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Rest In Peace Bill (thanks to all bluelighters for their support)

truely a tradgic loss... :( my thoughts are with all the melbourne people who were close personal friends and to all those that knew him threw his Bluelight input...RIP Bill...
all my love guys...
*queensmack* :(
 
wherever you are Bill, i'm sure you're happy. you seem to have impacted alot of peoples lives in a very positive way and you will be sorely missed...
you're memory will live on forever...
my thoughts are with everyone who was close to him
RIP Bill Peden :(
 
top work there, Bill, my good man.
we are all happier, nicer, and more intrigued about life for having even just met him once.. let alone those who knew him well.
I will miss our Bill.. his smurf jokes, his generosity, his unflappable belief in himself and the way he let you know that he was being himself. No filter.. the real deal Bill Experience.
"Look.. no.. I told you people.. I don't do Jungle!"
everytime I think of him, I get a smile on my face. He would want it no differently.
 
*** ADDITIONAL INFO FOR YOU BLUELIGHTERS ***
I want you guys to know that at least, Bill had a great last party.
I work(ed) with him and we drove up together. He loved it and he was Bill. He was the Bill that likes to dance his socks off, make jokes all around and spread his broad smile all over the crowd. He was the warm-hearted excentric genius trying to find the right questions.
I am thankful that I could spend some time with him last weekend, outside work and outside the zone and get a step closer to him. We've had a great talk about life, universe and full ashtrays on the way up and a wicked smile when they played Ticons' "Mammoth" as we jumped out of the car. A great welcome after two weeks of very hard work! It was aaalll goood! The zipps of Champaign to tune in, the thumbs up for the funcky boogie, the rasberry juice on the rug next morning. All sunny when the tunes eventually stopped and Bill kept on buzzing around, challenging strangers for an intellectual roller caster without seat belts. Quiet and peaceful when I found him in the early evening (after my traditional snooze) under a tree, writing in his notebook, next to the tiny dog that eats mosquitos. Classic when he explained his insights on Israels Sharon, Fly Cams and fly karma to the people sitting around a table next to our camp site. It was all good and I guess that's why he decided to stay for one more night.
I hope that these good vibes still were with him when whatever happened happened.
Bill, I give you a big hug and 'the Nod'.
Diego
P.S.: "Only the good die young" (spot on braja!). Yeah, because they deserve to go to that next place
were Bill is now.
 
*** FOR THOSE WHO FEEL MORE RESPONSIBLE THAN THEY SHOULD ***
All of you that were up there know that it was a party of the rare (good) kind. The right size, the right spot, the right people and the right tunes. (Lots of Scandinavian tunes which Bill was adoring, collecting and hanging out for big time.). A very peaceful and harmonic event. The organizers did a great job and Bill had a great night.
Please guys, don't blame yourself for what happened!
 
*** FOR THOSE WHO FEEL LESS RESPONSIBLE THAN THEY SHOULD ***
The party is NOT over when the tunes stop. The party is NOT over when the come down kicks in, you've gathered all your friends and you want to rush home. The beautiful people you hug at night are the same when you meet them the next day. The party is over when everybody has returned safely at home.
If you have seen Bill after 6.30pm on Sunday night, or know any details about what happened after that time, no matter if you think it is important or not, PLEASE COME FORWARD and help his family and close friends. Please let the Police know:
WARRAGUL POLICE STATION (not Warburton, not Yarra Junction)
(03) 5623 2328
Although it doesn't help Bill anymore, it helps everybody who cares to know what happened, and hopefully to avoid another similar incident.
 
:( I never had the pleasure of meeting Bill, he sounds like a great guy from what I've read and obviously will be sorely missed :(
R.I.P Bill. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
 
My heart and thought go out to Bills Friends and family. I have no words that will make things better..... but I can asure that he will always be in all our hearts. R.I.P Bill
 
i cant convey the respect, admiration and affection i had for bill. he was a truly rare and precious spirit, i liked to call him "a legend in his own time"
i can honestly say my world is better for having had bill in it. i'll miss you bill.
 
