my friend kevin died today, and if it’s alright with you i’d like to write a brief eulogy for him here.
kevin and i worked together for the last 5 years. and in that time we developed a great friendship and a close and special rapport.
he was an incredibly intelligent person and also an incredibly talented visual artist. i often wondered why he worked in the music business when he was obviously so talented as a visual artist, but in the end i think that he just loved music and touring. he once said to me that even if he had a regular job he would still spend his vacations going on tour and working with bands.
kevin had a very dry and wonderful wit. rather than make big displays of humor, he would oftentimes say something very quietly, almost to himself, that would make you wince or howl with laughter.
even when i went to visit him in the hospital towards the end of his life he was still making quick-witted jokes, even after chemotherapy and surgery and radiation treatments (for example, after coming out of surgery and having staples in his head he pretended to be upset that no one would take photographs of his post-operative wounds…).
it’s difficult to try to remember someone in a few words, and i know that no matter what i write here i won’t do justice to kevins intelligence, talent, humor, and compassion. he was a truly remarkableman, and we will all miss him very, very much (apart from the fact that he would still probably try to argue that ‘shakes the clown’ is one of the finest movies ever made…).
thank you, kevin. i’ll miss you. we’ll all miss you.
moby