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Listen To The Music Of The Ghost Ship Fire Victims

12.09.16
Listen To The Music Of The Ghost Ship Fire Victims (Flowers, letters, and handmade signs were left in memorial for victims of Ghost Ship warehouse fire. )
[caption id="attachment_23248" align="aligncenter" width="4680"]On a makeshift memorial at the intersection of Fruitvale Ave. and International Blvd., a mourner has left a note to Johnny Igaz, also known as "Nackt," who died in the fire. Igaz was DJing the night he passed away. On a makeshift memorial at the intersection of Fruitvale Ave. and International Blvd., a mourner has left a note to Johnny Igaz, also known as "Nackt," who died in the fire. Igaz was DJing the night he passed away.[/caption] It has been a week since a massive fire in Oakland claimed the lives of 36 people at a party in a warehouse. "Ghost Ship", as the warehouse was known, was an underground arts scene.  It was hosting an electronic music concert. Some of the people who died were up-and-coming musicians.To honor them, here’s a sampling of some of their music:
  1. Chelsea Faith Dolan (artist name: Cherushii)/SONG: Wild Abandon
  2. Johnny Igaz/ (artist name: Nackt) SONG:  "All Day"
  3. Travis Hough (part of the band Ghost of Lightning)/SONG: All The Pleasantries
  4. Cash Askew (part of the band Them Are Us Too)/SONG: Us Now
  [caption id="attachment_23247" align="aligncenter" width="5184"]Flowers, letters, and handmade signs were left in memorial for victims of Ghost Ship warehouse fire. Flowers, letters, and handmade signs were left in memorial for victims of Ghost Ship warehouse fire.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_23249" align="aligncenter" width="5184"]Arise High School students left a sympathy note for the victims of Ghost Ship warehouse fire. Arise High School students left a sympathy note for the victims of Ghost Ship warehouse fire.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_23246" align="aligncenter" width="4812"]A man pays his respects to the victims of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire. A man pays his respects to the victims of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire.[/caption]
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