John will be missed by many people I know. He was part of the Weeds (bar in Chicago) crowd in the 80’s and 90’s. He was such a nice guy!
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Wait, really? So was I, in the 80s!
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I wasn’t a Weeds person until the late 90’s. But Sergio (the bartender) has stories.
Before I met him, I visited New Orleans. Sergio gave me John’s number an told me to call him so I would have a place to stay. I kinda felt weird about it and passed.
I finally met him while he was visiting Chicago. When I was introduced, the first thing he told me was how disappointed he was that I didn’t call.
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EDIT: I misremembered the previous video as having all 3 Heath Brothers. Anyway here’s Jimmy & Tootie:
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I got to meet John at a reading/book signing the same semester I wrote a paper about the Rainbow People’s Party. He signed my copy of Guitar Army “For Academic Purposes Only!” and invited me to smoke a joint with him outside of Shaman Drum. Heck of a nice guy.
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When I was a child, I loved his children’s books. As I grew up I discovered His other side, the political cartoonist, his struggle during the last military dictatorship and his role in the country’s culture.
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The other JFK, Joe Fucking Kinnear
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Too bad, so sad.
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OJ, off to the afterlife…
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My tv says that Robert McNeil (of the McNeil Lehrer Report on pbs for years) has died at 93.
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Once again, a woman with accomplishments of her own is initially described in relation to her husband and children when she dies. How many obituary writers/editors have to die before this shit stops? Asking for a lot of women who really hate this lazy practice…
Better:
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[ETA] I’m sorry, but now TALKING ABOUT systemic misogyny if worth a flag? If there was ANY confusion, I was agreeing with @PsiPhiGrrrl over that as being highly frustrating, as in women aren’t respected for our OWN accomplishments… EVEN IN DEATH our worth is tied to the men in our lives, rather than us being celebrated on our own merits. If that’s worth a flag, then so be it. I’ll take a flag for wanting a better world where women are on equal footing.
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