RIP Syd Barrett
Even though he's basically been in absentia the past 30 years or so, it's a bummer to hear about Syd Barrett's death. I've never been really into Pink Floyd, but I do like The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn ("Bike" is an awesome song), and Barrett's two solo albums are great.
It's kinda a shame that a lot of the later Pink Floyd stuff tends to overshadow that first album and the other work Barrett did. Maybe it just goes to show that history belongs to the victors, and sadly Barrett's psyche kept him from releasing any groundbreaking rock records after 1970. Either way, all in-the-know rock music fans owe Syd Barrett a great debt for writing "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play."
