From Netherlands to Joisey ... Fans Celebrate Pete

TY to Jennifer Hilarie from Netherlands:

Dear bloggers that comfort us fans with lovely memories of Pete, Just a quick email to thank you for setting up your blog - you know better than any fan could, how much it twists the  stomach to know that we'll never hear his voice again; and reading bits from your and his life makes that thought less painful, because it feels like celebrating his life. Please keep up the good work - though I have no doubt that none of you will ever stop celebrating Pete, I still feel the need to  thank you for turning that  into something us fans can participate in. I have the distinct feeling that the man himself would be rolling his eyes  every now and then...? But again: thank you for comforting us when  we feel sad for losing the voice that accompanied our teenage and young adult years, all the way to today! **** Thank you Louie from FB 13 Casket Crew 13 for allowing me to borrow this from their page. It's too lovely not to post on our blog. Enjoy ! *** TY to Frank Savino for sharing this with everyone: I first met Peter when I was fifteen years old in 1991. I had heard "Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity" on our local north jersey college radio station WSOU.  Complete with Josh and the band in studio, it was the most  unforgettable radio song and interview I will ever hear. With censored bleeps everywhere  appropriate, it almost seemed divinely radio timed. I made sure I found out where to  see these brilliant and vulgar men  perform next. It was Studio One in Newark, one of the very first Type O Shows ever! My nerdy friend and I called the amateur college  radio station and asked to speak to Peter "which he allowed" and Pete put us on  the guest list as "Rodney Plus One". This was unreal to us. We had already somehow understood his power, and for him to acknowledge us in this way was to undeservedly  share in his greatness. When we arrived at the venue early we saw our lord  walking around quickly and busily, being the driving force to set up this show. We inapropriatly approached him with our trivial  questions and pimpled faces. He slowed his walking pace to ours and switched into a mode of “these kids were his top priority” We childishly asked him what songs he would play tonight, and he stopped and counted on his fingers every song on Slow Deep and Hard, In the order in which he would play them... To say Peter was Christ-like is an understatement to say the least, He was Pete-like.

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