John “Blake” Donner 1980-2005

John “Blake” Donner 1980-2005

Blake was not who I had intended on singing for Parallax. Branden Kennedy, Rick Brimhall and I had been jamming for a few weeks, and we had gotten a song or two. We had an offer to open a show for Onekingdown and Diecast if we got a band rolling. I remember calling Blake to

Ariel Singer 1987-2005

Ariel Singer 1987-2005
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For those who never met Ariel Singer, I will attempt to sum up her life as I knew her. She was beautiful, intelligent and full of life. She never let her hardships get her down and always put others before herself. She had a passion for reading, being in the outdoors, music and cooking. She

Guitar Wolf Eulogy

Guitar Wolf Eulogy
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  Guitar Wolf Eulogy (An e-mail from Billy Nord from Narnack Records) It’s with deep and saddest regret to announce this latest news. Last night (3/30) Billy, aka Bass Wolf, passed away of natural causes. He was 38. The band had just returned from their month-long US tour, and fortunately Billy did get to spend

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson
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Tragic Happenings in This Foul Year of the Cock, 2005   Woody Creek, Colorado, 02/20/05: I turned on the news today and saw that Hunter S. Thompson had died, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. My first reaction was that it couldn’t be true. I thought it must be some kind of publicity stunt; why would