Brain – The Action
Strange Days – The Doors
Drifter’s Escape – Bob Dylan
Good Night – The Beatles

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. died today and woe is us! We’re in a lot of trouble. One of the most outspoken, angriest critics of Dupeya & his minions has passed on, dropped the baton & we better pick it up & get after it, before we are fitted for a casket, straight-jacket or a cage in Gitmo.

Blowing in the Wind – Bob Dylan
From A Buick 6 – Bob Dylan
The Other One – Grateful Dead
My Death – David Bowie
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
She Said She Said – The Beatles
The Oath – Jerm
Death or Glory – The Clash
The End – The Doors
Tonight’s The Night – Neil Young

http://www.myspace.co m/thewaymouth

i like it in the butt!

I’m sure Vonnegut would have chuckled at the fact that you’ve suggested he’s “in the sky.”

the great gig in the sky – pink floyd

And so it goes…

This is a sad day…I usually don’t pay attention to celebrity deaths, but this one hit me rather hard. His books changed my life, or so I thought, when I read through them all in college.

“A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” – Dylan

Good Man Gone – The Waterboys

He’s definitely up in space somewhere… Rest well, Mr. Vonnegut. And thanks for all the good words. (And nice one managing to leave us at the same age as Kilgore. The conspiracy-minded among us will never stop thinking you somehow did it on purpose…)

“Slaughterhouse Death Camp” – G.G. Allin
“Sirens of Titan” – Al Stewart
“When You Read This I’ll Be Gone” – Paul K & the Weathermen
“Writing To Reach You” – Travis
“Kilgore Trout” – The Appleseed Cast
“Breakfast of Champions” – Rainer Maria
“Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” – Baz Luhrmann
(Yes, I know that last one doesn’t really feature words by Kurt — but so many people believe it does, so it seems appropriate)

Truly a sad day in literature. A genius, plain and simple.

Who else exposed the bitter sweet lies of life in such affecting and compasionate ways? Today our karass is less. Goodnight Kurt.

Ashes of American Flags- Wilco
Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd
Entertain- Sleater/Kinney
Hurdy Gurdy Man- Donovan

The End by The Doors…duh.

Couldn’t agree with James more, Vonnegut was a true genius. A hundred years from now, he will be known as the greatest American author ever. Apologies to Twain.

Poised w/ Inanity and Colmes

And Dennis Miller.

Ever hear Iggy Pop’s I’m a Conservative? You’ve
Probably heard Lou Reed’s New York

Album. You know
Hunter S Thompson was a patriot,
Not a patriot act.

Maybe bin Laden’s dead.
But Joe Dirt
Don’t watch quiz shows

Ripple – Grateful Dead

GD published under Ice Nine Publishing Co.

“fare you well” Kurt.

Kurt Vonnegut’s peephole opened 84 years ago, he lived his life, wrote a few books and died a week after falling over in New York…

So it goes……

Goodbye Kurt, thank you for showing this planet does have intelligent human beings after all!!

There was a time when I seriously considered Bokonism as my religion.

He will be sorely missed.

“Breakfast in America” – Supertramp

Where does “Breakfast of Champions” rank? This is the only Vonnegut book I have read and didn’t particularly like it. Is this a good representation of his work, or should I read something else of his?

Brain Damage – Pink Floyd (for the lyrics, not the cause of death, although …)
Favorite book: Slaughterhouse-5

My grandmother went on a double date with him before he enlisted in the war. She said he was boring. Here’s a few for you Kurt. You will be missed.

-ring them bells- bob dylan
-do you realize- the flaming lips
-less than you think- wilco
-river man- nick drake
-side of the road- beck

Bokonism will be practiced in my home for a full month of mourning

“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”

Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles

“Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.”
-K.V.

Sirens of Titan

As the Great Bokonon said,
“Saying goodbye is never a mistake.”

Best wishes Kurt.

