English soccer star Justin Fashanu, in 1990, became the first and only English soccer player to announce he was homosexual. His career plummeted after the announcement and in 1998 he hanged himself.
West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933
Volume 77, Number 10 | August 08 - 14, 2007
Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan
Artists’ double suicide casts a pall at St. Mark’s
By Lincoln Anderson
While the international art world was rocked by the double suicide of Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan last month, the tragedy has hit home especially hard for the community at St. Mark’s Church in the East Village, where the two had been living since earlier this year.
In February, the transplanted Los Angeles couple moved into the third floor of the St. Mark’s rectory on E. 11th St. off of Second Ave. They befriended Father Frank Morales, the church’s associate pastor, and started attending services at St. Mark’s.
Blake, 35, was a rising star in motion painting, a hybrid of painting and digital imagery. His highly acclaimed “Winchester” video trilogy, which showed at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2005, focused on the bizarre mansion of rifle company heiress Sarah Winchester.
Duncan, 40, was a film director and former video-game designer.
On July 10, Duncan committed suicide in the rectory, and, according to reports, Blake found her body. Blake was then reported missing July 17 and his clothes and wallet were found on a Rockaway beach. His body washed up off New Jersey July 22, and was identified by dental records.
Duncan OD’d on sleeping pills in the late afternoon after lunching earlier with Blake. Morales said neither showed signs of depression or substance abuse.
“There was absolutely no drugs involved, in terms of their being drug addicted,” he said. “I know that quite well.”
Blake and Duncan were together 12 years and inseparable, according to Morales.
“They were never apart for even a night,” he said. Morales had become close to them and their deaths devastated him. One day last week, he passed out.
“I was with some friends and I keeled over,” he said. “I wound up at Beth Israel.” Morales was told he was dehydrated, which made sense, he said, since he’d been “sobbing a lot.” He went Upstate for a few days to recuperate.
Morales said he still can’t fathom why Duncan killed herself. Some have speculated recent setbacks on a couple of her films — while Blake was poised for a breakthrough — may have been the fateful trigger. Others say she was “paranoid,” or that both were.
Morales described her as “combative, sunny, bright.”
“She was very politically astute,” he said. “She was very aware — of the war and the bloodletting. Her blog before she died was ‘The Devil and Dick Cheney.’ … She was prone occasionally to feelings of paranoia. I was completely shocked that she took her life. This was a really brilliant, beautiful, powerful woman.”
Blake liked to say Duncan was too intelligent for Hollywood, where she was “surrounded by morons,” Morales recalled.
Blake’s taking his own life is perhaps more understandable, he said.
“They were so tight,” Morales recalled. “One can imagine that, for whatever reason, he believed he couldn’t go on without her. She helped with the business [side of his art]. She was his muse. … The very next day was her funeral. He may not have been able to face that.”
Morales said he saw Xeroxed copies of notes both left, in which Blake and Duncan each expressed love for the other.
The two formed a special bond with Morales, who is also known for his expertise on “police state” issues.
“I think they found it interesting that I was a priest,” he said. “They kind of adopted me. We ran around together.”
With the Guggenheim’s Bronwyn Keenan, Blake and Duncan organized a July 3 benefit for St. Mark’s that raised $12,000.
“They were central in supporting the church and its efforts,” Morales said. “They set [the benefit] in motion.”
Said James Benn, St. Mark’s administrator, “He was this well-known artist and his career was about to explode. She was very interested in changing the world. They were activists — and that’s why they vibed so well with St. Mark’s.” The couple were living in the rectory — traditionally the home of the church’s head reverend — because the cash-strapped church, for financial reasons, has made the decision to rent it.
Clayton Patterson, who owns an Essex St. gallery, said that art-world big wheels like Blake and Duncan relocating to the East Village shows how much the neighborhood has changed.
“It was shocking to me that people who were so career oriented came to the Lower East Side,” he said. “People always tried to escape the Lower East Side — Madonna, Ginsberg, they all made it elsewhere. The Lower East Side has always been about struggle. It’s now a careerist neighborhood.”
Said Morales, “From what I understood, they just grew tired of the cutthroat scene in L.A.”
According to reports, Blake and Duncan may have feared they were being harassed and followed by Scientologists. But Morales said their anxieties probably extended beyond that, and justifiably so.
“What everyone is missing,” he said, “these people hated Bush. They hated what is going on in the world. They were very political. They were very perceptive. That’s the way to situate their paranoia — I think the rest of us may have something to worry about, as well.”
Word on the internet highway is the Big Man is hiding in Spain. A royal guest of fascist boor and rumored pedophile, King Juan Carlos?The Man
Born on the South side of Chicago, Rick Siegel strode out in life to find what the world had to offer. No Fear.
