Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson remembered by Stephen Thrower in The Wire

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Stephen Thrower (Cyclobe and ex-Coil) has written a touching and very personal tribute to 'Uncle Sleazy' in the latest edition of The Wire, on sale now in paper and digital editions.

Some more pictures from Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson's funeral ceremony

 Again, many thanks to Bee for permission to reproduce his pictures.

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The first set of pictures can be found here.

Peter Christopherson obituary from BBC Radio 4's 'The Last Word'

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A very nice tribute from Matthew Bannister on BBC Radio 4's obituary show 'The Last Word' with contributions from Cosey Fanni Tutti and Aubrey Powell.

Shortened clip via Industrial Records

First pictures from Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson's funeral ceremony

Sleazy's funeral began on Monday night in Bangkok and will last five days. Here are some photographs from the beginning of the ceremony.

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Many thanks to my friend Bee for permission to use his photographs. More pictures can be found here.

 

Two very good new obituaries for Sleazy from The Independent and The Guardian

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The last official X-TG photograph, taken by Paul Smith (via Chris Carter)

The Guardian now have a full obituary by Alexis Petridis up here, but for me, this obituary by Pierre Perrone in The Independent is the best yet.

More obituaries and tributes to Sleazy

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In addition to heartfelt and moving tributes from friends and long-time collaborators Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti, more obituaries and tributes to the late Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson have appeared over the last few days.

Creative Review as you might expect focus more on Sleazy's influential body of art and design work, sometimes (and unfairly) overshadowed by his music.

Artist and designer John Coulthart focuses on the personal influence Sleazy had on his life and work.

Following on from their broadcast tribute, BBC Radio 6 Music have added a tribute on their website.

Another personal tribute to Sleazy is on the Optimo blog.

Lastly, there's a rather uninspiring offering from the NME. The sentence "He also later played in Coil." is indicative of the (lack of) knowledge and/or research that went into this offering.

What you may (or may not?) think is odd is that several days after his tragic passing, we still have not had any tribute or comment of any kind from Genesis P-Orridge...

Watch the Brion Gysin / Dreamachine documentary "FLicKeR" for free until 5 July 2010!

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via films.myfilmblog.com and Fred Giannelli

"This award-winning documentary about poet, artist, calligrapher and mystic Brion Gysin, portrays the life and legacy of an artist who believed art could revolutionize human consciousness. FLicKeR chronicles Gysin’s complex ideas, friendships and influence with some of the 20th century’s key counterculture figures, such as William S Burroughs, Kurt Cobain and Marianne Faithful."

Available here to watch free until 5 July 2010.