Anthony Bourdain

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:26 am

Suicide

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:29 am

oh man

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:53 am

What a rough way to start out today. Read his books, watched his shows. That's a real bummer man.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:56 am

BSF21 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:53 am What a rough way to start out today. Read his books, watched his shows. That's a real bummer man.

Have a recommendation beyond Kitchen Confidential? (which I'm pretty sure I read during travel time on my way to H2C about 10 years ago so I can definitely reread it at this point)

I didn't keep up with the show after he moved to CNN.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:00 am

rass wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:56 am
BSF21 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:53 am What a rough way to start out today. Read his books, watched his shows. That's a real bummer man.
Have a recommendation beyond Kitchen Confidential? (which I'm pretty sure I read during travel time on my way to H2C about 10 years ago so I can definitely reread it at this point)

I didn't keep up with the show after he moved to CNN.

Medium Raw was an excellent sort of 10 year reunion on where he found himself after KC.

I watched every episode of No Reservations, but also found it tough to follow on CNN. Felt like it lost a bit of the edge and filmmaker's spark that NR had.

Just sad is all. Suicide is a motherfucker and so preventable.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:02 am

That's an absolute gutpunch.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:05 am

This one sucks.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:08 am

God damn, Ripert was the one who found him. Somehow that adds to the whole “he seemed a lot more real than other famous personalities” aspect.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:10 am

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:08 am God damn, Ripert was the one who found him. Somehow that adds to the whole “he seemed a lot more real than other famous personalities” aspect.

Oh no. Tell me that's not confirmed.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:18 am

On Wednesday I took part in a Mental Health First Aid class. When the subject got to suicides, and you're with people from a squadron that have had suicides in the last few months, things got...heated.

There are signs to watch for, but sometimes you just don't know unless you are perceptive enough, and actually bold enough, to directly ask: "Do you want to commit suicide?"

This article just came out: Suicide rates are up 30 percent since 1999, CDC says

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:35 am

I was really worried about his switch to CNN at the time, but I've really enjoyed Parts Unknown. Shit, I even liked the half season or so of The Layover that he did.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:36 am

BSF21 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:10 am
mister d wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:08 am God damn, Ripert was the one who found him. Somehow that adds to the whole “he seemed a lot more real than other famous personalities” aspect.
Oh no. Tell me that's not confirmed.

Pretty sure that's correct.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:45 am

The Layover was great. Hate that they canceled that one.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:49 am

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:45 am The Layover was great. Hate that they canceled that one.

Was that his first one with CNN? Did it overlap with either NR or PU?

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:51 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:49 am
mister d wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:45 am The Layover was great. Hate that they canceled that one.
Was that his first one with CNN? Did it overlap with either NR or PU?

After NR before/during PU. And I believe that one originated on Travel Channel.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:58 am

It's crazy to see people come out of the woodwork on this. He has such a far reach within American culture.

Neil Degrasse Tyson
Every Celebrity Chef you can think of
Obama

I just saw one with a picture of him and Alejandro Escovedo. There's nobody this guy didn't know.

Post by **brian** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:14 am

He seemed like a genuinely cool dude. I mean that in the Steve McQueen/Paul Newman kind of sense. It's an exceptionally rare trait.

"I love Detroiters. You've got to have a sense of humor to live in a city so relentlessly fucked. You've got to be tough & occasionally even devious. Detroiters are funny, tough & supreme improvisers. They are also among the best & most fun drinkers in the country" -Anthony Bourdain

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:42 am

This is how I eulogized him on my Facepage:

His wanderlust took him around the world, and he saw more of the human condition than most of us could in a hundred lifetimes. He was also wise enough to whittle down all of life’s complexities to the meals we eat.

“Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.”

Rest in peace, Anthony Bourdain

I think at the of the day, he gave an unpretentious passion to aspiring chefs by linking food to humanity.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 11:16 am

BSF21 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:58 am It's crazy to see people come out of the woodwork on this. He has such a far reach within American culture.

Neil Degrasse Tyson
Every Celebrity Chef you can think of
Obama

I just saw one with a picture of him and Alejandro Escovedo. There's nobody this guy didn't know.

