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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Possum Tom</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Raystar</strong> said:</div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iT5M2XW0YlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></blockquote>
	i saw this monday when supreme posted it on fb and thought to myself, "look how young Matthew looks!!!"<br />
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	Cosmo used to have a regular Wednesday that was a stone's throw from my apartment and i would always be hanging aroung practicing handstyles on his 12" sleeves. One of those Wednesdays, he had Matthew as a guest, and we met there. His reputation proceeded him: humble, intelligent, and talented. Also in attendance randomly that evening were Miles from Breakestra, and DJ Dusk (RIP).<br />
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	Right as the place started to pick up steam we had a full-on blizzard. I remember telling Cosmo I was going to skin a hipster and wear his carcass home to keep warm... like that animal...in empire... "Ton Ton!!!", Cosmo replied with pride in his Star Wars lexicon.<br />
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	I remember this night, that was the one and only time I met the man.  I did a lot of peeking in his record box, and remember him playing some crazy drum-heavy record from Zaire or Nigeria or something like that which I wanted to own immediately.  I had no problem at all asking him what every record he was playing was, saying right off the bat "I'm never gonna find them anyway, might as well just show 'em to me!" This was one chance meeting, I lost count of how many years ago ('04-'05 maybe?), and I can still remember just kicking it with him, Delay, and Cosmo having a couple of quick but enjoyable conversations and coming away with an impression of a person that I rarely get from a first meeting. (Totally forgot that Miles and Dusk were there too).  <br />
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	After I bought the Stark Reality in the Heatrock auction I tried to call him twice to thank him, both times we got clipped from bad cell service and I can still hear him calmly saying "I'm sorry, I don't know who this is and I can't understand you can you please call me when you get a better connection?"  I remember hanging up, and thinking, "damn that was the most pleasant way to deal with a bad connection ever".  That's kind of chilling for me, I never really spoke to him and can still hear his voice from one call.  Sadly I never tried to get back in touch, I didn't want him to see my number pop up and think "oh man, this goofball again with the wonky phone".<br />
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	My heart goes out to everyone who knew him well, or was touched by him in any way big or small.

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