Just a quick note to say that after many months of it not working, live chat is now working again. You need to login with your username and password first and then you will notice "Tim Buckley Chat" appears on your left hand menu.

I have also managed to include an mp3 player in there at the moment, so people can listen while they wait around for someone to arrive into chat or listen while they chat but I don't know how it will affect the speed of some people's connections.. any feedback would be appreciated.

I was asked to write something for Tim on his 'death day', so here it is.

30 years since Tim departed and I am sitting here wondering what Tim would have written about himself on this day. I remember reading an article that Tim had written about Beethoven but of course, no matter where I search for that piece now, I can't find it.

Instead I came across an interview with Larry Beckett taken from here. Larry explains how Tim referred to the audience who would come to see him:

"They were nicknamed Lobo--which stands for Lobotomy. Meaning these people, who have paid to see me, who are applauding, have no idea about anything about music, can't follow me, never heard of the name Kristof Penderecki, and couldn't conceive of a 15/17 time signature.  So what's the point? He actually conceived this kind of hostility."

And a part of me considers what Tim would probably think about a community based around 'him' and whether or not I or anyone else here would be more 'lobo's'.

Whether we are lobo's or not and whether the multitudes never 'get' Tim's music and whether or not I really 'get it' as he meant it to be gotten, I am glad it exists, that Tim gave so much of himself into the music.

The music has led me to meet some great and interesting people and was the beginning of my interest in all types of music. It has taken me to great heights and taught me to listen... and to listen. It always offers something new.

I have no other sentiment really, death grabs us all and Tim, in all his 28 years on Earth left more an impression than millions who have lived till 70..

But I'm not the one to write about him, that's better left for people like Larry Beckett, Lee Underwood or Carter Collins.. people who knew Tim.

PS: Someone once asked me if I knew where Tim was buried. I didn't know the answer but if anyone here does, it might be an appropriate time to share that for those who are into that kind of thing.

Better bring it to your submission that we have 2 new file submissions in the downloads section ready for download.

The first submission is a version of "She is" submitted by Martin Bobbe.

The next submission is by "Bigtone" .. who although claiming to have 'butchered' Tim's Song to the Siren, has actually done quite a good job of a quick version of it..

Check them out in the mp3 downloads section in 'Members Recordings'