Monthly Archive: July 2006
Resources & Links Discuss this Sep 2006 MOJO on the Forum | Hi Res Cover Scan | Various Syd Barrett Paper Clippings and Magazine Scans | HYGIY Project | The September 2006 edition of the glorious MOJO music magazine published by EMAP features an all-star tribute to Syd Barrett, British psychedelia’s golden child, who sadly died on 7th July 2006. Join Paul Weller, Elton John and Wayne Cramer as they remember and celebrate the life of the torn genius of Pink Floyd’s dark star. Discuss This!! When you get your hands on a copy of this, be sure to discuss the contents of the magazine on the forum! We nearly have a quarter of a million posts on the forum and thousands of members! It’s a fun place! If you need some tutorials on how to use the forum, click here. The MOJO Blurb SYD BARRETT – Painter. Piper. Prisoner....
Resources & Links Program Details on BBC 2 Website | Discuss | BBC2 TV are to broadcast a 50 minute long tribute program to the late Syd Barrett on Thursday 27th July 2006 at 11:20pm to 12:10am. The BBC 2 website describes the program: Syd Barrett – Crazy Diamond: A moving account of Barrett’s disintegration and struggle with the demons in his head. Members of Pink Floyd describe how he still haunts their lives and music. It is broadcast in wide screen and has sub titles. As further details become available they will be posted here. Perhaps subscribe to this sites free newsletter to remain informed and up to date!! The Passing of Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett Syd Barrett died on Friday 7th July 2006 and was buried on Monday 17th July at Cambridge Crematorium. He died from complications related to his Diabetes at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. Syd formed...
Resources & Links Cambridge Evening News Article | Article Scan | Discuss This SYD Barrett, founder of pop super-group Pink Floyd, was laid to rest at a family funeral in Cambridge. The service was held at Cambridge Crematorium yesterday (Monday, 17 July), with around a dozen members of his family joining his closest friends. Three poignant wreaths were laid in his memory. Syd, whose real name was Roger Keith Barrett, died earlier this month aged 60 at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, after living in Cambridge for 30 years. He was born in the city in 1946 and formed Pink Floyd in 1965, but later withdrew from public life and returned to live in the basement of his mother’s semi-detached house. The band carried on without him, and penned one of their hits – Shine on You Crazy Diamond- as a tribute to their missing frontman. But his life as a recluse stopped...
Resources & Links Yeeshkul Torrent Website | Discuss on the Forum A Screen Capture From The DVD Tripped Out in Cork (HOP008) “Hop The Pond” have gone and released one of the greatest fan shot video DVDs I have ever seen. So much so that I have decided to write a news story on it!! The DVD is of Roger Waters’ gig at the Cork Festival in Ireland on 29th June 2006 at which Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason joined Roger and his band on the performance of Dark Side of the Moon during the second half. It was filmed using two video cameras which are edited together nicely with excellent quality sound. The picture is exceptionally clear as it was filmed with two top spec digital cameras! Halfway through the concert, the band had to stop playing due to a power failure which occurred after the “explosion” in Perfect Sense...
Resources & Links NME Website | Hi Res Front Cover of NME | Subscribe To NME – First 8 Issues For Only £1!! | Britain’s popular music magazine New Musical Express (NME) have a special edition out for the week commencing 22 July 2006. The issue includes a piece on the news of his death and its effect on the rest of the floyd, a brief history of his life, comments and memories from other musicians, fan tributes, a list of tracks inspired by Syd, and the highlights of Nick Kent’s 1974 NME piece on Syd, seen as the “definitive article” on the crazy diamond. How To Obtain Your Copy The NME can be bought from all good newsagents across the UK. You can also subscribe to the NME and it will be posted internationally. The first 8 issues will cost you only £1!!! After that, you can cancel your...
Resources & Links Action: Sunday Times Article | Pay Your Respects and Discuss |News: Syd Barrett Dies At Age 60 – New Drawings To Be Shared | Multimedia: | The British broadsheet national newspaper The Sunday Times has published an article written by journalist and Roger Keith Barrett biographer Tim Willis in today’s edition. The article features an important interview with Roger Barrett’s younger sister of two years Rosemary who had been Roger’s best friend for the past twenty five years. Dispelling The Myth Within the article, Rosemary dispels the myth that Syd Barrett was a recluse, mentally ill or a “mad genius”. She described him as a loving man who “simply couldn’t understand” the continued interest in his distant Pink Floyd years and was too absorbed in his own thoughts to spare time for fans. The article describes what Roger did in his spare time. He was very interested...
