Touching tribute to Fuchs on LCD Soundsystem's Facebook page: "we're all totally stunned and shocked here. we lost a dear friend sunday morning, and we're devastated. jerry, drummer for turing machine, the juan maclean, !!!, maserati and 10,000 other lucky bands also played drums with LCD for some of the first LP tour, but that doesn't matter. jerry was more a great friend than... anything, and that includes how truly incredible of a drummer he was. we miss him horribly." #obits
I don't understand Gawker's hipster hatred. Before I ever saw it, I thought the snarky, ironic air of many the posts meant their authors were hipsters, but apparently that was just a lot of virtual, resentful, and vicarious fun at the expense of those having it for real. Way to go, moms and dads. #obits
@rotation360: It's a fine line. This is why so many around here have concerns regarding the use of the "And now s/he's dead" tag. Who deserves respect and who deserves ridicule?
But to be honest this is a lot tamer than usual. #obits
@rotation360: I agree that death isn't (generally) funny, but the gushing "tributes" that pop up everywhere else are so awful. The false reverence/sadness for famous people that most readers don't know personally is more of a mockery than this post, or than the "And now he's dead" tag, IMO.
Also I think the last two lines of this post are quite touching.
@scroll_lock: This bums me out even more than your crass statements down-thread. Don't worry, friend, Death, that kind maiden, will come after you one day too. Let's hope you don't achieve any measure of notoriety in the interim so random heartless a-holes on the Internet would be compelled to crack lame jokes at your funeral and feel self-congratulatory about it.
@snugbug: Oh, please. Could you take yourself anymore seriously, Self-Appointed Voice Of Doom and Chastisement? Sorry to threaten your territory in the lame jokes department. #obits
@scroll_lock: I never denied you're great with zingers. It's your specialty, and mazel tov + amen. I don't even aspire to match you there, you're a wittier bastard than I can ever hope to be. I'm just a chick who speaks her mind here like all of us, and don't aspire to nuthin'. I was just saying the jocular vibe on this thread is distasteful. You guys have been around here long enough to understand that there.are.limits. Even on Gawker. This guy is a civilian who played music and died an unfortunate death too young. That does not make him an acceptable target for snark. (It's not like Henry Kissinger died, in which case, let's all snark till the cows come home, say I.) Grow a fucking heart, if only for a brief minute.
Or don't. Whatever the fuck ever. Carry on. Just for the record, I enjoy your zingers. When you're not being an a-hole. #obits
@snugbug: Thanks for the lesson on what belongs on Gawker, Mom. I hate to break it to you, but this isn't the comments section of Ladies' Home Journal, where delicate sensibilities can find safe harbor. Maybe you can forward me that memo about whose death it's okay to crack wise about, hmm?
In the meantime, I'll get back to those zingers you love and being the a-hole you love to hate. #obits
@scroll_lock: Then you stop defending your right to be an insensitive moron so vociferously. This is no different than you pointing and making lame jokes about someone who was in a horrible car accident.
snugbug is right to point it out to you and your defensiveness only proves to me that you know you are wrong.
Think how you'd feel if one of the nicest people you knew died a grisly death and some a-hole made childish remarks about it.
Precisely because you have the right to make fun of whatever you want, we have the right to call you out as a jerk. You can't have it only your way. #obits
@scroll_lock: HA! I am so willing to bet heavy ducats that I'm younger than you, but anywhoo.. Let me shapeshift into "mom" for a second. I loathe inconsequential InterNerd brawls, but I carry on only to point out some rules, as far as I understand them:
1. If a person with an ample, historically documented public profile kicks the bucket, it's fair game to snark.
2. Conversely, when confronted with a random civilian who only found her/himself in the instant glare of media attention via the unfortunate circumstances of her/his death, snark is verboten.
@scroll_lock: I DO wish we could double-star already-starred commenters, because I would do that for you right this second.
