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July 1, 2009
RIP Steven 'Seething' Wells aka Swells and Susan Williams (amongst others)
I saw the death of this genius who inhabited all the publications of my formative years on Attila The Stockbroker's Facebook page. Go and read his fitting tribute which is published online for 3AM magazine. It is moving and apt.
He had battled cancer and in his regular column for the Philadelphia Weekly (where he had relocated) wrote:
I put the phone down and let out a huge, self-pitying 'Why me?' The answer, of course, is the same as the answer to Travis' shit-awful 1999 international breakthrough hit, 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me?' Because you're a fucking dick. Now shut the fuck up and grow a pair.
Genius.
Posted by glittrgirl at July 1, 2009 2:44 PM
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Oh hang on, that's the guy who pissed off all the knitters. Genius? Really? Not on the evidence of the columns I saw, but I'll take your word for it...
Posted by: Robynn 
at July 2, 2009 12:52 PM
I'm with you there Robynn- not because of the 'knitting' thing per se (I never understood why people got so upset about his writing, because it was obviously done to rile), but, to me at least, he didn't really seem to have any finesse about him, certainly not in his latter years. A lack of finesse can be a good thing, if done with passion and enthusiasm and humour, but I didn't get that from his writing. He just seemed spiteful. Maybe the cancer explains that, though.
Posted by: Scumkitten at July 6, 2009 5:29 PM
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