I'm sad to report longtime punk photographer Bob Kondrak, contributor both to my old zine 10 Things and Horizontal Action, with a live portfolio going back to the late '70s punk scene, passed away Friday. I did an obit on my blog with photos if anyone is interested in reading more about Bob or checking out some of his photos....

This sucks! I found out about it from a friend on New Year's Day, but could find no info on-line because I only knew him as "Reggae Bob". I hung out with him on Sat mornings @ KCMU (before KEXPoop!) as part of the "Positive Vibrations" Reggae Show from 9 a.m. to noon there. I saw him every now and again and he would alway call me by my Air Name (Bill Cheeze) even though he knew my real name. He was just that kinda guy. I'll miss him.
Thanks Dan, for all your posts around the web. It helped me figure things out!

Bye-Bye "Reggae Bob"!

I hung with Bob on several occasions, back when he was photographing The Makers. He'd been to my place a few times too. Quite the character, and a great photographer.
R.I.P.

How sad to lose punk photographers. Condolences to his friends and family.

Yeah Kopper, I don't know what the link didn't work the first time: Punk Photographer Bob Kondrak passes away Bob Kondrak's funeral service details

OK, never mind. I just saw someone had shared the link on Facebook. Here it is: http://10thingszine.blogspot.com/2009/12/in-mid-90s-right-when-my-old-zine-10.html kopper said:

Aw, man. That sucks. I think I remember Bob mostly from the Bomp list of the late '90s, IIRC.

Dan, can you post the direct link to your blog article? I thought you meant your blog here on the Hideout but I checked your page and you haven't even made any blog posts, so I guess that's not it...

Thanks,
kopper

Aw, man. That sucks. I think I remember Bob mostly from the Bomp list of the late '90s, IIRC.

Dan, can you post the direct link to your blog article? I thought you meant your blog here on the Hideout but I checked your page and you haven't even made any blog posts, so I guess that's not it...

Thanks,
kopper

An all around class guy
RIP
BOB KONDRACK

That’s very sad news. He was a great music photographer/writer/fan and a very funny guy. His reviews and newsgroups posts were hilarious and would usually veer way off topic. I got to go over to his apartment once and see his great collection of music, zines and books. That photo he took of Joe Strummer was lying on his coffee table and my jaw dropped.
I hope someone who knew him well puts together a proper obit because I think there’s a lot more to him than most people knew. He once told me he was a medic in Viet Nam. For some reason it really amazed me. It’s hard to think of him in that context. I’ll miss seeing him around.

His son Kuri is a DJ and will probably inherit it all. He plays all electronic music mainly, but at least should somewhat know the value of his record collection. The funeral is going to be on the 12th if anyone is interested in going, I'll post the details on my blog in a few days.

Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear this. I loved hanging out with him whenever I was at shows. He gave me a four track recorder but still haven't used it yet. He also had a ton of stuff. I hope someone worthy is getting it. Cuz it'd be sad to see his stuff disappear. And he was such a cool guy. I'm so sorry that he's gone.