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R.I.P Tom Linthicum
Aug. 2nd, 2007 11:00 pmI've tried to write this a couple of times already, but been unable to complete it.
Last thursday, I heard that my friend, Tom Linthicum had lost his battle with cancer that day. I had known that he was ill, but not that he was in that bad a shape. I had been planning on chatting with him at the Lowell Folk Festival that weekend, and catching up with him. Now I can only write this message to the aether and hope that he gets it somehow.
I first met Tom when I was volunteering at the Washington Folk Festival and the Independence Day concerts at the (now demolished, in the name of homeland security) Sylvan Theater. His company http://www.nationalsoundcorp.com was the sound contractor for all the ones I worked on. I got to know him, in three minute snatches of conversation and shared work at the festivals over several years.
I got to know him better when I got involved working on the Lowell Folk Festival, and more recently, at the National Folk Festival and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. It's a curious world, the world of the theater and festival worker. You meet all kinds of people, spend a few really intense hours or days busting hump to bring off a concert or event of some kind, then pack it all away. It's a world of ephemera, and all you have at the end of it, is a few pictures, a few new friends, swag, and some memories.
I'll miss you Tommie. Hope you are enjoying a cold beverage wherever you are now.
Last thursday, I heard that my friend, Tom Linthicum had lost his battle with cancer that day. I had known that he was ill, but not that he was in that bad a shape. I had been planning on chatting with him at the Lowell Folk Festival that weekend, and catching up with him. Now I can only write this message to the aether and hope that he gets it somehow.
I first met Tom when I was volunteering at the Washington Folk Festival and the Independence Day concerts at the (now demolished, in the name of homeland security) Sylvan Theater. His company http://www.nationalsoundcorp.com was the sound contractor for all the ones I worked on. I got to know him, in three minute snatches of conversation and shared work at the festivals over several years.
I got to know him better when I got involved working on the Lowell Folk Festival, and more recently, at the National Folk Festival and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. It's a curious world, the world of the theater and festival worker. You meet all kinds of people, spend a few really intense hours or days busting hump to bring off a concert or event of some kind, then pack it all away. It's a world of ephemera, and all you have at the end of it, is a few pictures, a few new friends, swag, and some memories.
I'll miss you Tommie. Hope you are enjoying a cold beverage wherever you are now.