Interactive
In a recent BBC documentary on networks and the vast BBS world Mr. Siegel is shown as the central figure in the formation of the famous FidoNet network. He was elected to represent the whole North-East of the United States in the International FidoNet. His BBS started in 1982 was node 17 on the net. In 1983 he was working with GTE on their PC-Pursuit systems at the same time as writing the UNIX port for the 80286 Intel processor.
The Legend - Music
While the Internet records some of the recent events some peoples lives started before the CPU.
- In the mid fifties a neighbor boy of 16 grabbed Rick's hand (only 8) and dragged him out one evening on his little Vespa to meet a "star". In a few minutes they were sitting in a little motel room on Cicero Avenue in the Southside of Chicago talking to Elvis Presley. By 12 years old Rick was playing at the original Old Towne School of Folk Music with Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, Bob Gibson, John Prine, Bonnie Koloc, and Pete Segar. He taught a whole slew of great musicians who carried on way past where he wanted to go. Bands like Styx, Joe Jammer from the original Isle of Wight festival, Chris Gibb from the Brothers Gibb, Jeff Beck, Richard Black, Paul Samson, Roger Bunn, and many more who worked with or shared their chops with Siegel on stage.
- In 1972 he played his last concert at the request of the prince of Spain (now King Don Juan) for his sister in Ibiza. Since 1972 he has only taken the stage on occasion to kick out a few blues or rock ditties with friends as he evolved into the computer world and past.
9/11 Related Information
- Because of the frauds from all sides surrounding the 9/11 events Richard Siegel has seperated the 9/11 related news and information from his Freedom and Liberty exercise. You can find them listed below.
Contact
- Richard A. Siegel
Related Domains
- 911Eyewitness.com
- 911Raw.com
- 911Researchers.com
- BaEvaDesign.com
- MovieTV.com
- Musictv.com
- NycTV.com
- OldTownSchool.org
- OnlineTv.com
- OnlineTv.us
- TekTalk.com
- VideoSeconds.com
- WinYour.com
- striketheroot.org
Important Correction: I have been advised by Rick Siegel that his only involvement with this film was taping the initial historical footage and the brief interview bits which were filmed much later. Rick did not do the analysis that accompanies his historical footage. My apologies for assuming otherwise.
Is that a threat, Big Man? You've been owned. Repeatedly. By adhoc Truthers online. What makes you think you'll do better with Blue Star Media?James Brewster and Blue Star Media Cutoff 911Researchers.com
Fri, 01/18/2008 - 10:30 — rick
In a move that was not as surprising as one might imagine, BlueStar Media (or whomever they portend to be). through Jim Brewster, has cut off access to 911researchers.com. The site has been hosted with them since the days John Albanese attacked the hosting services making libelous claims forcing its removal. These 9/11 fraudsters have no morals in their faux claims to "save the world."
Without notice James Brewster has cut off one of the more important sites looking into the frauds of all sides surrounding 9/11 crimes. A "freedom of speech" forum opened by me only one year ago.
You may remember Jim Brewster as the man who set up the website for my 911eyewitness DVD sales, conspired with Sofia Shafquat to destroy the sales of the 911eyewitness DVD by dilution and creating a fraud around it while profitting through it all. So we do know why Brewster would eventually destroy 911 Researchers out of spite and revenge as I constantly blow the whistle and their scams are revealed. 911Eyewitness.com was built on my name (years of writing and activisim for freedom, truth and liberty) to promote my story and video from Hoboken, along with scientific research from Dave Shaw. The site is now relegated to shilling the truth at $10,000 a pop for a strange Canadian speaking fluent Japanese who likes bizzare parties at triple x "giesha houses." I guess that is how he knows these people?
This shall have to be the last in a in a long list of offences, ignorance of the law, and fraud that I allow Brewster, Shaufele, Shafquat, and Waddell to pull in the call to "save the world." They have done nothing but lie, steal, and cheat, obscure, create frauds, and spread utter balderdash that I must now bring them to the table for accountability. It is time to put them to the pillar of justice and let them pay the piper for what they have done.
My New Years Resolution is to right the wrong they have perpetrated and bring the real law to their lives. May you harvest from what you have sown.
Richard A. Siegel: Creator, Founder & CEO
Richard A. Siegel, Creator, Founder and CEO of OnlineTV, Inc is an award winning producer, musician & art director. Mr. Siegel is also recognized as a leading authority with regards to the internet. In 1995, he was picked as one of the top webmasters by Fortune Magazine to explain, and demonstrate the internet to the CEO's or the Fortune 100 companies
Born in Chicago, Siegel's talent for music was discovered at an early age and he was deemed a child prodigy. Siegel started his professional career at 14 in music. Later he found himself managing the music careers of Peter Tork of the Monkees, Karen Lawrence, and Jane Brody. It was also during this time that he served as an importer/exporter, currencies and precious trading. Four years later he had built and sold several businesses, including an ad agency, and one of upstate New Yorks first chain of video/computer discount stores.
