Sir Stewart Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Ahh fuck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 This is such sad news. I've been going through a rough time over the last few weeks, and some of the songs on Dark Night of the Soul have been really speaking to me. Too many creative, gifted people have been disappearing by their own choice lately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roby Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Mark is passed away. It's suicide. I'm in a sea of sadness.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouisvilleGreg Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Just spoke to an old friend in Richmond and it sounds like folks are pretty shaken up, also and not to make light of the situation in any way, but people there in the know said that he had been battling a heavy drug addiction for quite some time now. It could certainly be a component, one way or another though, still tragic news. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 What a truly sad piece of news. Depression is such a horrible and debilitation illness. The pain that one feels in their mind is the worst kind. My thoughts go out to Mark's family and all those effected by this sad news. As a aside, didn't Vic Chestnut also tak ehis own life recently? I can imagine Mark and Vic recording that track for the DNOTs record (Grim Augery) under such mental stress and it breaks my heart. "Sometimes days go speeding pastsometimes this one seems like the last it's a sad and beautiful worldit's a sad and beautiful world" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 A bit more info here. Reports state that he shot himself through the chest. Tragic. The NME link is a very well written article in response to the sad news. http://www.nme.com/news/sparklehorse/50109 http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=why_mark_linkous_was_a_genius&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 So very, very sad. RIP, Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Artists React to the Death of Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Sad news. RIP, man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigideas Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 shooting himself in the heart in the alley behind a friend's house...just days after the Soul legal thing cleared up? there has to be more to this. makes me wonder if the record label was asking him to do stuff he didn't want to do to promote that release? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 shooting himself in the heart in the alley behind a friend's house...just days after the Soul legal thing cleared up? there has to be more to this. makes me wonder if the record label was asking him to do stuff he didn't want to do to promote that release?The guy had suffered from depression for years, and he already died, 13 years ago, from a drug overdose. I think that's the "more" to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Suicide is very often the end result of a non- or inadequately treated case of severe depression. An outside stressor could have influenced the timing, maybe. I don't know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 shooting himself in the heart in the alley behind a friend's house...just days after the Soul legal thing cleared up? there has to be more to this. makes me wonder if the record label was asking him to do stuff he didn't want to do to promote that release? Don't think so. His issues with depression and drugs have been well documented. He almost died on tour with Radiohead in the late nineties, and I remember reading him discussing going through a serious phase of depression right after It's a Wonderful Life came out. or to put it more succinctly The guy had suffered from depression for years, and he already died, 13 years ago, from a drug overdose. I think that's the "more" to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ghost of Electricity Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 The guy had suffered from depression for years, and he already died, 13 years ago, from a drug overdose. I think that's the "more" to it.agreed. let it alone and appreciate the music. nothing to see here folks, move along... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle tupelo Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I've been struggling with this news all day. Listening to every single thing that Mark recorded. Only a few artists have ever made me feel the way Mark's music did. And now he's gone. RIP, Mark..."go on...get in your happy place" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Basil II Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 "F*CK!! " that's all....... -robert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 This seems to be getting sadder and sadder... Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk said Linkous shot himself outside a friend's house around 1:20 p.m. Saturday with his own rifle. DeBusk said Linkous was staying with friends and became upset after receiving a text message.DeBusk said Linkous left no suicide note behind. The North Carolina-based artist was moving to Knoxville and staying with two friends, who told police Linkous was drinking and became upset after texting with an unknown person.After saying he didn't want to talk about what was upsetting him, the friends said Linkous went upstairs for a short time, then left the house through a back door. A witness saw Linkous sit down nearby, take out his rifle, place it against his chest and pull the trigger. 2006 interview with Linkous:Feature: SparklehorseEulogy from Atheist Climber: There’s a Star For You – RIP Mark Linkous --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Geeze.... The fact that it looks like it was one slight thing that triggered one final, intense moment of depression makes it all the more tragic. And the fact that it just happened...in the middle of the day? Man... Shit, I've been through pretty bad depression. But nothing that's made me even consider putting a bullet through my chest. I cannot even imagine Mark's pain. Nor do I ever want to. Cliche as it is, I honestly hope he's found some sort of happiness. For all the great music he gave me, he deserves it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Sometimes all the sadness in the world feels like a tsunami. God bless poor Mark, and anyone in that sort of hopeless pain. Let's all try to treat each other as well as we can. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aeglos Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 May your shade be sweetAnd float upon the lakesWhere the sun will beMade of honey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I know I have plugged the blog/cover of the week project by Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz before, but he has a nice write up (and cover) of Mark Linkous up on his site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sky blue bats Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Very Sad! I know he had some trouble in the past but I thought he had cleaned up. I met him in Austin a few years ago after a show he stayed and signed every ones posters very humble. i told him how much the album Good Morning Spider meant to me and he was really touched, he signed my poster, Thanks for all your support through the years Brett, love you Mark! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I know I have plugged the blog/cover of the week project by Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz before, but he has a nice write up (and cover) of Mark Linkous up on his site. Thanks for this, OCB. The mp3 at the end brought me to tears. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigideas Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 wayne of the flaming lips said some nice words about Mark (and elliott smith) at the show on Saturday, then dedicated Waitin for Superman to them. the text message was the 'more' i guess. weird to think that something like that could do that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 i always hate it when something like this prompts me to finally check out an artist i've been meaning to check out. very sad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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