Ra Ra Riot Drummer Found Dead In MA
A truly saddening follow-up to the news we shared with you earlier today.Via South Coast Today: *A police dive team today located what is believed to be the body of John Pike, a 23-year-old Hamilton man who has been missing since early Saturday.
The body was found about 4:10 p.m. off Wilbur’s Point in Buzzards Bay. The body was found in about 7 feet of water approximately 150 to 200 yards from where his cell phone was found. Fire Chief Tim Francis said the clothing on the body matches what Mr. Pike was wearing when he was last seen Saturday about 3 a.m.
“It’s pretty clear it’s him,” Chief Francis said. Mr. Pike is a 2006 magna cum laude graduate of Syracuse University, according to his aunt, Colleen Stone of Centerville. “He’s the pride and joy of our family,” she said.*
Our thoughts and prayers go out to John's friends and family.
MP3: Sufjan Stevens - The Little Drummer Boy
Labels: death, ra ra riot
posted by m | 11:21 PM
3 Comments:
whatever anon. it's called a tribute.
first of all, news of john pike's death is saddening and incredibly frustrating. it sounds like suicide, and i'm so sorry that he had to end his life and what would have been a very promising career for his band. i love this band.
secondly, i know the music sluts personally, and they are not ones to try to benefit off anyone's death. they are genuinely, good-hearted people. the song was obviously placed in tribute to his death -- "Little Drummer Boy" since he was indeed a drummer boy. make your nasty comments elsewhere.
I say it's a fair song to use. Why get so uptight, anon? Haven't you any dishes to do?
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