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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

One of my very dearest old friends, Tim Bowen, passed away on Monday. Bowen was an integral part of the Philly punk and painterly arts scene since the days of the Hot Club (he worked there, his Boneheads played there and opened for the likes of the B-52s) and Bar Noir, which he helped build and book. Tim made a fleeting few sharply sardonic albums (with the Crystal Ball Breakers) that were often as cutting as his socially critical paintings. He opened and closed his own gallery on Fourth Street, Falling Cow.

(a_amorosi@citypaper.net) (@ADAmorosi)

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Posted by A.D. Amorosi @ 12:00 PM  Permalink | File Under: In Memoriam | 3 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:38 AM, 01/11/2012
    Sorry AD. I hadn't read this before I saw you.
    HughE
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:44 AM, 01/12/2012
    Tim was an amazing artist and a prolific songwriter. It was an honor and pleasure to produce Tim's music starting in 1996 until his untimely passing. I will miss him dearly. May peace be with you now Tim.
    clutchbaby
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:21 PM, 01/13/2012
    very sad.. thanks for posting the video
    sarahmceneaney


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