Jay Reatard (RIP 2010)

Presumably this In Utero tribute album is the one that Robotic Empire have been putting together for like two or three years?

Sky Larkin: "The flying V never looked more at home than in his hands"

This is on the motherfucking money.

I mean, between him and Rudolph Schenker, but it worked for him in a very different way, obviously.

OTM re: "There is No Sun." That's by far my favorite song of his.

Never saw this vid before (apols if it's already been posted):

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=61533697

Thanks for that link, I hadn't seen that one before.

Yeah, that's poignant, the stuff he says at the end.

So- what's the latest here, anyone know? Overdose? Still confusion? An update would be appreciated.

Point being, there was a ton of talk about this then POOOOOOF! Nothing has been said.

I'm betting overdose. Mainly cos my friends were good friends with him and kinda thought that at first. I hope not but I think so...

It's really a shame. I know so many people that have died so young from overdosing. I only met him once but he was a really nice guy. That shouldn't happen to nice people.

i assume they're waiting on toxicology tests. that can be a weird thing, you hear somebody died and it's news for a few days but if the cause-of-death report takes too long people lose interest and it just becomes a brief blurb that's easy to miss.

rest in piss

From this story linked to from the AV Club's Twitter feed:

Cocaine toxicity, aided and abetted by booze, did in musician Jay Reatard, according to the results of an autopsy released this morning.

helluva toxicity

fucking sucks.

Memphis music writer Andy Earles wrote a great piece that I haven't seen linked here, so check it out
http://www.spin.com/articles/jay-reatard-remembered

How much coke do you have to do to overdose? Alcohol is obviously a bit contributor, but is it common to overdose? I've heard that you have to consume a ton to end up killing yourself. I could be wrong though.

depends on purity too, no?

I think you're wrong but i'm sure it depends on the person. Mixing with alcohol is a surefire way to tip the scale.

Yes, mixing a stimulant with a depressant = not good.

you guys all watch the wire, i thought you knew this stuff

Arts, Briefly
Drugs and Alcohol Cited in Death of Jay Reatard
by DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: February 3, 2010
A medical examiner said that cocaine and alcohol had contributed to the death of Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., the punk rock musician better known as Jay Reatard, The Commercial Appeal of Memphis reported. After an autopsy Dr. Karen E. Chancellor, the medical examiner of Shelby County, Tenn., told The Commercial Appeal that Mr. Lindsey, above, had died from “cocaine toxicity, and that alcohol was a contributing factor in his death.” Mr. Lindsey, a prolific musician whose recent albums included “Watch Me Fall” and “Blood Visions,” was found dead in his home in the Cooper-Young section of Memphis on Jan. 13. He was 29.

I hear the toxicology reports were filed from specialists at the University Of No Doy

Twitter comments, both lol-worthy and sad:

ladho
Mp3 hipsters jump at chance for puns on hearing jay reatard died of cocaine od; a drug they only know from movies (divx)
3 minutes ago from txt

tipsheet
JAY REATARD's Death Ruled a Retarded Mix of Cocaine & Alcohol http://bit.ly/cNsObh
17 minutes ago from EasyTweets

MissAnnThrope
Jay Reatard Cause of Death Revealed: http://bit.ly/93udIp - JR died of "cocaine toxicity and alcohol"... Sad.. what a f'n reatard... :(
28 minutes ago from web

ADebutant
Turns out Jay Reatard died of cocaine toxicity and alchohol abuse...What kind of (pardon my obvious pun) reatard couldn't figure that out?
43 minutes ago from web

_patriciam
Jay Reatard: why?! Cocaine is for jerks.
about 2 hours ago from web

tine_cms47
RT Watch him fall indeed; unnecessary & sad @gigulate: Jay Reatard Died From A Mixture Of Cocaine And Alcohol [MTV.com] : http://is.gd/7DAHn
about 2 hours ago from UberTwitter

