I met him briefly at the Santa Cruz record show and he came off as a real humble dude. His contributions to Soul Strut and Waxidermy will definitely be missed.
I have visited this forum for a long time now, just reading and listening to music, but I never thought to joined, I don't know why, I have now though. When I saw this thread I was over come with sadness finding out that he was only a year older than I am and seemingly had such a positive and powerful impact on a lot people, that inspires me in away. Although, I didn't know Aaron, he along with the forum opened my eyes to a new genre of old music and I am thankful for that. I've always felt that the spirits of our loved ones live on with us, we just have to listen in sometimes.
I have his family and friends in my deepest prayers.
When you are sorrowful, look into your heart and you shall see that you are weeping for that which has been your delight ~ Kahlil Gibran
my condolences to all of you who lost a good friend, though i didnt knew aaron personally i must say Thank You for the great music and Rest in Peace to a good Soul.
I might not keep up with this place as I once did, with much less time on my hands. Nevertheless, building with all you folks in the early days of strut was time well wasted. I haven't met most of you, including Aaron, but each and everyone of you have helped define a period of my life I look back at fondly. As much as the internet can be soul sucking at times, there are connections made that feel familiar, like a quasi family. Not to sound like an advocate of online dating, but I've truly met some quality folks online, here especially (you know who y'all are!). For those that've connected with Aaron on a real world level via Soulstrut, I truly am sorry for your loss. He was def one of the most humble dudes on here, don't ever recall him beefing with anyone. Always willing to throw in a a few self-deprecating jokes to lighten the frequent beefin. Considering his background, he never tripped once when people were bugging out, the schtick would get tiring I'm sure. He handled it with class, without much fanfare.
I only wish I could muster up courage to deal with adversity as he had. Staring at the face of death but still living life to its fullest, it takes a special individual to pull that off. The best compliment I can give him is the amount of lives he has touched, even via a faceless medium like a message board.
Only ever shared a few emails with Aaron, but it is clear from everyone's responses that he lived his life to the fullest. Amazing how many people he left with such fond memories and impressions. RIP
i got a chance to catch up with an old friend this weekend and i mentioned losing a couple record community friends this last week (a friend in philly also passed after a long medical battle). As i mentioned a couple things about Aaron, he interrupted and asked his last name...and quickly jumped on his phone to check an email. His coworker had just sent out a message that morning about Aaron's death to his entire office since Aaron had worked and known many people in their field of connecting youth to international travel experiences. It really hit home how wide our homie's reach was and how many people Aaron impacted. A lot of our subsequent conversations revolved around being grounded, thankful and positive through adversity. Aaron definitely walked the walk.
I never met the brother. I wish I had. May he be at peace. And love to everyone whom he impacted, friends, family, world.
Is this the first Strutter we've lost? Not to be macabre but I'm just saying. It just speaks volumes about the man as a man. And it speaks volumes about us as a community. Very real.
Though I'm not involved with throwing it, pretty certain its Nov 5th in Grand Rapids. Details soon.
I'm helping plan the party w/ Aaron's family and a couple other friends and will post the details once they're sorted. Nov 5th will be the life celebration (party) and there are also tentative plans to attend the Ann Arbor Soul Club on Friday Nov 4th for those that are interested. By the looks of things, there are gonna be quite a few people attending and it should be an amazing night(s).
Greetings everyone and thank you for all the stories and love you shared about AA. Here is an update with confirmed details on the party celebrating his life:
Saturday, November 5th
@ Knights of Columbus Hall
1140 Muskegon NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
8:00 Doors Open - mingling
9:00 Storytelling ("Stories Not Suitable for Church")
10:00pm - 2:00am Music & beer
If you're interested in attending and have not already replied to the Facebook invite, please click the link below or add me "Andrew Christopoulos" and I will send you an invite. We want to get an idea of how many people will actually be showing up so we can plan things accordingly. FB link: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=263970356970847
(EDIT: you have to "friend" me on FB to get an invite to view this event)
Come celebrate this man's entire (life) catalog!
(Also, on Friday Nov 4th, some of us have plans on going to the AASC. So far this is just going to be an informal trip with car-pooling where possible. However, I just inquired about chartering a bus in the event we have a lot of people interested, so please let me know - via PM or Facebook - if you'd like to join on Friday so I can see if it's worth it)
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My thoughts are with his family and friends.
Rest in Peace, Aaron.
- diego
very sad
briefly met the dude at a Sharon Jones show in London a few years ago
nicest dude ever
rest in power
RIP
Damm homie had raers for sure
I have his family and friends in my deepest prayers.
When you are sorrowful, look into your heart and you shall see that you are weeping for that which has been your delight ~ Kahlil Gibran
I only wish I could muster up courage to deal with adversity as he had. Staring at the face of death but still living life to its fullest, it takes a special individual to pull that off. The best compliment I can give him is the amount of lives he has touched, even via a faceless medium like a message board.
You will be missed...
Is this the first Strutter we've lost? Not to be macabre but I'm just saying. It just speaks volumes about the man as a man. And it speaks volumes about us as a community. Very real.
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE.
Monte Stark passed, too.
I'm helping plan the party w/ Aaron's family and a couple other friends and will post the details once they're sorted. Nov 5th will be the life celebration (party) and there are also tentative plans to attend the Ann Arbor Soul Club on Friday Nov 4th for those that are interested. By the looks of things, there are gonna be quite a few people attending and it should be an amazing night(s).
Dude was a FB friend; we exchanged some PMs; never met him in person, but I'm seriously bummed to hear this.
Saturday, November 5th
@ Knights of Columbus Hall
1140 Muskegon NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
8:00 Doors Open - mingling
9:00 Storytelling ("Stories Not Suitable for Church")
10:00pm - 2:00am Music & beer
If you're interested in attending and have not already replied to the Facebook invite, please click the link below or add me "Andrew Christopoulos" and I will send you an invite. We want to get an idea of how many people will actually be showing up so we can plan things accordingly. FB link: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=263970356970847
(EDIT: you have to "friend" me on FB to get an invite to view this event)
Come celebrate this man's entire (life) catalog!
(Also, on Friday Nov 4th, some of us have plans on going to the AASC. So far this is just going to be an informal trip with car-pooling where possible. However, I just inquired about chartering a bus in the event we have a lot of people interested, so please let me know - via PM or Facebook - if you'd like to join on Friday so I can see if it's worth it)