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Sorry everyone. Daily Mail also covered it but they're even worse in my book.

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I am not from uk. I know the sun and daily mail has horrible reputation, but I didnt it would be THIS bad! The way they covered it has zero respect. They are gossiping about celebrities as if its a concert.

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Picture today from Steve's Instagram account stories today, from Katie. 

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readytofall wrote:

I am not from uk. I know the sun and daily mail has horrible reputation, but I didnt it would be THIS bad! The way they covered it has zero respect. They are gossiping about celebrities as if its a concert.

 That seems to be the entire point of the existence of these rags. And they are obsessed with giving everyone's ages as well, though likely a year or two out for good measure. It's even possible there were celebrities there not wearing makeup, can you imagine ... </sarcasm>. Fe-mail seems to exist to make women judge other women for being fat. The headlines down the side are called the "Sidebar of Shame" here. I did look to see if there were any other reports and only came up with the Daily Heil and syndications of it, so didn't bother to post that. They obviously only got near Peter Crouch, there's endless pictures of him, so at least it's good they didn't manage to be any more invasive than that.



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Either that or they felt that Crouch and Clancy were the ones that would get most eyeballs on them.

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James Cocker fucks sake



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I had just bought a jumper, a yellow one. When I saw it on the hanger, it reminded me of this photo of Steve (one of my favourite shots of the band), so I snaffled it.

And then I paid for it, walked outside with my partner, got on the bus, and checked my phone.

 

It was an absolutely sickening shock, he always seemed so young and healthy. He is, to be honest, my favourite member - I mean everyone loves Jarvis, but Steve was the cool one; he legitimised Cocker and co.'s nerdiness by simply standing there with his bass and that swoop of hair. And he did much more than that. So very much more.

I don't think I'll ever look at a photo of Pulp and see Steve, and think 'oh he's dead now', because that seems so incredibly perverse... as far as I'm concerned, he's there. Hopefully trotting about in the Andes, but also, generally. He's still part of Pulp, if that makes sense. It's impossible to separate them, and why would you want to?

So, rest well Steve. Thank you for the music.



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Eamonn wrote:

His Different Class cut-out dusted down and given its own spot on the stage through this summer's reunion...

 

 

That'd be a wonderful tribute. Hope they do this.



-- Edited by lipglossed on Tuesday 4th of April 2023 06:54:16 PM

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That's so sad/sweet about your yellow jumper.

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That's so sad/sweet about your yellow jumper.

A funny coincidence. 

Not the only thing that day either. We actually kept wandering and went into another charity shop in the afternoon, an Oxfam, and after we stepped out onto the street, my partner presented me with Pulp - The Illustrated Story, Paul Lester's book. Turns out they had a copy in the Oxfam and she surreptitiously got it for me. So, that was very touching.



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Katie just put up on instagram that he died from a 4th AVM and his organs have saved 3 people - poor Steve, I'm still so sad about it!


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Katie just put up on instagram that he died from a 4th AVM and his organs have saved 3 people - poor Steve, I'm still so sad about it!

Gosh, that's desperately unlucky. AVM's aren't usually fatal. To have four of the buggers...

Poor Steve.

 



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weener wrote:

Katie just put up on instagram that he died from a 4th AVM and his organs have saved 3 people - poor Steve, I'm still so sad about it!

Gosh, that's desperately unlucky. AVM's aren't usually fatal. To have four of the buggers...

Poor Steve.

 

I'd never heard of this, so I just Googled it - does the 4 relate to the severity rather than a 4th event?? Sounds horrendously unlucky whatever, even more so for someone who was so fit and healthy.

https://www.bmc.org/spetzler-martin-grading-scale



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Katie just put up on instagram that he died from a 4th AVM and his organs have saved 3 people - poor Steve, I'm still so sad about it!

"his organs have saved 3 people"?!

dear lord, bless him. i am in tears again. may he rest in peace.

i am just a fan, i have no place to say this. but honestly... this brings me a touch of comfort.



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If anyone wants to visit the good lad, you can find him in the West side of Highgate Cemetary, in a fairly prominent location in "The Meadow", roughly halfway between Jean Simmons and George Michael. Also very near Ian Holm and Bob Hoskins.



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Simply Fuss Free wrote:

If anyone wants to visit the good lad, you can find him in the West side of Highgate Cemetary, in a fairly prominent location in "The Meadow", roughly halfway between Jean Simmons and George Michael. Also very near Ian Holm and Bob Hoskins.

 Thank you.



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Would it be tasteless to organise something for November 10th? Like a few of us lot (probably the London based) going up there with a few little tributes ie flowers and stuff.

