God Machine, High Ti
NEWS: > God Machine - Bass player Jimmy Fernandez of the band God Machine
recently passed away on Monday, May 23, in a London hospital. The cause of
death was determined to be a cancerous brain tumor.
Fellow band members Robin Proper-Shepard and Ronald Austin issued the
following comments:"To try and sum up one persons life, especially someone so
beautiful, in a few lines seems impossible to us...Jimmy absolutely loved
life and had such a positive attitude that made everyone around him so happy
to be a part of this life. If there is anything we think he would have wanted
us to do in his memory, it would be to slow down and just enjoy the beauty
around us, to stare into the clouds and recognize all the familiar faces, to
sing along with the birds as you walk in the rain with no umbrella and most
importantly, just happy to be alive."
The funeral will take place in Jimmy's hometown of San Diego, California.
The band had just completed their second album, which will still be released
later this year.
> High Times - The June issue contains the following articles:
- Information on D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) and why some
people are abandoning the anti-drug programs;
- Profiles on the New York jam band scene. Who will be the next Spin
Doctors or Blues Traveler? Also, discussing how the e-mail network help some
of these new up and coming bands;
- And, of course, information on marijuana.
> US3 - Top 10 hit "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia), will appear on the
soon-to-be-released Disney soundtrack, "Renaissance Man".
> Vinyl Devotion - This San Francisco band has released their first
full-length E.P. on Mitochondria Records. More information on this compact
disc will be forthcoming.
