Tuesday, December 10, 2013

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN UNDERSTANDS

The Gonzo Daily - Tuesday
And so another old friend has gone. Lloyd Pye has died of cancer at the young age of 66. I was very fond of Lloyd and we were mates for just over 14 years. I first met him in mesquite, Nevada at a UFO conference in August 1999. He and I were amongst the only sane people there. After three or four days of being told how The Queen was a blood drinking lizard, how JFK had been assassinated by aliens and how the New World Order were communicating with us through the miracle of fridge magnets I had really had enough. Then up came this quietly spoken 'Southern Gentleman' in his early fifties who had in his possession a 900 year old skull that he believed was partly alien. I didn't agree with him, and still don't. But he was so humble, self effacing and respectful that I couldn't help like him. A few days later I heard him tell an uproariously funny story about a turkey that he had known in his youth on a Louisiana farmstead; the audience (including me) were in stitches, but he retained his quiet, gentlemanly demeanour all the way through. He gave me a copy of his book 'Everything you know is wrong'. It was beautifully written, and his thesis meticulously argued, and although I didn't believe a word of it, I was touched by his sincerity. Over the years we have met up many times both in the USA and in Britain, and, yes, I became close enough to him to count him as a friend. I have always looked forward to our next encounter.
I am not crying for him. Either there is a life after death, or there is nothing (and I am not going to hazard a guess which). Either way Lloyd will be OK. But I am crying for me, and for all the other people whose lives have been touched by this dear, sweet gentle man, and who will no longer have the joy of his quiet philosophical company.
For those of you who have not heard of him I recommend his website http://www.lloydpye.com/ so you can make up your own mind about his life's work and the enigmatic 'Starchild' skull.
Another visit to our old friend Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_10.html

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