Funny how in an online world information can still be fairly compartmentalised

[ttcycle]

I've recently brought tickets to one of my favourite bands that I have liked since I was a kid and I used to follow them religiously. However, I still buy their albums to date but haven't kept up to date as to what has happened with them.

I have only just found out that the bassist had a car accident and was hospitalised and in a coma since Nov 2008. This year he's finally semi conscious and well enough to go home but the American Health Insurance system refused to pay for his care when he was still in a coma and to date.

I'm not one that is influenced by the idea of celebrity and that's not why I am posting but things can easily slip under the radar and despite the ebb and flow of information online these days; it can be so easy to miss information.

Live life fully, you never know what is around the corner folks.

 

[Maz]

Thought-provoking post, there, ttcycle.
I don't know you personally, but thank you for the reminder. We really need to cherish and appreciate what we have and not take things for granted.

 

[StuAff]

Well said. I remember reading about the poor guy in question, hadn't realised the recovery was so drawn out. Stuff like that, the effects of storm Sandy, etc, puts one's own issues into perspective.

 

[ttcycle]

Yeah Stu, I was shocked to hear about this shocked as just found out now so many years down the line.

I don't read any music press anymore and with my own life being up in the air for those two years I missed all of this.

Things can change in a split second and I am humbled massively by that.

 

[fossyant]

Been posted in the last couple of days about a BRitish Cycling Member of staff that was hit a few years back, he still needs serious medical care now. That's local to Manchester and for us cyclists. That was a few years ago.

Lets not forget about folk, and cherish every moment.

 

[slowmotion]

Before the internet, newspapers/TV/radio were the main conduits for these news events. We went away on holidays for a couple of weeks and came home blissfully unaware of minor news stories that we missed. They were not endlessly repeated on "rolling news" or social networking sites like today, so you simply missed them. A couple of years later, somebody might say "Yes, he died two years ago" and you don't believe it because you didn't have a paper at the time.
I'm not sure that that kind of information really matters actually, but, as you say, it comes as a shock.