DJ AM found dead in apartment
08-28-09, 06:49 PM
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DJ AM found dead in apartment
DJ AM Found Dead in New York
8/28/09, 7:28 pm EST
DJ AM, born Adam Goldstein, has been found dead in his New York apartment, police sources confirm to TMZ. The DJ, mostly known for his work with Blink-182’s Travis Barker and handling the music at big-name celebrity hot-spots, last tweeted some Grandmaster Flash lyrics from “New York, New York”: “New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems” on August 25th. Sources tell TMZ he hadn’t been heard from in several days, and police broke down the door of his apartment when a friend knocked and got no answer.
The New York Post reports that drug paraphernalia was found in the musician’s Lafayette Street apartment. Goldstein spoke openly about his past struggles with drug and food addiction, telling Glamour in a revealing interview that he started freebasing cocaine when he was 20 years old. “For the next four years, that’s about all I did — with the exception of deejaying, which I’d been obsessed with ever since I saw Herbie Hancock do the song ‘Rockit’ at the Grammy Awards,” he told the magazine.
Almost exactly one year ago, Goldstein narrowly survived a Learjet crash that claimed the lives of the two pilots and two passengers. Barker recalled the harrowing moments during the pair’s escape in a recent Rolling Stone profile: “I was lying next to AM as the plane was exploding, and I was screaming, ‘Are we alive?’ ”
Barker’s on-and-off-girlfriend Shanna Moakler was one of the first to respond to the news online, tweeting, “My deepest condolences for DJ AM, you were a great artist and will be severely missed. My thoughts and Prayers to his family and friends.” ?uestlove added, “It’s one thing to lose a teacher I never met. But it’s some other shit to lose a teacher I knew.”
Rolling Stone
8/28/09, 7:28 pm EST
DJ AM, born Adam Goldstein, has been found dead in his New York apartment, police sources confirm to TMZ. The DJ, mostly known for his work with Blink-182’s Travis Barker and handling the music at big-name celebrity hot-spots, last tweeted some Grandmaster Flash lyrics from “New York, New York”: “New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems” on August 25th. Sources tell TMZ he hadn’t been heard from in several days, and police broke down the door of his apartment when a friend knocked and got no answer.
The New York Post reports that drug paraphernalia was found in the musician’s Lafayette Street apartment. Goldstein spoke openly about his past struggles with drug and food addiction, telling Glamour in a revealing interview that he started freebasing cocaine when he was 20 years old. “For the next four years, that’s about all I did — with the exception of deejaying, which I’d been obsessed with ever since I saw Herbie Hancock do the song ‘Rockit’ at the Grammy Awards,” he told the magazine.
Almost exactly one year ago, Goldstein narrowly survived a Learjet crash that claimed the lives of the two pilots and two passengers. Barker recalled the harrowing moments during the pair’s escape in a recent Rolling Stone profile: “I was lying next to AM as the plane was exploding, and I was screaming, ‘Are we alive?’ ”
Barker’s on-and-off-girlfriend Shanna Moakler was one of the first to respond to the news online, tweeting, “My deepest condolences for DJ AM, you were a great artist and will be severely missed. My thoughts and Prayers to his family and friends.” ?uestlove added, “It’s one thing to lose a teacher I never met. But it’s some other shit to lose a teacher I knew.”
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08-28-09, 06:55 PM
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damn. I only was really familiar with him due to the plane crash and when he and Travis did the mtv awards a few years ago
08-28-09, 07:43 PM
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08-29-09, 02:09 PM
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it's so crazy how all these celebrities are just dropping dead this year... and I mean that in a semi-comical sense.
anyway I knew of DJ AM mostly b/c he and Nicole Richie were really serious about their relationship at one time.
too bad...but I hear this whole drug thing is pretty rampant among celebs.
anyway I knew of DJ AM mostly b/c he and Nicole Richie were really serious about their relationship at one time.
too bad...but I hear this whole drug thing is pretty rampant among celebs.
08-29-09, 06:38 PM
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I'm sorry that he died, but was DJ AM really famous for anything? I know he dated a few socialites and survived a plane crash, but I never recall him producing or remixing anything, it seemed like more or less he was one of those people like Paris, Kim Kardashian, Spencer and Heidi, etc... who was famous just because they're famous, with no real reason.
08-29-09, 06:52 PM
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I'm sorry that he died, but was DJ AM really famous for anything? I know he dated a few socialites and survived a plane crash, but I never recall him producing or remixing anything, it seemed like more or less he was one of those people like Paris, Kim Kardashian, Spencer and Heidi, etc... who was famous just because they're famous, with no real reason.
08-29-09, 07:09 PM
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08-29-09, 11:22 PM
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I'll drink an A.M. Ale in his honor.
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08-31-09, 10:59 AM
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http://www.trvsdjam.com/downloadpage/download_box.html
Similar in style to Girl Talk (mashups), but a little more fun, imo.
Similar in style to Girl Talk (mashups), but a little more fun, imo.
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http://www.trvsdjam.com/downloadpage/download_box.html
Similar in style to Girl Talk (mashups), but a little more fun, imo.
Similar in style to Girl Talk (mashups), but a little more fun, imo.
Thanks for the link. I have enjoyed what I have listened to so far!
08-31-09, 10:16 PM
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09-01-09, 12:49 PM
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To quote someone from long ago..."The turntable is not, and never will be, a musical instrument!"
People gotta quit acting like DJ's have talent. They manipulate music created by others, and some do it...interestingly is all I'll say. But musical talent? Fuck no, they don't have any!
People gotta quit acting like DJ's have talent. They manipulate music created by others, and some do it...interestingly is all I'll say. But musical talent? Fuck no, they don't have any!
09-02-09, 01:33 AM
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i was going to see taking back sunday, chester french, weezer, and blink tomorrow in cleveland but the show is postponed due to dj am's death (he was a good friend of the blink guys)... too bad.
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