My favorite Kurt Vonnegut moment:
his appearance in “Back to School” with Rodney Dangerfield

[after Diane gives Thornton an 'F' for his report, which was actually written by Kurt Vonnegut]
Diane: Whoever *did* write this doesn’t know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut!
[cut to Thornton's dorm suite]
Thornton Melon: [on the phone] … and *another* thing, Vonnegut! I’m gonna stop payment on the cheque!
[Kurt tells him off]
Thornton Melon: Fuck me? Hey, Kurt, can you read lips, *fuck you*! Next time I’ll call Robert Ludlum!
[hangs up]

I like poop sex in my ass!

Pearl Jam – Do the Evolution

I am the first man to piss my pants.

“All I Can Do Is Write About It” – by Lynyrd Skynyrd is a great pro-environment tune…

ripped off like a douche ~ another runner in the night…

“Hell’s Bells” – AC/DC
“Stairway to Heaven” – Led Zeppelin
“Axis: Bold as Love” – Jimi Hendrix
“Where Strides the Behemoth” – Mastodon

My name is Bryan .. I like Harry Potter BEYOTCH!!!

I was a wizard b4 being a wizard was cool?

Goodbye Blue Monday!

live forever – oasis
(’we see things they’ll never see…’)

“A purpose of a human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”-The Sirens of Titan.

Best damn book.

So long Kurt. The world’s going to end anyways.

Talking Heads-Heaven
Kurt didn’t believe in a traditional heaven, but this song isn’t about a traditional heaven.

Favorite book-Mother Night(so far, I still have more to read)

The Great Gig In the Sky- Pink Flyd
Nerophobia – Slayer
Cold Cold Ground – Tom Waits
Creeping Death – Metallica
Soil – System of A Down
Pity The Dead – Bad Religion

Shine On You Crazy Diamond
-Pink Floyd

Nocturnes: No. 1 “Clouds”- Claude Debussy

Goodbye Mr. Vonnegut. I think I’ll sit down tonight with an unfiltered pack of Pall Malls and re-read Mother Night. my favorite of his works.

poo too weet?

“The Fall (Kurt’s Blues)” – Cher

TV on the Radio-Blues from down here..though any funeral would be appropiatley play that….amazing writer, slaughterhouse five is a tremendous novel…..also Tom Waits, any song, would be perfect for the memory of this genius…or any great writer, bukowski who passed in 94 was the embodiment of a waits song…god bless these gifted writers!

Cat’s Cradle

RIP Kurt V
i`d play “Hey Bullfrog” by the beatles

Kurt vonnegut’s up in heaven right now…

Great writer and great work. I’ll miss him.

Space Oddity-David Bowie
With or Without You-U2
Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead-Zabriskie Point soundtrack

People are strange- the doors
The End- The Doors

“vacate is the word…vengeance has no place on me or her
cannot find the comfort in this world”

Immortality, by Pearl Jam

RIP KURT VONNEGUT

I will miss you and your books very much.

favorite book: Breakfast of Champions

Neil Young – “Don’t Let it Bring you Down”, “Hello Mr. Soul”, “Comes a Time”, “Helpless”, oh, Lord, there’s so many more.

I think Neil is the closest musical kin to Vonnegut’s outlook on life.

Favorite Vonnegut tole:

“Cat’s Cradle”

Life is no way to treat an animal

S0 It Goes — Tom Waits

breakfast of champions.. wow im really gonna miss him

Shine on You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones
The Tourist – Radiohead
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Bob Dylan
Underground – Tom Waits
Where is My Mind – The Pixies

shameless plug: I’ve written an obituary/article on Kurt Vonnegut on my website: http://www.abandonedstation.com

“I am honorary president of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the late, great, spectacularly prolific writer and scientist, Dr. Isaac Asimov in that essentially functionless capacity. At an A.H.A. memorial service for my predecessor I said, “Isaac is up in Heaven now.” That was the funniest thing I could have said to an audience of humanists. It rolled them in the aisles. Mirth! Several minutes had to pass before something resemble solemnity could be restored.
So when my own time comes to join the choir invisible or whatever, God forbid, I hope someone will say, “He’s up in Heaven now.” Who really knows? I could have dreamed all this.”

hocus pocus, what an awesome book…

breakfast for champions and slaughterhouse 5…cheers to the guy who said neil young and kurt are similar…i couldn’t agree more
satisfaction-the stones
eleanor rigby- the beatles
instant karma- john lennon

I loved Slaughterhouse 5 as well as all of the other novels. The gentle humanity laced with cynicism will be greatly missed.

