DMBQ AccidentDMBQ, the band I was supposed to interview this week for the Times Standard, was in a car accident in Brooklyn on Friday. Mana Nishiura (also of Shonen Knife) did not survive the accident.
And I was mad that Michelle wasn't calling me back...she was in emergency surgery.
I am so sorry.
There's a paypal account to help them out -- as is usually the case with those in the independent music industry, they probably don't have health insurance -- please visit this link to contact them.
UPDATE: Here are some more links to updates and accounts of what happened.
RIP Mana Nishiura
Promoter's web site with news story
Shonen Knife website
Apparently, the band's van was clipped from behind and sent over a bridge onto a freeway. This feels so odd-- I didn't know these people at all, but I was supposed to interview them and probably go to their show next week. It was just going to be an interesting and fun story for me, and a free concert.
3 comments:
Joel,
IMAGE is amazing! How did I not know this mag already? Can you backchannel me?
sweetloreleiatmsndotcome
You rock!
joel, this is absolutely horrible. gah! what does one do? i'll say a prayer, at least.
exactly...i think it's all we can do. that, and send money.
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