Dr. Shlomo Zelig, Born July 20, 1979, died at 10:59 PM on March 4, 2009 on assignment for Resonator Magazine. As a frequent cited member of the Res Mag “Away Team”, Zelig oft participated in various “live-blogging” events such as Resonator’s innovative “Grammy LiveBlog”, the first of which kicked off a trend of such events being done to a lesser degree of skill by various other music and culture blogs. Zelig’s fondness for dark, obscure and obscene techno, as well as the dirty “ghetto” music of the southern U.S., caused him to instantly fall in love with mysterious, up-and-coming goth-tech-crunk duo SALEM. Assigned to cover their recently released WATER E.P., Zelig, under unknown circumstances, found himself in amongst the highly-selective invitees to a rare live performance by SALEM to celebrate the E.P.’s release. The performance, which took place in a small venue in Salem village, just outside the historic city of Salem, Mass (30 minutes north of Boston), would be the last time any would encounter Zelig alive. Zelig was found, in the morning light, dead of carbon monoxide poisoning inside the venue, along with about 50 others. Police reports on the event have ranged from baffled confusion to outright angered lunacy at the mysterious circumstances regarding the mass poisoning.
Dr. Shlomo Zelig’s twitter feed serves as our only documentation to what occurred in Salem, Mass on the night he witnessed what must have been a once-in-a-lifetime live performance. Zelig’s twitter documentation can be found here, and should be read, for chronology’s sake, from the bottom up-exactly as Zelig lived his life.
SALEM could not be reached for comment.
We dedicate SALEM’s “Skullcrush”, the second song on SALEM’s Water E.P. to our fallen comrade Dr. Zelig, as we continue to piece together what happened on this fateful night.
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