Category Archives: Obit

Poets’ Graves

Posted on May 3, 2014 by dhadbawnik

Last weekend, on a visit to Gloucester with Rich Owens and Boyd Nielson, we stopped to visit the grave of Charles Olson. It always feels somewhat macabre and fetishistic to do stuff like this. Yet we also felt compelled to … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Smiths — Elliott, Sonny

Posted on March 4, 2011 by dhadbawnik

Elliott Smith died a little over seven years ago — October 21, 2003. I was on a miserable flight home from Germany when I found out. The flight was miserable because I’d been deathly ill for the last week of … Continue reading →

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Dirty Dancing

Posted on December 6, 2009 by dhadbawnik

What if Jim Stark, James Dean‘s character from Rebel Without a Cause, left home after the end of the movie, learned some sick dance moves, and became an instructor in a string of cheesy resorts in the Catskills? That’s essentially … Continue reading →

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Eulogy for a Team

Posted on June 13, 2009 by dhadbawnik

Last night, my beloved Red Wings lost game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to that team from Pittsburgh. I responded by getting horribly drunk with my friend and fellow Michigander Mike Sikkema, who, to make matters worse, will be … Continue reading →

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RIP Miriam Makeba, 1932-2008

Posted on November 10, 2008 by dhadbawnik

South African jazz-folk singer Miriam Makeba died after collapsing on stage in Italy. A sad loss, especially at this moment when an African son has won the White House. My knowledge of Makeba and her music is slight. Somehow she … Continue reading →

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