UPDATE: Alex Chilton rescued from New Orleans home

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

he's no longer among the missing

from pitchforkmedia.com:
* Alex Chilton, frontman for Big Star and the Box Tops, is safe and sound, according to various sources, including e-mails to Pitchfork purporting to be from friends of Chilton’s family. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports that Chilton spoke to Ron Easley (his former bandmate in the Memphis punkabilly group Tav Falco’s Panther Burns) early Monday morning, who said that Chilton had been rescued by helicopter from his French Quarter home on Sunday.

[no name no slogan]

1. What a relief

A tribute to the man:
ALEX CHILTON (by the Replacements)


If he was from Venus, would he feed us with a spoon?
If he was from Mars, wouldn't that be cool?
Standing right on campus, would he stamp us in a file?
Hangin' down in Memphis all the while.

(chorus:)
Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round
They sing I'm in love. What's that song?
I'm in love with that song.

Cerebral rape and pillage in a village of his choice.
Invisible man who can sing in a visible voice.
Feeling like a hundred bucks, exchanging good lucks face to face.
Checkin' his stash by the trash at St. Mark's place.

Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round
They sing I'm in love. What's that song?
I'm in love with that song.

I never travel far, without a little Big Star
Runnin' 'round the house, Mickey Mouse and the Tarot cards.

Falling asleep with a flop pop video on.
If he was from Venus, would he meet us on the moon?
If he died in Memphis, then that'd be cool, babe.

Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round
They sing I'm in love. What's that song?
I'm in love with that song.

[helderheid]

6. LUFF that song!!

[kitkat65]

11. Started singing this immediately . . . well at least the chorus

:headbang:

[jane_pippin]

2. YAY! Yay yay yay yay!

:woohoo:

[corkhead]

3. one of my favorites.

Glad to here it. Excellent solo career, largely ignored, haven't seen anything new from him in a while though.

[Mike Daniels]

7. "Big Star" has an album coming out in Oct. I believe

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Good!

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[Secular Agent Man]

5. So he took a helicopter, and not an "aeroplane"?

Glad to see he got out ok.

[theboss]

8. Another one I thought died years ago.....

To me, the biggest moment in all of this may been discovering that Fats Dominoe was still alive.

[Rowdyboy]

9. Excellent news!

Thanks for the update

[milkyway]

10. Thanks for the great news!