Comments on An Old Letter From A Dead Friend

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Ever give him that call?

sadly no.

Sorry, dude.

Congratulations, Charles; you've found your new low!

tobias was an odd one. not at all surprised by the way he died.

"Please promote me" e-mails from friends and acquaintances come way too frequently when you work at a newspaper.

so he and eddie vedder shared a fascination by those lil killer former goth kids from memphis?

maybe u can do him one last solid and screen his film at HUMP?

a new low? i find this sweetly sentimental and pretty heartbreaking. a touching little note from a time when, maybe life didn't seem so bad. a dude reaching out to an old friend for a little god damn help.

everyone's got their demons, man. sometimes they win. sorry about your friend, charles.

"Please promote me e-mails" are something you write way too frequently when you're an artist/performer/musician. It's just a part of that life, just as receiving those e-mails is part of working in the media.

This post tells us nothing except that Charles used to know a guy who killed himself, and that guy once did what all of us do and wrote to his friend in the press to say "hey, check out this thing I'm doing." I just don't see how it's interesting or relevant or anything at all besides macabre and exploitative.

I'm sorry for your loss, Charles, and my heart goes out to all who knew him.

Charles, if you ever need a hug, or some salt, maybe a head of lettuce, or a blowjob, call me. I'm here for you.

Interesting letter, Charles. Thanks for posting it.