Posted 2018-01-12 10:57 AM (#540766 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: October 2012 Posts: 1034
Location: Yokohama, Japan
Oh no! May his soul rest in peace. I pray comfort for his family and all the OFC folks who will no doubt be shaken by this news. My deepest condolences.
Posted 2018-01-12 11:24 AM (#540768 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: March 2004 Posts: 1388
Location: Paris/France
It's really a very very sad news!!
I was lucky to met him in 2007 and I remember a so kind guy.
After the coconuts, "The french fries" don't have the same taste tonight...
Posted 2018-01-12 1:16 PM (#540774 - in reply to #540765) Subject: RE: Slipkid
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4226
Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent
Well crud....
A bad week just got worse.
Slipkid encouraged me to take over the calendar project when he and DesignZilla had to step back. Every time I'm working on the newest one, I always remember how helpful his advice was when I started.
Rest in peace Brad. May choirs of angels bring you winging home!
Posted 2018-01-12 2:09 PM (#540777 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: November 2006 Posts: 3969
It was a pleasure knowing him, and a greater honor sharing a stage. May his family find comfort in how many people's lives were enriched by him. RIP Slip.
Posted 2018-01-12 2:19 PM (#540779 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12755
Location: Boise, Idaho
Damn! That's probably not appropriate, but I can't help it. He was one of the best friends I never met. We were always going to get together "someday".
Posted 2018-01-12 3:38 PM (#540782 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: November 2011 Posts: 741
Location: Fort Worth, TX
I just read the manifesto. I WISH I had read it the day I joined here before ever posting anything. I jumped in head first, bringing the spirit of another forum I've been a member of for 10 years. The atmosphere at that forum is a wide open free for all. Brad's manifesto hopefully would've shown me I was at a different place requiring more than just a modicum of behavior modification. For that I apologize. It's always a sad day when someone passes way too young who had so much more to offer. I'm on another forum that had two suicides in the brief time I've been there. In case anybody is wondering what kind of sites I frequent, it's a men's health forum. For everyone who has just lost a personal friend in Slipkid, sincerest condolences for your loss. I watched a few youtube videos of him performing a long time ago and was impressed with him then. Obviously he was a big presence here whose absence will long be felt. RIP.
Posted 2018-01-12 3:54 PM (#540783 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12755
Location: Boise, Idaho
I tried for years to get him to come out to ski at Sun Valley, which we had each done when we were kids. I gave up, figuring that he quit skiing for reasons that were much less serious. This may be another one of those weekends for reliving memories, which, as Bill's song says, happens too often these days.
Posted 2018-01-12 6:48 PM (#540787 - in reply to #540765) Subject: RE: Slipkid
Joined: April 2003 Posts: 557
Location: Burbank
Wow this leaves me kinda speechless. I met him for the first time last year at NAMM. Funny thing was I was just wondering last week if he was coming this year.
I am at least glad to say I met you Brad. We had some good laughs last year and you were fun to hang with. I am so sorry to hear of this. My condolences to his family.
Posted 2018-01-13 8:54 AM (#540795 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881
Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains
So sorry to hear this. Met him in New Hartford and spent hours with him at Amelia. His head on the table photo remains one the classics on this board. RIP my friend.
Posted 2018-01-13 9:31 AM (#540797 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: December 2004 Posts: 2150
Location: Orlando, FL
Brad was a really good guy. It makes me very sad to hear of his passing. I was lucky to work with him on the early OFC calendars. We had many conversations. It was really great to actually meet him in person at Amelia Island. He was a big-hearted, one of a kind guy. Reading the Slipkid manifesto and watching the various videos of him playing gives you a pretty good indication of who he was as a person. My sincere condolences and prayers go out to his family. RIP Brad, you will be missed.
Posted 2018-01-14 10:58 AM (#540815 - in reply to #540765) Subject: RE: Slipkid
Joined: January 2006 Posts: 1478
Location: Michigan
r.i.p. brad , such a loss . you are a stand up guy and i am glad that i had a chance to meet you and enjoy jamming with you and some of our ovation friends.
here are a few pictures from his winter blast gathering that i had the honor to be at in 2010. i don't know why but the videos were taken down for some reason. GWB
Posted 2018-01-18 11:36 AM (#540855 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12755
Location: Boise, Idaho
BTW, Al, nice tribute to Brad on the Ovation page. I was perusing the Manifesto for the first time in years and was struck by Brad's comment, "Most of you know me only as some flickering letters in a TV screen". Although true, he really did such a great job of conveying his kindness and caring through those letters. We never met, but I feel like we did, and I am glad I had the opportunity to meet him, if only through those letters in a TV screen.
Posted 2018-01-18 6:37 PM (#540858 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: February 2016 Posts: 1802
Location: When??
Another sad occasion for the OFC. I will miss his posts and his Detroit jacket photo. As a junior member here, I send my condolences to all who knew and enjoyed him.
Posted 2018-01-23 4:30 PM (#540905 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535
Location: Flahdaw
Brad was really a special type of guy. Years ago he copied old OFC threads from the distant past and sent them to me by snail mail, just 'cos he thought I would enjoy them. He always made the point to email me to say nice things about any recordings i might post. I think, unless you were a complete a**hole, he would always try to help you any way he could. That said, he did discover a few complete a**holes among the thousands of forum members (surprisingly, I don't think he considered me one of them??) But his manifesto shows how much he cared about civility, understanding, rules, and manners. Really....what a guy. And MAN....could he fill out a couple of coconuts!!!
Posted 2018-01-25 4:49 PM (#540938 - in reply to #540905) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: November 2011 Posts: 741
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Darkbar - 2018-01-23 4:30 PM
That said, he did discover a few complete a**holes among the thousands of forum members
Yep. He was one of a few who openly in the forum told me I wasn't liked (see my previous comment in this thread for clarification). While I thought it to be a violation of the "above all, be nice" provision, I didn't blame them. I wouldn't have liked me either back then with my narcotic addled brain (all prescribed by doctors I'd like to add). Everything I've learned about him points to a really cool dude.
Posted 2018-01-27 4:40 PM (#540957 - in reply to #540765) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: October 2005 Posts: 5330
Location: Cicero, NY
And don't even THINK about judging him by his ear-numbing scream "I WON! I WON!! I HIT THE FREAKIN' LOTTO!!! I GET TO TELL HIM!!!" when he drew the short straw either. That was just a nervous impulse. I'm SURE he would have immediately apologized for that had he been able to control the laughter and tears.
Everything aside, Slip, we already miss you...some of us may not get the votes to get in but save us a seat by you just in case.
Posted 2018-01-27 5:46 PM (#540959 - in reply to #540957) Subject: Re: Slipkid
Joined: November 2011 Posts: 741
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Weaser P - 2018-01-27 4:40 PM
And don't even THINK about judging him by his ear-numbing scream "I WON! I WON!! I HIT THE FREAKIN' LOTTO!!! I GET TO TELL HIM!!!" when he drew the short straw either. That was just a nervous impulse. I'm SURE he would have immediately apologized for that had he been able to control the laughter and tears.
Everything aside, Slip, we already miss you...some of us may not get the votes to get in but save us a seat by you just in case.
Slipkid
