I was never a huge Go-Betweens fan, I admit, but I just lost a friend a couple days before, and he left me the job of getting together the music he wanted at his memorial service, so death and music seem very closely related to me at the moment.

Grant McLellan of the Go-Betweens died suddenly yesterday at the age of 48. He is memorialized at:  

Pitchfork
BBC
The Age (Melbourne)

Not sure if you were a fan, glenn, but I thought the band's best songs were just wonderful.