I met Dan in early 2002 during our employee orientation at BBDO Detroit. They did the whole go around the room and say your name thingy and when he said his name, I immediately knew who he was. We spoke a moment then, but I felt kinda awkward 'cause I didn't want to be known as just some techno guy from the 313 list. I spoke to him again a few weeks later while working on his PC, IIRC he was playing Descent 3 against someone else in the office on his Mac. When we spoke, I kinda avoided talking about the 313 list or anything else techno related 'cause, again, I didn't want to seem like some one-dimensional guy from the 313 list. Later that year I did a couple of gigs, a LifeFest pre-party, the odd show here or there, and did an on-air spot on Crush Collision once. I never brought any of it up to Dan 'cause, once again, I didn't want to be "that guy from the 313 list".
In retrospect, maybe I SHOULD have spoke up a bit more, maybe invited him to a show or two, or even said "hey, I'm spinning on CC tonight, check it out if you have a minute...". I'm keeping Dan and his family in my prayers, hopefully I'll get another chance to say "I'm from the 313 list..." ---- "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Donate. That's all. > > His book rests confidently on my shelf. > On Aug 27, 2011 3:32 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I dont mind saying i shed a tear last night when I was reading the Blog. > > > > Jason > > > > On 27 August 2011 01:31, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Gutted, spreading the word. Thank you for letting us know. > >> > >> m50 > >> > >> > >> At 2011.08.26 16:49, Otto wrote: > >>> > >>> It's a sign of how much he means when a bunch of Technotourists many > >>> timezones away, who would see Dan maybe once a year, are looking at > >>> their monitors stunned, shocked and saddened, as if this were > >>> happening to someone we'd see every week. > >>> > >>> Still at a loss for words, > >>> > >>> Otto > >>> PS It's heartening to see so many people contributing to Dan's care, > >>> please visit the site and donate if you haven't already. > >>> > >>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Greg Earle <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > is very, very ill. > >>> > > >>> > We all know how much Dan means to our community. > >>> > > >>> > Please ... if you can. > >>> > > >>> > http://www.gofundme.com/DanSicko > >>> > > >>> > Background: http://mattsicko.blogspot.com/ > >>> > > >>> > ;-( > >>> > > >>> > - Greg > >>> > > >>> > > >> > >>