Shit, he hung out with Ha Ha Tonka.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:05 pm

Bourdain and Trump must have cross paths. Both being new yorkers. Same networks.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 1:58 pm

Sucks so badly.

Wow.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:37 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:05 pm Bourdain and Trump must have cross paths. Both being new yorkers. Same networks.

I doubt Bourdain ever made the McDonald's that Trump had someone else pick up for him (so it wouldn't be messed with).

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:46 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:37 pm
degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:05 pm Bourdain and Trump must have cross paths. Both being new yorkers. Same networks.
I doubt Bourdain ever made the McDonald's that Trump had someone else pick up for him (so it wouldn't be messed with).

ha! good point.

I'd be curious if they ever met like 10 years ago under different circumstances then President Trump.

Really sad to read all the tributes this morning. It just shows how hidden depression is. It's been mention on the Swamp many times. Fight depression is trying to cure the brain using the same damaged brain.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:53 pm

I can't imagine them meeting and it going well. Even pre-president Trump was the epitome of what Bourdain couldn't and wouldn't tolerate.

Post by **brian** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 3:02 pm

If nothing else, Trump ordering his steak well-done with ketchup would have sent Bourdain into a frenzy.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 3:43 pm

I'm reading a 2017 New Yorker article that is pretty much all about how happy he was just being Anthony Bourdain... Getting to travel the world, eating (mostly) amazing food, meeting new people, experiencing new cultures.

It's a mind fuck article to read today.

Selfishly, I think I'll hold off reading anymore for now...

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 4:22 pm

If you're dumb and read around too much you'll find out his GF was holding hands walking around with some other dude a few days ago.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 4:26 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 3:43 pm I'm reading a 2017 New Yorker article that is pretty much all about how happy he was just being Anthony Bourdain... Getting to travel the world, eating (mostly) amazing food, meeting new people, experiencing new cultures.

It's a mind fuck article to read today.

Selfishly, I think I'll hold off reading anymore for now...

He had been a heroin addict in his younger days. Who knows? Addictions can come back hard.

I know, not good to speculate...

Post by **brian** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:57 pm

Later, the reporter asked what he would serve at a summit between Donald Trump and Kim. “Hemlock,” Bourdain said

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:42 pm

My brother is a fairly sensible guy...

He just told me that some people believe that Bourdain was killed by "the Russians" because he interviewed an opposition politician.

He listed a few pieces of (ridiculous) "evidence" before I shut him down.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:58 pm

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 5:15 pm

I think its sadder that Bourdain was sober.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:17 am

I wasn't a Bourdain fan when he was alive. I had seen a few minutes of his shows here and there, but didn't go any deeper than that. And I was surprised at the breadth and depth of dismay when he died. I hadn't realized that he meant that much to so many people.

So I've been going back and reading his books and watching his shows, and yeah, I get it now.

I'm not a foodie. Even worse, I'm a vegetarian. So almost all of his food writing is irrelevant to me because I'm never going to eat that stuff. And, of course, he would have hated me for refusing to eat it. I don't agree with a lot of stuff that he wrote, but I'm not offended by it -- even the ortolan-eating scene in 'Medium Raw.' (I pictured Jonathan Franzen rage-weeping while he read that.)

Such a wonderful, unique, important voice. I don't know if it's fair for me to say that I miss him, but I do.

Oh, jeez, the 'Rome' episode of 'Parts Unknown,' featuring Asia Argento, just auto-played. I need to pay attention to this.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:21 pm

Man ... I do/don't want to watch this immediately:

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:22 pm

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:27 pm

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:41 pm

But still dead? That’s when I start getting nervous about these threads getting bumped.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:05 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:41 pm But still dead? That’s when I start getting nervous about these threads getting bumped.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:20 pm

rass wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:05 pm
brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:41 pm But still dead? That’s when I start getting nervous about these threads getting bumped.

Fuck, I miss Bourdain.

Bapo!, you’d make an exception to your vegan diet for that meal, right?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 12:33 pm

This reviewer says the film is kind of bullshit. The linked piece is worth reading.