RIP Lance Hahn

Seng Chen
October 22, 2007

The one and only time I saw J Church was in Minneapolis, I guess it was 1995 or so. A friend of mine kept yelling out "Ito! Ito!" because with facial hair he was ringer for Lance Ito, the judge presiding over the O.J. Simpson case. Sure, maybe there were only two Asian Americans in the whole club, but and I have to admit that I had the same thought before he voiced it. And I thought it was pretty funny.

Since I moved to the Bay Area, it's always made my day a little brighter when I saw that Muni train ride past the Safeway near the Castro. There will be tinge of sadness now, but the world was made better for the music was brought about in its name.

RIP Lance.

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momo wrote on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 1:03pm
i met Lance back when i was in college, like over 10 years ago, at a Giant Robot event. he was super nice and gave me some buttons. sad to hear about his passing. RIP Lance.
chunny wrote on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 7:05pm
That name brings back memories. Although I never officially met him, I remember calling him and emailing him on an Asian American rockers story I was working on for one of my final projects at SF State. Seemed like a genuine dude and was really eager to help. Rock on Lance... RIP.