untimely death of (another) Resonance104.4fm contributor

Posted on July 30, 2010 by maxkeiser| 5 Comments

Dear all,
It is with dismay that we pass on the news of the death of Resonance104.4fm contributor Simon Bannister. As “The Pooh Lord” he made the highly idiosyncratic song cycle “Cyber Chutney Arse Duck” for us a few years back. A talented guitarist and poet with a wild sense of humour and finely honed skills as an arranger and producer, he seemingly took his own life.

Our condolences to his family and friends.

A repeat of one of his shows went out this morning and I imagine we’ll run the whole series some time over the summer as a testament to his singular artistry.

Yours
Ed

–
Nominee, Sony Radio Academy Awards 2010 “Station Programmer of the Year”
Runner-up, PRSF New Music Award 2008
As featured in the Independent on Sunday’s Happy List
Ed Baxter
programming director
Resonance104.4fm – winner of the Radio Academy’s Nations and Regions

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5 Responses to untimely death of (another) Resonance104.4fm contributor

Marc Authier | July 30, 2010 at 4:56 pm |

That’s the problem with intelligent, nice and human people. They sometime can’t stand how real life is filled with shit. Don’t. I always say to myself. You have to drink it. till the end even if it’s puky and gives you nausea. Must enjoy even the vomit of life. We should train people to be resistant and resist. Combat skils against the shits poisonning our lives would help us all.
Marc Authier | July 30, 2010 at 5:01 pm |

No desire and no fear. It helps. At least at a minimum, try at least to find a sense in suffering and look regularly at nature and the night skies. It helps a lot to look at the big picture of the Universe.
Talcott | July 30, 2010 at 5:23 pm |

Indeed Marc, I see suffering as a character building gift.
Marc Authier | July 30, 2010 at 7:57 pm |

You have to see it as a greek present. Life is like all presents. They have some imperfections and they break down. It’s real messy. It’s a part of the mystery. Religion has really no answer. Neither big science or materialism. Acceptance is tough and rough experience. Some can’t stand it. They are some days. Most resist not because they are courageous. Just because they are scared. I never judge. It’s much more prevalent than people think. There is still a tabou about those things. Hanging on is always a victory.
Ted K | July 31, 2010 at 8:28 am |

So extremely sad. I would guess an extremely high percentage of people think of suicide for just a twinge of a second once or more in their life. Whether it’s losing a bf/gf, husband/wife, or just the general drudge of life. I think it’s a horrible horrible thing and when you have those moments you tend to get very tunnel vision in your own world, and that tunnel vision is hard to fight. But you have to look around and know there is someone in this world whose life is better because YOU are there. Because your smile, your weird humor, your ability to create great music (As the case is I am sure for Simon Bannister, though I am American and didn’t have the chance, I feel sad already I didn’t hear his music before he went). We bring joy to peoples around us, even we can’t see it. Even the homeless dude taking coins can bring us a weird type of joy as we think “Well things could be worse, I’m not where he is” and we don’t know the homeless guy’s story. Maybe he was an incredibly functional, productive person before some tragedy affected HIS life. We don’t know. So I think we must keep in mind others feelings even in our worst moments, that somebody in this world is better off because we (you) are here. And also remember to verbalize that you care for someone, or verbalize you appreciate some actions they did for you, and not always assume that person knows you care for them.

Simon Bannister, I didn’t know you, but wherever you are, I’m sure you did many many good things in your life, but you messed up the last action Buddy.