by | February 23, 2012 · 11:52 pm

James Cullen

nikki,

i’m sending you and your family my love.

to have had chris, as a mirror, for a spell, in my life – incredibly blessed and truly grateful. his reflection was one of calmness, maturity, humility, and compassionate gentleness – a wonderfully curious man with an instinctual capability of understanding, and improving, the experiences of others.
**
chris texted me hours before he was to play on jimmy fallon. i was at work in vancouver. he mentioned where he was and said that he was incredibly nervous. my first reaction was, ‘awww, reims’. then, i thought better. i replied, advising: ‘just make sure to take a poop before the biiigggg shhhowww, you’ll look skinnier!’ i’m not sure if he did or not. i would assume that he probably did. sadly, i couldn’t tell from the video.

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by | February 23, 2012 · 11:49 pm

Anthony Kaitse

While I never even came within thousands of kilometres of ever knowing your brother, I can honestly say my stomach turned horribly when I learned of his passing. A truly inspirational and (for me) influential artist who just sounded like the most humble and amazing guy.

Heartfelt sympathies,

– a Kaitse.

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by | February 23, 2012 · 10:45 pm

Posts on Last.fm

http://www.last.fm/music/Women/+shoutbox

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by | February 23, 2012 · 10:43 pm

Dylan Sears

I’m Dylan Sears, but to Reimer and many others, I’m known as “Thrillin”. I’ve known Chris as far back as 2002, when we started hanging out together in high school. I was pretty much a total spaz during those days, and friends were hard to come by for me. It wasn’t until I knew the Flegels, Reimer, and company that I knew I had found my tribe. In the reckless days of our youth, Reimer, much like rest of the gang of us idiots, were prone to madcap adventures. As I write this, one comes to mind.

In the summer of 2003, Veritas was on the bill at Broken City for a CJSW fundraising event. The whole show was a clusterfuck, with maybe over 15 bands performing 20 minute sets. While the guys were preparing, and I was doublefisting beers, they got told their set was cut due to time constraints. When I found out about this, I was outraged in the only way an unscarred liver dealing with 77 cc of alcohol would let me: overtly. Luckily, in my fit of rage, I comprehended the other news that they were setting up in the back alley behind the bar and playing regardless! Well I booked it out of there, and headed to the back to see and hear exactly that.

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by | February 23, 2012 · 10:39 pm

John Wilmes

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by | February 23, 2012 · 6:35 pm

Rick Kerr

Nikki I am sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. We have been friends since 7th grade. I was shocked to hear this terrible news. I will forever miss him. I am saddened that we had grown apart the last couple years. We had some great times together. All day I have been reminded of the great things we did together. I will never forget those memories.

Chris, you are one of the smartest and talented people I have ever met. I am truly a better person for knowing you. I pass along my condolences to your family and loved ones. You will trully be missed. RIP Chris.

Rick Kerr

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by | February 23, 2012 · 6:32 pm

NOW Magazine | In Memoriam

IN MEMORIAM
RIP Christopher Reimer
CALGARY INDIE SCENE MOURNS THE SUDDEN LOSS OF WOMEN GUITARIST
BY BENJAMIN BOLES

The Calgary music scene is in shock of the passing of Christopher Reimer, the 26 year old guitarist for Women, and also a touring member of the Dodos.

Women were currently on hiatus following an onstage fist fight, which was blamed on extreme exhaustion and stress after spending too much of the past few years on the road.

Apart from touring with the Dodos, Reimer was also working on his own solo material, which saw him turning his guitar into an ambient music tool. You can hear a recording of a recent solo show here, and Women’s Canadian label Flemish Eye have just posted a solo recording from a 2010 compilation with their heartbreaking obit.  Continue reading →

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by | February 23, 2012 · 6:21 pm

Jessie Lauren Stein

Hey Nikki,

my name is Jessie.  I play in a band called the Luyas and we were on tour with Chris for 3 months this year.  We all fell in love with him.  I am so so sorry for your loss and though I know you have no need to hear it from me, he always talked about you and your family and how important you all were to him and how amazing you were.  I am utterly heartbroken and would love, if you didn’t mind, to contribute a few photos to the memorial blog.  I’m so sorry for your loss and the world’s, and his.  I wanted to thank you for making such an amazing little brother, and being a huge part of what made an amazing person
for the world to enjoy.

love and tears

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by | February 23, 2012 · 6:02 pm

in memory of chris reimer: Kaelen Amara Ohm

in memory of chris reimer from Kaelen Ohm on Vimeo.

christopher john joseph reimer
january 19, 1986 – february 21, 2012

in loving memory, this video was made in southern california where a small memorial site now sits overlooking the ocean.

music by chris reimer – march 23, 2011 in Minneapolis

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by | February 23, 2012 · 9:20 am

Message from Rena

Oh man, the blog. It is so hard to see.

I feel like I need to say something on his behalf about how much everyone meant to him – I mean I believe I was close enough to relay the message as he would want it told.

That all of them, everyone he encountered through his tours, he connected with in music he was so touched by. I would watch him get a message or email from someone he met once, or someone he worked with for a week, and it never failed that he would say “yes! I love that man/woman” and would be genuinely warmed by the contact of someone he clearly appreciated.

To his closer friends, oh man you guys he loved you. He loves showing me things you’d done together, he told me countless stories with such genuine excitement. And of course he often spoke of how he felt his talent was inferior to all of yours. Which if course I wouldn’t tolerate for a second. Dude was damn good. I have some songs you all need to hear, some stuff he might be embarrassed about but I know from the look in his eye the night before he passed that he knew he was making sounds he was proud of. He was on the verge of making so much more too, and probably the only regret I really have is not convincing him to finish a full project sooner. But he was busy also helping me feel good about my music and helping us get out there too. We all had good ideas and a bit of a community going surrounding Chris and my goal now is to take that motivation and inspiration he gave us and keep on running. Continue reading →

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