It’ll be interesting if this strikes a chord with any Dopers who may have frequented Neoin the Punk/New Wave 80’s . Kimball died.
Wow.
I haven’t even thought about Neo or Kimball in at least a decade.
RIP
Aw, Hell. End of an age. Can’t say I knew him when I frequented there in the early 90’s, but he was “known” by everyone.
I still end up there occasionally! New wave Thursdays, or other nights after the bar we’re at closes.
SeaDragonTattoo, given you still cruise the club, let us know. I hung out with Kimball in the 80’s. He was a very talented painter. One halloween, for his costume, he took a huge lit candle and tipped it so the hot wax dripped onto the top of his bald head, and then stuck the base of the burning candle into the puddle of hot wax and held it there until the wax solidified. He had this mohawk helmet of wax with a burning candle atop. Everyday was like that…
Nice tribute in the Sun Times:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/29243877-418/kimball-paul-tai-chi-master-bouncer-on-chicagos-punk-scene-dies-at-56.html
Thanks zoid.