Just to let you all know, Bills parents are planning a public "celebration of Bill's life" gathering sometime shortly after easter.
Details will be forthcoming when they are organised. The event will likely be held in Geelong where his parents live and he grew up - but I'm sure that wont stop anyone from being there.
In the meantime, continue to post your feelings and stories so that people can see just how important Bill was to all.
 
I remembered him as the energetic one who waved Hi at me with a huge grin at one of my first few parties. we never really spoke-after but i remembered him & always look forward to a glimpse of that positive grin.
RIP-Bill- :)
 
Thankyou for being my friend Bill.
No words i have can ever properly describe
what you were to me and to so many people. There's a big hole in my life where you were, I'm going to miss your big smiles and hugs, infectious sense of humour and quirky insights into life.
Rest in peace mate, i'll never forget you or your vegetarian lasagna.
love always
shell oxoxOXOX
 
uumm i gotta feelign that i have seen him somewhere in some party....but then again i might be wrong...
bill wherever u r just wanna let u know that u'll always be rememberd... i know u r watching us from above...
he sounds like a very fun guy...
peace
ravy1
 
I will never forget you Bill.
I have a memory like a seive but i remembered you the first time i met you.
I am so angry at myself for not taking the proper time to get to know you even better than i did.
I had beenn hoping that i could have for some time now.
I will cherish the times that i did have with you because i did learn a lot from them.
I was always astonished and envious of how free and content you were with yourself and where you were.
I so respected you for that.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
I'll see you again.
Luke.
 
Thoughts and prayers go out to Bill, and all his family and friends.
 
i never had the pleasure of meeting this great guy, but from sitting here for about an hour reading through all your posts, i can see what a wonderful guy ~BILL~ was :) ur comments have brought tears 2 my eyes, and ur storys, a smile 2 my face. :)
my heart goes out 2 every 1 who was close, or even those who just had the pleasuse of meating bill.
R~I~P bill :)
it sounds like u have touched many ppls hearts, and im SURE u will never be 4gotten...
 
Bill... I will certainly never forget all the times I partied with him as they were unforgettable before this happened.
I was lucky to get to know him away from the parties too and those times were equally unforgettable.
Goodbye buddy... I am sad that we lost touch lately since I moved to Sydney but having known you has touched me in a very positive and special way.
Ah words never seem to do feelings justice at times like this.
Condolences to family and friends and to all that had Bill in your life, no matter how small a part he played I am sure he effected you more than most.
So long disco superfly.
- Mark
 
I found this and wanted to re-post it to remember Bill and to give those of you who didn't know him an idea of what he was like...
The topic was:
important life decisions made on e
posted 20 June 2000 21:12
Hmmm, cool topic.
I'm a big fan of the personal insights you can gain while e-ing, dancing, listening to music in a warehouse or soaking up the vibe at a rave...
For me it's like viewing another (different) perspective on life. So if I come up with any interesting ideas I like to write them down the next day (along with people's names... damn it's useful to be able to remember people's names that way).
Then on a Tuesday or Wednesday I like to review them... helps me to see the subject from 2 points of view. Quite often I reject the ideas (as being silly/too hard/the kind of thing only a drug-fukt person could think of)... but sometimes those ideas can be golden.
I also like to hold my promises I make in those circumstances. This can sometimes be hard, but it teaches you to only make promises you _can_ keep... teaches you to use the drug, rather than let it use you.
In anycase, writing down what you think is a very useful tool. Helps to remind you why you're doing this. Helps you to keep things real. Helps to keep you on track (hard to lose your way if you've got a record of where you've been and are going). Like most people I suspect I am much more capable at reading and comprehending than I'll ever be at writing -- so this process has helped me to understand the voice in my head.
And it'll be my 9-year anniversary in October... and I'm yet to regret anything (so it's either working, or I'm totally lost!)
DSF
[ 23 March 2002: Message edited by: Gnome Raver ]
 
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