I think millions of people have said something wonderful, dark, and funny in memory of Kurt Vonnegut today.

I was assigned to read Slaughterhouse 5. Still my favorite.

one of my favs

tock tick by simon heselev and kurt vonnegut in which vonnegut reads a passagefrom slaugterhoue 5 iposted something earlier about how his death really got to me ,but it was deleted.i guess they needed more room for bannana hammock to tell us he likes poop sex

Dennis Wilson – Farewell My Friend

Everyday I Write the Book – Elvis Costello

He’s Gone – Grateful Dead
Lawyers, Guns, and Money – Warren Zevon
Don’t Let Us Ge Sick — Warren Zevon

Mr. Writer- The Stereophonics
Til I Die- Brian Wilson
all things must pass- george harrison

Black Peter- Grateful Dead
The Dreamers-David Bowie
Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead
Towards the Light – Metheny Mehldau
Milestones-Mi les Davis
The great Gig in The Sky – Floyd

“There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” The Smiths
R.I.P., Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

“Everything is going to become unimaginably worse and never get better again.”

Kurt Vonnegut to the graduation class at Bennington College.

“Ice 9″ — Joe Satriani (Cat’s Cradle)
“Secrets” — Van Halen (Mother Night)
Bullet the Blue Sky — U2 (Deadeye Dick)
“I fell into a burnin’ river of fire…” — Johnny Cash (Breakfast of Champions).
“King of Pain” — The Police (Slaughter House Five)
“Kill Your Television” — Ned’s Atomic Dustbin (Player Piano)
“Weird Science” — Oingo Boingo (Gallapagos)

Some obscure and not so obscure references to a refresingly strange, beautiful writer. Here’s hoping he’s not too hopped up on goofballs, where ever he is now. Thanks for the journey, KV.

A Few Songs for Vonnegut

Natural Science – Rush
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? – The Beatles
Cat People – David Bowie
American Pie – Don MacLean
Unbroken Chain – The Grateful Dead
Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry
In a Hand or a Face – The Who
19th Nervous Breakdown – The Rolling Stones
Texas Flood – SRV
House Burning Down – Jimi Hendrix
“Mark it, Nuncle” – The Fool in King Lear (I;4;120-30)

Screaming at a Wall – Minor Threat
I’ll Remember April – Judy Garland(aswellas Charles Mingus version)
(Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below
We’re All Going To Go-Curtis Mayfield
The Year 2003 Minus 25- Waylon&Willie
Nutty – Monk

“Feeling Yourself Disintegrate” – The Flaming Lips

One of the few authors whose books I can’t put down. The man’s works are eternal.

What about “Nice, Nice, Very Nice” by Ambrosia? The song is about Bokononism.

Favorite book, Mother Night

favorite book Cat’s Cradle

“Unknown Soldier” – The Doors (and not so unknown their fan-club pres. was married to Fawn Hall, Ollie would shred them).
“Time Quake” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (I made myself one at Confirmation) was dedicated to his brother a meteorologist at SUNY Albany who helped create the science of “cloud seeding”.
“Welcome to the Monkeyhouse”?

My favorite is Breakfast of Champions. (Bluebeard, and Jailbird too, they’re all good). Thanks Kurt.

I’d play a George Carlin stand-up performance for Kurt. I wonder if they ever met? George and Kurt are intelligent, creative, genuises from the same generation who never sold out, never gave in, and always stuck to their beliefs.

And so it goes.
R.I.P.
Kurt Vonnegut
1922-2007
One of the best writers ever.

Vonnegut made every night reading before sleep seem like I was warping in time with Billy Pilgrim to another world filled with lunatics like me. Song I would choose? By a band Vonnegut himself drew a non-existent album cover for… Phish!!!

“Divided Sky” (Junta) [1988]

RIP Vonnegut Jr. – Just finished “Mother Night” – obviously amazing.

dedicate Sick Sad Little World – Incubus

The National- Mr November

came upon this site, and it’s been a while since he died…

The Long Walk To Forever is somehow perfect