i wrote about chronic illness the other day and it got me thinking of Elliott Smith.
Here is the connection.
If you are very sick, or, worse, in a coma, for years, even those who love you most, will find themselves leaving you. Life is about participation, whether through chance, or through health, or through an unwillingness, or even through death, if you opt out you will be left behind.
And that’s at the heart of the Elliott Smith mystery.
At some point people, rock nyc, opts out.
There is no there there. All we do is the same story, plus remember, plus remember, plus remember. But there is no participation, there is no third party, it is a static story.
It is like being stuck in bed for years on end.
It is like Karen Graham.
She was the National Sales Manager of WPHL-TV in Philadelphia and I conducted business with her for years and years. A tough lady. We would have screaming brawls about prices. But I loved her, and I didn’t mind the brawls, and we always got the deal done.
And then she went on leave and I didn’t hear from her for a year. So I tracked her down.
And then she died from cancer.
And within two years she had fallen out of my life..
And Elliott is just gone and I want to know what happened. I don’t believe Jennifer Chiba, but even if I did, I want it nailed down.
For his family, for Jennifer, it is so hard. You want to remember and forget at the same time. I feel for them but I feel for Elliott more.
People may think rock nyc are whack jobs for pursuing this story, well, so be it. It isn’t over till we find out the truth.