On Friday, Aug. 11, Tyler joined up with a small group that stood their ground in the face of the now infamous torchlight march.
They were doused with oil, threatened with fire, and at some point, Tyler received a blow to the neck.
On that Saturday, Tyler went about his weekend, witnessing an act of terrorism just a short distance from Low, the (literally) underground vintage store where he hawks the vinyl he scours the region for.
On that Sunday, he had hoped to have a “staring at the wall kind of day” before he saw the notice that Kessler’s press conference was going to happen.
With a “time to make the donuts” resignation, he went to have his now heavily memed confrontation with Kessler.
On Monday, he once again became the Tyler Broadcasting System, delivering two hours of freeform programming with his usual élan, the same that inspired me when I first heard him DJ as the Velvet Facilitator on Charlottesville’s Radio Wowsville more than a decade again.
On Tuesday, he had a stroke stemming apparently from the blow on Friday night.
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