This NY Life

Well, some people think that people die in threes, I suppose that’s kind of true, but people die everyday. I wonder why people don’t say “isn’t it funny how people dies in 4’s?”. Is it famous people who dies in threes?

Anyhow… we all lost three people within the last few days.

Courtesy sgoralnick's Flickr

Joe Ades was that guy who some have seen on the street corners of New York in various locations around the city selling vegetable peelers. I’ve seen Joe in many different places since I moved here in 1993, the Seaport, Union Square, Midtown and the World Trade Center. He was one of those people woven into our everyday lives who just add to the flavor (horrible vegetable pun) of this city.
Heres a post at Gothamist and Joe’s obit at the NY Times.

Hans Beck was the creator of Playmobil toys. When I was little, I never appreciated Playmobil, perhaps they were too expensive, perhaps not readily available. But since my son is of the age where he is playing with these type of things, I really appreciate the detail and simplicity of Playmobil toys and their incredible range.

Photo: Helle Nilsen

Lux Interior was the co-founder and leader of garage punk band The Cramps. I remember first hearing The Cramps about 1991 and thought the were really unlike anything I had heard before. I was into a lot of hardcore music like Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, etc, but The Cramps were really something different and refreshing. Much like The Clash had major influences from Reggae,  The Cramps had major influences from 60’s surf music and rockabilly.Unfortunately I never got to see them live.

Thanks to Brian, I have recently acquired and amazing collection of Lux and Ivy mix CDs which contain an incredible mix of odd surf music gems and assorted other weirdness. Here is an great post on the series and another place to check it out yourself.

RIP to Joe, Hans and Lux.

I was originally going to name this post Random Death, but thought it sounded a bit too Black Metal.