Just wanted to do a follow up post for the one Chris did last night on Jay Reatard.  It was kind of weird finding out about something first on our site.  Last year at ASR tradeshow, Larry, myself and my friend Rusty went to see Jay Reatard play live.  I absolutely hate going to shows but this show was amazing.  It was a real small venue with a ton of energy.  I couldn’t find any youtube videos from that show which sucks but I posted this one instead. We have been talking about doing something with Jay for quiet a while and were putting it off until issue #3 but sadly that will never happen.  I was just reading an interview with him that I wanted to share.

RIP Jay Reatard

“Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., the Memphis musician better known by his punk-rock stage name Jay Reatard, has died, his record label Goner Records said on Wednesday. In a statement posted at goner-records.com, the label said: “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our good friend Jay Reatard. Jay died in his sleep last night. We will pass along information about funeral arrangements when they are made public.” by Davie Itzkoff for New York Times