I know you've all heard about Charles Brown, but I just wanted to add my bit of rememberance.

I drove up from San Diego, oh, two and a half years ago? to interview for a job they had with the magazine. Charles was kind enough to let me stay (ohhh, the basement full of books, I drooled, I did) and took me out to dinner with Amelia. I drove, and he showed me how to properly do a wine tasting, and since we both liked jazz, he selected a bottle of wine that had something about Coltrane in the title. And at his place we chatted about jazz and SF and where he got some of his nifty artifacts and his original Craftsman furniture. And I even played him a recording of my sax quartet, which he thought was cool.

It's not much, and it's the only time I ever talked to him despite seeing him at a few cons, but I still remember that trip fondly and am very, very glad I had the opportunity to see the Locus folks at home and at work. My condolences to the Locus staff and his family.