moment, then it seemed to die away for reasons i still don't understand.

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link

He is really nice in real life, it's just that the internet does this to us all.

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

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link

People underestimated you.

xp

Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link

strangely, i listened to heavy vegetable's "song for wesley" on my way out the door today.
RIP

-- 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.

gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link

have you purposely named two of my least -favorite acts of the last 10 years?

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link

racist.

gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 22:11 (eighteen years ago) link

cave dwellers!

Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link

six months pass...
god there's some really fucking stupid people here

discus, Saturday, 21 January 2006 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link

four years pass...

thinking 'baout wesley willis today, miss <3

buzza, Saturday, 20 November 2010 04:06 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Mark G, Saturday, 20 November 2010 09:34 (thirteen years ago) link

I WHUP BAMANS ASS

jumpskins, Saturday, 20 November 2010 09:43 (thirteen years ago) link

nine months pass...

Amazing thread.

James Ferraro Boyz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link

Amazing thread.

James Ferraro Boyz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link

KISS A WARTHOG'S FUNKY ASSHOLE

Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link

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

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link


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