Just an idea like.

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Not a bad idea - if memory serves, access to parts of the cemetery is restricted in the winter months so that might be something to watch out for.

I think this thread should always be pinned to the top, regardless

This probably belongs in the dreams thread but I had one the other night of Pulp playing one of their summer shows and Jarvis not addressing Steve's death until the encore, spending a good five minutes saying how great he was, and his talent and intelligence was one thing but his being humble and never projecting his own thoughts onto other people when he had every reason to, given how successful he was in everything he did, was one of his most admirable traits.

And the stage was all darkly lit during this eulogy apart from a spotlight being shone on Steve's Different Class cut-out at the front of the stage. Jarvis then dedicates the last song to Steve, just holding back the tears and the opening strains of Bar Italia begin...

I had been for a run to Finsbury Park earlier in the day and thinking about the Pulp concert there so that probably triggered it. A lot of the grass was destroyed a couple of weeks ago in some "mud challenge" that hundreds of people took part in, but the grass is already growing back quite well in most parts.

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Eamonn wrote:

This probably belongs in the dreams thread but I had one the other night of Pulp playing one of their summer shows and Jarvis not addressing Steve's death until the encore, spending a good five minutes saying how great he was, and his talent and intelligence was one thing but his being humble and never projecting his own thoughts onto other people when he had every reason to, given how successful he was in everything he did, was one of his most admirable traits.

And the stage was all darkly lit during this eulogy apart from a spotlight being shone on Steve's Different Class cut-out at the front of the stage. Jarvis then dedicates the last song to Steve, just holding back the tears and the opening strains of Bar Italia begin...

This has made me very emotional. It would be a pretty much perfect tribute, and the way you describe it is very vivid too.

I think Finsbury Park has the potential to be a very emotionally intense event, I'll be going to TRNSMT but hope those of you who'll be off to north London have a good time... they'll certainly be remembering Steve.

Hope his cut-out is dusted-off, like you said. Funny, it's still weird him being gone; I was watching a YouTube video of Like A Friend live at Glasto this morning, watching Steve run his fingers down that bassline and thinking I'd see him this summer. I think the Highgate thing is a nice idea. Any way of paying a tribute, really.

I do feel for whoever will play bass live, obviously it's a huge honour but also quite emotionally difficult, I would reckon.



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I do feel for whoever will play bass live, obviously it's a huge honour but also quite emotionally difficult, I would reckon.

 Just a wild thought - does anyone know anything much about Marley? It says in this interview that he is a musician. It's from 2015, which is half a lifetime ago for someone that age - it seems a bit grumpy but then being interviewed on the grounds of having a famous dad might be quite annoying at that age. There have been other examples of sons of musicians, like John Bonham's son, sitting in for their dads.

https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/zmxyp3/meet-rafferty-law-and-marley-mackey

 

I just wonder, would Steve's birthday be a time when family might want to be visiting the cemetery? Wouldn't want to intrude on that, though on the other hand it might be really gratifying for them to know how much he was loved, so long as it didn't interfere with their own commemoration.



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Eamonn wrote:

I do feel for whoever will play bass live, obviously it's a huge honour but also quite emotionally difficult, I would reckon.

 Just a wild thought - does anyone know anything much about Marley? It says in this interview that he is a musician. It's from 2015, which is half a lifetime ago for someone that age - it seems a bit grumpy but then being interviewed on the grounds of having a famous dad might be quite annoying at that age. There have been other examples of sons of musicians, like John Bonham's son, sitting in for their dads.

https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/zmxyp3/meet-rafferty-law-and-marley-mackey

 

I just wonder, would Steve's birthday be a time when family might want to be visiting the cemetery? Wouldn't want to intrude on that, though on the other hand it might be really gratifying for them to know how much he was loved, so long as it didn't interfere with their own commemoration.

Might depend on the time of day? I mean, there's plenty of hours, so it would depend on if we timed it right. You raise a good point, though - it wouldn't be good to intrude.

Finsbury Park might also be a good time to do it - not too far from Highgate either.



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New post from Steve's Instagram account:

www.instagram.com/p/Cr2h0xpNB_J/

So hideously tragic and unfortunate. He had three different AVM brain bleeds, was healing in hospital... and then suffered a fatal fourth. Unlucky doesn't begin to cover it.

I just feel so sorry for him.



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The photo of Steve being given a shave on his Fundraising page has shocked me - he looked so poorly the poor fella :(

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Scottbloodyfrazer wrote:

The photo of Steve being given a shave on his Fundraising page has shocked me - he looked so poorly the poor fella :(

 Jesus, that's heartbreaking.cry



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So saddening.

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