This is Gawker, and we're mean here. We're even mean to nice people. We're even mean to nice people whose deaths come too soon, in terrible ways. And when we die, we expect Gawker people to do the same to us.
This IS community. It's just perhaps one of those neighborhoods described as "edgy" in which not everyone feels comfortable. And we're pretty good with that. #obits
To all you glib fucks, Jerry Fuchs was easily among the most easy-going and unaffectedly nice human beings I have ever known. He was the direct opposite of what people make fun of in Williamsburg. Those casting his death as some sort of humorous punchline will hopefully earn some well-earned bad karma. #obits
This is why they tell you to never ever jump out of a stalled elevator. Wait for the firemen. The neighbor of a friend of mine got stuck in the elevator of her house, panicked, jumped and same thing happened; she fell back in the shaft. In front of her young child. 5 floors. #obits
R.I.P. This is sad, tragic and ridiculous all at once.
Also, could the NYC department of buildings get their effin’ act together? In 2008 I had inspectors come by to do a spot inspection and they literally said "We’re following up on actions taken in 1985..." I had to actually have them repeat that... 2009 is a followup to 1985? Oh, yeah, right... That crane fell down in the UES so someone lit a fire under your arses so you’re here now to make sure it looks like you are doing something useful. What idiots.
@Quidnam: Based on the description of what happened to this poor guy, it seems like the elevator was stuck between floors and the only way out/off was via the lower half of the elevator. He jumped, the hoodie (I do not believe I am writing that) got snagged on something. Since he’s jumping forward, and he’s snagged, he was basically pulled back and slung back down the non-elevator filled part of the elevator shaft.
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Vaya con dios. #obits
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But to be honest this is a lot tamer than usual. #obits
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Also I think the last two lines of this post are quite touching.
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Or don't. Whatever the fuck ever. Carry on. Just for the record, I enjoy your zingers. When you're not being an a-hole. #obits
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In the meantime, I'll get back to those zingers you love and being the a-hole you love to hate. #obits
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snugbug is right to point it out to you and your defensiveness only proves to me that you know you are wrong.
Think how you'd feel if one of the nicest people you knew died a grisly death and some a-hole made childish remarks about it.
Precisely because you have the right to make fun of whatever you want, we have the right to call you out as a jerk. You can't have it only your way. #obits
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1. If a person with an ample, historically documented public profile kicks the bucket, it's fair game to snark.
2. Conversely, when confronted with a random civilian who only found her/himself in the instant glare of media attention via the unfortunate circumstances of her/his death, snark is verboten.
Pretty simple, no?
Cheeri-o.
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Why not just change your name to Edgy McEdgerson? BECAUSE YOU'RE SO FUCKING EDGY I THINK I'M GONNA LOSE IT. #obits
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This is Gawker, and we're mean here. We're even mean to nice people. We're even mean to nice people whose deaths come too soon, in terrible ways. And when we die, we expect Gawker people to do the same to us.
This IS community. It's just perhaps one of those neighborhoods described as "edgy" in which not everyone feels comfortable. And we're pretty good with that. #obits
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Jesus, you win. The right to make bad jokes about untimely deaths is intact. Now, please, go tend to the other 9000 threads you're on.
And...Jezzie? Me? Try again, thanks. #obits
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Never would you think something as sinister as an elevator or escalator would/could take your life in such a manner.
Fuchs RIP buddy. Take the Stairway to Heaven...
Great drummer and a freak death. #obits
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Also, could the NYC department of buildings get their effin’ act together? In 2008 I had inspectors come by to do a spot inspection and they literally said "We’re following up on actions taken in 1985..." I had to actually have them repeat that... 2009 is a followup to 1985? Oh, yeah, right... That crane fell down in the UES so someone lit a fire under your arses so you’re here now to make sure it looks like you are doing something useful. What idiots.
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Good lord what a mind-bogglingly tragic event.
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Please re-read what happened and get back to us. #obits
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