Michael Dahlquist is Gone
Posted on July 15, 2005 at 10:56 pm | No Comments
Back at home after a Friday night out, good friends and a rock show, beers in crowded bars, now sitting down at my computer to learn the terrible, heart-crushing news that Silkworm drummer Michael Dahlquist died in a tragic car crash yesterday, on Thursday, July 14th.

I’d had the great fortune of meeting Michael a couple times at Silkworm shows, he was never less than extremely friendly to everyone that approached him. I know he was a great drummer, someone I could have watched play for hours on end, someone I truly admired, but by all accounts he was an even better human being. I never stopped looking forward to the next time Silkworm came to town so I could see him behind the kit again, shirt off and arms flying.
I’m so stunned by this… so pointless, so out of the blue. Just sitting at a stop light, hit from behind by someone so distraught, so insanely selfish… I’m trying not to get angry, but it’s so tough. My thoughts are with Michael’s family, his bandmates, all his friends, as well as those of John Glick (guitarist for the Returnables) and Doug Meis (drummer for Exo and the Dials), who were in the car with Michael, just heading out on their lunch break.
To share thoughts or read others, visit the Silkworm messageboard, or this thread on the Electrical Audio board. Another article on the crash resides here.
I’m going to go put on ‘Firewater‘ and then hope that sleep comes sometime soon. F’in hell.
Mp3s: Bettie Serveert in Boston
Posted on July 11, 2005 at 10:06 pm | No Comments
Another week, another mp3 offering. Here’s Bettie Serveert’s set from Saturday’s show at the Middle East, the final stop on their month-long North American tour.
live at The Middle East
Cambridge, MA
July 9th, 2005(files removed on 9/15/2005)
01. Attagirl
02. Hands Off
03. Wide Eyed Fools
04. Private Suit
05. Ray Ray Rain
06. Versace
07. De Diva
08. Storm
09. Log 22
10. Don’t Touch That Dial
11. Tom Boy / White Dogs
12. Love I Don’t Have To Love (Bright Eyes cover)
13. Leg
14. You’ve Changed
15. White Tales
16. Given

No time to share my thoughts on the show as I’ve gotta get packing… I’m off to nostalgia-ville (aka Burlington, VT) for a few days of work-related action. I’ll do my best to make a post or two while I’m up there.