After an array of successful business ventures, Siegel turned his attention towards computers, where he worked with companies on network design and trouble shooting. From there he went on to build an exclusive client portfolio that included companies such as IBM, Disney, Con Edison, Film Scouts, NJ Water Authority and Exxon. He further strengthened his position in the computer/technology field by creating the TIS (Teller Information System), a banking identification system. In 1982 Mr. Siegel became the 27th member of FidoNet, the first modem-based computer network and a precursor to today's World Wide Web.
With his reputation and clientele in the computer industry firmly secured, he ventured into yet another interest of his, broadcasting. Mr. Siegel served as the Personal Consultant to the President of WNET (PBS), Bill Baker where he was responsible for a major departmental re-organization, resulting in a $40 million (35%) cut in operating costs. It was also during this time that he served as Webmaster/Internet Coordinator for WFMU radio where he was among the first to use streaming audio. Mr. Siegel had foreseen the possibilities for real-time Internet broadcasting.
Mr. Siegel's broadcasting and computer experience lead him to his next work effort as Director of Online Services for MTI/Image Group (Viacom's NYC production arm) where he became involved in all aspects of commercial TV production and brought many of the clients on to the Internet for the first time.
Since 1996, Siegel has been building OnlineTV. The network was conceived and developed to deliver real-time digital entertainment (live TV), including films, music, art, and original TV programming world wide.
Watch an interview with Mr. Siegel on the early morning CNBC show "Squawk Box:"
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99-98:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 20, 1998
“We take great pleasure in continuing our excellent relationship with this illustrious law firm,” said Mr. Boyle. “We are delighted that they will continue to enjoy all the advantages of our landmark address, including state-of-the-art technology, unparalleled on-site services and excellent transportation access. This is the latest in a series of major lease signings that have brought our occupancy rate at the World Trade Center to more than 90 percent.”
Mr. Boyle said Brown & Wood signed a lease for approximately 223,100 square feet of space in One World Trade Center, an increase of approximately 57,600 square feet. The firm will occupy the entire 54th floor and the 56th through 59th floors.
Brown & Wood LLP is an international law firm of over 300 attorneys practicing in eight U.S. and international offices.
Acting as agent on behalf of Brown & Wood were LaSalle Partners Corporate & Financial Services, Inc., represented by Scott Gambler, Executive Vice President, and Peter C. Roberts, Managing Director. Acting on behalf of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey were George Meyer, Manager of Office Leasing, and Cherrie Nanninga, Director of Real Estate.
Mr. Boyle said, “We have executed leases for 1.2 million square feet of space so far in 1998, and we are on course to match 1997’s record pace of leasing. Brown and Wood’s lease is one of our largest expansions this year, following the lease renewal and expansion of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods last month.”
Lee S. Saltzman, Partner of Brown & Wood, said, “By signing this lease agreement today, which extends our tenancy at One World Trade Center through the year 2012, Brown & Wood confirms its commitment to New York and looks forward to continuing our good relationship with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.”
Founded in New York in 1914, Brown & Wood has since become an acknowledged leader in providing legal services to participants in the world’s financial markets. The firm is engaged in a diverse and sophisticated practice with an emphasis on structuring complex financial transactions providing a broad variety of legal services, primarily to financial institutions and other business interests.
The World Trade Center houses a full spectrum of businesses and government agencies involved in international commerce, with 435 tenants from 26 countries. The 16-acre, seven-building complex, with approximately 12 million square feet of rentable office space and 70 stores and restaurants, has a daily population of 40,000 workers and more than 100,000 visitors and tourists.
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It takes one to know one, Big Man. You don't site evidence. You don't have any 'cause Hoffman is the real deal. That "superhuman" job is called hard work, something you may not recognize.In the following passage, Siegel suggests that Hoffman uses websites to monitor visitors and craft COINTELPRO operations.
Hoffman has done a superhuman job, if he is not just an agency team front-man, managing large websites, 911review and 911research. This is the Honey Pot strategy. IP numbers of visitors can be monitored and cross-referenced just like covert agency boards aka Above Top Secret do. This is the most effective way to control information and monitor its effects on the public. All the breaking 9/11 research falls into their laps and allows them to quickly design some propaganda to counter it. If you know where the public awareness fires are starting, then you can quickly put them out with CoIntelPro.
Masters in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University (Applied Physics Lab/Whiting School of Engineering. Employed in mainframe software maintenance and development for the last 25 years. Reasonably fluent in Spanish. Good knowledge of Biblical Hebrew (attended the Baltimore Hebrew University. I was convinced that 9/11 was an inside job from Day 1. It was kind of obvious. And frankly, the only thing I really care about any more, in terms of my contact with other members of this rotten society, is advancing the public knowledge of that ugly truth.
