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Alex Chilton RIP

Unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack at age 59, in the influential rock cult-hero's adopted hometown of New Orleans. The Memphis-bred singer/guitarist/songwriter, teenage leader of pop hitmakers the Box Tops in the late 60's and underground-legend "power pop/alternative" progenitors Big Star in the early 70's prior to his sporadic solo career, was to have played with the revamped Big Star lineup at SXSW in Austin this Saturday.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/17/memphis-musician-alex-chilton-dies/
zaikesman

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martykl
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wow. sad and unexpected
an inspiration to so many.
he'll be missed

marty
martykl
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Zaikesman,

Go slow with that discard pile. It could be a phase. I've walked away from that genre for years at a time - for much the same reason that you cite - but, eventually, I do come back. These songs offer a different kind of reward.

Smithereens, Bill LLoyd (in particular!), and The dbs may feel too polished and cold to you today, but they are wonderful records on their own terms. (Probably what you found appealling about them in the first place.) And one day, you may again be willing to take them on those terms. If you do decide to lose 'em, find them a good home. There is a(n admittedly different) kind of treasure there.

Marty
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