November 10th, 2009 / 4:29 pm
Author News & Massive People
In Memoriam Blake Butler (1979-2009)
on the train... receding, receding, receding.... (sniff, sniff)
Yes, sadly, Blake Butler passed away last night. The omnipresent electronic friend-of-everyone expired in an insomnia-induced rage of language and, like the Monty Python parrot in that famous sketch, is now an ex-Blake.
No more, alas, will schoolboy-grinning Blake Butler apocalypse creation in every sentence. No, strike that! In every phrase! No, strike that! In every syllable.
Make room now O Pantheon of young ones ripped from us far too early. Jesus, move over. Joan of Arc, a little to the left. Catullus, get your cock out of JFK’s ass. And give Blake some space. (and Seth, quit gawking).
And, Mr. Chicago pastry-delicacy chef get your ass in gear (so safe on earth) and start on something. Seth was a swan– what will you make of Blake? A peanut butter rabbit? A marshmallow weasel? A treacle beagle? woof-woof!
And just thinking now of Man’s Best-Friend I am bawling. Bawling, bawling, bawling.
What internet void has our great leader Blake Butler left? What cold and massive black hole of rubbish will form around his e-grave?
And, no, Blake Butler is not dead. This is a fake obit.
And I’d like to see more actually. Bring them on.
Greener (and sweeter) pastures now-- bawl, bawl, bawl,.....
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I just don’t get this feature at all.
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November 10th, 2009 / 4:48 pmRauan Klassnik—
sorry….
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November 10th, 2009 / 4:52 pmdrew kalbach—
whats there to get? i think it’s pretty straightforward.
‘treacle beagle’, good job.
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November 10th, 2009 / 4:54 pmRauan Klassnik—
thank you…. these obits seem to be coin-flips,….
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November 10th, 2009 / 4:56 pmRoxane—
Nothing I guess.
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Blake was born in ‘78? I just realized I had no idea what his age was. I would’ve guessed younger than me. He’s got a painting in his closet.
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I guess it’s supposed to be wryly hip or hiply wry, but I’m voting unquestionably irrelevant.
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‘78? the fucker is a baby! A child! A full five years younger than me. I no longer have any respect for him
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November 10th, 2009 / 5:44 pmBlake Butler—
79
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November 10th, 2009 / 6:08 pmNathan Tyree—
even younger! damn you, Butler
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He whale be mished.
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i’m sad blake died before bob dylan
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having written actual obits for actual dead bestfriends i don’t like this. but that’s just me.
i don’t even know blake and i got a physical jolt when the page loaded, quickly scanning to the bottom to make sure it was a joke.
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November 10th, 2009 / 5:54 pmAmy McDaniel—
really? my initial reaction to this was, Oo do me next Rauan do my fake obit! i think it’s funny and smart and tender. we all know people who have died too soon, but surely death is something we can still make light of, no?
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November 10th, 2009 / 5:58 pmjohn sakkis—
hi amy,
yeah of course, i’m just not into it.
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November 10th, 2009 / 6:00 pmAmy McDaniel—
hi john! that’s totally fair.
November 10th, 2009 / 6:10 pmNathan Tyree—
We must make light of death. If we didn’t, living would be unbearable. Corpses in waiting should laugh at the skulls they will become
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also, don’t yall realize that mostly rauan is just begging for someone to write his fake obit? i call dibs.
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November 10th, 2009 / 7:41 pmRauan Klassnik—
smart woman !!—-
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November 11th, 2009 / 10:42 pmAndy—
I’ve been coming to this site for a couple months now and I’m not sure if everyone here knows each other or if it just seems that way. Or am I just not up to date with blogs? I chose to write here because you’re calling this guy Rauan out as if you know him. I’m not being critical here at all. I just want to know if every one here knows every one else on this site. Obviously, other than me.
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I have yet to see a photo of a writer where the writer in question does not give the impression that he/she thinks that he/she is ten times better looking than they actually are.
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November 11th, 2009 / 12:56 amRyan Call—
lol
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Wait. I thought Blake Butler died, like, a long time ago?
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maybe if we don’t talk, think or joke about it, it will go away maybe.
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I dunno. I feel like some of y’all are way too serious (or too sober?). This was clearly a joke from the first word.
In poor taste? That’s a judgment I’m not interested in making.
The beagle nearly made me cry. Sweet memories of an ex-gf. No, she wasn’t a dog.
Thank you, Mr. Klassnik, Mr. Butler.
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personally, i like memento mori – the wikipedia page ain’t bad neither: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori
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November 11th, 2009 / 4:15 pmjesusangelgarcia—
yes. reminders are essential.
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for a good ten minutes i stared into that puppys eyes and i saw god
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November 11th, 2009 / 4:16 pmjesusangelgarcia—
that’s what I’m talkin bout. LOVE that beagle. the girl?…
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