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Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-23 02:07:45 +0000

Simmons.

Posted by tgl on 2007-02-23 02:37:08 +0000

I like Simmons, but I'm not sure that the best way to start the article is with this line: "Dennis Johnson dropped dead Thursday at the age of 52."

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-23 06:00:44 +0000

It woulda been pretty shitty if Simmons had started the article with that line, I agree. But he didn't.

Posted by tgl on 2007-02-23 13:00:09 +0000

"Sad and angry." is the very first sentence, correct. That third sentence, on the second line of the piece, first sentence of the first real paragraph seems a little tone-deaf. Would have been bad anywhere in the article. Sayin'.

Posted by tgl on 2007-02-23 13:01:50 +0000

How about "struck down"? I tell an antagonist to "drop dead".

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-02-23 13:14:11 +0000

smote?

Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-02-23 13:55:44 +0000

Totally off topic, RIP DJ sounds like a bad techno-spinning loser who shows up at Avalon and places of that ilk.

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-23 16:10:41 +0000

Maybe he coulda said 'fell down dead' or something, but I think he used the words he did to convey the utter shock of it. Simmons had this article up within an hour of the announcement -- it's raw and conveys his feelings about the man well.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-23 16:10:44 +0000

a new handle is born!