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I’m sure most of you have heard the grim news about Mark Linkous in the past few days. I can’t really add much to the memorials that have accumulated about him and his music; on the odd occasion when I met him – all well over a decade ago now – he always came across as a gentle and reserved man, who told harrowing personal stories but at the same time didn’t seem to give that much away about what he was actually like. I have, though, dug out this Sparklehorse piece I wrote for NME in 1996. As is so often the way of these things, it’s hard not to see an awful poignancy in his last couple of quotes.

He's hard at work on the follow up to 'Christmas On Mars'

He'll be joined by Howard Marks on the jaunt

Adam Yauch's cancer treatment is 'going we'll', so the band may return later this year

Keith Richards suggests the band could be about to reconvene

Colin Greenwood 'very sad' to hear of Linkous' death

Family confirms reports he took his own life over the weekend

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