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R.I.P. Pat Moscone

Shawn | November 27, 2007 in Journal | Comments (10)

Tags: East Millinocket, Journal, Maine Musician

So, shortly after arriving home this past weekend for Thanksgiving, I was blindsided with the news that my friend Pat Moscone had passed away. I am very sad to know that I won’t be sitting at the bar telling jokes with Pat again. He was one of the funniest guys I’ve ever met.

Everyone knew Pat. I knew him best during my mid-twenties when me and the band of hometown knuckleheads I still keep company with every now and again, practically lived at the Burnt Land Rips. He was a regular there and always drank with us and carried on after hours with us. He became a regular in our crew for a while, crashing on our couches, hanging out.

Whenever I would mention Pat, someone would invariably groan something about being “useless” or “what a bum”. I always laughed, just like he did at them. You see, these kind of comments always came straight from the mouth of a disgruntled, grizzled old yocal, someone so unhappy with his lot working at the mill that they feel they have to heckle anyone who doesn’t live the way they do. Maybe because his freedom seemed like uncertainty, which scares people. Or maybe they were jealous of his free spirit, feeling better about bashing him for being able to live the way he truly wanted because they couldn’t. (more…)