Chicagoist
July 17th, 2009, 03:01 PM
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We just received word that Thax Douglas, rock and roll poet and friend of ours, passed away this morning. We, ah screw this third person thing. I just saw Thax a few days ago and can't quite believe what I'm typing. He will truly be missed and his passing will certainly throw a shadow over the city's music scene. He could be a divisive figure among audiences, but he should know, and I think he did, that he was truly appreciated by the bands he read for and those of us that thought he had a gift for turning ambiguous themes into solid imagery.
We just lost one of Chicago's true treasures.
Update: Via Gapers Block (http://twitter.com/gapersblock/statuses/2694095440), there was this posting on Thax's Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1364375922&__a=1#/profile.php?id=1364375922&v=wall&viewas=45707069): "This is Thax's Dad. Thax passed away this morning at about 10am. I know he loved the many friends he had in Chicago and I ask that you pray for him this evening." [M.G.]
UPDATE: WBEZ is reporting that the coroner's office has no record of Thax's death, and since it appears he posted a poem on MySpace this afternoon (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=822603&blogId=500768520), we're holding out hope this is some sick rumor via someone hacking Thax's Facebook account.
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Photo by Jeremy Farmer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/farmdog/)
We just received word that Thax Douglas, rock and roll poet and friend of ours, passed away this morning. We, ah screw this third person thing. I just saw Thax a few days ago and can't quite believe what I'm typing. He will truly be missed and his passing will certainly throw a shadow over the city's music scene. He could be a divisive figure among audiences, but he should know, and I think he did, that he was truly appreciated by the bands he read for and those of us that thought he had a gift for turning ambiguous themes into solid imagery.
We just lost one of Chicago's true treasures.
Update: Via Gapers Block (http://twitter.com/gapersblock/statuses/2694095440), there was this posting on Thax's Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1364375922&__a=1#/profile.php?id=1364375922&v=wall&viewas=45707069): "This is Thax's Dad. Thax passed away this morning at about 10am. I know he loved the many friends he had in Chicago and I ask that you pray for him this evening." [M.G.]
UPDATE: WBEZ is reporting that the coroner's office has no record of Thax's death, and since it appears he posted a poem on MySpace this afternoon (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=822603&blogId=500768520), we're holding out hope this is some sick rumor via someone hacking Thax's Facebook account.
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