my impulse is these posts is – as regulars will perhaps recognize – is to be conciliatory, to see how there is something to be said for both contesting POVs . . . but here i find myself driven to attack mode, for this post seems to me far more egregious than the one expressing connie’s grief . . . connie at least was expressing an autentic response, however naïve we may find it . . . but this post seems to me no different than the kind of leering that typifies tabloid culture, which is about as inauthentic as can be imagined . . .  frankly why the hell why should i – why should anybody -- give a damn that ledger was obsessed with drake’s story? . . . real innocence may make us uncomfortable, but it’s sure as hell better than the circling of vultures

 

mike  

 

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Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:28 PM
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Subject: Re: Heath Ledger

 

the nick drake connection:

 

Ledger's affinity for English singer-songwriter Nick Drake <http://www.nme.com/artists/nick-drake> , who died in 1974 of a drug overdose at the age of 26, has also come to light.

 

In an interview last year at the Venice Film Festival, Ledger said that he was "obsessed with (Drake's) story and his music".

 

Ledger recently shot and edited a music video for the Drake song 'Black Eyed Dog' in which Ledger is seen drowning himself in a bathtub. It is also reportedly the last song Drake recorded before overdosing on antidepression medication, reports MTV News.

 

 

http://www.nme.com/news/nick-drake/33845

 

 

 

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