Anthony Bourdain RIP

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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Damn.  All this time I could've worked in a Bourdain kitchen.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    May he Rest In Peace. Damnit.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    mfc2006 said:
    May he Rest In Peace. Damnit.
    ^^^ Yes, this!

    When I hear about someone I admire (Robin, Chris, Anthony, etc)  committing suicide, the first thing I do is cry or even weep in response to that light suddenly having gone out.  And at some later point, I feel pissed because I keep thinking maybe it could have not happened.  And then I feel a bit of shame for nearly going down the same road myself.  And then I simply hope someone else will be as lucky as me. 

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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    I saw a post on twitter the other day in response to Anthony Bourdain's death.  I'll paraphrase what it said because I don't recall it verbatim.

    "We can post all the phone numbers and websites and hashtags for suicide prevention and that's great. But something more effective would be to stop treating each other like shit all the time!"
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    This is gonna be a tough watch

    https://t.co/sSSoacsD3Z?amp=1
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    Finally watched Kenya...goodness, his final comments...

    This world is a much much much worse place without this guy
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    Anyone watching?  West Texas last night was pretty solid.  Super creepy to watch it without the narration, obviously knowing why. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    Cliffy6745 said:
    Anyone watching?  West Texas last night was pretty solid.  Super creepy to watch it without the narration, obviously knowing why. 
    I tried.  Flipped away pretty quickly.  Hate the way things ended for him and not really wanting to watch this season yet.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    Anyone watching?  West Texas last night was pretty solid.  Super creepy to watch it without the narration, obviously knowing why. 
    I tried.  Flipped away pretty quickly.  Hate the way things ended for him and not really wanting to watch this season yet.
    Yeah, surely not an easy watch.  He is missed.
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177

    The Last Curious Man

    The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those who knew him best.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    jeffbr said:

    The Last Curious Man

    The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those who knew him best.
    Have been planning on reading this all day and it didn’t disappoint. What a guy
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    The Beirut episode is so fucking good
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,530
    Caught this on Sunday Morning:

    https://youtu.be/ZFh9GSu6_5w

    Looking forward to the doc coming out - should be streaming on HBO Max soon...

    https://youtu.be/ihEEjwRlghQ
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    Very much looking forward to the documentary, as least as much you can look forward to something about a guy who you were a big fan of who went out like that.  I did read a review that said it gets very close to blaming it on his girlfriend at the time, which is rough, but we'll see.


  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    Funny how connected we can feel to some folks, without meeting them. 
    Certainly was one of those people for so many.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,185
    I'm looking forward to seeing it.  I really liked the guy and had just started watching his show when he died. 
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,530
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Funny how connected we can feel to some folks, without meeting them. 
    Certainly was one of those people for so many.
    I just think the show(s) he had were phenomenal. He could very well be a pretentious douche, but knew when to reign that in.And a show like that inevitably brings you into some sense of it all being personal. Then you realize it's TV, people are human beings (warts and all), and you never know what people are going through. Same could be said of with Cornell.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Funny how connected we can feel to some folks, without meeting them. 
    Certainly was one of those people for so many.
    I just think the show(s) he had were phenomenal. He could very well be a pretentious douche, but knew when to reign that in.And a show like that inevitably brings you into some sense of it all being personal. Then you realize it's TV, people are human beings (warts and all), and you never know what people are going through. Same could be said of with Cornell.

    Agree and Cornell is the other strong example for me, as well.

    I was a fan once I read Kitchen Confidential, which I think was around the same time as I became aware of him on TV, from his first Food Network show, A Cook's Tour. 

    The book was brilliant.
    No Reservations was just off the chart good. 
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    Not to be too dramatic, but Bourdain is the only celebrity death that ever really got to me.  For one, because he just seemed like such an awesome dude who brought such awesome food and cultures forward.  I also think his death was as ill-timed as it could possibly get.  Just as our country elects dipshit and becomes so overly nationalistic, we lose a guy that has had as big of an impact as anyone in this country in recent memory of bringing different cultures to us. 

    Kitchen Confidential rules and is a book that really sparked my interest in cooking.
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Cliffy6745 said:
    Not to be too dramatic, but Bourdain is the only celebrity death that ever really got to me.  For one, because he just seemed like such an awesome dude who brought such awesome food and cultures forward.  I also think his death was as ill-timed as it could possibly get.  Just as our country elects dipshit and becomes so overly nationalistic, we lose a guy that has had as big of an impact as anyone in this country in recent memory of bringing different cultures to us. 

    Kitchen Confidential rules and is a book that really sparked my interest in cooking.
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