The Post-Rockist

Spacemen 3 - Lord Can You Hear Me?
(from Playing with Fire)

Spacemen 3 - Amen
(from Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs to)

Spiritualized - I Feel Like Goin’ Home
(from Pure Phase)

When I first heard the news, I didn’t quite know how to react.  Sean Beall, consummate music lover, disc jockey, and blogger, passed away in a fire in his Lafatette, Indiana apartment Saturday morning.  He was 34 years old.  Perhaps you know Sean better under one of his many monikers: as the rock music DJ Marley on 93.5 WKHY, or as JSpaceman on his blog Kill Your Co-Workers or on his regular contributions to the WOXY community.  Then again, perhaps not. 

I never did meet Sean in person, but I did get to know him through message board discussions and the occasional e-mail exchange, mostly about music and blogs.  In fact, Sean provided me with a lot of support in setting up my first music blog and was the first person to unilaterally provide a link to the neophyte Post-Rockist.  What I do know about Sean was that he had a devastating sense of humor, a deep well of generosity, and an exceptional taste in modern music.  In particular, he held a deep reverence for Rugby, England’s resident genius, Jason Pierce, hence the above tracks.

I’ve never known anyone exclusively through an internet interface to die before, let alone in such a tragic fashion.  As a result, I don’t know how to best pay tribute in a proper, respectable way without seeming insincere. Sean was a pal and an all-around good guy.  I don’t have any intelligent words to say right now, but I hope these songs can speak for me.

Rest in peace, Sean.

-Posted by Todd

For more information on Sean, as well as information about his funeral services, please go here.