Yep, I heard. Though in a way I was a bit surprised to see that he was still alive. And that it was a diabetes-related problem that finally did him in.

Although I've never heard the cracker story before, it sure seems sadly plausible. Another thing I heard about his days after his collapse was that he spent much of his time watching a wall of over ten TVs in his basement.

On another note, happy B-day, Petey.

Hey Tony, I'm assuming you heard about Syd Barrett's unfortunate passing away this week?

I couldn't find it in the wikipedia article, but I heard that at the height of his mental breakdown he locked his girlfriend in the bathroom and fed her just a single cracker a day by sliding it under the door. Eventually, people who were concerned about the girl broke down the door into Barrett's apartment and found him locked in a cupboard.

Towards the end of his career, it's purported that he never played a song the same way twice. He brought a song he had written to the band called "have you got it yet?" and he kept changing it, asking them if they'd got it yet? After over an hour of trying to learn it they eventually figured out they'd never get it.

But damn could he write some killer songs.

er... ME. shit.

oops.. that was my in the last post...

happy birthday PHAGGARD!!!

happy birthday petey!

BIG UP PETEY!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY....TIGER, ROWWRRRR!

Happy B-day Pete!

Seems Sony has since pulled that ad.

Yea, I'm a slave, but they've got yellow/black psps already, forget white.