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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat happened to Atticus? Does anyone know?
Looking for for him to give him one of my left over hearts, I ran across this, a classic and one of his last threads in his journal and thougjt Id share:
3;15 am
I remember how a cigarette I shouldn't have been smoking lit up a dark room with each drag.
And how summer nights smell when the world is asleep except for a distant hound and whatever stirred him.
You can't lie to yourself when it's just you to listen and you stand naked before your conscience.
The dawn may bring a wiser you because of what you've seen in the dark.
MadameButterfly
(1,142 posts)bif
(22,865 posts)So he's around.
dweller
(23,736 posts)Since April 2023
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GreenWave
(6,884 posts)When I see one of Atticus's post I think about this:
Ms. Toad
(34,182 posts)It has their last post as April 26, 2023.
RubyRose
(149 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,592 posts)Account status: Active
Member since: Sat Mar 2, 2002, 03:00 AM
Number of posts, all time: 15,124
Number of posts, last 90 days: 0
Favorite main forum: NA
Favorite topic forum: NA
Last post: Wed Apr 26, 2023, 02:48 PM
onecaliberal
(33,059 posts)He posted a few days ago.
dweller
(23,736 posts)Under their My DU options and view a members current profile and posting history.
Atticus hasnt posted since April 2023
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hlthe2b
(102,650 posts)or we're both confused. The latter is certainly possible for me lately.
highplainsdem
(49,184 posts)bif
(22,865 posts)It was in the last couple of days. As I recall, it was something about having a rough night. As I recall, he's a doctor and he usually posted something about having a drink.
highplainsdem
(49,184 posts)former9thward
(32,233 posts)bif
(22,865 posts)It was Aristus.
Elessar Zappa
(14,176 posts)KPN
(15,696 posts)I havent seen a post from him in quite a long while which is why I searched for him. Could his profile and journal record be wrong?
Aristus
(66,588 posts)highplainsdem
(49,184 posts)pnwmom
(109,031 posts)CANADIANBEAVER69
(369 posts)thank you for posting this and Yes, where is Atticus?
OAITW r.2.0
(24,911 posts)He post quite regularly...usually, hosts a friday drinking thread in the Lounge.
Or is that a different poster?
highplainsdem
(49,184 posts)MontanaMama
(23,375 posts)He usually hosts a cocktail thread on Friday nights in the lounge.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,911 posts)I am indeed! I'll blame it on my age.
yonder
(9,690 posts)I hope to see more sometime.
Bluethroughu
(5,212 posts)I miss him too.
MontanaMama
(23,375 posts)Maybe we will see him on this thread? I hope so.
DFW
(54,600 posts)He wrote two parody verses to "Whiter Shade of Pale," and I liked them so much, I asked him if he would be OK with me using them to make a real recording. He said OK, and so I wrote a third verse (which became the second verse of the final recording), and got the band (The Freedom Toast) together in Atlanta and recorded it. I had to supervise it from here in Germany, but these days, you can do that kind of thing. I then got with our usual videographer, Cinebot Video, also of Atlanta (since moved), and we charted out a vague outline, and the final version was put out on the channel of our friends at the Parody Project. I know Atticus saw it, but he soon after ceased posting. If he lived alone and had a medical incident, I fear we might never hear of it. Maybe DU management has his real identity and location, but I wouldn't know, and I don't know their policy on delving further than an email or an address.
Here is the video that has his/our verses (first and third). For the musicians here, we (TFT) do all our own music, but we try to honor the original to the extent possible. Money for Nothing/Rubles Worth Nothing was a challenge, but we got that done, too!
orleans
(34,133 posts)mountain grammy
(26,694 posts)Its great! Hope someone knows about Atticus.
DFW
(54,600 posts)The long absence does not portend well.
DFW
(54,600 posts)The long absence does not portend well.
msfiddlestix
(7,290 posts)Thanks for sharing again! I enjoyed it as much as the first time..
DFW
(54,600 posts)It took quite a bit of work and editing, but I felt I owed it to Atticus for his brilliant inspiration. If he was going to take the time to compose such great lyrics, I was going to do no less to honor his creation. Im glad it met with approval here on DU, and garnering six figures in views for a bunch of unknowns like us (TFT) is a testament to the songs connecting with more than a few people out there in the world.
msfiddlestix
(7,290 posts)By the way is this work copy written (I hope so) and distributed on band camp or other platform?
DFW
(54,600 posts)A parody is protected by law, but we never looked into copyrighting them, or whether that even works.
We have certainly racked up enough material in the last several years!
Hekate
(91,225 posts)Somewhere beautiful. And may he know his friends here have missed him.
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Harker
(14,160 posts)Last post in October, 2023.
Scrivener7
(51,118 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,525 posts)Scrivener7
(51,118 posts)going to last very long.
Alliepoo
(2,244 posts)That he was going to kind of step back and take a break?
intheflow
(28,534 posts)instead of a poem, as his last post? I hope hes safe, wherever he is.
highplainsdem
(49,184 posts)This was the final post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/12299470#post1
But he posted this in the Lounge on April 21, and it makes me wonder if he was very ill:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181808336
Something you might consider worth the few seconds it will take:
---appreciate something nice or beautiful that you take for granted because you're "busy".
HEAR that birdsong; the smile in a grandchild's voice; that "oldie" love song on the radio.
SEE that glorious sunrise or sunset or face of one who loves you unconditionally.
SMELL that brewing coffee; that lilac blossom; that burger on the grill.
Know that the day will come when each of us would do anything to experience those ONE MORE TIME.
Definitely not suicidal. Intensely aware of mortality and how life should be appreciated.
orleans
(34,133 posts)really stuck with me
(which is what your post made me think of)
Wolfgang Kotzahn, 57
There are colorful tulips brightening up the night table. The nurse has prepared a tray with champagne glasses and a cake. Its Wolfgang Kotzahns birthday today. Ill be 57 today. I never thought of myself growing old, but nor did I ever think Id die when I was still so young. But death strikes at any age.
Six months ago the reclusive accountant had been stunned by the diagnosis: bronchial carcinoma, inoperable. It came as a real shock. I had never contemplated death at all, only life, says Herr Kotzahn. Im surprised that I have come to terms with it fairly easily. Now Im lying here waiting to die. But each day that I have I savor, experiencing life to the full. I never paid any attention to clouds before. Now I see everything from a totally different perspective: every cloud outside my window, every flower in the vase. Suddenly, everything matters.
intheflow
(28,534 posts)than I expressed. Wistful and appreciative. Thank you.
mountain grammy
(26,694 posts)I remember a few last posts. Courage and inspiration is what I take away.
orleans
(34,133 posts)i get what you mean though.
here is the last post
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1229&pid=9471
and a link to his journal
https://www.democraticunderground.com/~Atticus
KPN
(15,696 posts)I didnt see when i posted. Hmmmm . lets hope and pray you are wrong.
orleans
(34,133 posts)Niagara
(7,823 posts)I noticed a bunch of MIA DU members during DU's Valentine's heart give aways.
Here's hoping that they come back home to DU safe and sound.
Emile
(23,370 posts)She has disappeared for 10 or 11 days now.
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