Guest Gary C Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I am writing with some deeply sad news. Bingo Gazingo (born Murray Wachs) died on January 1, 2010. He was struck by a cab on his way to perform his weekly show at the Bowery Poetry Club about a month earlier. He was 85 years old. Bingo Gazingo was an amazing performer and songwriter with a one-of-a-kind voice and a wicked wit. Throughout his 70s and his 80s, he performed with a vibrancy and determination that was unmatched by people of any age. The very first song that I recorded as My Robot Friend called "You're Out of the Computer" was written and sung by Bingo Gazingo. I've closed my show with it every night since I started performing. I feel honored to have known Bingo, to have heard him perform, and to have collaborated with him. He was truly one-of-a-kind. There will be a memorial for Bingo at the Bowery Poetry Club this Sunday, January 24th at 6:00 PM. The event is free and open to the general public. We will be celebrating Bingo's artistic work: showing rare video footage, playing his music, and sharing some fond memories. Please come out and pay tribute to an amazing artist. *********************** Bingo Gazingo Memorial Sunday, January 24th 6:00 PM Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery New York, NY 10012 cost: free http://www.bowerypoetry.com *********************** If you love Bingo as much as I do, I encourage you to spread the word about his music to people and let them know how awesome he was. He's got a myspace page where people can appreciate his music and comment: http://www.myspace.com/bingogazingo His spirit, wit, and voice are unmatched and will be deeply missed. Your Robot Friend, Howard I'm mostly hungover at the moment and don't have the energy to even research it, but this is some really strange spam. There's no obvious gain, which leads me to believe it's just some sort of advertisement for a MySpace page, but I don't know how it came out of that site and landed with me, unknowingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I am writing with some deeply sad news. Bingo Gazingo (born Murray Wachs) died on January 1, 2010. He was struck by a cab on his way to perform his weekly show at the Bowery Poetry Club about a month earlier. He was 85 years old. Bingo Gazingo was an amazing performer and songwriter with a one-of-a-kind voice and a wicked wit. Throughout his 70s and his 80s, he performed with a vibrancy and determination that was unmatched by people of any age. The very first song that I recorded as My Robot Friend called "You're Out of the Computer" was written and sung by Bingo Gazingo. I've closed my show with it every night since I started performing. I feel honored to have known Bingo, to have heard him perform, and to have collaborated with him. He was truly one-of-a-kind. There will be a memorial for Bingo at the Bowery Poetry Club this Sunday, January 24th at 6:00 PM. The event is free and open to the general public. We will be celebrating Bingo's artistic work: showing rare video footage, playing his music, and sharing some fond memories. Please come out and pay tribute to an amazing artist. *********************** Bingo Gazingo Memorial Sunday, January 24th 6:00 PM Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery New York, NY 10012 cost: free http://www.bowerypoetry.com *********************** If you love Bingo as much as I do, I encourage you to spread the word about his music to people and let them know how awesome he was. He's got a myspace page where people can appreciate his music and comment: http://www.myspace.com/bingogazingo His spirit, wit, and voice are unmatched and will be deeply missed. Your Robot Friend, Howard I'm mostly hungover at the moment and don't have the energy to even research it, but this is some really strange spam. There's no obvious gain, which leads me to believe it's just some sort of advertisement for a MySpace page, but I don't know how it came out of that site and landed with me, unknowingly. Bingo Gazingo xD, if its spam. Its some rather fucking odd spam, any Watmmers in New York care to attend this on the 24th? (also <3 your sig, HAUSU!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I've had the MySpace playing whilst I've been rolling around in a hazy stupor, and actually, the music's quite good. I do kind of want a New York watmmer to go and report back, but then the spam has worked, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 rip bingo gazingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest futuregirlfriend Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 looks like you're on my friend robot's mailing list. http://www.last.fm/music/Bingo+Gazingo/_/Artie+Wexler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Space Coyote Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Some NY-WATMMer should totally sacrifice a chunk of their evening and do a special report on this. Question for Gary C, do you currently have, or ever had, a myspace page of your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLA FUR BIS FLE Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 good night sweet prince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I did used to have a MySpace, yes, but my personal email account was never advertised on it. So yeah, I must be on the Robot thing mailing-list. Mystery solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 LOL! I love you so fucking much I can't shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest placidburp Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 RIP Our hearts are with you always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qnio Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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