Ben Beaumont-Thomas sul Guardian e Annie Zaleski su Npr sono tra i primi a commentare la notizia - ahimè non troppo inattesa - della scomparsa di David Thomas. Entrambi basandosi sul comunicato apparso in via ufficiale alla pagina FB di Pere Ubu, in cui si confermano tra l'altro alcune importanti iniziative già in atto e in via di futuro compimento. Non è invece citato il protocollo con il quale lo stesso Thomas volle stabilire in anticipo le procedure da far seguire alla propria morte. Merita.
The David Thomas Death Protocols
Members of the Ubu Projex bands shall be informed three months after the event, not before, and will at that time receive an instruction pack. No one else is to be informed, including record company and agents. David will continue to 'answer' his email and all social media will be regularly updated - if anything there should be an uptick in posting frequency. All interviews shall be by email - since the questions rarely change there is a sufficient backlog of answers that can be cut and pasted. A Pere Ubu album shall be produced. Keith Moliné is to be in charge of assembling lyrics and vocal performances from pre-existing material. A tour will be booked to coincide with the album release. At an appropriate point a band photo with David's replacement shall be released.
Someone is bound to ask, 'Where's David?'
The response shall be 'Oh, he died two years ago.'
Q. 'What happened?'
A. His body stopped working.
Q. 'What was the cause?'
A. 'Death.'
Q. Why didn't you say anything?'
A. 'It's none of your damn business.'