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Name That Tune: News on Scraps

Popdose Staff October 10, 2008 8

To all Popdose readers:

Our Name That Tune creator, Scraps, aka Soren DeSelby, suffered a stroke on Monday afternoon.

He is currently hospitalized in Brooklyn, NY.  He has improved a little over the past few days, but according to his wife Velma on Tuesday, “he has no voluntary muscle motion on his right side, very little on his left, and aphasia — he can hear and process speech, a good 95% or more of the time, but he can’t speak.”  He is responding to voices, which is a good sign, but he has a very long road ahead of him.

Scraps is a freelance journalist and has no medical insurance.

If there’s one thing we know about the Popdose community, both staff and readers, is that we’re a thoughtful community of people who come together every week to share our love of music and pop culture.  Scraps worked his tail off providing us with Name That Tune every week, and so many of us have appreciated that effort time and time again.  So it’s time for us to return the favor.

If you have even a few dollars to spare, we are hoping that you will consider making a donation to help cover what will most likely be thousands and thousands of dollars in expensive medical bills.  To do so, you can click below or in the left-hand corner of the site at any time.

We know Scraps loved creating Name That Tune, and loved it when guest posters jumped in for a week.  When possible, we will feature guest Name That Tune posts — we know Scraps would want the game to continue.

For updates about his condition, you can visit this thread at Making Light or their friend Helen’s LiveJournal page.

Thank you for reading, and thank you in advance for helping one of our own make it through this difficult time.  Please keep Soren and Velma in your thoughts.

Sincerely,

The Popdose Staff


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  • Jerry

    What horrible news.

    As one of the first people to play the game every week (when the easy ones were still up for grabs), I also plan to be one of the first to donate. No one should have to be without medical insurance in this day and age.

    Please let Scraps know how much I appreciate Name That Tune and how sorely he'll be missed. My thoughts are with him, and I'm hoping for a quick recovery.

  • MichaelFortes

    I'm in shock… this is terrible news! I hope his recovery is as quick and painless as humanly possible. Scraps, if you see this, we're rootin' for ya! Hang in there!

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    Wow, that sucks big time. I wasn't able to donate much, but I suppose it all helps.

  • David_E

    My donation comes with with tenfold prayers and hopes for a speedy recovery.

  • WHarrisBullzEye

    I've been reading Helen's updates, and if you haven't been, here's a great one from yesterday that will no doubt lift the spirits of everyone who's enjoyed Scraps' diverse music taste:

    “My nephew, Franklin, came by. He and Soren have done some serious bonding over r&b and hip hop music. Franklin 'suggested' that we try something other than Simon and Garfunkel, and chose a Public Enemy/Anthrax song (I don't know the title, but everyone else on the planet seems to)… so we changed from my .mp3 player to Franklin's iPod. Soren went from eyes-closed, asleep-looking, to eyes-open, turning to us, and glower of 'What the F*** are you doing?' in about three seconds. Franklin, of course, said, 'It was her idea; I tried to talk her out of it.'

  • WHarrisBullzEye

    I've been reading Helen's updates, and if you haven't been, here's a great one from yesterday that will no doubt lift the spirits of everyone who's enjoyed Scraps' diverse music taste:

    “My nephew, Franklin, came by. He and Soren have done some serious bonding over r&b and hip hop music. Franklin 'suggested' that we try something other than Simon and Garfunkel, and chose a Public Enemy/Anthrax song (I don't know the title, but everyone else on the planet seems to)… so we changed from my .mp3 player to Franklin's iPod. Soren went from eyes-closed, asleep-looking, to eyes-open, turning to us, and glower of 'What the F*** are you doing?' in about three seconds. Franklin, of course, said, 'It was her idea; I tried to talk her out of it.'

  • WHarrisBullzEye

    I've been reading Helen's updates, and if you haven't been, here's a great one from yesterday that will no doubt lift the spirits of everyone who's enjoyed Scraps' diverse music taste:

    “My nephew, Franklin, came by. He and Soren have done some serious bonding over r&b and hip hop music. Franklin 'suggested' that we try something other than Simon and Garfunkel, and chose a Public Enemy/Anthrax song (I don't know the title, but everyone else on the planet seems to)… so we changed from my .mp3 player to Franklin's iPod. Soren went from eyes-closed, asleep-looking, to eyes-open, turning to us, and glower of 'What the F*** are you doing?' in about three seconds. Franklin, of course, said, 'It was her idea; I tried to talk her out of it.'

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