Jay Honstetter

Jay Honstetter is a musician, freelance writer, and amateur stop motion artist who moved to rural Pennsylvania after being priced out of NYC. He sang for a Birthday Party cover band called Sex Vampire and the Cool Machines (Nick Cave’s Birthday Party, not kid’s birthday party songs – though that would be cool too) and is learning to play the saz (baglama). He loves music, kung-fu flicks, and anything chocolate. You can follow him on twitter @jayhonstetter

Jul 072020
 

In Memoriam pays tribute to those who have left this world, and the songs they left us to remember them by.

Sky Saxon

“I don’t believe in death; there is no death,” Sky Saxon told the Austin Chronicle one week before he unexpectedly passed away. “In a higher understanding, none of us die; we leave our body. We’re going from one room to another room. Once you realize there’s no death, then you’ll live forever.”

On June 25th, 2009, when Sky Saxon traveled from one room to the next, he went arm and arm with Michael Jackson whose death was the day’s news. The King of Pop was celebrated and memorialized everywhere, while the King of Garage Rock died in obscurity. Continue reading »