I don't know if you all read about this, but Danny Balis' (from The Hardline on The Ticket) roommate and bandmate in "Sorta", a really really good indie band from here in Dallas was killed Monday morning under fairly odd circumstances.
http://www.guidelive.com
Regardless, I'd seen Sorta before, they were really good. Twangy enough to sound like some of the older, less rocking Old 97s stuff…but with really good pop sensibilities. You definitely need to listen to the song "85 Feet" on their myspace page. I think you all'd really like it...its about the event from a few years ago here in Dallas in the paragraph below that you may or may not remember...
www.myspace.com/sorta
Source: Dallas Morning News: link unavailable
Paul Stephens and Lorena Osorio's relationship began when she was 15 years old, working at Boston Market in Dallas. He was 24, a college graduate beginning his career in the computer industry. After six years together, police and witnesses say, Mr. Stephens and Ms. Osorio spent their final moments together Thursday arguing in a white Mercedes parked on a the Bush Turnpike overpass. Then, in mind-numbing horror, motorists watched as he pulled her struggling from the car and pushed her to her death 85 feet below in roaring rush-hour traffic. Her body landed on the hood of Janette Durham's Ford Crown Victoria as she drove home from work. "She didn't know what it was and pulled over," said Lisa Durham, the Mesquite resident's daughter, who said her mother was "pretty shaken up" and on Friday afternoon didn't want to talk about the experience. Witnesses said Mr. Stephens jumped to his death moments later. It was a spasm of violence that friends and family members struggled to make sense of Friday. Some described the couple as devoted, doting partners, who planned to marry. Others said Mr. Stephens' charming, witty exterior belied an underlying rage.
Labels: indie bands, obscure music
I did not hear, that but of a more personal note or at least most people knew him.
Jason Duck passed away yesterday.
no details are known at this point but he was in beaver creek at a condo.
keep his family in your prayers.