Kiki90210
RT @pitchforkmedia Jay Reatard's cause of death revealed http://bit.ly/dg77lg -What a waste. Glad I no longer ride the cocaine train!
about 2 hours ago from twidroid

debasieur
"cocaine's a hell of a drug" - jay reatard
about 3 hours ago from web

jseremet
News: Jay Reatard's autopsy reveals death occurred due to cocaine toxicity, alcohol and just plain sucking. http://bit.ly/8ZvzpE
about 3 hours ago from Brizzly

SRN_lol
anyone want to do a Reatarded amount of cocaine?
about 4 hours ago from web

Mp3 hipsters!

indie music is wasted on the fucking dullards that listen to it

indie music is wasted on the fucking dullards that listen to it

MissAnnThrope

^^uuuugh

lol at 'reatarded amount of cocaine.' is it not sad anymore just because he OD'd? i feel like "nice goin' moron now i won't get to hear any of the new songs you would have written and it's your own stupid fault" is a pretty offensive way of reacting to this. who are these people?

that spin article was pretty great. but warning, it does make you feel like this all just happened yesterday, and it will bum you out all over again.

lmao this guy is roasting in hell right now

Is that funny or something? Way to contribute to the (generally) overwhelming pettiness of comments boards. The internet has bummed me out a lot this week ...

wait a second grandavis, perhaps you just don't appreciate cankles' sophisticated sense of humor and also did you know that he is on the sports threads so don't push sb on the old cankles no way dude

Nah, I have never and will never SB anyone (I don't think), as I am not really a regular poster here. Seems a bit much for the most part. Just not really into this kinda thread taking this direction. And it just wasn't funny, if that was the intent. Perhaps cankles will represent better in the future. Geaux Saints.

I have never and will never SB anyone (I don't think), [...] Seems a bit much for the most part.

Real talk.

just sb'd all of you tbh

And after I recommended songs to make your niece a better person...

Perhaps cankles will represent better in the future.

I lolled

the flames of tartarus lapping at his vintage jeans

I hesitate to post this but...

I'm definitely saddened by Jay Reatard's death and I bet he had a good heart, and he was a human being who deserves respect like any other... I just find it a bit hard to get offended on his behalf now that he's dead. He was full-on dedicated to being as obnoxious and offensive and disrespectful as possible when he was alive. It's just kinda weird to get all "How dare you call Jay Reatard a retard!" now.

Not saying anyone's really doing that here either...

Jay reatard would probably buy a cankles album.

Plus who cares what Jay Reatard would do or say? Druggie musicians do and say a lot of awful shit. That doesn't mean I wouldn't have bristled a little if someone said the same bullshit right after like, Warren Zevon died or something.

Makes little difference what the fuck you assholes say.;-)

A day or two after his death one of his press ppl in the UK was laying into eBay sellers who put his rarer stuff up there for inflated buy it now prices like immediately on hearing of his passing... I realise this isn't classy behaviour but you know how "it's what she would have wanted" became a meme re: Princess Diana (maybe you don't), well I literally think it's what he would have wanted

Ha! I'm so glad I didn't know that. Except now I do. Goddamn it.

Why can't you call someone stupid who willingly indulges to excess a number of toxic substances that are known to be lethal in large doses?

i think it's just a respect for the dead thing, like you can call a junkie a moron when he's alive but to just up and "lol you od'd" rubs me as kind of an evil thing to do. it's right below insulting people who commit suicide in my book. like the mature thing to do is just to gravely nod at the sadness of the situation, not to point fingers of call names. i dunno.

You're right, I should have said "What he did was stupid", because ultimately you do have a choice if you're going to go down that road. Whether it's easy or hard to make is dependent on the individual.

I've just gotten sick of how celebrated booze and hard drugs are in the punk rock/underground scenes or whatever. Some people will go to the funeral of their friend who OD'd and will be doing lines that night at a party in remembrance of him. It's sick.

ick of how celebrated booze and hard drugs are in the punk rock/underground scenes or whatever

don't think this "celebration" is limited to just punk rock/underground music