Damn.
I always thought I would have a chance to grab a Fanta and some grilled tofu with him, since he was in the neighborhood.
There's not much to say, except,
Damn.
For a small community, we are certainly losing a lot of folks.
Yeah I had wanted to go visit him prior, but that f*cking storm Sandy hit, and he had to relocate and rebuild from then on. Was hoping to maybe try to do so this summer if all went well and he had a little free time. Just wasn't in the cards though now it seems. His life was going well too, music back on track, him and Sue settled in a new home, all is well as can be expected, then f*cking fate plays a cruel joke in the form of some worthless shit piece drunk (who had priors as is it seems).
Why this f*cking worthless sack of shit did not die himself in the wreck god only knows, but I hope for every min of the rest of his f*cking life after trial, in prison or otherwise, clean and sober, that no matter what he does with his life in the future, that he rots in f*cking agony knowing a million of him will never be worth one of James. Somethings you take, you simply cant give back.
James and I would always jump on FB and catch up about whatever crap had gone on during the week, and I always looked forward to discussing the latest Boardwalk Empire or Eastbound & Down with him, or Game of Thrones, and other stuff. He would always catch the new eps on Sunday evening, and I would play catch up early monday usually and we would discuss each show in detail and dissect them and what was great and what wasn't.
We did this with films and books and games and whatever else too. Just so many great conversations with this guy, and oh my the lulz we pulled now and then too.
I really am going to miss him. Great talent, great mind, and one of the few that could put up with my grumpy ass sometimes when it showed lol. Last talk I had with him he was working on a script for his Facci thing he did a few years back with his bandmate Palmer. He was looking forward to trying to do a movie of some sort about the character. If anyone could have made this work, it was James.
