A strange point of solace?

[MC Moot]

Since Adam’s passing people from my past have been reaching out to me to see how I’ve been coping and what I think or feel about his loss...right up until and including this morning I’ve received calls and e-mail from people I haven’t seen or heard from in years...family, colleagues past and present, casual or lost friends even an ex have expressed sincere and touching sentiments,memorys and laughs from day’s and years gone by...all based on how much I wore and wear my enthusiasm, for the phenomenon, so openly on my sleeve...such a big part of who I am and how I relate to people...it’s quite touching in a way...I mean I’ve always been unabashed but apparently, it’s a big part of how people remember me... have you experienced the same?...

[Guy Incognito]

yeah i mentioned earlier that a few people (including some i havent spoke to for ages) had got in touch to say something nice and check i was ok.
also the guy who does the brouhaha podcast said something similar, its on the general forum

[Mae]

Funny you should bring this up. Day of, I received texts from many friends, posts on facebook, and a thread on a different message board. A lot of people rallied around to support me and each other. Even today, still, a friend tagged me in a facebook post of a video related to Yauch and said it was for me. It's been amazing how supportive people have been and yet I feel incredibly guilty. I lost someone i looked up to, and who i feel i wouldn't be here today without (big reason why I came back to the board), but others have lost their best friend or husband or son or father. My loss, though significant to me, is nowhere near what theirs is. I feel for them. My heart goes out to them and I hope they find their own solace.

[MC Moot]

I lost someone i looked up to, and who i feel i wouldn't be here today without (big reason why I came back to the board), but others have lost their best friend or husband or son or father. My loss, though significant to me, is nowhere near what theirs is. I feel for them. My heart goes out to them and I hope they find their own solace.

I concur fully,completly...as a matter of fact I'm somewhat annoyed by posts made with regards to "what's next" as in the context of unreleased material or any inquiry's as to what the "future" may hold for the "band"...I have no expectations of anything,I just wish peace,healing and well being onto those coping with the actual loss of their man...

[Guy Incognito]

^ i get what you say mooty but most people have been sensitive in enquiring whats next. Plus i think some people are worried and upset about the end of the band as we know it as well as adam dying, i dont think thats something that should be ignored or dismissed. I am missing the fact that the three guys are never going to work together again as well as the sad loss of one of my heroes. It's not just a life lost too soon, its his influence on culture, his relationship with adam and mike. His political influence on people etc.
I think its ok to talk about all aspects of how whats happened has affected us. and i think that includes the future to some extent

sorry if this comes across arsey. I really dont mean it to and am not very articulate when it comes to this sort of thing.

[cj hood]

same here. we had my boys' First Holy Communion party last wknd and relatives were coming up and hugging me and offering condolences. (maybe cuz I was wearing a Beastie shirt). nice but strange at the same time.

[Guy Incognito]

forgot to mention, i was in an awkward moment with three strangers and a mutual friend last week. No one was talking whilst the friend was on his phone.
Then one of the strangers' phone went and his ringtone was "Sure Shot" and it immediately kicked the conversation into overdrive and everyone said nice things and said how much they'd been affected by it. It was a nice moment really.

[MC Moot]

It's weird the first few day's after the news,when I was having interactions with people out in the community,regardless of what I knew of the individual,I had this feeling like "do you know what's happened?" as though everybody was or should be aware of the importance of what's transpired...be it the cashier at the corner store,my schwarma guy,the pizza man,the clerk at the library,etc,etc...I suppose it's a matter of transfering or imposing my internal thought process on the world around me...know what I mean?