Re: [linux-audio-user] Obituary for Pete Bessman

Rip ???

Best rock bass I've heard in years, Revive that soul!!!!!!!!

Bob

Hans wrote:

> RIP, although after hearing this
> (http://gazuga.net/stuph/ultrafunk.ogg) I doubt it is going to be "in
> peace". --Hans
>
> Pete Bessman wrote:
>
>> To Whom it May Concern,
>>
>> Mr. Bessman was found in the early AM of Sunday, February 19, dead in
>> his basement, with a folded up and buttered frisbee lodged in his
>> throat. He etched his suicide note into his back with a steak knife
>> (don't question it), explaining that a 40 hour work week and a 16 credit
>> load at college had left effectively no time for hacking in the past
>> seven months. Feeling disgusted with himself, he decided to end things
>> the honorable way.
>>
>> As a parting gift, he uploaded a work-in-progress track to
>> http://gazuga.net/stuph/caves.ogg. Little explanation is offered as to
>> the nature and origins of this track, but that the deceased was found
>> wearing a "SEGA does what Nintendon't" t-shirt may give us a clue into
>> the mystery of this tune. Considering that the deceased's bloodstream
>> was coursing with methandrostenalone, it is likely that this song came
>> about during a brief fit of rage --- but being a complete and hopeless
>> nerd, this was expressed with dorky bitpop, as opposed to wanton
>> violence and destruction.
>>
>> Relatives believe the track was composed entirely by the deceased, with
>> percussion and synth provided by Specimen --- the project which, by
>> having gone so long sans update, drove a rather morbid soul to a
>> predictable end --- and with live guitar and bass combined together in
>> Ardour. The estimated amount of time invested in the track is around 2
>> hours. They further relate that the deceased intended to reanimate and
>> terrorize the locals as a zombie, which is why his remains were
>> unceremoniously cremated and dumped in a port-a-poopie.
>>
>> His sole friend, a certain humanoid calling himself Mr. Falcon, provided
>> some interesting commentary --- once he had been properly restrained and
>> sedated, that is. "That fucker never stays dead," said the bereaved.
>> "This one time, at a LAN party, he got so pissed off cuz he was losing
>> that he ran outside screaming 'VALHALLA AWAITS,' and then curbed
>> himself. We're not sure how he pulled that off, but we were kinda glad
>> for it, considering that we didn't have to listen to constant
>> accusations of being 'fucking haxors' any more. But whaddya know, I saw
>> him a week later, arguing with a clerk at a grocery store because he
>> thought he was getting ripped off on rutabagas. He's a Jew, you know.
>> Or rather, if you didn't know, you should be able to guess."
>>
>> The bereaved then began to speak incoherently about "the cleansing," and
>> of a giant, three eyed ape that would descend from the heavens and force
>> the vegetarians to eat fillet mignon. We're not really sure what that
>> was all about, but we take it that it won't belong before the "deceased"
>> resurfaces. It is for this reason that we advise against excessive
>> celebration, since the resultant letdown that will surely arise when Mr.
>> Bessman shows up again might cause a stroke in the poor soul who thought
>> he wouldn't have to hear any more crude penis jokes.
>>
>> Technically speaking, Mr. Bessman is survived by no one, although we
>> thought it worth mentioning that he had a doll named "Zirp" that is
>> constructed of old scabs and reproductive fluids.
>>
>> For CBS News, this is Dan Rathers, saying "Nobody can touch the
>> integrity of my journalistic standards."
>>
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Received on Sun Feb 26 20:15:40 2006