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It wouldn’t be a BoormanBlog post without mentioning death now would it?

By now, you’ve heard that the lead singer of Boston was found dead in his home in New Hampshire. I’ve never been a Boston fan, and I’m not about to start now. One thing is true, though, the man had talent. His voice was a critical part of the band’s success. To my knowledge, he didn’t engage in the kind of rock star behavior we usually see from Axl Rose. From everything I’ve read, he was an all around nice guy. The news reports all say there was no indication of foul play. It doesn’t appear that drugs were involved. Most likely, this was just a freak heart attack or something.

Right now Bob Dylan’s “Not Dark Yet” is playing on my Xclef. Kind of eerie, kind of sad. All this just goes to show that we don’t know how long we’ve got on this mortal coil. We’d all like to live to a rip old age, but as we can see, that’s by no means guaranteed. One day we could go to sleep and just not wake up. I’m in pretty good shape, but so was Jim Fixx. So was Buddy Holly. As a musician and runner, things like that are never too far from my mind.
Taking a wider perspective, it appears the whole world is in its death throes sometimes. Culture celebrates violence, self actualization and earthly goods instead of those things that are eternal, free and, in the long run, bring real satisfaction and joy.

It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there.

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