{"id":16517,"date":"2023-12-28T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16517"},"modified":"2024-12-16T17:53:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T22:53:58","slug":"episode-569-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-569-silence","title":{"rendered":"Episode 569 – Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 569:
\nSilence<\/a><\/p>\n

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“This story involves a mild concussion, and starts with an altered state of consciousness, but everything I\u2019m telling you happened, even the neighbor and the waitress. At least, it\u2019s how I remember it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>No interview this time! Instead, our host, Gil Roth<\/strong>, closes out the year with the story of a week of transformations! This one’s got a Yom Kippur fast gone trippy, and a bathroom-door-induced concussion, a lightning-bolt realization about grief and mourning, a secret mission at a comics festival in Ohio, the Book of Life & the books of the dying, a pharma conference, Tom The Emotional Support Dancing Bug<\/a>, crying eyes and deaf ears and a mess of signs & portents, plus a dwarf, a salamander, David Koechner<\/a> and a lot<\/em> more. But seriously, it’s about coming to terms with the loss of a dear friend (Tom Spurgeon), and what it means to know you’re not alone, so give it a listen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

JULY 27, 2024 UPDATE: Rebecca Damsen listened to the episode and made the following public comment on Instagram: “FTR CXC2020 was not cancelled, it was professionally produced online and included tributes to Tom. I didnt upgrade your room, I got you in the room block. And, most importantly (to me) I didnt \u201cmove on.\u201d No one \u201cmoves on\u201d from something like that, it is always carried. We adapt. It\u2019s always there, just because it isnt on display doesnt mean it disappeared. Having a new partner does not dissolve the trauma. CXC is a terrific citywide celebration of comics and animation, which continues to grow in wonderful ways, and we often ask ourselves WWTD?”<\/em><\/p>\n

“I realized with absolute clarity that I had never come to terms with Tom\u2019s sudden death. I\u2019d never really mourned him, and I needed to do something about it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n