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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:28:52 -0400
From: "colin palombi" (colin.palombi at gmail.com)
To: dgtized at gmail.com
Subject: Marcel

I'm in Baltimore, but could be anywhere really.  It would be just the
same because I would like to be home.  Tony called me Thursday morning
to tell me.  He was crying, and I was crying too.  I went to class,
but then left because it was a fog.  I talked to Leslie, who was
between crying fits, and desperate to get a camcorder to play the old
tapes.  While Marcel and I weren't very close, I still felt a
closeness to him.  I first met him through Polly, we were in the
basement doing nothing.  Dave K was there too, our clothes were too
big.  Marcel's clothes were all black, and his hair wild.  Marcel
never judged.  He was quiet.  I once played a show with Fonogginate at
the Bopshop.  Carl was the only one who could play the songs, Marcel
and I were clueless.  Ed wore a windbreaker hoody.  When I get back to
Chicago I'll find the VHS tape.  Years later I was working on a movie
that was never realized, but asked Marcel to read excerpts from Ernest
Becker's "The Denial of Death" for a voice over.  I loved Marcel's
voice and admired his intelligence and inquiry.  I'll find the
recording of this also when I get home.

Marcel has always been there as a friend - maybe I never completely
realized that about him which explains why I feel so close to him, and
not at the same time.  He let 7 of us stay at his house in 2005.  He
was always willing to help people create, he was always inventing.  He
also just loved to play.  We played catch with a mattress at the Ice
Factory one afternoon - not speaking a word, just laughing every time
we tried to pick it up and throw it.  Marcel was also a piece to a
larger whole.  His Oak Park circle wont be the same without him - as
all his circles he has made will be less.  I feel angry that I can't
be home for the wake, but more so I feel lost not being with the other
parts.  Our mutual friendships are strong and have a history .so to be
away from the community has left me feeling really strange.  I sent
Marcel a text message yesterday to say goodbye and keep thinking he'll
reply.  There is so much more to say.  My thoughts and love are with
everyone - family and friends in Oak Park and abroad.  - cp
	

Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:41:06 -0400
From: "colin palombi" (colin.palombi at gmail.com)
To: dgtized@gmail.com, "Justin Petertil" (newchicagosound at gmail.com)
Subject: Marcel and Justin Party Hard

I think was at Lucy's old place in 2005...