Too Low to Find My Way, Too High to Wonder Why

February 23, 2005 8:35 PM

Pam Bricker Passes - Just as Thievery Corporation's The Cosmic Game hits shelves, it's announced that acclaimed jazz vocalist Pam Bricker, long-time Thievery conspirator--and probably the best guest vocalist the D.C. duo has ever had--has passed. Chung's blog post mentions, "it was most likely suicide." Are there any MeFi'ers out there who can provide more information? Confirm? Disconfirm?
posted by Mikey-San (18 comments total)

Apologies for the weird spacing in the post. Shoulda used <BR> tags, I suppose.
posted by Mikey-San at 8:38 PM on February 23, 2005

perhaps netcraft can confirm it.
posted by quonsar at 8:46 PM on February 23, 2005

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posted by everichon at 9:00 PM on February 23, 2005

There's a story in yesterday's GW Hatchet (George Washington University student paper) with more info and a confirmation that it was a suicide. I was able to read the story online from a Google news link, but when I went to post the link it now requires registration (for free).
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 9:13 PM on February 23, 2005

Thanks for the tip, Slack. The story's on the front page of the Hatchet, it seems:

For those curious.
posted by Mikey-San at 9:26 PM on February 23, 2005

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. She's probably the only musician I really cared about. Her singing really made me understand why music is great. I wanted to see her one last time before leaving DC, too :(
posted by jewzilla at 9:30 PM on February 23, 2005

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posted by equipoise at 11:19 PM on February 23, 2005

This is a shame. Mirror Conspiracy is one of my favorite albums due in large part to her glorious, hypnotic voice.
posted by sciatica at 11:45 PM on February 23, 2005

do you still 'pass away' if you shoot yourself in the head?

I don't think HST passed. I think he would have hated that euphamism, like me.
posted by anthill at 2:34 AM on February 24, 2005

I spent an hour chatting with Pam backstage at a TC show in 2002 in San Francisco... she was so warm and kind and her fame with TC didn't seem to go to her head in the slightest. Lebanese Blonde, damn what a song. I'll really miss her voice.
posted by zarex at 5:29 AM on February 24, 2005

Gareth Branwyn, ex-husband, has talked a little bit about it at his tech site, but in a private conference. I don't know how she chose to kill herself, but there were (obviously) problems with depression. It's just really sad, all around, and I feel bad for her young son.
posted by craniac at 6:48 AM on February 24, 2005

another obit for some obscure semi-notable person. time to scrape a couple out of the newspaper and post them to mefi.
posted by angry modem at 2:47 PM on February 24, 2005

So what does this mean for my Thievery Corp tickets tonight at the Hiro Ballroom?
posted by TheNakedPixel at 4:23 PM on February 24, 2005

Bah, that came off as flippant. Sorry, not my intention.
posted by TheNakedPixel at 4:24 PM on February 24, 2005

She had a great voice and I'll miss her. I think I'll be playing some Thievery Corporation for the rest of the day. This has been a bad week.

angry modem, did you really have to chime in with that garbage?
posted by fenriq at 4:35 PM on February 24, 2005

Fenriq, should this be the "everyone agrees and loves" comment section?
posted by evilgenius at 10:29 AM on February 25, 2005

BTW, the Washington Post has posted her obit today (February 28) and has reported she died by hanging herself.

I had no idea she lived around the corner from me.
posted by terrapin at 6:48 AM on February 28, 2005

evilgenius, no but do you make a point of going to a wake and telling the people there that the dead person was an asshole? This is no different.
posted by fenriq at 9:15 PM on February 28, 2005