Saturday February 23rd 2008 - Sunset at Alfresco’s on the beach
We had hoped for a glorious sunset ………. but we did get the starlings swooping over West Pier.
The gathering on Saturday was beautiful. All you people with a connection to Joe’s life in Brighton were a testament to how he built up and lived his life there.
He found such joy in his time at Sussex University as a student and researcher and as a Developer at what was then called the Runtime Collective, which we have come to believe was set up, with its unusual philosophy, especially to provide a perfect niche for Joe!
Our memories of Joe in Brighton glow. Through hearing anecdotes in conversation with you on Saturday we shall think about, talk about and store more memories in our hearts.
We wish to thank Daniel Duquenoy, Graham Forbes, Giles Palmer, Dave Wood and Giles Duffy for their memories shared publicly, Guisseppe and his staff at Alfrescos and Tom Sharp for performing three of Joe’s songs. More of Joe’s songs, probably recorded in his bedroom, can be accessed on http://share.runtime-collective.com/~joe/ropebridge/.
Joe’s last musical venture, recorded in Paris with Vanessa is Krauschanl’s E-waste. We have a few spare copies of this EP so, if you didn’t get one, please e-mail your postal address to us at geoff@holmberg.plus.com and we shall send you a copy.
Thank you for joining us
Sheila, Geoff, Pat and Emilie.
10 responses so far ↓
Ben Gilmore // January 18, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I will deffinately be there… will be really good to have the opportunity to celebrate Joes life and remmeber a good friend with all the people who loved him.
RedYeti (Dave Wood) // January 18, 2008 at 8:55 pm
It will be good to celebrate his life in the best way I can think of - by meeting up with old friends who’ve not seen each other for a while. Looking forward to it, in a funny kind of way.
Amy Riley // January 21, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Thanks for organising this, Geoff, Sheila & Pat. I look forward to seeing you there.
Much love, Amy
Antônio Neto // January 24, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Geoff, Sheila and Pat Holmberg, unfortunately I didnt have the opportunity to meet you. I was planning to go back to europe last year, and unfortunately for a few reasons I couldnt do it. I just wanted to let you know that if I was there, for sure I would go to Paris to say goodbye to Joe. Joe was such a heroe for me, as I told a few times to him, he has taught so many life lessons to all of us during this very difficult time, as I could read, always keeping himself positive, even knowing and being aware of how hard would be to him to get recovered. Anyway, during the time I was able to stay with him (he always invited me for meetings at his place in Brighton) I learned how a admirable person is, and this person is just the way Joe was. He was/is such a special person and will be remembered for ever.
Kind regards,
Antônio Pereira de Souza Neto
Uberlândia/Minas Gerais/Brazil
Clare Osborn // February 7, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I would love to come along to raise a glass to Joe.
Daniel Hart // February 22, 2008 at 4:03 pm
My best wishes for a day of fond memories tomorrow - hope to see you sometime this year with my parents, perhaps? Will be thinking of you - and of course, Joe.
Hilary // February 24, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Dear Geoff, Sheila, Pat and Emilie
I wanted to say ‘thank you’ for organising such a lovely celebration for Joe in Brighton last night. It was very uplifting to see the number of amazing people that Joe had in his life - more than many people would have in a long long lifetime. I’m very grateful to have been able to witness it.
I hope that the love that was so clearly present for Joe provides some comfort at this time
Hilary x
Ben Gilmore // February 25, 2008 at 11:10 am
It was really so lovely to have been there on saturday. I hadn’t really had the chance to talk to people about joe so it was good to exchange memories.
Just great to see every one there. It’s a clear testiment to how much people loved joe and how we all miss him dearly.
Toby H // February 25, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I’d like to echo Ben’s comments and say that was indeed a testament to Joe that there were so many people there on Saturday.
I found it strangely sad and happy at the same time. It was sad to find out the little things about Joe I never knew that came up in some of the speeches, and how I cant tell him how funny I found the Runtime mission statements. Proprietry through obscurity.
A shining example of Joe’s genius.
We have been robbed.
I miss you, Joe.
x
Tom (Hamilton) // February 27, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Geoff, Sheila, Pat and Emilie
Thank you so much for Saturday.
It was wonderful to be with so many people who had been lucky enough to know Joe - and who all so obviously knew it.
Like Hilary, I can only hope that seeing how much he was loved will bring some comfort.
Tom x
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